In britain yesterday as a snap election gamble backfires on theresa may. Now shes facing grows calls to resign. Did the terror attacks in manchester and london sway the results . Prosecutor claim she may have stolen more classified documents. Was she planned to use them to in her words burn the white house down. And a woman learns a hard lesson about texting while walking. Why your wifi in the sky is about to get much better. And the penguins roll pittsburgh on the cusp of hockey history today, friday, june 9th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1 a. Thanks for joining us on this friday morning. We have everything you need to know to get started. How about this wifi story at 30 or 25 or whatever thousand feet . I love a technology story. This is tom at 25,000 feet above new york city right now. When you say can you hear me now, the answer is yes. Well tell you about this new technology coming up. They are saying the wifi will be as good as it is on the ground. So its a big deal. Lets test it out. Let us start with that closely watched appearance on capitol hill by james comey. Accusing President Trump multiple times of lying and trying to derail the investigation into his former National Security advisor, michael flynn. But comey stated unequivocally that the president never tried to stop the overall russia investigation. Our Political Team ready to break it all down and well talk to corey lewandowski, but first haley jackson. Good morning to you. And this morning for the First Time Since this testimony, the president himself is responding to james comey and hes doing it where else, on twitter writing today despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication. Adding, and, wow, comey is a leaker. The president picking out the parts he prefers from comeys testimony but implying much of the rest under oath wasnt true. We will hear from the president later on in the rose garden where he set a News Conference and take a victory lap. This morning team trump arguing james comey didnt deliver a knockout blow after his testimony. Those were lies, plain and simple. That push back coming against the president s claims, comey was fired partly because of low moral at the fbi. I know i was fired about something of the way i was conducting the russia investigation was in some way putting pressure on him and irritating him and he decided to fire he because of that. The president s son saying the president is ready to move on. I think now he can go back to doing what he promised he was going to do. The president not saying whether he believes comey told the truth. Do you think he told the truth to the senate . But his lawyer did, zeros in on comeys claims the president asked him to let flynn go, referring to fired National Security advisor michael flynn. The president never in form or substance directed or suggested that mr. Comey stop investigating anyone. The president also never told mr. Comey, quote, i need loyalty. I expect loyalty. Flynn had no comment arriving in d. C. Overnight and the president had no comment on line either thursday. Turning not to his twitter followers but his faith at a speech in washington. As the bible tells us, we know that the truth will prevail. But the truth is what comey think it is president has a problem with. I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of hur meeting and so i thought it really important to document. Comey acknowledged during his tenure, the president was not under investigation and that the president did not try to stop the fbi inquiry. Comey was less conclusive when it came to their testimony about flynn. Do you sense the president was trying to obstruct justice. Thats a conclusion im sure the special council will work towards. That and implicit confirmation the special counsel is looking into whether the president asked comey to dial down an investigation, what comey hoped might be triggered by sharing his account of the flynn consideration. I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with the reporter. Didnt do it myself for a variety of reasons. But i asked him to because i thought that might appropriate the appointment of a special counsel. Pointing comey as a leaker for that move made days after the president tweeted about tapes of the conversation. I have seen the tweet about tapes. I hope floor tapes. Release all the tapes. Im good with it. It wasnt just the Trump Administration in the spotlight. Loretta lynch asking him to call the Hillary Clinton inquiry a matter, not an investigation. We had an investigation open at the time. And, so, that gave me a queasy feeling. A person familiar with lynchs thinking tells nbc news comey never said at the time that he wasnt comfortable with the word matter, which lynch words so as not to confirm or deny an investigation. The Senate Intelligence committee expects top president ial advisor and the president s soninlaw Jared Kushner to meet with Committee Staffers this month. Two sources familiar with the planning are telling nbc news the committee expects kushner will meet with staff, provide documents and ultimately take questions from the senates the two sources said. Although, a third source says the timing conversation is is still ongoing. All of this an indication that the russia investigation will remain front and center. Matt, savannah. Thank you very much. Corey lewandowski is a close confidant of the president. Nice to see you. James comey called the sitting president of the United States a liar, not once, not twice, but multiple times. He did it under oath. He did it methodically and seriously he basically said i will stake my reputation as a career prosecutor who kept notes, my word against the president. Who do you think the people will believe . Weve seen he has made numerous mistakes when sworn