this morning on "world news now," president trump fires fbi director james comey. >> reaction coming in swift from both side of the aisle. the president making his first public comment overnight. and the move being compared to nixon's saturday night massacre during watergate. we are live in washington. >> what's next at the fbi? who is on top to be the next fbi director? how will the move affect ongoing investigations? we will examine it all with an expert live. >> emergency declared after a nuclear waste tunnel collapses in washington state. authorities on alert and monitoring. the latest from the scene. >> then, step aside, ellen degeneres there is a retweet king. wait till you hear what his prize is. we have that all coming up for you on this wednesy,

>> napoleon dynamite? >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you. want to get to the political bombshell. president trump firing fbi director james comey. >> many people calling it stunning, unprecedented, comey apparently caught completely off-guard. this is the scene at lax for the fbi, former fbi director. there for an event. but flew back to washington after learning about his firing from news reports. >> comey faced intense criticism over his handling of the hillary clinton e-mail probe. his termination comes as he led the investigation into possible ties between russia and trump campaign. we begin with lana zach and details. good morning. >> good morning, there are lots of details on this. many people are really questioning the optics of the timing particularly given that james comey was overseeing the russian inv

and the potential of finding somebody in the trump administration who possibly could have clued olluded with r. >> reporter: james comey boarded a plane in los angeles deciding not to attend an fbi event after learning he had been fired as head of the fbi president trump writing it is essential we find leadership for the fbi that restores public trust and confidence. the white house says the president was influenced in part by wreck men daegs of his attorney general, jeff session whose had recused himself from the russia investigation. that has senate democrats concerned about the future of the ongoing fbi investigation into russian influence over the election. comby was overseeing it. some saying now, that his firing demonstrates a pattern. >> they fired sally yates. fire comey. >> chuck schumer said a special investigator must now be appointed and if not. >> every ame

suspect that the decision to fire director comey was part of a cover-up. >> reporter: the controversial comey had drawn ier from democrats and republicans at various times. just days before the presidential election, comey was responsible for a bombshell announcement he would be reopening the investigation into clinton's e-mails. he later testified on ramifications of that decision. >> it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had impact on the election. >> not just democrats, kendis, diane, raising concerns about this possible russia connection. we are also hearing from many republicans who feel the same way, that the timing is all very fishy in their mind. we heard from the chair of the senate intelligence committee who said, that it further confuses an already difficult investigation that also becoming further confused in some ways by president trump and the white house announcing he will meet with russia's foreign minister today. kendis, diane.

raised about attorney general jeff sessions' rolen this. recused himself from the russian investigation now involved in the firing of man leading it. what more do we know about that? >> exactly right, diane. there are question as but that. whether or not that seems above board, insidious, at, at perhaps its worst. and we also know that deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, the man who may decide if any one gets prosecuted in connection with russia one of the ones who pushed for the firing of the fbi director leading the investigation. a lot of lawmakers who are now saying, that these questions must be answered. and we expect congress to start get together to answer the questions starting to day. >> all right. monitoring it all closely. lana zach live from washington. lana, thanks. >> back to chuck schumer, lana had in the story there. he told the president he was, quoting, making a big mistake. the president wasted little time in firing back

>> president trump called him crying chuck schumer and said the senator recently stated he had no confidence in comey, then he acts so indignant. and added #draintheswamp. >> eric holder reacted. to the career men and women at the department of justice and fbi you know what the job entails and how to do it. be strong and unafraid. duty, honor, country. >> of course the big question now what's next for the fbi? who will replace comey. >> his deputy running the bureau. 49-year-old andrew mccabe, acting director of the fbi apin theed to deputy position back in january of last year. by comey himself. jeff sessions will name an interim director. the search is already on for a permanent replacement. there are discussions inside the bureau if comey will address the staff one final time. that is not clear if that will happen.

contributor, former fbi counterterrorism official steve gomez. good morning. thank you for joining us. what are you hearing from within the fbi? >> well, i am hearing range of emotions. word like, some one died, when this occurred, shock, they don't feel like it was right, the way he found out. apparently he was in the los angeles field office. found out from the media. a lot of people that were around. so they, they were hurt by this. because, they could see probably, i wasn't there, but it sound look they saw the anguish and the confusion. and there was a lot of confusion in the office. so a number of, yeah, hearing about young employees, who aren't familiar with the way change occurs in fbi how they were wondering what happened next, do we come to work? things i'm hearing from various people. >> change in the fbi does happen, doesn't happen look this routinely. been years since it has. so, talk about the investigation. how does this impact that investigation? >> so,

investigations, all fbi investigations being conducted, nationwide, and through out, internationally, there is not an impact. there is succession planning in place. deputy director. associate deputy director. assistant directors. every field office throughout the country has special agent in charge and assistants. everything in place. the country has to understand nothing will happen to any investigation. i think the big question of course is how does this impact the russia investigation, and that is something that is going to continue on, but the, the fact is, now, that, that leadership at the very top which was overseeing this investigation, that is going to change. so i think the matter of, just ensuring that that investigation continues. that's how the succession planning is going to occur with the bureau. >> steve, one of the big words on both side is trust. in all of this. one big thing, people are looking for is trust in the fbi and fbi director. what kind of qualities do you think president trump

