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Hunt? the president will be victorious again. >> shannon: regardless of where this goes with bidens slice of the story, he has to now still answer these questions about that. it does dredge this up. the "wall street journal" reporting on this saying according to their source, mr. trump did not mention a provision of u.s. aid to ukraine on the call. there was not quid pro quo for his cooperation. if that plays out to be true, this is much ado about nothing. >> there were concerns raised by the wh...

Quote, again i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. he said that live on fox news. allison barber has more from the white house on all of this. >> this began with reports of whistleblower complaint from an intelligence official, the complaint reportedly based on a series of eventss including a phone call between donald trump and ukraine. to investigate former vice president joe bidens son and urged not once but eight times to work with trumps personal attorney rudy g...

A foreign leader to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid. they also say that congress needs to see and that they have the legal right to see that whistleblower complaint. >> that information should be forwarded -- shall be forwarded to the intelligence committees within seven days. that law is simply being ignored, and it seems to be being ignored because its more convenient for this administration to ignore it. >> reporter: president trump has dismissed the whistleblower c...

And the ukrainians got the money. i cautioned democrats be careful what you wish for. start another witchhunt? the president will be victorious again. shannon: regardless where this goes with the biden story he has to answer the questions about that, doesnt dredge this up from the past, the wall street journal says according to their source mister trump did not mention a provision to ukraine on the call, the person who didnt believe he offered the ukrainian president any quid pro quo on any inve...

United states whether overt or covert, they are unconstrained by our laws. >> imagine this whistle-blower listen to the president of the united states talk like that, like a mob guy. >> sttd -- the president is talking like a mob family. ive been told hes a partisan, hes a high level intelligence official, hes someone known to the president. >> hes telling the truth, he must be a partisan. still ahead, you guys have more outrage than the whole democratic half of the house. still ahead, what do...

Whistleblower, the intelligence official to come directly before your committee? >> well, i would be hesitant to do that, i would like it, but keep in mind, this whistleblower followed the rules and the rules give that person someretaliatio. and theres real apprehension if they come forward without the protections of the statute that theyll be making an unauthorized disclosure, and therefore be subject to prosecution and firing from their job. so thats the tragedy here. we need a strong whistleb...

For now and the trump administration resolute in its position. is this going to get dragged out in the courts? >> i agree with you the trump administration is not going to give an inch on this, and they have two not priv lis arguments as ken reported. one is they can say this doesnt trigger the whistleblower statute because it falls outside the universe of intelligence activities. >> thats very specific, intelligence related. >> exactly. now, if youre an intelligence official that got a readout ...

Part of ukraine, crimea, that is viewed by the inside and other countries that is unlawfully taken by russia. there are lots of issues here. the president wouldnt talk today about whether he had any specific conversation about biden, but also encouraged people to look at the bidens. so if there is a theory about what might be at the root of concern from an intelligence official, the president certainly is stoking that by referencing the bidens. but again, we dont have specific knowledge if that ...

>> imagine this whistle-blower listen to the president of the united states talk like that, like a mob guy. >> he talks about that this person -- ive been told hes a partisan, hes a high level intelligence official, hes someone known to the president. >> hes telling the truth, he must be a partisan. still ahead, you guys have more outrage than the whole democratic hafr democratic half of the house. what donald trump learned about fighting dirty from his ruthness mentor roy cohn. stay with us. me...

Which foreign leaders do we know the president met with and talked to on the telephone around this time? >> thats the big question. because it centers around the communication by the president with a foreign leader and the alleged promise that he made to this foreign leader. in looking at the timeline, the complaint was filed august 12th. if we look at the weeks prior to that, he had communications with a number of world leaders, including the russian president, vladimir putin. that was a phone ...