Drivers of the russia collusion narrative you remember that out with a new fable. House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff, he is now reading his own parody of that phone call between solinsky and trump. He didnt, however, note that hed made it all up as he delivered his lines from the chair of the committee. Chairman schiffs deceptive impression coming during an open hearing for joseph mcguire, the acting director of national intelligence, explaining why he didnt turn over the whistleblowers complaint to lawmakers according to their schedule. Instead, according to his. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge with us tonight with more on this extraordinary story. Reporter well, so much has happened in the span of just 8 or 10 hours here today in washington. Right out of the gate they declassified and released the whistleblower complaint in its entirety, and there has been a lot of media reporting that there were a number of incidents or events, it wasnt just the phone call. But when you read this, what you see is that the phone call with the president the core or foundational element. The other thing contained in the whistleblower complaint are allegations of a coverup. This is, again, all secondhand information. But that the transcript of the call, the whistleblower states based on other officials was moved into a secret or highly classified storage system and that this was not standard in a case like this. Lou already a coverup, and we havent yet established that there is a crime. Its an extraordinary moment in which we had leading up to all of this in very quick order, in a matter of four days, we go from reports of a telephone call in which there was supposed to be eight recommends to joe biden references to joe biden, references to a pressure or a, actually, an attempt by the president to force upon the ukrainians information, investigation that they simply did not want to pursue. One of it turns none of it turns out to be in the phone call transcript that weve all now read x. Then the complaint. There is discord and differences between the claims made initially in the General Press it doesnt sync up. Lou its incredible. And the whistleblower complaint doesnt include the transcript of the phone call itself. Again, its the whistleblower right up front says this is based on secondhand information. Lou and public sources. And some of it is public sources. Theres sort of a connecting of the dots to media reports. You can make of that what you will. We have seen it in other controversial documents as well [laughter] the thing that immediately comes to mind that republicans criticize is the fisa application and the use of media reports to be in force. Im not saying theres an equivalency here, but again, the media reports in the document, and theyre used to connect the dots to make the point that there has been misconduct by the president. Lou i can tell you that, clearly, it is my opinion that its going to take a lot of work to develop connective tissue from the reports to then the transcript, to then the complaint. Because its very strained, i will put it that way, at this point. Catherine herridge, as always, we appreciate it. Thank you, lou. Lou thanks so much. President trump today called the radical dems a disgrace for what they are putting this country through. Landing at joint base andrews today after three days at the United Nations, President Trump went on the offense over todays house Intelligence Committee hearing. That was a perfect call. But adam schiff doesnt talk about joe biden and his son walking away with millions of dollars from ukraine and then millions of dollars from china. He doesnt talk about joe biden firing a prosecutor and if that prosecutors not fired, hes not going to give them money from the United States of america. The president yesterday of ukraine said there was no pressure put on him whatsoever, none whatsoever. And he said it loud and clear for the press. Lou President Trump today landing, after spending a few days with all of his friends at the United Nations. Joining us tonight is congressman mark meadows, member of the House Oversight committee and member of the freedom caucus. Congressman, great to have you here. Nice to be with you, lou. Lou this has been quite a day, beginning with the president in new york. Hes home now. The Intelligence Committee hearing, i have to say that this is an extraordinary moment in history to see all that was reported, woe would hear and read then seeing what we heard and read in the transcript and then looking at the complaint. Your reaction to what the committee is going through right now. Well, ive looked at it. I said theres got to be five or six more pages of this transcript based on all the reporting. I mean, when you look at it, lou, you start to say the buildup, the hype lou right. And weve seen this before from ad adam schiff, the hype of the russia collusion, now this is the ukrainian collusion. And yet we saw adam schiff in all his glory today as chairman. He didnt read the transcript, he had to make it up because they had to build this hype that was out there. Now the, heres what we do know the foundation of this whistleblowers complaint is already starting to fall apart. Theres reports out just a few minutes ago that on page 3 where the whistleblower said that he a heard that a counselor for the state department was actually on the call, well, the state department is saying, no, that didnt happen. Well, were going to find a whole