straight ahead a capitol hill showdown. james comey versus president trump. the former fbi director in the hot seat breaking his silence for the first time since being fired. about his meetings with the president the bureau's investigation into russia' as tempt to hack the us election. >> i wish him luck. >> in his opening remarks released james comey shared his thoughts and feelings about five separate encounters with the chief executive including uncomfortable moments where he was asked to pledge loyalty and possibly drop an investigation in a

presidential adviser. this morning democrats say comey' words are proof the president broke the law. republicans reputing the accusations claiming dissertation. >> we heard it's going to be bigger than water gate and we want to be a part of it. >> lines already growing for public watch parties. we'll have live team coverage before the hearing begins and complete coverage once it does. good day at 9a starts now. ♪ [ laughter ] >> let's get this thing going. less than an hour away from the beginning of the testimony today. we've got a full hour of good day to get there. thanks for joining us a minute past the hour on this thursday. it is june 8th. i'm steve chenevey alongside allison, maureen and wisdom martin. holly has the morning off. >> also ahead this morning, golden state on the edge of making some history. steph curry and kevin durant leading the warriors to a game three win. they're now just one away from clinching the championship series and get

last year. they're also still undie feeted in the post season. highlights coming up later on. all right. first though let's talk about this weather because it was beautiful morning to wait in& line on capitol hill. for chance to witness history in the making and it will be beautiful afternoon, too. even though plenty of people may be inside glued to their tv's for details tucker is back with first check of the forecast. hey, good morning. >> i might get outside and play. wisdom how they never let us be in the same studio any more today. >> there's this book coming out later on i'll tell you all about that. i'll explain it a hell bit later. >> can't wait. >> yeah. >> you saw the live shot. absolutely beautiful out there early this morning. and cool. overnight lows back in the 40s for much of the area here outside the bell way. so bottom line today looks great. lots of sunshine expected and pleasant. daytime highs in the mid 70s. it will be dry later today if you've got outdoor plans. reagan national 64. 63 now both dulles and bwi marshall reporting temperatures in the low 60s. all right. storminess off to the south and east off the carolina coast. that will push out to sea and we

sunshine and a pleasant day. our winds stelle be out of the east. so that's going to hold temperatures down a little bit and we will have some clouds around from time to time. but it should all in all be a very nice thursday afternoon again temperatures a few degrees below normal. and normal daytime hoy in the low 80s. so few degrees below normal. 76 with nice breeze out of the north and east later today. okay. guess what? you probably heard about it we big-time heat wave on the way. i'll let when you know that arrives, guys, back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. some folks on the hot seat before the heat wave. the big story james comey's testimony former fbi director due on the hill in less than an hour to answer questions from lawmakers about the trump campaign's possible ties to russia. and his one-on-one meetings with the president before he was fired. yesterday we got a first look at what he'll say in his opening statements, and depending on who you ask, it's good news and bad news for the white house at the same time. >> all right. but while we know what james comey will likely say today, the same cannot be said of the president. sources told the washington post

plans to life tweet if he feels like he needs to respond to anything that happens. but the president is also to speak at a conservative religious conference at 12:30 this afternoon scheduled to leave the white house around 12:00. so that gives him still almost two hours of testimony he can watch and life tweet. >> until then he like most everyone else in washington will likely be glued to the tv to see what comey has to say because today's hearing will likely be a blockbuster. >> melanie alnwick joins us live from capitol hill with more on comb mows toes side of the story want it could mean for the white house. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, guys. speaking of blockbusters, this opening statement is now a public document and the white house probably thinks what's in here is pretty good if you focus on just one part. but the rest of it one senator said it reads like a tom clancy novel and the follow-up questions could be even more dramatic. >> at 6-foot eight james comey stan out in the crowd as it

and he's been at the center of attention before but never quiet like this and now we have a copy of comey's prepared remarks today. [ applause ] >> what was said during one-on-one meetings with the president and comey who was overseeing federal investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russia as well as the role that now fired national security adviser michael flynn played? according to comey the president said "i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he's a good guy. i hope you can let this go ". does that amount to obstruct of justice by the president? on the other hand, comey will say he toll the president a number of times that he was not personal under investigation. that for the president was key with his lawyers saying "the president feels completely and totally vindicated". >> this follows yesterday's hearing where officials from the fbi the justice department, nsa and the director of national intelligence were asked about white house influence. >> i have never been directed to do anything i believed to be illegal, immoral

think think cal or inn pep appropriate. >> democrats pressed for month detail. >> it is my belief that you are inappropriately refusing to answer these questions. >> reporter: bottom line for comey today may depend on where you stand on the president. >> what you're going to see is democrats saying that comey has just given them dead solid evidence of obstruction and republicans saying this makes us feel a lot better we think it can all be explained innocently. >> reporter: so if you are planning on tuning in for the hearing, i would say give yourself a good hour or so to get through opening statements from senators on the committee and then james comey's opening statement as well but once we get to "the q" and a, that's where things could get very interesting. we know that comey cannot answer any questions about classified information. so a lot of people, guys, will be watching very carefully listening for those moments because that would be a signal& that those are subject that is are considered to be off limits because

the wider russia investigation. live on capitol hill, melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> a lot of people hearing has been compared to beltway super bowl of sorts and level of interest to that of the water gate hearings when anita hill testified during clarence thomas' supreme court confirmation hearings and the star report. >> we've seen the lines to get into the hearing stretching around the block. but if you can get in like many people couldn't -- >> pretty much everybody. >> right. you are not going to get left high and dry. >> true dc fashion some bars around the region are opening their doors early and rolling out some politically themed specials this life like at she was saw tavern in northwest. big screen set up outside. some folks already there wai waiting. cross town on capitol hill fox5 bob barnard joining us live from union pub in northeast where another viewing party is happening. bob, what's going on? >> reporter: hey, maureen, this place doesn't hope until 9:30 but already the tvs are not on sports channels but on news channels. mt and crew are getting the beers ready joinings is ashley saunders general

union pub much thanks for having us. >> thank you. >> very close to the hart senate office building we were just in there in the last hour hundreds of people there who are not going to get in maybe you'll have some folks spill over crowd. [ laughter ] >> what are you guys doing? you have an interesting little promotion today. >> absolutely. every time president donald trump tweets during the hearing about the hearing we'll be giving around on the house to have one in here. [ laughter ] >> that is classic. >> what do you make of this? i mean this is a hearing on the hill and bars all around the city are opening up early. >> yeah. absolutely. we want to do something different. set ourselves a part. get a good crowd who wants to see see the hearing but have fun doing it. >> it's what the thinking just could be fireworks? i mean there are on the hearings other events but this one seems to have touched a nerve among people and also entrepreneurs and business people as well. >> a lot of people are invested in it. you know, people are generally for or against trump they're interested to see how it turns out. and, um, some people are hoping for a great hearing somebody people are hoping for the wst

so i think everyone wants to watch it. >> reporter: any extra bouncers today? we do. we will have a bouncer. >> reporter: a bouncer at 10:00 in the morning. [ laughter ] >> reporter: very cool. ashley thanks so much. >> thank you. >> reporter: again, guys, that's it. a number of place ace round town opening, you know, and again the hearing doesn't start for almost another hour. here right now it's just staff getting everything ready. the bar, the refrigerators and again the specials here and people are anticipating that. if donald trump tweets about what comey is testifying or what the senators are asking him, if he tweets about the hearing during the hearing, a free round on the house here at union pub just around the corner from the senate hart office building where this is happening this morning. guys? >> that might draw a lot of people that have no interest in the hearing whatsoever and just are waiting for tweets this morning. >> right of the. >> bob, i want -- free drinks. >> i want to touch on one thing you're not far from the hart senate office building. i believe you mentioned earlier all those people who had been waiting in line turned away

right? >> reporter: well, they weren't turned away necessarily. they were told and i don't know if we have video to show w wawat looked like on the second floor of the hart senate office building across the street. the people we spoken to life at 7am some of them the first in line had been since 12:30 in the morning. they were outside waiting in line when the doors opened at 7:30 they went inside and found out there were 300 people already in the building online ahead of them. they weren't turned away but they were basically told there's no way even if you get and line and wait an hour or two that you're going to get into the hearing room. there are fewer than 100 seats for the general public all the people you saw inside the heart senate office building ahead of the general public were interns and staff people from capitol hill. they had gotten in early weren't online most of them probably won't get inside but the ones that have waited all night outdoors we profiled at 7:00 basically were leaving on their own because they knew there was no way they were going to get in. >> all right. >> tough. bob barnard

stay with fox5 for complete coverage of the james comey's testimony on capitol hill we'll broadcast the hearing height or fox5 starting at 10:00. you can watch it live on our did fox5 d.c. face bock page and our you be tube channel and fox5 foxdc.com and fox5 news app. talking about day four of the bill cosby trial set to get under way shortly. and today the courtroom could hear from the legendary comedian himself. yeah, we'll have the details and look back at what happened yesterday. that's coming up next. >> a little bit later on some advice every employee could use or knows someone who could use, it's called -- let's just say how not to be jerk at work. you can read between the lines here. >> i love it. >> the author is here to share her secrets to being a better co-worker. [ laughter ] >> it's 9:11. >> i'm trying. [ laughter ]

