bob baer, and david gergen. when we talk about the mystery and the intrigue. the backdrop here is credible and urgent and they don't know the nature of what is credible and urgent and the white house fighting this so hard. it would seem just from that that it would be someone or something that matters to them that they -- that they don't want out there. >> that certainly appears to be the case, erin, that they may well be protecting someone on the white house staff or the president himself. we simply don't know enough. what we do know is this is a very, very complicated law, but the law itself is to protect whistle blowers. it was passed some 30 years ago, and the process is one that the initial investigation and the intelligence community followed very closely and that was to gather the complaint, look it over, determine whether it's something and urgent and credible and they determined both and then you send it on to the top guy of the national intelligence and within seven days he's supposed to send it to you at congress. that's part of your oversight and b

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bob baer is -- bob barr is holding a party at a trump hotel.stay there, maybe that's a good idea, you mentioned the g7, we have this. i imagine folks at home saying we keep seeing this happen, beyond publicizing it, what can lawmakers do about it? >> well, i think over on the house side, where they -- the democrats have the majority, there's actually a pursuit by the relevant committees looking into this as part of their overall inquiry into president trump, both on questions of the possibility of high crimes and misdemeanors and the emoluments clause, enriching himself through the government, and other elements. i think that course of events is ultimately what's going to produce the facts to make a determination. >> the president was planning to meet with taliban leaders at camp david this weekend. we now know that because he publicly announced it and canceled it on twitter over the weekend and know this morning that it was against the advice of his vice president and his national security adviser, john boulton, especially because it was so cl

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. >>> i want to bring in former cia operative and cnn intelligence and security analyst bob baer for have you here, thank you. i want to get your perspective, get into your head about this from an intel standpoint. how serious do you believe this allegation has to be if an actual intel official is pressing that complaint button against the president of the united states? >> christi, it has to be very serious. these complaints don't reach this level unless a crime has been committed. in this case it's the president of the united states going to a foreign country, seeking assistance in the 2020 election. every day there is a criminal complaint sent to the department of justice. most of them are ignored. but to go up to the dni level, it's got to be very serious. and it has to be backed up, for instance, with a transcript. >> so you believe if an intel official is going to bring this to the forefront, they have proper documentation to back up everything they're saying? >> oh, i -- yes, it can't be just like an ethics violation. that wouldn't reach this level ever. it's got to be proof o