lot more that didnt happen, and i can tell you what didnt happen is that the president didnt do anything wrong, and its time that we allow him to govern on behalf of the American People that elected him in 2016. Lou you know, congressman, what stuns me is, as i read the transcript, i find it impossible in an independent reading of that document, i find it impossible to come close to the reporting. Forget the zeal of the radical dems in wanting to find something grave and impeachable in it. I cant find anything that even supports the reporting about it in advance. Well, it doesnt. Listen, it was selective leaks that were given to different reporters, sourced by people who didnt really have knowledge of it. We, you know, there was said there were promises made by the president. He didnt make any promises. Eight mentions of joe biden, those werent in there. Lou threatening certificate eleven sky, it goes on and weve got a great witness, the president of ukraine, sol lin sky, himself. Listen, im all about this, but heres what were going to find, were going to find that adam schiff is going to rush this through before it falls apart. You know, the whole russia collusion fell apart, everything that theyve done with cohen has fallen apart, hes in jail. And now theyre going to try to run this through and have an Impeachment Vote before this narrative falls apart. But i can tell you its already fallen apart. My republican colleagues, ive never seen them this engaged in the house ready to defend this president. They know what the democrats are doing is wrong, the American People know it as well. Lou yeah. I think its pretty clear to the American People, certainly, that this is another, just another assault from the radical dems, the deep state, whomever. And for this person were getting the New York Times saying the whistleblower is a cia officer, for crying out loud, who was on temporary assignment to the white house. I mean, it just gets richer and richer and more preposterous than the previous dem plot. Well, youre exactly right. But there are some similarities. If you notice this whistleblower complaint, they cite a whole lot of sources in the news. What we know from the previous russia collusion narrative, what did they quote . Sources in the news that they actually put in the news so that they could report about it. I mean, you know, listen lou why do you suppose the president calls that all fake news . [laughter] because its exactly. That you know, i havent used that term, fake news, but let me tell you when the reporting prior to this whistleblowers complaint coming out and the transcripts coming out and bravo to the president for releasing those. Talk about a coverup, this is the first time that i know of ever in the history of our country where weve actually taken a transcript between two leaders and given it unredacted, not a single redaction. Lou and weve got people clucking about what a terrible precedent it is for future president s. I think theyll be making their judgments on their own. And, hopefully, they wont have leakers in the white house lou who are doing it, you know, dealing with the same sort of nonsense this president must. We thank you for being here, congressman. Great to be with you. Lou always great to see you. Up next, our exclusive interview with the Vice President , mike pence. 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Lou President Trump today standing up in the face of the endless efforts of the radical left to subvert his presidency. So many leaders came up to me today, and they said, sir, what you go through no president has ever gone through, and its so bad for your country. People laugh at the stupidity of what theyve asked for. Lou earlier i talked with Vice President mike pence, and we began our conversation with what can only be categorized now as the wide open conflict between republicans and democrats. Well, the first thing it means, lou, is that as the president said a week ago, he did nothing wrong. The represent the reveal the transcript reveals that despite reckless accusations in the media and by democrats on capitol hill that the president had somehow threatened aid to ukraine to demand a specific act, that it just never happened. The transcript is clear on that point. The ironic thing is the only time it did happen that we know about is when former Vice President joe biden threatened over a billion dollars in aid to ukraine in exchange for a specific act. But in this case, you know, the president s within completely vindicated. And i think the American People look at this in the context not just of this week or this month, but really the last two and a half years. 63 million americans voted for President Donald Trump and to put this administration in the white house. And from the day after the election, the democrats have been trying to overturn the results of that election. Two and a half years of reckless accusations, of obstruction, collusion with the russians, all of that panned out to be nothing, no collusion, no obstruction. Last week democratses democrats were actually making baseless allegations against a Supreme Court justice calling for his impeachment, and now this week before she had many any of the facts, even though she knew that the transcript was going to be released today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi initiates an impeach inquiry into this presidency, and i think the American People have had enough. They know they cant run against in the president s record. They