. >> reporter: the president told the world about his fbi pick on twitter, calling chris wray a lawyer of quote impeccable credentials. in cincinnati, mr. trump had few words about his choice. wray, 50, led the justice department's criminal division for two years under president george w. bush. most of his time was spent on corporate fraud persecutions, the biggest, jail time for executives of enron. after leaving the justice department, he was a defense attorney, notably for chris christie in the bridgegate scandal. wray lacks extensive background in terrorism and national security prosecutions but is respected in the legal community. he is not well-known among rank and file fbi agents. >> chris wray is unflappable from my experience. >> reporter: kent alexander hired wray when he was u.s. attorney in georgia. >> i think the fbi could use a little less politics. and he is a very non-partisan guy. i was a clinton appointee when i hired him. chris is a republican. >> reporter: the appointment comes at a time when president trump's relationship with jeff sessions remains strained. for th

attorney's office, we just missed overlapping at the beginning of '97 when chris wray went into thatears. he worked on a number of high profile cases, worked with a lot of fbi agents, closely with sally yates and then when george w. bush won the election, we both moved to washington and worked at the justice department. chris wray was a principal deputy to larry thompson who was the deputy attorney general, i was a depp pity under mike chertoff at the department of justice. go ahead -- and when he became head of the criminal division, i was one of his deputies. elizabeth: i don't want to interrupt you, but it sounds like there's so many pieces of that puzzle that make him equipped to lead the fbi. anything that stands out in particular where you feel like that history will just fit in very nicely? >> oh, sure. elizabeth: it's a big deal. >> in addition to the fact that he was a prosecutor at four years, he worked very closely with fbi agents. he was at department of justice during the enron time, post-9/11 time. he worked on a daily basis, he had briefings every morning with bob muel

president trump announced his new fbi pick, chris wray with a "w."comes 24 hours before former fbi director, james comey, the one president trump fired, is set to testify before the senate intelligence committee. i want to bring in bill gavin, a former assistant director of the new york fbi office and my panel, steve schmidt and mike lupica are in the house. bill, what can you tell us about chris wray? >> well, stephanie, there's not a lot i can tell you. i don't know the man personally. looking at his credentials, within the justice department itself, assistant united states attorney in georgia and then deputy or assistant attorney general in the department of justice. it looks like he has touched a lot of bases it looks like to be a very, very bright guy. ceainly you'd like to see somebody com havg been from the fbi, you'd like to see somebody come from the fbi, but i don't think that's any detriment to mr. wray. i think that probably we have to take a good look at what the credentials are, and they look pretty good at this particular point in time

agents. >> chris wray is unflappable, from my experience. >> reporter: kent alexander hired wray when he was u.s. attorney in georgia. >> i think the f.b.i. could use a little less politics, and he's a very non-partisan guy. i was a clinton appointee when i hired him. chris is a republican. >> reporter: the appointment comes at a time when president trump's relationship with attorney general jeff sessions remains strained. for the second day in a row, the white house declined to say if the president had confidence in sessions. early senate reaction the wray's until nation was positive, even among some democrats. scott, in the aftermath of comey's firing, wray's biggest confirmation hurdle will be proving his ability and willingness to deflect all forms of political pressure. >> pelly: major garrett at the white house. major, thanks. in another important story tonight, isis has claimed responsibility for a pair of attacks that occurred today in tehran. at least 12 were killed in what's believed to be the first time that isis has struck inside iran. mark phillips is following this. [exp

itck on twitter, calling chris wray a lawyer of "impeccable credentials." in cincinnati, mr. trump had few words about his choice. >> he's going to be great. y, reporter: wray, 50, led the justice department's criminal division for two years under president george w. bush. much of his time was focused on corporate fraud prosecutions-- the biggest: jail time for top rgecutives of bankrupt energy giant enron. after leaving the justice department, wray was a defense attorney, notably for new jersey governor chris christie in the so-called "bridgegate" scandal. wray lacks extensive background in terrorism and national security prosecutions, but he's respected in the legal unmmunity. he is not well-known among rank- and-file f.b.i. agents. >> chris wray is unflappable, from my experience. >> reporter: kent alexander hired wray when he was u.s. attorney in georgia. d i think the f.b.i. could use a little less politics, and he's a very non-partisan guy. i was a clinton appointee as u.s. attorney when i hired him. chris is a republican. >> reporter: the appointment comes at a time whe

