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This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of conversation between the president and mr. comey. >> if you have that much respect you dont try and make a statement everyday saying they are are going down the wrong road, trying to stop investigations. you let the process rule out as it should. thats our justice system. just let the process roll. so thats the respect that law enforcement deserves. and i would hope he would give them that. >> so, finally, congressman, tell us what happens over the...

Anyone else. he want to testify publicly. and also that copy hopes that president trumps threat about there being tapes of their conversations, he hopes its true. the reason comey wrote all these con tim pran contemporaneous memos and shared them with confidants is because he was worried about the nature, it would end up being a he said/she said and he hopes there are tapes and he would love to have them, the source said. wolf? >> these memoranda, i take it, jake, and youve got a good source, th...

Yes, im pretty sure. i mean, you have to remember that director comey, his reputation has been seriously questioned and i think it is logical, wolf, that he would want that document released. he also said, he hope there is some tapes because i assume what he is trying to say is that those tapes would bear out that he was on the right side of all of this. >> as you know, white house pushing back. issuing a statement, let me read it to you, the president never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end...

Important. i dont know how that got there because i didnt ask that question. >> reporter: today in washington, the search for a comey successor begins with interviews led by attorney general jeff sessions. sources identify these four candidates. including acting director andrew mccabe and texas senator john cornyn. >> we are looking at candidates right now who could be spectacular and thats what i want for the fbi. >> reporter: only hours after the president tweeted about possible tapes in relat...

Adam schiff, ranking democrat in house intelligence committee just emerged from a briefing. >> -- the president may have asked comey to essentially drop the flynn investigation. if true, this is yet another disturbing allegation that president may have engaged in some -- [ inaudible ] or obstruction of the investigation. i think we know enough now, theres been enough alleged publicly to want to bring the director back to testify ideally in an open session before our committee or judiciary commit...