inappropriate meetings with the president and the perceived requests. notably to drop the russia, michael flynn investigation. >> i hope you can let this go. those are his exact words. is that correct? >> correct. >> he did not direct you to let it go? >> not in his words, no. i took it as a direction. >> you don't know of anyone who has been charged for hoping something? >> i don't as i sit here. >> but he summarized the behavior as disturbing. >> why didn't you stop to say mr. president, this is wrong? >> i was so stunged by the conversation. i have seen the tweet about tapes. lord, i hope there are tapes. >> the unease prompted him to take detail notes after exchanges. >> i was alone with the president of the united states and concerned that he might lie about the nature of the meeting. >> a stark contrast highlighted by a recent exchange. >> the press conference on may 18 the president was

he urged you to shut down the investigation in flickal flynn. the president -- michael flinn. the president responded -- >> no, no, next question. >> is that accurate statement? >> i don't believe it is. >> how much weight the contradictions should carry, he said that is up to the special counsel investigation. >> do you believe it will rise to obstruction of justice? >> i don't know. that is bob mueller's job to sort that out. scott: the most explosive material could be something we don't see possibly revealed in a closed door session with the committee that took place after the public display. >> two hours after the testimony wrapped up, president trump's lawyer responded to what he heard on capitol hill. >> the president feels vindicated and is eager to continue moving forward with his agenda, with the busy of the country and with public cloud remov.

know this was the hottest seat in the country on capitol hill. people started to line up at 12:30 this morning for a seat inside the briefing room. a lot didn't get the seat so they decided to go find a bar to have a watch party. some places were giving free drinks if the president tweeted in the testimony but it never happened. >> the atmosphere was electric. the sidewalk packed. crowded to capacity. so many people came here because they want to share an experience they hoped would be historic. >> the line stretched down the block. >> so unique d.c. thing to do to watch a senate hearing on tv in a bar. >> so many people

join comey's watch party the place reached capacity fast. >> we were overwhelmed by how many people are hear. it's awesome. >> the f.b.i. labeled food items flowed from the touchen the only byiance filled with anticipation, excitement and hope. >> this is crazy. this is fantastic. >> so many people eager to share the experience, those who couldn't get in peered through the open windows. >> i wish i could be inside. >> for reaction to the testimony we were hoping for something crazy or something outlandish, impeachable or something along the lines. >> we chucked out other restaurants and bars and everyone a coffee shop down the street. the crowds acros

today, any establishment with a big screen today saw more than the usual customers. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. >> standing outside the white house there is a steady stream of people across the country and the globe. some are taking pictures now. the trump is porters in favor of trump. no surprise. comey supporters believe he testified and told the truth and said what was to be the case. they believe more investigation needs to happen. we want to turn it over to brad bell who is in easton talking to trump supporters. trump country out there. what are they saying? brad: you know what? in this town i would say the number one response we got from the people when he asked what their feelings were about the hearing is we

all of it. there are strong opinions here if you stop at a certain barbershop. the barbershop is buzzing about the hearings. not in a good way. >> i have heard enough of this crap. let the man do his job. >> this is a big witch hunt and a waste of the taxpayer money. >> the basher is clear his shop is trump country. >> what have they been investigating for ten months? not a smidgeon of a proof of anything? >> in the general election last fall, president trump won talbot county. still with him but not impressed with comey. >> i believe at the end of the day he likes to be the hand grenade in the room. brad: down the block in the office of the hat and handbag store, the

answers. >> we shouldn't at this place. >> this is distraction. we should get it cleared up and get on with it. brad: we have been doing this for quite some time. getting out and about to see what people think about things. there is not much of a change. people with the president are still with him. those opposed are still opposed. everyone after the hearings. in easton, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: brad, thank you. a lot of people were watching the twitter feed to see if the president would tweet. he did not tweet about the testimony. instead he delivered a speech to the faith and the freedom coalition. other people were tweeting. the #comeyday trended for white a while. now turn to matthew for look at the twitter reaction and one from the sons. >> donald junior tweeted throughout the hearing at one point writin

did i miss something? or did comey said he asked a friend to leak information to the press? is this a joke? senator chris van hollen chimed in saying comey hearings reveal a disturbing pattern by the president. expectation of the loyalty to trump not the constitution. another major take away from the hearing that is getting play on social media is what the democratic senator jeff merkley calls the quote of the day. "lordy, i hope there are tapes." this isn't it. the tweets are nonstop. the topics are still stemming from the hearing. back to you. michelle: if you want to relive the testimony you can do that. we posted all the testimony on the website. go to facebook. it's on the facebook page. and still ahead in this hour, we are getting congressional reaction

