ambassador to the united states. he says it was senate business, it wasn't trump campaign business. that's the distinction he made. we'll see what happens this afternoon. another focus getting him to how he could have been a part of getting the approximate to the fire james comey after he promised to not have anything to do with the aspect of the hugz med russian meddling investigation. >> since i had involvement in the campaign i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and considered their comments and evaluation. i believe those recommendations are right and just. therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> let's take these in reverse order. how does he explain that? if you read the papers put out by the white house on the day of the comey firing, there was the memo from rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general in which he said he believed james comey