mr. president in all due respect you're making a very big mistake. >> the president does have that authority and i respect that. >> a whirl wind of political developments in the firing of fbi director james comey and what happens next. an in-flight fight sent hundreds into a frenzy. what's wrong with this picture, missing one huge component, women, why are none of the five female republicans asked to

reports from new crash test and is the company ready for shaq the sheriff. good morning. exclusive developments from the white house. now fired. that's what spread across headlines this morning, president trump making the st t startling decision to terminate fbi director james comey effective immediately. andy mccabe will act as director for the department. comey learning of the firing from news reports blairing on tv screens. the president notified comey with a hand-delivered letter, mr. donald trump took action under the recommendation of the attorney general and ag. the reason for the firing. comey's handling of the remail case t

on more than one occasion. >> it took a lot of guts i really disagreed with him. i was not his fan but tell you what, what had he did, he brought back his reputation. he brought it back. he's got to hang tough because a lot of people want him to do the wrong thing. what he did was the right thing. >> not mentioned in the president's letter were any supporting documented released friday the white house the russian investigation into thep election. investigatations that deputip attorney says should be shut down. >> i think firing doesn't effect anything at all in any capacity. the bigger point is what are she going to let it go, it's going on nearly a year, it's getting su

heard it time and time again, in the testimonies earlier this week, for the last eleven months there is no there. it's time to move on. >> overnight reaction from washington against the ousting was swift and fierce. >> mr. president, with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. >> comey was not fired because of hillary, he was fired because of the russians. >> this sends the message this president believes he's above the law. >> the president of the united states just fired the chief investigator who has him as the target of the investigation. >> this administration said there it no there there in terms of the investigation but boy oh, boy there's so much smoke here and we'll have to determine how big the fire is. >> spoke to sean spicer

>> is this a cover up? >> of what? >> people are wondering if there's any cover up. >> of what? the president made a decision that should be applauded by all members of the congress and believe he lost the ability to lead the fbi. >> edward snowden tweeting this -- several series of biting statements issued one calling the firing a constitutional crisis. others labelling the move nixonas the nixon library with their hashtag tweeted not even nixon

>> we will see democratic in the their seats. they want to hear what the republican leader will say about this firing. they're also meeting to talk about what the next step will be. they're pushing hard for special prosecutor of the justice department to oversee this russia investigation something they've been calling for all along now. with comey out they insist this is the only way to ensure public trust in that investigation and insure an fair and independent outcome we will hear them talk about that. chuck schumer leader on the democratic side will likely talk about how important to have that independent prosecutoprosecutor. interesting today president trump is having his highestp level meeting with the

foreign minister, sergey lavrov will be here, interesting considering the russian investigation and questions about it seem to be wrapped up in this firing of comey. they're supposed to talk about syria and number of other issues. >> certainly will be interesting to see what they have to say when it comes to that meeting. with the president and sergey lavrov. thank you. . a violent brawl caught on camera aboard southwest flight from dallas to los angeles after it landed. it began when passengers started to get off the claim a victim from the fight started when a 37-year-old made a comment about the woman seated behind him that she was quote messing with his chair. tried to help the woman when he threw a sucker purge and the brawl began.

passenger would break up the fight. he was afterwards arrested by police by suspicion of battery. suffered a facial cut and chipped tooth. we have an update on a melee yesterday on spirit flight. a federal court has ordered spirit pilots back to work at a normal pace and the pilot's union will fully comply with that order. charges have been dismissed regarding a tazing incident that ended with three people on fire. warning here, these images you might find disturbing. >> can i talk to you. >> get out of here. >> i need to talk to you. >> newly released videos show police checking in on 75-year-old man who was armed with a knife.

they are seen knocking down the man's door and then you will see him tazing him not knowing he was holding cup of gasoline, struck the man ablaze with two other officers. deputies rushed to save the man but the house was a total loss. the grand jury indicted the two officers for negligent injury but was thrown out citing lack of evidence that they intenlded to hurt the man. so jarring to see that fire ignite. >> unbelievable. we have more weatherp hail. and part of the same weather system darkness descended in the same area of texas with funnel clouds forming along with tornados. the storms impacting millions what's going on. >> this is typical spring time storm.

