congresswoman jackie speier was one of them. she joins me now. be doing some questioning tomorrow. we'll talk to her about all of that. congresswoman, thank you. i appreciate you joining us. >> thank you, don. >> so you read the whistle-blower complaint. chairman schiff called it deeply disturbing. how do you describe it? >> i describe it as explosive and jaw-dropping. i could not believe what i was reading. and while i can't refer to whether or not the phone call was included in this whistle-blower complaint, i can tell you the totality of that complaint is so disconcerting that a president of the united states could conduct himself in a manner that was so illegal. >> so why would -- why do you think that the white house would agree to release the whistle-blower complaint, which was unclassified, correct, and then classify it, it appears, at the last minute? what's going on here? >> i can't speak to the machinations of the white house. i'm deeply troubled that based on this televisiphone conversat alone, there's not just one person that listened

. >>> bay area congress woman jackie speier was one of a select group of intelligence wh allowed to review the whistleblower complaint today. ktvu's jana katsuyama picks up the coverage from san francisco tonight. did she give any details about what was in the complaint? >> reporter: the word she said when we talked to her today was jaw dropping. she was able to look at the contents of the unreducted whistleblower complaint and many democrats including former housing and urban development secretary julian castro say they feel this is actually why there should be a thorough investigation and the results should be presented to the public. >> reporter: the whistleblower complaint was made available behind closed doors wednesday, among them congress woman jackie speier. >> the complaint in my estimation was explosive. it was jaw dropping. >> reporter: she says the whistleblower complaint suggest an abuse of power asked for ukr help investigate joe biden. >> to meet the standard of urgent it has to show that it has ramifications for national security. and there was no question that this was the

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congresswoman jackie speier is a member of the intelligence committee and she joined us from capitol hill. koj congresswoman, what do you make of this reporting, a quote from a senior white house official who said, nfc lawyers directed that the transcript be handled appropriately. >> the question is what's appropriately? was it doiprotecting something secret? certainly that call was not top secret, so if that was a way of covering it up so it wouldn't be a subject of review or dissem nation, they obviously failed in that because the whistleblower was able to file the complaint. a lot of it will be determined on what the definition of appropriate was and what the attention of the nfc lawyers were. >> part of the complaint is this cover-up we talked about, moving the call from one server where things are not highly classified to another where they are. how important is this to the impeachment effort compared to the president's effort to solicit help in an election from a foreign country? >> the illegal conduct of the president soliciting a campaign service from a foreign leader to get

congresswoman jackie speier is back with us. to be clear, congresswoman, this disclosure of private information from the u.s. to russians in 2015 was not about russian spies, as we understand, but prompted officials to release earlier discussions they had had with the spy that perhaps the spy could be exposed. how concerning is that to you? >> it's very concerning to me, and it should be for every american. since our colonial days, we have used spies to help us assess our adversaries, we have used intelligence from our friends and allies, and they have served us in many ways over centuries. and the president is mind-boggling in his lack of understanding of how important intelligence is to protect the american people. we would not know about huawei if it were not for the fact that we had intelligence. he would not know about confucious institutes that the chinese have encouraged around the united states at universities without having access to intelligence. our allies have provided us with very important information that helped u

joining me my american swamp co-host jacob, and democratic congresswoman jackie speier member of theersight and armed services committee. jacob, we spent so much time on this and looking into these issues, we went to the hotel down the street here, we went to donald trump's hotel in new york city, we went to mar-a-lago. the fact that this is still going on ha does that say to you? >> welcome back. i know you probably missed me since we walked around and terrorized everybody together. good to see you back here. you read a laundry list of potential conflicts of interest of the president of the united states. is there any question that donald trump is profiting off the presidency at this point? it's hard to make the case that he is not. that press conference that he had famously with the stack of papers we talked about the american swamp these are all the things i'm going to untangle and divest. he just simply hasn't done those things and you don't have to look very hard to figure that out. i think there's a much more important conversation to have as well, though, is he violating the c

and laura, what do you make of congress woman jackie speier saying that lewandowski is not answering the questions and therefore chairman nadler should hold him in context of congress? >> well, she's accurate. he has been stonewalling and as amanda alluded to he believes he's been successful in trying to make a mockery of this entire hearing and transform it into a circus but they do have other issues and other means at their diz posal. there is contempt. they could have the sergeant at arms detain and arrest him and that won't happen and ask the u.s. attorney in d.c. to file a criminal prosecution against him and unlikely because if he is in contempt he still has an association with donald trump at the executive branch and look to the courts and say listen what we saw here is somebody who was acting as if he was trying to in some way channel robert mueller, asking for continual references to the text as a way of drawing out the clock, running out the play clock in this -- in this case. he changed tactics later on so maybe they'll have a harder time proving he was truly objective but