who is chris wray. >> chris wray is a former season justice department. of late, he's been in private practice, recently representing chris christie on the bridgegate controversy. the announcement came today on twitter, catching some in the white house and many on capitol hill by surprise. david. >> all right, pierre thomas with us from the fbi. pierre, thank you. >>> tomorrow james comey's testimony live, special report starting at 10:00 a.m. right here. of course, i'll see you for "world news tonight" tomorrow night from washington. >>> in the meantime tonight, to the other major headline at this hour, the twin terror attacks in iran. isis now taking responsibility. we have new and dramatic video coming in tonight. here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: never before has isis managed to carry out a major attack inside iran, but today the terrorist group struck swiftly and simultaneously. at the shrine to the late ayatollah khomeini, an assailant wearing a suicide vest blew himself up, with the sounds of gunfire then echoing through tehran's streets. a

>> what i really know about is chris wray. i met him about 20 years ago, worked on a particularly difficult case with him. i grew to really have a great amount of respect for him and have kept up with him since then. >> how tough is his job going to be if he does get confirmed by the senate? already, president trump has raised questions about our intelligence agencies. we take hearings live like this one where we are seeing testimony from some of the top intelligence officials in this country. what does that new fbi look like under president trump? >> with chris wray at the helm, i think the fbi is going to get back on track. he is incredibly intelligent. he has got tremendous work ethic. he is calm under pressure. most importantly in my mind, he is a patriot. he is a family man. politics don't factor into his decision-making, i'm sure. he has got all the tools to be a tremendous director for the bureau. >> are you suggesting that comey's did, his politics factored into the decision-make sng. >> no, i'm not weighing in on that

. >> he's going to tweet something idiotic tomorrow and ruin his own good chris wray news cycle. >> we don't know. >> it's 4:30. >> nothing yet. >>> another force by north korea. >> it is election day across the uk. >> a little dog. there he goes. >> all that -- m>> aan stole a backhoe and then used it to try to rob an atm. >> they're calling him the backhoe bandit. ur>> dfoant r three. it's good. golden state stays perfect. a crushing loss for the cavs. >> -- and all that matters -- >> anticipation building as the country waits to hear directly from directores jam comey. >> can you imagine being fired and the next thing you get to trash talk your boss in front of the whole world. a dream come true. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> extra, extra, reeds all about comey christmas comes early. >> can you feel the an anticipation? i can feel it. i can feel it. ♪ comey in the air tonight, o lord ♪ thank you very much. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." former fbi director james comey is ready for what could be his

chris wray is probably a little more personable. they both have high integrity and people have faith in them. i feel like the country is in good hands with both of them. >> if you were bob mueller, building this case, what would your next steps be? >> well, they need to be interviewing witnesses, and i'm sure they are and are planning to do so in the future. there are an awful lot of people who have been around the president with respect to the obstruction question. of course this investigation is much broader than that, it has to do with whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia, russian officials. the obstruction question is just one piece of it. but with respect to the obstruction question, i'm sure they'll interview witnesses. they'll want to know the best evidence of what the president was thinking and whether he intended to impede the investigation is probably what he told other people. >> would he be asking the white house for recordings he may have, particularly audio recordings? >> i would be surpris

if confirmed as its next director, chris wray's mission would be to bring stability to the fbi and itse than 35,000 employees. president trump who interviewed wray on may 30th said he is an impeccably qualified individual and a fierce guardian of the law. >> he understands how to operate under crises. he understands how the agency works. >> reporter: roscoe howard, a former u.s. attorney works with wray at the doa shoo i would be shocked if he had some sort of political agenda. it's just not the chris wray i've come to know. >> reporter: a graduate of yale law, just before 911 he became associate attorney general and later moved on to handle the justice department's criminal division. last year he served as chris christie's layer hired to navigate the bridgegate scandal. former justice department officials spoke highly of wray, describing him as the right man at the right time for the nation and the fbi, a person of extraordinary integrity, and someone who simply doesn't make mistakes. wray will likely take charge, law enforcement tells cbs news, in general, this is not a great time at

