good morning, america. breaking new details about why james comey was fired. sources tell abc news the president is the one that set it all in motion and the new report that the deputy attorney general threatened to resign plus the farewell letter from comey overnight. deadly standoff. officers facing off with a gunman firing shots from this home killing at least one person, injuring three more. the battle lasting more than 24 hours. an abc news investigation. bmws bursting into flames. reports that dozens of one of the most expensive cars on the road have been mysteriously igniting while parked and even turned off. what is sparking the blaze? brian ross here with the new report. ♪ i need some good news

an amazing survival. the 23-year-old hiker stranded in the wilderness with just her dog. >> it was a huge mistake that ended up being seven days. >> lost after taking a wrong turn on a trail, the incredible rescue. now she's speaking out right here on "gma." ♪ yes, some good news on this busy thursday morning. what a great survival story. >> oh, yeah, that hiker and her dog were lost for nearly a week in the montana wilderness with grizzlies nearby and thank goodness they both maze it out safely. >> a lot of smiles for them this morning. also a lot going on. much more fallout over the president's decision to fire fbi director james comey. reports this morning that the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein threatened to resign over this. president trump's spokesperson

sarah huckabee sanders is standing by to respond. >> a new headline in that bombshell. former director james comey had asked for more money and resources to investigate russian meddling in the election just days before he was fired. meanwhile, acting fbi director andrew mccabe will testify before the senate intelligence committee which comey had originally been scheduled to do and abc news can report that president trump is expected to sign another executive order today, this one forming a presidential commission on election integrity that will look into possible voter fraud. >> a lot of questions about the president's claims and right to the breaking new details on the firing of james comey. chief white house correspondent jon karl starts us off. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning. this came close to escalating into an even bigger crisis. george, i am told that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was so upset with the white house for saying that the firing of comey was his idea that he was on the verge of resigning. the first words from former fbi

was abruptly fired came in a letter to his staff and friends. comey writing, i'm not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. i hope you won't either. it is done. he goes on to say, in times of turbulence the american people should see the fbi as a rock of competence, honesty and independence. but stepty attorney general rod rosenstein in a memo to president trump that was delivered to the white house tuesday afternoon says comey inflicted substantial damage to the fbi's reputation and credibility. the white house initially said the memo was the reason trump chose to fire him. >> when he brought the recommendation to the president that the director of the fbi should be removed, president trump provided the kind of strong and decisive leadership the american people have come to be accustomed from him. >> reporter: so, who ordered the review of comey to begin with? press secretary sean spicer pointed the finger at the justice department. >> so, the white house had no involvement in this decision

letter by the deputy attorney general? >> that's correct. >> reporter: but abc news has learned it was president trump himself who soured on comey and set the firing process into motion. early monday afternoon the president met with the attorney general and the deputy attorney general at the white house. said to them he wanted to fire comey, asked for their opinion and told them to put it in writing. when did he make the decision. >> he made the decision for the final decision to move forward with it was yesterday, but i know that's been contemplating it for awhile. >> was the reason for the firing what was written by the deputy attorney general? is that why he did it? >> that was i think the final piece that moved the president to make that quick aand decisive action yesterday. >> reporter: democrats say the firing of comey who was overseeing the russia is an abuse of presidential power. >> the reality is his team is the subject of an investigation, none of us know where that investigation is going to lead and that's a very apparent

president. >> reporter: in his letter to comey telling he was terminated trump made a point of raising the fbi's russia probe. writing, i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i'm not under investigation. associates of comey tell abc news they are highly skeptical that comey ever would have told the president that he was not under investigation. they say it's possible that was the president's understanding, but that comey would never have cleared anybody while the investigation is still under way and that it would have been highly inappropriate of him to do so. >> thank you. comey's firing took much of the president's own party by surprise. some republicans are backing his decision, but at least a dozen say it raises concerns. our congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with new reporting. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, the president's decision to fire the fbi director this morning is dividing even his own party, at least 12 senate republicans are voicing questions and concerns,

republican leading the senate's russia investigation says it makes no sense. and now the republican chair of the house oversight committee is asking the justice department to investigate the firing. now, on the other side of the aisle democrats are demanding a special prosecutor take over the russia investigation, even some republicans i've talked with seem open to the idea but, robin, republican leaders aren't budging. >> and a little bit more on that, because these calls from the democrats and there are some republicans as well but having the special prosecutor step in perhaps. >> reporter: yeah, and this fight is brewing, robin. some democrats say they will oppose the president's pick for the next fbi director unless that special prosecutor is appointed. now, democrats can threaten. they can delay but that's about it. confirmation requires just a simple senate majority and the republicans have that. robin. >> all right, mary, thank you. george. >> thanks, robin. here for president trump his spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders, sarah, thanks for joing

want to clarify some things. in the hours after mr. comey was fired you, sean spicer, kellyanne conway, all said that the deputy attorney general wrote this memo on his own with no involvement from the president or the white house. that wasn't true, was it? >> well, george, i think you're putting things a little out of context here. the information in the letter was something that he came to on his own. on monday they were at the white house for other meetings. the president asked them about their opinions on comey. they told him. he asked for them to put it in writing, the conversation that they had had orally there at the white house on monday, asked them to put it in writing. they did that on tuesday. but it wasn't directed or those -- the words that were written weren't at the direction necessarily of the president. those were their own thoughts. >> hold on. you said i was taking things out of context. i don't think i was at all. >> you made it sound like we weren't being truthfu

