Were going to continue our breaking news live coverage of this. I wanted to amplify for you what andrea was just telling you about the Wadirector Comey former Director Comey found out about this, the New York Times account of this is just stunning. He was addressing a group of fbi employees in los angeles when the television in the background flashed the news that he had been fired. In response, mr. Comey laughed. He said he thought it was a fairly funny prank. And then his staff started securing around in the background, told mr. Comey that he should step into a nearby office. Mr. Comey stopped addressing the group. He proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been speaking to and he stepped into a side office where he confirmed that he had been fired. At that point, he had not heard from the white house. Shortly after that, rachel,
after all of that, its been on television, a letter from the president was delivered to the fbis headquarters just 7 blocks from the white house,
The fisher director who is the only person who is independently leading this moving forward when you dont have him doing that you need an outside group doing it. Republicans should call for that shouldnt be a partisan thing. Cnn live coverage of this breaking news is obviously going to be continuing all night. Jake tapper along at 11 00 p. M. Eastern with a special report. First don lemon and cnn tonight with the latest. Anderson thank you very much our breaking news tonight, President Trump bombshell firing of fbi director james comey. This is cnn tonight im don lemon lets put it as plainly as we can. The president of the United States has fired the man investigating his campaigns ties to russia. Fired him. Shocking confusion tonight on capitol hill. Around the country and around the world. Now questions being raised of whether there is a coverup going on. This is definitely not politics as usual. We have said it before but its
look at this very brief letter the president sent to the
interactions with president trump. the inspector general asked the justice department, accuses comey of setting quote, a dangerous example for agency employees. the watchdog found no evidence comey nor his attorneys released any classified information. cnn has reported d.o.j. prosecutors do not believe there was evidence to show comey intended to violate laws and have no plans to charge him. the seven memos became a catalyst for the special counsel investigation. comey responding to the report saying, quote, i don t need a public apoelgs from those who defamed me, but a quick message with a sorry, we lied about you, would be nice. stop vaping. immediately. that warning from the city of milwaukee, after 16 people were hospitalized this month with chemical pneumonia. all of them reported vaping or inhaling potent marijuana product. health officials are advising people to stop using vapes, e-cigarettes and liquid thc
person s sexual orientation, but genetics, along with environment, play a role in shaping sexuality. researchers conducting a massive new study examined data from 470,000 people in the united states and united kingdom. they were able to isolate five genetic variants associated with same-sex behaviors, but none of them are predictive on their own. findings of the study were published thursday in the journal science. james comey violated agency policies when he leaked a series of memos documenting interactions with president trump. the inspector general at the justice department accuses comey of setting, quote, a dangerous example for agency employees. the watchdog found no evidence comey released any classified information. now, cnn has reported doj prosecutors do not believe there was evidence to show comey intended to violate laws and have no plans to charge him. the memos became a catalyst for
blatant violation of fbi policies, the nation was forced to endure a politically motivated two-year witch hunt going on to say the inspector general said he violated the most basic obligations of confidentiality that he owed to the united states government and to the american people. that last bit is a direct quote from the report referring to how comey has acknowledged that he was hoping by sharing this information publicly to trigger the special counsel investigation. and when you look at how this has become politicized, the report, comey, generally is a light ring rod anyway for both conservatives and liberals. there are some democrats who say, listen, what james comey did happened at an extraordinary political moment, that essentially the argument is he did what he had to do to make sure that this would see the light of day and without comey the special counsel may never have been appointed. and here we are two years later. we may never have known what