the new attorney general, chris wray.lance of foreigners even if it sweeps up americans in the process. there was an isis attack in iran. and the growing crisis in the gulf over qatar which involves iran. the fact that tomorrow's u.k. election could hung up in a hung parliament further fracturing europe. and then how about a guy no one ever heard of hit four home runs in one game last night after having hit 38 in his career. that wasn't big news. what may be the biggest news story, republicans in kansas defied their governor and voted to raise taxes. any one of those stories, sorry, scooter, aside, would have been huge news today. our lead, perhaps. maybe tomorrow. unless of course james comey testifies. >>> time for the lid. we just got a statement from president trump's outside counsel reacting to the james comey testimony. quote, in full, the president is please that had mr. comey has finally publicly confirmed his private reports that the president was not under investigation in any russian probe. the president feels

chris wray is a former justice department official who has been working in private that this. -- private practice. myanmar is mounting a search operation for a missing military transport airplane. reports say it was carrying 120 two passengers and crew, most of them soldiers and their families. contact was lost half an hour after takeoff. the japanese nuclear research facility has been exposed to dangerous levels of radioactivity materials. the accident return -- the accident occurred when workers were checking the back. south korea says it will hold off on installing remaining components of a u.s. antimissile defense system until it completes an assessment of the impact on the environment. this could mean delays in the high altitude area defense system in korea. the review could take more than a year. thursday is election day in the u.k.. in the past week, the campaign has been dominated by security issues following terror attacks in london and manchester. on this last day of campaigning party leaders have been on the , road trying to emphasize their main policies and messages. our poli

stephanie: on the eve of james comey's testimony, president trump tweets he's nominating chris wray to be the new director. he's a former senior justice department official. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. adriana: a firefighter reporting after he fell through a floor battling a house fire in reston. john gonzalez is at the scene where crews are dousing those hot spots. john: at the height of this there were a hundred fire fax county firefighters in greenbriar court in reston. right now they're keeping about three fire trucks and crews here at the scene because hot spots continue to flare up. now, during this there was one firefighter hospital because the floor, the main floor of this town home collapsed. that firefighter ended up falling all the way to the basement of the home. he was taken to the hospital, treated, we've been told he has been released. suffered serious but nonlife-threatening injuries. now, the cause of this fire is still under investigation. firefighters have gone in with ladders and shovels to try to sift through the debris and make a clear path for some of

king and spaulding where christopher wray works because trump's outsides ethics counsel, and now chris wray. deputy attorney general james comey, assistant attorney at law christopher wray and fbi director robert mueller and another guy announce an indictment of the enron chairman and ceo. so those two guys in the headlines together again 15 years later. pretty incredible, considering there's 320 million people in the world and three guys seem to get all the headlines once again today. in america, i should say. >> joe, another point. this would be the opposite of draining the swamp, by the way. you're going to end up with a trump team and administration that's based on two teams. you're going to have a set of people that work together at doj, 2000 to 2005. and on the national security side you've got mattis, kelly, mcmaster, they all fought together in iraq and afghanistan, all the battlefields. really our country is going to be in these two groups of folks that between 2000 and 2006 led on the battlefields and the courtrooms of america. so it's going to be an interesting dynamic. >> as we

former assistant attorney general who also served as new jersey governo >> wray was the attorney for new jersey governor chris christie. wray is a former assistant attorney general who also served as new jersey governor chris christie's personal attorney during the "bridge- gate" scandal. he currently works in private practice. this comes as former fbi director james comey will testify publicly before congress about alleged russian interference in the 2016 election tomorrow. comey's testimony is expected to focus on his interactions with president trump before he was fired. >> i wish him luck. >> president trump wished james comey luck tuesday ahead of his highly anticipated testimony thursday against the senate intelligence committee. the fired fbi director will detail his interactions with the president before he was fired last month. among them, that mr. trump allegedly pressured him to drop the bureau's investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. an individual familiar with what comey told associates after that request told cbs news comey asked attorney general jeff sessions to prev

