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President to debunk what the democrats are doing. not as an issue of wrongdoing but will be fought out over the next few months before the election. >> evan perez, thank you for that reporting. here is how other republican lawmakers are responding today. first up congressman jim jordan who refused to say if it was appropriate for president trump to call on china to investigate joe biden. >> do you think its appropriate for president trump to ask china and ukraine to investigate joe biden? >> geo...

>> the american people know me and they know him. and ill put my integrity of my whole career of public service in this nation up against his long record of lying, cheating and stealing any day of the week. >> but there is a reason the president constantly lies and twists the truth when it comes to his opponents. it works. or at least it muddies the water. in a monday moth poll we leads this week, 42% respond he probably did when asked ukraine not to investigate his sons business. 42% also said ...

Joe biden that we saw then is still the joe biden we see today. >> hunter biden, of course, is part of all of this. joe bidens son. there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either biden. hunter has been open about his difficult past. i wonder if the biden campaign could have known that he could be a point of vulnerability at the campaign. >> i love seeing, yes, they knew this might come up during the campaign and it was going to be a sore point, perhaps. if you want to be honest about it, hunter sh...

Has a very chilling effect on current whistle-blowers and future whistle-blowers. i think its unacceptable for these attacks to go forward as they have been. >> evan, quickly, are your sources or anyone telling you that this kind of tone could deter any other potential whistle blowers from coming forward? >> yeah. thats one of the concerns you hear inside the government. why would you stick your neck out if you know something has gone browrong, if youve seen wrongdoing, why stick your neck out i...

About the same telephone call, a call the president made public, it doesnt change the fact hes done nothing wrong. putting the president pfls personal attorney, rudy giuliani, a central figure on the ukraine saga on tv. >> we got an anonymous whistle-blower who says that donald trump did something wrong. donald trump like hunter biden says i didnt do anything wrong. >> forget the whistle-blower. we have the transcript of the call and the presidential remarks on the lawn. >> before you interrupt ...

Whistleblower has come forward or is about to come forward i believe again with t. someone who sees wrongdoing and heres wrongdoing and wants to do something about it. >> representative deming says the first whistleblower has laid out a quote abuse of power that is quote so detailed and appropriately laid out. republicans are not impressed. the possibility that someone else may have listened to the presidents july 25 phonecall with the president of ukraine according to one gop member of the hous...

Believe based on that, that we will have to take a serious look at articles of impeachment. chris: whats your reaction to the report this morning that there is now a second whistleblower, a second intelligence agent -- apparently, he has not filed a complaint yet with your committee, but he or she, i should say, has spoken to the intelligence communitys inspector general? >> let me just say this, chris, lets deal with the first whistleblower. i believe this is a career service employee, a public...

The reporting that a second whistleblower has come forward or is about to come forward, i believe again, would be someone with who sees wrongdoing, hears wrongdoing and wants to do something about it. chris: now, the white house -- as i pointed out at the beginning -- your committee, the house, has voted to subpoena documents from the white house. the white house says that it will not release those documents, will not turn them over unless the full house votes to authorize an impeachment inquiry...

Certain info. in thes believe this may add more fuel to the impeachment fire. >> the reporting that a second whistle-blower has come forward or is about to come forward i believe again would be someone who sees wrong doing hears wrong doing, and wants to do something about it. >> representative says that first whistle-blower has laid out, quote, an abuse of power that is, quote, so detailed and appropriately laid out. republicans arent impressed the possibility that someone else may have listene...

Money on this, no more stories -- >> there are stories about hunter biden and the washington post and new york times. >> all of which say nobody past for the records. let them produce the records, private equities. >> one more question about your role in ukraine. let me ask the question. you originally -- he told you there is no evidence of wrongdoing. and in retrospect not the best judgment to rely on this. >> he was the only guy willing to come forward. i took his evidence and the first to rev...