>> ♪ >> 72 hours later and washington is still reeling from the firing of james comey. >> president trump said he made the decision months ago as you can see from the rundown over there on the side of the screen this is the hottest story at 6:30 tonight. we invite you to join the conversation tweet us your thoughts. use that #5at630. let's get to it. >> i was going to fire comey, my decision. it was not. >> you had made the decision before. >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it by the way. >> because in your letter you

recommendation so you had already made the decision. >> i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. >> in that exclusive interview president trump called ousted fbi chief james comey a showboat an grand stander. he said he would have fired him regardless. >> there were a lot of story lines that came out after the fact one was that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein had allegedly suggested he might resign because he was unhappy that it was insinuated he was the sole reason behind it. keep in mind about 10 days ago sean spicer had said the president had full confidence in jim comey and then sara huckabee sanders at the briefing the other day said that, well, you know, reporters were misguided. >> i mean you know we did see a lot of different headlines, corrections. i believe even the vice president came out and said the president acted based on these recommendations so today a little bit of a different story there from the president. >> meantime on capitol hill the man who replaced comey

andrew mccabe took the heat of the senate intelligence hearing. he's the acting director stepping in for the fired director. his testimony was scheduled before the shakeup but it is all anyone talked about. >> mr. mccabe for as long as you are acting fbi director do you commit of informing this committee of any effort to interfere with the fbi's ongoing investigation in the links between russia and the trump campaign. >> i absolute dollar. >> in light of what's happened in the last 48 hours it's critically important that we have that assurance. >> the work of the men and women of the fbi continues espite any changes in circumstance, any decisions, so there has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. quite simply put, sir, you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the am

the constitution. >> there was one thing that he also testified today, there was the suggestion again by sara huckabee sanders the the briefing that jim comey had lost on the confidence of the rank and file of the fbi. here's the problem there. that was not the case today. >> he came right out and said -- >> that was one of the first things we heard from andrew mccabe. >> todd shepherd investigative report for the washington examiner joins us. >> was there anything else that sort of surprised you. >> no, but certainly the fact that mr. mccabe did counter so many things that had been put forward by the administration. it certainly put the administration, if you saw the white house press briefing today they spent almost the entire time trying to reconcile these corrections and look, as long as you're spending a whole day in the white house press briefing room trying to reconcile these stories that's another day that you're not advancing your agenda and, you know,

forward these different stories may have. worked for the trump -- for the trump campaign, it's a lot different when you're in administration at the white house. >> sure. >> how much of this is sort of the lack of institutional knowledge and sara huckabee sanders has the not been in d.c. for a long while sean spicer certainly has. did it seem that there was that disconnect between what was said the other day and what came out today in testimony? >> gosh, you know, i think that's an excellent question because there's been a lot of that questioning over the last couple of weeks, especially the institutional knowledge between the communications team and what goes on in the oval office. so -- but i think the core problem for the press team, maybe not -- isn't -- lack of institutional knowledge, i think it's the fact that the president is a wild card with a lot of his statements and so they find themselves sort of chasing him continual to try to catch up with what he's really thinking or the last thing he said. >> in today's hearing we know that some of the senators asked m m

president's claim. we heard in that letter that he sent to james comey where he said three times you told me i am not under investigation. for our viewers who weren't watching, were you surprised? what was the answer? what did mr. mccabe say. >> well, mr. mccabe said he could not comment on any conversation that former director comey might have had with the president. now, of course, the president explained what he knew of the situation with nbc's lester holt but look, the president created a situation here that basically just gets everybody dirty. this is the equivalent to bill clinton having a conversation on the tarmac with former ag loretta lynch. the ethics are highly questionable at best. they're terrible at worst. and again, it just puts everybody in a compromising situation where nobody looks clean. the president shouldn't be asking that question and the fbi director shouldn't be giving an answer. >> if i remember correctly the president was very vocal about that, too. >> right. >> yeah. >> well,

that it was at a dinner and two different phone calls in which he -- he got these answers from director comey. if director comey comes out and refutes this completely, then again, we just have this -- this episode where both the president and the former fbi director look even worse and nobody can come out a winner on this. >> all right. todd shepherd thanks for coming in. we appreciate it. >> you bet. thank you. >> so, there's a question a lot of people have and if you're outside of washington, you don't know the answer and i thinkth at gm point where has sean spicer been. >> he's been absent from the white house press briefing for the past two days. the the white house says he's fulfilling his navy reserve duties. but there is also some speculation among some insiders that his absence could become more permanent and he could possibly be replaced by his backup sara hulk beep sanders or we've heard other names thrown out there. >> we asked on twitter who is better at leading to us white he briefings. some responses

one person said write in ballot a potato. >> another said neither. they're both sneaky phony snakes with mumble mouths. these are both people who president trump is very confident in transmitting his message out there. and we should its point out this is all speck delays sure, sure it is. let's bring in ronica cleary right now. ronica, do you have any more details on this? >> reporter: hey, jim and shawn. we really got to talking about this. there was a tweet last night from jonathan swann a reporter, he said that he had confirmed that president trump was in fact exploring the possibility of replacing sean spicer. now, as you said that would possibly be filled by sara huckabee sander its the deputy press secretary. it's definitely the talk inside the white house press briefings, what's going on. so, we are asking people what do you just think about the possibility of a new press secretary? we're live at old ebbitt. let's check in over here. what do you think about the possibility of a new press

