of the transcript and the president held up the ukrainian president for dirt on his political opponent. that's as slam dunk as you need to get. everything else corroborates what the president himself said on that phone call. >> i want to show you before i go to the next question. i have to share what we got in new york city on the street. the media is salivating over this "new york times" report that trump was briefed on the whistleblower complaint before releasing aid to the ukraine. listen to this. >> the only reason he released the aid is he got caught in this whole scheme. >> the president released the aid when he knew his cover was blown. >> once they knew the gig was up, they had the defense of we gave him the aid. no harm no foul. >> it may have to do with his