president donald trump joseph mcguire said the complaint concerning the president was on president and he defended his handling of the lawmakers have been given a redacted declassified version of the complaint it is alleges that trump trying to pressure the president of ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden and joe biden's son and that the white house then tried to cover it was withholding military it was urgent and important. my job as director of national intelligence is our let's go live to do that we used to. use to anybody who wants you to publish president drum. some choice words for what happened on capitol hill that you're absolutely right brant and of course that comes as no surprise but you know what's quite interesting here is that u.s. media has been has released a recording of president trump who is referring to the whistleblower and in it in this recording he says the information about the call with the ukrainian president whoever the whistleblower is or what whoever it provided the information to him is close to a spy and that the added that in the old d

presidential election well the acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire sort of made a very clear in his appearance earlier he said that if a president pressured a foreign government for help winning an election it would be on warranted it would be unwelcome and bad for the nation but he didn't say it was illegal it was sort of more what we were hearing from add the republicans in the committee hearing at they sort of focused more on the claims that it was a hoax cooked up by a crooked by crooked journalist who were in ca who received improper leaks from the intelligence community where the chair the democrats focused more on the content and they said that they need to push forward with this inquiry into the impeachment inquiry and publish the new york times is reporting that a cia officer is the whistle blower they are saying that 3 sources have told them that this cia officer worked inside the white house we're hearing there and then of course we've got joseph mcguire the head of national intelligence he was in a difficult position today there was a moment when he was

joseph mcguire will appear in congress tomorrow. he will testify in an open hearing on the whistle-blower report. that's at 9:00 a.m. then at 2:00 p.m., he and inspector general michael atkinson will go with the senate intel committee in a closed session. here to get started on a wednesday night, philip rucker, white house bureau chief for the "washington post," from the "new york times" katie benner, and michael crowley who attended the press conference today. much to get here. thank you all for being with us. philip rucker, let me start with you. we just got into the numbers and how dramatically the situation on capitol hill have changed just this week in terms of an outright majority now saying they want some type of impeachment action. you're tracking this inside the white house. i'm curious about the conversations you're having there with folks around the president, and is there a sense on their part that impeachment is now something that is inevitable? >> it's increasingly looking inevitable, and the comments around the white

the whistleblower's attorney, andrew bakag, wrote a letter to joseph mcguire saying, i am providing you formal notice of our intent to contact the congressional intelligence committees directly. that provoked a reply from jason kitonik, the office of the director of national intelligence. in that letter he said, we have determined after consulting with the department of justice that your client's disclosure to the inspector general does not fall within the statutory definition of an urgent concern. that means jason klitenik has now put in writing that he personally joined in this violation of law with joseph mcguire. we have determined, he wrote. the law does not allow him to determine anything about a whistleblower complaint. the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, then wrote a letter to the whistleblower's lawyer saying, in light of your notice of intent to the acting director of national intelligence, the committee requests a voluntary interview with your client on thursday, september 26, 2019 in the afternoon following the public testimony of acting director m

director of national intelligence joseph mcguire said he said that if a president pressured a foreign government for help winning an election it would be on warranted unwelcome for the nation but he did not say if it was illegal now what i think we should do really is here actually directly from him because of course are you speaking for our 'd almost 3 hours today in washington i believe that everything you hear in this matter is totally unprecedented and that is why when former directors of national intelligence forwarded them to you whether or not that urge you could sure whether it was serious this was different i mean he's obviously in a very difficult position the acting intelligence director there was a moment's pub low when he was asked about the credibility of the whistleblower who brought all of this to light what was his answer to that question. his answer was very clear he was asked on several occasions he said that the he believes that both the whistleblower who fold filed a complaint against president trump and the inspector general who handled it acted in good faith he

morning with minimal redactions and in just hours, the acting director of national intelligence, joseph mcguire, will appear before congress. he will testify at an open hearing before the house intel committee at 9:00 a.m. eastern and then speak to the senate intel committee behind closed doors this afternoon we'll have more on what to expect from capitol hill in a few minutes. but first, nbc's susan mcinhe is has new details on the call between the president and ukraine's leader >> reporter: president trump in a news conference again denying the claim at the heart of a congressional impeachment inquiry that he pressured a foreign power for political gain >> no push, no pree, no nothing. it's all a hoax, folks, all a hoax >> reporter: earlier the man at the other end of the controversial phone call issuing a similar denial >> nobody push it, pushed me, yes. >> in other words, no pressure you know what, there was no pressure >> reporter: and after resistance from the white house, a whistle-blower complaint about the phone call was released to congress reviewed by members of the intelligence comm

