danya bachus, abc news. >> ahead of comey's testimony. today is going to be a significant day in washington, d.c. first up, director of national intelligence, dan colts expected to be asked about his conversations with the president during his congressional "the washington post" reports that coats told associates the president had asked him to get james comey to back off of the investigation into former national security adviser mike flynn. that goes even farther than the earlier reports the president tried to get coats to publicly deny any evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. during his testimony last month. coats had refused to provide details of his interactions with the president. >> new details about government contractor accused of liking nsa document on russian hacking. 25-year-old reality winner had railed against president trump and his policies on social media. but the family of the part time r attorney says she is being as used as a scapegoat. >> my client has no criminal history, a veteran. served air f

here's abc's danya bachus. >> nearly sex months after the fatal warehouse fire in oakland.ed dozens of people. >> two men are facing charges. >> today my office filed felony criminal complaints against derek almena, and max harris. >> reporter: two men facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. one for each person who died in the devastating december fire last year. the alameda county district attorney saying ghost ship warehouse founder and his associate max harris knowingly created a firetrap. >> with inadequate means of escape they then filled that area with human beings and are now facing the consequences of their actions. >> the da saying the men illegally turned the building into a residence and allowing this. endless clutter. floor to ceiling storage of flammable material. and make shift staircases lit and difficult to navigate. >> on december 2, 2016, particularly, they actually blocked one of the points of egress leaving one way to get out of the second floor of that building. >> the da also saying almeda illegally used warehouse for music events and social gath