york city, i'm dimarco morgan. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, may 10th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump fires fbi director james comey in the midst of an investigation into the trump campaign's ties with russia. what led up to the ouster, criticism from the president's own party, and a push for reaction from the opposition. >> this is partly a deeply troubling pattern from the trump administration. >> well, good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york.

good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. for only the second time in u.s. history, the director of the fbi has been fired. in a stunning turn of events, president trump fired james comey, raising questions about the president's motive and the future of the investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russia and also increasing calls for a special prosecutor. the president cited comey's actions in the hillary clinton e-mail inquiry. comey's deputy andrew mccabe has been named the interim prosecutor. fbi director. one republican senator jeff blake of arizona tweeted that he can't find an acceptable rationale for the timing of comey's firing, and this morning all democratic senators have been asked to be at their desks when the senate convenes. "the new york times" puts the president's letter dismissing comey on the front page. his firing is dominating headlines this morning. hena daniels is here in new york with more.

hena, good morning.g, annmarie. president trump is hosting the russian foreign minister at the white house today as his administration begins its search for a new fbi director. comey's firing yesterday triggered an overwhelming reaction on capitol hill especially from democrats who say a special prosecutor should now be appointed to oversee ongoing investigations into the russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. >> with all due respect, you're making a big mistake. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer was among the first to question the timing of president trump's decision to fire fbi director james comey tuesday. the same man leading the bureau's investigation into whether members of his campaign colluded with russia during the presidential election. >> were these investigations getting too close to home for the president? >> the president immediately fired back on twitter last night, writing in part, crying

chuck schumer stated recently i no longer have confidence in combmy and then act so indignant. >> you're talking about becoming confident. >> these become more famous than me. >> president trump sent this dismissal letter to comey yesterday writing, while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i'm not under investigation, i nevertheless concur with the judgment of the department of justice, that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. the trump administration maintains its decision was mainly based on the handling of the hillary clinton investigation. comey appeared before the senate panel last week to discuss the case. >> it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election. >> wild senator richard burr said it's confusion majority leader mitch mcconnell says he

looked forward to a full, fair, and timely process to fulfill the position. comey had been set to testify on capitol hill tomorrow over the election. he's no longer expected to appear, though, his testimony could be pushed back to next week. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. well, until his firing, tuesday's story line surrounding comey centered around the investigation of hillary clinton's primary e-mail server. the fbi had to correct comey's testimony from last week in which he said clinton's closee aide huma abedin sent dozens of classified e-mails to her husband anthony weaner. they say she only passed a small number for the purpose of printing off documents and only two contained classified information. well, cbs news chief washington correspondent john dickerson said the firing will increase calls for an

independent prosecutor to run an investigation into the trump campaign, russia, and the election. >> this is likely to ratchet up even higher the partisan combat over the investigation into the russian efforts to influence the 2016 election. it was already high enough this week after parties paired off over why it took so long for the president to fire former national security adviser michael flynn. now democrats will renew their calls for a special prosecutor, and they've already been joined by republican john mccain. the argument is that only someone free to investigate without being fired or the fear of being fired can do the job. this will send shock waves through the fbi, put a cloud over the investigation if after independent one is not initiated, and it can lower the trust in american institutions which analysts say was the russian intent in the meddling in election all along. >> well, some are comparing comey's firing to richard nixon's 1973 saturday night massacre. president nixon wanted the

special prosecutor investigating watergate, archibald cox, fired, but the attorney general refused and resigned. the richard nixon library responded to commentary that comey's firing was knicks on yan. in a tweet they tweeted, fun fact, president nixon never fired the director of the fbi. well ahead on "cbs this morning" more on the fired of fbi director james comey. today president trump plans to meet with russia's top dip plea mat. the white house meeting with sergey lavrov is the highest level face-to-face meeting the president has ever had with a public official. the syrian war is likely to top the agenda. the trump administration has announced planned to arm syria's kurdish fighters to help recapture the isis stronghold of raqqah, syria.

he said they're the best bet to free the city, but arming the kurds angers turkey, a key nato ally. the kurds have been fighting in southern turkey for years. turkey's president is expected to visit president trump next week. south korea's new president says he's willing to visit north korea under the right circumstances. moon jae-in said he'll go anywhere to solve the security crisis of north expanding nuclear weapons and missile program. it is unclear why a tunnel collapsed at washington state's hanford nuclear reservation, but officials say that there was no release of radioactive material. hanford is located southeast of seattle. no workers were inside the tunnel when it collapsed. the problem was discovered as part of a routine inspection. john blackstone reports. >> reporter: the collapsing soil created a 20x20 hole creating a tunnel. it's the nation's largest site

of nuclear storage waste. he said nearly 5,000 work is had to take cover. >> what that means is shelter in place. no one was hurt and there's no spreds of -- no indication of a spread of radiological contamination. >> reporter: the tunnel contains railcars used decades ago and stores uranium and plutonium. all the waste from the manhattan process which tested and built the atomic bomb in world war ii is buried at hanford as is weapons material through the 1980s. a massive cleanup effort costing $2 billion a year is aimed at decontaminating a site half the size of rhode island. >> the crisis isn't over yet. we're waiting to see how bad it can get. >> reporter: tom carpenter is with hanford challenge, a watchdog g monitoring the cleanup sight. despite the fact that you're

spending a come billion dollars a year to clean up, it's actually getting more dangerous. >> more dangerous with time. we're going to see tank failures in the future. this is a wakeup call. >> reporter: john blackstone, cbs news, seattle. eight more fraternity members tied to a pledge made a court appearance. members of the beta theta pi are accused of hazing and alcohol tampering. timothy pizza died after he fell and hurt his head. >> the only reason this came to the surface was because timothy died. >> ten other fraternity members facing more serious charges were arraigned last friday. former president barack obama addressed a global food conference in italy just as the trump administration considers pulling out of a major climate agreement. mr. obama talks about how climate affects food production.