in under oath. The previous time he testified in congress, he had to go back and clarify his statements because he made a number of misstatements. What we have seen from jim comey and we need to be very, very clear. If for any indication, any reason whatsoever he ever thought the president did something that was obstructing him of justice, he is obligated under 18 u. S. Code section 4 to report that. And if he does not, he is guilty of a felony. Hes said i turned my memos of my conversations. To the new york times. But hes also turned them over to the special counsel. Thats mighty nice of him after he gave it to the new york times. He said i turned them over, so now wouldnt it be a great idea, those tapes the President Trump tweeted about, let him turn those over to Robert Mueller and let Robert Mueller decide whose word is right. The story coming out yesterday was the president , candidate trump, president elect trump has never been under an fbi investigation. Now, thats very clear. He was very clear about that. He told the president directly that he was never under an investigation and all of a sudden, jim comey, who mind me is a career prosecutor, spent five years as the fbi director was so stunned he had a oneonone private conversation with the president of the United States. He didnt know how to report this to the attorney general to say im concerned. You dont get to have it both ways. According to you. According to you. So wait a minute. He gave his notes to a columbia law professor because he wasnt man enough to give the notes directly to the media when he wanted them out to the media. Whats happening here and that you and presumably the president are saying comey is telling the truth when it is good for the president and when it is bad for the president comey is not telling the truth. Thats not intellectually honest. There is a clear dichotomy here. Either you are or are not under investigation. You cant be kind of under investigation. And what director comey said is that the president has never been under an fbi investigation. He also said the president demanded a loyalty oath. Would you agree that would be inappropriate. Its subjective. If it was inappropriate and if jim comey was so concerned about it mind me he also testified Loretta Lynch asked him to speak about an Ongoing Investigation in a manner that wasnt comfortable, but he had to change the verage he was using. Is it ever appropriate for a sitting president to ask an acting fbi director for loyalty . Look, he has to be loyal to the country, of course. To the president of the country, not the president. The president didnt say he wanted loyalty from is it ever appropriate for a sitting president to ask an acting fbi director to let go of an investigation into a close associate. He said i hope we can get this resolved. If you listen to the testimony closely i hope you can let this go. And what director comey said under oath was in his experience he has never hoped something would happen. The last one, was it ever appropriate for a sitting president to clear everyone else out of a room and keep an acting fbi director in that room and ask him about an active investigation . You know why thats appropriate . Because jim comey is the one who originally asked for a oneonone private meeting with president elect trump on january 6th in trump tower. Something he denies. That was to brief him on a dossier. A false dossier that he knew was false. But jim comey is the one who asked for the private meeting the first time. So the pattern was set by jim to say i want a private meeting with President Trump. Comey stayed after to avoid embarrassment for the president saying you should know this is out there. Okay. Just real quickly because it seems like there is debate over what really happened, what was said in the oval office, the president has hinted that he has tapes. Comey says release the tapes. I give you permission. Youre free to do so. Will the president release the tapes . Are there tapes . I dont work for the white house. I dont work in the white house. I dont know if tapes were made, are made. If they are, look, i think jim comeys credibility is at about zero right now. Thats from the democrats who questioned him. Its from the republicans who questioned him yesterday. Marco rubio from florida said, dan, the only leak not coming out of the fbi was that president elect trump and now President Trump isnt under fbi investigation. If you were advising the president today, would you say, sir, release those tapes if you have them. I think the conversation actually didnt take place in the oval office. I think jim was referring to a discussion they had over dinner. He said he had tapes of these key conversations. He didnt say there were. Theres that word hope again, corey. Corey, thank you. Lets bring in Nicole Wallace right now. What were the Big Questions that lingered to you after james comeys testimony . Well, if you needed any more evidence that we live in america, corey just gave it to you. Trumps enthusiast are going to stair at the trees that paint the picture of the forrest they want to live in. The truth is what we learned yesterday is that donald trump had a lot of interactions with fbi director jim comey as president elect and as president. No one can deny that. In one of them, in none of them did he ask the single question about the ver roracity of russi meddling in the american election. That is the most troubling and really the big structural sort of blow for the president is that hes also worried about his personal legal equities and about the criminal legal liabilities of his buddy mike flynn. It is interesting because corey well let you back in here. But it is interesting to me because on the one hand there were things that were problematic with james comeys testimony. I