but, chris, also, let's not lose sight to your own point. wray has been out there. he was one of the names and there was political speculation about chris cristie versus giuliani and now we know the name. but the timing is not a coi s d coincidence. we can show the hearing room which is the beginning of a two-day affair here where we are going to hear questions asked and as phil mud says director coats is throwing a big bucket of cold water on any anticipation about him dishing of talking with the president. but the stakes are real. >> yeah. so first on wray the other thing to remember is other people know, right? this is not necessarily a job everyone is clambering for, particularly if you look at what happened to the last guy. number two, there are no coincidences in politics. this is my attitude when a politician says i was just driving through iowa and i thought i'd stop and meet the local democrats. it is not a thing, right? the reason they do that is because they want to run for president at some time or they think they could be president some time. even if don

host: the president has nominated chris wray. story from the new york times website, who is christopher wray? i actually know him. he was a lawyer who worked at the justice department the same time i was there, and i would like to point out to your audience that i was a career politicalot a appointee. christopher wray is a kylie qualified professional -- highly qualified professional, and everyone who expects the fbi to detailedly investigation, they will get that. and to your audience, this is an important point about director comey. last are, democrats all over capitol hill and elsewhere rightfully calling for him to be been, and he should have fired for the way he mishandled the clinton email investigation. he took a lot of steps that he should not have taken, and i will give you just one. the fbi director is in charge of doing federal investigation. when they are done with that investigation, that has to be turned over to the justice department, where the prosecutors and attorney generals decide whether or not the evidence un

delaware democratic senator chris coons also issued a statement endorsing christopher wray saying in part i'm encouraged that president trump has nominate sod one with significant federal law enforcement experience, rather than a career in partisan politics. >>> christopher wray currently works in private practice for king and spaulding law firm and graduated couple laud from yale university in 1989, earned his law degree from yale in 1992. he issued this statement after being nominate today saying quote it ace great honor to be selected by the president to return to the department of justice, as director of the fbi. i look forward to serving the american people, with integrity as the leader of what i know firsthand to be an extraordinary group of men and women hoff dedicated their careers to protecting this country. >>> confirmation hearings for wray will take place we understand in the next two weeks or so. that is very latest for now live from the sat center, natasha brown, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> state department is condemning a pair of terror attacks in iran's capitol. offi

rob: tell us about chris wray. >> he's got the right experience, he's a brilliant lawyer and cares deeplyt the institution and let me just say the men and women of the fbi, they are amazing, they are out there protecting us every day doing a great job, chris will be a great leader for them. >> he's low key and able to remain independent and you know him on a personal level, how would you describe him? >> absolutely, highest integrity. smart, focused, he works so hard. in the days that the justice department after 9/11 when we were working on national security together, for those many weeks and months he worked all of the time. he was focused on the mission, commit today getting it right and doing the right thing upholding justice in national security and all sorts of things. rob: sounds like he's been on both sides of criminal law. he prosecuted enron but also defended chris christie, he's dealt with white-collar things and it's going to be interesting to move into this position if he is confirmed in this environment, but, you know, would it be strange, you were up for this job, would you

the fbi, and the men and women of the united states will be extraordinarily well served by having chris wray as fbi director. >> confirmation hearing for wray will take place in the next two weeks. >>> it is story we have been following the renovation of the new jersey state house, has set off a political fight in trenton but now as "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan explains american just lawmakers are caught up in the tug of war over 300 million-dollar plan. >> yeah, it is not looking too good. >> reporter: classes taking end of the school year tours of the state house in trenton these days may be wondering if they are visiting the plywood capitol of new jersey. >> a little board and all that it need help. definitely need help. >> boarded windows don't add to the beauty of the architecture. >> reporter: dozen windows on the front of the state house are boarded up and many more on the sides, as a surprise to teachers and parents. >> it is not what i expected when i got here. >> it is actually 300 million-dollar worth of renovations and right now they are on hold. several lawmakers have