>> well, i need to clear this up. sean spicer said there was no involvement by the white house. it was all him. mr. rosenstein. you said absolutely this was something rosenstein did on his own. kellyanne conway said, the firing had everything to do with rosenstein. and then the vice president even said rosenstein came to work, sat down and made the recommendation. he brought the recommendation to the president. but as your own time line states the president was inclined to fire mr. comey after the hearings last week. he came to the white house on monday morning. he asked to see mr. rosenstein and he directed him to write this memo, didn't he? >> he did not direct him to write the context of the memo. he asked him to put the comments that he had already made directly to the president in writing. again, i think that you're trying to beat up the process but the point here is that the findings in the letter, in the recommendation were original thoughts by mr. rosenstein. but the important component of this

general along with many others felt like director comey was not the person that should be running the fbi at this point. >> but the president had already made that determination and is it true, in fact, as "the washington post" is reporting and jon karl said earlier that the deputy attorney general threatened to resign if the white house failed to make that point, that this was a decision that began with the president, not with mr. rosenstein? >> i'm not aware of his threatening to resign. that's a question i'd have to refer you to the department of justice but what i am clear on, yes, the president very much had been thinking about letting director comey go since november 9. >> why did he come to the office inclined to fire james comey? what was it about his testimony last week that upset the president? was it the fact that mr. comey said he was mildly nauseous at the thought he might have influenced the election? >> look, i think it was -- again, i think this process started in november, probably

to october, just the constant part of director comey being the public face out on tv constantly the back and forth but wednesday's testimony certainly didn't help and i think was the final piece that put the president in a place where he felt like director comey was no longer the person that should be leading the fbi. >> but back during the campaign the president was upset that james comey wasn't recommending that hillary clinton go to jail. >> look, during the campaign that you're a candidate. it's very different than being the president of the united states. particularly i think one of the biggest things that we saw on wednesday was this -- the director of the fbi going around the chain of command, this was one of the first times that he directly came out and explicitly said that he had gone around the chain of command within the department of justice, that's basically taking a stick of dynamite and throwing it into the department of justice, something you simply cannot do and one of the things that was reflected in the deputy attorney general's letter that he put fort to

tuesday. >> it had been reported several times before and the difference of course now that james comey is leading the investigation into russia. i do want to get into that because the president's letter says i greatly appreciate you informing me, mr. comey, on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. sources close to comey say that's not true and it would likely violate justice department and fbi procedures. are you sure that what the president wrote is true? >> i have heard that directly from him that information was relayed directly to him from director comey. >> what were those occasions and how did he provide that assurance. >> i won't get into the details of that conversation he had with the director. >> you're confident mr. comey provided those assurances even though sources close to him say it's not true? >> i think getting it directly from the source is a lot better than sources closest to, so, yes, sir. >> sarah huckabee sanders, thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks so much, george. now let's talk to sara

thanks for coming in this morning. you and i have both worked in white houses. how do you assess how the white house is handling the fallout here. >> they seem really taken back by the fact that republicans and democrats, especially democrats but some republicans are really questioning this decision. and so they were caught flatfooted. they're trying to adjust. they're putting people out, sarah just gave an interview with you where she, i think, made the case that donald trump had been thinking about this. they're starting to get the facts out. it would have been better for them to put all the facts out the day they made the decision in in fact, she said that the final -- the straw there was the testimony last week, in fact, the day before they were saying it was the memo from mr. rosenstein and i think that's one of the things that has so many people raising questions that, in fact, they want people to believe according to that memo the reason comey was fired was because he was too tough on hillary clinton. >> yeah, that's not credible. it's not really credible to anyone and so the realities is the president does have the right to dismiss the fbi

he made that decision. he should have laid it out. i think what he also should have done, though is if you're going to make a move like that, have a replacement in mind. have somebody who is above reproach that you can install immediately in the job that can take away some of these questions about why you did it. you know, you're trying to put somebody in there who's just there to protect your side of this russia debate which is inappropriate. >> he was trying to solve a problem. did he make it worse? >> he's made it worse. and he actually is making it worse now as they dump kerosene on this every day when they don't get these facts and have different staff members saying different things. they have to figure out what they're going to do at the fbi and have to get in unison and have to lay out a plan and now because of the way this was handled, they have to put somebody in there that is really untouchable by democrats or republicans. there's not many people who fit that bill. >> thanks, sara fagen, for coming in. that breaking news. a standoff in new jersey lasting more than 24

officers and a suspect. firing shots from this home killing at least one person and injuring three others. abc's gio benitez is on the scene in trenton, new jersey, with the rest of the story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: michael, good morning to you. police are negotiating right now with the suspect. we're hearing the negotiator say things like i want this to end peacefully and we have not tried to hurt you. they just want him to come out with his hands up. for more than 24 hours police in new jersey engaged in a deadly standoff with a man barricaded in this home. police say the suspect opened fire on authorities who took cover behind cars in this residential neighborhood. just after 6:00 a.m. wednesday u.s. martials on the fugitive task force serving a warrant at the family home when he reportedly opened fire. >> as the officers were backing out of the house under fire, suspect continued to fire during which time an individual outside of the residen

gunfire and is deceased. >> reporter: three officers injured. one bystander killed. >> i saw a dead body laying in the street. ambulance come, cop got shot. >> reporter: police moving in surrounding the home and closing nearby streets. >> a number of residents have been evacuated from the area and they reverse 911 call has gone out advising other residents to shelter in place until further notice. >> reporter: knocking down the doors of nearby homes in hopes of reaching the man. at one point sending in a robot with a cell phone, an attempt to talk the 35-year-old into surrendering. >> it just scares me. it really does. >> reporter: authorities working through the night to reach reese deploying tear gas. now, thankfully the officers that have been injured suffered only minor injuries. that's good news. but we should tell you people who know the suspect call him easy going so police call him a killer. we'll keep watching this and hopefully nobody else gets hurt here, michael. >> all right, thank you, gio.

