they are the lifeblood of the fbi. they are over and beyond everything else, our best and most impactful resource. now to be clear, the fy 2018 budget represents a decrease of more than $400 million from the fy 2017 levels. this will result in a net reduction of over 1600 positions and more than $44 million for salaries and expenses. so let me shift briefly to program enhancements. i'd like to highlight a few of the things we've requested. first and foremost, in cyber. we've asked for $41.5 million to build on our cyber capabilities. these are investigative capabilities, collection capabilities and analytic capacity. the frequency and impact of cyber attacks on our networks has increased dramatically. we need to shift from a reacting after the fact, to preventing such attacks before they occur. we've got to collect the best intelligence and we have to share it with our partners, law enforcement and the private sector in real-time. and to do that we have to hire and develop the best cyber talent. in the counterintelligen

instead, he moved over from the fbi the director of the fbi to start being the head of the cia to replace william casey after casey died in 1987. that was an interesting decision that reagan made right at the end of his term in 1987. that, of course, even though it filled the job at the cia, it left an opening at the top of the fbi, right? move the fbi director over to the cia. interesting for the cia. but now a big hole to fill at the fbi. and they are being an opening at the top of the fbi, that was a very, very rare thing at the time. i mean, there haven't been that many people who have run the fbi. for almost the first half century of its existence, the fbi had exactly one director, its founding director jay edgar hoover. hoover died in office in 1972 after being fbi director for more than 40 years. so when hoover died, nixon got to appoint his replacement who was then the only -- only the second person to ever hold the job. his name was clarence kelley, the second director of the fbi. he served for about five years. then the third director was william webster. he was appointed by pre

the fbi, the fired fbi director says he and the entire top leadership at the fbi were aware of something classified about the attorney general, something that cannot be discussed openly but made it problematic for even other top law enforcement officials in february to talk with the attorney general about something that related to russia. and that's separate and apart from the issues from reaccusing himself from the russia investigations a couple weeks later. i did not see this coming. i have no idea what this is about. presumably, additional light will be shed on it at some point. but what's going on with the attorney general here? that just came out of nowhere. we may find out something about that soon, at least he may face questions about it soon. this that i'm about to show you here, this was not a very high profile thing before today, but now with the revelations today, it's now all of a sudden a big red letter item on the calendar that attorney general jeff sessions is expected to give testimony in the senate on tuesday. previously scheduled, it's an unrelated topic, tuesday mornin

the fbi, rank and file, the fbi had turned against director comey. the fbi agents hated him. the president himself tried that one on in an interview with lester holt. >> look, he's a showboat. he's a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil. you know that. i know that. everybody knows that. >> everybody knows that. that was one of the explanations they have tried for this incredibly ahistorical thing they have done. one of their explanations they tried, one of their explanations for why comey had to be fired is the fbi -- everybody knows the fbi is in turmoil. fbi agents, the rank and file hated him. he had to go. you know, that is an impertal claim. that's a claim that can be checked. when checked with the current head of the fbi, it turns out that claim is not true. >> we've heard in the news that claims that director comey had lost the confidence of rank and file fbi employees. you've been there for 21 years. in your opinion, is it accurate that the rank and file no longer supported director comey? >> no, sir. that is not actrcurate. i can tell you, sir, i worked very, ver

hearing on the annual fbi budget. texas congressman chairs this appropriations subcommittee hearing. it's just over an hour. >> will come to order. the subcommittee is pleased to welcome today acting director andrew mccabe to present the fiscal year 2018 budget request for the federal bureau of investigation. the fbi is our premier federal law enforcement and investigative intelligence agency which makes headlines with cyber threats, espionage or international organized crime. the fbi leads into terrorism, counterintelligence, national security outlets by combating gangs, financial fraud and human trafficking in public corruption. it is the indispensable partner to state and local law enforcement agencies and our liaison with the federal law enforcement partners. we are very grateful that the fbi's leading investigations into the wednesday morning shooting, and we are deeply grateful for the work your officers do every day and for looking into an this terrible tragedy. were very, very grateful for the work of the capit

