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employees, including but not limited to secretary michael r. pompeo, ambassador volker, ambassador sondland, ambassador taylor, and deputy assistant secretary kent and the following, president zelensky, and reyer macor individuals acting in any capacity as a representative, agent or proxy for president zelensky before and after his election. f., all records identified by witnesses in the house of representatives impeachment inquiry that memorialize key events or concerned and any records reflecting an official response there to including but n notitied to one, a august 21, 2019 cable sent by ambassador taylor to secretary pom. two, on august 16, 2019 memorandum to file written by deputy assistant secretary kent and three a sent 15th, 2019 memorandum to file written by deputy assistant secretary
if you think this is dramatic, read the transcript from this phone call and tell me if you think that is dramatic. it makes the american people go what is this about? >> reporter: maguire is denying the washington post report he threatened to resign if he could not speak freely to lawmakers issuing a statement, quote, at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16, 2019, i've never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. i'm committed to leading the intelligence committee to address complex threats facing our nation. after the house hearing which is in open session maguire will testify before the senate intelligence committee. that is closed to the public. rob: a lot thrown in his lap on the first month on the job. we will watch. jillian: conservative radio host rush limbaugh said impeachment isn't is always been a ploy to take down the president. rob: this time rush limbaugh thinks democrats are hoping to take joe biden down with him. >> this is all about democrats
>> if you think this is dramatic read the transcript from this phone call and tell me if that is dramatic because most american people go what is this about? >> reporter: mcguire is denying the washington post report that he threatened to resign if he could not speak freely to lawmakers and issued this statement, quote, at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. i'm committed to leading the intelligence community to address diverse and complex threats facing our nation. at 9:00 am mcguire testifies before the house session but he will go to the senate intelligence committee. that is closed to the public. shannon: donald trump releasing the phone call transcript in an effort to clear the air. that is what he was trying to do. former acting attorney general matthew witnesses democrats demanding that level of
the whistleblower complaint before members of congress. he will be a closed door session before the senate intelligence committee. maguire vowed to step down if he was not allowed to appear before congress, a source familiar with the matter told nbc news. the "washington post" first reported maguire threatened resignation citing current and former white house officials and stephanie grisham disputed the account, white house spokesperson. and maguire wrote in a wrote, at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i have never quit anything in my life and i am not going to start now. i am committed to the complex threat facing our nation. >> and the notes of the phone call reveal president trump press pressed zelenski to probe joe biden and invoking his name
openness to receiving foreign government assistance in order to win an election. and what we now know is that in the summer of 2019, the president is doing the same thing in this case he's not just willing to be on the receiving end he is soliciting the assistants of a foreign government to dig up dirt on a political opponent. so the mueller report was a warning for what is actually transpiring in the present. >> let me jump in. hang on one second. we're actually off the breaking story in the "washington post." i want you to respond. getting a statement from joseph maguire, acting dni. according to the "post" last couple of minutes who wanted to testify freely in front of congress, and didn't want the white house to try to stonewall. this is what joseph maguire has said. at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role august 16, 2019. i have never quit anything in my
but to john's point -- >> neil: they are getting close. >> bret: they are at about 200. they are getting closer. to john's point, a lot of what we knew coming into today before we saw the transcript, the reporting was off. eight times. at most you could make maybe four or five times in the transcript. the holding back specifically of the money. today you had "the washington post" move a story that the acting director of national intelligence threatened to resign if he wasn't allowed to testify freely. 2 minutes later, he puts out a statement saying at no time have i ever consider resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i've never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. my point is we are in the same boat as we were at the beginning of the russian investigation where stories and things that are said, instead of facts, are being looked at first. we all should take a pause and look at what we are seeing in front of us. >> neil: do we know that this
but he said at no time have i considered resigning my position, in other words the story in "the washington post" was a fake. at no time have i considered resigning my position, since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i have never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. i'm committed to leading the intelligence community to address the diverse and complex threats facing our nation. that is from the acting director of national intelligence, a very good man, joseph maguire. so we're having a great period of time. our country is the strongest at their event economically. our numbers are phenomenal. wilbur, thank you. larry, everybody. the numbers are phenomenal. our economy is the strongest of the world. we are the largest economy in the world. had my opponent won, we would be second right now because china was catching us so rapidly we would be second by this time.
>> neil: republicans have been saying no smoking gun, move on. democrats doubling down saying an impeachment inquiry is necessary. the transcript from the president's conversations with the ukrainian president confirm it. catherine herridge has the latest. >> good afternoon. in the last hour, we received a statement from the acting director of national intelligence, joe maguire, he is the intelligence chief who is scheduled to testify publicly tomorrow and he is denying published reports that he threatened to resign if he could not be forthcoming with lawmakers tomorrow. that statement reads "at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i've never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. i'm committed to leading the intelligence community to address the diverse and complex threats facing our nation." a number of key sections of the transcript will be at the heart