secretary? >> i sure will miss the snl skits. they are something else. let's come over here. we have two ladies over here. what do you think about the possibility of a new press secretary. >> definitely a good idea 'cause there's way too much attention on him than on the stories that he's actually trying put out. >> reporter: he is a news maker. >> yeah. >> so we think it's a good idea. >> reporter: well, he definitely makes news in those briefings. come on back here. we have some brave souls over here. what is your name in caleb schultz. >> reporter: where are you from. >> colorado. >> reporter: colorado, that's where my husband's from. great state. okay, let's talk about the news. let's talk about what actually matters. what do you think about the possibility of a new press secretary. >> that would disappoint me. i kind of like sean spicer. he's direct, he's a no nonsense guy. i like that. >> reporter: he is very direct when i'm in that room i have definitely felt that. all right, back here, what's your name? >> barbara. >> reporter: barbara. what do you think about the possibility avenue new press

secretary -- of a few press secretary. >> well, i think that -- what's melissa mccarthy going to do? is she going to be able to get the new press secretary as well as she does spice arrayment second snl reference. last one. what do you think yeah or nay. >> i think he should go and somebody should put him out of his misery. >> reporter: it certainly looks like a tough job, that is for sure. we're sending it back to you, jim and shawn. >> all right. always a lot of opinions there and speaking of melissa mccarthy. >> they're putting spicer in the promos. >> a republican campaign consulting firm in maryland under investigation by the fbi. >> fox5's anjali hemphill joins us live tonight from annapolis. anjali, what is going on here? >> reporter: well, jim and shawn, still a lot more questions than answers at this point and things out here have quieted down for now. but i can tell you that earlr

reports that more than half a dozen fbi agents showed outpatient to the third floor of this building along main street in annapolis with a warrant to search and seize records. now, according to the local newspaper, the capitol gazette, the president of strategic campaign group his name is kelly rogers told reporters this morning when i he believes the fbi was here. he says it involves consulting work his firm did for robert cuccinelli. in a civil suit cuccinelli's people allege strategic campaign group and conservative strike force that's a pac raised more than $2 million by assuring donors the some and would go to help elect the gop candidate. the suit alleges rogers' group and the pac failed to follow through on promises for an

extensive media campaign. and rogers told that capitol gazette reporter he believes today's fbi raid stems from those allegations and he also told that reporter the investigation would clear his name. now, the fbi right now is only confirming to us that they conducted a law enforcement search on a facility here along main street and we did make several calls to this consulting firm today but we did not hear back. this is of course a developing story. we are working to get you much more on this. stay tuned to fox5 news at 10:00 and 11:00 where we hope to have more. anjali hemphill. >> anything on your mind? tweet us #five at 630. back after this. >> you can even talk about the rain. >> anything you want. >> ♪ >> i can't stand the rain ♪

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criminal gang members linked to illegal immigration in d.c. maryland and virginia and across the country. >> tom fitzgerald a live tonight at ice headquarters in southwest with the latest on this. tom. >> reporter: yeah, this was a pretty big operation shawn and jim. this went on for six weeks. they started this in march and all told now in revealing this they say they've arrested 1,378 people. they have seized $491,000 of money and they've also taken 238 weapons off the streets. now, this is some video that we obtained today of this operation over the last couple of weeks. now, this was not only nationwide, this was in our area as well, d.c., maryland and virginia. in all, in our area, 52 people were arrested. and, you know, one of the examples they used was over in fairfax county. in fairfax county they arrested 11 people. they were and are

being part of the ms-13 street gang. they say that house that they were operating out of came under suspicion of sex trafficking. they contacted the fairfax county police the fairfax county police worked in conjunction with ice and they were able to move in and make arrests. now, keep in mind the environment we're in right now. this spring ice issued a memorandum listing jurisdictions across the country that do not cooperate with ice, places that when an immigration detainer comes in, the jurisdiction for whatever reason ignores it. a lot of times these are called sanctuary cities. they have policies like this even if the local governments haven't passed these laws. well, we asked the director, tom holman tonight about the difference in operating in a jurisdiction that honors ice detainers and works with federal law enforcement when it comes to immigration policy and what it's like to try to operate in a community that does not work with ice. here's what

what that risk puts to law enforcement and the public. >> when they get released without our attention, they're back in the streets. so, now we got to go find the individual many times we don't know where they are and the recidivism rate is between 30 and 40 percent. they're going to commit a crime in many cases and now we got to send a team out to look for these people in a less secure environment out in the public. >> reporter: you know, the rub here, though, is that while this debate has raged over illegal immigration in this country, you talk to the experts, the people who are on the front lines of trying to enforce the laws, they will tell you many of the victims of these illegal street gangs are immigrant populations themselves. some of the groups that they run into are the most of the arrests in this group involvesas the director tonight

