sally yates and christopher wray were assistant u.s. attorneys together in atlanta in the '90s. when you look at the possibilities who were raised as fbi directors, john cornyn, the republican senator from texas -- he's right there. coincidence! and joe lieberman, the sort of democratic senator from connecticut. christopher wray is a much less political choice, and i think many people in the senate will find that a relief barring any surprising disclosures in the vetting process. it seems like he's very likely to be confirmed. he was head of the criminal division in the george w. bush administration and the justice department. that's a job that is a highly respected job, but not an especially political job. so i think that's something that this choice is likely to be very popular on both sides. >> we're looking at the hearing room right now for the senate intelligence committee and there's marco rubio right there and we were discussing him.

that tweet came after he announced that he will nominate christopher wray as the new fbi director. is a former assistant attorney general who also served as new jersey governor chris christie's personal attorney during the "bridge- gate" episode. he currently works in private practice. >>> all eyes are on washington this morning. president trump announced his pick for the new fbi director as we mentioned. he is nominating christopher wray to replace james comey who was fired in may. the announcement comes one day before comey is set to testify about alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. he is expected to detail his interactions with the president before he was fired. trump reportedly pressured him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. >> it is absolutely crucial for the united states and for that matter for the world for this presidency, for the republicans, for the democrats and for our nation at large that we get to the bottom of this. >> our president says that the investigation is a witch hunt and there were no connections b

after the alleged incident. >>> the president announced in a morning tweet that he has nominated christopher wrayreplace fired fbi director james comey. wray is an attorney who represented new jersey governor chris christie in the bridge gate scandal. he also served in the department of justice, in 2003 through 2005. >>> tomorrow comey will testify in front of the senate intelligence committee. according to his opening statements that was released to day comey will testify that president trump asked him, to remain, loyal, to the presidency. >>> good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica dean. unusual trial in massachusetts , teenager is charged with allegedly using phone calls, and text messages to convince her boyfriend to kill himself. the prosecution called michelle carter's friend and acquaintances to the witness stand on wednesday, they all received text messages from carter around the time of her boyfriend's suicide. one high school class made read one of the texts from carter. >> he called me and i heard like muffled sound and some type of motor running and it was like that for 20

christopher wray is the name we now know. what do we know of him? >> the biggest thing we know of him politically speaking right there is he was governor chris cristie's personal attorney during the whole closing of the lanes in fort lee that led to chris cristie's presidential campaign never going anywhere and led to two of his top aids being convicted. interesting in that christy obviously had put himself way out there for donald trump back in february of 2016 with an endorsement, has taken a lot of flak for it. did not wind up getting anything in the white house in the initial hires. has been critical as recently as yesterday of trump's twitter feed, as well as some other people within the trump world. possible that chris cristie recommended this guy to donald trump, yeah, i think so, a sign that chris cristie may be having his voice listened to, sure. but, look, broadly speaking, forget christopher wray for a second. why is donald trump announcing this pick, which has been about a month and a few days since jim comey was fired? because we have r

what more can you tell us of christopher wray. >> pay attention to governor christie, this is someoneprivate residence regularly. he recommended wray and he was deeply involved with the opioid project. he's been a critic of comey. christie is someone of the rare republican remaining personally close to president trump and is considered a possible hire at some point for a cabinet post or a white house's job should there be a shake up. he's someone on the sideline now that this wray decision shows you his lingering influence in the trump's orbit. >> robert, given the relationship with the president and governor's christie's nature and temperament and rumors around him being pushed out, could chris christie have the chop to be chief of staff who could keep people out of the oval office and reduce the chaos and most porptlimportantly, wou be the kuind of person that trup may listen to. >> right new jared kushner and the senior advisory is making calls o f addition to the white house staff. jeff moral and laurel ingram and other names have been floated. i reached out to scott reid, and peo

christopher wray is a much less political choice, and i think many people in the senate will find that a relief barring any surprising disclosures in the vetting process. it seems like he's very likely to be confirmed. he was head of the criminal division in the george w. bush administration and the justice department. that's a job that is a highly respected job, but not an especially political job. so i think that's something that this choice is likely to be very popular on both sides. >> we're looking at the hearing room right now for the senate intelligence committee and there's marco rubio right there and we were discussing him. it seems to me the democratic members got there a lot earlier than some of the republican members. maybe they were more eager for this questioning and some of the people testifying are now sitting down so we may break out the minute they start talking.