cant run against a record of accomplishment that you talk about every night on this broadcast. And so theyve decided to continue to look for one more way to try and overturn the election, and its just, its just not going to work. The American People see through it, and now that they have the transcript, they can see once again that the president did nothing wrong, that he had a conversation with a world leader, that he spoke about issues that were appropriate issues related to our strong relationship with ukraine, and it was nothing more than that. Lou and theres, obviously, from the tone of the transcript a very Good Relationship between the two leaders. And there have been other conversations complimenting him on his election, complimenting zelensky on winning the parliament. And zelensky talking about ridding you crane of corruption, the very essence of what the president is concerned about. Lou, thats its so important that you bring that up, because this was actually, this was actually a call following president zelenskys win in the parliamentary elections. His president ial victory was all built on an anticorruption message. Lou right. And so the president wanted to speak about that. I mean, the United States of america has stood strong with ukraine ever since the Russian Military overran crimea and has been underwriting a savage war in the province of ukraine. Different from the last administration, weve actually been providing defensive weapons. The Obama Administration was sending them blankets and pillows, but this president said, nope, were going to stand for the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of ukraine. Weve provided them with weapons, the ability to defend themselves. But the president was concerned about corruption, and seeing this new leader rise and president zelensky on a message of anticorruption the president raised that issue, they both spoke about it. And that and, frankly, the lack of european support were both issues the president raised in this call and, frankly, has continued to raise throughout this administration. They were issues that i raised when i met with president zelensky in warsaw not long ago. Lou and we also are watching a president right now and a Vice President who are standing tall together, united. The party, its a question mark. Because as were talking, one with republican senator is saying anonymously because he dud r does not want to be straightforward about it as so many in this town occasionally do that he thinks releasing the transcript was a mistake because it means that he or he will have to he or she will have of to fight for the president , for the Vice President of this administration. Well, look, were very heartened by the support already since the transcript was released on capitol hill. Senator Lindsey Graham really focused the issue earlier today where he said last week his only concern was whether or not the president had threatened aid to ukraine for a specific act. And he said looking at the transcript, you can see that clearly didnt happen. Despite the fact that democrats were repeating that allegation, our opponents in the media were off repeating that allegation on no basis whatsoever. But now were hearing strong support from capitol hill. And i think they also appreciate the fact that this president said this was a perfect call early on. And despite the fact that its it was a tough call for the president. Because our leader has to have the ability to have candid conversation with leaders around the world. But at the end of the day, the president believed that this was a moment for transparency, this was a moment to give the American People the facts, and now that the facts are out, the American People can see that this was, this was an appropriate call talking about appropriate issues between the president of the United States and the president of ukraine, and there was no threat, there was no quid pro quo in this call. And the president felt it was important that the American People see that for themselves. Lou in fact, the transcript reveals zelensky saying to President Trump, you know, you have been my teacher because of the, as the role model for winning his election. An unexpected win for zelensky as well as, of course, with the president in 2016. Well, president zelensky had a career in television. Lou wonderful spent and our president has spent tom some time on television himself with great success. And when i met with president zelensky in poland, we sat down and talked about that. And i know that in their meeting today theyll make that very same connection. Theyre both nonconvention alleyeders who are willing to lead from the front and drive for real progress. And i think, you know, at the end of the day id say that again, lou. Present company accepted, most to to have media spends their time focusing whatever the latest criticism of this president or this administration is instead of focusing on an aamazing record that in the midst of reckless accusations over the last two and a half years weve rebuilt our military, weve revived the American Economy through tax cuts, rolling back regulation, an energy revolution. Weve seen more than 50 conservatives a appointed 150 conservatives appointed to our courts at every level. Its thanks all to the leadership of President Donald Trump. And whatever the democrats want to do with this latest allegation, with this latest effort, whatever it is, i promise you this president , this Vice President , this administra