>>. asserting executive privilege is necessary. >> it sets a dangerous precedent that the president's conversations you know private conversations can be revealed. it will be a he said/he said type of thing. it is one side of the story. i don't think that helps the process. >> and there is new insight how james comey might recount his conversations with the. . a source with knowledge of comey's thinking says while comey was disturbed by his interactions with president trump comey believed he had the situation under control. the source says if comey believed at the time that any specific encounter instituted obstruction of justice comey would have done more than just write a memo. but the source says when comey testifies next week he may tell congress that when all the comments the president made to him are taken together along with his firing they could suggest a more serious pattern. and there are continuing questions about jared kushner's mid-december meeting with russian bank kmarm sergei gorkov a man with close ties to president putin. the white house insisting