political lieberman pulled his name out then there was a infuse search launched it was john pistol christopher wraye the announcement maria of wray. maria: we thank you so much blake burman at the white house, bring in house majority leader cream kevin mccarthy good to have you on the program good morning. >> good morning thanks for chg me back on. maria: your thoughts congressman on this naming of christopher ray obviously the president saying he is going to nominate him, he is former assistant attorney general in charge of the u.s. department justice criminal division. >> look at background from u.s. attorney general and other qualified to run the agency, confirmed before by senate unanimously. >> a greet opportunity. >> was there pressure on president to make a nomination announcement right before jim comey goes to testify tomorrow is if we know that is going to really be focus of so emattention tomorrow. >> i don't believe so he has been going about this looking at individuals interviewing different individuals throughout so i think when he thought that he found the right person, that he would

christopher wray. do you know him?r wray but i hear he's got a good reputation. this is an effort to try to distract attention from our hearings today and tomorrow. >> well -- >> well, i think we'll hear some interesting things this morning. because not only do we have reports that the president tried to intervene with fbi director comey and ask him to back off the investigation of general flynn which would be totally inappropriate, but we also have reports that he also asked the director of national intelligence dan coates and the head of the nsa admiral rodgers to also back off or try to down play the fbi investigation into mr. trump and his affiliates. we'll have a chance to talk with those gentlemen this morning. if they -- they may try to, you know, hide behind executive privilege or legalese. but if we have today evidence of a pattern of the president trying to intervene and then tomorrow with even more direct evidence when jim comey gets to tell his story, i think all of those efforts to tract the public that th

an e-mail a few minutes ago from a former high ranking fbi official who gave me his take on christopher wrayhe said wray has a good reputation, he's confirmable, but big job for someone with his level of large organizational leadership and management experience. will be big learning curve. then something to point out here that this is a pick from sort of the establishment's republican law enforcement circles and he knows james comey. in fact, he worked for comey at the department of justice when he was the head of the criminal division. s comey was the deputy attorney general who wray would have report to. wray would have worked alongside robert mueller as the fbi director in those years. mueller now the special counsel involved in this investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. so wray knows intimately the two men most at the center now of this swirling controversy around the russian interference into the 2016 election. we'll see how he handles that. what his confirmation hearing is going to look like, given that democrats are going to want some assurances that wray is in

president trump will nominate christopher wray to run the agency. nvestigations into russia theinue and -- is wray right man for the job? what do we know about christopher wray? >> he is a solid prosecutor. many people in washington said he is the best guy on the list, we are happy about this. he has a history of bringing cases. he was at the justice department after 9/11, was involved in terrorism and other coverage at the time. he went on to oversee a task force. many other matters. he is an experienced prosecutor. emily: what do you expect his approach to be on issues like cybersecurity? the russian investigation? winnie: first up, he is not going to be overseeing the russian investigation. that is now run by a special counsel by robert mueller, former fbi director. who he worked with had justice. they know each other, they are not strangers. his double be to oversee the fbi. we do not know a lot about what his intent will be we look back at his 2003 testimony to congress on the patriot act and fighting terrorism. he was very supportive of the pat

the president -- elizabeth: that's what i was going to ask you, is there any history between christopher wrayhat come up? will that be a contentious issue? >> no. so far as i know, the first time they met was when the president interviewed him. chris wray is not going to be an fbi director for conservatives or liberal, republicans or democrats. he's going to be the fbi director for the nation, and he will conduct himself with professionalism, dedication and a completely apolitical, nonpartisan a manner. elizabeth: i want to ask you my last question looking forward is what type of environment is he getting into it right now? this is, it's hard, a hard job to begin with and a hard job right now. >> well, he's up to the task. he's been given a little bit of breathing room because bob mueller has been appointed as special prosecutor with respect to the russian investigation. so chris wray can go about the task of, you know, being the head of the nation's top investigative law enforcement agency and take care of the rest of the problems that exist in our nation including counterterrorism and, boy,

