janai norman live from washington for us, janai, thanks. >>> apparently emotions are running high at the fbi. >> yeah, earlier we spoke about it with abc news contributor steve gomez. he himself a former fbi special agent. >> i'm hearing a range of emotions, words like someone died when this occurred, there's shock. they don't feel like it was right the way he found out. apparently he was in the los angeles field office and found out from the media and there were a lot of people that were around, so they were hurt by this because they could see probably i wasn't there but it sounds like they saw the anguish and the confusion. there's no impact on investigations, all fbi investigations being conducted nationwide and throughout -- internationally. there's not going to be an impact because there's succession planning always in the fbi. every field office throughout the country has a special agent in charge and assistance so everything is in place so the country has to understand that nothing is going to happen to any investigation. >> many within the fbi have come to appreciate and like

abc's janai norman has the latest from washington. good morning to you, janai. >> reporter: kenneth and diane, good morning to both of you. the questions still lingering why was comey fired now? could this be tied to the russia investigation? some lawmakers saying the answers aren't quite adding up. less than 24 hours after firing the man leading the investigation into russian meddling, president trump welcomed russia's ambassador and foreign minister to the white house. trump laughing with the russians in the oval office and then commenting on why he fired fbi good job, very simply. >> reporter: james comey writing his former fbi colleagues, quote, i'm not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. i hope you won't either. it is done, i will be fine, although i will miss you and the mission deeply. the sudden decision less than a week after the white house said the president had confidence in comey, but now a different story. >> the president had lost again like i said he had lost confidence in director comey and,

abc's janai norman joins us from washington with the latest. janai, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning to both of you. as you both know, that gop health care bill narrowly passed the house last week, and now republican lawmakers are back home in their districts, some of them forced to defend their support of that measure. it wasn't exactly a warm welcome home. >> you're a fraud. you're a phony, and your days are limited. >> reporter: some republicans on the defense following their yes votes to repeal and replace the affordable care act. forced to explain why they supported the measure that rolls back key protections of obamacare. >> the bill protects the pre-existing conditions. [ audience yelling ] >> reporter: one of the biggest issues, pre-existing conditions. >> under this bill, no matter what, you cannot be denied coverage if you have a pre-existing condition. under this bill you cannot -- >> but you can charge people more. >> let me finish my point. you can't charge people more if they keep continuous coverage. >> re

kendis and diane. >> all right, janai norman for us live in washington. janai, thanks. and, of course, the white house is hoping that they can just hit the reset button on all of this as the president embarks on that trip. >> yeah, so it's going to be a busy one. the president is making five stops over nine days in the middle east and europe starting in saudi arabia. he leaves today. he's expected to address the fight against terrorism and the israeli/palestinian peace process. he'll also meet the pope and attend the nato and g 7 summits. >> the president says he is also very close to announcing his new fbi director, and he confirms that former connecticut senator joe lieberman is the front-runner to replace james comey. lieberman is a former democrat turned independent. he was al gore's running mate in 2000, but he backed john mccain for president in 2008. some democrats say the job should not go to a former politician. >>> now, to one of the president's biggest supporters in congress. after announcing that he would not run for re-election next year, jason chaffetz now

abc's janai norman has more from northwest and president trump has not personally responded to this has not personally responded to this latest allegation on twitter but he did address recent leaks in general yesterday he tweeted that he "has been asking director comey and other from the beginning, to find the leakers in the intelligence community". we will be keeping a close eye on his twitter account, and will update you on if he starts tweeting about these latest allegations. abc-7 is your place for new developments from the white house. sign up for breaking news alerts at wjla.com slash text. also developing this morning-- another big change could be coming to the white house. according to multiple sources-- the administration is actively looking for candidates to replace sean spicer as press secretary. of the candidates. according to the mercury news in san jose-- fox news host kimberly guilfoyle has had discussions with multiple trump administration officials, about taking over the position. guilfoyle, a former l.a. prosecutor, says she would be open to serving her country as pres

kendis and diane. >> all right, janai norman for us live in washington. janai, thanks. of course, the white house is hoping that they can just hit the reset button as the president embarks on that trip. >> jay, so it's going to be busy. he is making five stops over nine days in the middle east and europe starting in saudi arabia leaving today expected to address the fight against terrorism and these israeli/palestinian peace process and meet the pope and attend the nato and g7 sums. >> the president says he is also very close to announcing his new fbi director and he confirms that former connecticut senator joe lieberman is the front-runner. he turned independent. al gore's running mate in 2000 but backed john mccain for president in 2008. some democrats say the job should not go to a former politician. >>> to one of the biggest supporters of the president in congress, jason chaffetz now says his last day on the job will be pretty soon. june 30th. the utah republican says he wants to spend more time with his family at home. now, as chair of the house oversight committee

