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To testify before the house intelligence committee, happening on thursday. tonight he issued a statement. reading i have sworn an oath to the constitution 11 times in my 36 years of public service and few views it a a covenant with every american that will well and faithfully zmarj duties of my office in light of recent reporting i want to make clear that i have upheld my responsibility to follow the law every step of the way. the statement continues as public servants the men and women of the intelligence community have a solemn spolkt to do what is right which includes reporting wrong doing....

Pressesing his ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden and his son hunter. one call according to the "wall street journal." but part of a complaint involving multiple items, we're told. in the meantime joe biden gave his fullest most direct criticism of the trump administration and how it treats legitimate inquiries by congress. >> it's time for in administration to stop stonewalling and provide congress with all the facts it needs. including a copy of the formal complaint made by the whistleblower. and it's time for the congress to fully investigate the conduct of this president. the p...

Intelligence committee and essentially told the lawmakers we can't show you what's in this complaint. and so this is a major reversal for the white house no question about it. >> what about the release of the transcript of the president's call with the ukrainian president? and i'm not -- i mean, were there multiple calls? do we no? because the reporting for the "wall street journal" initially was that there were eight mentions of -- or eight efforts of mentioning focusing on biden. do we know if that was in one call. >> right. i think that's one of the key questions in the whistleblower compla...

That phone call -- in that one phone call. but then according to other reporting, the whistleblower complaint that the one phone call was just part of others. >> well, that's why- you know the facts matter. >> right. >> and you know, the democrats, you know may regret rushing so quickly into a formal impeachment investigation on the ukraine matter before they know all the facts. >> because if the transcript doesn't have any references to biden, then that would make the "wall street journal" report not accurate. >> and if there are no no further phone calls then there is a -- then there is a pr...

Ig report, and then we need to keep pressure on the president. because we know he said in the past that he would turn over certain documents or do certain things and has for the followed through? >> so if there is jim acosta's reporting some people in the white house saying it's underwelcome when it's released, there is no there there, others on capitol hill, republicans saying this whistleblower may not actually you know have direct knowledge. and are sort of questioning -- the white house is calling calling a person a so-called whistleblower. if in in fantastic the transcript is underwelcome...