people who watched the testimony at the office. we'll have more on comey testimony coming up. but for now back to the studio. alison: okay. we will see you soon. beautiful day to be outside. but summer is getting ready to hit us hard. doug hill in the weather center with the forecast. let's hold on this this. this is awesome. doug: i would love it. just like this. tomorrow is like today but warmer. sunshine and 72 at nationals park. speaking of nationals park they have a makeup game with the 0's. there is a warmup we'll deliver. look at what happens beyond. the big-time warmup, the heatwave here is 82, 87 on saturday. mid-90's. lower 90's through the end of next week. the rain chances and the

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jonathan: it has been a busy day on the capitol. in fact, the lawmakers are starting to react to the testimony given from the fired f.b.i. director james comey. the national correspondent is breaking down an admission made in the testimony that is raising eyebrows with the senators. >> former f.b.i. director james comey testified he leaked the memo shortly after he was fired. >> did you show copies of your memos to anyone outside of the department of justice? >> yes. >> he said he decided to share the con tens after trump tweeted this cryptic message. james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. comey gave a copy of the notes to a good friend, a columbia law professor who shared it with a reporter hoping to get a special council to investigate the -- special con sell to investigate the

investigate the trump administration. >> perhaps the most explosive portion of the hearing. i was impressed by his honesty. that is the first time i have seen them come before congress and admit they leaked something. >> there are tapes that he said urged him to come off the investigation. >> release the tapes. i'm good with it. >> comey has a strong track record. >> you look at a president with no fidelity to the truth or the fiction. >> trumps tweeting was absent in the hearing but his son called b.s. for the interpretation about flynn. he spent the morning meeting with the national security team and discussing north korea and gulf issues. jonathan: thank you.

many hearings over the years. want to give you an idea of some of the hearings right now. don't have to go far back. hillary clinton testified before a house select committee for 11 hours about the benghazi attack. in 1991 the hearing for supreme court judge. in 1987 it was the oliver north senate testimony on the iran contra scandal. then there was the watergate scandal. and when the hunt for communist came to an end that was a pointiant moment when the lawyer joseph welch asked have you no sense of decency, sir? that came out in a very heated confirmation hearing on the hill. a lot of dma

rose to the same level but there were a lot of fireworks. let's talk about the weather. beautiful day. >> it's perfect. not too hot. the heatwave starts for sunday. we have a beautiful day. you saw the backdrop at the capitol. this is terrific weather. we know went keep the summer like this. the numbers will jump here. 74 in washington and martinsburg. 68 in winchester. 72 in fredericksburg and 72 in baltimore. 74 at reagan national airport. there is plenty of outdoor time. we might need a jacket as we drop in 50's in

get the numbers. tomorrow morning waking up in culpeper, manassas and luray. 52. 55 in baltimore. 54 in fredericksburg. a chill but it will rapidly go away with the full sunshine. temperatures will climb in the 70's and the lower 80's. low humidity, too. friday evening there is a concert at jiffny lube. dierks bentley in town. the weather will be terrific. light went, clear skies and sunshine. to celebrate underway tomorrow. there is ideal weather. keep in mind as you spend times outdoors saturday and sunday that it will heated up. humid on saturday. hot and humid on sunday. find shade. knowing the temperature will

increase. the capital pride parade saturday afternoon is comfortably warm. direct sunshine for the several hours you will feel the heat. this is ideal weather. our executive producer in the weather center started to look back over the records when we had a heatwave in june. it turns out not only was it two years ago but it occurred on the same exact days ours is going to struck. the 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. these were the highs that occurred. wi are forecasting the mid-90's. even a warmer heat we have a than two years ago. more this summer? who knows. this is coming. 94, 95. 96. wednesday and thursday we have lower humidity and thene

partly cloudy and the upper 80's with the showers and the storms through saturday. alison: doug, thank you very much. we want to get to breaking news out of georgia where several people were hurt in a church bus crash. the bus carrying adults. we'll get more information in the newsroom. >> in time for heatwave that doug talked about, metro says its is making progress on bringing the cool air back to the station. >> i stepped back to realize what you are doing. alison: later putting together the pieces of history after decades underwater. larry: but first fun and games on abc7 --

alison: now adriana hopkins has a preview of tomorrow's "good morning washington." >> thank you. tomorrow on "good morning washington." put your money on the taste bud recipes. we will show you how to whip it dinner for a whole week. >> this woman shares her secret on one thing that she did to make her look half her age. >> keep it here for traffic and weather every ten minutes every narrator: the washington post endorses dr. ralph northam. mr. northam uld make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. ralph is a leader for education, expanding pre-k for thousands of families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress means taking on tough fights, and as governor, i won't let donald trump stand in our way.