his comments were nonpartisan, but it's a reminder to everybody it's a responsibility to vote. >> i always tell people you get the politician you deserve. if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get politicians that don't reflect your interest. >> that's right. >> mr. obama said the energy to bury bring about change will come from what people do every day. well, coming up on the "morning news" now, freedom for chelsea manning. the army private who released private documents is set to be released from ft. leavenworth. and the old "daily show" gang appeared on stephen colbert. this is the "cbs morning news." appeared on stephen colbert. this is the "cbs morning news."

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in energy stocks held the dow back. the dow dropped 37 points, the s&p slipped 2 and the nasdaq rose 18 points. disney shares fell after the company reported profits that beat expectations but revenue that fell short. its cable business including espn suffered a 3% drop in year-to-year operating income. disney did get a boost from its parks and resorts and also its block buster films like beauty and the beast. apple became the first u.s. company to top the $800 billion mark in capital. apple shares have gained 34%. they closed at just under $154 a share. online shopping giant amazon cut its free shipping minimum to $25. it's a $10 decrease as it faces more competition from retailers like walmart. purchases will be delivered in five to eight business days. amazon already offered flee two-day shipping urnlds under

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. greetings. i am dan aykroyd, aka ray stance, "ghost buster." and you're looking at a close-up of the terror dog from the movie "ghostbusters." >> the scientists named a new dinosaur species after a famous demon zooul who was a four-legged beast that lived millions of years ago in what is now montana. it ate only plants but grew to 20 million feet in length and grew to 2 1/2 tons. >> a new crash tests show equipment change in trucks could save lives in accidents. don champion explains how it would work. >> reporter: new crash tests from the insurance institute for highway safety shows what happens when a car going 30 miles an hour crashes into the side of a tractor trailer.

the car goes underneath and the heads of dummies smash directly into the truck. but in a second test, the tractor trailer is equipped with underride guards on the side of the truck, and the outcome is much different. >> it prevented the car from going underneath and consequently the seatbelts were able to protect the dummy in those crash tests. >> reporter: federal law requires them to have rear underride guards, but it does not mandate the same protections for sides of trucks. more than 1,500 people were killed. more than 300 of those involved the side of the truck. >> we can't say for sure how many people would be saved, but if you prevented a car from going underneath a trailer, many more people would be alive than if trailers weren't equipped with underride cars. >> reporter: to cut down on crashes experts also remind drivers to be attentive when driving around trucks and

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well, the pentagon is seeking to ramp up the war in afghanistan. as david martin reports, the president is considering whether to send more troops. >> reporter: facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the trump administration is preparing to send some 3,000 u.s. troops back to afghanistan. the exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. the increase was requested by general john nicholson, a top commander in afghanistan who has said he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. the plan, which has not yet been presented to president trump for a decision, would allow american advisers to operate closer to the front lines and give them

greater authority to call in air strikes against the taliban, an enemy which can still carry out attacks like this one last month on an afghan military base that left 140 dead. general nicholson has said it would take two to three years to gain an advantage over the taliban. the goal is not to defeat the taliban but to convince them they cannot win and that they're better off seeking a negotiated end to the war. as joints chief chairman general dunford explained to cami mccormick of cbs radio, it comes down to which side cracks first. >> we can be tired but wars clash. who wins and who loses. who loses is who lost first. some of which would conduct raids against terrorist groups like isis and al qaeda. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. in a stunning move president trump fired fbi director james comey.

the president cited comey's actions in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. comey was leading the investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials in the u.s. election. democrats and some republicans want to know why comey was fired now and are calling for a special prosecutor to take over the case. >> 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. >> comey is just the second fbi director to be fired. and ahead on "cbs this morning," much more on the firing of fbi director james comey. then -- >> reporter: i'm don dahler on board the "uss new mexico," one of the new virginia class submarines entering the navy. coming up on "cbs this morning," i'll show you what $2 billion gets the american taxpayer, and

it doesn't include a periscope. plus, the beginning of the zika virus season. we will take you to miami where people are preparing to prevent new transmissions. and the series "a more perfect union" with look at how tattoo artists are giving people a second chance with their skin. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com thanks for tching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. good morning, a live look at the bay bridge there morning. let's get the party started again, shall we? michelle? >> i'm sure, why not. >> good morning, it's wednesday, may 10, i'm kenny

choi. >> i'm michelle griego. i'm always up for a good party. >> good morning. how are you? >> happy wednesday. >> wednesday! >> it is already. >> party starting on a wednesday morning. [ crosstalk ] >> we are getting ready with you out there today. one thing you need to know about is we have a big change in your forecast. a change in which it will be cooler. it will be cloudy along the coast and it will certainly be breezy to windy right now wind- swept skies. 40s and 50s. it's now 57 degrees in oakland. 49 degrees in santa rosa. the winds have been picking up east of the bay 17 in san ramon right now, 14 oakland, 13 in pleasanton. check out napa to the south- southwest 23. fairfield with a wind at 30 miles per hour. it will be a windy blustery day today along the coast, you will not see any sunshine. temperatures dropping into the mid-50s. highs today inland tumbling 16 degrees. we have a changing fost