afternoon that the former fbi director has declined an invitation to appear in a closed session of the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. no reason given as to why he is not going to appear. back to you. >> thank you so much, john. president trump has salt down for an interview with justice judge jeanine set to air tomorrow night. judge did ask the president about the reports he questioned james comey's loyalty shortly after inauguration. >> loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. you know, i mean, it depends on how you define loyalty. number one, number two. i don't know how that got there. because i didn't ask that question. >> what about the idea in a tweet you said there might be tape recordings. >> i won't talk about that. all i want is for comey to be honest and i hope he will be. i'm sure he will be, i hope. >> eboni: eric, so much here. was it a threat? was it a statement of fact? what's your take?