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At least two major depositions are scheduled on capitol hill this week that we're watching. it could further solidify the case against the trump presidency and the impeachment inquiry. we're watching that and will have more details this hour. none of this has stopped the presidential campaign. if anything it may be enjuergiig it. joe biden versus donald trump, who benefits more from the impeachment barbs. as you just heard, a second whistleblower is now officially come forward in the trump ukraine scandal. the attorneys for the first intelligence official who blew the whistle on the phone call...

President happened july 25. on august 12, the whistleblower filed their complaint. at the end of august, president trump effectively put a hold on military aid money. on september 1 the vp met with the ukrainian leader. eight days later, house committees started investigating and by september 12, right after adam schiff started to ask questions about the complaints, the aid was lifted. >> there claiming trump only release the aid once he knew congress was investigating. there's just one problem with that timeline. it leaves out two crucial facts and one crucial step. first fact, everyone knows...

The call with the ukrainian president happened july 25. on august 12, the whistleblower filed their complaint. at the end of august, president trump effectively put a hold on military aid money. on september 1 the vp met with the ukrainian leader. eight days later, house committees started investigating and by september 12, right after adam schiff started to ask questions about the complaints, the aid was lifted. >> there claiming trump only release the aid once he knew congress was investigating. there's just one problem with that timeline. it leaves out two crucial facts and one crucial step...

Happens next. thank you. this weekend, we are also learning more about the time line of the whistleblower complaint. who knew what before it went public and started the wheels turning on a formal presidential impeachment inquiry. here is cnn's jessica schneider. >> reporter: officials now say that the department of justice and the white house knew about the whistleblower's concerns more than one week before they were formally alerted by the acting director of national intelligence and the intelligence community inspector general. the last week of august. here is the time line we know so far. a...

Whistleblower complaint. evan preerez joins us with that >> it appears the administration was grappling with what to do about this complaint. we know the complaint first came in on august 12. it appears on august 14th is when the general counsel for one of the intelligence agencies reaches out as required to the justice department to alert them that there is been this complaint from an employee from this agency and that it has to do with this phone call that involved the president, the ukrainian president back in july. so that sets on the course that we see has now come forward, because we kno...