we'll talk about the breaking news and much more with congresswoman jackie speier of the intelligence oversight and armed services committees. and our kornts and analysts are al -- correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's go to kaitlan collins at the united nations. this ukraine talk has overshadowed the day. >> reporter: a lot of it has to do with president trump who brought it up as soon as he stepped on u.n. headquarters, going after the former vice president, saying he didn't pressure ukraine but saying it would have been okay if he had. >> the world stage overshadowed tonight with questions about his conduct during a phone call with a foreign leader. >> we had a perfect phone call with the president of ukraine. >> trump insists he didn't cross the line over the president of ukraine. >>, he questioned ukraine to investigate his political rival. though trumpl is formally accusing him tied to his son's job. biden says trump is abusing his power to smear him and should release the transcript. >> donald trump is doing this because he knows i'll beat him like a drum. >>

jackie speier, congresswoman jackie speier -- excuse me, congresswoman -- who is on the house intelligence committee. she joins me now. good evening to you. thank you so much for joining us. >> glad to be with you, don. >> help us break this down because i know it's a lot of details, and it can be a little bit complicated. this is explosive news from "the washington post." were you aware before their reporting that this potentially involves the president of the united states? >> i can't comment one way or the other, don. i can say that the inspector general -- most inspector generals -- and i interact with them all the time. when it's a close call, they always side with the agency. >> mm-hmm. >> when it's not a close call, they will respond as this inspector general did. so not only did he find it credible after reviewing it for 14 days, he then turned it over to the director of national intelligence and said that it was urgent. and when nothing happened after seven days, he communicated with the intelligence committee because that's precisely what the director of national intelligence is

instead, they want to bring me forward, jackie speier wants to find me? for what? coming to congress and testify in open congress, under oath? i'm happy to do that. >> bret: >> martha: this is when i presented about hakeem jeffries brought up the fact that you are interested in running for senate in new hampshire, and suggested that maybe that was why you were there. watch this. >> this is not a republican primary campaign. it you are not on the campaign trail yet. this is the house judiciary committee, act like you know the difference. >> [laughs] look, i was subpoenaed to show up! this is not like, hey, corey lewandowski is going to start his senate campaign in front of the house judiciary committee. but the congressmen failed to articulate was i was compelled by a lawful subpoena to show up today, and that is what i did. >> martha: so you did tweet, though, thank you donald trump, no collusion, no obstruction, the american people know it, and remind them #senate2020. >> they can make me over the coals, remind the american people what i already know and have alwa

. >>> more now from jackie speier. she saw complaint and she is calling it explosive. >> the complaint in my estimation was explosive. it was jaw dropping to meet the standard of urgent it has to show that has ramifications for national security. and there was no question that this was the case. >> one republican senator called it troubling but many other gop mauves congress say the report is being overblown and shows no wrong doing. >>> another casualty of rising costs in the bay area. coming up, the popular deli that is forced to close its doors after the landlord proposed a 52% expassion to san jose. ief mete martin wit from the couldn't be prouders to the wait did we just win-ners. everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. it's a differentited, kind of wireless network designed to save you money. save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. plus get $250 back when you buy neg note. click, call or visit a store today. prof te

. >>> i want to bring into the conversation congresswoman jackie speier, democrat from california.ember of the house oversight committee. as such she would have been afforded the opportunity to see this complaint. congresswoman, thank you so much for being here. i appreciate the time. >> thank you for having me on, rachel. >> were you able to view the whistle-blower complaint today? i know that it was made available to members of your committee. >> yes, i did review it in its totality. >> and i know that i am not going to push you at all to make you talk about classified things that you cannot talk about. but i want to ask your own personal reaction to looking at that document, your sense of its importance and your reaction to it. >> rachel, i can describe that complaint as nothing short of explosive. it is so much more than the summary of the telephone call that has been presented by the white house as evidence, and i'm not even in a position to say that that was at all involved in the complaint until it is actually declassified. but i can tell you that i was stunned by the breadt

