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Released. it's just an odd series of dates. it doesn't -- we don't know exactly what happened. it's just interesting. >> what's also interesting is the reporting a little later in the story that says former national security adviser john bolton wanted to release the money to ukraine because he thought it would help the country while curtailing russian aggression. but trump said, as you just mentioned, he was primarily concerned with corruption. that theme occurs throughout the story, and it has occurred today several times when donald trump has spoken to media at the united nations, where he s...

Attention. former massachusetts governor and 2020 presidential candidate bill weld joins me now. we're going to continue our conversation. rejoins me i should say. given this new information, this new reporting from the "washington post," carol leonnig said what a number of members of congress have said today. this could be sorted out with the proper information. if the white house were to actually hand over the information necessary -- >> no, but the cover stories that the white house trotted out to try to conceal the corrupt intent of mr. trump are ludicrous. he was worried about the end of ...

Expansionism, was delayed. they would have legitimate questions about that and it seems not only was the money delayed but there was a response crafted that might have been less than truthful. >> well, we don't know what the truth is yet. we don't know the full truth yet. we've had some administration officials, senior ones, tonight tell us that basically trump's goals were to focus on corrupti corruption. that he was worried whether or not the ukrainian government was going to spend the money properly, that it had nothing to do with zelensky. the issue, ali, is really the timing. while on s...

Presidential admission for the record books. the president of the united states appeared to suggest that he spoke with a foreign leader about a political opponent and implied that he wanted that leader, the president of ukraine, to investigate that political opponent. it's a conversation that sits at the center of a whistleblower's complaint about alleged abuse of power within the white house. now, we know that lawrence typically doesn't play a lot of sound from president trump at this hour, but this is a remarkable notion, that a sitting president would push a foreign government to investigat...

Creating the corruption already in the ukraine. >> trump and his allies spent days denying that there was any there there and then trump seemed to admit on camera that he had raised the issue in a call with the ukrainian president. and while we're at it we should note that numerous fact checkers have not found any evidence of the corruption that donald trump claims exists. trump said at the united nations, "it was a perfect phone call." and this morning the president took things a step further. he suggested a link between his administration's review of military aid to ukraine and his efforts t...