president published an early morning tweet announcing his intention to nominate christopher wray. he headed up the criminal division of the justice department under george w. bush. hello and welcome. straight to the top story this evening, and unprecedented dual terror attack in iran has been claimed by the islamic state group. the first attack took place wednesday morning at the iranian parliament, and around the same time, another attacker targeted a muslim south of the city dedicated to ayatollah khomeini. the desk tolls currently stands at 12. 40 others have been injured and five people have been arrested in connection with the attacks. leader plenum -- supreme has been reacting to the attacks, calling them mirror fireworks that would not weaken the country's fight against terrorism. two simultaneous terror attacks in the heart of tehran. first at parliament, where for attackers stormed the building and went on a shooting spree. iny did so as lawmakers were session. the siege lasted about five hours before one of the attackers blew himself up and the three others were shot dea

christopher wray just named as the president's pick for fbi director and already lawmakers questioninge timing of the announcement, just one day before former fbi director comey will testify before the central intelligence committee, this morning the leading senator told the business insider that this is, quote, an effort to distract from our senate hearings today and tomorrow. as we told you earlier, christopher wray, currently a private attorney in washington, d.c., he previously worked for the justice department. natasha, back to you. >> as you just mentioned, fired fbi director comey testifies tomorrow, and today the central intelligence committee is calling top security officials to testify. a source close to comey said he intends to directly contradict president trump saying he was not under investigation, and on the more troubling investigation, he is expected to offer no judgment. >> great for scoring points for the democrats, not that high in terms of actual affect on the administration. >> inside the white house, the president is blaming attorney general jeff sessions' decisi

what can you tell us about christopher wray and the reaction to his nomination?olf, the praise so far has been nearly universal. everyone from his old boss john ashcroft to other candidates say this is a person with integrity, whip smart, someone who puts justice before politics. while rwray never worked in the fbi, this is an establishment choice. he was a yale law grad, served as a top official leading the criminal division in the discuss cities department under president george w. bush. this is someone who understands law enforcement, wolf. >> do we know how those on capitol hill in the administration were actually notified? were they simply notified the rest of us was, by way of the twitter feed? >> yes. it appears that many first learned of this news this morning via twitter, wolf. i'm told that senator jack grassley, who is going to consider this nomination, learned that wray was the pick via twitter. the top democrat on the committee, dianne feinstein, didn't get a heads up either. >> what do you think of the fbi director nominee? >> he may be fine. it loo

gentleman christopher wray.he justice department as head of the doj's criminal division during the george w. bush administration. he also led the doj's enron investigation. wray now works in private practice at the king and spalding law firm. we're going to have more on this story in just a couple of minutes. >> among today's other top stories, president trump will make his way to ohio today as part of the white house's infrastructure week. the president will deliver a speech in cincinnati that focuses on overhauling the nation's aging levees, dams, locks and ports. >>> in corporate news uber has fired 20 employees coming after an internal probe of sexual harassment claims. a company spokesperson confirming these fiergs to cnbc. uber also saying it's working to improve management training. the firings come after uber hired a law firm to look at the claims of harassment, discrimination and bullying. former u.s. attorney general eric holder is conducting a separate, broader investigation of the company into cultur

christopher wray, the president's nominee to lead the fbi. tell us about him. >> well, the first thing to know is he spells his name with a "w." w-r-a-y. chris wray is i think somebody the justice department and fbi will be relieved about. the people he was looking at were people with very little law enforcement or people from the political realm. chris wray started out in private practice. he wase king & spaulding firm in atlanta. then he joined the u.s. attorney's office there. he came to the justice department in various senior capacities and then from 2003 to 2005 he was in charge of the justice department's criminal division. that's very important, because the fbi's work is criminal. so he is certainly somebody who's familiar with the fbi from both the u.s. attorney's office level, where federal prosecutors work closely with their fbi level people to the washington level where they work closely with headquarters. he served in the george w. bush administration at a time when james comey was also a deputy attorney general. and most recentl

christopher wray. president receiving praise for his pick but andrew napolitano has an interesting take. >> this also indicates to me a little bit of a rift between the justice department and the white house because this is not somebody that was interviewed by jeff sessions or rod rosenstein. this person was interviewed by the president. all the people that the attorney general and the deputy attorney general interviewed on a saturday and sunday at the president's instructions, he was not on that list and he was the last person the president interviewed. the president decided to make this decision on his own irrespective of what his team at the justice department decides. >> eboni: , the president impact the issues surrounding the trump administration and more portly, the russian probe. is this a disruption decision made by the president? >> eric: when i heard this morning and looked into christopher wray's background, he is a career litigator. it could be seen, trump could have found someone more poli