nominee the president has indicated will be chris wray.ay be fine but she didn't get a heads-up. she will have a lot of questions on all these things today. marc, quickly as they're taking pictures and shaking hands all doing the nice things about getting this started, how much do you think today. the same committee tomorrow, will be about laying the ground work, the framework for comey questions tomorrow? >> very much so. this is the pre-game before the big show tomorrow. so i think they're going to try and get -- they're going to focus pretty hard on andrew mccabe to walk back when he said in the previous time he testified where he said there was no interference. they'll try to get some daylight there. they're going the try to set up a pattern, the democrats, a pattern of inappropriate and they allege unlawful behavior on the part of donald trump. which will set up questions for tomorrow, no question. >> bill: thank you, marc. this is senator richard burr from north carolina. chairman of the committee. >> dan coates, dan, welcome back to

well, chris wray was one of the people who threatened to resign, along with comey and with bob mueller, who is now the special counsel. back then he was the fbi director in that show down with the white house. what will you hear from democrats is you'll see he's not a push over for this white house. again, a guy with a solid conservative credentials that i think republicans are going to like and democrats are probably going to support as well. >> interesting timing, the news breaking. >> exactly. >> evan perez, thank you. joining us now jeffrey tubin, gloria borger and jim sciutto. you all have chief or senior in front of your names. you are very important people to discuss very important things this morning. so washington post comes out with this story last night saying the president asked coats on march 22nd, two days after the comey testimony that if he could intervene in the flynn investigation. if coats testifies to that today, add on to that our previous reporting that the president asked comey himself if he could just walk away from the flynn investigation. is there a pattern he

now, what we know is christopher wray's litigation attorney who actually comes with the endorsement of new jersey governor chrischristy in a role during bridgegate. we know chris wray came in to meet with president trump to interview for the job just last tuesday. he was within of two remaining candidates on the list that include many names of people who had actually withdrawn themselves looking at the scale and scope of this job. it will be a challenging one for wray or whoever steps into this position given not only the scrutiny on the fbi director right now or the position that his boss or direct boss, attorney general jeff sessions is in. as we have been reporting, the president has been frustrated recently with the justice department and his attorney general. now having chris ray report to sessions. he's taking on a big job at a time when there's incredible scrutiny on the fbi and a lot of pressure from the white house to change the focus, change the narrative away interest this ongoing questioning about any kind of alleged contact between russia and the trump team. so at least for today the president has

. >> ahead of today's hearing, president trump nominated chris wray a former just department official to take comey's place. some republicans have urge him not to tweet during the hearing. and if you want to watch the hearing with a crowd, several places across the bay area have you covered. kpix 5's jackie ward is live in san francisco to tell us which bars are already open. jackie. >> reporter: yeah. that's right, michelle. so political banter can be a supporting event. the trump administration has created a lot of must-see tv. so a few bars that are already open at 6 a.m. on a typical business day will be open today and, of course, they will have the comey hearing on so one in north beach, one in mission, and ace's where i am here in hill open their doors at 6 a.m. just like they typically do. this time of day is too early for music or a round of pool, they say, usually, so their early bird patrons want the news. i'm sure they will have warriors highlights on next to the comey testimony coming up at 7 a.m. [ laughter ] >> so these doors open here at six a.m. and they hope it doesn'

