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Administration. who says theres a threat to our national security. we have to listen to that. >> harris: right. theres also -- i want to bring this in, some sort of look at all this that says it may not meet all the requirements that it needs to. the dni letter. i want to get to this, though. another democrat spoke with pam last night. a former hillary clinton spokes person, who cautioned you as you go forward. watch this. >> ive always been a voice that says, "lets not go too fast on the impeac...

Wish the house hadnt -- we need to stop -- national security should never be partisan. but i do think these intelligence committees and of the importance of confidentiality. if there is nothing here, give it to these intelligence committees so they could say, "this doesnt appear to be a threat, this doesnt meet all the criteria," or whatever the facts are. >> harris: its interesting that you say all that. with healthy respect, there could be looked toward whether or not information would leak. i...

Have to release it and if he doesnt i think its going to come out one way or another. ainsley: he says its benign and ukraine says its benign. if he releases it its not like a war matter its a conversation that they h if it is something that wouldnt put our national security in jeopardy why wouldnt he release it? >> i dont know the answer to that do i know a lot of people have inpersonal termly scrutinized, including the whistleblower. so i assume we are going to find out a lot more about it. br...

Or does it more likely involve a series of events or several calls? >> well, i dont know how many incidents it may involved. it goes to what john lewis said on the house floor, or elissa slotkin. when you take the oath of office, you take an oath to defend the constitution. this individual chose to go through the whistleblower process which is the congressionally approved and authorized way to make sure matters of concern are brought to the attention of appropriate individuals within the executi...

Investigate then the drirector f national intelligence has seven days to report it to the intelligence committees of the commerce. that is the law. it says shell. it doesnt say nay, should. it says shall. thats a very fraught with mean ing word in legislation. but this administration is block ing the dni from conveying that to the intelligence committees. the dni is at the present time, breaking the law. at the direction of the administration. its really unfortunate. so to the substance of the, ...

Right before speaker pelosi made this announcement of an impeachment probe the senate did something itself, it unanimously passed a resolution, nonbinding but unanimous, that is demanding something unusual, that donald trump release the ukraine whistle-blower complaint to the intelligence committees. its unusual because hes supposed to have already done it under the law, but its politically interesting because it required something you dont see very often. 100 senators agreeing on something trum...

Become like a banana republic. where are the republicans? are they hiding? if i were you at cnn, id be in the hallway asking all of them what are you going to say? >> governor, you know me well. you know how many republicans were inviting on the show all the time in order to have these conversations and you can probably gets on one hand how many want to come on and have these conversations right now but that is the pattern we have seen. what im hearing from you is you think this different from p...

Complaint to be sent to congress. if you release the transcript of the call, does it make it then unnecessary for the complaint to be sent to congress? >> no, i would say thats in no way an agreeable compromise. in the end, unless we know this is all that was at issue, this is how the statute was set up. the intelligence community whistleblower protection act allows for the transmission of the complaint, not just underlying information, the complaint to the relevant intelligence committees. we s...

>> bill: one time i did with a group of green beret. it is active. you never forget it, either. the day that you ring the bell at the new york stock exchange. >> julie: a big deal. worth sharing for sure. >> bill: we wanted to share that with the viewers. >> julie: by the way if youre in new york city today, walk. >> wouldnt withholding funds from the intelligence community put the nations safety at risk, though? >> depends on what funds with withhold. it is a blunt remedy and one im reluctant t...

Justice, all kinds of ludicrous things. and heres another one. the law says shall? well, the president doesnt have to do it. and fingerprint they take that hin interpretation, joe, thats why i think this is going to result ultimately in a serious call for impeachment. because what they are saying is we dont even have to bother following a law of congress to protect whistle blowers and get information to the intelligence committees in the isnt like a law that says all of congress has got to see i...