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Good morning, everyone, friday, june 9th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Louis Burgdorf and Yasmin Vossoughian. While the testimony didnt turn into the spectacle many hoped for, still his comments were a politicalest as some democrats say it sho the president trying to coerce him to abandon the investigation into Michael Flynn while the white house and some republicans say there no sign of obstruction of justice and the president never ordered him to drop the Russian Investigation or the one into Michael Flynn. But the fbi director questioned the motives of the president time and time again before the Senate Intelligence committee. So it confused me when i saw on television hearing the president say he actually fired me because of the Russian Investigation. I was also confused by the what was described publicly. Although the law required no reason at all to fire an fbi director, the administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fib. By saying the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. Lets start with the january 6th meeting in trump tower. What was it about that meeting that led you to determine that you needed to start putting down a written record . A combination of things. I think the circumstances, the subject matter and the person i was interacting with. I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting, so i thought it really important to document. That combination of things i never experienced before, but it led me to believe i got to write it down and i got to write it down in a very detailed way. Often the questions included one in the oefl office on february 14th. Comey said at its conclusion the president askell the other highlevel officials in attendance to go except him. My impression was Something Big is about to happen. I need to remember every single word that is spoken. My word is the attorney general knew he shouldnt be leaving, which is why he was lingering. I dont know mr. Kushner well, but he picked up on the same thing. So i knew something was about to happen that i needed to pay really close attention to. A significant fact s why did he kick everybody out of the oval office . The attorney general, the chief of staff out to talk to me if it was about Something Else . And so that addition tha that investigator is a very significant fact. Comey welcomed the release of recordings if the president had made them of their conversation. Ive seen the tweet about tapes. Lord y i hope there are tapes. Do you believe there are any tapes or recordings of your considerations with the president . It never occurred to me until the president s tweet. Im not being facetious. Ill 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 arent hurt, release the tapes. Im good with it. During can his testimony yesterday director comey mentioned the meddling using the opportunity to refute President Trumps 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 intelligence. Its not a close call. That happened. Thats about as unfake as you can possibly get. Its not a republican thing or democratic thing. Its an american thing. Theyre going to come for whatever party they choose to try and work on behalf of. Theyre not devoted to either my experience. Theyre just about their own advantage. They will be back. Thats my observation. I dont think putin is a republican or a democrat. Hes an opportunist. I think thats a fair statement. Amidst all this President Trumps personal lawyer is denying some of the accusations made by james comey. Marc kasowitz told reporters some of the things the former fbi director said were untrue and suggested leaks by mr. Comey via a friend should be investigated. The president never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that mr. Comey stop investigating anyone, including the president never suggested mr. Comey, quote, let flynn go, close quote. The president also never told mr. Comey, quote, i need loyalty. I expect loyalty, close quote. He never said it in form and he never said it in substance. Mr. Comey admitted that he leaked to friends of his purported memos of those privileged communications, although mr. Comey testified that he only leaked the memos in response to a tweet. The Public Record reveals that the New York Times was quoting from those memos the day before the referenced tweet. We will leave it to the appropriate authorities to determine whether these leaks should be investigated along with all the others that are being investigated. But New York Times reporter julie davis was mistaken in the last statement. She tweeted, kasowitz is mistaken. We never quoted the stories. Also the white house responding forcefully after comey said in his testimony he feared the president , quote, might lie about their considerations. In an offcamera Briefing Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters, i can definitively say the president is not a liar. Its frankly insulting that question would be asked. While the president himself refrained from tweeting during comeys testimony, his son don jr. Was not afraid to weigh in when comey was requested about whether the president asked him to drop an investigation into flynn, don jr. Tweeted, hoping and telling are two very different things. He either asked if it was a joke that comey asked a friend t share a memo about his considerations. Joining us, ken delanian in washington. We want to play another sound bite and then well talk. Do you believe this rises to the obstruction of justice . I dont know. Thats bob muellers job to sort that out. Thats the question that everybody was circling around yesterday. Thats the major question people wanted to emerge with with that testimony, was there obstruction of justice involved in regards to the president. Where are we at with