. >> and chris wray is independent, except that he represented governor chris christie in the bridgegatecandal, but we'll leave that to another day. david gregory, this spin is clear before one word has been said at the hearing today. what do you make of what lindsey graham said? compelling. why would mueller allow comey to go out, assuming he could stop him, if he was the main guy in an obstruction case? >> and senator graham's a lawyer making a legal argument. he's making a presumption on the part of the special counsel. we don't know where things stand. it's just an investigation that's beginning. so, we simply don't know. he may very well be right. you and other lawyers who will look at this will make that determination over time, but obviously, it's bob mueller who is most important in making that determination. so, this is a political process. and you know, i think what's important about today isn't just, you know, going in that direction, but it's also making a judgment about what was appropriate, making a judgment about what the president does, how he conducts himself, how he res

i mean, no matter what you hear, republicans or democrats all say chris wray is a top-flight lawyer.member of the department of justice when i worked with him. he has the respect of law enforcement, the respect of the prosecutors, the respect of the defense bar. >> with that high-level, lawmakers of both party caught off guard. mitch mcconnell issued a statement hours after the announcement but others were left searching for the response. >> did the president consult you at all on the fbi's pick? >> no, he didn't. wray, right? i don't know the guy. i've looked at his resume. he seems like he's the perfect kind of person. >> iid learn about it from twitter, but then i learn a will the of things about the president from twitter. >>> the new congressman accused of body-slamming a reporter. the apology greg gianforte is saying. >>> the heat is coming. bill karins is going to tell us what it's all about. stay with us. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment f

our new fbi director if chris wray is confirmed will be much different. t ed. he will not put himself out there. it is not in his dna. dagen: in terms of james comey, dagen mcdowell by the way is he bitter and got fired the way he did and will we see any evidence of that today? >> no. i don't think so. jim is just not that way. you will not see any bitterness. quite frankly jim had a distinguished career. he had a distinguished time when he was at the fbi. i'm sure he feels proud about that. i think he feels proud the way he handled the situation. maria: do you think he was under pressure during the 2016 to lay off the investigation into hillary clinton given the fact that his boss, loretta lynch had meeting on tarmac with her husband, president bill clinton? did he feel pressure to lay off of that investigation? >> you know, i don't think jim felt pressure one way or the other, because the man has amazing confidence in himself. he is an incredibly bright individual. probably one of the brigest individuals i ever worked with. i think he wanted to do the ri

they were getting a lot of praise for the person they picked, a guy named chris wray, well liked.n democrats were not truly coming after him. and then this bombshell testimony comes out. written testimony comes out and it gets all the attention right back on jim comey. i don't know that there was a calculated effort, right? the republicans are in charge of congress. this was a senate intelligence committee document. >> but this isn't something you just willy nilly decide hey, i'll put this out there. it is the most anticipated testimony since hillary's benghazi. why would they do this? >> i think we were reporting in, i think it might have been ken who reported that he would like for the testimony to be released early today. and i don't know if ken can back that up. >> thas right. that's right. actually, senator burr told nbc news off camera is that confirmed that this was comey's idea. he had requested this happen. we don't know why. >> why do you think? >> i think it comes from a position of strength. you don't need surprise if you feel you have all the facts to your side. what

now chris wray's main task in his confirmation hearing will be convincing the senate he'll be independent of the white house and the president who nominated him. then, if confirmed, he'll have the delicate dance of figuring out his exact role in the russia investigation being run by robert mueller, who knows more about the fbi than probably any other living person. >> a big job. pete williams, thank you. >>> new developments. a report then fbi director james comey asked attorney general jeff sessions to keep him from being alone with the president ever again, after all this happened after a tense white house meeting. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is at the white house with that part of the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. insiders are casting tomorrow's comey testimony as the political equivalent of the super bowl. beginning momentarily right now in here in washington, some of the nation's top law enforcement and intelligence officials are going to testify before that same senate intelligence committee. it comes amid new questions about the length

what we know is christopher wray is a litigation attorney who comes with the endorsement so to speak of new jersey governor chris christie in a role during that bridgegate candle. -- scandal. we know that wray came to the white house to meet with president trump to interview for the job last tuesday. he was one of two remaining candidates at that time. there had been others in the running, but a few had withdrawn themselves due to the scale and scope of the job. whoever steps into the position faces a lot of scrutiny, not just on the fbi director, but also on the position that his boss or direct boss, attorney general jeff sessions is facing. as we have been reporting the president has been frustrated recently with the justice department and his attorney general. so now having chris wray report to sessions he's stepping into a big role at a time there's incredible scrutiny on him, on the fbi and pressure from the white house to change the focus. change the narrative from the question about alleged contact with russia. for the moment t story has changed but the spotlight remains on the russia probe. fbi director