the acting fbi director denied the claims that the fbi is under disarray because of james comey. he testified on the budget request for 2018. this is just over one hour. >> the committee will come to order. we are is indispensable to state and local law enforcement agencies. we're grateful that the fbi is leading the investigation into the wednesday morning shooting at the congressional baseball practice. we are deeply grateful for the work that your officers do every day and for looking into this terrible tragedy. we're very, very grateful for the work of courageous work of the capital police. the law enforcement officers of alexandria who saved a lot of lives that morning and for all the first responders who came out to help. our thoughts and prayers are with our whip majority whip steve scalise. zachary bart, pat micah, special agent david bailey and special agent crystal greiner. we pray for their quick recovery. the threats that face our country, director and the safety of all americans appear to be grow and range from terrorist groups such as al qaeda and isis, espionage, cy

the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. and now to my former colleagues, if i may, i am so sorry i didn't get the chance to say good bye 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 watch, thank you for >> this morning, housing and urban development secretary ben carson talks about affordability. we will have a common starting at 9:00 a.m. yo eastern on c-span3. if you're on the go, on a free c-span radio app. morning, members of the house freedom caucus on their efforts to pass tax cuts and to change the tax code. we will be live from the heritage foundation starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ >> c-span -- where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, house democrats leader nancy pelosi hold

the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. and now to my former colleagues, if i may, i am so sorry i didn't get the chance to say good bye 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 watch, thank you for doing so much good for this country. do that good as long as ever you can. and 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 to the american people. the chair would recognize himself first for 12 minutes, vice chair for 12 minutes based upon the agreement we have. director, did the special counsel's office review and/or edit your written testimony? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election? >> none. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and dccc systems and the subsequent leaks o

and at that point i am the director of the r fbi. the reason that congress created a ten-year term is'r so the director is not feeling that they are serving with political loyaltyas to any person. it should be aboutee the facts d the law. thatut is why i was, that is whi became the fbi director to be in that position. that is why i was so uneasy. >> let me move on. february 14, it is a bit strange. you were in a ad meeting. andra your direct superior, the attorney general wasen in the meeting as well. and the president asked everybody to leaveve including e 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. and i could be wrong. i am 56-years old. i have seen a few things. my sense is that the attorney general knew heav shouldn't hav been leaving. i think mr. kushner picked up on thee same thing. >> i i foun

the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. and now to my former colleagues, if i may, i am so sorry i didn't get the chance to say good bye 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 watch, thank you for doing so much good for this country. do that good as long as ever you can. and 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 to the american people. the chair would recognize himself first for 12 minutes, vice chair for 12 minutes based upon the agreement we have. director, did the special counsel's office review and/or edit your written testimony? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election? >> none. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and dccc systems and the subsequent leaks o

the headlines at 3.00pm. sacked fbi chief, james comey, prepares to give evidence over the trump campaign's links with russia. this is the scene in washington live where the former fbi chief is due to speak. new video emerges of the three london terrorists filmed outside a gym days before the attack. the footage was passed on to police. more arrests have been made in raids in east london by officers investigating the london bridge attack. millions of people are casting their vote in the 2017 general election. the face of one of the very first humans. new remains suggest the history of humanity has to be rewritten. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the most dramatic moments of the trump presidency to date is due to unfold in congress shortly. this is the scene live in washington. we can show you the former fbik director, james comey, who was sacked by mr trump. he is about to give evidence about his relationship with the president. his opening statement has already been published online, in which he says the

the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. and now to my former colleagues if i may. i'm so sorry that i didn't get the chance to say good-bye 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 watch, 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 to the american people. the chair would recognize himself first for 12 minutes. vice chair for 12 minutes based upon the agreement that we have. director, did the special counsel'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 at the dnc and the subsequent leaks of the inform

