line is that he is not going to be glued to this testimony all morning long and aids feel like that is a good thing. they don't want him obsessed with all of this all morning long. anderson, back to you. >> all right. jim, thanks very much. let's look now on how we got to this point. evan perez joins us live with more. evan. >> anderson, the awkward relationship between donald trump and james comey, his fbi director begins with the first meeting on january 6th. now, we don't know a lot of exactly what was -- what trump's reaction was during that briefing, but we know that comey decided immediately that he needed to begin writing memos detailing his interactions with the president. according to comey, he hasn't done that with president obama. those two men only met twice over three and a half years. comey says he had nine