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Pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the presidents main domestic political rivals. in the rough transcript the presidents call with the president of ukraine, remember that transcript was released by the white house itself. there is this, and i quote. theres a lot of talk about bidens son, that biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that. so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. biden went around bragging that he stopped the...

Monumental task very seriously. she knows she has a majority of the democrats in support of the inbyy. but shes looking at all things. this is a bigger investigation than initially imagined. >> now, i think were getting involved in the cover-up of the cover-up. that may be something that will take some time to investigate. i do think the attorney general has gone rogue. he has for a long time now since he was mentioned in all of this, its curious that he would be making decisions about how the c...

Joined by mike rogers. hes a cnn national security commentator. thanks so much for joining us. give me your quick reaction. how significant is this resignation? is it another admission of some potential wrongdoing? >> i would be cautious not to say it was an admission of wrongdoing other than hey, this thing is getting messy, ive got other work to do. volcker was a former ambassador to nato so he has experience, but getting under this much scrutiny certainly doesnt look good. i have to tell you ...

Confirming a very sensitive part of the whistle-blowers complaint, that the transcript of the call had been moved to a very secure server. whats their explanation, why did they do that? >> a lot of this has to do with the fact that there have been other calls of president trumps that have leaked. the call with the australian prime minister was famously leaked not once, but twice, descriptions of the call and then an actual transcript of the call. the white house has been sensitive to this for so...

It is not surprising that i have become the object of his attention. >> now, we spoke to some who braved the heat here today about all of the developments including the presidents controversial phone call with the president of ukraine and possible wrongdoing by hunter biden. listen. >> i doubt that his son went to the ukraine to do something highly unscrupulous. i find it offensive, the whole thing. >> its about morals. and its about the constitution. >> if he did break the law, then he needs to...

Power or wrongdoing. hes trying to frame being name dropped in this report to fund-raisers and to donors at a fund-raiser in california like this. he said, its never been about me. its a tactic used by this president to try to hijack an election so we do not focus on the issues that matter in our lives and your lives. that does fit with what i have been hearing from people who are trying to help democrats flip the house last fall, healthcare. based on his remarks, the former vp has not been inte...

Same. there is no evidence of wrongdoing by joe biden or his son hunter. >> nothing to see here. joining me now, "the wall street journal" editorial board member and fox news could noter. all right, kim whats changed? so it is pretty easy, whats changethat republicans are now focusing on joe biden so the media, as you would expect, regrouping and deciding that joe biden is perfect refine. as you very well pointed out, the very same people who were l.a. to go after him before because they wanted ...

Whistleblowers provide direct firsthand knowledge of alleged wrongdoing. and the first time this was brought to the public was the phone call and the whistleblowers complaint. it previously had said you had to have firsthand knowledge. this is the first time that the document says it could be hearsay. >> well, you have a handful. and we dont know exactly how many or who. and i think we really have to, at some point, the whistleblower has said and his attorney has said that or this individual has...

Wrongdoing by joe biden or his son hunter. >> laura: nothing to see here. joining me now, kim strassel, "wall street journal" editorial board member, fox news contributor. all right, kim, whats changed? >> so its pretty easy, whats changed is that republicans are now focusing on joe biden and so the media, as you would expect, are regrouping and deciding that joe biden is perfectly fine. so as you just very well pointed out, the very same people who were happy to go after him before because they...

Community was similar act. the ic wpa. it states that the ig rc must be in possession of her level firsthand information, not secondhand knowledge of wrongdoing. not information received from another person, such as when a fellow employee since they witnessed some type of wrongdoing. does this person then deserve the same protection, because this is secondhand information? >> pete: i dont think so. we have used the phrase "whistle-blower," and i know its become legal because it was conferred upo...