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>> 9:14. between get down to charles county right now. breaking news coming out of the southern maryland. take look. live pictures of skyfox and you can see that truck on its side. it's dump truck that overturn down to the waldorf area. billingly road. billingly closed between sweet corn place and leonardtown road much the truck driver unfortunately very serious injuries had to be flown from the scene via med vac. via h

there you can see what happened again in waldorf, maryland. just heads if you you're driving in that area and of course hoping the best for the driver of that truck. >> sure are. >> all right. 9:14 is the time right now. also in the news this morning bill cosby back in court again today for day four of his sex assault trial. after hours of testimony from the comedian's chief accuser today the jury could hear from cosby himself. even though he won't take the stand. >> 79-year-old cosby answered questions for four days about andrea constand and another accusers in a deposition he gave in her 2005 lawsuit. lawsuit. became public in 2015. he says he had romantic relationship with constand yesterday on the stand she vehemently denied it. >> day three of the bill cosby trial the defense cross-examining the plaintiff for a second day. andrea constand started telling her side of the story for the public for the first time testifying that cosby gave her three blue pills to help take

off. the entertainer violated her with his fingers as she lay paralyzed unable to tell him to stop. cosby's lawyers suggested the 44-year-old former temple university employee enjoyed a romantic dinner at cosby's home before the alleged assault. they paraphrase her 2005 testimony about the incident saying, you were sitting by the fire, the room was dark, there was a nice mood. while constand replied, i don't know what that means. constand remained calm on the stand denying any romantic relationship occurred. the defense also spent a lot of time going over her phone records. hoping to show that she changed her mind about the day she says cosby assaulted her. moan while prosecutors still plan to introduce expert witnesses and deposition testimony by mr. cosby where he spoke of obtaining quaaludes to give to women. >> jurors are expected to get the case next week. the comedian once dubbed america's dad could get ten years in prison if he is con

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#gooddaydc. you and your bestie. it's 9:20. erin is back with a check on some of the other stories making headlines this morning. good morning, erin. >> good morning allison and good morning to you. first up a massive fire rips through townhomes in manassas on pope street. six of them were damaged leaving a dozen people and their pets homeless. two firefighters were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. polling stations are now open across britt tan in an election to choose a new government the the polls are open from 7am to 10:00 p.m. and voters are choosing 650 lawmakers for the house of commons. a party needs to win 326 seats to form a majority government. prime minister may call the snap election hoping to increase the conservative party slim maj majority. a government contractor accused of leaking a secret nsa report to the media is due in court today for a bond hearing. reality winner remains in federal custody after she was arrested in georgia on saturday. her parents say she should be released from jail before her

flight risk. the department of justice charged the 25-year-old with zenning highly classified material from a government facility to the online news site the intercept. well, many of us have had that awful feeling when we drop our iphone and it cracks. i know i've been there. but fixing a shattered screen is about to get easier. so that's good news he is special physical you don't have apple care. apple is now opening up around 400ism phone repair shops. the goal to help alleviate the long wait times to get your phone fixed. and finally, not looking good for lebron james and the cavaliers. finally a competitive game the first in the finals. and if all played out in cleveland. let's pick things up in the fourth quarter. three minutes to go in game three the cavs up by six. golden state rallies. kevin durant nails the go ahead three-point with 45 seconds remaining just one key player the warriors help-zero run the final 118-113. duran finished with 31 points for the cavs. lebron james delivered 39

over the final minutes. irving scored 38 points. the warriors now lead the series three to zero. back to you guys. >> whoo! >> irving is scoring 38 and lebron james is doing what he's doing and they're still getting beat, they might as well go h home. >> kevin loved the other part of the victory there. honestly i don't know who i was rooting for when this whole thing started if golden state can run the tables and be perfect that's kind of historic. >> they lose the next game and come back and win it. that's my predict. >> you like the little drama. >> yes. >> all right. >> drama. >> good chance of that. how to be better co-worker without being a insert word in the meantime. author melissa davis will join us live she's a little book an plan about that. >> okay. >> we'll get some tips. >> first tucker is going to be back with a sneak peek at the weekend forecast and the heat, yup, it is going to be on. right now it's 9

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♪ live picture from capitol right now at 9:26. don't worry it's not starting. that's file video. >> in the little bock. >> the big screen there with the capitol dome itself, that is your life picture this morning. about 30 minutes to go now until the comey testimony gets underway this morning and then you'll be able to see live pictures right here on fox5

everything as it happens. all right. let's talk about this the interest in the comey hearing at bars they're open early for watch parties. >> look at that. >> people standing in line at these bars they got specials this is live shot -- >> shaw tavern there. >> bob barnard is there and he was talking to the -- this is union pub in northeast. there's bob barnard. >> that's where bob is. >> shaw tavern has specials. kind of hick what's going on where you are, bob. everybody has their dueling i guess marketing little tips to try to draw the crowds this morning. >> reporter: the dangling the carrot guys. here at union pub, during the hearings you can see no sports channels but all news channels here waiting the hearing which begins in half hour. union pub opens in just a few minutes right at 9:30. what they're doing here is, for every time president trump tweets about the hearing during the hearing, a free round of drinks for the house. come here you saw the line over

we are hear along massachusetts avenue northeast in d.c. and take look. this is the line waiting to get in to union pub which opens up i see a guy waving us down here. we'll come down and say hello. opening the doors in just few minutes here. and this is going to be must see tv. guys, how are you? live on f fox5. watch the language please. i'm kidding. how are you? >> i'm supposed to be at church. >> you're supposed to be at church. >> what bring you out? why do you want to watch this here. >> i need to be day drinking or something. [ laughter ] >> reporter: are you anticipating anything in particular, fireworks, do you want to hear something -- >> probably a we already know. we'll see. >> all right. how about you, sir. >> what brings you out this morning? you can watch it online, at home, why do you want to be with everybody and watch it. >> sense of community and hopefully for me the beginning of end. >> reporter: you know what, they are having a bouncer here this morning at union pub because they know they'll be people supporting

other who's want to see him trip and fall. you've got the, upping, the gamut here of people who have an interest in this hearing this morning and you see the line right to the door, guys, and yeah, we've seen the opening testimony but these people want to see some of the questioning if there's anything more to it and this is just one of a number of places around the city guys that are having special deals that are opening early so that people like these people here who may be try to cross the hall -- cross the street to get into the hart senate office building and couldn't will be out with friends and strangers watching this hearing live on tv it's an event guys here in washington like no other place. >> sure s making politics our sports here in the dmv. >> all right. bob barnard, thank you for that. see all the people lined up there. they look comfortable weather wise because the heat is not on yet. tucker barnes he's saying the heat is about to be on for real next couple of days. right, tuck? >> you got that right. the heat will be big time. how about mid 99s around here by early next week. >> i'm out of breath. >> jus

right? >> yeah. 64 now in washington. winds out of the normal and east at eight. we are looking at a cool start to your day. overnight lows back in the fours and low 50s. lots of sunshine to start although we are getting clo cloudiness out of the song and east pinwheeling up towards us at the moment and we'll be partly sunny today but it should be very pleasant day with daytime highs in the mid 70s. satellite/radar storminess off to the south and east, and we'll get this out to sea. we'll be partly sunny today. high pressure out of the east and that's going to give us another nice afternoon. you know what more sunshine than yesterday should be very nice day with more sun and dry conditions expected this afternoon. storminess pushes off to the north and east, and we keep things nice and quiet. cooler than normal. normal dye time highs in the low 80s. 80s. we'll bill the heat around here big time. high pressure park it off the coast and call this a bermuda high first we bill the heat around here for the weekend. and then you know what follows the heat this time of year, the humidi

