just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and are sha are russia is a made up story, it s an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. wow. so the countdown is on. fbi director james comey slated to sit in congress one week from today in his first public testimony since his firing. our panel is back. joining the discussion, msnbc s chief legal correspondent, my tutor, ari melber. and from washington, rob zarati. thank you for joining us. a i ve been dying to ask you this, is there any scenario in which president trump tries to prevent comey from testifying by invoking privilege, conversations among his staff and advisers would be privileged? yogi berra said it s hard to make predictions especially about the future. i ve always agreed with that. i don t want to give him any ideas. especially about this president. what i can say legally is there are strong executive privilege arguments, white houses have