Administration. He is asked for loyalty and drop the flynn investigation. He told President Trump he was not under investigation, but comey says he refused the president s request to say that publicly. Several Big Questions in play today. Do the president s actions amount to obstruction of justice . Whose word will america believe . James comey or President Trump . How will the president respond to comey . Will it be in realtime on twitter . Lets begin our coverage with cnns Jessica Schneider live on capitol hill. Jessica. Reporter chris, james comey will start with seven pages of Opening Statement in his testimony. In the statement, we know he document and recount five of the nine encounters with President Trump. Encounters that comey felt necessary to document. It is something that james comey said he never did with president obama. Concerning, awkward, inappropriate. These are the words fired fbi director james comey describes to use with interactions with President Trump in the sev