that . Are we any closer to answering that question, ken . As you saw, comey was careful not to render that legal conclusion, to make that accusation that the president obstructed justice. But he did everything else. He led us there as a witness and investigator. He described a case. First of all, he said he was under pressure. He felt under pressure in his job in that oneonone dinner. Then he describes this oefl Office Meeting where trump kicks everyone else out and asks him if he could drop the criminal investigation into Michael Flynn, which is about whether he lied to the fbi. Comey said he didnt take that as a request, he took that as direction. Then comey describes hes fired for what he believes is his activities in the russia investigation. Then he says the white house lied about it. Now, legal experts are divided on whether this is enough to convict the president of obstruction of justice but a couple i talked to said they would be happy to go into court as prosecutors in that case. The president cant be indicted in federal court for obstruction of justice. That issue is left to the congress. The question is whether republicans in congress would be lling to impeach the president over this matter. We learned a lot of Little Details thughout t course of that testimony. One was the timing of one of the president s meetings with jim comey, the dinner they shared on january 27th. What was the significance of that particular dinner and the timeline that everyone is trying to piece together . Thats right. Comey told us yesterday he was invited to that dinner at lunchtime that same i day, january 27 the. The reason thats significant is because the day before acting attorney general sally yates had come to the White House Council to first raise questions and alert him about mike flynn, about the problems with mike flynn. She has testified she said mike flynn could be blackmailed. This is when the white house learned mike flynn was in serious legal jeopardy. The next day the president invites comey to dinner. Ken answering some of those questions for us. Appreciate it. It wasnt just President Trumps conduct that concerned james comey, he raised questions about her independence saying it was one of the main reasons he decided to go public will Hillary Clintons email investigation. At one point the attorney general directed me not to call it an investigation, but instead to call it a matter, which confused me and concerned me, but that was one of the bricks in the load that led me to conclude, i have to step away from the department if were to close this case credibly. We were getting to the place where the attorney general and i were both going to have to testify and talk publicly about it. I wanted to know if she would authorize we had an investigation. She said, yes, but dont call it that. She said, call it a matter. I said, why would i do that . She said, just call it a matter. Again, you look back in hindsight, should i have resisted harder . I said, all right, this isnt a hill worth dying on so i said, okay, the press is going to completely ignore it. Thats what happened when i said, we opened a matter, they all reported the fbi has an investigation opened. That concerned me because that language tracked the way the campaign was talking about the fbis work and that is concerning. It gave the impression that the attorney general was looking to align the way we talked about our work with the way Political Campaign was describing the same activity, which was inaccurate. We had a criminal investigation open, as i said before, the federal bureau of investigation. We had an open investigation at the time so that gave me a queasy feeling. Turning overseas, theres a potential major shakeup following yesterdays general elections. A surprising outcome, the conservative party appears to have lost its majority resulting in whats known as a Hung Parliament. Its a major blow to Prime Minister theresa may who called the snap election early in order to bolster her position during brexit negotiations. Although her future in power is now uncertain. Lucy kafanov joins us from abington green across from the houses of parliament. I know you have joereremy corbi calling for theresa makes resignation. Reporter shocking is one way to put it. Theresa may took a huge gamble in calling for the snap election. Talk about a backfire. Her conservative Party Falling short of the votes needed to gain a majority in the house of commons. Her future as Prime Minister now in doubt. The fate of those brexit negotiations, britains divorce from the european union. That was supposed to start in about ten days time. Thats now up in the air. Markets in turmoil. The conservative party slogan, its mantra has been strong and stable. Britain waking up anything but. Lets break down these results for you. In the Hung Parliament, the party with the large es number of seats will try in this case the conservatives, it looks like, the final results, complete final results arent in, but it looks to conservatives. They will try to form a coalition with one of the smaller parties. The second largest party, jeremy corbins labor, can also try to form a parallel coalition with other parties to gain that magic number 326. If neither of them are able to do that, a party could try to do a minority government but then they will not be able to pass any sort of legislation. In any case at this point, before we even get to that stage, a lot of anger at theresa may within her own party, calling for her to step down. She says shes staying in place. A lot happening behind the scenes. Thanks so much. What an Incredible Development that was overseas. Two snap elections in the last couple of months, both not going well for conservatives. James comey may have taken the spotlight yesterday but its still infrastructure week. President trump takes a step to repair roads and bridges but he may see something important, some legislation to go with it. Meteorologist bill karins is promising some heat this weekend. Well get a check on the full forecast when we come back. Isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. Great show. Here you go. Now hes added a new routine. Making depositing a check seem so effortless. Easy to use chase technology, for whatever youre trying to master. Isaac, are you ready . Yeah. Chase. So you can. Tidy cats lightweight with glade clean blossoms. Our newest odor fighting scent gives you the power of choice plus. The power of pleasant. Exclusively in lightweight every home, every cat, theres a tidy cats for that. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . 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On monday the president unveiled his plan to bring a new vision and new partners from the private and Public Sector to finally fix americas air Traffic Control systems. Thats just the beginning. Our administration is working to craft a truly historic infrastructure package. And its going to be big. On wednesday the white house did outline some details of their 1 trillion plan via a handout, which calls for 200 billion in federal spending the Administration Says will result in 800 billion of additional investment from private sector and state and local governments. U. S. Officials say the u. S. Military has conducted strikes against syrian assad forces outside the deconfliction zones in an area used to train is. In one incident an american warplane shot down a suspected progovernment drone which reportedly fired on coalition forces. Three u. S. Military officials tell nbc news that the drone was iranianmade, although it is unclear if Iranian Forces were operating it. The state Department Says it does not view this as an escalation in the fighting. Lets get a check on your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Its friday so youre deciding to bring the heat. The pool, the beach, the lake, barbecue. Looks like a good weekend for that for a lot of people across the nation. First, an isolated tornado in nebraska. A farmer was out in his fields and it formed and he caught this video. Amazing. Another dirty tornado. Its so dark and black like that because its picking up that rich soil in the farm fields. No damage done except to his crops. As far as the storm goes in the northeast, we just barely missed this nor heeaster. Cape cod is getting wet clipping areas of maine. That will keep you coolish in eastern new england to start your day. There are some showers in the adirondacks. The big story in the west is the warmth and winds through the area. Red flag warnings if any fires do form. Were in forest fire season. So, the heat wave is the story of the weekend. It begins today. It was a little the last couple of days near Salt Lake City up. Cooled off a little bit. Pierre, south dakota, denver at 92. Bit time we get to saturday, chicago near 90. Minneapolis, 92. Then we start to see the warmth on saturday spreading through great lakes, ohio valley. By sunday, new york city up to 94 degrees. Yeah the heats coming. Its about time. Got to stock up on water, thats for sure. Still ahead, the penguins dominate predators in game five of the stanley cup nals. Wasnt even close. U. S. Mens soccer moves one step closero qualifying for the 2018 world cup. Sports is next. Look closely. Hidden in every swing, every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. The microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of data into insights that transform their business and will enhance the game for players and fans. The microsoft cloud turns information into insight. 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The first in a japanese monarchy. The emperor announced his wish to abdicate the throne last august. Hell be succeeded by his son, crown prince. House of representatives passed a bill rolling back a number of regulations put in place by the 2010 dodd frank bill. They voted along party lines, deregulating banks, stripping the powers of the Consumer Financial protection bureau. The bill will face an uphill battle in the senate where the gop holds a slim majority. Democrats have unanimously opposed the legislation. Back to our top story with the world watching yesterday, james comey acknowledged the president never ordered him to end the russia investigation and warned that russia remains a threat to the fabric of the american democracy. While he opened questioned President Trumps character and motive, what remains to be seen is whether that will translate into legal action. We get this from nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams. James comeys public testimony confirmed the special counsel is looking at a big question, whether the president s considerations with him and comeys firing amount to obstruction of justice. Robert mueller, the special counsel who took over the russia meddling investigation, now has the memos james comey wrote after his meetings with donald trump. Comey said the president urged him to drop the inquiry into Michael Flynn, forced toresign as National Security adviser, but is that obstruction of justice, trying to interfere with an investigation . Legal experts disagree. It requires showing intent, hard to prove. I think its certainly evidence of obstruction of justice. We wont know until the fbi investigation is over. I clearly think this is very important testimony that will help in the development of a criminal case. Reporter watching closely, congressman adam schiff, top democrat on the house investigation, says its telling the president asked the attorney general and others to leave after an oval Office Meeting so trump could be alone with comey. My sense was the attorney general knew he shouldnt be