evan perez you covered the fbi. rprised about comey's admission, how he went ahead and orchestrated the release of those memos to the news media? >> there's a couple of things that stood out, because if you're the fbi and you're an employee at the fbi and you're wondering can i do that, the answer's no. you can't do that. so the fact that the former fbi director actually wrote these memos and then passed them off to friends and then had the friends leak it to the "the new york times" and to the other news organizations that's a strictly forbidden practice for anybody else at the fbi. so that's one thing. the secondly i think one of the things you saw today was an attempt by comey to control the narrative of this. he knows that the white house is coming after him. he knows that they're going after his -- whether or not he's telling the truth and whether he can be believed and you can hear that in some of his testimony and this is one example of him controlling that narrative. he knows it's going to come out so might a

given the nature of the fbi, i meant what i said. no indispensable people in the world including at the fbi that there's lots of bad things about me not being at the fbi, most are for me but the work will go on. >> nothing that's happened has impeded the investigation of the fbi or director mueller's commitment to get to the bottom of this from the standpoint of the fbi and the department of justice, would you agree? >> correct. especially the appointment of mueller is critical. >> let me take you back to the clinton e-mail investigation. you have been cast as a hero or a villain depending on the -- whose political ox is being gored at many different times during the e-mail investigation and even now perhaps. but you clearly were troubled by the conduct of the sitting attorney general, loretta lynch when it came to the clinton e-mail investigation, you mentioned the characterization that you had been asked except that this was a matter and not a criminal investigation which you said it was. there was the matter of president clinton's

the fbi director is loyal to the constitution. he's not loyal to the president, and he made that pretty clear. given that, do you think it's appropriate for any president to ask loyalty of somebody who is loyal to the constitution above all s all? >> remember, all of these people take an oath to our constitution. so in that sense, the director isn't different than any others. but you're right, i concede to you that the director is not a member of the white house staff, which is why i said, i think for some of us it makes us a little uncomfortable. but look, we don't really know the context of the entire conversation, and i don't think it's hardly an impeachable offense as some people have suggested. >> here's another passage, congressman. he then said, i hope youan see your way -- this is the president saying this according to comey -- your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. i replied only that he is a good guy. in fact, i had a positive experience dealing with mike fly

i 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 infect 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, and so we decided we're going to keep it away from our troops, but is there anybody else we ought to tell at the justice department? we considered whether to tell the attorney general, and that didn't make sense because we believed he was going to recuse, and there were no other confirmed leaders in the jis tis department, and the attorney general was boente, and who would be shortly, in that seat, and we decided the best move would be to hold it, keep it in a box, document it as we had already done, and this investigation will go on. figure out what to do with it down the

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 i didn't get the chance to say good bye 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 watch, thank you for doing so much good for this country. do that good as long as ever you can. and 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 to the american people. the chair would recognize himself first for 12 minutes, vice chair for 12 minutes based upon the agreement we have. director, did the special counsel's office review and/or edit your written testimony? >> no. >> do you have any doubt that russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election? >> none. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and dccc systems and the subsequent leaks of th

shared it with the leaders of the fbi. r conversation was, should we share this with any senior officials of the justice department? our absolute primary concern was, we can't infect the investigative team. we don't want the agents and analysts working on this to know the president of the united states has asked. when it comes from 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 decide we got to keept away from our troops, but there anybody else we have to tell at the justice department. there is a layout in my statement, we considered whether to tell the attorney general. we decided that didn't make sense, because we believe rightly he was shortly going to recuse, there were no other senate confirmed leaders at that point. the acting deputy attorney general was going to be in that seat. we were going to hold it, keep it in a box, document it as we have already done. and this investigation is going to go on, physical out what to do with it down

of the form r fbi director james comey. here is comey's first-person account of his meetings and conversations with the president. i've got it right here. it's six pages. these are contacts laid out in this document that comey felt "gold document" something he had not done in the past. he said there were nine one-on-one conversations with the president in four months which, by the way, compares to two conversations with president fwhoim three and a half years. comey writes about a dinner with the president. comey expected other guests but it was just the two of them. at that dinner comey writes that the president made an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. he said trump made things awkward, his words when the president said "i need loyalty, i expect loyalty." one senator says comey's testimony rises to almost watergate level but the president is also claiming victory tonight. trump's personal lawyer representing him in the russia investigation mark kasowitz says -- and i quote him