plenty of heat. plenty of humidity and daytime highs expected to be unfortunately in the mid 90s starting sunday. sunday, monday, tuesday even into wednesday day heim highs in the mid 90s with heat index 100 plus particularly early next week and i'm afraid we'll have heat advisories and the rest of us we'll have extreme conditions around here for the middle of june by sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday. so here comes the heat. today partly loud dee. 76 degrees for all your viewing pleasure this afternoon. go out for nice walk after you watch hours of testimony. >> all right, guys. that's the latest. back to you. >> zip trip by the way georgetown looks great tomorrow. come out seen us. >> thanks, tuck. >> thank you tuck. steve, over to you. >> i can't believe tucker won't pay attention to this one. tips when it comes to acting and behaving at work from talking loudly on the phone, texting during meetings, dressily inappropriating, showing up l late, bad manners not just bad form, batter for business and negatively impact a company's bottom line and of course employee moral. but if you find yourself to be one of those people

know someone who does, this is for you. because our next guest is the author of a new book called "how not to act like at work" and it includes seven reminders of how to be who you really want to be at work and in life. the melissa davis joins us with all the details. good morning. good to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> getting a lot of attention with this headline. it's catchy. >> it's definitely chat key. let's talk about some things here. i will throw a few thing out your way. >> okay. >> you explain what we can do better to try to help everybody out. okay. first of all definitely empathy taking things personally. talking about being em pa that it tick to employees making not about ours, what are we talking about here? >> do everybody in general. oftentimes we'll see thing in the hallway or somebody will give thus look we'll think what is wrong with them? yet it's not all about us, it's not all about you. sometimes lots of us are dealing with thing in our personal lives, somebody caught us off driving to work, we've got a family member that's

ourselves all upset about something recognizing they could be dealing with something instead of getting really upset recognize it's often about the other person. >> one of thing you said don't be quick to say i know exactly what you're talking about. i know exactly what you're dealing with here. we don't. >> right. when you say to somebody i know just how you feel, you really don know how i feel. >> building trust is key in the relationship of anything including work, right. >> right. >> all right. how do we do that better? >> part of is being open and being honest. if i -- i'm open to you, authentic, if i'm willing to share something to establish some sense of connection that helps to build trust from a work perspective doing what i'll say i do builds trust. saying -- setting a timeline and being able to full nil that, just being real and following through on what i said i would do. >> all right. and communicating i mean we think in office workplace communication should be key. we also know a lot of times it's not. how do we be a better communicator? >> part of it is being aware of your body language. when i show

presenting to you? am i open? am i listening to you but not really i'm giving that look because i'm formulate wagon i want to say appropriately. practice active listening and being real how to listen to you, focus on what you're saying and not jumping to interrupt or tell was i want to tell you ba you obviously i'm right, you're not. if i want to share that and cut you off, not really listening to you. >> my body language is showing that because i'm waiting to see what the next tip is right now when i'm supposed to be listening to you. being a team player. >> right. >> sometimes it's hard to be team player if you're to the on board with maybe whatever the project is you're working on. maybe you know that some people might just be a little difficult to work with. how do we take all of that, work through it and still consider ourselves a team? >> if i'm concerned about the project, my granny used to say it's not what you said it's the nasty way you said it so to be able to say i feel uncomfortable where with this is going. can we talk about this little bit more? as opposed to saying that's stupid that will never work. language h

being able to communicate effectively build that team and just say help me understand how you see this fitting in. which is much different than that won't work. >> right. >> being a team player, too. if we say we're going a certain direction me getting on board with that and not oh, we shall have done it my way. >> right. bringing the best version you say of you to work. what do we mean by that? >> i need to show up. i need to show up authentic. i need to show up real, ready to be part of a team. i need to show up and want to be there. i need to be able to bring the skills that i have and say, help me understand, again, where we're going with that, or here's an idea i want to share or okay i can see that won't work it's all right. so for me to be present understand what's going on, want to work with people, i'm not saying you have to have somebody home for christmas dinner oh or thanksgiving dinner with you care about people on your team. >> you talk about connecting. what were way are we talking about connecting? >> people aig to communicate effect toly. listen to somebody's ideas if i maybe don't understand what you're going through i realize what it's liking to through with something, to go through a problem

empathy for you. and understand that some -- life isn't always great. >> did this entire concept this entire bock did it come from any particular moment that you had in the work force? >> so i wrote the story about lou because i was working with so many different organizations and people would tell me stories and i'd think that can't happen the more i would hear the more i would realize, wow, there are lost these things happening. so i walk away one day if i could teach people how not to act like a bleep at work life would be easier. because we think that because you breathe you can communicate. but that's not true. we know that. >> it's tough, too, obviously you can look at and just the tips that you have here, in a couple of ways you can look at it am i that bleep, am i doing bleep behavior. or if i already know that pe person, can i constructively convince them to perhaps act differently would you over stepping my bounds? i've learned if i show up differently i get a different response. i can only control my own behavior. i can't control yours. i can control mine and hel

differently burt i have to be in control of me. and so i've learned that if i show up in certain way, i, f i don't have a go at you then i don't get that back in return. if i come from a centered calm place i typically get that in response as well. >> starts with you and hopefully feeds off of that and barges out throughout the workplace and beyond if you're working on projects that extent outside of the workplace. >> there's a part of everyone of us in this book. >> i'm sure. we want to blame other people we're all in there. >> you have to look internally and say how can i control the situation. >> exactly. >> thanks for joining us thank you. >> the book is out now. get all the juicy details inn sigh it. >> thanks very much. >> 9:37. sometimes we tell it how it is, guys. >> you got to do it. >> keep it real. >> how many topic do you want. >> three. [ laughter ] >> right now three. i'll take four. >> true story of a american heroes one human the other her four leg bomb sniffing dog. kevin sets down with the stars kate morrow to talk about the real sto

9:37 is the time.

leavey, start up. >> i just don't know why you want to do this. i know you don't. >> you don't really connect with people very well. just so you know running away isn't going to solve anything. >> hang up that phone! tuck your shirt

>> found something. good boy. >> i've been watching this dog all year most aggressive dog i've ever treated. >> really need another break. >> not like he hasn't earned it. >> you get getting dog. you got this. think faster. >> i got this. >> you think i'm afraid of you? lay down. rex, lay down. >> vehicle approaching. >> guns up. >> why did you run. >> get away from my life. >> shipping out tomorrow. you're so not ready for this. >> clear. leavey, check the

> powerful, right that's part of the trailer from the new movie called megan leavey tells the story true story avenue real life hero. young marine corporal along with her military combat dog rex their deployment in iraq.ng- earning a purple heart in the process. now years later she adopted rex after his military service was over. kate morris stars as corporal leavey. and common that was common as gunnery sergeant massey and kevin is hee he had a chance to sit down with the cast. bring your tissues and get ready to be like this, yeah. >> she was awarded the purple heart. incredible story. i spoke to kate morrow and the film maker about how they brought this to life. the dog they used in the film was not a military trained dog so the training actually work its way into the story but also into their real life training as well. i spoke to kate morrow and again meghan leavey, she was award add purple heart amazing story but both her and her dog are really true american heroes. that's right incredible people and

>> canines. i spoke to the film maker and kate marrow. one of the interesting things i found out how they were able to allow the dog to sniff things out. what was he actually sniffing when he was onset but also there's int interesting elementd she want to leave the dog -- take the dog with her when she was done filming the movie. how about that. >> watch this. i'm really super fascinate by the how the training work in the film. i know the particular dog used in the movie was not military trained dog initially. how did that actual training work with you and the dog? was there an element of, like, was it hard to do it kind of it is in the movie. >> we learned together. which was great. i mean, yeah, it was very similar to how we trained him in the movie. there weren't that many things that we did differently than they would in the marines. but yeah it was a little -- i was surprised when we,, when we hired a dog that wasn't, you know, train in that way, but no, this exactly how you would do

so there you go. >> i'm curious from film making standpoint what the dog was actually sniffing out in the movie world. i know -- >> treats. >> really. >> delicious bacon. >> and they would be sitting in there and he would just like stop if he found the bacon. >> you would remove, dorks it with, you know, treats and then you would remove it for the take so there wasn't actually treats in there. >> timing is important because you can't -- once he like knows it's there, he won't be as actively pursuing it or stuff. there's this kind of art to it. >> there's a a trick. >> he usually it go got it on the first take. >> i know you're an actor once you leave a project like this did you want to keep the dog yourself. >> i'm assuming you got attached to the dog actor. was there an element of like i want to take this to court and actually a top this dog? >> um, well, i -- i have my two old dogs at home waiting for me and i felt actually quite -- it was hard because my dogs are usually onset with me, um, but we shot half of this -- most of this movie

