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>> i dont know the tenty of the whistle-blower, just hear its a partisan person meaning comes out from another party but i dont have -- which conversation? figure it out. youre supposed to be the media. it was, which conversation? >> july 25th -- >> i really dont know. >> the president says he really doesnt know. the man by law, though, allowed access to whistle-blower filings, house chairman adam schiff says its a cover-up in his view and he wont stand for it. >> inspector general found these a...

Him. what would be highly illegal is, hey, if you do this, then im d going to make sure you get that. that is the textbook definition of corruption, and this isnt scotland with air force guys saying there is corruption, this is corruption that has g geostrategic implications. if the president is mad at the ukraine because they dont hold up their end of the bargain, then that makes for a less stable situation abroad. >> again, i will say the rofrt i -- reporting does not connect the dots between ...

Giuliani, is now being investigated by no fewer than three house committees. and they -- the three chairman of these committees also put out a statement saying that for nearly two years, the president and his personal attorney, rudy giuliani, appeared to have acted outside legitimate law enforcement and diplomatic channels to coerce the ukrainian government into pursuing two politically motivated investigations under the guise of anti-corruption activities. so, kate, this is a conspiracy that ha...

When doj says you cant do this, this is beyond your scope and involves executive privilege, he also cant go and ignore them either. hes stuck in a very difficult position here. >> matthew, what do you need to know next? what would help put these -- connect these dots? >> theres a long list. were -- all of us are trying to find out exactly what is this complaint. who is the government foreign leader? weve been told it was not just one incident but multiple incidents, a tappestry here. trying to f...

So again he is looking at some time. >> bill: ed buck is before a judge today. >> julie: he could face 20 years in prison. >> or more. >> julie: is that a strong, harsh sentence do you believe? >> here is the thing. i think factually these types of cases are a little difficult. they require that a prosecution proves that you provided drugs that resulted in death. all right. lets define what is provide? is it the definition of is? if you put drugs on the table at a party. did you provide drugs? a...

Times" matched that detail of their reporting. joining us now is "washington post" national security reporter shane harris. shane, thanks for getting to a studio for us on short notice. i really appreciate it. >> no problem, rachel. >> so you heard me explain sort of my understanding about how the story has developed and the context here. i just want to ask you if anything that i said struck a sour note or seemed wrong or if theres anything that i should correct there. >> no, i think that narrat...

Of what you know about the ukraine part of the story? >> yeah, what we know is whats in the story. its frustrating to people. were trying to be careful in making sure we understand each of these details here as we go. a key piece of this is understanding that that whistle-blower complaint does follow by a very short period, only 2 1/2 week, that conversation, that phone call, that president trump had with the president of ukraine. and as you laid out these other dots, its clearly happening sort ...

People familiar with the matter. he told him that he should work with rudy giuliani on biden and that people in washington wanted to know whether allegations were true or not. mr. trump didnt mention a provision of foreign aid to ukraine on the call said this person who didnt believe mr. trump offered the ukrainian president any quid pro quo for his cooperation on an investigation. connecting the dots straight from trump to the president of ukraine in an investigation of his political opponents....

>> that is not necessarily true. there are people listening in on the conversations, properly, for the purpose of taking notes, a greater number of people see transcripts. dont think it is the case that just because one person came forward that others wouldnt or couldnt corroborate that story. this will set up another constitutional show down between the rights of the congress and the presidents privileges vis-a-vis communications. these things seem to happen weekly. >> how close are we to conne...

Remembering what all the dots are. >> right. >> because they seem to connect in different ways with each new news story. you and your colleagues are reporting that the complaint centers on ukraine, but you dont in tonights story offer any further detail on what about ukraine or whether, in fact, it was a conversation with the president of ukraine that was the nature of this. can you expand at all in terms of what you know about the ukraine part of the story? >> yeah, what we know is whats in the...