complaint like i said this committee which is meeting with joseph mcguire at the moment we'll get to the ins and outs of that complaint all right now very briefly if you can pablo how is this playing out in the country what do americans make out of all of this well as you can imagine it's dominating the news here this being broadcast by all the main channels and networks at the moment funnily enough americans are very much against impeachment normally in recent polls even when the inquiry was taking place they were very much against it and it appears that they're going to have to wait and see how this complaint works out to see to gauge public opinion on whether an impeachment inquiry should continue or not publicly at least reporting from washington thank you. well next to france where former french president jacques chirac has died he was 86 presidents former president chirac dominated french politics for decades and served 2 terms from 1995 to 2007 in that france to adopt the euro and stirred national pride with his opposition to the u.s. led war in iraq but president chirac's lat

we've been listening to testimony from batman the acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire. a lot of questions from the committee over the whistleblower complaint and they let us know which was released before that as well it's been pretty intense stuff for a lot at times as well you've seen the partisan lines drawn between republican and democrat members of the committee and it will continue but we're going to take a little break and talk to cast our correspondent on capitol hill today to well heidi where do we start basically i mean this seems as a say there's been a lot of back and forth you've you've seen some quite shall we say robust questioning particularly from the. republicans but i think the thing which i've heard the most from mr mcguire is his continued statement that no one is above the law. yes he has said that many times but at the same time we have to keep in mind that he is a trump appointing that got this job no more no more than 6 weeks ago and he has been very careful in his responses to not pass judgment on actually the the contents of that call between

>> this is the nation's top intelligence official, joseph mcguire testifies in open session before the house intelligence committee where chairman adam schiff calls it deeply troubling seeking answers as to why it was withheld for weeks. >> it is attractive see that this was withheld as long as it was because it wasn't urgent matter, it is an urgent matter and there was no basis to keep this from the committee. >> we will hear what mcguire has to say, questions about what we may here. how far can they go and open session and did they play any role to assess the credibility of the whistleblower? 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

the house intelligence committee will hear from the acting director of national intelligence, joseph mcguire about the process and handling of the whistle-blower report. we'll have that live tomorrow morning here on cspan 3 starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> president trump is holding a news conference this afternoon and just minutes ago tweeting about the efforts on capitol hill to hear from the whistle-blower who issued a complaint to the inspector general over interactions between president trump and the ukrainian president. president trump tweeting i have informed the republican leader kevin mccarthy and all republicans in the house that i fully support transparency on the so-called whistle-blower information, but also insist on transparency from joe biden and his son, hunter, on the millions of dollars that have been quickly and easily taken out of ukraine and china. additionally, i demand transparency from democrats that went to ukraine and attempted to force the new president to do things that they wanted under the form of political threat. that's from president trump. we expect to hea

presidency the acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire questions from a congressional committee over his handling of a whistleblower complaint what amounts to the 1st steps of an impeachment inquiry we've seen the reports of that complaint we've seen details of the phone call in which president urged ukraine's needed to investigate his potential rival former vice president joe biden and now this hearing which started with committee chairman adam schiff reading out comments from the july phone call and what is the president's response well it reads like a classic organized crime shakedown shorn of its rambling character and not so many words this is the essence of what the president communicates we've been very good to your country very good know the country has done as much as we have but you know what i don't see much reciprocity here i hear what you want i have a favor i want from you though and i'm going to say this only 7 times so you better listen good i want you to make up dirt on my political opponent understand lots of it on this and on that i'm going to put yo

as acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire testifies before the house chaired by congressman adam schiff, democrat california and congressman devon nunez, republican ranking member from california. on the handling of whistleblower complaint involving donald trump. live easton on c-span3. on live, c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio apps. >> next a hearing on the relationship between the cigarettes and an outbreak in lung disease. the house oversight and reform sub committee on economic and consumer policy, the centers for disease control, on e-cigarette use. and a string of lung illnesses resulting from e-cigarettes and mazars -- medical professionals were joined by a mother whose daughter was hospitalized after vaporing and a former smoker who uses e-cigarette as an alternative to traditional cigarettes.