leaving, which is why he was lingering. What was among the most striking to me is the president basically telling everyone else to get out of the room. As a former prosecutor, that says to me he is conscious of about what he is about to do is improper. Reporter comey says he never told attorney general sessions about the meeting partly because it was thought sessions was about to take himself out of the russian case and partly for another reason. We were aware of other facts i cant discuss in an open investigation that would make his continued Russian Investigation problematic. Reporter sessions might have had a meeting he didnt disclose with a Russian Ambassador at a washington, d. C. Hotel. Justice Department Officials have since said there was no such meeting. Coy was asked during his testimony if the president ever wanted to talk with him about any of the fbis thousands of other investigations when they were having their private conversations. His answer, no. Yasmin . Thanks to Pete Williams for that. Joining us, msnbc senior political analyst Mark Halperin as well as security reporter ken, both in washington. Ken, i want to start with you. The president s people feeling somewhat vindicated because we heard james comey say over and over the president wasnt under investigation. Help us sort this all out here. Could that status change . And what would be the Tipping Point . This is one of the most interesting things about yesterdays hearing, yasmin. We learned that comey assured the president he wasnt under counterintelligence investigation then, but comey also made clear he believes the president is now under investigation for obstruction of justice by the special counsel robert mueller. He didnt say that directly but at different points he said he was sure that the special counsel would look at this obstruction question. He disclosed he had turned over all the memos he wrote after each of his nine considerations, phone calls and meetings with the president to the special counsel. So trump may not have been under investigation then but he seems to be under it now. Mark, i wanted to play you this controversial moment from yesterday when james comey revealed how he went through a friend to get a story in the newspaper. Listen to this. President tweeted on friday after i got fired that i better hope theres not tapes. I woke up in the middle of the night on monday night, because it didnt dawn on me originally, that there might be corroboration for our conversation, there might be a tape and my judgment was, i needed to get that out into the public square. Asked a friend of mine to share the content of the moment mow with a reporter. Didnt do it myself for a variety of reasons. I asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. I asked a close friend of mine to do that. Was that mr. Wettis . No. Who was that . A good friend of mine whos a professor at columbia law school. I understood this to be my recollection recorded of my conversation with the president as a private citizen, i felt free to share that. I thought it very important to get it out. My view was that the content of those unclassified memorialization of those conversations was my recollection recorded. Why didnt you give those to somebody yourself rather than give them through a third party . Because i was worried the media was camping at the end of my driveway at that point. I was actually going out of town with my wife to hide and i felt it would be like feeding seagulls at the beach. Will you encourage the department of justice or friend at columbia or mr. Mueller to release your memos . Sure. I have to imagine, as we heard from trumps personal lawyer after that, saying now that is evidence ttim comey was and is a leaker in the administration sharing that privileged executive considerations. I have to imagine others will pounce on this. Do you think thats going to come back and haunt him . You didnt need that instance to know just reading newspaper accounts over the last year about jim comey that this is something he does on a regular basis. In this case, to say he uses his friends and colleagues to give stories to newspapers that serve his purpose. Sometimes to burnish his own image. In some cases to shake things up. He says to get an independent counsel. He was basically acting as a whistleblower using a cutout to do it. Thats something you can imagine a private citizen or someone whos a lowlevel bureaucrat, this is the former director of the fbi. I think it opened the door for a lot of Trump Supporters to say, this seems like unorthodox behavior. If jim comey had something to say, if he wants to spur activity, perhaps people say he should do it himself. He should do it in a public way not as some whistleblower operating in the dark. Certainly demonstrates he has some kind of political shrewdness the way he was sharing that information. I want to talk about the role of attorney general Jeff Sessions and what he played here, why comey surmised sessions had to recuse himself from the russia investigation here. Are there meetings we dont necessarily know about between sessions and the russians . Is there more to this . There may be, yasmin. Comey said during the hearing for reasons he couldnt disclose in a Public Session the attorney general Jeff Sessions had to recuse himself from this russia investigation. That raises a whole host of questions. One thing nbc news learned is fbi and congress is looking at one particular event at the Mayflower Hotel during the president ial campaign in april where there appears to be intelligence that jeff selgsz and others had a meeting with the Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. Sessions adamantly denies hes had this meeting. Hes already had to correct his under oath testimony to congress about two other meetings with kislyak. Thats why this is a