abc's janai norman breaks it down for us from northwest washington. we are following some breaking news. a new incident airlines overnight. sam sweeney is at live desk with more. larry-- the united airlines flight from houston to ecuador was delayed after a scorpion was spotted onboard. united says the scorpion crawled out of a passenger's clothing on flight 10-35 as it was preparing for takeoff. that takeoff was aborted and the crew ordered everyone off the plane. paramedics passenger and determined that he hadn't been stung. passengers were put on a different flight, and eventually took off about three and a half hours later. no word on whether they captured the scorpion. this is the second time a scorpion has been reported on a united flight. back on april 14, a united passenger was stung by a scorpion, also on a plane out of houston. the venomous creature fell from an overhead bin and landed in a man's hair as he was returning home from vacation with his wife. developing now.. a new lawsuit against howard university alleges.. the school severely m

abc's janai norman has more on what happens next. breaking news out of new orleans. let's get to sam sweeney at the live an update now on the inmate who escaped custody escape charges against him have been dropped in howard county. david watson was on the loose for 6 days before being captured. he's back behind bars - serving more than 100 years for attempted murder. he still faces an escape charge in wicomoco county. now to protests on the campus of the university of maryland. students gathered outside the school's student union calling for an end to the rise in hate speech in recent months. in march, white supremacist fliers were found at multiple campus locations, and just last month... a noose was found hanging inside a fraternity home. students met with the university's vice president of student affairs calling for immediate action. students are also calling for diversity training for organizations on campus and an external review board that will investigate hate crimes. a rough night for capitals fans. them on in the phone booth-- the capitals still can not get

abc's janai norman has the latest from washington. >> reporter: the white house clearing up conflicting messages. from the press secretary to the vice president, saying for days, the president's decision to fire fbi director james comey was triggered by the recommendation of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. those claims directly contradicted by the commander in chief during an interview with nbc. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. >> reporter: acting fbi director andrew mccabe testifying before congress, offering more contradictions. to white house claims the fbi rank and file have lost confidence in the former director. >> director comey enjoyed broad support. within the fbi. and still does to this day. >> reporter: and white house claims the fbi investigation into russian meddling and possible collusion with the trump campaign was quote one of the smallest things of what the fbi is doing. >> we consider it to be a highly significant investigation. >> reporter: mccabe testifying that investigation is forging ahead. as this week's developments prompted so

abc's janai norman is live , with more on this story. good morning janai.. breaking overnight. a firefighter loses huge fire inside a a firefighter loses his life battling a huge fire inside a texas shopping center. the flames grew to four alarms as they tore through the building last night. crews say one airlifted to the hospital, where he later died. two other firefighters were trapped inside the building, before they were eventually located and rescued. they were rushed to the hospital where one is in critical condition and the other is in serious condition this morning. the cause of the fire is also under investigation but business owners say the building is totally destroyed. we are seeing stunning new video of a tragedy in new york city. a car plowing through pedestrians in the middle of times square. the driver-- 26-year-old richard rojas -- was wrestled to the ground and arrested. he is now awaiting arraignment. multiple witnesses caught the mayhem on camera as a car plowed through pedestrians for several blocks. an 18-year-old woman from michigan was killed. 22 others

janai norman has more. social media is exploding with comey firing. sam sweeney is down in the newsroom with more on that -- sam? adlib tagboard, toss back to anchors we are staying on top of this we will bring you all the latest information here on-air and at wjla-dot-com. happening now - d-c police, investigating two shootings that left six people hurt. among those victims - three boys playing in a park around six last night. several shell casings were found on a baksetball court on franklin street northeast. all three boys were taken to the hospital. then about three hours later in southeast - another shooting leaving three men hurt. this happened on benning road - right on the dc/prince george's county line. still no word on the conditions of any of the vicitms. seven on your side is looking into skyrocketing prices on the 495 hot lanes in virginia. we have seen prices from 20 dollars to up to 30 dollars for a one way trip on the express lanes! trans-urban, which operates those lanes, says prices are rising because overall traffic is getting heavi