. >> reporter: bay area congresswoman jackie speier questioning the acting director of national intelligence about a whistle-blower complaint democrats say lays out an effort to cover up a call between president trump and the president of ukraine. >> i think the whistle-blower did the right thing. i think he followed the law every step of theway. >> reporter: while joseph maguire says he supports the whistle-blower, he did not forward the complaint to the prident trump withheld military funding from ukraine while asking ukraine's president to dig up information about his political equal rival joe biden. and it says the white house staff tried to rord of the call. by phone tonight, congresswoman spear says the hearing is just the tip of the iceberg. >> we will find more and more evidence and more and more fingerprints by those in the white house and elsewhere that were attempting to prevent this particular phone call from getting out. >> reporter: speaker of the house nancy pelosi launched an impeachment inquiry based on the complaint. >> this is a cover up. >> reporter: a move house minority

bay area congresswoman, jackie speier, a member of the house intelligence committee warns that it depends on whether or not the senate cooperates. >> if we are gettingthe parties to testify, that is a big "if" because we have seen the president stonewall efforts for investigation. that becomes yet another article of impeachment. >> in the meantime, president trump is portraying himself as a victim picky release a series of tweets they including this one that says the president of you came -- "the witchhunt should end." the impeachment inquiry will be a major topic on our political show, "the issue is." football coverage starts at ktvu ministr dealing with two legal setbacks to immigration policies. foxes garrett tenney reports and separate court decisions friday, federal judges ruled against the white house policies. >> reporter: a rough day for the administrations immigration policy. the big one was the white house's attempt to get rid of the floors agreement which it argues is responsible for loopholes in the immigration system. last month, the a ministration announced plans to replace

. >> representative jackie speier is among the committee, and said today that the whistleblower did the right thing. >> did the president of the united states ask you to find out the identity of the whistleblower? >> i would not normally discuss my conversations with the president, but i can tell you emphatically, no. >> she says she wants the committee to collect as much evidence as possible before presenting it to the judiciary committee. >>> 11 people have now died in the u.s. from vaping related illnesses. the fda says it is developing strategies for keeping e- cigarettes out of the hands of young people. the acting fda commissioner appeared before a congressional committee. he testified that there are no plans for a full ban, but told lawmakers a full ban could go into effect within weeks. >> all products will have to submit an application by may 2020. very soon, everything should be coming in, but flavors would be sooner than that because we are concerned about the use of epidemic. >> democratic lawmakers question why the fda pushed back a review of the vaping industry public heal

>> jackie speier and eric swalwell were asking tough questions. >> did the president of the united statest the identity of the whistle-blower? has anyone else within the white house or the department of justice asked you? >> are you responsible for preventing election interference? >> election interference -- >> by a foreign government. >> congressman, election interference. >> i hope you know this answer is yes or no. >> abc news reporter rachel scott has more from washington with reaction from lawmakers as well as the president. >> reporter: the nation's top intelligence official on the hot se and on the defensive. >> ifat the inspector general h not brought this complaint to our attention you and the trump administration might have gotten away with this unprecedented action. >> while i was endeavoring to get the executive privilege concerns addressed so that it can then be forwarded. it was not stonewalling. >> reporter: the acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire pitted between lawmakers and the white house. >> complaint outlines a scheme by the president of the united

. >> reporter: today abc 7 news spoke to jackie speier who is instrumental on reading the statement back i'm looking forward to reading her memoir because i'm sure it will be a powerful example of how we can overcome adversity. let's never forget, though, that brock turner almost got off scott free. >> facing up to 14 years in prison, turner was convicted o charges. he was sentenced to six months but only served half of the time. trial judge percesky judge was e only judge to be recalled in 80 years. the me too movement continues to be empowering for many. >> for some people it may mean stepping forward and sharing something for others it may mean listening to other people's stories or receiving support around their, you know, assault. >> reporter: late this afternoon, stanford university released a statement saying we applaud ms. miller's bravery and talking publicly about the or deal she experienced and the horrible act she suffered on our campus. as a university, we're continuing efforts to respond to sexual violence with the ultimate goal of eradicating it from our community. >> i am