huge issue. You dont get a Second Chance to correct your sworn testimony. Our sources are telling us the intelligence is not clear. Theyre investigating it. Whether a meeting happened is unknown at this point. Let me ask you about another Interesting Development is the president managed to stay off twitter for about 24 hours. Even gave a speech, didnt veer off script. Where do you think that leaves the white house over the last 24 hours with the comey testimony . Both sides yesterday look at what happened in the hearing, antitrump and protrump, can say, that was a good moment. The white house was much happier about how things ended up than their worst fears. Part of that was they managed the president to keep from pouring gasoline on the story and making it even bigger than it was. It continues to be a huge story. This shows when the president Going Forward, because this is not his last day of legal and political peril, quite obviously, Going Forward theres some template to say, mr. President , if you stay off twitter, if you let other people like your son, your lawyer fight your fights for you, youre in a lot better place legally and politically. There have been very few days like that. We can say, he can still tweet about it. I was just thinking that. It doesnt mean the days are over. It hasnt been 24 hours. Mark halperin and ken, thank you for joining us. House Speaker Paul Ryan came to the president s defense when asked about trumps meetings with comey, suggesting the president may not have been aware of the proper communication channels. The president s new at this. Hes new to government. He probably wasnt steeped in the longrunning protocols that established the rationships between doj, f a white houses. Hes just new t this. Meanwhile on several occasions during his testimony, james comey was questioned by senators about why he didnt push back against the president during their private meetings. Why didnt you stop and say, mr. President , this is wrong, i cannot discuss this with you . Thats a great question. Maybe if i were stronger, i would have. At the time did you say anything to about, thats not an appropriate request or did you tell the white house counsel, thats not an appropriate request, someone needs to tell the president he cant do these things . I didnt, no. Why . I dont know. I think the as i said earlier, i think the circumstances were such that it was i was a bit stunned and didnt have the presence of mind. I remain puzzled by your response. Your response was i agree Michael Flynn is a good guy. You could have said, mr. President , this meeting is inappropriate. This response could compromise the investigation. You should not be making such a request. When the president said to you you talk about the april 11th phone call. He said, quote, because ive been very loyal to you, very loyal. We had that thing, you know. Did that arouse your curiosity as to, quote, what that thi was . Yes. Why didnt you ask him . It didnt seem to be important to the conversation we were having to understand it. Senator mccain became the Unexpected Center of attention during the hearing following a series of questions that confused many and captured the attention of social media. Heres one of the questions yesterday. Well, at least in the minds of this member, theres a whole lot of questions remaining about what went on, particularly considering the fact that, as you mention, its, quote, a big deal, as to what went on during the campaign, so im glad you concluded that part of the investigation. But i i think that the American People have a whole lot of questions out there, particularly since you just emphasized the role that russia played. Obviously, she was a candidate for president at the time, so she was clearly involved in this whole situation where fake news, as you just described it, big deal. The senator looked to clarify just exactly was going on, releasing a statement that read in part, i get the sense from twilt thats true my line of questioning today went over peoples head. Maybe Going Forward i shouldnt stay up late watching the diamondbacks night games. What i was trying to get at is whether mr. Comey believes any of his interactions rise to the level of obstruction. In the senators defense, the diamondbacks are just two games off the rocky atop the n. L. West. More on the political fallout of the uks snap election. Prime minister theresa may facing calls to resign. Well go live to london for the late es. News from across the pontd with potential worldwide implications. As we mentioned earlier, theresa mays future as Prime Minister is in jeopardy after the Hung Parliament. Jeremy corbin has called for may to resign, although she says her conservative party will ensure stability in the united kingdom. Joining us live from london, nbc ws foreign corresponde lucy kanov. Good to have you back with us. Lets talk about what thiseans permanently for theresa may. She really staked her political career on this. No doubt this morning she is weakened as a Prime Minister. Reporter oh, absolutely. This was a huge risk, a huge ganl be gamble. She called for the snap election when her conservative party was up by 20 points in the polls. This is a major embarrassment. Not only did her party lose seats, they no longer have the majority. There are 650 seats in the house of commons. To get a majority you need at least 326. Her party got 318. What she will be doing in an hour and halfs time, shell go to Buckingham Palace to meet with the queen, to ask for her permission, this is a routine thing you do after an election, to ask for her permission to form a minority government. Thats not going to be effective unless she gets another party to join in and basically give her conservatives the numbers they need to pass legislation. At this stage it doesnt appear theres any party willing