robin. all right, michael, now to a developing story in new orleans. crews early this morning began removing the statue of confederate president jefferson davis, this after a judge rejected a final bid to save it. this is the second of four confederate monuments being removed. protesters for and against the statue clashed throughout the night. but it has been brought down. amy, you have the morning's other top stories starting with a travel issue here. >> yeah, that's right. there could be another change for airline travelers. a ban on laptops could soon be expanded to all u.s.-bound flights from europe. passengers traveling from ten muslim majority countries are already prohibited from carrying laptops and tablets onto u.s. flights because of concern that isis may try to hide a bomb in electronic devices. well, today homeland security officials are expected to discuss the possible expansion of that ban with leaders from the airline industry. some surprising news considering incidents like these we've been seeing, a new report

confrontations and brawls, airline customer satisfaction has hit an all-time high according to a j.d. power survey which credits lower airfares and fewer lost bags. the crackdown on anti-government protesters in venezuela is escalating. at least 39 people have died in street battles. hundreds of civilians who have been arrested are facing trial in military rather than civilian courts. on wall street this morning a staggering number. the owner of social media giant snapchat lost $2.2 billion last quarter while facing increased competition from facebook. the company's stock plunging overnight. finally, a rough night for two guys trying to steal a truck in oklahoma. take a look at this video from a car dealership. it shows the men trying to unlock the transmission at the bottom, but you see what happens, the truck slips into neutral and starts rolling away. they try to shoot it, trying to stop it, you know, with a bb gun, eventually

still on the loose. the truck was recovered and is now being repaired but i feel like that brings a new definition to a getaway car geting away from them. >> i was wondering how she was going to do it. you never cease to amaze. >> had a rough night and the guy losing $2.2 billion. >> it was a tough night for a lot of people. >> tough night weatherwise for a lot of people. >> exactly. ten reported tornadoes. this one from chattanooga, oklahoma, that suction and power from texas to illinois, which is the video you're seeing here from kirkwood there were tornadoes on the ground and fortunate li no injuries. you can see the one in sail leapt, iowa. now the threat moves to the east. it is very elongated in large areas. oklahoma city still in it, little rock, memphis, charleston, west virginia and virginia and north carolina. not just tornado threat but hail and damaging wind. it goes through this afternoon and evening and that's the exact storm that's going to make it here for a very raw and cold and rainmo

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>> anchor: good morning, washington! i'm melanie hastings. we want to get a college of your top stories now. new this morning, james comby good by letter to staff revealed he said president trump was within his right to fire him, but refused to comment on how it went down. comby, beginning, say quote i have long believed a president can fire an fbi for any reason or no reason at all. he continues i'm not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. i hope you won't either. new developments from howard county, prosecutors have dropped charges against david watson, he is the inmate who escaped crude this month. he was on the lose in jess supervise for 6 days before

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choice but some democrats are calling it an abuse of power and at least a dozen republicans say they have concerns. more than 120 wildfires are blazing across the south. fueled by record heat, extremely dry conditions, air tankers are dropping water on the flames trying to get them under control. >> doing their best right there. we'll turn to that plot at a north carolina high school where police discovered a student planning an attack after getting a tip about something he posted online. when they confronted him they found knives and a hit list in his book bag and steve osunsami has the story. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning. because this student is under legal age police can't reveal his name or share too much about his condition but tell us this morning he's in a secure location and getting counseling. students at his school can't believe they were in this kind of danger. this was the shocking discovery in the book bag of a student pulled out of class at a high school south of charlotte.

knife, a dismantled shotgun shell, firecrackers, gasoline and a hit list with the names of a dozen students planning to stab his classmates and sent extra security to the school who will stay as long as needed. >> the scary thing too nobody at this point knows why, why he picked out the students that he chose. >> reporter: authorities here say they were tipped off tuesday morning after phone calls from police in ontario, canada. a canadian girl in an internet chat room noticed the unidentified north carolina teenager talking about his plans and reported him to her authorities. within minutes the phones were ringing in union county, north carolina. minutes later, the school resource officer was on his way to pull this kid out of class. >> he had students that he wanted to harm, some of them were in that classroom. >> i mean who knows who was on that list that the person made. i mean, it could have been me. could have been -- my closest friends. >> reporter: police say the student has not

this point. the sheriff tells us this morning they're now talking to students on that hit list to find out what went wrong and most importantly to see what signs were missed. >> thanks, steve. now to that incredible story, a young hiker and her dog are lucky to be alive after they were stranded six days in the montana wilderness and now revealing how they survived. mara schiavocampo is here with more on the story. good morning, mara. >> reporter: michael, good morning. she disappeared in a place known as great bear wilderness and it's called that for a reason because it's full of bears. her family and search teams feared the worst but after almost a week finally the good news they had all been hoping for. this morning, a remarkable air rescue, a hiker in montana finally found after disappearing for almost a week. >> i can't believe that we were able to get out. >> reporter: 23-year-old madeline connelly was visiting relatives in montana when she decided to head out for a hike with her dog

wilderness near glacier national park but the experienced hiker took a wrong turn, suddenly lost in the wilderness with no food. >> like the first night i realized that i was not in the right place but i thought if i kept going i would be on the same loop of a trail and i would just get out. >> reporter: when connelly didn't come home after two days officials launched a massive operation searching by land and air, still, no sign of connelly. just these grizzly bear tracks mixed with hers. then wednesday the moment they'd all hoped for, connelly and her dog finally spotted. rescuers airlifting her out after almost a week in the wild reuniting her with her family. >> it was just like a huge mistake that i ended up being like seven days in kind of treacherous weather conditions. >> our community that we live in, the community here has carried us and i know that

that's what's carried madeline too. >> she is uninjured. she estimates she hiked about ten miles a day trying to find her way out. the dog is fine but he did not get airlifted out. he to walk back out. they did not airlift the dog out. she realized she didn't have water and went to find water at a creek and couldn't find her way back out. she loves the outdoors. but she made a wrong turn. we all make wrong turns. >> happy ending. thank you, mara. coming up that abc news investigation. some bmws are mysteriously catching fire while they are turned off. what's causing dozens of these cars to suddenly burst into flames? hey where is the... nevermind. the moment you realize, "how could there possibly be this many blues?" at lowe's, we take the worry out of choosing the best paint because we guarantee you'll love it or we'll replace it.