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larry: after years of backlog virginia is spending money to reprocess rape kits and those pushing for progress says it will only grow stronger. >> backlog of the rape kits is a backlog that has hit maryland and virginia. >> it's important to help the survivors reclaim the power and the control the attacker tried to take away. >> today mark herring joining dorothy mcauliffe announcing the 1200 previously untested kits between 2014-2016 will get tested as part of a $3.5 million federal grant program to eliminated the backlog. this is a big step to address two major causes. >> survivor healing and justice and the public safety for all of us in the

>> a thousand kits collected before 2014 has been sent to the state lab for testing. this has resulted to 44 matches for the known profiles in the national d.n.a. database. >> i will do everything i can to help the survivors get to a path toward healing and recovery. >> 2200 kits need to be tested. the attorney general says it is sending them to the state lab the moment space is available. >> there are new developments in a story we brought you about an ohio boy who committed suicide after other boys bullied him. they exhumed the body of 8-year-old gaberyiel tay and they hope a tablet buried with him might provide evidence. the school surveillance video shows another boy knocking him unconscious but he told

mother he fainted. still to come, less than a week to go before virginia primary. we take a look at the republican candidates for governor. >> we are continuing to analyze the testimony by james comey on the hill. >> we have a big messy wonder ful country where we fight all the time but nobody tells us what to think or what to fight about or vote for except other

did you urge james comey in any way, shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? >> no. next question. >> that was our abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman at the white house three weeks ago asking the question to the president. you heard him say emphatically "no." that came up today on the senate floor where james comey was asked about the exchange. was he lying or telling the truth? what do you make of this. your question was one of the crux of things that came out that has people scratching their heads. >> we saw a direct contrast between comey's versi

president trump denied to us. why is that important? it began with the campaign ties between the russians. but this has morphed. was comey pressured in the oval office conversation on february 14? that is what the q&a was between myself. here the independent from maine bringing it up in the line of question this afternoon. the president asked if he urged you to shut down the investigation to michael flynn. he responded no, no. next question. >> is that accurate? >> i don't believe it is. >> those were director comey's words. but he w

felt uneasy being around the president. who do you trust? the president or the fired f.b.i. director? were there recordings as that president alluded to. he said, "lordy, i hope there are." jonathan: this seems to be a battle of semantics. the president said in testimony i hope you drop this case. that was the only time that he talked to the director about it. nobody who works for him from the white house went to him and pressured him and he was never threatened him at the time. is that obstruction or ask with a hope in front love it? -- with the "hope" if fronted -- front of it? >> it could. the definition of "obstruction of justice" is also not so clear cut that it's threatened in a manner with a direct

order. it could be imply and hidden within a larger sentence. that may be the case. we don't know. former director comey would won't go that far to say so. >> this is so interesting from the answers. we have more questions people are quick to say hoping is not against the law. >> but there is more behind closed doors. there are questions that would not be answered publicly in the forum. they had a closed door session afterwards. >> it will be interesting to see what leaks out as far as whatever happened between the two. back to you, larry. >> great stuff. new developments today in the case of a woman accused of leaking secret government documents. a grand jury indicting reality winner on the charge of maintaining and transmitting national defense information. the f.b.i. said she admitted to print a documented and mail it

hackers undermined the voting software. alison: newly elected congressman now says he is sorry for assaulting a reporter. gianforte sent an apology to the reporter. he agreed to donate money to a journalism advocacy group as part of a settlement. he will not object to entering a no contest plea to misdemeanor assault charge. >> we have breaking news now out of england to tell you about. the british pound is taking a dive after exit polls show conservatives won't get majority in parliament. it closed half an hour ago. it indicates the british prime minister theresa may's party will fall a dozen seats short. the labor party fell short of a majority. that

tomorrow coalition government. jonathan: vass can head to the poll ahead of the primary. last night we introduced you to the democratic candidates for governor and tonight richard reeve looks at the republican side. >> a three-way race. >> we have the second amendment rights. >> the battle for the republican nomination. >> the front runner, the national committee chairman ed gillespie from mount vernon who says he voted for trump. >> we are struck in virginia. i know how to get them unstuck. >> after narrowly losing a senate race, the pitch now is growing jobs and 10% across the board tax cut. >> eraising the take home pay. lift out of poverty. >> we have a new administration. >> then there is supervisor corey stewart who calls himself the underg

