side. >> all right. robert costa, thank you as always. >> thank you. >> joining me, amy jeffress, former counselor to then attorney general eric holder. i want to talk first about this "new york times" story that just crossed in which it's reported that after the president had basically urged comey to stop the investigation of flynn, he then went to sessions and said, don't leave me alone with trump. what do you make of that as someone who has been a lawyer to the attorney general? >> well, assuming that report is accurate, i understand why director comey would have felt that way if he was put in situations where he thought that he was being asked questions that were inappropriate or asked questions that were awkward. then i can understand he would have wanted not to be alone in those situations but to be