representative chris stewart is a member of the house committee. he has said, the whistle-blower complaint has been declassified. i encourage you all to read it. it has not yet been made available to the general public, but obviously its declassification is a major step in that direction. that news coming in from a member of the house intelligence committee, chris stewart, republican from utah. with us tonight, andrew desiderio of politico, and jackie alemany, journalist and reporter. thank you both for being with us. andrew, let me start with you. these news we've been getting about the whistleblower report. members of congress say some very suggestive things about its content. it would seem to be a matter of time before all of us get to see it. is that correct? >> that's right, there is no timetable for the release of

chris stewart.st viewed the actual whistle-blower document and congressman, you have some breaking news for us tonight. >> we know that it's been declassified and it's been released so it should be available for everyone to look at and i encourage everyone to go look at it. before i went in this morning, i was a little bit anxious. i thought am i going to be surprised? is there going to be something of this where i go, oh, no. i can tell you after reading it i'm much more confident tonight and i was this morning that it's going to be, it's going to go nowhere. there's no surprises. the entirety of it is focused on the transcript of one phone call, transcript release this morning. there are some reports from "the wall street journal" and from politico and they are ancillary. they have nothing to do with it. it's this one phone call we've been talking about all day. >> laura: at cnn, one of the other congressman ran out to cameras after seeing it, had a different take, surprisingly. let's watch. >> de

representative chris stewart, he is a republican from utah, he is a member of the house intelligence committee. he has just revealed on twitter that the whistle-blower's complaint that some members of congress have been reviewing throughout the day today, that it has now been declassified, he says. he adds in his tweet, i encourage you all to read it. it has not yet been made available to the general public, but obviously its declassification is a major step in that direction. again, that news coming in from a member of the house intelligence committee, chris stewart, republican from utah. with us tonight, andrew desiderio, congressional reporter for politico, and jackie al mainny, political reporter for "the washington post" and author of the paper's morning newsletter, power up. thanks to both of you for being with us. andrew, let me start with you. this news we are just getting about the whistle-blower's report, we have been hearing members of congress today say some very suggestive things about its content. it now would seem to be a matter of time before all of us get to see it,

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republican congressman chris stewart of utah is joining us. he's a key member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. you just heard the house speaker nancy pelosi announce the opening of an official impeachment inquiry into the president of the united states. your reaction? >> well, i'm not at all surprised. i mean, they've been trying to impeach this president since literally before he was inaugurated. i think they're they're going to regret it. jim acosta said was one example. they announced this rather than wait less than 24 hours to read the transcript and see if there is a reason for this. and miss pelosi came on and unequivocally said this president has broken his oath of office. he has betrayed national security. how in the world does she know that? this inquiry hasn't even begun. for her to make a statement as definitive as that, that's why the american people are going to view this and roll their eyes because it's going to sound to them like much of the same thing they've been hearing for the

>> yes, chris stewart. earlier.cking to me -- listen, nothing personal against him, but how he can condone one and not condone the other and saying one is worse than the other when the investigation wasn't even going on when hunter biden was part of the company and then it was done by the time it was -- i mean, it's just -- i -- i don't understand it.

congressman chris stewart read the complaint and is sounding off about it. >> there are no surprises.ramatic read the transcript of this phone call and tell me if it is dramatic because i think most american people go what is this about? jillian: the director of national intelligence will have to answer to lawmakers about that report. rob: the president's attorney says the democrats have a lot of explaining to do. jillian: lindsey graham is adding to that grilling nancy pelosi for forging ahead with impeachment without ever seeing the transcript with the complaint. >> there is a lot of explaining to do on behalf of the democrats who announced this formal impeachment inquiry, no different than it was four days before. they announced a before they had the transcript. i hope the american people realize what is going on. political theater. mueller did not work, nothing. he testified, nothing. >> they wanted to impeach trump the day he got elected but here is what disappoints me so much. she's talking articles of impeachment based on a phone call, a transcript she had not read. she made up

congress and jim jordan, chris stewart who just read the whistle-blower complaint breakdown the fight on capitol hill. former independent counsel robert ray is also here and why allegations against the biden family are far more serious than what trump is facing. and raymond arroyo has a special impeachment edition of "seen and unseen". that's coming up as well. but first, seven lessons from the past 48 hours. that's the focus of tonight's angle. i read through the rough transcript of the call betweenrs trump and the new ukrainian president, and a few things struck me. number one, there's not a single person in washington with any experience in government, not one, who really believes the president was trying to use the ukrainian government to rig the 2020 election. i don't see how anyone in his or her right mind could legitimately say there is an impeachable offense in this transcript. in the conversation, trump congratulated volodymyr zelensky on his parliamentary win and said the u.s. would continue to support ukraine,d but he was frustrated that the e.u. isn't doing more. zelensky

