protests as trade talks progressed. now sources tell me, anderson, that the president believed that china would not be able to reach as good as a trade deal with biden or warren as it would have with him because he was fearing that they were going to hold out until after the election to strike a deal. now the white house record of that call we're told was later stored in that highly secured electronics system used to house that now infamous call with ukraine's president and which helped spark the whistle-blower complaint that has led democrats to open an impeachment inquiry. white house secretary stephanie gri grissam said we're not going to start comments with every conversation president trump has with world leaders other than to say his comments are always appropriate. >> has there been reaction from china about this call in june or what the president said on the south lawn today? >> there has been quite a reaction, anderson. after the president boldly called on china to investigate the biden allegations, we're told that chinese officials were basically sent into scramble