president's actions and the memos have corroborated the portions that helped the president and display comey in a different light that no one anticipated. it did not do anything to obstruct, per se, it accelerated the justice system process. >> to that point, karoun, kasowitz, the president's lawyer came out and said you see that, he never directed any action. comey said he did not direct it. it's not what comey said. in fact, comey said that he leaked or whatever. gave the memo to his friend because he wanted a special counsel. when asked if the special counsel would considering obstruction of justice. he gave an of course he will be answer. where does the president and his men and women get confidence he is in the clear? >> in how they are setting it up basically. it was early on in the hearing that jim reich made the point that the president said i hope