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Mr. maguire, the director of national intelligence, not to comply with the statute that directed that within seven days he provide the whistle-blower complaint to the intelligence committees. so those three things are things that the president himself has admitted. >> so that to you, congressman, sounds like its enough for you on those three points to move forward on impeachment but there is some trepidation among democrats, some democrats this morning privately to cnn are telling us that they f...

>> martha: brandon tonight a short time ago the director of national intelligence, the office of dni that youve heard so much about over the past couple of days, has not deliver that whistle-blowers complaint at the center of all of this against president trump and tonight that document has been reviewed by members of congress who serve on our intelligence committees. correspondent gillian turner has been working her sources in washington and she joins us now with the details. hi, what did you f...

The ukraine controversy with an echo of what he said over and over again about the special counsel investigation. >> i think its ridiculous. its a witch hunt. >> reporter: as for the prospect of impeachment? >> if she does that, they all say thats a positive for me, from the election. >> jon karl with us here in new york, because the president has been at the u.n. here in new york city, as well. and we know the president promising to release that transcript tomorrow, but speaker pelosi wants the...

Department, nevertheless despite the law, tried to block this whistleblowers complaint from being conveyed to congress. well, tonight with house speaker nancy pelosi proclaiming that impeachment proceedings are now underway against the president on this matter, that seems to be shaking loose. we have news that the whistleblower has tried to make contact with the intelligence committees him or herself, that the intelligence committees both want to hear testimony from that whistleblower by the end...

And understand, for the most part, what we all should appreciate, which is that on matters of national security, the approach should not even be bipartisan, it should be nonpartisan. i would like to believe thats what motivated mitch mcconnell. but i think ultimately it is because at least the members of the senate intelligence committee thus far have conducted themselves in a way that recognizes that we need to get to the bottom of something like this. this is literally a matter of national sec...

Bipartisan, it should be nonpartisan. i would like to believe thats what motivated mitch mcconnell. but i think ultimately it is because at least the members of the senate intelligence committee thus far have conducted themselves in a way that recognizes we need to get to the bottom of something like this. this is literally a matter of national security. >> now, if the inspector generals report is referred, delivered directly to your committee, both of the intelligence committees, does that mean...

Contact with the intelligence committees him or herself, that the intelligence committees both want to hear testimony from that whistleblower by the end of the week. we have information from open source reporting tonight, from politico, "new york times," nbc news and others, that the white house is starting to cave on whether or not at least some version of the whistleblowers complaint will finally be conveyed to congress. there is also word from the president himself that some white house notes...

Counter intelligence at the fbi frank figliuzzi. with us at the table nbc news correspondent cara lee. former aid to the george w. bush white house and state department elise jordan. plus the former chief spokesman for the justice department matt miller. let me start with "the washington post" reporters who join us, ashley parker and robert costa to both of you. take us through what you and your colleagues are reporting this hour about that whistleblower complaint at the center, really the origi...

Nevertheless already shaken loose a whole bunch of stuff already. when it was becoming apparent today that she was going to announce that there is now an impeachment proceeding under way into the president, the president announced that he would release the transcript of his july 25th phone call with the ukrainian president, and thats all fine and good. it should be noted that theres no recording of that call. the supposed transcript of the call is just trump white house notes on what happened in...

Disclosure. the icig evaluated the disclosure, preliminary review, and said it was credible. he said it was urgent. according to the law, the next step is that complaint has to be transmitted to the congressional intelligence committees where the dni put the process to a halt. >> did the dni commit a crime but not handing it over to congress? >> they certainly didnt follow the letter of the law. it says they shall submit it to the intelligence committees. it doesnt say he may. in good faith, i b...