captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, may 10th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump fires fbi director james comey in the midst of an investigation into the ties with russia. what led up to the ouster, krut sichl from the president's own party, and a push for reaction from the opposition. >> this is poort a deeply troubling pattern from the trump administration. >> well, good morning from the studio 57

headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. for only the second time in u.s. history the director of the fbi has been fired. in a stunning turn of events, president trump fired james comey, raising questions about the president's motive and the future of the investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russia and also increasing calls for a special prosecutor. the president cited comey's actions in the hillary clinton e-mail inquiry. comey's deputy andrew mk cabe has been named the interim prosecutor. this morning all democratic senators have been asked to be at their desks when the senate convenes. "the new york times" puts the president's letter dismissing comey on the front page. his firing is dominating headlines this morning. wina daniels is here in new york

good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump is hosting the russian foreign minister at the white house as the administration begins its search for a new fbi director. comey's firing yesterday triggered an overwhelming reaction on capitol hill especially from democrats who say a special prosecutor should now be appointed to oversee ongoing investigations into the russian meddling of the 2016 presidential election. >> with all due respect, you're making a big mistake. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer was among the first to question the timing of president trump's decision to fire fbi director james comey tuesday. the same man leading the bureau's investigation into whether members of his campaign colluded with russia during the presidential election. >> were these investigations getting too close to home for the president? >> the president immediately fired back on twitter last night, writing in part, crying chuck schumer

have trust in comey and then act so indignant. >> you're talking about becoming confident. >> president trump sent this dismissal letter to comey yesterday writing, while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i'm not under investigation, i nevertheless concur with the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. the trump administration maintains it was mainly on the handling of the hillary clinton investigation. comey appeared before the senate panel last week to discuss the case. >> it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election. majority leader mitch mcconnell says he looks forward to a

fair, and timely process to fulfill the position. he's no longer expected to appear, though, his testimony could be pushed back to next week. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you so much, hena. well, until his firing, tuesday's story line surrounding comey centered around the investigation of hillary clinton's primary e-mail server. he said clinton's closest aide huma abedin sent dozens of classified e-mail to her husband, anthony weiner. she said she passed only a small number for the purple of printing off documents and only two contained classified information. cbs chief correspondent john dickerson said the firing will increase calls for an

investigation into the trump campaign, russia, and the election. >> this is likely to ratchet up even higher the investigation into russian efforts to influence the 2016 election. it was already high enough this week after parties paired off over why it took so long for the president to fire former national security adviser michael flynn. now democrats will renew their calls for a special prosecutor, and they've already been joined by republican john mk cain. the argument is that only someone free to investigate without being fired or the fear of being fired can do the job. this will send shock waves through the fbi, put a cloud over the investigation if after independent one is not initiated, and it h lower the trust in american institutions which analysts say was the russian intent in the meddling in election all along. >> well, some are comparing comey's firing to richard nixon's 1973 saturday night massacre. president nixon wanted

special prosecutor investigating watergate archibald cox fired but the attorney general refused and resigned. the richard nixon library responded to commentary that nixon's firing was nixonian. in a tweet they tweeted, fun fact, president nixon never fired him. today president trump plans to meet with russia's top dip plea mat. the white house meeting with sergey lavrov is the highest meeting the president has ever had with a public official. the syrian war is likely to top the agenda. the trump administration has announced planned to arm syria's kurdish fighters. he said they're the best bet to free the city, but

kurds angers turkey, a key nato ally. the turks have been fighting in southern turkey for years. turkey's president is expected to visit president trump next week. south korea's new president says he's willing to visit north korea under the right circumstances. he said he'll go anywhere. it's unclear why there was an investigation but officials say there is no release of radioactive material. it was discovered as part of a routine inspection. john black zone reports. >> reporter: the collapsing soil created a 20x20 hole creating a tunnel. it's the nation's largest site of nuclear w

he said nearly 5,000 work is had to take cover. >> what that means is shelter in place. no one was hurt and there's no spread of radiological contaminati contamination. >> reporter: the tunnel contains railcars. all the waste from the manhattan process which tested and built the atomic bomb in world war ii is buried at hanford as is weapons material through the 1980s. a massive cleanup effort costing $2 billion a year is aimed at decontaminating a site at rhode island. >> the crisis isn't over yet. >> reporter: tom carpenter is with hanford challenge, a watchdog group monitoring the cleanup sight. >> it's actually getting more dangerous. >> more dangerous with time. wiar

failures in the future. this is a wakeup call. >> reporter: john blackstone, cbs news, seattle. eight more fraternity members tied to a pledge made a court appearance. members of the beta theta pi. >> the only reason this came to the surface was because timothy died. >> ten other fraternity members facing more serious charges were arraigned last friday. former president barack obama addressed a food conference in italy just as the trump administration considers pulling out of major climate agreement. mr. trump talks about how it affects food production. his comments were nonpartisan, but it's a

it's a responsibility to vote. >> you get the politician you deserve. if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get politicians that don't reflect your interest. >> that right. >> mr. obama said the energy to bury about change will come from what people do every day. well, coming up on the "morning news" now, freedom for chelsea manning. the army private who released private documents is set to be released. and the old daley show gang appeared on stephen colbert. this is the "cbs morning news."

