let's start with our chief white house correspondent jon karl. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. comey's dramatic testimony has set up a new line of attack from the white house, a battle between the president and the former fbi director over who is telling the truth. in his first public appearance since being fired by president trump, james comey accused the white house of lying about him and lying about the fbi. >> the administration then chose to defame me and, more importantly, the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those were lie, plain and simple. >> reporter: and comey left no doubt about why he believes he was fired. >> it's my judgment that i was fired because of the russia investigation. i was fired in some way to change or the endeavor was to change the way the russia investigation was being conducted. that is a very big deal. >> reporter: comey's testimony left president trump uncharacteristically speechless. >> thank you

the president tells our jon karl he would be willing to speak under oath about his side in the now famous conversation between him and his former fbi director. >> that would be very interesting if he did testify. >>> also right now health warning for you and your children. tyson foods recalling nearly 2.5 million pounds of its ready to eat breaded chicken products. the federal food safety and inspection services says the products could contain undeclared allergens. they were packaged between august 2016 and january 2017. >>> and show me the money. powerball fever, it is back. tonight is the big drawing. 435 million bucks and counting. it is one of the top ten biggest drawings. your chances of winning are 1 in 292 million. >> i like those odds. >> it doesn't buy happiness, okay. it doesn't buy happiness. >> all it takes is one. >> you could get struck by lightning sooner than -- >> you could probably get struck by lightning six times. >>> coming up on the show this morning, how george and amal clooney are settling into their new role as parents of twins. the proud grandmas spilling some se

jon karl, our thanks to you again as always. michael. >> thank you david. >>> now the new images showing the al baghdadimath of that mysterious crash at sea between a u.s. navy destroyer and a cargo ship and good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of the navy's worst at sea disasters in years and one thing certainly investigated how that sophisticated sip got so blind of sided but the crew of that container didn't stop to help after nearly sinking it. this morning exclusive new images of the battered container ship. that is new details come in about that hellish night and "uss fitzgerald"'s captain was asleep in his cabin when 0,000 acx crystal plowed into the ship's top decks. beseethe the water line the container ship's bulbous bow punched through the destroyer's steel armor. the "fitzgerald" was flooding and the navy is investigating but some of the seven men found dead in that flooded bert were alive when it was sealed off in an effort to keep it from sinking. is there protocol for that? >> mentalit

senate republicans will release a draft tomorrow, david. >> mary bruce, jon karl, great to have our political team with us this morning. >>> overseas, europe on high alert after a third terror attack in just t latest at a ma station in brussels. fortunately no one injured when that explosion went off and police took down the suspect. that attack following those in london and paris. abc's james longman has all the details. >> reporter: the smoking aftermath of a suicide attack in brussels 8:39 p.m. local a manig explosives. according to the prosecutor he approaches a group of passengers and detonates the suitcase failing to injure anyone he runs to a lower level chasing a station worker. >> i felt the blast of warm air and saw a fire burning and what looked like broken glass across the floor. >> reporter: a soldier opened the fear that he was on his way to a busier area to cause maximum damage. he's been identified as a 36-year-old of moroccan origin. >> i felt remarkably calm. it's really afterwards when i was thinking about it that i got frightened. >> reporter: today raids where he's from i

jon karl with us from the white house. jon, thank you. >>> also we're following another headline. actor johnny depp in hot water for joking about assassinating the president. this came in overnight, the secret service now saying they're aware of his comments so let's get right to our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas with much more. pierre, good morning. >> reporter: david, good morning. johnny depp is likely to get a call or visit from the secret service. the latest entertainer who will find out for law enforcement some jokes have consequences. >> can you bring trump here? >> reporter: the beginning of a statement igniting controversy overnight. >> when was the last time an actor assassinated a president? >> reporter: hollywood icon johnny depp at a movie screening in england seeming to know his remarks would cause a stir. >> this is going to be in the press and it'll be horrible but i like that you are all a part of it. i want to clarify, i'm not an actor. i lie for a living. however, it's been awhile, and maybe it's time. >> reporter: according to the bbc depp who in t