abc's janai norman is in northwest breaking down what this means for president trump, congress, and the american people. so, here is what we know about the man now at the helm of know about the man now at the helm of this russian investigation. robert mueller is the former director of the f-b-i, and he is respected on both sides of the aisle. he served under president george w bush, and president barack obama. the senate supported him unanimously when he assumed the job in 2001. he was reconfirmed in 11 unanimous. mueller has agreed to resign from his private law firm- to avoid any conflicts of interest. president trump has not tweeted about any of the allegations or the special prosecutor, in the last two days. we are keeping an eye on the president's twitter feed and will bring you an update if he starts posting this morning. stay up to date as we track breaking details in the russia probe. sign up for alerts at wjla.com slash next. breaking overnight .. the mood is tense in tulsa, oklahoma.. following the verdict in a deadly police-involved shooting of an unarmed man. last night, a j

abc's janai norman has the latest from washington as senators prepare to draft their own bill. this morning -- france's emmanual macron, riding high after winning the high-stakes election! sam sweeney is at the live desk with more on that and what people are saying about the victory.. autria, at 39 macron becomes the youngest person ever lead france. and as we come on this morning, we are getting word from overseas that frances far right national front party, the party that lost, will now change its name. marine le pen's father started that party. the globalist party now seeks to bait new supporters with a n n president... he's delivering big promises, including fixing the economy, fighting terrorism and rebuilding european unity. and president trump congratulated macron in a tweet... saying in part he looks forward to working with him. and hillary clinton also tweeting... saying in part... this is a defeat to thoose interfering with democracy but the media says i cant talk about that. president elec macron will take office next sunday. also happening today -- a new and improve

abc's janai norman is in northwest with more. a local taxi driver is being held without bond, after three female passengers. police say the women hailed the cab in d.c. early saturday morning.. and they got into an argument with muzemil awel over a 30 mile fare. they said they couldn't pay what he said they owed. police say awel and drove away with them inside. the women were eventually able to unlock a door and jump from the moving vehicle. awel was arrested in woodbridge. he's expected in court on july 13th. former episcopal bishop-- heather cook-- will appear before a parole board. the former faith leader is serving a seven-year sentence for a hit and run, drunk driving crash that killed 41-year old tom palermo as he rode his bike. palmero left behind a wife and 2 children. palermo's loved ones are calling for cook to serve her full prison sentence. developing now.. apple wants to open a store in the historic carnegie library.. in mount vernon square in downtown d.c. the library opened in 1903 and closed in 1972. it now mainly

live in northwest, janai norman. larry, autria, back to you.autria: despite the denials this morning, "the washington post" is standing by assertion. some are saying that the post article didn't even touch on everything and there is more to the story. >> we do know more about what he talked about during the session. the way that it was described was he was laying out details about capabilities. how the islamic state is pursuing the plot, going about developing it. he's revealing stuff coming largely from this really in orton intelligence stream. larry: there is so much going on with this story and it is changing by the minute, you can trust abc 7 to have the latest for you on air and online at the v.j. lay.com. autria: right now in northern virginia people at one apartment someoneon edge after opened fire right next to a playground where children play. in annandale along john tyler court. the bullets shattered someone's apartment building. -- window. no one was hit, but when neighbor community says she is now terrified in her own home. feel so

abc's janai norman with what comes next--from the white house. new this morning. open in iran's presidential election. presidential election. sam sweeney is at the live desk with the implications this election may have on the u-s. sam? autria... all eyes on iranaian elections this morning where we expect a historical turnout. this is the first election since the us signed a nuclear deal with iran. the current leader hassan rouhani holds a lead in polls. he's a moderate whose running against a hard line conservative. many iranies feel rhouani gave up too much in the nuclear deal and is damaging their relgion. ap reporters in tehran are reporting long lines at polling locaitons. interestly enough there iraniaan americans will be able to cast their vo polling locations across the us. shocking 9-1-1 calls this morning.. after a woman drove the wrong way on route 50 in arnold - and hit another car head on. she- and another driver were killed. the woman's baby was in the car- and remains in critical condition. the big question still unanswered-- why she went the wrong w

abc7 news reporter janai norman on capitol hill with the latest. janai?reporter: well, larry, republicans have waited seven long years for the opportunity they finally have here today. and after an embarrassing failed attempt in march, they just barely tweaked by that 216 vote threshold. a major win for president trump. >> and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. [cheering and applauding] >> this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. make no mistake about it. >> reporter: house republicans fulfilling their pledge to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> are we going to be men and women of our word? >> yes. >> are we going to keep the promises that we made? >> yes. >> reporter: but is it a win for the american people? the latest abc7 news washington post poll from last week shows just 37% of americans say obamacare should be repealed and replaced. 61% say it should be kept and fixed instead. house minority leader nancy pelosi saying republicans are only making health care worse. >>

