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What chairman schiff has said, was there any wrongdoing in the steps that were tieng get aken this whoiistleblower to file hi or her complaint. >> it makes sense for them to go to a lawyer to make sure how they go to the process. and according to the reports, that lawyer then talked to the cias general counsel. i dont know if that is the case or not. but these types of things should be kept very, very closely held. and its my understanding that there is no reason at all for notification to be do...

But it ends up giving you a bad country and weak economy. in russia, they used oil and gas as a weapon. >> on our show today rachel will be here to talk about how oil and gas play a central role in vladimir putins efforts to control ukraine to hack our election and yes, also, the impeachment inquiry, all of that coming up next. and good day, everyone, im andrea mitchell in new york. president trump finally admitting today what he avoided answering yes, why he called ukraines president in july,...

Ethically and appearance-wise, it may not be a good idea. and in terms of you 0oo kra00 u ukranian officials say there is no investigation ongoing and no evidence of wrongdoing. in fact if there was a u.s. investigation, biggest question is on what basis and did the president order that and was that proper. >> ken, thank you for your reporting. ken dilanian. and in the last hour, our colleague rachel shadow was on an degree a mit andrea mitchell reports arguing that the presidents comments ren...

Supports whistle-blowers except for the whistle-blowers that are undoing -- uncovering wrongdoing in his administration. thats not how the whistle-blower law works. i think this is a really serious moment because we rely on the whistle-blower act and these brave individuals to come forward when there is corruption happening inside an administration. frankly, whether its a democratic administration or republican administration. and if any president can get away with these kind of personal vitriol...

But not the identity. >> and the whistleblower contacted the committee for guidance on how to report possible wrongdoing within the committee. and this is a regular rule and at no point did the committee review or receive the whistleblower complaint in advance. here is president trumps reaction yesterday to the times report. >> your response to the fact that that happened, and that schiff may have learned some of what the whistleblower knew prior to the -- >> i think it is a scandal that he knew...

And obstruct, but honestly, every time he opens his mouth we learn more about this situation, and i think congress should proceed. >> does he have a credible argument that as the presidents personal attorney in the middle of the mueller probe, that he had the right, the obligation to go to ukraine, to go to foreign leaders and try to establish his argument that it was ukraine and the democrats, not russia and the republicans, potentially, certainly manafort, who were involved in interfering in t...

Self-interest above the interest of the country. they made accommodations for him. the more aggressive trump was the more accommodating republicans were and now theyre intwined with a man thats going to go down and theyre going down with him. >> listen to joe biden who spoke out on the other side of this whole scandal. this was last night. >> so im not surprised donald trump asked a foreign government for help to beat me. im not surprised this presidents allegations of wrong doing against me hav...

Is endangering his life. >> well, and then, once again, calling for the whistle-blower to be made public so the president can directly confront him or her. listen, the president says he supports whistle-blowers except for the whistle-blowers that are undoing -- uncovering wrongdoing in his administration. thats not how the whistle-blower law works. i think this is a really serious moment because we rely on the whistle-blower act and these brave individuals to come forward when there is corruptio...

Trump world. we know there have been policy meetings, as there always are, at the white house and this undoubtedly at the forefront of those meetings, hallie. >> lets play more of what chth president had to say about the bidens on the south lawn. >> i would think if they were honest about it, theyd start a major investigation into the bidens. likewise, china should start an investigation. what happened with china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. >> the context and reality chec...

President zelensky to do, he invoked china on his own. to remind our viewers, i would think, they, meaning the ukrainian, would start an investigation into the bidens, likewise china should start an investigation into the bidens. president zelensky, if it were me i would recommend they start an investigation into bidens crooked deal. this has been looked at and there has not been evidence of wrongdoing. what the president is talking about is the fact that bidens son hunter sat on the board of an...