reports there are witnesses, administration officials, who can corroborate the complaint, and there are questions about how the white house handled records of president trump's call to ukraine's president. let's bring in james clapper, the former director of national intelligence. director, thank you so much. really appreciate you joining us tonight. "the new york times" is reporting that the whistle-blower identified multiple white house officials as corroborating witnesses, and it goes further. the intelligence inspector general interviewed witnesses. what does that tell you about the credibility of this complaint? >> well, from -- i saw an earlier interview. i think it was wolf blitzer conducted with congressman eric swalwell, and his inferential description of the whistle-blower's complaint tells me i think this, when it eventually comes out, is going to be even more devastating than the transcript or summary of the one phone call between the