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flames while they were parked. even turned off. our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here and, brian, you have our attention. what did you find? >> good morning, robin. this is a story about a mystery with a dozen bmw owners and fire departments around the country trying to figure out how one of the most expensive cars on the road could catch fires hours, days after they had been parked and turned off. the owner of this bmw said he still can't believe what happened to his car after he parked it. >> i had parked it for maybe, say, five minutes and it was completely turned off. >> reporter: but then over the next nine minutes and 15 seconds as this home video shows a white wisp of smoke coming out of the front hood. >> it's on fire. >> i'm so scared. >> reporter: would be followed by heavy smoke and flames enveloping the car as firefighters arrive. >> wow. >> reporter: they struggle to put it out. in the end a total loss and a very big question for bmw f

>> what if i was in the car while this happened, right? let alone if it was parked in the garage at our house. >> my car is on fire. >> reporter: it is a question being asked by dozens of bmw owners around the country. >> i hadn't driven it all day and parked it at 10:00 at night. >> what kind of car is it. >> reporter: fire departments too. >> it's a bmw. >> reporter: all involving bmws described as safely parked and turned off. >> that's not supposed to happen. >> no, when a car is off and it catches fire you've obviously got a problem. >> reporter: but bmw says there is no problem, no defect. with its reputation for excellence on the line and almost 5 million bmws on the road -- >> the ultimate driving machine. >> reporter: -- the company says fires are rare but an investigation by abc news -- >> fire was coming out from under here going up the side of the car. >> reporter: and our abc own stations across the country. >> had parked the car and woke

>> reporter: discovered dozens of such mysterious fires over the last five years. >> the car is on fire it's right next to the house. >> reporter: including this case in gloss ter, massachusetts, earlier this year where a fire and a brand-new bmw quickly spread to the house. the fire department says the car had been parked and not moved for a full five hours. does that surprise you? >> very surprising. it was the first one i had heard of in 32 years on the job. >> reporter: outside washington, d.c., the people who live here were lucky to get out after their parked 2008 bmw suv caught on fire in the garage. >> there was black smoke and snap, crackle pop coming out an a flame. you cannot do a thing except watch. >> reporter: and it's not just north america. we found reports and internet videos of parked bmws catching on fire around the world.

>> reporter: china. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: india and korea where the government is now investigating. bmw refused to provide anyone to appear in our report. in a statement the company told us that based on its investigation, we have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure and it said the fires could be caused by poor maintenance but the bottom line is the fires remain what we might call a burning mystery. >> a burning mystery, indeed. thank you. >> you bet. michael, there's a shark there next to you. >> i know. you know what, there are warning signs and i till couldn't stay away. coming upp coming up on our big board, the drama about the royal family. and "shark tank's" barbara corcoran. >> give me a hug. >> she's a sweetheart and weighing in on a major new lawsuit against zillow, what it could me

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back with our big board and "shark tank's" barbara corcoran here to talk about a new lawsuit. thanks for coming in. that could affect millions of homeowners. a woman against the online site zillow. zillow has a zestimate which estimates the cost of homes and she's saying this hurt her ability to sell her home. what's that about? >> it makes good sense. what happened with this particular woman in illinois is she felt her home was worth $626,000 and the zestimate came in at 562. that's a $64,000 difference. her feeling is is that a typical buyer checks his estimate and thinks her home is worth less. she's claiming her home was put in with a basket of other homes that have no bearing on the value of her home. >> zillow responded to this and said, zestimate is a starting point to determine a home's value and isn't an official appraisal. the plaintiff can

zestimate by adding the square footage of her home so are these online tools accurate and exactly how do they work? >> well, the zestimate you have to realize is just an estimate. that's why they named it that way. not intended to be an appraisal and the company has been very forthcoming in saying that all along. here's what goes awry. a typical buyer goes in and doesn't realize that the fault factor in it is roughly 5%. doesn't sound like a lot but one in ten hopes are estimated at more than 20% less than they're actually worse so if you were in that 1 in 20 homeowner that's a sizability difference and could be injurious to you. it's a starting point and it is a starting point. reliable, no. and it's only a starting point. here's the rub, every consumer out there knows about a zestimate and always check it and so the consumer is using its though it's an appraisal and that's the basis of the lawsuit. claiming they should be licensed as an appraisal firm. >> what do you recommend? >> if you want to get the best

real value of the home and must be extremely accurate about what other homes are compared to yours and not just used as an algorithm and rely on an agent who know what is they're doing or pay for a real appraisal. >> i've looked at those my estimate. >> i love the name. best marketing tool and makes them a fortune. >> absolutely. >> a lot at stake. >> thank you. appreciate it. that backlash over the bbc's new royal drama "king charles iii," the show which aired last night in the uk, imagine the royal family after the queen has died and charles has taken the throne. abc's lama hasan joins us from buckingham palace with more on that. good morning, lama. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, michael. so the bbc film is based on the award winning play. the queen is dead. the country is in transition with a dysfunctional royal family and princess diana's

eerie scenes ruffling quite a few feathers. >> the queen is dead. long live the king. that's me. >> reporter: it is a brand-new royal drama igniting a firestorm. >> your father rules today. >> reporter: "king charles iii," a shocking 90-minute fictional film imagining what life would be like for the house of windsor after the queen gdies. >> this is perhaps the most unstable moment the royal family will face. >> reporter: charles becoming king. >> my life has been a lingering for the throne. >> reporter: embarking on a constitutional crisis so extreme kate middleton is portrayed as a manipulative lady macbeth figure threatening to depose him. >> perhaps i might relieve the har harshness. >> reporter: principal seas diana's ghost appears telling charles he would make a good monarch. >> this whole life, i want more. >> reporter: harry wants to lead a

