conference? >> i'm not going to get into that. >> okay. that's what i thought. you didn't write it. a 2013 puff piece in the washington about comey said basically when comey called you would drop everything you were doing. gave examples you were having dinner your wife and daughter. comey calls and you drop everything and go. the article quoted comey as saying if a train were coming down the track and i quote at least bob mueller will be standing on the tracks with me. you and james comey have been good friends and were good friends for many years, correct? >> we were business associates. we both started off in the justice department. >> you were good friends. you can work together and not be friends but you and comey were friends. >> we were friends. >> that's my question. thank you for getting to the answer. before you were appointed as special counsel, had you talked to james comey in the preceding six months? >> no. >> when you were appointed as