i want to read it to you. the ukrainian leader was apparently left with a different impression after the phone call with the president. murphy spoke with zelensky during an early september visit to ukraine. he said the ukraine president directly expressed concern at their meeting that the aid that was being cut off to ukraine by the president was a consequence of the ukraine president's unwillingness to launch an investigation into the bidens. two questions. one, have you ever heard of a u.s. president asking another nation to investigate one of america's citizens? >> no, but i do know of joe biden saying if you don't fire the prosecutor in question, we're going to withhold, you know, a billion dollars in loan guarantee. >> he was operating as the v.p. of the united states of america, not personally, and he was joined by a parliament vote in ukraine and the u.n. and several western democracies who were all trying to remove the prosecutor.