>> it's not what i was born into. >> reporter: anti-monarcher commoner and he living in the projects and kate pushes william to take on his father. >> become the man i know you are. >> i am not king. >> reporter: if that wasn't controversial enough, tensions running high and the future of the royal family reaching boiling point, camilla slaps william. well, some of the most heated criticism focuses on what it brings about about prince harry's father suggesting it was princess diana's former lover because of their likeness. in a recent interview james hewitt categorically denied those claims. rosa mosque ton, one of princess diana's closest friends called the film salacious saying it was deliberately causing prince harry pain. >> lama, we know a lot of people are in an uproar. has the royal family commented at all? >> reporter: yeah, michael, no comm

in the palace behind me yet but that's hardly surprising. given that they don't normally comment on things like this. but it does have one member of parliament up in arms who called this just a wrong perception of the royal family. he had some pretty harsh words to say about this film. >> let's be honest. all of us including barbara were hanging on that clip. will we get to see it here in the states. >> reporter: oh, absolutely, george. yes, u.s. viewers will get to see what the fuss is all about when it airs this sunday on pbs. >> all right. >> good news, right. >> i want to sleep with charles. >> all right. on that note, barbara, thank you. appreciate it. lama, thank you. everybody, coming up, barbara, you blow me away, an important health alert. could over-the-counter painkillers be linked to heart attacks? and tory is back from her road trip with great "deals & steals" for everybody. she has big savings and they're all starting at just under $5.

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>> anchor: good morning, washington! i'm melanie hastings. here is a check of your stop stories m melter's newly released vital signs report show s the transit agency could i couldn't cpr. in the first 3 medicine rail ridership was down 9% from the same period last year. rail revenue was down 11%. parking revenue was down 9%. safe track repairs get some of the blame. the report will be discussed when metro meets this morning. one of the most important and stressful decisions that parents make, selecting the best care for their child. coming up during the 8:00 of good morning washington on news channel 8 we'll have an expert live on set with tips how to make the best decision at the best cost. we've got wet weather moving in. what's the timeline? >> reporter: now

continue to move through the dc area. looking at the map, darker shad ing that you see, red, orange, yellow. we head in for a closer look, where we've seen lightning streaks just outside of manassas toward dale city. if you're traveling up 95 don't be surprised if you hear claps of thunder this morning as the showers continue to work itself into the dc metro. it's going to be a rather soggy next couple of days, not only today but unfortunately for tomorrow and for the early half of the weekend. heavier rainfall looks to arrive friday into early saturday, but by mother's day we're looking up with sunshine returning. now a check on traffic. here is angela. >> reporter: traveling northbound 95 into virginia through stafford area, we have major gridlock, even though we have reopened travel lanes just after u.s. 17. big picture map showing the delays traveling on 395, but we can look outside, on our traffic land cameras, show you the gridlock. capital beltway,

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good morning, america. 8:00 a.m. new details about the president's stunning decision to fire james comey. sources tell abc news trump set it all in motion and the deputy attorney general threatened to resign. overnight the farewell letter from the former fbi director and what president trump's spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders is telling "gma" this morning. health alert. the latest on that possible link between common painkillers and increased heart attack risk. what to watch out for with the medicines in your medicine cabinet. from grandma to graduate. she has six grandchildren and headed back to school at the age of 62. her inspiring story this morning as she is about to receive her diploma and rolling out the red carpet for our class of 2017. the big names with

messages just for our grads. our live finale event moments away. and, robin, who dat. that's right, the saints' drew brees joining us live in times square. nobody he's saying is going to beat those saints. >> good morning, america. >> good morning. a lot of happy people here. >> happy. i was telling michael i was going to come in and run in and surprise drew but i can't run in these heels and i thought, no, i'll just splat. >> that was the closest i've ever gotten to sacking that guy. >> hey, guys, we're excited for our big finale for our class of 2017. we have shared so many stories, the young woman who is a veteran was here with her family. they went to a play last night and saw it and we have a grandmother who is not stopping. she is going on t

she'll be graduating in a few hours but will join us from chicago just ahead. major surprises ahead, as well. [ applause ] something that really isn't a surprise, now, tory johnson is here with "deals & steals" and what isn't is a surprise she'll give us great deals to help you look and feel good and they're starting at just $4.50. >> come on. >> she does it again. then also, hey, mother's day is coming up this weekend and we have a great gift idea that you can make at home for your mom, something i am sure that she will cherish. we'll get into that later on the show. >> a lot coming up. great crowd with a lot of news to get to and amy with the morning rundown. >> good morning. we have breaking news, new fallout from the firing of fbi director james comey. it comes as new questions emerge about the timing of president trump's decision. so let's get right to our white house correspondent jon karl. jon, good morning. >> reporter: goomo

this came close to escalating into an even bigger crisis yesterday. i am told the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was so upset with the white house for saying that the firing of james comey was his idea that he was on the verge of resigning. press secretary sean spicer said late tuesday that rosenstein wrote his memo criticizing comey without any direction from the white house. and that the memo was the reason comey was fired, but that was not true. in fact, rosenstein wrote that memo because the president asked him to write it and the president had already told aides that he wanted to fire comey. the white house is now acknowledging that the president had been considering firing comey for some time and that he asked him to write the memo. meanwhile, the search for an interim fbi director is on. i am told that one may be named as soon as the end of the week. amy. >> all right, jon karl, we appreciate it. the white house has made confliin

chain of event, earlier here on "gma," deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders tried to explain what prompted the president's decision to fire comey. >> what was it about his testimony last week that upset the president? was it the fact that mr. comey said he was mildly nauseous at the thought that he might have influenced the election? >> again, i think this process started in november. probably actually going back even to july to october. just the constant part of director comey being the public face out on tv constantly the back and forth but wednesday's testimony certainly didn't help. >> huckabee sanders acknowledged that rod rosenstein did not initial nate the termination process but said his scathing comments about comey were his own words. in other news president trump is expected to sign an executive order today creating a bipartisan commission to review alleged voter fraud which he claims was widespread in november's election.