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chris christis lawyer during the bridgegate scandal. governor christie has not said whether or not he advised the president on wray but had these laudatoryast week. >> i have utmost confidence in chris, an outstanding lawyer. with absolute integritiy and honesty. >> wray spent time as circumstanceaattorneygeneral duh administration. number three, his wife helen is a southern belle. with a language long history in attendant, and presented at atlanta debutante ball before she met wray, i do declare. >> a jersey guy, is he from here? >> no. >> in law firm? >> bridgegate lawyer. >> yeah. >> another great night of chasing news, thanks for watching, we'll be back tomorrow, don't worry, you know where. >> it's not what you hear on the news every night. >> usually work so hard you don't get cold. >> you think this is bad, that would be a disaster. >> these are a bunch of fools they ought to be you won't believe what they put in tyson fun nuggets. it's shocking actually. they're made with real 100% all-natural ingredients. like white meat chicken... and that's it. keep it real. keep it tyson. how do you please the world's toughest food critics? w

he has nominated chris wray for the fbi director.nd our road map begins with a deluge of news from d.c. trump tweeting his nominee for fbi director. more reports on comey's rift with the president. and the president goes to ohio to talk infrastructure. also, a senate intelligence hearing in an hour. >>> and the retail wreckage continues. sears is closing even more stores and macy's lowered guidance yesterday. talking about margins. but there might be a bright spot and the name is walmart. >> tesla stock hit an all time yesterday and where they might be headed with the model 3. first up, the president has chosen the nominee to be next fbi director as comey gets ready to testify on capitol hill tomorrow. our eamon javers is in washington. what a day for news. good morning, eamon. >> good morning. so christopher wray will be the president's nominee for fbi director one day before the former fbi director james comey is scheduled to testify on capitol hill about his interactions with the president. the president has selected somebody new.

one thing known about wray, in addition to his background at the justice department, he was chris christie'sd, george, i've got to tell you before he came in here for an interview about a week ago, he was not on any list of a possible fbi director. he seemed to be a late add and somebody who clearly is very close to chris christie. >> the president interviewed him i guess on may 30th. of course, this timing now designed in part to counter the hearings of james comey, of course, the fbi director the president fired. >> reporter: absolutely and you've had some time now between the firing of comey and this appointment. this confirmation will not be, you know rubber stamped by any sense. this will be a potentially contentious one. it's an uneasy time not to have an fbi director, at least a confirmed fbi director given the terror threat. >> pierre, as you mentioned, christopher wray known well inside the justice department for service in the criminal division during the administration of george w. bush and any sense of how this will be received right now? >> reporter: well, again, the fbi had bee

be forced upon us who will want to do this to throw mud at the president, has nothing to do with chris wraystuart: in about an hour's time, the senate will be grilling top intelligence officials. that's today. those aren't the comey hearings tomorrow, that's today. does the president face any legal jeopardy from the grilling of the intelligence official? >> he probably does. i say probably because again there have been leaks, we don't know the source of them. as to what they're going to say, but the leaks about what they're going to say is, that the president, on several occasions, without others in the room, went to the director of national intelligence, dan coates former senator of indiana, president trump just appointed him to the job, to quote, lean on jim comey. they are not-- they're independent of each other. he said i won't do it. and we expect to hear from rogers, nsa, not in a position to lean on jim comey. the leaks last night. and other two people expected to testify, rod rosenstein, the deputy in charge of the russian investigations because said jeff sessions recused himself an

more recently in private practice wray represented chris christie in the bridge gate scandal. >>> turn to us for the complete coverage of the comey testimony . it will begin at 7:00 am. we will have updates and analysis and to watch the testimony and is directed go to ktvu.com . >>> he makes it look so easy. kevin durant hit a three- pointer with 45 seconds left. sending the warriors to the win. tonight's victory makes it 15 straight playoff wins for the warriors. that is a new record for the longest playoff winning streak in any of the four major u.s. sports. we have more team coverage tonight. we begin with amber at oracle arena. >> reporter: they were super excited. fans came here to oracle arena for the excitement and the game and then they got a nailbiter. the end result was exactly what they wanted. the fireworks over oracle celebrates game three victory. fans left confident now that the warriors are one game from winning the championship. >> kevin durant. i loved it. >> it is a dream comes true. >> reporter: the mood from the watch party was tense. they said this is the first ti

