campaign trail. >> rough on mccabe? >> by his own account, he said he was rough on mccabe and mrs. mccabe on the campaign trail. how is he going to be? i shared with the president, andy is a pro. no issue at all. you have to know people of the fbi. they're not -- >> so the president turns to you and says, remember, i never brought up the mccabe thing because you said he was a good guy, did you perceive that to be a statement that, i took care of you. i didn't do something because you told me he was a good guy. so i'm asking you potentially for something in return. is that how you perceived it? >> i wasn't sure what to make of it. that's possible. it was so out of context i didn't have a clear view of what it was. >> on a number of occasions here, you bring up -- let's talk about the general russia investigation, okay? page 6 of your testimony you say, the first thing you say is, he asked what we could do to, quote, unquote, lift the cloud, the general russia investigation, you responded, we are investigating the matter as quickly as we could and there