a special counsel, close quote. reporter: so anderson on the one hand they re looking at comey as a credible witness because he said the president was not under investigation at certain points on the other hand questioning his credibility. they took issue with a number of things comey said in his testimony. they re denying trump ever demanded loyalty from james comey and denying he ever asked comey to back off into the investigation of former security advisor michael flynn. one of the big pieces of news was director comey saying he thinks the president and his team are liars. the white house was insistent the president is not a liar. reporter: certainly not a good day when you have to make that statement as a white house spokesperson. that s what we saw sara huckabee sanders do today. she said the president is not a liar. when she was asked about something else james comey mentioned the prospect whether there is a recording system in this white house and whether