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Rival running for election possibly against him if he wins the primary last year? >> i don't know what you looked at. i think it is very appropriate for the president of the united states to suggest you have a corruption problem and this prosecutor that was fired, maybe it was because he was corrupt or maybe because he was looking -- looking at something close to america here. the vice president's son was receiving money from the ukraine, was on a board of a company that was the subject of investigation. >> the nature of president trump's communications with president putin as well as ukrainia...

Year? >> i don't know what you looked at. i think it's appropriate for the president of the united states to suggest you had a corruption problem and the prosecutor that was fired maybe was because he was corrupt or maybe because he was looking at something close to america here. the vice president's son was receiving money from the ukraine. was on the board of a company that was the subject of investigation. the question that got me going was did the president of the united states suggest to the ukraine i will withhold money unless you go after my political rival. the answer is absolutely not...

A corruption problem. >> you have president zelinsky and president trump both climting one another for trying to root out corruption. >> the memo calls the whistleblower's account a second hand account. >> if you're going to base it on a press report from a secondhand person who thinks they heard something, and that's the most you've got -- based upon a whistleblower that wasn't even listening to a conversation. >> and accused democrats of endangering our national security. >> we're now in a situation where not only have they hurt national security, but they're fundmentally abdicating their co...

Clearly, it is not a volunteer act. the fact that both the house and the senate have demanded this information gives him no choice. all he can do is put it out and try to put the best spin on it. the question is will they put it out honestly or not and that's where nixon got himself in a lot of trouble when he tried the same things and fudged on what he was putting out as opposed to what was actually in the record. >> one final word to you, carrie, i justment want to put explanation, and the president said this totally appropriate call. no quid prequo. you have a corruption problem eight times...

Saying he wants to ensure people like joe biden and his son hunter do not contribute to the corruption problem in ukraine. the former vice president, meantime, says it is a baseless political smear and likely an abuse of power on that call. congressional democrats are demanding a transcript of the phone call and access to the whistle-blower complaints that started this controversy. and that summer making a renewed push toward impeachment proceedings. we have fox team coverage tonight. kristin fisher is on capitol hill as impeachment is once again a hot topic there. doug mckelway here at the d....