. >> the fired fbi director's sworn testimony about his conversations with the president is released. >> he said he had nothing to do with russia, had not been involved with hookers in russia. >> tonight, based on what comey says, did the president commit obstruction of justice? plus, the white house responds to the direct contradiction of the president. >> a dinner was arranged. i think he asked for the dinner. >> and what we know about what james comey may be holding back for tomorrow morning's hearing. all that and the incredible scene at this morning's hearing. >> why are you not answering our questions? >> because i feel it in inappropriate, senator. >> what you feel isn't relevant, adral. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we are just 14 hours from the most anticipated congressional hearing in recent political memory. tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., the former director of the fbi, james comey, will testify in front of the whole nation that the president of the united states repeatedly pressured him over the russia investigation be

a month ago, the director of the fbi was fired by donald trump. today, he gave his side of the story. james comey gave an extraordinary account of his dealings with the president in the weeks ahead of his sacking. and he pulled no punches. it is my judgment it is myjudgment that i was fired because of the russian investigation, i was fired in some way to change, or the endeavour was to change the way the russian investigation was being conducted. and james comey used a word some shy away from when talking about mr trump. the administration then chose to defame me and, more importantly, the fbi. those were lies plain and simple, and i am so sorry that the fbi workforce had to hear them, and i'm so sorry that the american people were told them. the white house has been quick to respond. the president feels completely vindicated and is eager to move forward with his agenda, with the business of this country, and with this public cloud removed. and, of course, we can't forget that voting is under way in the uk general election. we'll bring you the exit

one of saying that individual jailers must second-guess the fbi? what are the consequences for the government's ability to have a coherent response to a national terrorist attack? that is precisely the type of thing that congress rather than courts should decide. in addition, the linchpin of the claims is that the fbi had gotten these things wrong. that means they need to prove that the fbi had things wrong. it cases like this implicate the need to access sensitive -- chief justice roberts: so if the official policy, that we want to beat the prisoners everyday and that was the fbi policy communicated down, the prison administrator has no choice but to carry out the policy? >> no, your honor. in terms of there being a facially unlawful command, that is where you don't have qualified immunity. but there is nothing facially unlawful about saying, impose the most restricted conditions permissible until cleared. we all wish the fbi had been acting faster and these individuals could have been removed more quickly, but that is not the fault of the individu

>> the fbi has the data. they get raw data and the authority to query the records that are collected for identifiers associated with specific known u.s. persons so they have the enormous data base and the julian described and then dip into that database and query it for any u.s. american's name, not just, you know, highly predicated criminal investigation but a threat assessment and look for evidence of criminality unrelated to foreign intelligence. and i think that, you know, that's a -- in my view, an end run around a fourth amendment and the primary defense that's often offered i think it's a phrase that jim used a minute ago and similar phrases used earlier today is once the government lawfully acquires information it can do with it whatever it wants and i think that's a myth. it's closely tied to the purpose of the collection in any context of surveillance. the supreme court a couple of years ago addressed the question of local law enforcement to collect dna of arrested suspects. and the supreme court ul

the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong.and the fbi is and always will be independent. >> well, there's an organization man. welcome back to "hardball." from the start of his testimony, in fact, former fbi director james comey passionately defended the integrity and honor of his bureau that he once led, vigorously pushing back against the president's assertion that the fbi's reputation is in doubt. comey also spoke eloquently about russian efforts to compromise the integrity of the democratic process in this country overall, and he said it should concern all americans. here he is. >> it's not about republicans or democrats. they're coming after america, which i hope we all love equally. they want to undermine our credibility in the face of the world. they think that this great experiment of ours is a threat to them, and so they're going to try to run it down and dirty it up as much as possible. that's what this is about, and they will be back because we remain, as difficult as we can be with each other, we remain that shinin

