that includes investigating the nba chaur of any lengths between individuals associated with the trump campaign and russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts -- -- nature. >>> joel covering this hearing for us in washington d.c., he's live now with the main things we have heard in the past hour. 0. >> reporter: good morning, james comey in the sound byte going on to say essentially he cannot comment any further and he will be pressed by lawmakers to provide more information but he is good at what he does, a former prosecutor and you can rest assure he's not going to really reveal much more than what he is already said. now, this is obviously high drama here on capitol hill today. washington insiders definitely abuzz about what is happening and of course this is stretching to both coasts of the nations out to you guys on the west coast. this is utmost important and really confuse k to those who cover it. let's break it down what is going on today -- three separate issues all tied together. number one, did russia have anything to