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He just went ahead and did it, to his credit. but the fact that mueller is considered for these positions speaks to his integrity and sessions himself even said mueller is of the highest integrity. this is just shooting the messenger. we've had two people who have devoted themselves to law enforcement to the country for most their lives. most of their professional lives. first comey, now mueller. when they -- when comey does things the president doesn't like, when mueller, who seems that he will pursue this investigation no matter where it leads gets under the skin of some people, they say, ma...

>> it's my judgment that i was fired because of the russian investigation. i was fired -- or the endeavor was to change the way the russian investigation was being conducted. >> what is next for the russia probe after former fbi director james comey talks about his interaction with the president. did his testimony change anything? >> nice to have you with us. it's friday, june 9th. 4:00 a.m., exactly in the east folks, with james comey's blockbuster testimony in the books now, the question is what comes next in the federal investigation? how will it affect the testimony? >> first comey's explo...

>> first comey never gave the president assurance of personal loyalty. second, investigation into possible conclusion by team trump into russia was accelerating. that may explain the timing. sources tell cnn comey was fired a week after asking for more resources to investigate the russia connection. the white house for its part denies comey made that request. regardless, there's progress reported in that probe. a senate committee issuing a subpoena. first the white house doggedly defending its rationale for comey's firing. deputy press secretary huckabee sanders using blunt language to descr...

He was not doing a good job. >> that's what the president says. but we have new insight this morning into what he was really thinking and it didn't have much to do with hillary clinton's e-mails. plus michael flynn told to hand over documents to the senate. will he respond to the subpoena, and how will it change the russia investigation? good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosic. >> i'm dave briggs. it is national twilight zone day, did you know? it feels like twilight zone in the nation's capital with all the developments coming out regarding the firing of james comey. let...

The director was wrong to usurp the attorney general's authority on july 5th, 2016 and announce his conclusion that the case should be closed without prosecution. they're basically saying this is a substantive critique of him essentially going rogue during the campaign, and that means that he's no longer fit to serve because he still says it's the right thing to do. and the attorney general and the president agree, and they're saying, don't democrats agree? you guys have been calling for his head forever. >> comey was not fired because of hillary. comey was fired because of the russians. the t...