months and he never at one point during. >> he already knew you were loyal. >> i worked against him in the primary. how did he know? >> let's take a step back. james comey has been interviewed by mueller which means if this account isn't true -- >> you know, here is the interesting thing about that dinner:the w dinner. the way he describes that dinner, he describes it as a shake down. he views the briefing in early january after the intelligence briefing where he gets told about the dossier. he viewed comey as shaking him down and here we are later that same month they are having this private dinner and he asks for the loyalty according to comey and the ky comey describes it is he views it as the president shaking him down. in exchange for your loyalty, i'll let you keep your job. >> how important is that for him being the key witness and that's how he viewed it?