>> i have been reducing taxes, cracking down to illegal immigration and building jobs. >> the conservative one-time coordinator for the trump campaign is also pushing back calling for the preservation of the monuments. >> uncontrolled political correctness is leading us to destroy works of art, historical monumenteds. >> thank you all! >> 25-year state senator frank wagner of virginia beach. navy veteran. owner of the ship repair businesses says he has the most government experience. he, too, joined the trump campaign. >> for the first time the ally and the enemies understand there is a new sheriff in town. >> virginia he says needs infrastructure investment and more career tech training. >> starting at the middle school level. >> who will do the things to rebuild virginia? it's people with technical skills. richard: the trump factor is undeniable part of the

he likes the president's pushback on what he calls the war on coal. they will both staunch supporters. >> the path to victory has to include northern virginia, especially the suburbs. larry: gillespie has a huge cash advantage. stewart had $18 ,000. wagner $59,000. you can learn more at wjla.com. alison: a political matriarch is celebrating. it's barbara bush's birthday. she is

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back live in college park. a lot going on. the students are gone for the summer. the university of maryland in college park is still hopping. we are at a brand new venue that opened last month. we have marty here, the executive director of the clacice art center. tell us about this. >> this is a place that emerging art and pop culture collide in the best way. we will perform from performance art to contemporary music, jazz, theater, spoken word and filament. we'll create experiences through the year. and the two performance venues in the face -- space. >> when is the first? >> we open up in the fall. we will announce it soon and you can get all the information off the website. milkboyarthouse.com. steve: there is more than the

front. another studio down below. and a restaurant. >> so a large space upstairs has 300 people. we have a smaller intimate space. plus a restaurant and a bar. >> thank you. let's talk about the weather. celebrate fairfax. if you haven't met brian, this is the time to meet him. temperatures in the mid-to-the upper 80's moving to saturday. then we will crank up the heat and the humidity for the day on sunday. the heatwave starts on sunday and continues through next week. chief meteorologist doug hill will have more in a few minutes. larry:

pride. we will be part of the parade. if you can't make it down there watch it on the sister station newschannel8. wi will also stream it live. >> every nook and cran nev grit essprayed. alison: still ahead while keeping the submarine damp is key to america's history. >> productivity is really taking a hit at the offices in d.c. the ladies are answering e-mails. i'll tell you what they are comparing it to coming up. >> i said whatever works. i hung up and i had to call my wife and break a date with her. i was supposed to take her to dinner. >> one of the all-time great excuses. >> in retrospect, i love spending time with my wife. i wish i had been there that night.

me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia.

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be independent. >> strong words from fired f.b.i. director james comey. no word on the f.b.i. agents and if they took time out to watch the testimony. other people took a break from the 9:00 to 5:00 to watch what many are calling must see tv. ryan miller caught up with some of them. >> i got new york, china, dubai. >> the women at the t.a.a. public relations in georgetown are now in the busy seeing, gearing up for several summer events. but the conversation was dominated by politics. >> nobody said no doubt russia meddled in the election. no doubt. >> they streamed it live on the laptops and they watched while they work. >> i'm writing a press release about the french pastries today listening to comey. >> all eyes are on washington as the former f.b.i. director testified about his conversations and meetings

it was dubbed must-see tv drawing audiences in the work day. productivity took a hit. >> great part of working in tv. we live in a city that is politically driven. so being part of that and wanting to see it live is exciting. >> as the workers responded to e-mail and wrote up releases comey's answers quickly pulled them off topic. the hearing was better than watching "house of cards." >> the women put personal politics aside and watched it live to drawer their own conclusions. >> alison: a murder con vist

center of court. adnan syed's case in front of the judge after it was on the podcast "serial." he was convicted of feeling his former high school sweetheart hae min lee in 2000. but a judge threw out the conviction a year ago after questions about his representation. >> the jury at bill cosbyee assault trial continued today. in the 2005 transcript he said he touched constand's private parts after giving her pills and said constand showed no ill-effects from the pills and never objected to the behavior. constand testified yesterday that the pills paralyzed her to make it impossible to fight off his advances. alison: after 12 years of work we are getting a new view inside the first submarine to sink a ship in battle. researchers in south carolina unveiled the crew compartment of the hl hunleigh. it sunk a union b