to do that. That not only throws theresa mays credibility into question but throws the brexit negotiations into question because this could basically give credibility, some energy, some motivation for other parties to push for a softer brexit, a weaker brexit and to try to keep some ties to the european union. Identityicly enough it was her predecessor, david cameron, who called for the referendum on brexit. When he lost, he had to step down. This is the second time a leader of a conservative partyas called for snap elections that habackfired against them. Thank you very much. In the wake of all this, the uks currency is taking a beating in the markets this morning. The british pound fell as much as 2 in early trading to its lowest level in months. All as uncertainty rises after the results of the Hung Parliament there. Analysts say multiple Political Parties may have to hammer out a coalition government. That could send the price of the pound even lower. In some other business news, verizon is eyeing major layoffs as it wraps up its deal to buy yahoo . According to cnbc, verizon plans to slash 2 i 100 jobs, or 15 of its workforce at yahoo and aol, which will be combined once the deal is completed. This comes after yahoo shareholders approved the 4. 5 billion share of its key business to verizon yesterday. That deal is expected to close on tuesday. Still ahead, senator ted cruz, have you to see this video, gets the oscars acceptance speech treatment. It was the abrupt end to his address at a conference that left even the senator somewhat confused. Bill karins will have a look at the forecast. The climbing temperatures moving across the country when we come back. Whats happening right now . Wereacing billion security events every day. Ddos campaigns, ransomware, malware attacks. Actually, we just handled all the priority threats. You did that . We did that. Really. We analyzed millions of articles and reports. We can identify threats 50 faster. You can do that . We can do that. Then do that. Can do that . We can do that. Can do that . Whats the best way to get v8 or a fancy juice store . S . Ready, go hi, juice universe . One large rutabaga, with eggplant. Done thats not fair. 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[ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage the Southern Regional direct tore of fr faith and Freedom Coalition, virginia galloway. Hes walking off stage, awkwardly the music adds a nice little touch. She went with it a little bit. She walked by, didnt even say hello. She acknowledged, hey, this is kind of awkward. Lets get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. We promise not to cut you off. Back to seinfeld with george cos stanza, when you hit it, wave it and get off stage. A near miss in new england with the noreaster, a bad morning in cape cod, windy and raw and chilly. Thats heading up for coastal friends in maine. The rest of the northeast not bad, although there are showers towards utica and up through the adirondacks. The other story for the weekend is the incoming heat wave, the first widespread heat wave of our summer season. Chicago on tuesday, 92 to 93. Washington, d. C. Will be one of the hotter spots, 94 to 95. Whats good about june heat waves, usually the humidity is not too high. The heat index not too much higher than the actual temperatures. We wont have a lot of heat warnings out there. The rest of the forecast for today, today is the gorgeous day through much of the mid atlantic through the southeast. Enjoy this because you know whats coming. The middle of the country starts to warm up. Maybe an isolated shower chicago to dallas. The heat is coming, but looks like it ends in breaks by wednesday. This is our second heat wave of the season. I think the last one was six weeks or so. Already skplang about it. Up next on morning joe, former fbi james comeys testimony to the intel committee. Susan collins and senator joe manchin who both grilled comey yesterday will weigh in on what they heard. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says comeys testimony underscores the need for an independent investigation. Shes join us live from capitol hill on morning joe just moments away. We gotta go. 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It comes as nbc news has learned from two congressional sources that the president s soninlaw and top advisor jared kushner, has agreed to meet with staffers on the Senate Intelligence committee on the condition he provide documents and submit to questioning from senators themselves sometime at a later date. Well have much more in the day ahead. Well toss it back to you in new york. Vice president mike pence meeting with Service Members and their families as Dobbins Air Force base. That does it for us on this friday morning. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and Louis Burgdorf. Morning joe starts right now. Lets turn our attention to the underlying activity at issue here, russias hacking into those emails and releasing them and the allegations of collusion. Do you believe donald trump colluded with russia . Its a question i dont think i should answer in an open setting. As i said, when i left, we did not have an investigation focused on President Trump, but thats a question that will be answered by the investigation i think. I dont think its for me to say whether the conversation i had with the president was an effort to obstruct. I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning. Thats a conclusion im sure the special counsel will work towards to try to understand what the intention was there and whether thats an offense. And with that, the former director of the fbi says possible obstruction of justice by the president is almost certainly on the table. Its one of the big shoes to drop during james comeys testimony on capitol