i don't have confidence in the veracity of the tweet. i'm asking you under oath. >> congressman, that is based on unsubstantiated -- >> sir, answer the question yes or no. did he lash out to you about the guilty plea? >> no, he did not. >> according to the former acting attorney general, president trump did not quote lash out at him. the real question is what did the president say? and that's what tonight's new reporting could shed light on. i say could because it's in question. cnn justice correspondent lara jarrett starts us off. so what exactly did whitaker say today and again, according to chairman nadler's accounting of events? >> well anderson, nadler said that whitaker didn't deny that the president called him to discuss the case of his former lawyer michael cohen and other personnel decisions in the southern district of new york. a little bit vague there about what exactly was discussed. and nadler said that whitaker was involved in conversations about the recuse of a of u.s. attorney jeffrey berman in the