eastern time, we will hear from the fired fbi director, james comey. today, he apparently arranged with the united states senate to release his opening statement for tomorrow morning a day early. i know you've heard about this statement today already. hopefully you had a chance to read it. not that long, six or seven pages. but whether or not you've had a chance to read it, here is just a few things to focus on, a few back o the envelope things to keep inind as top lines. in terms of what the fbi director is letting us know and what we're going to expect to learn a lot more about tomorrow. if director comey's statement as released today is true and accurate, and i don't want to premi presume that it is, if it is, we learned a few things from it today some big things and some small things. here's one. first, at what director comey says was their first in person meeting on january 6th, first meeting between trump and comey, the way comey describes it he says a number of intelligence officials were all in the same room together briefing trump on the electi

, the director toe fbi did thatn flynn -- bother you? bothered by conduct on both sides. the president is not skilled and does not understand, you cannot intervene in investigations without political blowback. he was not prepared for a notetaking fbi director that would read into his every word, sinister motive. director comey also, it is very troubling to me the idea he would not exonerate the president when he three times privately assured him. everybody, diane feinstein went on cnn and said there was no evidence, and everyone seemed to leak this and senator rubio pointed out, director comey did nothing to put out the fire. where are we as we conclude the comey day? no evidence of donald trump involved in collusion whatsoever. donald trump not under investigation by the fbi when jim comey was dismissed. this exchange about mike flynn the day after mike flynn was fired. i said it already, but i want to underscore this for the non-lawyers, you cannot prosecute the president. that is the way to scholarly put it. the obstruction of justice

or the fbi. >> yes, your honor. you're referring to the unofficial conditions or the unauthorized abuses by individual guards. >> am i right that as to those the second circuit was unanimous. >> as to those the second circuit was unanimous and they overlooked one critical thing and there were a lot of things wrong and they shouldn't be addressed by the courts and it's not. this is an action for individual damages against mr. hasty for conduct committed by others and in order to establish applausible claim to relief, it would have to show that mr. hasting not only knew that there was misconduct and not only knew that he needed to intervene and after he failed to intervene, then the plaintiffs were being injured as a result of the failure to intervene, but their injuries were caused by mr. hasty failed to do and what's missing from the second circuit analysis and that's what's missing from the complaint. there's no connection whatsoever between the proposed -- you're in charge of the detention facility and all of these

the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. and now to my former colleagues, if i may, i am so sorry i didn't get the chance to say good bye 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 watch. thank you for doing so much good for this country. do that good as long as ever you can. and senators, i look forward to your questions. >> former fbi director james comey's opening statement this morning about 10:00 eastern here on c-span3 and c-span radio. getting your reaction to today's hearing. 202-748-8921 for republicans. 202-748-8920 for democrats. and for independents and all others, 202-748-8922. we'll check your tweets, as well. here on c-span3, waiting to you take you live sometime in the next 40 minutes or so, we expect to hear from the president's attorney marc kasowitz set to make a statement reacting to today's hearing. we'll have it live when it starts. cindy in dayton, ohio, on the democrats line. >> calle

the fbi interviews them and the fbi can't keep a case open forever. we live in an open society, free society. so i mean, it will continue and i do think and a reasonably good handle on this. if we had this discussion in 2002 and i said in the next decade and a half and prediction in 9/11. we cannot wipe it out. that's not possible. >> did the american people have any agency in this conversation? >> i think they do because who -- if you're radicalized or i am radicalized, so that's the people who whether it's jihadist militants or far right people or far left, peers and family members have the most information and false politics. peers and family members are reluctant to say something when they see something but the fact is they have the most useful information. >> i was about to ask, what does that turn us into? >> that's exactly right. this is very difficult. if i'm a family member and i see one of my family members radicalizing, i have a difficult choice to say go to the fbi or organization but that family member could spend up to 20 years in prison

