msnbc contributor and legal reporter for the new york times. you ve seen his biline out front twice in the last 12 hours. his latest is a deep dive into the mechanics of tonight s story. why it s hard to have an independent russia investigation. welcome to the broadcast. matt, we ll begin with you. number one, what s the chance comey can avoid congressional testimony and number two talk about his personal habit, his meticulous note taking and why there s likely more than what we ve already seen. before today it was very likely we were going to hear from jim comey very soon. obviously they ve called him. he has leaked out through associates that he wants to testify.
committees but what will we say and what will he say and what more does he know? will we ever see him before these committees? with us as well charley savage, msnbc contributor and legal reporter for the new york times. you ve seen his biline out front twice in the last 12 hours. the mechanics of tonight s nto stor why it s hard to have an indepeent russia investigation. welcome to the broadcast. matt, we ll begin with you. number one, what s the chance comey can avoid congressional testimony and number two talk about his personal habit, his meticulous note taking and why there s likely more than what we ve already seen. before today it was very likely we were going to hear
committee hearing on monday you had a couple more. you had former trump advisers, paul manafort and carter page volunteered to testify in the russian investigation. what is the strategy here? big picture, do you sense there say coordination with the trump administration? would it matter if there is coordination? i think they re probably trying to get their stories straight, but again, if they testify under oath to something that s not true, there is a pretty good chance comey will find out and i think also commey has a dossier around them and no way of knowing how much of that he s shared with the intel committee behind closed doors. these guys are in trouble. this is not a good thing. i agree with susan and that s great insight. of course, they re doing this because they re going to get subpoenaed anyway, although again, nunes controls the subpoena power. yeah, but if they didn t just to follow up on the govern s point, if they didn t subpoena, then you dave democrats like schif