president donald trump will nominate now former justice department official christopher wray to replaceired fbi director james comey. this comes on the eve of comey's highly anticipated senate testimony. we learned yesterday comey will discuss detailed conversations he had with the president, but stopped short of saying he is trying to obstruct investigation into russert role in the 2016 election. want to bring in our chief washington correspondent from capitol hill. how was the timing of this nomination significant, kevin? kevin: vonnie, i'm here outside of the senate intelligence hearing room, where a hearing is wrapping up with top intelligence community officials testifying before the committee. the nsa commit or -- committee had mike rogers as well as dan coats say they felt no pressure from president trump or any other administration officials to impede their investigations into the russia pro. this is all just a political prelude -- probe. this is all just a political prelude as james comey will testify publicly for the first time since the president fired him last month, and tha

what we're learning about christopher wray's career. good morning, it's wednesday, june 7.helle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. let's start with traffic and weather. jaclyn is tracking the morning commute. >> i have some slowdowns to tell you about. >>> out the door over to sfo, along 101, be prepared for some delays. we are tracking an accident. this turned into a car fire southbound and one lane remains blocked. we have speeds slowing down to about 30 miles per hour as you are making your way southbound out of san francisco down towards brisbane. we are tracking some delays along the san mateo bridge. reports of some metal debris in one of those lanes. just past the toll plaza, we're still in the green, 14 minutes and reports of a new crash along westbound 237 at zanker. more on that coming up in the next traffic report. over to brian for a check on the forecast. >>> thank you, jaclyn. we are starting out on this wednesday, june 7, with cloudy to mostly cloudy skies for much of the bay area, although it was clear inland an hour ago. we are waiting for the latest reports. conco

president trump announcing today he is going to nominate former justice christopher wray to replace fired fbi director james comey. that comes on the eve of the highly anticipated testimony james comey tomorrow. we learned yesterday comey will discuss detailed conversations he had with the president, but it will stop short of saying whether or not the president had thele in disrupting election. anna who covers health care with us here, levy start with you. even what we just heard, in cincinnati, he was talking a day after they were pulling out of there could be no affordable care act plans in kentucky in 2018. last night, at the white house, he met with republican leadership telling him to continue on health care reform. where do things stand in the senate? >> mitch mcconnell, the majority leader said yesterday that he was -- they were close to getting legislation put together. something they could bring up in the near future. it was probably the most optimistic of any of the senators that i was able to speak to. at who is a senator key chairman mentioned that he didn't think they would h

first morning tweet, a presidential statement donald trump has said he is going to nominate christopher wray as the fbi director. >> lots of news on that front. we'll continue to cover this, this morning, margaret. our coverage will continue on "cbs this morning" and throughout the day on this cbs station and our 24-hour streaming network cbsn at cbsnews.com. this has been a cbs news special report. cbs new york. thousands of new "smart" street lights. as kpix 5's "kiet do" reports: some people ar >>> in san jose, there's a push to pull the plug on thousands of new smart streetlights. as kpix 5's kiet do reports,some people are worried the lights are spying on people. >> reporter: it turns out some of the hottest real estate in san jose is right over our heads. san jose has become a fertile testing ground as tech companies are chomping at the bit to install devices on top of the humble streetlight. >> nobody ever thought streetlights could be this interesting. but it is fair to say there are a lot of dollars involved and suddenly gets interesting. >> reporter: this began about 4 years ago as

president trump has announced he will nominate christopher wray as the new f-b-i director. rney general overseeing the criminal division under president george w. bush. this comes just one day before former f-b-i director james comey will testify before congress on his dealings with president trump. ( darya ) police are looking for a teenage girl who has gone missing in santa rosa. 17-year-old gabriella rosas arreguin went looking for a job on monday. she just graduated from high school on friday. she has not been seen or heard from since. she is 5 foot 5 inches tall, about 120 lbs. investigators believe that gabriella went to the downtown library to use the computer then the santa rosa plaza mall to drop off job applications.( mark ) a woman is behind bars this mning after police say she fed a child meth at a park in the east bay. 36-year-old sayyadina thomas is facing attempted murder charges. the incident happened on monday afternoon at the people's park in berkeley. the 2-year-old boy was with his nanny on the playground when the woman walked up to him and put methamphet