>> huh. >> because my dogs are old two too tricky to bring them over there. there was this sort of thing i was feeling quite guilty,. >> leak you were cheating on them. >> i wasn't taking care of them while i was there and yet i'm making a movie about the bond between a woman and her dog and i felt like awful about it. but i think it probably helped my bond with the actual -- with rex, because i didn't have my dogs to go home to every night. >> the interesting element of this story is that there's kind of, arc lot of battles in the film but one of the balances she has to fight she wants to adopt the dog. and the dog is deemed unfit for release because the dog also experiences ptsd just as the human being does. and you saw the scene in the trailer where the explosion goes off but both of them are heavily wounded. in the movie the dog is sent back to battle while she remains home. but she tries to adopt rex and in real life very inspirational happy story. >> you talk about this. i had never heard of this film. i wish

stories about this. >> i agree. >> call out the real heroes. we hear about so much other stuff things like this aren't brought to the forefront. >> yeah. >> that often. that's not good. >> i also didn't know a lot about the dog. the military combat dogs. >> it's heartbreaking sometimes how they're -- >> horrible. >> how they're staying. we've had organizations in who work to make sure the dogs come back home. >> yeah. >> when it's over. >> and reunited if possible. >> common in the in many has this line about how, you know, basically it's a warrior. i mean it's no longer -- it's a warrior. it's going out there. it's fighting for our country. but there is something so emotional about the bond between the human being. i spoke to her we didn't have time for this in the interview about why it's harder to watch animals get hurt in movies than it is to watch human being characters. >> you can tell them. >> they can't tell you. >> it's interesting. movie is incredible. i cried. everyone will cry. anybody who has a relationship with dogs. >> the movie comes out tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> review tomorrow. >> review

reviewing the tom cruise in many the mummy with russell crow a reboot. >> ut-oh. >> of the mummy franchise. >> yeah. number four? >> maureen's point it feels super official. >> to mow meghan leavey is your most important film to see this week. more on that coming up tomorrow. >> movie reviews from the zip trip tomorrow. >> georgetown come see me and tucker and -- >> me. >> maureen. hello? >> it will be awesome. >> and caitlin roth. >> caitlin, yes. >> 9:47. wings and wheels. we'll take you out to the annual celebration of cars and planes happening this weekend in frederick. mike thomas will join us. >> he's got my kind of ride. looking sharp in that a mustang what is that? chevy? >> it's cadillac. mike, pardon me. >> after the break we're sharing some of your best friend shot outs. there you go. >> ♪ >> so cute. keep them coming #gooddaydc. show us who your best friend is on this national best friends day. day.

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>> being pre em t thed today at 10:00. >> wings and wheels this weekend the second annual celebration of cars, motorcycles and aircraft get underway in frederick maryland and it's got little something for everybody this morning mike thomas is there with preview of what fans can expect this morning i'm guessing wings. i'm guessing wheels and i'm guessing aircraft. >> reporter: you're a smart man, wisdom martin. i think all of those things will be up here as we head into this weekend. guys, you're absolutely right. i'm up here in frederick, maryland, right next to frederick municipal airport which is one of the smaller airports in our region. they fly out all the little private aircrafts. right next to them is the aopa building and to tell us a little bit about i'm standing with elizabeth o'connell we'll talk all about this weekend coming up this weekend. for people who don't know, tell me what aopa is. 11 of the largest general aviation organizations in the world we promote general aviation and we represe

in d.c.ly all over the country. >> all right. and so again this is second annual one of these wings and wheels. so tell us a little bit about what this event is. >> sure aopa second annual wings and wheels this saturday from ten to 2:00 o'clock. we have a classic cars airp airplanes, motorcycles, and helicopters. >> a little bit like a car show some additions. >> right. >> when i was driving earlier in our shot was a classic 1960s cadillac. tried to drive it off the lot but i got stopped here. one of many last year you said you had about 130 cars correct. >> we had over 130 cars last year and about 2500 people cable out to spent the afternoon with us. >> reporter: absolutely incredible. 75 motorcycles and you're expecting to over due all those numbers year, eighty three. >> we're hoping to. >> reporter: there's also planes here and helicopters out here. there's a flying element to all of this, correct. >> we're here to promote general aviation. we want people who are interested in general aviation to come out if you've ever wa wanted to learn

we'll have pilots on site to talk to you and answer any questions. >> reporter: fantastic. i guess my next question would be, well, let's talk about this. for families, this is not just an event for the car enthusiasts or the car guy who loves cars. it's an event for the whole family. you'll have family events, correct. >> this is family friendly event we'll have large kids area with an obstacle course, slides, face painting, we'll have food trucks, live music. it will be something for everybody. >> reporter: it's a whole event for the whole family. >> yes. >> reporter: but it's not all day long. so let's talk about date because this is coming up this weekend and time. when is this event. >> it's this saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to until 2:00 p.m. >> reporter: all right. and then here's one of the most important parts. how much does this event cost? >> the event is free. >> reporter: all right. f-r-e-e everybody. so again come on up to frederick maryland and check out this event. you mentioned before, pilots are going to be on hand to talk. as far as the cars go, all the cars coming out are they privately owned? or are they for sale? what information can you give us aboutha

owned. we'll have couple dealership here showing off their cars but most of them are individually owned. as well as the aircraft. >> reporter: it's not your classic car show everything coming out is for sale but these are owners that are showing off some of their classic cars that they have within their collections, correct. >> yes. >> reporter: all right.nal cars- if people are interested in potentially volunteering for this event you are still looking for volunteers, right? >> yes. we are looking for volunteers. you can sign up online at a aopa.org/wnw wings and wheels. >> reporter: one mr. time. up here frederick, maryland, at the aopa building which is what's the address. >> 421 aviation way it's at the frederick airport. >> reporter: that's this saturday from 10:00 to 2:00 they're expecting a lot of classic cars up here if you're a car enthusiast, bring the whole family out you'll have great weather for it. come on up enjoy. thank you for having us today. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: guys, i'll send it back inside to you. >> thank you very much. >> a

>> the field trips don't stop there. we're just one day away until our neck zip trip and tomorrow we'll be live in georgetown down at the washington harbor. >> come on out and see us from 6:00 to 11am. maureen umeh, tucker barnes, caitlin roth, kevin mccarthy. they're all going to be there and they'd love to see through as well. >> i am excited. this is my first one. my first of many. >> yeah. >> me your dance partner won't there be tomorrow i'll catch up with you later. [ laughter ] >> tucker will be there. >> oh yeah. >> going down at the georgetown waterfront. well, festivities going on the hill for the folks who could not get into the comey hearing a lot of establishments are out there throwing tailgate parties essentially. watch parties for the hearing. no need to go there. you can just watch on tv right here on fox5 starting in just a minute. we'll have live coverage of james comey's testimony on capitol hill. >> also catch us online, facebook, youtube channel. we're all there. see you later. bye-bye. ♪

