bob bauer, jed shugerman, we thank you both. >> thank you.y much. >> woodruff: as we noted earlier, the issue of russian meddling figured into today's confirmation hearing for christopher wray, the nominee to be the next f.b.i. director. but there was another focus as well: whether wray would withstand the political pressures of the day. lisa desjardins takes it from there. >> reporter: he's worked 25 years as both as a top federal a prosecutor and as defense attorney. >> do you affirm that the testimony you're about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you, god? >> i do. >> reporter: but christopher wray faced few questions about his experience, and, instead, a long list of them about his independence as a potential f.b.i. chief. >> if the president asked you to do something unlawful or unethical, what do you say? >> first, i would try to talk him out of it, and if that failed, i would resign. >> reporter: it was one of many references to the last f.b.i. director, james comey, fir