has: the president nominated christopher wray. his take is said to be low-key and principal. what do you know about him -- principled. what do you know about him? guest: i actually know christopher. i would like to point out that i was a career loyal and not a political appointee. christopher wray is a highly qualified professional and everyone who expects the fbi to do a real and objective investigation will get that from him. i would also like to point out about director comey, rimmer that last year, democrats all over capitol hill and elsewhere were rightfully calling for him to be fired. he should have been fired because of the way he mishandled the clinton email investigation. he took a lot of steps that he should not of taken. the fbi director is in charge of doing federal investigations. when they are done, that has to be turned over to the justice department, where the prosecutors and the attorney general decide whether or not the evidence uncovered in the investigation is worth prosecuting, what there is enough there to after someone. he short-circuited that. he held

minutes ago the president sent out the tweet saying i will be nominating christopher a wray, and details to follow. we have a picture of him. i will try and zoom in for you. this is him. he worked under comey for two years when deputy was attorney general, and wray is a private attorney in washington, d.c., and donald trump just tweeting out there and the announcement comes a day before comey is set to testify before congress, as reggie earlier mentioned, and so a lot of people anticipating the testimony that is happening tomorrow, and big news coming in this morning, and back to you, reggie. >> are you surprised? ma'am? >> that moment during violent protests at uc berkeley is tpnow leading to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit after that. >> this lawsuit goes after a number of people from uc berkel berkeley's president, and even nancy pelosi. the plaintiff is an oakland resident and she believes her rights were violated when she was attacked by pepper spray and mace. she had come to campus to hear milo yiannopoulos back in february. his speech was cancelled when the protest against him turne

. >>> who is christopher wray? we learn more about the man poised to take over as fbi director. >>> gm. it's june 8 the. i'm a&m aim along with louis burgdorf and yasmin vossoughian. today is the moment the political world has been waiting for. one-time fbi director james comey set to testify on capitol hill. >> he released his testimony ahead of time. nbc justice correspondent takes us blow by blow through his testimony. >> this prepared statement confirms some of what we heard, including the president's claim that comey told him three times he wasn't under investigation and also offers new details. james comey gives a dramatic account, in vivid details of five one-on-one considerations with donald trump. the first with president-elect trump in new york on january 6th, a briefing on russian investigation meddling and salacious claims that mr. trump was involved with prostitutes in moscow four years earlier, something trump vehemently denies. he wanted him to give an assurance he was not under investigation. that w

president trump intends to nominate christopher wray to be the next f.b.i. director. the announcement comes one day before former f.b.i. director james comey testifies before congress. we're awaiting the senate hearing today featuring the heads of four intelligence agencies. we expect plenty of questions on russia, hacking and leaks. >> bill: team fox coverage for you today. catherine herridge inside the hearing room on the hill. christ stirewalt standing by and we begin with doug mcelway. what can we report about the president's new nominee? >> announcement came by twitter at 7:45 this morning saying i will be nominating christopher wray to be the new director of f.b.i., details to follow. he is a partner in the law firm of king and spalding where he specializes in white collar crime. he graduated from yale university in 1989 and yale law in 1992. 1997 joined the u.s. attorney's office in the northern district of georgia. in 2001 he was appointed by president george w. bush to associate attorney general under john ashcroft. he spearheaded the prosecution of the first

christopher wray. do you know him? >> i don't know christopher wray.but clearly this is an effort by the president to distract attention from our hearings today and the hearings tomorrow. >> will it work? >> let's see. i think we're going to hear some pretty interesting things this morning because not only do we have reports that the president tried to intervene with fbi director comey and asked him to back off the investigation of general flynn, which would be totally inappropriate, but we also have reports that he also asked the director of national intelligence dan coats and the head of the nsa admiral rogers to back off or try to downplay the fbi investigation into mr. trump and his affiliates. we're going to have a chance to talk with them this morning. they may try to hide behind executive privilege or legal eas es,. but we're going to press him really hard. tomorrow with even more evidence when jim comey gets to tell his story, think all the efforts that the president uses to distract his story that he's throwing up, frankly, aren't going to wor

he tweeted this morning "i will be nominating christopher a. wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new director."