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they all thanked stewart for bringing them to comedy central and launching their careers. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the hill" reports chelsea manning will released sometime next week. her original term would have ended in the year 2045 but the sentence was commuted by president obama. "the boston globe" explains why the murder conviction of aaron hernandez was vacated. a massachusetts judge cited a centuri centuries-old law. he hanged himself last month in prison. "the philadelphia inquirer" reports that amtrak will face no charges. they can't prove

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s&p slipped 2 and the nasdaq rose 17 points. disney shars fell after the company reported profits that beat expectations but revenue that fell short. its cable business including espn suffered a 3% drop in year-to-year operating income. they did get a boost in parks and also the block buster film like "beauty & the beast." apping became the first u.s. company to top the $800 billion mark in capital. they gain third degree 3% so far this year. they closed at just under $154 a share. online shopping giant amazon cut its free shipping minimum to $25. it's a $10 decrease as it faces more competition from retailers like walmart. purchases will be delivered in five to eight business days. they already offer da

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the car goes underneath and the heads of dummies smash directly into the truck. but the second test, guards on the side of the truck, and the outcome is much different. >> it prevented the car from going underneath and the seatbelts protected the crash dummy. >> reporter: they appeartomy them to have rear underride guards but it does not mandate the same protections for sides of trucks. more than 1,500 people were killed. more than 300 of those involved the side of the truck. >> we can't say for sure how many people would be saved, but if you prevented a car from going underneath a trailer, many more people would be alive than if trailers weren't equipped with underride cars. >> they also remind cars to be attentive when driving around trucks and realize big

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everyone was complaining, and then all heck broke loose. >> and more drama in the skies with fists flyingen a southwest flight. let's check on the weather. 51. 5degrees warmer than it was yesterday morning, allyson. >> did you note the difference? it's cool, but it's going to be another gorgeous day. michael and son camera, looking pretty nice, but there's a few clouds out there this afternoon, steadily increasing the cloud cover ahead of tomorrow. 51, and around the region pile the 40s. we lost the 30s we were waking up to yesterday. not feeling like november anymore everybody else, we are at 37 were winchester, and 39 for front royal. gorgeous, and probably the closest to

a lot of sunshine, however, today as we head to the lunch hour, more clouds will steadily increase. the humidity will still be in check for sure. the chances are back, and they will impact the weekend. we will go through the futurecasto time it out for you. >> anyone coming down, you're trying to get out of reagan international airport. we have a crash blocking at least one exit to take to get to the airport. the first exit or this looks better. used to be jammed here. nick is on the scene, and we are trying to get his shot to show you next time. in the meantime, route 1 southbound, and you can take the exit then to get to the airport. the northbound lanes, one lane is blocked because of

police activity blocking one of the other lanes. live shot coming upment. president donald trump will meet with vladimir putin's top diplomat today. the highest face-to-face meeting since president trump took office. the white house said they could have a replacement for comey by the end of weak. >> what happened when this tunnel collapsed in seattle? there was waste from building the atomic bomb during world war ii. >> it's going to be awesome. >> super a exciting. the city of washington. get pumped! the news at 30

check it out! we are rocking the red this morning. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> thank you for joining us. allyson raea sunny day to start. >> all and all a beautiful afternoon, headed to the low 70s, and finally 70s back in the forecast. dry today, but inspect the case for the rest of the week into parts of saturday, saturday looking wet again, but good news for mother's day, looking to be on the drier side. sunshine through 8:00 in the morning, and watch what happens by 12:00. the cloud cover moves in. ahead of our rain chances by tomorrow. 5:00, clearing to the skies to the south and west. by 10:30, it's cloudy. cloudy will be warmer into the overnight hours. showers moving in until

and thursday afternoon and into thursday evening. that's supposed to let up into the overnight hours. as we head through friday, showers, we will go through the weekend forecast in a brit. >> reporter: the gw parkway, headed southbound by the airport. live shot from what you will be experiencen southbound on gw. you have to take the first airport exit. you cannot get to the second one. however nick is giving up the live shot and says the tow trucks are out there. moving three vehicles to the side, and he thinks they will try to open up one lane as you head southbound. checking on injuries to know what happened and how the people involved in the crash are. the southbound lanes blocked on the gw parkway, and headed northbound, you will see one lane block blocked because of police vehicles as well. it was red, and now yellow. here's the