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What she will be doing in an hour and half's time, she'll 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. that's 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 doesn't appear there's any party willing to do that. that not only throws theresa may's credibility into question but throws the brexit negotiations into question because this could basical...

Comey said he didn't take that as a request, he took that as direction. then comey describes he's 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 can't 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 i...

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 wasn't 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 yesterday's hearing, yasmin. we learned that comey assured the president he wasn't under counterintelligence investigation then, but comey also made clear he believes the president is now under in...

Executive privilege, but the white house hasn't done that. they didn't do it before comey's testimony. they haven't done it since. i think it would be hard for them to claim it now. but nonetheless, the president seems to say he's not going to claim it. he's willing to answer those questions. of course there's some exposure with that as you said a moment ago. anytime you're talking to fbi agents and you say anything that isn't correct, that's a potential criminal violation. after all, that was the trouble that michael flynn got himself into. the fbi director has now said this publicly. we've a...

It doesn't mean the days are over. >> it hasn't 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 trump's meetings with comey, suggesting the president may not have been aware of the proper communication channels. >> the president's new at this. he's new to government. he probably wasn't steeped in the long-running protocols that established the rationships between doj, f a white houses. he's just new t this. >> meanwhile on several occasions during his testimony, james comey was questioned by senators ...