one of them jackie speier from california, democrat from california, was on this network a few hours ago. let's listen to how she characterized what she saw. >> i can describe that complaint as nothing short of explosive. it is so much more than the summary of the telephone call that has been presented by the white house as evidence, and i'm not even in a position to say that that was at all involved in the complaint until it is actually declassified. but i can tell you that i was stunned. >> katie, not surprisingly, that kind of description, i think, would make anybody want to see what is in this report. what are the prospects of the public getting to look at what representative speier saw tonight? >> absolutely. this is going to be a huge showdown between the executive branch and congress. congress is going to fight tooth and nail to make sure the american people can see this whistle-blower report. one of the things we need to understand from our reporting that we know is this goes beyond what representative speier said about this just being a transcript of a phone call. the whistl

the committee is chaired by southern california's adam schiff and local representative jackie speiercommittees determine what to do next? >> the committee also sit down and interview, compose several people who were cited if that report as well as others. we don't know exactly whether the whistle-blower will be interviewed because of concerns for his or her identity and safety, should an interview occur. if it does, it will be in closed session. if the committees determine there is sufficient evidence to impeach the president, the speaker will then ask for an impeachment vote which requires a simple majority to forward to the senate a trial. the trial would be overseen at the senate by chief justice of the supreme court but let's remember much has to be learned because such a move is even considered. and if the trial occurs, it takes a two-thirds vote in the senate to convict. that's never happened. >> still some ifs. wish we could talk more as always, larry. thanks for joining us. we'll be back with weather right after this. in the human brain, billions of neurons play in harmony. f

inspector general today, intelligence community member and california democratic congresswoman jackie speier. congresswoman -- speier, i'm sorry. obviously there is a limit on how much you can say. can you say how much was the inspector general able to disclose in the hearing today? >> well, he did not disclose the content of the complaint or who the complainant was. he went through the process that he engaged in, determining whether or not the complaint was credible, whether or not it rose to being urgent, meaning that it was a national security concern. and in so doing, reported that t to the director of national intelligence. at that point the director of national intelligence is supposed to -- shall is the word, shall transfer that information to the house and senate intelligence committees, none of which took place. so then the inspector general took it upon himself to contact the committees himself. >> did the inspector general talk about their understanding of the actual law? use the word shall, and that's in the statute, that the dni shall pass this on, and can add the dni's opinion

. >> i want to bring in our experts tonight, congresswoman jackie speier and michael mcfall, former u.s. ambassador to russia and experienced diplomat. jason johnson, politics editor for "the root." thank you all. congress womg, i take it pains in our reporting to distinguish all that we don't know from the little that has come out want and understanding you are restricted under your obligation of what you can tell us. let's start with for viewers who said i heard something about this. it seems it's getting more serious. what you can tell us about what this is and how serious do you view it? >> so the inspector general is required under the law when a whistleblower complaint comes in, to determine whether it's credible and whether it's urgent. and he has 14 days in which to do that. he was able to establish both that it was credible and that it was urgent. it was then communicated to the dni and he was within seven days supposed to make sure that the house and senate intelligence committee would campaign access to that information. and to that complaint. the dni did not do that and basi

. >> i would like to go back to the hill, geoff bennett he's pullaside with jackie speier, democrat from california. >> reporter: congressman speier, is this impeachment times six, with the six different committees continuing their work under the impeachment umbrella or is this impeachment light, given that there's no one select committee handling this work independently? >> this is full-blown impeachment inquiry. the conduct of the president, going to a foreign leader and asking him to drum up dirt on his opponent and holding back money as part of that deal is a corrupting form of conduct. we don't use foreign nationals to engage in our campaigns, although the president has a pattern of doing so. that is what we are focused on. >> reporter: so how will this look and feel different? how will this next investigation, whether it's the house judiciary or house ways and means, how will this look different as an impeachment inquiry as opposed to what we saw last week with corey lewandowski and the bit of a circus that unfolded? >> this is about national security and this is about patriotism.

yield back to jackie spee are speier and thank her for her leadership. ms. speier: now my pleasure to yield to my good friend and colleague from illinois, ms. buse toss who has spent a lot of time working on this issue on forced arbitration as it relates to sexual harassment. mrs. bustos: i thank my colleague. i rise also today in support of the fair act. and to bring an end to the secret arbitration process that silences victims of harassment and discrimination. this is the fight that we have fight that we have been waging for years now. it's about doing the right thing and giving a voice to women like jasmine edwards. she is an african-american woman who is a co-manager of a gas retail store. when she began there, she came to the store with 15 years of retail experience and was promised that she would be promoted to manager shortly. but then, the harassment started. her boss instructed the women at the store to dress sexier. he regularly made racist and sexist comments about employees and about customers. he would stare at female customers and share his ob