abc's janai norman breaks it down for us from northwest washington. happening today, a mother's day action is preparing to get underway in the district. a number of demonstrations are getting begin today across the city... sam sweeney at the live desk tracking one march that begins in just a few hours. autria, if your in the district today you may seen hundreds of moms dressed as statue of liberities walking through the streets. and they'll be pushing strollers filled with mini statue of liberties. their first stop... the trump international hotel where a number of them will speak out against prresident trumps policies. then they will head to the us capital. they plan to give thier mini statues to each us senator and even the preident and attorney general. the march begins around 9:30 near federal triangle unclear right now how they plan to give thier statues to the president. tommorrow, president trump will give a commencement speech at liberty it's the president's first return to the school since his campaign days. the university has prepared for up

janai norman has our story from washington, d.c. >> reporter: republicans rushing to rang l up support report. hoping to cross obamacare off their legislative to-do list beforehe t recess. steve scalise giving a thumbs up. republicans may finally have the votes they need by a razor thin margin. two high-profile moderate republicans switched from nays to yeas. >> we' aennouncreing thater with this addition that we brought to the president and sold him on in over an hour meeting here with him, yes on the bill. >> reporter: ceiling the deal to help people with preexisting conditions. it would allocate $8 billion of federal funds over five years to subsidize high-risk states where governors get a waiver for obamacare rules, and charge them isre. t ameil >>ha w provide additional funds directly into the high-risk pools to be spent for people that might otherwise lose their coverage because of a waiver that a governor would seek. >> reporter: but democrats seteinority leader chuck schumer, it's like trying to cure stage it's a very sad deadly joke. >> reporter: health experts say that $8 bil

abc7 news reporter janai norman live in washington. >> reporter: a government shut down looked to belid compromise with wins for both sides. but now the white house says that's simply not the case. democrats didn't win. president trump did, by outnegotiatingm.he t th message from budget director mick mulvaney about the bipartisan spending bill to keep the government funded through september. >> they were desperate to make this government look like we couldn't function, like we couldn't govern. we know a large part of their base, especially the left-wing base, wanted a shut down. and certainly didn't want them to cut a deal with us. >> reporter: the more than trillion dollar spending measures doesn't include cuts to planned parenthood or sanctuary cities, nor does it include funding for the president's proposed border wall or proposed cuts to agencie lseik t epa. still, mulvaney insists trump won. >> the president delivered on his promises and got his priorities funded. they want you to think they won, but they don't want you to know is the american people won here because the preside

janai norman, abc7 washington. >> president trump signed hiss first piece of legislation, the $1 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through september. the bill cleared both houses of congress this week and mr. trump signed it behind closed doors. well ahead of a midnight friday deadline. >> for the second time president trump's nominee for army secretary has withdrawn his name. tennessee senator mark green came under criticism for his remarks about lgbt americans and muslims. in a stam, green said false and misleading attacks made his nomination a distraction. several democrats had denounced green for declaring being transgender a disease. >> the pentagon is yet to release the name of an american service member who was killed in somalia, the first u.s. casualty there in almost 25 years. officials say a special operations member was killed and two others wounded while supporting somali fighters battling a terror group affiliated with al qaeda. the first u.s. combat death in somalia since the so-called black hawk down incident in 1993. >> parents know it can be difficult g

janai norman, abc news, washington. lindsey: and just into the abc 7 newsroom, alarming video of two men barging into a d.c. convenience store in southeast. the first one is holding a big gun. the second guy comes in as reinforcement. both were able to get away. over to northwest, two guys coveredces are barely walk into a right eight and rub the place. this happened last week. he suspects jumped the counter in the store. one of them hit a worker. after the gathered what they wanted in their backpacks, they took off. here is another robbery police need your help with, this time in northeast. onee men walk into a store, state at the front acting as a lookout, the other two went to the back. you can see the one in the hood pull out a gun on workers and shoppers what the other graph the loot. blackook off with a nissan altima with maryland plates. police need your help finding them. right now, the search for whoever did this. an atm in southeast d.c. is stolenfrom its frame and overnight. q mccray has more on the search fo