>> well, trust usually starts when it comes to the fbi with independent objectivity, you can't be partisan. that is one of first things that we always looked at with our director, any time a new director came in you. wanted to make sure they had the qualities. because the fbi has to be independent when they conduct their investigation. whatever kind of investigation it is. we all, as fbi agents and employees, had to function independently and objectively. that's very important. you also have to be able to manage, nowadays a worldwide organization, with a sense of urgency. because the fbi deals with urgent matters. who ever it is that is selected as director they have to handle any kind of situation that comes their way. they have to prioritize it, move quickly. and then last, is, who ever the individual is that is selected they have to be familiar with the screw dishl cyjudicial syst

this is now the pool that they're going to be swimming in. they have to understand the way things work from the law enforcement standpoint that's the leadership. they're going to be showing with this type of organization. >> steve, i know you are very much in touch with many former colleagues there at edgar hoover building and field offices across the country. and were in touch with them yesterday. how gut wrenching was this news? >> this hurts. absolutely hurts. this hurts. it hurts me. it hurts everybody. not only because, jim comey is a good man. and for him to depart abruptly like this. being in a field office, l.a. office where i worked for many, many years, and i could see him walking through the office which most directors would do. >> hard to miss at 6'7." >> yeah, absolutely. and everybody, everybody knows when the director is showing up. doing a visit. everybody is there. i can't even iffage in, this coming across the news screen, saying that he has been fired right there. like i id

people describe to me like some one died. and, that, that is very, very painful. and like i said, change is constant in the fbi the public need to understand the bureau is used to change. this kind of change is different. but they're going to be able to adapt to this. and move on. >> all right. glad to hear you think they're prepared to deal with all this. aand we are safe in. former counterterrorism official, steve gomez. great to have you on. thank you. >> thank you. >> jim comey sudden termination is conjuring images of the waterga watergate. >> some lawmakers come park it to the saturday night massacre in 1973, nixon fired the special prosecutor overseeing watergate, and attorney general, deputy attorney general resigned. >> the nixon library is objecting, tweeting, fun fact, president nixon never fired the director of the

>> the only president to have done that was bill clinton. >> william sessions had problems within the fbi itself. coming up. another black eye for the airline industry. >> this time a brawl on board a southwest flight. >> ooh. >> what sparked all of this? as spirit zp plains a fight between customers at one of its check-in counters as well. >> and a lumbering animal's adventure. a big bear taking a dip in a pool, chasing a deer, having the standoff with the family's dog. tell you how this all unfolded. >> do remember to find us on facebook at wnn fans.com. and on twitter. you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪

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looking at the aftermath of a powerful and deadly fireworks explosionen central mexico. the blast in killed 14

11 of them children. investigators say the whole thing was touched off when an errant firecracker landed on a stockpile of fire works. explosives stored in a home. set to be used next monday in a religious celebration. officials in washington state trying to deter men how to safe guard the area around a nuclear site after a mysterious tunnel collapse. the tunnel at hanford nuclear reservation held rail cars filled with radioactive waste. no workers inside at the team of the marshal cave in. those near the 400 square foot hole were evacuated. the energy department says it is confident so far no radiation was released into the air. now there is concern that more of the tunnel walls, built 60 years ago could be weakening. >> on board brawl to a flight to southern california captured on camera. one person under arrest after this broke out on a southwest airlines jet. it happened after a flight from dallas landed in burbank two. passengers started flighting. as the the plane was taxiing to

what is wrong with people? at one point a flight attendant trapped in the middle. a passenger suffered minor injuries. there. >> this chaos at fort lauderdale's airport. upset travelers nearly rioted after nine spirit airlines flights were canceled. three people were arrested. blachl the cancellations on the work slowdown. by its pilots, union during contract talks. a federal court ordered the pilots to resume normal operations. >> accuse kidnapper, tad cummins made an appearance to face a charge that could keep him in prison for life. the former high school teacher appeared in court, shackled with leg irons as prosecutors argued he should remain jailed as flight risk until his trial. accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old student. they were found in california after of a month long nationwide manhunt. >> family pelten southern california proving that size apparently doesn't matter at least in this case. >> the dog was clearly cautious when a wild

