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Investigations into whether there was ukraine influence into the 2016 election. that's where cnn's fareed zakaria enters the picture and he joins us now. fareed, it was going to be an interview with you where the second half of the quid pro quo was announced. >> right. we had been trying to get an interview with zelensky anyway because he's this fascinating character, complete newcomer, standup comic, sitcom actor, also a businessman but a newcomer, totally outside politics, sweeps the parliament elections, talks about making a deal with russia, fascinating character. we're getting somewhere...

If you could interview him now, because you haven't spoken to him since you turned down the rnc. >> when i turned down the rnc was the last time we've spoken. he said to me, what are you doing? and i explained to him in the nicest way that it would be difficult for me. i said i'm not really actually comfortable being a public speaker, which i'm not. i don't like going up. i never was a standup comic. i don't like getting up in front of audiences. this radio studio suits me just fine. i'm alone with robin and she's my audience. i'm in heaven. it's great. so when -- you know, what struck me as e...

Where california admitted to a million votes. >> okay. there are countless ways to respond to that. no one says it better than my favorite standup comic, jenny darcy. >> don't even get me started. white ladies, don't get me started. can i hear it from the sisters? don't get me started. no, you know what, get me started. >> don't get me started. don't even get me started. where have you gone, jenny darcy. this nation turns its lonely eyes to you. here's the thing, california never admitted to a million votes, quote, unquote, whatever that means. it sounds like something whispered of a now bankr...

Million votes. >> okay. there are countless ways to respond to that. no one says it better than my favorite standup comic, jenny darcy. >> don't even get me started. white ladies, don't get me started. can i hear it from the sisters? [ laughter ] >> don't get me started. no, you know what, get me started. >> don't get me started. don't even get me started. where have you gone, jenny darcy. get me started. here's the thing, california never admitted to a million votes quote, unquote, whatever that means. it sounds like something whistleblowerer whispered of a now bankrupt casino. even there's n...

I don't like going up -- i never was a standup comic. i don't like getting up in front of audience. this radio studio suits me just fine. you know what struck me as even odd, i knew he was a hillary clinton fan. he was a supporter of hers. so the whole thing was weird. i am -- i have been a hillary clinton supporter way back before even when obama, when she was -- >> 2008. >> yeah. i -- i think she's a terrific public servant. i thought her husband was the best president we ever had. >> my colleague, michael smerconish, host of cnn's "smerconish" is was this afternoon. michael, stern says this...