and there's no reason comey can't testify. >> can he talk about the notes he wrote, the memo he wrote, what the president said to him, his concerns about the president, or because there's a criminal investigation with mueller, is that stuff going to be off the table? >> reporter: that's exactly the concern that so many people had up here on capitol hill, this concern that because the special counsel is now investigating and appointed that that might hamstring what he's able to say and i think that still is a very open question, looking forward to this committee testimony, we have heard from so many members of congress that they want to of course hammer him hard, exactly the details of what he said in the memo, who he shared that memo with. of course those details very importa important. >> our old top story from just a few hours ago, that the president not only boasted about firing director comey, but said