at first, you see the dog running closer to the house. they have a brief stare down. >> little conservation. >> then. get him. >> get him, fido. the dog ended chasing the bear. the bear was not up to the challenge. it wandered away. >> a funny moment where you see the bear turn around. >> look at:wow. that bear, it is like. >> really. >> really getting out of there. >> whoa. man. then a deer. >> chasing the deer. the. >> the dog is not having it. >> mutual of omaha wild kingdom. >> one more time and they're off! >> this is the moment you are talking about. >> the bear turned around right there. the bear turns around the dog backs off for a second. just kidding, no big deal. >> many people in future california car chases looking at the bear's technique of leaping the fence. going, okay, that's how you get away. that's how you do

i think the dog let the bear get away. and don't you come back here again. >> think live tv in southern california. >> i would have watched over and over. >> coming of in the next half hour. the last dog left at the shelter. special needs pup, eastwood, head to his new home. >> first, new details emerging as the list of students charged in the hazing death of a penn state sophomore rose. you are watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ break through your allergies. try new flonase sensimist instead of allergy pills. it's more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six is greater than one. break through your allergies. new flonase sensimist

to. >> list of young men charged in the death of a student at penn state growing. as we learn details about surveillance footage captured what happened that night. >> prosecutors saying the one student who did speak out is a target himself. here is abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: more penn state fraternity brothers charges in the death of tim piazza. >> a death caused by recklessness. didn't have to happen. >> reporter: prosecutors accusing one of the fraternity brothers of intimidation taking aim at kordell davis who told robin roberts he begged the brothers to call for help. but after that interview the prosecutor says one interview texted davis a message reading in part. nobody likes you anyway. 1 members of the fraternity, facing charges. eight facing charges from hazing to assault to involuntary manslaughter. for the

to till call for help. >> we have a friend who is unconscious, hasn't moved. probably going to need an ambulance. >> one member calling 911, 12 hours after piazza reportedly fell head first done a staircase intoxicated following heavy drinking in an alleged hazing ritual. >> how old is he? >> 19 years old. >> and was he breathing? >> he was breathing. >> an alcohol or anything involved do you know? >> yes there is. >> reporter: the prosecutor telling us high definition cameras captured piazza suffering in agonizing detail for hours. the fraternity brothers tried to revive him but refused to call for help after he fell over and over again. they will face a judge next week. gio benitez, abc news, pennsylvania. >> such a tough case. prosecutors say that his skin turned gray before they called 911. >> able to notice because of the surveillance cameras so intricate. >>

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delivers mega support. time for "the mix." we start with a very clever young man. >> okay. >> so, i forgot his name now. >> napoleon dynamite look-alike. >> carter, his name is carter. trying to see his last name. don't have it. carter loves chicken snuck ets. goes on and starts to tweet at wendy's, how many retweets do i have to get, to get free chicken nuggets. >> wendy's responds saying 18 million. thinking no way. well, guess what? carter took the challenge. went ahead. and now holds the record for most retweets. he did not reach the 18 million goal, but he did surpass ellen degeneres's previou

well just over 3.4 million retweets. and oscar selfie. wendy's decided you know what, buddy, you earned it. he gets free chicken nug the for a year. and gave him $100,000 to donate to the dave thomas foundation. >> he doesn't get the money. but gets the free nuggets for a year. >> win-win. >> the kid to be around at school no doubt. apparently another student in iran who is pretty popular. but for all the wrong reasons. he thinks so at least at this point. he has a an uncanny resemblance to the greatest, soccer player, lionel messi from argentina. >> both, does? >> the one on the left is 25-year-old iranian student. he knew he had a resemblance. he started to cut his hair. shave his beard like that. one day he wore the jersey, barcelona, 10, and drove around town. created such a public disturbance, that he

impounded, got arrested. people started taking so much photos with him. police were like, we're taking-up to the police station, you are disturbing the public order in iran. so, i guess he is going to shave. >> now he has an arrest record, also a star in his own right. as that guy who looks exactly like messi. >> exactly. >> we know what your halloween costume is going to be. there is that. all right. you want to show up to the prom in style. make a big impression. >> nice suit. >> party bus. >> look your own personal met gala. >> one student in new jersey got especially creative. megan flarety, pulled up to proinlin a hearse. and laying flat in a coffin. lots of jokes going on, saying megan killed it. and looked drop dead gorgeous. megan says she just. >> drop dead

this morning, an historic shake-up in washington. president trump fires fbi director james comey, what now? >> plus, what lawmakers are saying about the move. learning how comey found out about his firing by watching television. >> new this half-hour, new controversy surrounding the plan to overhaul the health care system. >> group of senate republicans working on a new bill. what's missing from this scene? >> actually included no women. so overnight the majority leader, mitch mcconnell weighing in on the criticism. >> former president barack obama was looking very relaxed at a summit on climate change in italy. is it getting hot in there or what's the deal. he is getting a lot of attention not for his speech, not for his speech, but for his attire. not since that, leather jacket in d.c. has there been such a buzz about his post po