The investigation into secretary clintons emails and i do not understand his refusal to accept the judgment that he was mistaken. In a letter to comey donald trump told the director his decision was necessary to, quote, restore the trust and confidence of the public, democrats reaction, outrage questioning the timing of the de special prosecutor to be appointed on the russia probe, Chuck Schumer calling it a mistake. Earlier this afternoon donald trump called me and informed me he was firing director comey. I told the president , mister president , with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. The first question the administration has to answer is why now. If the administration had objections to the way director comey handled the clinton investigation, they had those objections the minute the president got into office but they didnt fire him zen. Why did it happen today . The white house quick to defend the decision pushing back on suggestions it was a coverup. It is not a coverup. The president makes clear in his letter the fact that mister comey and three occasions assured the president he is not under investigation. This story is very fluid. The acting Deputy Director is currently in charge, any decision on a permanent replacement is not known. The white house telling fox news there is no timeline on this but i hope it will be restoring confidence in bringing that credibility to the fbi although there are names being floated out there on the water and other stories and we will pursue this aggressively this morning. Imagine how tough the Senate Confirmation will be. Democrats condemning the firing of comey demanding a special prosecutor. When they were the ones crashing his integrity. We are all disturbed by the letter which broke precedent over the advice of the leaders in the justice department. Im not challenging mister comeys motivation, but i think it was unwarranted. It was a mistake. He has a thick burden of proof for why he did what seems to be such an appalling act against the tradition of prosecutors at every level of government. When i heard about it i found it hard to believe comey who i thought had a degree of integrity would do this. I think he made a mistake on this and clearly has a double standard and you cant take the heat, he just couldnt take the heat from the republicans. Critics are calling it is the move of a fascist dictator. Former us attorney for district of columbia said the president made the right call. The fbi director and acted like he was the attorney general, even the president of the united states, violated every known rule of the permit of justice about how an investigator is supposed to conduct himself and for that he usurped the powers of the attorney general on july 5, 2016, and from there on in he was no longer able to lead the fbi. As his testimony last week before the senate was viewed by many as so bizarre, so selfindulgent, selfrighteous that many people believe he lost it and could no longer function as leader of the fbi and they were correct. He interjected himself because he wanted to be a hero. He wanted this to be about james comey. He wants to save Hillary Clintons candidacy and that is what he did, he did it for political and selfaggrandizement reasons. The massive political shockwaves marking a premature an end to the 10 year term of the former fbi director. We take a look at how we got here. In 2003 is a 6 foot 8 komi was nominated by george w. Bush to be the Deputy Attorney general and the next year he had a showdown with Top Bush Administration officials because they tried to get a hospitalized attorney general, john ashcroft, to reauthorize a program from his hospital bed. I thought i witnessed to take an effort to take advantage of a sick man who did not have the powers of the attorney general because they were transferred to me. Reporter comey admits he was a registered republican for years but was nominated to lead the federal bureau of investigation for a 10 year term by a democratic president. He doesnt care about politics, only cares about getting the job done. Reporter comey in front of the rise of isis memorial we telling 60 minutes he preferred loan read to lone wolf but his most memorable line was when he used to close the Hillary Clinton email server investigation. There is evidence of potential violations, the statutes regarding this classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Reporter comey revisited the investigation within two weeks of the election clinton lost and she place blame on comey for trumps win, the fbis the relationship seemed cordial enough for a while. He has become more famous than me. Reporter comeys congressional testimony by russian interference was not satisfying because he wouldnt say for sure he would probe damaging leaks the white house believes came from the last administration. Can you assure them that it is going to be investigated . Cat, but i hope people watching know how seriously we take leaks of classified information. I dont want to confirm it by saying we are investigating. Reporter as recently as this march coming back thought he would be around longer. Another 61 2 years. Reporter comey testified that late in the president ial campaign wrestling with whether he would speak to congress about the clinton investigation are concealed details, he prayed for a third door but it wasnt there. 6 months later comey was shown the door. In washington, peter ducey, fox news. Speier thank you so much. 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From texas all the way to the great lakes, that enhanced risk where we think all the ingredients will come together for potential Severe Weather including tornadoes later on. Looking at the gfs model, saturday and sunday noreaster, coastal storm that could bring very wet weather to the northeast starting saturday morning well into sunday for mothers day. That will be a big concern with a lot of heavy rainfall. I have my sons first communion saturday, got to think of tents and things like that, big weekend in store the potential for a big storm. We will be tracking it. Just wear your derby had, you will be fine. Thank you. 10 minutes after the era, airline anger, a flight attendant, the onboard brawl that ended do with handcuffs and the nationwide push to have College Campuses stop controversial Opioid Epidemic and democrats blast donald trump over the firing of james comey. I told the president mister president , with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. Our next guest says the ousted fbi chief has no one to blame but himself, keep it right here. All you are ever going to be theres nothing more important to me than my vacation. So when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. Booking. Com gets it. They offer free cancellation if my plans change. Visit booking. Com. Booking. Yeah. Fbi director james comey, to no ones surprise, immediately attacking the president. This is the kind of thing that goes on in nondemocracies was i told the president , mister president , with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. Reporter what happened next . Here to weigh in, a former us attorney under bill clinton. I apologize for that, thank you for being with us this morning. It is so early. Then informed voice to talk to, many questions still left unanswered but the biggest one is what happens next and how hard will it be to find the perfect replacement from here . They thought comey was the first Perfect Choice in the first place. They will be that much more careful this time but the profile, solid Law Enforcement credentials, bipartisan support to the extent possible and independence. That person existed the most important thing about all this despite the commotion is get someone the public will respect and restore credibility to the fbi. Reporter as for now andrew mccain, Deputy Director will be filling in for a short time. A little bit about him, he will be next in line for the next couple days. 20 years, a little bit of a controversy, his wife was a democratic legislative candidate, the important thing to remember is this was never the james comey investigation, this is an investigation their supervisors, prosecutors including the us attorney for the Eastern District launched them subpoenas recently and he was an obama appointee. A lot of reason to trust this process Going Forward but he will get a few extra looks because of the connection to the democratic party. A lot of politics involved in this, democrats now telling trump he should not have fired james comey but they were calling foul for how long saying he should be out. The criticism of comey in late october was blistering. Minority leader harry reid wanted him investigated for violating unmistakably while this is a dedicated public servant, certainly an outstanding prosecutor, there were highly irregular, unprecedented mistakes that were made in his case and his recent testimony indicated if he had to do it all over again he would repeat those mistakes, this is an occasion to give the fbi a fresh start blues all lies should be on who the fbi director will be, career professionals are conducting this investigation. What do you think of the timing, and independent counsel, how will this work. They are always in the midst of very important sensitive if they lost confidence in mister comey they should not wait months or weeks to make a decision. I am not a believer in special prosecutor i dont think there is a necessity, the career professionals can handle it. If Congress Loves independent councils so much why did they allow that law, that position to disappear in 1999. Doj can handle this. It to get your perspective. Fresh start for the fbi is needed. The time is 18 minutes after the hour. More than 1000 middle and High School Kids making a statement to support the men and women in blue. Their message to school leaders. And excuse to drink shots of tequila, not good for kicking the party up a notch but also good for your health. Were both stuck in this cube farm and youre about to hit send all on some embarrassing gas. Hey, you bought gasx® unlike antacids, gasx ® relieves pressure and bloating fast. Huh, crisis averted. 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