considerations with the president? >> it never occurred to me until the president's tweet. i'm not being facetious. i'll agree to the release addition. >> you both hope there are tapes and recordings. >> all i can do is hope. the president surely knows whether he taped me. if he did, my feelings aren't hurt, release the tapes. i'm good with it. >> during can his testimony yesterday director comey mentioned the meddling using the opportunity to refute president trump's claims that the interference was fake news. >> the russis interferedn our election during the 2016 cycle. they did it with purpose, with sophistication, with overwhelming technical efforts. it was an active measures campaign driven from the top of that government. there is no fuzz on that. it is a high confidence judgment of the entire intelligence community and the members of this committee have seen the