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>> it's fox news special presentation. >> and good morning from fox news headquarters in new york, i'm shepherd smith, this is fox coverage of the former fbi director james comey's testimony. a live look on capitol hill where james comey is set to speak at any moment before the senate intelligence committee. if is now investing gating russia's interference we know some of what comey plans to say today. he asked that his prepared opening statement be released yesterday, and it was. demanded doyle from him, just days after the i

according to james comey the president said i need loyaltiy, i expect loyalty. comey says he did not move or change his expression on his face at that time. he says, quoting, we simply looked at each other in silence. james comey says he eventually pledged honest loyalty to the president. the former fbi director also says that president trump asked him to stop investigating michael flynn. comey says the president told him, i hope you can let this go. that was the day after president trump fired michael flynn. comey confirms he did tell mr. trump on three separate occasions that the president was not personally under investigation. director comey says that one reason he did not go public was so that he wouldn't have to correct that statement should the president end up under investigation down the road. the president has

russia investigation was on his mind when he decided to fire james comey but he's denied pressuring comey to drop the flynn investigation. he's also fought back against accusations with collusion with the russians. according to james comey's opening statement, the president said he personally hadn't done anything wrong, but if satellite associates of his had done something wrong, it would be good to find that out. after we got comey's statement yesterday the president's private attorney said the president is is pleased that comey confirmed he told the president was not under investigation. the attorney also says trump feels quoting, completely and totally vindicated. moments ago - - there's james comey now. we should expect a statement from the president after today's hearing ends according to the white house. further we know there's nothing on his

at least until noon. sources say he will live tweet this hearing if he's so inclined and if he does we'll put those tweets up on the screen. garret is live on capitol hill and will be watching with us today. >> a number of senators say they plan to focus a lot of their questions around james comey's interaction with the president, the alleged request for loyalty when & when he allegedly requested the fbi drop the investigation into michael flynn. you shouldn't expect james comey to be a completely open book. fox news has learned his has closely coordinated his testimony with robert muller. a source close to comey tells us he will not draw any conclusions about whether or not president donald trump committed obstruction of

mentioned white house officials have suggested that he will likely be watching at least part of the hearing and that he may decide to weigh in via twitter on anything that he disagrees with. you'll remember back in march that same thing happened and comey was forced to respond to those tweets live during that hearing. we'll keep you updated. >> let's get to our panel now. we'll have discussions and analysis throughout the next three hours. judge nu - - . and john bussy, an associate editor at the wall street journal newspaper, he or his company is owned by our parent company. senator burr is speaking now, let's listen. >> speaks to the trust we have built over the years and i'm looking forward to a very open and candid discussion today. i'd like to remind my colleagues we will reconvene in closed sess

ask that you reserve for that venue any questions that might get into classified investigation. the director's been very gracious with his time but the vice chairman and i have worked out a very specific timeline for his commitment to be on the hill. we will do everything we can to meet that agreement. the senate select committee on intelligence exists to certify of the other 85 members of the united states states senate and the american people that the intelligence community is operating lawfully and has the necessary tools and authorities to accomplish its mission and keep america safe. part of our mission, beyond the oversight we continue to provide to the is to investigate russia interference in the 2016 elections. the committee's work continues. this hearing represents part of that effort.

in the press for the last several weeks and today's your opportunity to set the record straight. yesterday i read with interest your statement for the record with the president. it clearly lays out your understanding of those discussions. actions you took following each conversation. and your state of mind. i very much appreciate your candor. i thing it's helpful as we work through to determine the ultimate truth behind possible russian interference in the 2016 elections your statement also provideds texture and context to your interactions with the president from your vantage point and outlines a strained relationship. the american people need to hear your side of the story just as they need to hear the president's descriptions of events. this interactions also highlight the importance of the committee's on going

our experienceed staff is interviewing all relevant parties and some of the most sensitive intelligence in our country's o possession. we will establish the facts separate from rampant speculations and lay them out for the american people to make their own judgment. there's several outstanding issues not addressed in your statement i hope you'll clear up for the american people today. did the president's request for loyalty, your impression, that the one-on-one dinner of januart least in part an effort to create some sort of patronage relationship or is march 30 phone call asking, uh, what you could do to lift the cloud of russia i

investigation into general flynn, or the broader investigation into russia and possible links to the campaign. in your opinion, did potential russian efforts to establish the link with individuals in the trump orbit rise to the level we could define as collusion or was it an intelligence concern. there's been a lot of public speculations about your decision relating to the clinton e-mail investigation. why did you decide to publicly announce fbi's recommendations that the department of justice not pursue criminal charges? you have described it as a choice between a bad decision and a worse decision. the american people need to understand the facts behind your action. this committee is uniquely suited to investigate russia's interference in the 2016 elections. we also have a unified bipartisan approach to what is a highly charged partisan issue. russian act

election may have been aimed at one party's candidate but as my colleague senator rubio says frequently, in 2018 and 2020, it could be aimed at anyone, at home or abroad. my colle senator warner and i have worked in, have worked to stay in lock step on this investigation. we've had our differences on approach at times, but i've constantly stressed that we need to be a team and i think senator warner agrees with me. we must keep these questions above politics and partisanship. it's too important to be tainted by anyone trying to score political points. with that, again i welcome you director and i turn to vice chairman for any comments he might have. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i start by thanking all the members of the committee for the

seriousness in which they've taken on this task. mr. comey i thank you for coming in to testify. i realize that this hearing has been obviously the focus of a lot of washington in the last few days but the truth is many americans who may be tuning in today probably haven't focused on every twist and turn of the investigation. so i'd like to briefly describe, at least from this senator's standpoint, what we already know and what we're still investigating. this investigation is not about relit gating the election. it's not about who won or lost, and it's sure as heck's not about democrats versus republicans. we're here because a foreign adversary attacked us right here at home, plain and simple. not by guns or missiles but by foreig

hijack or most important democratic process, our presidential election. russian spies engage said in a series of online fiber raids and a broad campaign of misinformation, all ultimately aimed at selling chaos to under mine public faith in our process, in our leadership, and ultimately in ourselves. that's not just this senator's opinion. it is the unanimous determination of the entire u.s. intelligence community. we must find out the full story. what the russians did, some other colleagues have mentioned why they were so successful. more importantly we must determine the necessary steps to take to protect our democracy and insure they can't do it again. elections in 2018 and 2020 iny

home state of virginia, we have elections this year in 2017. simply put, we cannot let anything or anyone prevent us from getting to the bottom of this. now mr. comey, let me say at the outset, we haven't always agreed on every issue. in fact i've occasionally questioned some of the actions you've taken, but i've never had any reason to question your integrity, your expertise, or your intelligence. you've been a straight shooter with this committee and have been willing to speak truth to power, even at the risk of your own career. which makes the way in which you were fired by the president ultimately shocking. recall we began this entire process with the president and his staff first denying that the russians were ever involved and then falsely claiming that no one from his team was ever in touch with any

we know that's just not the truth. numerous trump associates had undedisclosed contacts with russians before and after the election, including the president's attorney general, his former national security adviser, and his current senior adviser mr. kush nor. that doesn't even begin to count the host of additional campaign associates and advisers who have also been caught up in this massive web we saw mr. manafort forced to step down. the national security adviser general flynn had to resign over his lies about engagements with the russians. we saw the candidate himself express an odd and unexplained affection for the russian dictator while calling for the hacking of his opponent. there's a lot to investigate. enough, i

comey publicly acknowledged that he was leading an investigation into those links between mr. trump's campaign and the russian government. after mr. comey was ultimately responsible for conducting that investigation, which might explain why you're sitting now as a private citizen. what we didn't know is at the same time this investigation was proceeding, the president himself appears to have been engage said in an effort to influencer or at least coopt the director of the fbi. the testimony that mr. comey has is submitted for today's hearing is very disturbing. for example on january 27 after summoning director comey to dinner, the president appears to have threatened the director's job while telling him quote, i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. at a later meeting on february 14, the president asked the attorney general to leave the oval office so

privately ask director comey again, quote, to see way clear to letting flynn go. that is a statement that director comey interpreted as a request that he drop the investigation connected to general flynn's false statements. think about it. the president of the united states asking the fbi director to drop an on going investigation. after that the president called the fbi director on two additional occasions, march 30, and april 11 and asked him again, quote, to lift the cloud on the russian investigation. director comey denied each of these improper requests. the loyalty pledge, the admin admonition, after his refusals director comey was f

firing didn't pass any smell tests. some how after comey was fired he didn't treat hillary clinton appropriately. of course that explanation lasted about a day because the president himself then made very clear that he was thinking about russia when he decided to fire director comey. shockingly, reports suggest that the president admitted as much in an oval office meeting with the russians the day after director comey was fired. disparaging our country's top law enforcement official is a quote, unquote, nut job, the president allegedly suggested his firing relieved great pressure on his feelings about russia. this is not happening in isolation. at the same time, the president was engaged in these efforts with director comey. he was also

asking senior leaders of the intelligence community to downplay the russian investigation or to intervene with the director. yesterday we had director, and director admiral roger whose were offered a number of opportunities to flatly deny those press reports. they expressed their opinions but they did not take that opportunity to deny those reports. they did not take advantage of that opportunity. in my belief, that's not how the president of the united states should behave. director's comey firing, and his testimony, raise separate and troubling questions that we must get to the bottom of. again, as i've at the outset how every member of the committee is taking this work. let me be c