>> yes, chris stewart. earlier. it's just shocking to me -- listen, nothing personal against him, but how he can condone one and not condone the other and saying one is worse than the other when the investigation wasn't even going on when hunter biden was part of the company and then it was done by the time it was -- i mean, it's just -- i -- i don't understand it. >> you see the clips of lindsey graham back during clinton and now? >> of course. of course. >> that's how you understand it. same guy, totally different supply in terms of what they're on that's motivating their arguments. we've seen it work both ways. that's why people are so frustrated. that's why they expect so little and that's why the truth matters so much. >> the concern, though, is that can we, even in the face of all the evidence in the phone call and you see the whistle-blower report and up see the report and the call and i don't know if people see two different things or they want to see two different things, regardless of however those metrics

this is according to two sources familiar with the declassification and i might add, chris stewart, aber of the intelligence committee said so in a tweet. >> republicans. >> republican from utah said so in a tweet. so they are also getting word clearly through the republican chain that this has happened. it makes sense in many ways. if they are going to declassified, which adam schiff said today he would make it happen, it would occur before this big hearing that we'll see tomorrow with the acting director of national intelligence coming before congress to have it all kind of out in the open at once. it is kind of amazing the warped speed, though, that administration is suddenly acting with given how much they have stone walled an issue after issue after issue on this the one issue we now know from nancy pelosi and sources within the democratic caucus that they are narrowing in on, they aren't going to broaden it at this point, narrowing in with the impeachment inquiry, they are finally getting serious on a little transparency. >> van, there is so much we don't know. we know about the

this is from representative chris stewart.s breaking news, the whistle blower complaint has been declassified. i encourage you-all to read it. i know it's breaking, but do you know anything about that? >> i haven't seen it. this is key, right? the call is one piece of this puzzle, right? it's one dot in the picture and keep in mind, the inspector general appointed by this president interviewed multiple witness witnesses, not just the whistle blower. the president tried to dismiss as a partisan here interviewed multiple witnesses and then made his own conclusion that this was a credible and urgent complaint that needed to be reported to congress, right? so that complaint is key to the bigger picture. no one can base the decision entirely on the transcript itself. >> all right. we're out of time. thank you-all. appreciate your time. thank you so much for watching. our live coverage continues with a cnn special report, "the impeachment inquiry" with anderson cooper and jake tapper. that's next. there's the amped-up, over-tuned, f

that news coming in from a member of the house intelligence committee, chris stewart, republican from with us tonight, andrea desidarai, and jackie alameni. thank you both for being with us. andrew, let me start with you. these news we've been getting about the whistleblower report. members of congress say some very suggestive things about its content. it would seem to be a matter of time before all of us get to see it. is that correct? >> that's right, there is no timetable for the release of this document or documents, rather, it's probably a very long whistleblower complaint based on what i heard from lawmakers today. but the declassification process has essentially been completed. that's what congressman stewart was announcing. something important to remember here was that lawmakers on the intelligence committee only got to review the contents of the complaint today, they did not get to review the full inspector general's report which they expect to be delivered to capitol hill sometime tomorrow or on friday. that report will show corroborating documents, interviews with other peo

this is from representative chris stewart.s breaking news, the whistle blower complaint has been declassified. i encourage you-all to read it. i know it's breaking, but do you know anything about that? >> i haven't seen it. this is key, right? the call is one piece of this puzzle, right? it's one dot in the picture and keep in mind, the inspector general appointed by this president interviewed multiple witnesses, not just the whistle blower. the president tried to dismiss as a partisan here interviewed multiple witnesses and then made his own conclusion that this was a credible and urgent complaint that needed to be reported to congress, right? so that complaint is key to the bigger picture. no one can base the decision entirely on the transcript itself. >> all right. we're out of time. thank you all. appreciate your time. thank you so much for watching. our live coverage continues with a cnn special report, "the impeachment inquiry" with anderson cooper and jake tapper. that's next. biopharmaceutical researchers. pursuing lif

then we have chris stewart, republican from utah. he was there today.ublicans obviously that got to question the acting dni. why does he see it so 180 degrees differently than his democratic colleagues? especially with a really interesting issue. chris stewart thinks it's okay to get information about an opponent from a foreign power. what is his understanding of the law? i mean, that is really instructive of where there are a lot of heads and hearts on the right side of the aisle. >> chris, i will see you about nine minutes from now. look forward to it. see you in a few minutes. coming up, former director of national intelligence james clapper gives his take on today's history-making developments. at fidelity, we believe your money should always be working harder. that's why your cash automatically goes into a money market fund when you open a new account. and fidelity's rate is higher than e*trade's, td ameritrade's, even 9 times more than schwab's. plus only fidelity has zero account fees and zero minimums for retail brokerage and retirement accounts