i am nominating christopher a. w wray.sident trump announcing he is nominating christopher wray calling him a man of quote, impe impeckib impeckib impeckible credentials one of his most high-profile cases the guilty plea of enron. and since then white collar and veinvestigation investigations. and recently served as chris christie's personal attorney during the bridge gate scandal. the announcement took many by surprise. and senator chuck grassley chairs the committee that will consider the nomination. he first learned the news from the president's tweet. i'm sure i'll get to my office and find out that he tried to get ahold of me this morning. >> even white house staffers were caught off guard. some doing google searches to get a background on wray. it took five hours until the president made the announcement before a statement from the white house. he still needs to be confirmed by the senate. republicans applauding the nomination, democrats not expressing opposition but they want to get to know him. >>> tomorrow voters

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 uncovered the investigation is worth prosecuting. whether there is enough to go after s

obstruction of justice. >>> nearly lost in the day's events was president trump's mom make of christopher wrayo be the new fbi director. he is a former federal prosecutor in the justice department. major garrett has that. >> reporter: the president told the world about his fbi pick 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. >> reporter: wray, 50, lid the division for two years under president george w. bush. most of his time was focussed on corporate fraud prosecutions. the biggest? jail time for top executives of 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 back ground in terrorism and national security prosecutions but is respected in the legal community. he is not well-known among rajs and file fbi agents. >> chris wray is unflappable to my experience. >> reporter: kent alex ander hired wray when he was u.s. attorney in georgia. >> i think the fbi could

he is christopher wray.t any of these may have, let's get the latest on this story from kevin cirilli, who has now moved to capitol hill. of thiswhat we know point of the news of christopher wray. kevin: president trump tweeting that he is nominated christopher wray to leave the fbi. this is after former fbi director james comey will testify in the senate. other officials are set to testify today in congress. the white house believes that mr. ray is an established take and should have the backing of the republican party. that is something that top gop lawmakers had advocated for. they feel that in order to put the russia probe behind them, they will need to have an fbi director who is perceived at least to be nonpartisan and be able to investigate the matter without political influence. quickly is developing here in washington. lawmakers drafting statements for how they are going to react. there is no question that the white house is hoping to use this nomination as a way to preempt any type of criticism tha

doug le sai der now. >> if all goes according to plan, christopher wray will take over the fbi from acting director, mccabe since fbi director james comey was fired in may. the group of officials testifying here on capitol hill. >> any attempt by the white house or even the president himself to exploit this community as a tool for political purposes is deeply, deeply troubling. >> this as everyone in washington is bracing for tomorrow's testimony from fbi director james comey. fired by the president last no. did doe ceo mee feel pressure from the president into backing off the investigation between the possible ties between trump campaign and russia. >> i'm not going to back off from the investigation on that, the former director will be here. >> i'm asking you, did you have that conversation with director comey. >> and i'm not going to answer that. >> why not? >> among others, intelligence director dan coats. >> never felt pressure to interfere or intervene in any way. >> and in washington, some bars are opening early to have viewing parties. in washington, doug le sai der. >> -- lezader.

president trump was down to two finalists, christopher wray and former administrator john pistole. the president said of wray "he's an technically qualified individual and i know he will serve his country's of years guarding of the law and model of integrity." wray's announcement came an early-morning tweet from the president. much of his staff, including the communications team, weren't aware of the pick. the president didn't inform the chairman of the senate judiciary committee will lead wray's confirmation hearings. >> i believe he probably tried to get a hold of me but i wasn't available. i was in the house testifying. >> he didn't tell the speaker of the house either. >> i don't know the guy but i've looked his resume. seems like to me he is the perfect kind of person. >> reaction from democrats has been muted. ranking member of the judiciary committee, dianne feinstein, saying "he may be fine." nancy pelosi said only that in the current environment, wray "should be subject to the utmost scrutiny." white house was on full mute or reports attorney general jeff sessions offered t

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i will nominate christopher a. wrayley: he is served from 2003 to 2005 assistant attorney general in charge of the doj's criminal division. steve: also, interestingly enough, he was apparently chris christie's attorney in the "bridgegate" hull la ba legal over in new jersey. when you look at his website, it is quite, we're looking at the king and spalding website, he was also court appointed special master to help the court resolve discovery dispute between department of justice and major health care company and major false claims. compliant with a global settlement on leading technology companies. this is guy, very smart guy, the president's pick to run the fbi. ainsley: graduate of yale. brian: graduate of yale. man, this guy supposedly a brilliant litigator. that is what he is known for. they say he was also named as somebody you can go to on toughest issues for legal counsel. now in the private sector. used to serve in the government. ainsley: what do you make of timing? james comey speaking tomorrow and giving his

