one name that did come up was president trump himself. when comey was asked whether trump president trump was being investigated he said i'm not going to talk about that. i have briefed the chairman and ranking member of the house intelligence committee on this issue so after the hearing i asked the chairman of the house intelligence committee is donald trump under investigation, here's what he said. >> i don't have any evidence of that. i continue to say that. i'd like to receive evidence if it exists, but it doesn't exist as of right now. >> do you know if the fbi is looking into the president himself and his business ties? >> i highly, highly doubt that, but, you know what? we don't know everything. >> reporter: so highly doubt is it but we don't know everything. not able to close the door. had is one reason why erin nunes also refueled two weeks ago the fbi was conducting this investigation. they meaning the top leaders in congress the people that get