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Involving foreign interference and also the assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york under, of all people, rudy giuliani. shane, joyce and jay, welcome. shane, you initially reported there was a promise attached to this phone call. what more are we hearing about that? you heard the president denying it. >> right. i think were still trying to find out what all was said on the call. but importantly what the inspector general told congress last week in the intelligence communit...

Theyre talking about. >> shane, good to see you as always, and jeh and joyce as well. ahead -- democrats always support an impeachment inquire but is the whistle-blower complaint the turning point the to change speaker pelosis mind? (classical music playing throughout)

Biden. >> the only thing i asked was to get to the bottom of how it was that sanko who was appointed dismissed the case against antac to -- >> so you did ask them about joe biden. >> of course i did. >> you just said you didnt. >> shane, let me ask you does this admission there 100% confirm that the president is soliciting another country to help him win the election? >> i think not only does that exchange confirm that, but i think the president himself confirmed that. something that happens wit...

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 ...

Clearly some sense of wrongdoing by the whistle-blower against the president, now we know that that centers on withdrew craukr. i think were kind of getting closer to the nexus of these facts but right now, all we know is what we put in the paper and thats all we were prepared to report tonight. >> and shane, there has been some reporting from various news organizations over the course of the day that maybe the whistle-blowers complaint isnt about one thing that was done by the president, maybe ...

With other foreign leaders and what he says in those private calls. and as shane noted, we should be clear that we believe there are about five calls the president had with foreign leaders. but the white house ended the practice of reading out these calls on a regular and consistent basis over a year ago. and even beyond that. every white house conducts calls with foreign leaders that they dont disclose publicly so there could be other conversations that happen. but its clear that over the cours...

Embarrassing. in one case that shane mentioned, that meeting in the oval office with russian officials where the president revealed classified information. some of these cases have been deadly serious. and so this is something that is not new to this white house but so far this morning, president trump and his aides all completely silent on this bombshell report. >> theres also a record of the president trying to keep some of these conversations private. so no one ever learns whats going on insi...

Congress now? >> the statute talks about flagrant abuse of power, illegal acts. >> illegal acts. >> there are lots of things that arent illegal for the president that are illegal for other people. classified information sharing. >> can we make that point, because shane you made this point in the piece, ive heard other people make this point. its important for people that are just waking up and listening, this is not about the president doing something wreck le and bragging. he can do that, but h...

"snl" admitted their vetting process could have been better. listen, dean, youre going to call people out when they say anti-muslim things or anti-black things, but not this person? this person shouldnt be fired? >> well, he actually did say anti-muslim stuff as i pointed out in my cnn article. for me the question was -- were adults, right, don? we know when someones being playful, when theyre being hateful. in the case of shane, i dont know the young man. andrew yangs point two days ago, he wou...

Hired shane on the strength of his talent as comedian and impressive audition for "snl." we were not aware of his prior remarks. the language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable 31-year-old gillis who made a name for himself in standup from new york to l.a. responding tonight im a comedian funny enough to get "snl." that cant be taken away i understand it would be too much of a distraction. i respect the decision they made im honestly grateful for the opportunity. the coveted job on "...