election integrity will be led by vice president pence. a divisive symbol of the old south is no longer standing in new orleans. the statue of confederate president jefferson davis was removed this morning. protesters gathered at the site. the situation was so tense the men removing it covered up their faces while reportedly wearing bulletproof vests. well, nearly 100 former cheerleaders for the oakland raiders have reached a settlement in their legal battle to be paid. they accuse the team of failing to pay their minimum wage and failing to cover travel expenses so they will now receive a $1.2 million payout. finally a new take on the famous play "cat on a hot tin roof" how about a hot dog on a sloping roof. look at him showing off, huckleberry the roof doesn't aptly named for his habit on jumping on to his owner's roof. he's become a social media star because of it. don't worry, his owners have a sign saying he's n

unless someone is at home watching him and have on the sign we appreciate your concern but please do not knock on our door. we know he's up there. >> how did he get up there. >> he just jumped up there from the backyard. >> wow. >> he's an athlete. >> quite an athlete. thank you. >> a few years ago we had a little dax shouldn't gilbert this big and lost him for three days at the beach and found him three days later on the roof of the town hall. we have no idea how he got up there. >> on the roof of the town hall. >> yeah, we have no idea how he got up there. >> gilbert the mystery dog. >> wow. >> that's funny. >> how about a little "pop news," lara? >> yes. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. good morning. good morning to you. "pop news" time and venus williams in the news going from the tennis court to the small screen producing and appearing in a new unscripted series called "deals in heels." it'll have five female entrepreneurs called up to the executive suite to pitch their idea t

the one worthy will be mentored by williams and the team of stone-cold businesswomen for one month with one company eventually getting an investment from the panel. venus says she is thrilled to be working with three ball entertainment on the show. no word on when it will debut but we are sure it will be an ace. >> great idea. >> yep. yes, absolutely. i love the mentoring idea. also in "pop news" this morning, josh gad, one of our all-time favorite guests here on "good morning america." how much fun was he that day? he really -- come back soon, please. but he's showing his versatility as an actor now after playing the halless lefou in "beauty and the beast," next up for him he'll tackle truman capote. a film called "party of the century" about his legendary black and while

in 196 as the best party ever. it was a star-studded affair at the plaza honoring "the washington post" editor katharine graham including comblor ya vanderbilt, andy w warh warhol, anybody who was anybody was there. filming of "party of the century" starts later this year, josh, we wish you the best. >> i can see that. i can see that. >> i bet you can see this too, close your eyes. who is ready for a pop tail? getting warm out, robin. a poptail, everybody. this is a real thing, excited to share this with you. a new york based company has concocted frosty tipsy tubes for adults only. they come in -- priced around $4 and $5 a piece depending on the poptail. there are 13 different flavors including rum punch, pina

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now here come the qualifiers. we say it all the time. this is important. this study was based on observation, it didn't explain a mechanism or cause or effect. there were other factors that could have also increased the risk of heart attack in those people which weren't taken into account and it didn't give a precise number to that risk so it didn't say, robin, now you have a 5 in 10 risk of a heart attack. it said the risk was up so we need a lot more data. >> if you're at home and hear this, you're going to be very concerned if you have this in your cabinet. >> of course, and i think the awareness here is key. we need to understand when you talk about over-the-counter or prescription medication to treat things like fever, pain, injury, things like that, it's not just n nonsteroidals or ibuprofen, it's acetaminophen or aspirin have their own individual risk profile and benefits. they can be safe and effective but it's not one size fits all and that's the key message here. people need to individualize that risk and have the awareness that it could be increased. >> but ao

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>> anchor: good morning, washington! i'm melanie hastings. new this morning. james comby good by letter to staff revealed he begins the note saying i have long believed a president can fire an fbi director for any reason or for no reason at all. he continued i am not going to spend team on the decision or the way it was executed. i hope you won't either. frustration boiling over at the university of maryland, students protested after the recent discovery of a noose at a freight house, calling for the president to meet their demands including an immediate respond to hate crimes on campus. the rain is here. not good timing with the morning commute. >> reporter: surge correct there. take a look at the

filling in. gaithersburg, dc metro, waldorf. annapolis getting in on the showers. coming down moderate at times indicated by the reds and orange s. unfortunately, the soggy rest of the day, some of the scattered showers will ling irrelevant through this evening. -- linger through the evening. daytime highs, mid to upper 50s . wet weather cons friday, saturday, but things are looking up for mother's day's plans, sunshine returns. the temperatures are back in the 70s. now with a check on traffic here is angela. >> reporter: we are, once again, at a stand still, eastbound on interstate 66, a second collision, same location between nutley street and the capital beltway. going to cost you 30 minutes from vienna just to the capital beltway in maryville. on the map, a lot of color, especially traveling toward interstate 95 and the capital beltway in maryland. our trafficland cameras with a live view of the accident act ivity, southbound 95, maryland 200, over turned vehicle, 2 left lanes blocked with this one. looking at gridlock trying t

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♪ 24 karat magic in the air [ applause ] it is great to have you all with us on this friday eve. >> friday eve. thankful thursday. we've been talking a lot about graduates but also it's teacher appreciation week so all the graduates we've been talking about, you got to think of those teachers that put them in this position to get that diploma. [ applause ] and it is time for the series finale of "gma's" class of 2017. celebration this morning, thrilled to share a story of one woman who did not let her age stop her from getting her bachelor's degree. take a look at her story. >> hi, my name is elaine jones-scott. i'm in the

graduate from chicago state university and this is my story. >> reporter: it's game night at grandma's house. blocks, babies. >> yeah! >> reporter: and a tasty taco spread but elaine jones-scott isn't your typical 62-year-old grandma. she's also a graduating senior at chicago state university, earning her bachelor's degree in psychology and counseling. >> what do they mean by the psychotropic drugs? >> i've always wanted my degree because i felt that having my degree meant that i could make my way in this world. >> reporter: at 18 years old elaine was young, rebellious and eager to leave her parents' home so she dropped out of high school to marry her first love, larry scott and start a family. >> once i got married then, of