think it is a fair criticism on the issue of leaking to the going through proper channel like the congress or for example what dine feinstein asked him about. Why didnt you stand up then and there . But there are parts quite damaging to the president. If you listen to the testimony yesterday, he testified under oath. He knew that Jeff Sessions was going to recuse himself. He made that statement knowing on february 15th he said i knew that attorney general Jeff Sessions was going to recuse himself. He didnt recuse himself until march 2nd. He said we had good reason to believe he was going to recuse himself. He also did this. He dropped another little morsele. Our judgment as i recall was that he was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety of reasons. We also were aware of facts that i cant discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russiarelated investigation problematic. He chooses his words very carefully. He just dangled something there. If you are the president of United States, do you walk into Jeff Sessions today and say, what are they talking about . What else is there . What we have seen in jim comey, his goal is to manipulate the media and the press. Hes everything thats wrong with washington. What happened on march 1st, the wall street journal publish add story about attorney general Jeff Sessions and his unreported meeting with kids lee yak, the russian ambassador. What it said in that story is there were hammering at the department of justice and there was no formal way to remove an attorney general from an investigation. Jeff sessions recused himself the following day. But the testimony was i knew he was going to recuse himself because hes probably the one that leaked the story to the wall street journal. I worked for a president for seven years. I met one russian in all those years. Everybody and around trump and everyone around him, you know, was breaking bread with russians all the time. And when it came time to testify about those meetings, they lied and left them off their forms. What comey was referencing was we mad reason to believe that sessions wasnt going to make it because he hadnt been truthful about interaction with a russ n russian. It is always russia. Its never mexicans and canadians. Has the president ever leaked anything . Has he ever been an anonymous source . What i know is the president is the most open president in the history of our country. Yes or no . One mans openness is another mans leaker. Theyre telling us, really have to go. Thanks very much. Another major story breaking overnight, uphevel in britain over shocking Election Results, an election called for by Prime Minister theresa may that didnt need to happen. Now pressure is mounting on her to resign. In london for us with this story. Reporter good morning. The Prime Minister won the vote but narly and it is being sheen as a hue millation. In the past few hours she has been to meet with the queen and announced a minority government. But that is a band did to cover a country that is deeply divided. This Morning Britain shaken. Shes had a disaster. It is Prime Minister theresa may shattered. President trumps closest ally trying to look reassuring overnight, failing dismally. More than anything else, this country needs a period of stability. Her conservative party losing its majority in parliament. It is the most shocking defeat by a politician. Pulling her government into uncertainty as its set to begin brexit negotiations to leave the European Union. The opposition leader, a maverick who has fumbled high five went viral last night now calling on the Prime Minister to resign. Lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that is enough to go, actually. Theresa may and donald trump held hands when they met in washington. Now she needs all the friends she can get. The shocking Election Results coming on the heels of two high profile terror attacks, last weekends assault on London Bridge and the deadly bombing at an Ariana Grande concert. Strong and stable leadership is what britain needed, its Prime Minister said. That is not what britain has this morning. And immediately after the vote, the value of the pound dropped multiple questioning this morning. For example, will President Trumps state visit still go ahead . Could there be another election . Thank you very much. Another surprising result. This one in sports. Lets talk hockey now. Last night in penguins made it their 60 win over nashville. That was game five of the stanley cup finals. Six different players scored for the penguins. Sidney crosby had three assists. The penguining lead that series 32, one win away from backtoback championships, which by the way as savannah will tell you hasnt happened in nearly two decades. Thats right, nearly. Sunday night 8 00 7 00 central time and you can watch it right here on nbc. Six home runs in that one. Just kidding. Just a joke. Dillon is here. Hey, guys. It is going to warm up quite a bit into the weekend. We would be looking at a heat wave, especially will new york city into d. C. The heat is building across the middle of the country and that ridge is going to start moving east ward. 100 degrees today. Chicago, 84. Chicago gets warmer as we go into the weekend with highs topping out into the 90s. Here is the heat moving into the east on sunday. 95 in new york, 95 d. C. You your local forecast is coming up for the next 30 seconds. November sixth, twothousandnine. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. The low clouds and fog in San Francisco will part ways for a nice afternoon. And temperatures in the low 60s. Heading into the weekend, partly cloudies as well. Cool temperatures, and a slight chance of sprinkles on sunday. Then as we head through the inland areas into the weekend, it will also be nice