witch hunt. this is not fake news. it is an effort to protect our country from a new threat that quite honestly will not go away any time soon. mr. comey, your testimony here today will help us move towards that goal. i look forward to that testimony. >> thank you vice chairman. director, as discussed when you agreed to appear before the committee, it would be under oath. i'd ask you to please stand, raise your right hand, you solemnly is swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> please be seated. >> director comey you're now under oath. and i would just note to members you will be recognized by seniority for a period up to seven minutes and again it is the intent to move to a closed session no later than

with that, director comey, you were recognized you have the floor for as long as you might need. >> thank you mr. chairman, ranking member warren, members of the committee thank brow for inviting me here to testify today. i've submitted my statement for the record and i am not going to repeat it this morning. i would relationship kment - - i would welcome your questions. when i was appointed fbi director in 2013, i understood that i served at the pleasure of the president. even though i was appointed to a 10-year term which congress created in order to under score the fbi being outside of politics and inn, i understood that i could be fired by a president for any reason or no reason at all on. on may the 9, when i learned that i had been fired, for that reason i immediately came home as a private citizen. then the explanations, the shifting explanations confused me and increasingly concerned

me. they confused me because the president that i had had multiple conversations about my job, both before and after he took office, and he had repeatedly told me i was doing a great job and he hoped i would say. i had repeatedly assured him i did intend to stay and the remaining six years of my term. learned that i was doing a great job and i was extremely well-liked by the fbi work force. so it confused me when i saw on television the president saying that he actually fired me because of the russia investigation. and learned again from the media that he was telling privately other parties that my firing had relieved great pressure on the russia investigation. i was also confused by the initial explanation that was offered publicly that i was

had made during the election year. that didn't make sense to me for a whole bunch of reasons, including the time and all the water that had gone under the bridge since those decisions had to be made. although the law required no reason at all to fire an fbi director, the administration then chose to defame me, and more importantly the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly lead, that the work force had lost confidence in its leader. those were lies, plain and simple. and i am so sorry that the fbi work force had to hear them and i'm so sorry that the american people were told them. i worked every day at the fbi to help make that great organization better, and i say help because i did not nothing alone at the fbi. there are no indispensable people at the fbi. the organization's great strength is that its values and abilities run deep and wid

the fbi will be fine without me. the fbi's mission will be relentlessly pursued by the people and that mission is to protect the american people and uphold the constitution of the united states. i will deeply miss being part of that mission, but this organization and this mission will go long beyonds me and beyond any particular administration. i have a message before i close for my former colleagues of the fbi. first y want the american people to know this truth: the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is, and always will be, independent. now, to my former colleagues, if i may. i am so sorry that i didn't get the chance to say goodbye to you properly. it was the honor of my life to serve beside you, to be part of the fbi family, and i will miss it for the rest of my life. thank you for standing

thank you for doing so much good for this country. do that good as long as ever you can. senators, i look forward to your questions. >> director, thank you for that testimony, both oral and the written testimony that you provided to the committee yesterday and made public, uh, to the american people. chair would recognize himself first for 12 minutes, vice chair for 12 minutes based ion the agreement we have. director did the special council's office review and/or edit your written testimony? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 elections? >> none. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions and the dnc and the d-triple-c systems and the subsequent leaks of that information? >> no, no doubt. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was

the state voter files? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that officials of the russian government were fully aware of these aches? >> of these activities? >> no doubt. >> are you confident that no votes cast in the 2016 presidential election were altered? >> i'm confident. by the time i left as director i had seen no indication of that whatsoever. >> director comey, did the president at any time ask you to stop the investigation into russian inis valvement in the 2016 u.s. elections? >> not to may understanding, no. >> did any individual working for this administration including the justice department ask you to stop the russian investigation? >> no. >> director, when the president requested that you, and i quote, let flynn go [ cough ] gen

contact with the russians. which is an offense. if press accounts are right, there might have been discrepancies between facts and his fbi testimony. in your estimation was general flynn at that time in serious legal jeopardy, and in addition to that, do you sense that the president was trying to obstruct justice or just seek, uh, for a way for mike flynn to save face given that he had already fired. >> general flynn at that point in time was in legal jeopardy. there was an open fbi criminal investigation of his statements in connection with the russian contacts and the contacts themselves, so that was my assessment at the time. i don't think it's for me to say whether the conversation i had with the president was an effort to obstruct. i took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that's a conclusion i'm sure the special council will work towards to try

what the intention was there and whether that's an offense. >> director, is it possible that as part of this investigation, the fbi could find evidence of criminality that is not tied to the 2016 elections, possible collusion, or coordination with russians? >> sure. >> so, there could be something that just fits a criminal aspect to this that doesn't have anything to do with the 2016 election cycle. >> correct. in any complexion investigation, when you start to over turn rocks sometimes you'll find things that are unrelated to the primary investigation that are criminal in nature. >> amen. >> you have been criticized publicly for your decision to present the findings on the e-mails to the american people. have you learned anything since that time that would change what you said or how you chose to inform the american people? >> honestly, no. it

personal pain for me, but as i look back, given what i knew at the time and even what i've learned since, i think it was the best way to try to protect the justice institution, including the fbi. >> in the public, uh, domain, is this question of the steel dossier. a document that has been around for over a year. the media had it before you had it, and we had it. at the time of your departure from the fbi, was the fbi able to confirm any criminal allegations contained in the steele document? >> mr. chairman, i don't think that's a question i can answer in an open setting because it goes into the details of the investigation. >> um. [ pause ] director, the term we

most often is collusion. when people are describing possible links between americans and russian government entities related to the interference in our election, would you say that it's normal for foreign governments to reach out to members of an incoming administration. >> yes. >> at what point does the normal contact cross the line into an attempt to recruit agents or influence. >> difficult to say in the abstract, it depends on the context, whether it was made to be covert, it's a judgment call based on a whole lot of facts. >> at what point would that recruitment become a counter intelligence threat to our country. >> again difficult to answer in the abstract but when a foreign power is usingsp

pressure to coopt an american, especially a government official to act on behalf that's a serious concern to the fbi. >> if you've got a 36-page document of specific claims that are out there, the fbi would have to for counter intelligence reasons try to verify anything that might be claimed in there, one, and probably first and foremost is the counter intelligence concerns that we have about blackmail. would that be an accurate statement? >> yes. if the fbi receives a credible allegation that there is some effort to coopt, coerce, employ covertly an american on behalf of a foreign power, that's the case in which an investigation is open. >> when you read the dossier, what was your reaction given that it was 100% directed at the presen

in an open setting mr. chairman. >> okay. when did you become aware of the cyber intrusion? >> the first - - there's all kinds of cyber intrusions going on all the time. the first russia-connected cyber intrusion i became aware of in the late summer of 2015. >> in that timeframe, there were more than the dnc and the d-triple-c that were targets. >> correct. it was a massive effort to target government and non-government or near government agencies like non-profits. >> what would be the estimate of how many entities out there the russians specifically targeted in that timeframe? >> it's hundreds, i suppose it could be more than a thousand, but it's at least hundreds. >> when did you become aware that data had been exfiltrated. >> i'm not sure, either late 15