comey: with the fbi leadership? sure. the leader did not change.his view -- although literally true, his concern with it could be misleading, because the nature of the investigation was such that it might touch -- it would touch the campaign, and the person at the head of the campaign is the candidate. that was his view. sen. warner: let me move to the january 27 and are, where you said the president began by asking whether you wanted to stay on as if he i director -- fbi director. he also indicated that lots of people wanted your job. you wanted to say that the dinner itself was seemingly an effort to "have you ask him for your job, and create some sort of patronage relationship." it seems from my reading of your memo, the president seems to be holding your job, or 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? again,ey: my impression, i could always be wrong, but my common sense told me what is going on is either he h

if they can tarnish the whole fbi investigation and the credibility of the acting director of the fbiget andrew mccabe specifically, they have taken a big step toward undermining, for one, the incredibly damning testimony of james comey against the president in this obstruction of justice inquiry. if they can muddy the waters enough, that's the strategy we can see taking shape before our eyes right now. it is fascinating to watch the white house fight back against this investigation and try to smear everybody who is part of vetting the preside investigating the president and part of his campaign. and for some reason it's not really being treated around the country as big news but it's not exactly happening in secret. you can see it if you just look at what they're doing. stop listening to the noise coming out of the white house. watch what people are doing. joining us now is nmatthew miller, former chief justice of the justice department. thank you for being here. >> of course. >> let me ask you about chairman grassley, for example, raising a question about whether or not the acting f

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there are no indispensable people at the fbi. r the organization's great strength is that its values and abilities run deep and wide. the fbi will be fine without me. the fbi's mission will be relentlessly pursued by its people, and that mission is to e 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 its mission will go on long beyond me and long beyond any particular up administration. sa i have a message before i close for my former colleagues of the- fbi but first i want the american people to know this truth.ut the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent.ng and now to my former colleagues, if i may. i am so sorry that i didn't gets the chance to say good-bye 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. m thank you for standing watch. thank you for doing so much good for this country. do that

vast majority of the fbi community had great trust in your leadership and obviously trust in your integrity. i want to go through the meetings you with referenced in your written testimony. january 6th at trump tower, you went out with a series of officials to brief the president-elect on the russian investigation. my understanding is you remained afterwards to brief him on, again, quote, some personally sensitive aspects of the information you relayed. you said after that briefing you felt compelled to document that conversation. you actually started documenting it as soon as you got into the car. you've had extensive experience at the department of justice and at the fbi you've work under presidents of both parties. what was it about that meeting that led you to determine you needed 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 pr

him before he became their hero, that he'd hurt the fbi. when hillary clinton's campaign did a version of that during the campaign, mike pence, then governor of indiana, called it "the politics of personal destruction." of course as we've heard, comey had his own character claims to make about the presidential, said it was in his nature to lie. but then at the end of the day the president's personal lawyer had the final word on character, saying that comey had anonymously leaked that information and that he should be investigated for it. >> the president has called comey a nut job in the white house. you know, the president said that he had been vindicated, if you will, by comey, told that he was not under investigation three times. but now there's a special counsel. >> well, that's right. so the president -- comey did tell the president that back then, but suggested the president was under investigation in his testimony today. yesterday the acting fbi director also said he couldn't answer certain questions because the president was either u

the fbi will be fine without me. its mission will be pursued by its people and that's to up hold the constitution of the ugsz. i will deeply miss being part of that mission but it will go on long yonds me and any particular administration. i have a message before i close for the -- my former colleagues of the fbi but first i 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. and 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 parts of the fbi family, and i will miss it for the rest of my h life. thank you for standing watch. thank you for doing so much good for this country. do that good as long as ever you can. and senators, i look forward to your questions. >> james comey, the joy former fbi director, his opening statement and bob cusak we should point out that he did that without notes and without a prepared text. >> y