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abc's janai norman has the latest from washington for us. good morning, janai. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. three days, three the latest, the announcement that a special counsel is taking over the russia investigation is garnering support across the aisle. a trifecta of tumultuous developments. bombshell after bombshell after bombshell sending shock waves through washington and the white house. >> no politician in history and i say this with great surety has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> reporter: at the center of every controversy president donald trump. now the department of justice appointing a special counsel to take over the investigation over russia's interference. that announcement coming after attorney general jeff sessions recused himself. made by acting attorney general rod rosenstein just a week after trump fired fbi director james comey and the white house initially blamed the decision on a recommendation from rosenstein but trump l that the russia investigation was a factor. the man now leading the inves

abc's janai norman has the latest from washington. a busy morning there, janai. >> reporter: it sure is. good morning. at this point the white house is denying those reports which are just the latest in a string of controversies plaguing the trump administration. the bombshell allegations rocking the west wing. >> i was in the room. >> reporter: national security adviser h.r. mcmaster denying "the washington post" report that president trump shared highly classified information during this meeting with russia's foreign minister and u.s. ambassador in the oval office. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. >> reporter: according to "the post" the classified information about an isis plot is so sensitive not even other allies have access to it. that oval office meeting was already under scrutiny. it came just a day after

janai norman has more details from washington. good morning. >> reporter: kendis and diane, morning. the warning that michael flynn had been compromised. ultimately yates was fired first. new details about the national security concerns that rocked the early days presidency. former acting attorney general sally yates testifying she met twice with white house counsel to warn that then national security adviser michael flynn might have been lying to the white house and had discussed president obama's sanctions against the kremlin for election meddling with the russian ambassador despite telling the vice president he hadn't. >> the vice president was unknowingly making false statements to the public and because we believe that general flynn was compromised with respect to the russians. >> we believe that the russians knew this and that created a compromised situation. a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. >> reporter: but flynn remained on the job for 18 days after the warni

abc's janai norman in washington with the latest scandal. >> reporter: back-to-back bombshells shaking up the white house. a day after reports president trump shared highly information with top russian leaders. sources tell abc news president trump suggested former fbi director james comey shut down his investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. >> in a week full of revelation after revelation, on a day when we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. >> reporter: a source close to comey tells abc news the day after flynn was fired in february, comey wrote a memo allegedly quoting the president saying, i hope you can let this go. he's a good guy. i hope you can let this go. >> if true, this is yet another disturbing allegation that the president may have engaged in some interference or obstruction of the investigation. >> reporter: "the new york times" first reported the memo saying it was part of a paper trail comey wanted to leave behind as evidence of what he called improper influence on his investigation. the white house is disputing the story sayin

janai norman, abc news washington. >> abc news the justice department is interviewing for comey's replacement. >> sarah huckabee sanders confirmed that. she hope to fill the spokes in next 24 to 48 hours. meantime big names are being thrown around for whom the president could collect for his permanent replacement. former new york mayor rudy guilliani, former republican presidential candidate chris kristie and, kellie. >> sergei lavrov is in washington d.c. the russian ministry of foreign affairs tweeted this photo in the oval office this morning. the president is hosting russian ambassador sergey kislyak. he has been a swirling figure in the investigation. >> tenant's rights advocates are claiming victory in san jose this morning after city leaders take emergency action to stop landlords from evicting renters without cause. "abc 7 news" matt keller is live at san jose city hall. matt, why the big rush in kicking people out? >> reporter: kristen, this is a passionate issue for both sides. this ordinance protecting tenants from no-cause evictions was set to go into effect in june, but that all

gentleman n janay norman, abc news, washington. >> is planning to run for mayor in 2019.eno has served as a san francisco supervisor and assembly men and senator. leno told the chronicle he expects a lot of competition for mayor and that's why he's getting start elderliy. >>> women, this was the first spare the air day of the summer season. drone view 7 captured smog. >> yeah, pretty shot. that's mount diablo in the distance. lalt in the bay the bay area's natural conditioner kicked on. >> "abc 7 news" meteorologist drew tuma here with more on the record. >> reporter: yeah, ama, before that cooling fog rolled in set nine records today. it was hot across the region. look at this. 90 in oak land, 82 in san francisco, 94 livermore, and 95 the high. here is the fog building in earlier this evening. started on the light side and thickened as the sun went down. that nature's ac. you can see it well on live doppler 7 along with satellite. there we go. there's the fog right along the coast, coming on back a little bit closer you can see we're socked in along the immediate coastli