in the civil war in 1864. a half century passed before another sub sank a ship in the world war i era. >> they are trying to remove all the crust that accumulated as it sat offshore. >> they say it exposed the hand crank. >> the ship sank after the attack. >> thaw hope to clean the entire interior and that will take several years. >> amazing. what neat work. get ready for a change today. it's perfect but it will get warmer. >> yeah. for everybody who loved a heatwave, boy, they have a good few days ahead. >> absolutely! people

hope it starts soon. at the boardwalk it's 58 with a gusty breeze off the ocean. that is mayor chill. this is very comfortable. it's 72 in baltimore. 74 in washington at this hour. the temperatures will drop tonight. the makeup game tonight for the nats and first pitch is 7:05. the temperatures will fall through the 60's. overnight is a chilly wakeup call. 53 to 59 in the morning. light winds and clouds and clear skies. through the day the warm sunshine will really make it feel like early summer once again with a vast high of 82 in washington. 87 in warner. 79 in frederick. 76 is the projected high in

still not sticky on saturday. there is a 20% chance of a storm. hot and humid and 94 on sunday. that's just the beginning. 94 on sunday. 9 a and 96 on monday and tuesday. through the end of next week and next weekend it's still hot and humid. >> what a great day for a baseball game. >> perfected day! erin hawksworth where it's the battle of the beltway. >> i was thinking the same thing. perfect day for some baseball. the nationals were supposed to have the day off today. but the battle of the beltway series is back because of the last game that was rained out in may. the orioles taking b.p. the nationals are trying to tie the series up. they had after dropping in two

first at home before the second was postponed. some of the regulars have the day off. rindone and murphy will get rest. there is no way to prepare for the quick turn-around. he says you have to deal with it. >> we come back from a long flight and take on a good team. hopefully we're ready. you have to battle from a long season. there are games here and there like this that is not a fun schedule but it is what it is. >> so joe ross on the mound tonight. he has been struggling lately. he never faced the orioles. that is a tough line-up. it's interesting to see how he does tonight. 7:05 is the game. sweet, delete, deny. we have seen the professional athletes do it before. less than 20 minutes after the cavaliers went down-0 to the

smith tweeted cavs in seven. it stayed up for eight minutes and had 37,000 retweets and then gone. >> i didn't tweet it. my twitter got hacked. somebody posted it. i was in the shower. when the suite went out. i believe it. >> it wasn't you. >> i could see myself saying that for sure. absolutely. he says he was hacked. i don't know. did he do it or not? it seems suspect. >> that is a fishy. >> he wouldn't think anything crazy like the cavs winning four straight to win tom went to washington to take on the insurance companies and the credit card companies

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larry: cool air is expected to return to the farragut station. work began for installation of a temporary chiller and the riders are expected to feel the cool air by month's end. this is after years of leaky pike prevented them running cooling to the station. alison: the call for d.c., maryland and virginia to come up with a dedicated funding source. as brianne carter reports there is strong support, not everyone is in agreement. >> say aye. >> opposed. brianne: for the first time the metro board weighing in on the general manager financial plan to fund the system. a 14-1 vote opposition made his opposition known. >> wiedefeld mapped specific actions some of which i will not support to achieve the goal of the long-term health that require additional study and con sellation.

>> -- con consultation. brianne: there was concern over privatizing the job and changing the benefit for employees. it's not expected time to pact the current workforce. >> the support shows that the board is willing to take a leadership board in the region. >> it called for dedicating funding. it's up to the jurisdictions on how they plan to bring in the money. >> every place i have been to, there is concern with the different part of it. >> it varies by jurisdiction. >> wiedefeld believes that the region will see the need moving forward knowing what happened and slipping backward when the maintenance issues are not addressed. >> this comes as the year long maintenance plan wraps up. when asked today how he feels about the state of the system he had this to say. >> i am sleeping better now.

>> i knee the improvements we have made and the people we have in place. >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you guy. >> i was concern head might lie about the nature of the meeting so i thought it was important to document. >> the president of the united states was not under investigation. is that fair? >> correct. >> i was fired because of the russian investigation. >> he never told comey, "i need loyalty. i expect loyalty." >> i have seen the tweet about tapes. lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> fired f.b.i. director james comey in the hot seat. his feet not the only thing held to the fire. now comey and president trump are accusing each

lying. a lot over fast-moving developments. >> the nation watching what happened under the dome. you talk about the fiery system. scott thuman will start it off. he will break down two hours and 40 minutes of testimony and fiery accusations. >> the mrs. chose to defame me. >> those were lies. >> determined to set the record straight, fired director james comey described a series of the inappropriate meetings with the president and perceived requests. i hope you can let it go. >> yes. >> he did not direct you to let it go? >> no