shawn, saying these criminal illegal alien street gangs in his words are the biggest threat facing the public right now. >> well, and when you look at what we've been covering lately, we had the court appearance today with the murder of the girl in gaithersburg, that was all linked to the ms-13 in some way shape or form so this is a real concern and i think we're hearing more and more about it these days. >> reporter: and there's an important difference we delayed in talking to ice officials. they say there's been a change of late and the change is this. typically, you know, most people's knowledge of gangs is that they have territory, they have areas that they control and if anybody else comes in, well then a gang war breaks out. that is starting to change. they are seeing cooperation, they are seeing collusion amongst these gangs. some have expertise in trafficking, some have expertise in weaponry. they're seeing more and more that these groups are starting to come together and work together

presents a larger challenge to the law enforcement officials that are trying to fight it. >> certainly understand that. all right, thank you very much, fitz for keeping us updated tonight. we appreciate it. >> ♪ what day is today? may 12th. >> may 12th. what is it may 11th. thank you. >> easter is long over, right. >> yeah, it is. >> the question is, why were people all excited about this easter bunny? >> that's not what shawn spicer is up to these days. we're going to talk about it after this. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> jena bush hager says her dad is a feminist. hager said the way she parents is a reflection on how she was actually raised. she said "people laugh at this but i think my dad was a feminist. he showed us that we could be whatever we wanted to be. i want my girls to feel that way. i want them to feel strong and capable and

conquer the world. hager says her dad always pushed her and her twin sister to be the smart test most capable thing they could be ." i think that is called being a great park. that's the way you want to raise your kids period boys or girls. >> there was a lt of attention paid for the bush girls miss behaving. >> speak for yourself. i didn't do anything wrong. >> i was fine, too. i was boring. >> i was a perfect teenager. >> but in the grand scheme of things, they're doing quite well. i have family in the dmv. >> you read this story. >> a new pet hanging around the white house this week. this is marlon bundo. >> marlon bundo. mike pence brought his bunny to the family named marlon bundo. part of the draw was they got a chance to meet marilyn. >> very cool. now, the internet w

over that talking about the bunny in the white house. >> marlon bundo. i wonder who named the bunny. >> that's anybody's guess. i think the pences have one child if i'm not mistaken. i don't know if it's a daughter. i could be wrong. who knows. >> maybe it was mrs. pence who did it. >> could be. >> all right. love and politics don't always mix and according to a new study the change in the administration is causing a spike in divorces. >> what? >> we'll talk about it on five at 6:30 next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> apparently love and politics don't go together like a horse and car ramp. carriage. >> new study suggests president trump may be the reason for more divorce. >> reporter: is president trump building

couples? a new poll suggested politics of the day isn't just pitting the parties against one another, it's splitting relationships, too. >> i have never seen so much relationship drama over politics ever before. >> reporter: in the new study virginia based polling firm wakefield research surveyed over a thousand couples and found one in 10 of them broke up over political argument. might not be too much of a surprise that among millennials that number was a lot higher at 22 percent. disagreements over trump beeny even appear to be trumping what couples usually clash over. according to the poll one in five couples say that in the last six months they fought more about trump than about money. lois brenner is a divorce attorney. >> i've never seen anything like this before in the 35 years i've been practicing because. controlling and who are abusive kind of insist that their spouse agrees with them and when the spouse says, no, i won't, it gives t

>> reporter: that said, outside of avoiding toxic people, which we should anyway how do we make sure a party a senate or a house divided doesn't divide our houses, too. >> do not bring up your political believes. one person wanted a date and the girl said thanks for the debate instead of the date. >> reporter: on the flip side if disagreeing over a president is enough to break up a couple was the relationship that strong to begin with? >> it's a good excuse. >> yeah. >> absolutely. sure if you're looking for an excuse blame someone's political views. >> reporter: on the upper east side jennifer llamas fox news. >> i don't think it's fair to blame politics. if you're going to break up your relationship breaks up because of that then there was some other issues there. >> yeah. >> 'cause your relationship should be strong enough to not break up over your partner's political preferences. >> we're here in d

symbol i think of the early 90's, the early years of the clinton administration james carvel and mary matlin, they've co-existed. they're still together. i once new independence airlines didn't run anymore but you get on the airline and the two of them did the year head announcements before the flight. >> real. >> carvel did his left for the plane and marilyn matlin was giving her instructions for the right. >> arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver i think it's safe to say they didn't break up over politics. >> something a little bit different. >> something else. >> when you look at the kennedy clan which maria is involved in but that you have it. i want to correct myself. i said mike pence has one child. he has three. i don't have my vice presidents straight sometimes but there you have it. >> thank goodness for google. >> yeah. >> all right, so, thank you so much for joining us tonight. we hope you guys stay inside and sta

>> yeah, because we got a lot going on tonight. >> we'll be back with more news at 10:00, 10:30 and 11:00 in the meantime make eight good night and we'll see you soon. >> ♪

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