congressman chris stewart here with us right now. congressman, did that answer satisfy you? >> yeah, it did. because it was consistent with what we know about the law. it was consistent with conversations that we had with the ig and everything that he said in letters and in his testimony today. if anyone wants to say he's a political stooge in any way to protect the president or anyone else, they didn't watch this hearing. in this hearing it was very, very clear that this was a man of inte tecintechty -- integri trying to do the right thing. >> neil: he didn't say that the president of the united states is using his power of office to so lit -- solicit interference for the 2020 election. is his recounting of that is what is at issue here? this guy that wanted to talk about it, wanted to talk about a president compromising something with a foreign power concerning a u.s. election so much so that he felt compelled to pass it along? >> yes. that was a whistle-blower's view. that i can tell you my reading of that transcript -- by the way, no american has to rely on anyone to tel

didn't initially go to congress it was sent to the fbi for further investigation, utah congressman chris stewart defended mcguire, i will say to my colleagues in here i think you're not. >>if you think you're going to convince the american people that your cause is just by attacking this man. >>mcguire told lawmakers he does not know who the whistleblower is that he is working with the inspector general's office to protect that whistleblower which is required by law. >>i believe that the whistleblower and the inspector general have acted in good faith throughout california congressman devin nunez says the complaint hasn't been completely verify. >>one of the quotes are going to use from you is you saying that this was a credible. a complaint that will be used and spawn as you're saying that it was true. >>mcguire also told lawmakers that the whistleblower will be allowed to testify before congress, although that may be up to the whistleblower reporting in washington. alexandra leigh mount. >>meanwhile, the president came out today in basically called the whistleblower a spy and speaking about th

chris stewart who has seen the complaint had this to say. >> if you think this is dramatic read the transcript from this phone call and tell me if that is dramatic because most american people go what is this about? >> reporter: mcguire is denying the washington post report that he threatened to resign if he could not speak freely to lawmakers and issued this statement, quote, at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16, 2019. i never quit anything in my life and i'm not going to start now. i'm committed to leading the intelligence community to address diverse and complex threats facing our nation. at 9:00 am mcguire testifies before the house session but he will go to the senate intelligence committee. that is closed to the public. shannon: donald trump releasing the phone call transcript in an effort to clear the air. that is what he was trying to do. former acting attorney general matthew witnesses democrats demanding that level of transparency without any evidence is dangerous. >> makes it very difficult for the president of the united states to

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monre on that on the other side of this because here's your fellow member of congress, republican chris stewartw he sees it. >> i'm not at all surprised. they've been trying to impeach this president since literally before he was inaugurated, and wolf, i think they're going to regret it. they announced this rather than wait less than 24 hours to read the transcript and see if there's a reason for this. and ms. pelosi came on and she unequivocally said this president has broken his oath of office. he has betrayed national security. how in the world does she know that? this inquiry hasn't even begun. for her to make a statement as definitive as that, that's why the american people are going to view this and roll their eyes. >> you said there's risk for democrats here. how grave is the risk? >> there's risk either way. i mean, the fact is that the president's conduct, particularly in this case, goes beyond anything we've ever seen, even with president trump. and there is an enormous amount of concern among many of the american people that we hold him accountable and uphold the constitutional stand

. >> can we hear from gop representative chris stewart warning democrats?ous hearing, they can't start out with the conclusion before you have any proceedings at all. if they do that, they'll have no credibility with the american people. this is like brett kavanaugh. they had reports and it blew up in their face. >> last word. >> the relentless focus on what happened, you shouldn't jump to conclusio conclusions, of course. you can't cover it fairly without looking at the allegations around joe biden and his son, hunter and their dealing with the ukraine. the white house understands this, has been trying to shift the spotlight, rudy guliani in particular, from the trump scandal to the biden scandal. that got a little harder now that impeachment is the story. you know who will be overshadowed? the other presidential candidates because there's a laser focus on the house. >> again, no oxygen left in the room. thanks, howie. i'm harris. here's dana. >> dana: fox news alert. just minutes from now, president trump will be meeting with the president of the ukraine,

i want to bring in republican congress and chris stewart of the house intelligence committe committee. we learned a lot in just the last 45 minutes or so, congressman. including this so-called whistle-blower. don't know this person's name, but we are getting details. did not have firsthand knowledge of that call. >> i think it's a great illustration, the fact is that we don't know what happened here. adam schiff doesn't know, nancy pelosi doesn't know, the 87 democrats running for president don't know, and yet all of them come in one fashion or another, have called for impeachment. they have no credibility on this at all. when they are saying about, before they understand. it's a lot like the rear and we saw last week. a lot of the same individuals were demanding justice, not be impeached for what we now know is an absolutely sloppy and lazy reporting that was inaccurate. i think it's fair to take a breath and say, "let's just find out the facts and see what happens." the last thing, harris, if you want to have an investigation, president trump is pretty clear that he didn't have a qu

