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Respect to this issue? just to clarify, might atkinson was in front of us last week and did a good job of telling us what he did and didn't do. we know what he was able to do. it's part of his investigation. he did not request records of the call from the president and the reason he did he cited difficulty working through all of that. it probably meant he couldn't comply with the 14-day time frame. even he did not try to overrun the white house's executive privilege over the conversation the president had with president zelenskiy. he also said in his letter i also determined, quoting michael, ...

Or any law, but following his own conscience without his decision to do this, none of this is happening, correct? >> i applaud michael's, the way he has done this. he has acted in good faith and followed the law every step of the way. the question is, congressman, does it -- did it or did it not meet the legal definition. >> i asked a very different question. without his decision. it's a simple question, without his decision, none of this is happening, is that correct? >> we have to back up to the whistle-blower as well. >> the whistle-blower deserves the same accolades mr. atkinson does. were...

Against russian-smoeupported separatists in eastern ukraine. $250 million worth of support that included $50 million worth of anti-tank missiles, javelins that they have not had in the past. this is a long-going, grinding, five-year conflict where 13,000 people have been killed, and the ukrainians have stood firm against russian aggression for a long five years. so they were eager to get this assistance, and president trump or someone in the administration -- but presumably president trump held up the release of these vitally needed funds for several months while they conducted a review. and a...

Been killed and the ukrainians have stood firm against russian aggression for a long five years. they were eager to det the -- get this. they conducted a review. and as you know, a whistle-blower in the intelligence community seeing an alarming pattern in conversations between president trump and the president of the ukraine raced a flag and referred this to the inspector general of the intelligence community, atkinson, and he concluded that this was a pressing matter that urgently needed to be referred to congress. the acting director of national intelligence has blocked that. three things ar...

Finally tonight, our person of the week. it was six years ago, you first met jack right here. at the time, he had nebraska behind him. tonight, we're all behind him. our person of the week. we have been following number 22 since he was just 7 years old. >> at the 30. >> reporter: little jack hoffman running 69 yards for the score. his favorite team right behind him, nebraska. >> hoffman, scoring for the red team! >> reporter: lifted by that team right into our hearts. that little nebraska fan had been diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 5. during his fight, he was given the chance to lea...