pretty much taking care of myself and my family so i didn't need to work. >> reporter: the marriage ended after 18 years and elaine was on her own with four children to support. >> i had no education. i was unable to be employed because the jobs that i wanted, you needed an education for. >> reporter: but she had to focus on providing for her children so she took a job to make ends meet putting her education goals on hold but never losing sight of her dream. >> it was 15 years later that i left the company that i was with and decided that i wanted to go back to school. a lot of times people that are my age, 60 and 70 years old, are getting ready for retirement. not so for me. >> hey, sugar. how are you? >> i'm fine. >> reporter: after four years on campus, elaine has become a surrogate grandmother to many. >> at 62 years old i am still viable. i

more that i can give. >> reporter: today elaine is a certified deaconess at her church and her work there pushed her to want to become a professional counselor. >> ultimately i want to use my counseling skills to help young people. i hope to inspire people that their dreams can still be realized. [ applause ] >> wow! elaine jones-scott is joining us now from chicago. give her a big welcome here to "good morning america," this grandma graduating, yes. [ applause ] yeah, that's right. can you do the dance. yes, you're just hours away. in a few hours you'll be walking across that stage. your first ever commencement. tell us about the emotions you're feeling right now. >> good morning, robin. oh, it is so wonderful just to be able to speak to you. but the

overwhelming right now. i am just excited and just elated to be standing here before you. i am overcome with emotions, i'm trying to just not have my makeup running down my face. but i know it's just the power of one and i know that you know about the power of one. >> amen. >> just keaching your hands in god's hands and going forward with the plan that he had for me, you know, and so i am just overcome at this moment just being on "gma" and speaking with you and just having him to put me in a spotlight like this to allow people to know that their dreams can still be realized. >> you know, i often say this god's delays are not his denials. and you are not going to be denied of your goal

across that stage. we saw how your grandchildren absolutely adore you. what is the message you think you send to them by graduating today? >> you know, i want them to realize that no matter what life throws at you, no matter how many scars you might have encounter, i want them to realize that if you just go forth and just don't be a quitter, to realize that no matter you can always reinvent yourself, that you are always changing and becoming that chameleon that god wants you to be and that plan is always in effect and that no matter what, just don't quit. and just hold on to his hand. just remember the power of one and just to just be led by that power. >> thank you for sharing that message. congratulations. [ applause ]

congratulations. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> you have a good time and dmr congratulate all the graduates there at chicago state university. >> yes, i will. >> you take care. >> yes, yes, all right. >> it is inspiring to see her tackling her challenges and achieving her dreams at 62 years old this. is graduation season, guys. we often talk about this and thinking about is there anybody here in the audience that's graduating from high school or college, anybody in the audience? can you stand up? can you stand -- wait a minute. wait a minute. wait a minute. all y'all? wait. everybody here, everybody here is graduating -- did you know that everybody here is about to be a graduate. now, look underneath your chairs, there's a little something under there. everybody look under your chairs because we got to get the party started. we've got your caps, your cabs and gowns. all right. so put those on.

of wisdom for you when we come back but we got quiana, quiana parks, the deejay, "gma" graduation party is just getting started. we'll be right back. put on those caps and gowns, ladies and gentlemen. >> let's go.

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samantha. she's adown there in orlando and hazy because of all that smoke, though, right, and the red flag warnings are out. it's not just about a light wind. it is actually about the low humidity and close to record highs. look at close to 100 in orlando next 3 days (50s) - drier & warmer for mother's day - 80s make a comeback next week! today: mostly cloudy. scattered showers. cool. highs: 57-60 winds: e 5-10 mph all right, robin. lots going on out here. we'll head up to you. >> a special morning. we're paying tribute to the class of 2017. every single member of our studio audience either graduated from college or high school. they knew that they were graduating. they didn't know the people all around them but the entire audience so incredible.

and we want to point out a couple right here in the front row, may, melissa. >> hello. >> melissa, you are about to get your bachelor's degree from -- >> george mason university. >> when you were a freshman about -- you hadn't even started cool yet. you found out that you were pregnant with that adorable little boy right there. lucas, but you kept going, just tell people how you kept moving forward. >> definitely not easy. and there's so many costs already with getting an education and then on top of that the costs of raising a child but when times get rough, i just have to focus on why i'm doing what i'm doing and i'm really getting a degree so that i can have a financially stable future for myself and my son and my family. [ applause ] >> enjoying that tassel. he's not going to let you have the cap. he's enjoying that.

a great example. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. >> so many. if you would allow us a little moment. somebody from the "gma" family, daneska maloney. where are you, daneska? all right. daneska is an assistant here. she works tirelessly, does anything and everything for us at "gma" and she was going to school at night. we didn't even know that she was going to school at night and there she is. >> getting up very early. >> working full time all day and john jay college. [ cheers and applause ] >> criminal justice degree, so, so proud of you and we have some advice, you know, people have been coming by here at "good morning america," some friends of "gma" and they wanted to wish you well as well. here it is. >> my advice to college graduates would be, find a way to get paid for what youlr

>> stay sweet, stay smart and stay honest and god bless. >> do more for others than anyone else does. add more value and you'll be totally successful in whatever you do. >> my advice to my fellow students would be, enjoy it. have fun. >> stay home. don't leave your mother. you need her. >> don't ask your mother for her advice, i ask my mom if i should start my new business and she said no, i was too young and it was too risky. she was wrong, it made me a millionaire. >> the more things you try, the better chance you have of finding something you're good or even better something you're great at. >> my best advice for graduates, keep your minds open to forks in the road. sometimes you never know what kind of opportunities are going to arise or what kind of doors will open. >> my best piece of advice for graduates, go out and make a difference in the world. congratulations, class of 2017. >> all: congratulations, class of 2017. [ cheers and applause ]