yesterday eight tornados in new mexico. still in west texas at this early hour. later today 10 million at risk for severe storms including enhanced risk in oklahoma and texas where we could have one or two strong tornados and hail threat through kansas city and north earn illinois and thursday pushes slowly to the east, areas with 16 million people at risk tomorrow. active two days of weather in the central plains. here's a closer look at your day ahead. temperatures are warm a held of the storm. 84 in houston. 80s far north in st. louis. cooler on the back side in denver. and unfortunately ladies this storm will move all the way across the country and make for an ugly weekend in the

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the world what it means for markets, the news hit after stocks closed yesterday so the most immediate action was in the dollar trending lower but has clawed back to this state and slightly open wall street futures open today. some investors expect the action to be muted other calls whether call for delay and big one being tax reform. some worry there would be a great distraction as a result of comey firing. else where keep an eye on risk of geo political threat especially from north korea we saw stocks decline from the north korea ambassador to the uk saying it will proceed with sixth nuclear test, closing the dow 40 points lower. if you look to good news some say look to

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trump fired the fbi director, like, you can't just fire the fbi detector, if he is gone who will investigate russia's ties to -- oh! >> that shows no gratitude at all. did trump forget about the hillary e-mails comey talked about. thanks to the presidency, jimmy, now don't let the door hit you where the elector ate college split you. >> this is outrageous. when something outrageous happens i don't just sit on my hands i do something about it that's why i will sell these comey is my homie he t-shirts. i want millions of meramericanso are angry about this shameful move send me $29.989 and i'll send a very nasty letter dily

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now at 4:26, former fbi director james comey is back in the nation's capital, this morning, we're learning he found out that he was fired along with everybody else. refused to use the bathroom and what she suggested she do instead. and it's a big day for three sports teams what metro riders need no know in what we're calling winsday. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. first, the developing story ac f

across the country. >> take a look at the "washington post" here which says it all, "trump fires fbi director." that, of course, former fbi director james comey. and take a look at the "the new york times" which reads trump fires comey and russia inquiry. >> and people who pick up "usa today," they'll see comey's ouster stuns washington." we're following this story, including new video of comey touching down in washington. >> plus, we want to get a look of your weather and traffic. sheena parveen outside. let's start with sheena. >> and lauren is wearing red, by the way. we're all rocking the red for tonight's game. as we go through the morning hours, you will need a jacket before you step outside. the four things you need to know before you head out the door. jacket this morning, umbrellas tomorrow. we could have rain as early

then we have a rainy saturday. we will be dry. live look at the radar, locally, we're taking a live look to the west. the next weather system going to move across the great lakes and dive towards us. that's going to give us rain as we go through tomorrow and the weekend. for a closer look at temperatures, let's head out to lauryn ricketts out there. >> yes, it's a little chilly. and 51 is our temperature right now. we'll continue to move that temperature on up. yesterday was beautiful. it's going to be another boring day out there today. we are going to have a few more clouds push in throughout the region as we go through the afternoon, but other than that, we are going to be dry today. we don't havto

tomorrow. yes, we do have some rain in the forecast for the end of the work week and even towards the weekend. to melissa mollet. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. taking a look at one of our biggest issues downtown. southbound reagan airport, part of the road there is shut down. southbound lane, multicar crash. responders out there on the scene. northbound, unaffected. southbound, we are shut down. and inner loop before connecticut avenue, we do have a work zone there. not seeing any slowdowns. same situation as we look at the beltway. blocks the right lanes. we want goat back to that developing story, fbi director james comey fired by president trump. >> a lot of moving parts of this story. angie goff at the live desk. >> well,

director comey's plane landed in washington, from los angeles. this happened just before 1:30 this morning. take a look, we're looking at video after it landed. he was in l.a. to speak at the los angeles operations center and that's where he learned he had been fired. the word of the firing was hitting the network about the same time comey got a phone call or e-mail notifying him that he was indeed let go. three senior fbi and justice department officials say that comey had no warning that this was going to happen. they say that he was shocked by this news. i'm angie goff. back to you. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer calls for an independent council to take over the russian investigation. he suggested that, otherwise,