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I don't know the president well enough to read him well. i think it was -- first of all, relationship didn't get off to a great start, given the conversation i had to have on january 6th. this didn't improve the relationship because it was very, very awkward. he was asking for something, and i was refusing to give it. again, i don't know him well enough to know how he reacted to that exactly. >> do you believe the russia investigation played a role? >> in why i was fired? >> yes. >> yes. i've seen the president say so. >> let's go to the flynn issue. the senator outlined, i hope you could see ...

Had. >> i don't know for sure. because i don't know the president well enough to read him well. i think it was, first of all, the relationship didn't get off to a great start given the conversation i had to have on january 6th. this was not -- this didn't improve the relationship because it was very, very awkward. he was asking for something and i was refusing to give it. but again, i don't know him well enough to know how he reacted to that exactly. >> do you believe the russia investigation played a role? >> in why ewas fired? >> yes. >> yes, because i've seen the president say so. >> let's ...

Not invest getting them personally. that's true. >> the concern to me there is that all these things are going on, you know in retrospect or at least for this committee, you had serious concerns about what the president, you believe directed you to do and taken no action, hadn't even reported up the chain of command, assuming you believe there is a chain of command, that these things happen. do you have a sense of that looking back at that was a mistake? >> know, in fact, i think no action was the most important thing i could do to make sure there was no interference with the investigation. >>...

President well enough to read him well. i think it was -- our relationship didn't get off to a great start given the conversation i had to have on january 6th. this didn't improve the relationship because it was very, very awkward. he was asking for something and i was refusing to give it. but again i don't know him well enough to know how he reacted to that exactly. >> do you believe the russia investigation played a role? >> in why i was fired? >> yes. i've seen the president say so. >> all right. let's go to the flynn issue. senator risch outlined i hope you could see your way to letting fl...

All right, we are, of course, continuing to monitor the hearings, the senate having the hearing on neil gorsuch today, but also want to bring you other news because senate lawmakers are about to begin the next phase of the russia investigation. >> the senate intelligence committee is expected to be holding private interviews today. want to get right to cnn senior congressional reporter, manu raju, on capitol hill. manu, what are they expecting to hear and do we have any idea who they're expecting to hear from? >> reporter: well, this is the first of 20 interviews that the senate intelligence c...