>> mine is a little like josh groban's. make some room, a lot of room for luck in your life. don't think you have to have everything planned out. you don't know what's going to happen. you don't know when the things look bad turn out to be great. >> that's great advice. [ applause ] >> yeah. >> i guess my advice would be there's very little you can control and when -- you think you can control your life. the only thing you can control is your attitude. if you're going to get bumps in the road. it's not going to be easy but if you have the right attitude it all works out in the end. attitude when you walk into the room is the only thing you can control. >> i have a niece getting ready to graduate and i see the panic in her eyes and i just want to say to all of you guys who are graduating college, don't be discouraged. take a deep breath. i promise you you will find a job. it will happen. you might have to kiss a lot of frogs and go on a lot of interviews but all of

experiences will just get you the job that's right for you. [ applause ] >> and you're so right about the panic and the fear and fear just needs like the eye of a needle to get through and it just takes over everything. remember when julie foudy, the great soccer player and wonderful person said about butterflies and she said we all have butterflies and the key to get the butterflies to fly in formation and to really be -- i mean just think about that. >> that's a good thing to think about. >> proximity is power. you can wish, hope and pray all you want but put yourself into position for great things to happen and you have by being here and getting your degree as you are. and to know that you have your own personal formula for success. whatever you did to get to this moment, apply it to any challenge that you're going to face and when fear knocks, let faith answer the door. so, congratulations to each and every one of you. [ applause ]

going to have great music from quiana parks. you got to have a gift, right? you got to have gift, right? oh, yeah, look at them, yeah! well, and for our grandma in chicago and friends at samsung are giving each of you one of samsung's galley tablets. [ cheers and applause ] yes. oh. [ applause ] everyone and we want to point out that samsung has a long history of supporting education including their contest where they challenge sixth through 12th graders to come up with solutions to problems in the community and three of the winners are here with us this morning. the class of 2017. [ applause ] so thank you, thank you, danielle at samsung and everybody there. can we kick up a little music, quiana.

let's get this party going a little bit. yeah. we'll be right back.

rrator: "the time is to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us.

♪ you will remember me we are back with super bowl mvp and saints quarterback and my friend, very easy to call my friend on the same side right now, mr. drew brees, man. welcome. >> not trying to hit me. >> and you're not trying to get away from me. tired doing it all those years. we're heading into summer. got all these kids out there, your kids are athletes as well out there in the hot summer heat and you have an important new mission. tell us about it. >> yeah, so i'm involved with a really important program called the heat factor. and it's helping to raise awareness for the signs and symptoms of ehs which is exertional heatstroke so just remember the acro neat h.e.a.t., high temperatures, "h." "e," exercise or activity "a," acting confused a

call 911. kids out there, we're trying educate people on the signs and symptoms so they can identify it and get their kids help in the event something like that happens. heatfactor.com we put a ton of great educational videos on how to identify it and seek help. >> if you are a parent and you're watching this now and you -- what should you look for? >> yeah, so the signs and symptoms would be disoriented, acting confused, faintness, dizziness and immediately grab that child and get them help. we say time to call 911. get a medical professional so they can get the help they need. third leading cause of sudden death for high school students is ehs so we want to make sure we can avoid that. keep our kids safe when they're out playing in the heat. >> your kids are playing in the heat. >> yes. >> undefeated. >> undefeated flag football. >> are you coaching? >> yes, i'm one of the assistant coaches. >> you just can't stop, can you? the man wins everything he does. >> coaching defense,

or not. >> i would like to see that. check out a game. thank you, man. i think it's important. glad you're shining light on this. you though what, we're going to now go over to lara who has something else for us, lara. >> yeah, i need you over here. michael strahan, we need you because it is "gma's" ultimate make-off challenge, mother's day edition, of course, it's this weekend joining us is nicole farb. she is a partner with our sponsor michael's inviting all you guys to make a frame for mom at stores this saturday, 1:00 to 3:00, stop by and purchase a wood frame and customize it which is what we're going to do. what advice do you have for making a special mother's day frame. >> we're competing today, three tip, think of your mom. my mom took me to the beach and i'm going to add shells. use your glitter, just tip, shake, shake, shake and then last, addie mention, big pops, just all of you. >> all right. >> exactly, a little texture. >> can we get

clock. we'll see who makes the most beautiful gift for mom. michael, are you ready? >> not really. >> go, go, go. >> stickers, stick, stick. >> there you go. >> oh, boy. >> yeah. >> i love you, mom. >> thank you. >> i was going to go like this. >> gorgeous. >> how much time do we have? 12 seconds. amy. >> all: eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. all right. time's up. time's up. let's lift our frames. >> i got a problem. >> i can't lift mine. >> these are gorgeous. >> even at our age they have to put it up in the house. >> i got to say for mine, i just -- i decided that mom was the focus. i didn't want to take away from her.

that was well said. i actually think, lara is the winner here. look at that. >> the wisest woman i know so i went with the owl. thank you, nicole. thank you, michael's. the finale of our class of 2017 celebration when we come back. i love

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in the first 3 months of this year, rail ridership was down 9% from the same period last year. rail revenue was down 11%. it was 15% under budget. parking revenue, that was down 9 %. metro's board will discuss the report at a meeting today. prosecutors at howard county have dropped charges against david watson, the inmate who es caped custody this month. he was on the loose in jessup for 6 days before being captured back behind bars on his attempt ed murder conviction. he still faces escapeed charge in another county. it's a rainy commute. >> certainly is. we're tracking showers through this afternoon through about 5:00 today, hopefully, you took the umbrella to work. notice the daytimes, in the mid to upper 50s. rain here to stay for the next couple days, coming down heavy by friday night. but your mother's day's day forecast looking better, sunshine returns sunday afternoon with those highs in the low 70s. quick

forecast for heating up next week, highs in the upper 80s by thursday. now here is angela with your traffic update. >> reporter: molly, on the roads, drive times are whimpy, lots of accidents. 270 southbound. costing an hour from father hurley boulevard. you can see we have a lot of color we're dealing with accident cleanup on interstate 66, approaching the capital beltway. a live look at interstate 95 in maryland, you get close to the beltway at the icc, overturned vehicle crash blocks 2 of your travel lanes. this is what it looks like around most of the span of the have beltway, near, outer loop gridlock. dealing with a crash on 66. costing you over an hour from

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