>> and did you or the director of the fbi have conversations with the last administration about the risk. >> yes. >> and what actions theying to. >> well, the fbi had already under taken an effort to notify all the victims and that's what we consider the entities that were attacked as part of this massive spear fishing campaign, so we notified them in an effort to disrupt what might be on going, and then there was a serieses of continuing interactions with entities through the rest of 15 into 16. then throughout 16 the administration was trying to decide how to respond to the intrusion. >> the fbi in this case, unlike other cases you might investigate, did you ever have access to the actual hardware that was hacked or did you have to rely on a third party to provide you the data that they had collected? >> in the case of the

believe the d-triple-c, but i'm sure the dnc, we did not have access to the devices themselves. we got, uh, relevant forensic information from a private party, a high-class entity that had done the work. >> but no content. >> correct. >> um, isn't content an important part of forensics? >> it is. it was brief to me, my folks, the people who were my folks at the time, is they had gotten information from the private party that they needed to understand the intrusion by the spring of 2016. >> let me go back, if i can very briefly, to the decision to publicly go out with your results on the e-mail. was your decision influenced by the attorney general's tarmac

meeting with the former president bill clinton? >> yes, in an ultimately, uh, conclusive way that was the thing that capped for me that i had to do something separately to protect the credibility of the investigation which meant both the fbi and the justice department. >> were there other things that contributed to that that you can describe in an open session? >> there were other things that contributed to that. one significant item i can't, i know the committee's been briefed on, there's been some public accounts of it which are nonsense. i understand the committee's been briefed on the facts. the only other consideration i i can attack about in an open setting is the attorney general directed me not to call it an investigation, but instead to call it a matter which confused me and concerned me. that was one of the bricks in the load that lead me to conclude i have to step away from the department if we're to close this case credibly. >> director, my last question. you're not only a

prosecutor, um, you've lead the fbi for years. you understand the investigative, uh, process. you've work would this committee closely and we're grateful to you because i think we've mutually built trust in what your organization does and what we do. is there any doubt in your mind that this committee can carry out its oversight role in the 2016 russian involvement in the elections in parallel with the now special council that's been set up? >> no, no doubt. it can be done. it requires lots of conversations, but bob muller is one of this country's great, great pros and i'm sure you'll all be able to work it out with him to run it in parallel. >> i want to thank you once again and i want to turn to the vice chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. again, director comey, thank you for your service. um, your comments to your fbi

family i know were heartfelt. know that, um, even though there are some in the administration who have tried to smear your reputation, you had acting director mccabe in public testimony a few weeks back and in public testimony yesterday we affirm that the vast majority of fbi community had great trust in your leadership. and obviously, uh, trust in your integrity. i want to go through a number of the meetings that you referenced in your testimony. let's start with the january 6 meeting in trump tower. where you went up with a series of officials to brief the president elect on the russian investigation. my understanding is you remained afterwards to some personally sensitive aspects of the information you relaid. you said after that briefing, you felt compelled to document that conversation that you actually start

soon as you got into the car. now, you've had tensive experience at the department of justice and at the fbi, you've worked under presidents of both parties. what was it about that meeting that lead you to determine you need to start putting down a written record? >> a combination of things. i think the circumstances, the subject matter, and the person i was interacting with. circumstances, first, i was alone with the president of the united states or the president elect, soon to be president. the subject matter i was talking about matters that touch on the fbi's core responsibility that relate to the president, president elect personally. and then the nature of the person. i was honestly concerned he would lie about the nature of our meeting and i felt it important to document. that combination of things i never experienced before but i had to write it down and

very detailed way. >> i think that's a very important statement that you just made. my understanding is that, then, unlike your dealingswith presidents of either parties in your past experience, in every subsequent meeting or conversation with this president you created a written record. did you feel you needed to create this written record of these memos because they might need to be relied on at some future date? >> sure, i created records after conversations y think i did it after each of our nine conversations. if i didn't, where i did it for nearly all of them. i knew there would come a day i would have to defend what happened to defend our integrity as an - - . the particular person. >> in all your experience, this was t

like in every meeting you needed to document because at some point, using your words, he might put out a non-truthful representation of that meeting. >> that's right, senator. and i, as i said in my written testimony, as fbi director i interacted with president obama, i spoke only twice in three years, uh, and didn't document it. when i was deputy attorney i had one one-on-one meeting with president bush about a very important and difficult national security matter. i didn't write a memo documenting that. i didn't feel with president bush the need to document it in that way. again, because of the combination of those factors just wasn't present with either president bush or president obama. >> i think that is very significant. i think others will probably question that. the chairman and i have requested those memos. it is our hope that the fbi will get this committee access to those memos so that again we can readha

rendition so we've got your side of the story. i know members have said and press have said that if you were a, a great deal of them were made if your were asked if the president was a subject of any investigation. my understanding is prior to your meeting on january 6 you discussed with your leadership team whether or not to assure then president elect trump that the fbi was not investigating him personally. i snap your leadership team agreed with that. was there any debate about that? >> it wasn't unanimous. one of the members of leadership team had a view that although it was technically true, we did not have a counter intelligence file case open on then president elect trump. his concern was because we're looking at the potential, again that's

investigation, coordination between the campaign, and russia because it was president trump, president elect trump's campaign, this person's view was inevitably his behavior, his conduct will fall within the scope of that work so he was reluctant to make the statement that i made. i disagreed. i thought it was fair to say what was literally true. there is not a counter intelligence investigation of mr. trump, and i decided in the moment to say it given the nature of our conversation. >> at that moment in time, did you ever revisit that as in the subsequent sessions? >> with the fbi leadership team in. >> with the fbi leadership team. >> sure. the leader i had the view did not change. said it could be misleading because of the nature of the investigation was such that it might well touch, obviously it would touch the campaign and the person the head of the campaign would be the

so that was his view without. >> let me move to the january 27 dinner where you said, quote, the president began by asking whether i wanted to stay on as fbi director. he also indicated that lots of people, again your words, wanted the job. to say the dinner itself was seemingly an effort to, quote, have you ask him for your job, and create some sort of quote unquote patronage relationship. the president seems, from my reading of the memo, to be holding your job or your possibility of continuing your job over your head in a fairly direct way. what was your impression and what did you mean by this notion of a patronage relationship? >> my impression, and again it's my impression, i could always be wrong, but my common sense told me that what was going wrong is either he had concluded or someone had told him that you didn't you've already asked

anything for it. and that the dinner was an effort to build a relationship. in fact, he asked specifically, of loyalty in the context of to stay. he said i very much hope you'll stay, in fact i just remembered sitting here you've seen the picture of me walking across the blue room. after - - . >> that was just a few days. >> that was on the sunday after the inauguration, the next friday i have dinner and the president begins by wanting to talk about my job so i'm sitting there thinking wait a minute three times we've already, you've already asked me to stay or talked about staying. my common sense told me what's going on here is he's looking to get something in exchange for granting my request to stay in the job. >> again, we all understand i was a

work for me. this constant request again, quoteing you, him saying that he, uh, you explained your independence, he kept coming back to you, i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. have you ever had any of those kind of requests before from anyone else you've worked for in the government? >> no. and what made me uneasy is that at that point i'm the director of the fbi. the reason that congress created a 10-year term is so that the director is not feeling they're serving with political loyalty owed to any particular person. the statute of justice has a blind fold on because you're not supposed to be peeking out to see if your patronage is pleased or what you're doing. that's why i became fbi director, to be in that kind of position. >> let me move on, my time's running up. february 14, again it seems a bit strange, you were in a

superior the attorney general was in that meeting as well yet the president asked everyone to leave, including the attorney general to leave, before he brought up the matter of general flynn. what was your impression of that type of action? had you ever seen anything like that before? >> no. my impression was something big is about to happen, i need to remember every single word that is spoken. i could be wrong. i'm 56 years ole, i've seen a few things. my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn't be leaving which is why he was lingering. i don't know mr. kushner well, but i think he picked up on the same thing. so i knew something was about to happen that i needed to pay close attention to. >> i found it very interesting that in the memo you wrote after this february 14 pull aside, you made clear that you wrote that memo in a way that was

unclassifyied. you affirmatively made the decision to write a memo that was unclassified, was that because you felt at some point the facts of that meeting would have to come clean, and come clear, and absolutely be clear in a way to be shared with the american people? >> i remember thinking this is a very disturbing development, really important to our work, i need to document and preserve it in a way. this committee gets this, but sometimes when things are classified it tangles them up. >> amen. >> it's hard to share it with an investigative team. you have to be careful about how you handle it for good reason. my thinking was if i write it in such a way that won't include any trigger of classification, that would make it easier for us to discuss within the fbi and the government, and to hold on to it in a way that makes it accessible to us. >> it's our hope, particularly since you're a

guy, that this committee will get access to that unclassified document i think it will be very import tonight our investigation. let me just ask this in closing, how many on going investigations at any time does the fbi have? >> tens of thousands. >> tens of thousands. um, did the president ever ask about any other on going investigation? >> no. >> did he ever ask about you trying to interfere on any other investigation? >> no. >> um, i think again, this speaks volumes, this doesn't even get to the questions round the phone calls about lifting the cloud, i know other members will get to that. but i really appreciate your testimony, and appreciate your service to our nation. >> thank you, senator warren. you know, i'm just, i had one conversation with the president that was classified where he asked about our an on going intelligence

