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former republican congressman carlos curbelo of florida.na edwards of maryland, kristen welker, and robert costa, moderator of washington week on pbs. the president is busy this morning, on his way to texas for what will be a quite event with prime minister modi down there in houston. but as he does all the time, kristen, he stopped to speak with reporters. and he appears to have admitted that, yes, indeed, he brought up joe biden in his conversations with the president of ukraine. here he is. >> we had a great conversation. the conversation i had was largely congratulatory. was largely corruption, all of the corruption taking place. was largely the fact that we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son creating to the corruption already in the ukraine. >> nothing is done by accident, kristen welker. suddenly he is admitted the biden portion of this conversation. that sounds like somebody who was reminded what he said. >> right, may have revisited the transcript and the contents of the phone call. it also moves the needle

washington post," former democratic congresswoman donna edwards and former republican congressman carlos curbelo. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. we're following two huge stories today, both of which could have far-reaching consequences at home and abroad. one involves war and peace. will the united states respond militarily against iran for last week's devastating attack on saudi arabia's chief oil facility? president trump is weighing the risks of war against the cost of appearing weak and encouraging more aggression. here the president is seen as acting conventionally, in the public interest, and in a manner many of us expect from a president. then there's the other story. that one concerns multiple reports involving a whistleblower, president trump and the mixing of foreign policy with 2020 politics. at issue, the allegation first surfaced by a whistleblower that president trump pressured ukraine's president to create an inves