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President, really want to get to the truth. i mean, anderson, just the fact that richard burr, the republican chairman, has gotten to the point where he's calling comey in the first place, where he janely thinks it's important. where he is working hand in glove with the top democrat on the intelligence committee kind of gives you a sense that there are still a lot of republicans who just are going to stay away from this. are worried about the fact that donald trump is still very popular with the republican base, but the sort of evolution of people like richard burr, i think, is a perfect examp...

Had no this to say when asked about the pos biflt the president invoking executive privilege to block comey from testifying. let's listen. >> i think he would on shaky legal ground to sat least. director comey was fired about the president. you have the president himself making derogatory comments in effect at least reported to the president calling comey a nut job in front of the republicans. totally inappropriate. you know, the question -- >> in front of the russians. >> again, regardless what you feel about comey, that's not how he should be treated. >> david, do you agree with senator warn...

Quote, created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with russia. an unnamed official told "the times" the president was merely using a negotiating tactic to coax concessions from russian officials. all this coming just days after "the new york times" reported that president trump personally asked james comey to drop the russia related investigation into his former national security adviser michael flynn. late today we learned at comey has agreed to testify in an open session before the senate intelligence committee some time after memorial day. joining me now, democratic...

Investigation into michael flynn, raising the specter of will comey testify? there are some developments on that. we have them for you this morning. we're also hearing from a friend of the fired fbi director. he says comey was uncomfortable interacting with the president and disgusted by this. do you remember this? the president calling comey a star, saying he's more popular than i am, trying to give him a little smooch? what was this about from comey's perspective? >> we'll talk about the hug moment in the oval office. also the president is blasting the appointment of his special counsel on...

Conversation, this is confounding to the president? >> it's completely opposed to how the president handles his own business. you have a meticulous fbi director who takes notes on everything. i think that is sort of standard within the bureau. everything is written down. here you have a president in the oval office who just kind of wings it, and who picks up the phone, calls people, who has this amazing sort of myopia and lack of foresight here. and so you see it in him picking up the phone and calling comey and wanting to just chitchat, as a comey associate describes tonight. you see him, you...