>> president trump took to twitter this morning to announce his pick for the fbi, christopher wray was chris christie's personal lawyer and it comes days before the highly participated testimony of ousted director james comey. sara bloomquist joins us live from washington, d.c. and details of comey's testimony were released today. >> reporter: monica that is right. tomorrow is the main event, former fbi director james comey set to testify before the senate select committee on intelligence. this afternoon that committee released comey's opening statement and reveals that the president repeatedly pressed him for loyalty and lift the cloud of the russia investigation. >> we know from the opening statement that former fbi director james comey will paint a picture of a president seemingly obsessed with him and ending the the russian investigation and an uncomfortable one-on-one dinner at the white house on january 27th. the president said, i need loyalty and expect loyalty. i did not move or speak or change my facial expression during the awkward silence that followed we simply looked at each oth

wray. he was chris christie's personal lawyer during the bridgegate scandal and was the head of the criminal transition under george w. bush for two years. to a sh a 6-year-old boy. neighbors took a stand against the violence that is communitie. nbc 10's brandon hudson is outside the the 6-year-old is still fighting for hisarents are by his side here at tis relativ we tonight. >> we have to meet here this unfortunate circumstance. >> reporter: at an intersection marked by violence, a community rallied around a shooting victim and other young victims of gun violence. at one point, the emotions overwhelmed several children. in the crowd members of the victims' extended family. >> he's still fighting. and things are getting a little better. not as much as we would like. >> reporter: he told us bullet fragments are still in his cousin's body and doctors can't remove it right now. he is urging people to talk to police. >> it's not snitching. this is getting out of hand right now. >> reporter: mother and son were in an suv that pulled up to this stop sign when a gunman started spraying bullets, hi

president reagan governor, it's good to see you how close do you think you came to getting what chris wrayid choice i've got to say, andrew, it's kind of fun to be in the church, even though you're not at the altar. but it was a pretty intense roundtrouble the attorney general who i served with is u.s. attorney in oklahoma, jeff sessions, and of course the president at the head of the table >> choosing to take that as a compliment it's not andrew -- >> but it was a compliment, governor >> when he does ask a question it will probably be very clear that it's him that he finally asked. let me ask you, do you think mueller and comey are like bbfs, aren't they? is this going to be okay, is this going to be fair, knowing what special counsel and prosecutors have done in the past where could this end up? this could end up anywhere, couldn't it? >> that's true you really don't know. i have never been friendly to special counsels, independent counsels, special prosecutors, whatever you want to call them the average length of these investigations is three years. in the case of whitewater and they ta

. >> more recently wray has been in private practice . he represented christie in the bridge gate scandal. wray said i look forward to serving the american people with integrity as the leader of what i know firsthand to be an extraordinary group of men and women . >>> a few raindrops falling in the north bay. i have radar showing up north of san francisco. not long before the whole area slides south. that is thursday morning. here is the current radar. scattered showers around. this is the moisture ahead of the weather system. it will drop of rain north of san francisco on the morning commute. tomorrow morning's commute lines up like this. at 5:00 a.m. it could be further south. at 7:00 a.m. that is some rainfall. at 9:00 ama breaks apart. it is in the south bay. by lunch time it breaks up. tomorrow morning commute looks wet. >>> a stranger accused of putting methamphetamine in a child's mouth. >> she grabbed the child and forced it into the child's mouth. >> new information about the encounter and the suspect under arrest. >>> continuing coverage of the warr