today he nominated christopher wray to lead the fbi. members of congress all blindsided by that.less than a month ago with sarah huck aeb sanders said james coy'firing was driven by the justice department only to have the president on the same day say he was going to do it on his own. bush administration veteran, former adviser to mitt romney's presidential campaign and fun fact, holder of four different degrees from harvard. and white house reporter from the associated press who like me, does not have four degrees from harvard. gentleman, welcome to you both. so, just to reemphasize, two bits of news here. number one, right now it's 11:49 eastern time. it's been 15 hours since the president did anything on twitter. today he did go to ohio hoy, he did talk about infrastructure. quickly swamped by other events. >> infrastructure week has been over shadowed. >> you think? >> and it's amazing how his pick of a new fbi director came and went and it was done without much notice. in fact no notice to most of his senior staff. the communications team had no idea. there was no bullet poi

. >> he's named christopher wray. he served as assistant attorney general in charge of the justice department's criminal division. recently, he represented chris christie in the bridge gate scandal. of course, this announcement comes a day before james comey testifies on capitol hill. but right now, members of a senate committee are grilling other key officials about the russia investigation. news4's edward lawrence has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, president trump is nominating christopher wray to be the new fbi director before he leaves for cincinnati to talk about health care and infrastructure. this is a day before former fbi director james comey testifies in front of the senate intelligence committee. >> i think it's more than a little curious that it appears as if the president is trying to change the topic because we've got two days of hearings here that could be explosive. >> reporter: in today's hearing, dan coats faces questions about a "washington post" report to intervene in the russia probe. the

so what can we tell you about christopher wray?s president george w bush's assistant attorney general from 2003 to 2005 — while there he worked under james comey at the justice department. he ran the criminal division of the justice department, dealing with fraud scandals that plagued the corporate world. after his service he worked for a big private law firm, specialising in white collar investigations. wray was also a lawyer for chris christie, the newjersey governor — and trump ally — during the "bridgegate" scandal. we will get to know him better. one thing that will bring up a lot on the programme is the popularity of president trump. and it means that he can govern. but are his approval ratings on the wane? if we take an average from the polling, his popularity rating at the moment is 39%. not great numbers but here's some context that might surprise you — on day 138 of his presidency — his figures are in fact better than the approval ratings bill clinton had at this same stage. 138 days into clinton's adminstration just 37.8

awake this morning, getting a productive start to his day, he intending to nominate christopher wrayhead of fbi. since the firing will comey a procession of names have come and gone, but president settled on wray, who is he? three things you don't know about kris wray, number one thing, local to new jersey, he was governor chri chris christis lawyer during the bridgegate scandal. governor christie has not said whether or not he advised the president on wray but had these laudatory words last 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. >> usu

christopher wray. details to follow. who is christopher wray. he served as assistant attorney general in channel of doj under george w. bush and during that time saw enron prosecution and post 911 response and certained as energy chris christie's lawyer during bridgegate. he's in private practice specializing in white collar crimes. he will need senate confirmation to takeover the bureau. we will have more coverage of the testimony tomorrow and broadcasting the hearing "fox5" 10 a.m. and you can watch it liver on fox5dc on our facebook page and also on youtube channel and web site. foxdc.com and news app we have you covered no matter where you are. >>> to the district now. did d.c. policeo during an arrest officers pepper train separating and hitting a man and the video went viral. tonight police are saying it doesn't tell the whole story. kristin leon reports. >> we're told by neighbors anthony shatoe the man you see the the police are trying to rest in this video says he as a history of breaking in and squatting on g street. police were called

president trump has announced he will nominate christopher wray as the new f-b-i director. eeing the criminal division under president george w. bush. this comes just one day before former f-b-i director james comey will testify before congress on his dealings with president trump. ( darya ) police are looking for a teenage girl who has gone missing in santa rosa. 17-year-old gabriella rosas arreguin went looking for a job on monday. she just graduated from high school on friday. she has not been seen or heard from since. investigators believe that gabriella went to the downtown library to use the computer then the santa rosa plaza mall to drop off job applications.( mark ) a woman is behind bars this morning after police say she fed a child meth at a park in the east bay. 36-year-old sayyadina thomas is facing attempted murder charges. the incident happened on monday afternoon at the people's park in berkeley. the 2-year-old boy was with his nanny on the playground when the woman walked up to him and put methamphetamine inside of his mouth. (darya)(james) in the weather cen