was brief and entirely professional. >> he didn't ask you to take any specific action. >> no. >> unlike what he had done via mr. flynn and the overall rush russian investigation. >> correct. >> mr. comey, thank you for your service. america needs more like you and we really appreciate it. yesterday, uh, i got and everybody got the seven pages of your direct testimony that's now a part of the record here. at first, i read it, then i read it again. all i could think of was number one how much i hated the class of legal writing when i was in law school and you were probably the guy that got the a after reading this. i find it clear, i find it concise, and having been a prosecutor for a number of years and handling hundreds maybe thousands of cases and read police reports, investigative reports, this is as good as it gets. i really appreciate that. not only the conciseness

fact that you have things that were written down contemporaneously when they happened and you actually put them in quotes so we know exactly what happened and we're not getting some, uh, rendition of it that's in your mind. >> thank you, sir. >> you're to be complimented. >> i had great parents and great teachers who beat that into me. >> that's obvious. the chairman walked you through a number of things that the american people need to know and want to know. number one, obviously we we all know about the active measures the russians have taken. i thing a lot of people were surprised at this, those of us who work in the intelligence community, it didn't come as a surprise. i think secondly, um, i gather from all this that you're willing to say now that while you were director the president of the united states was not under investigation. is that a fair statement? >> that's correct. >> so that's a fact that we can rely on. >> yes, sir. >> okay. i

us shortly after february 14 when the new york times wrote an article that suggested that the, uh, trump campaign was colewding with the russians. you remember reading that article? >> i do. it was about allegedly extensive electronic surveillance. >> correct. that upset you to the point where you surveyed the intelligence committee. >> that's correct. >> i'm not going to go any further than that so thank you. in addition to that, after that, you sought out both republican and democrat senators to tell them that hey, i don't know where this is coming from, but this is not the case. this is not factual. do you recall that? >> yes. >> okay. so again, the american people can understand this, that report by the new york time was not true. is that a fair statement?

true. again, all of you know this maybe the american people don't the challenge and i'm not picking on reporter is the people talking about it often don't know what's going on and those of us that know what's going on we don't talk about it. we don't call the press to say hey, you got that thing wrong, we just have to leave it there. i mentioned to the chairman the nonsense around what influenced me to make the july 5 statement. nonsense. >> thank you. so those three things we now know, uh, regarding the act of measures when the president's under investigation and the collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. i want to drill right down as my time is limited to the most recent dust up regarding, uh, allegations that the president of the united states obstructed justice. you nailed this down on page five, paragraph three, you put

you wrote down the word says we can all have the words in front of us now. there are 28 words in quote, and it says i quote - - i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. now, those are his exact words; is that correct? >> correct. >> and you wrote them here and you put them in quotes. >> correct. >> thank you for that. he did not direct you to let it go. >> not in his words, no. >> he did not order you to let it go. >> up genyk no, those words are not in order, no. >> he said i hope. now, like me you probably did hundreds of cases maybe thousands of cases charging people with criminal offenses and of course you have knowledge of the thousands of cases out there where people have been charged. do you know of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice or for that

offense where they said or thought they hoped for an outcome? >> i don't know well enough to answer. the reason i keep saying his words is, i took it as a direction. >> right. >> it's the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this, i took it as this is what he wants me to do. i didn't obey that. >> you may have taken it as a direction, but that's not what he said. >> correct. >> he said i hope. >> those are his exact words, correct. >> you don't know anyone that's been charged for hoping something? >> i don't as i sit here. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. mr. comey, i just want you to know that i have great respect for you, um, senator and i sit on the judiciary committee so we have occasion before us i know that you're a man of str

regret the situation that we all find ourselves in. i just want to say that, um, let me begin with one overarching question. why do you believe you were fired? >> because i don't know for sure. i believe the i think the president was worried that i was fired because of the russia investigation, something about the way i was conducting it, the president felt created pressure on him, they wanted to relieve. again, i didn't know that at the time, but i watched his interview, i read the press counts of his conversations, so i take him at his word there. i could be wrong. maybe he's saying that is not true, but i take him at his word. >> talk for a moment about his request that you pledge loyalty and your response to that, and what impact you believe that had >> i don't know for

because i don't know the president well enough to read him well. i think it was our relationship didn't get off to a great start given the conversation i had to have on january 6. this didn't improve the relationship because it was very, very awkward. he was asking for something and i was refusing to give it. but again i don't know him well enough to know how he reacted to that exactly. >> do you believe the russia investigation played a role? >> in why i was fired? >> yes. >> yes, because i've seen the president say so. >> um, let's go to the flynn issue, um, senator outlined, i hope you could see your way to letting flynn go. he's a good guy. i hope you can let this go. but you also said in your written remarks, and i quote, that you had understood the president to be requesting that we drop any investigation of flynn in connection wit

statements about his conversations with the russian ambassador in december, end quote. please go into that with more detail. >> well, the context and the president's words are what lead me to that conclusion. as i said in my statement, i could be wrong but flynn had been forced to resign the day before. and the controversy around general flynn at that point in time was centered on whether he had lied to the vice president about the nature of his conversations with the russians, whether he had been candid with others in the course of that. that happens on the day before. on the 14th the president makes specific reference to that. that's why i understood what he was saying what he wanted me to do was drop if any investigation connected to flynn's account of the conversations with the russians. >> now here's the questions, you're big, you're strong, i know the oval office, and i

when they walk in. there is a certain amount of intimidation. but why didn't you stop and say mr. president, this is wrong. i cannot discuss this with you? >> that's a great question. maybe if i were stronger, i would have. i was so stunned by the conversation that i just took it in and the only thing i could think to say because i was playing in my mind because i remember every word he said, was playing in my mind what should my response be. that's why i very carefully chose the words. i've seen the tweet about tapes, lordy, i hope there are tapes. i remember saying i agree he's a good guy as a way of saying i'm not agreeing with what you just asked me to do. again, maybe other people would be stronger in that circumstance, but that's how i conducted myself. i hope i'll never have another opportunity. maybety i did it again, i would do it bette

you received from president trump, one on march 30, and one on april 11 where he, quote d scribed the russia investigation as a cloud that was impairing his ability, end quote, as president, and asked you, quote, to lift the cloud, end quote. how did you interpret that, and what did you believe he wanted you to do? >> i interpreted that as he was frustrated that the russia investigation was taking up so much time and energy, i think he meant of the executive branch, but in the public square in general and it was making it difficult for him to focus on other priorities of his. what he asked me was actually narrower than that. i think what he meant by the cloud, and i could be wrong, but the entire investigation is taking up oxygen and making it hard for me to focus on the things i want to

the ask was to get it out that i, the president, am not personally under investigation. >> after april 11, did he ask you more ever about the russia investigation? >> we never spoke again after april 11. >> you told the president i would see what we could do. what did you mean? >> i was kind of a slightly cowardly way of trying to avoid telling him we're not going to do that. i would see what we could do. it was a way of kind of getting off the phone, frankly, and then i turned and handed it to the acting deputy attorney general mr. bente. >> i wanted to go into that. who did you talk with about that, lifting the cloud, stopping the investigation back at the fbi, and what was their

response? >> the fbi during one of the two conversations i'm not remembering exactly, i think the first, my chief of staff was actually sitting in front of me and heard my end of the conversation because the president's call was a surprise. i discussed the lifting the cloud and the request with the senior leadership team who typically and i think in all these circumstances with the deputy director, my chief of staff, the general council, the deputy director's chief council, and i think in a number of circumstances, the number three in the fbi, and a few of the conversations ahead of the national security branch. so that group of us that lead the fbi when it comes to national security. >> you had the president of the united states asking you to stop the investigation, that's an important investigation. what was the response of your colleagues? >> i think they were as shocked and troubled by it as i

some said things that lead me to believe that. the reaction was similar to mine. they were all experienced people who had never experienced such a thing so they were very concerned. the conversation turned to what should we do with this information. that was a struggle for us. because we are the leaders of the fbi, so it's been reported to us in that i've heard it and now i share it with the leaders of the fbi. our conversation was should we share this with any senior officials at the justice department? our absolute primary concern was we can't affect the investigative team. we don't want the agents and analysts working on this to know the president of the united states has asked, and when it comes to the president i took it as a direction, to get rid of this investigation because we're not going to follow that request so we decided we gotta keep it away from our troops. but is there anyone else we gotta tell in the justice department. as i