representative chris stewart, republican from utah, was in today's house hearing.ned the acting dni. now we have him here with us. congressman, welcome to "prime time." >> good to be with you. >> it's good to be with you. just at the outset, you know you are always welcome on this show, not just to talk about this, but what matters to the american people. i want you as part of the conversation. >> i appreciate that. and you've always said that and believe you're sincere. >> good. especially now, we need it. we need to have as many different voices showing this country. one of the things i thought was interesting today in your questioning of the acting dni, you went out of your way to say, don't dishonor mr. ga mire because of his record of service. fair point. >> yeah. >> i also thought it was interesting you that didn't ask him anything about what happened in the phone call or the surrounding. you are not curious about any aspects of the phone call or the implications of it? >> well, for one, i've read the transcript. so i don't think he could cast any light on it

congressman chris stewart sits on the house intelligence committee. and he was on last night.e has read -- we all have not read. he has read the whistleblower complaint that was unclassified. listen to what he said about it? >> there are just no surprises. the entirety of it is focused on this one thing, that's a transcript of one phone call. if you think this is dramatic, go read the transcript from this phone call and you tell me if you think that's dramatic. because i think most american people go what is this about? they look at what richard nixon did. that was wrong. they look at what bill clinton and they intuitively know that was wrong. you have to explain for him to go to a foreign leader and ask him to investigate corruption and most americans go i don't get it. where's the crime? steve: so we will, probably, in the next day or so, hear more about this now declassified whistleblower complaint. because it sounds like the whistleblower could actually appear on capitol hill, the reports are, later this week which would be today or tomorrow. it will be interesting to see

stewart are particularly vulnerable to storm surge and flooding. many live in low-lying neighborhoods near two rivers and a canal. chris geragos is closing up his house right by a canal and getting out. >> flooding is the main concern, for sure. i mean, they release lake okeechobee and then it comes up, and if this thing hits on high tide, we're screwed. >> reporter: now, tonight, as officials try to get people offm off of these islands tonight, but they're telling them to drive te of miles and don't drive hundreds of miles. they are still concerned that too many people are going to get out on the road. their inclination will be to drive north. they're worried they're going to get stuck with the storm as it moves north. they'll get stuck in it, as it moves, wolf. >> brian todd on the scene for us. >>> now to the newest forecast on dorian's power and its path. our meteorologist, jennifer gray is in the cnn severe weather for us. jennifer, this monster storm is hovering off the southeastern united states tonight. >> it really is, wolf. and it's only going to get closer. and i want to add something to what brian just ment

chris. the storm surge of 4 to 7 feet all the way up here to coastal south carolina, back down here towards stewart and palm bay. by the way, if it people remember with matthew three years ago, the storm surge was 4 to 7 feet. we're expecting a similar event. some areas saw the highest water levels they've ever seen with that storm. so, again, that's the main concern. what we're going to see on the east coast of the united states is about a fraction of what they dealt with in the bahamas. >> so, i've seen this graphic i don't know how many times over the years. i don't know when i've ever seen the movement stay stationary. >> 24 hours. >> it was pretty wild to see you pointing at the center of the storm. >> that was six hours. >> six hours? >> i set this one at 24 hours. that's where it is now. this is where it was 24 hours ago. >> so what's going to get it to it's a trough off the east coast. what that is is, you know, it rained a little bit in some areas of the east coast today. there were showers, thunderstorms. that kind of has weakened what was steering this towards florida. that's why it stal

chris davis hitless in his previous 19 at-bats. bangs one off the wall for a two-run double. top of the fifth, tigers still looking for their first hit. christian stewartook care of that. his second home run of the series. and that cut the lead to 3-1. that's as close as detroit would get. he'd match a career-high with 10 strikeouts. he goes seven innings, gets his first win since august. the as beat the tigers 3-1. tampa and cleveland also won so the as remain one game behind the rays for the top wildcard spot. 1 1/2 ahead of the indians for the second wildcard spot. oakland begins a four-game series in houston tomorrow. that will be tough. >>> baseball at dodger stadium. a tradition unlike any other. giants looking to take the air out of the dodgers' bats. scoreless in the 4th. unloads. this is 430 feet. a little farther than the beach ball. 2-0 dodger lead. bottom of the fifth. joc pederson, ground ball to the right side. should have been his third out of the inning. pederson beat it. l.a. took advantage of the extra out. corey seager, a three-run home run off rodriguez. the dodgers win 5-0. giants get shut out for the 14th time this season. >>> gre