everyone well we start off in the united states where the acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire says a whistleblower complaint involving president donald trump is unprecedented mcguire has been testifying to congress about the complaint which refers to trump's communications with his ukrainian counterpart. congressional democrats have been grilling mcguire to explain why he withheld the whistleblowers memo for weeks while lawmakers have now been given every day acted declassified version of the complaint which spurred democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry against president trumpeting the complaints is at least partially related to a collie tween president trump and ukrainian president was a lot of mirrors olinsky in which president trump urged him this to gate democratic political rival joe biden. people all right so let's go to do abuse a public figure foley ileus he is our washington correspondent good to have you with us pablo the u.s. acting u.s. director of national intelligence a joseph mcquire is still testifying i understand on the complaint of the whistleblower wha

punished for treason and on capitol hill lawmakers heard from the head of national intelligence joseph mcguire a former navy seal who had only been the nation's top spy one day when the whistleblower report landed on his desk i believe that everything here in this matter is totally unprecedented it was the latest bombshell in a fast unfolding story allegations of a quid pro quo that u.s. president donald trump made military aid to ukraine depended on the country digging up dirt on trump's political opponent the acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire said he had legal reasons for not referring the complaint to congress as directed by law he faced often hostile questions about his opinion on the matter for. their capture you would agree that should be investigated would you not. german the horses left the barn you have all of the information you have the whistleblower complaint you have the letter from the i.c.i. jury you have the office of legal counsel opinion yes but yes we do it would you agree i said if there is a serious incredible investigation that you agree there should

director of national intelligence joseph mcguire on the complaints of the whistleblower what can we expect there. well we now know what we can expect because we have this document in front of us now i've had a chance to look at it it is a redacted version of the actual complaint from the whistleblower and i want to just read a couple of elements from it which really stand out. from this whistleblower in the course of my official duties i've received information from multiple u.s. government officials that the president of the united states is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 us election he also goes on to name the president's personal lawyer mr rudolph giuliani is a central figure in this effort and also attorney general william barr appears to be involved as well at this person also goes on to say that the white house officials who told me this information were deeply disturbed by what had transpired in this phone call so you know these are very damning words which we're hearing in this complaint which was filed on oldest 12 and as w

joseph mcguire says he backs the actions of that list of love the exposed to cold. but trump pressured you train to dig on his political by. france is an ounce of dave morning next monday in memory of jack chirac. twice french president twice prime minister former minister three times now. he passed away at home after a a lengthy illness at the age of eighty six emmanuel michael saluted the statesman who. loved as much as he left. around the world tribute to being paid to a man who made front stand out as an independent voice a little fast. they just refusing to back the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three. and injection rocky supported by much the status of an international french multi lingual. used today i is on twtwenty four. so from president jacques chirac has died. the daday of national mourning spin the class the nexext monday jacque chirac was eighty six. years old somebody said he passed away at home surrounded by loved ones. of what was a fairly lengthy illness perhaps check check will be best remembered for his opposition. back in two thousand and

acting dni joseph mcguire is walking a tightrope here, jake. one hand he has a complaint from someone in his own intelligence community. on the other, it's about his boss, the president. mcguire had refused to appear today in front of the house intelligence committee, but he is now due to testify to both house and senate intel committees next week. jake? >> alex marquardt, thank you very much. pamela brown broke the story in the white house and department of justice also advising the dni, director of national intelligence not to share it with congress. are they providing any explanation for this? >> they are not but the white house counsel's office has been in discussions with dni and so far the refusal to turn over the complaint information to capitol hill. white house and doj advised odni that the controversial complaint is outside the scope of intelligence communities that would be protected under law. odni has told the committee from the general counsel of odni that essentially it's not an urgent matter under law and there could be confident

. >> watch c-span3 thursday, live at 9:00 eastern as acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire testifies before the house select intelligence committee. by adam-- chaired schiff and devin nunes, the republican ranking member from california on the handling of was a lower complaint involving president trump. live coverage thursday at 9:00 eastern on c-span3, online on c-span.org, or listen live on the three c-span radio app. next, a hearing on the relationship between the relationship -- of e-cigarettes and an outbreak of lung disease. the reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy heard testimony from centers for disease control officials about the health effects of e-cigarette you send what officials knew about a string of lung illnesses resulting e-cigarettes and vaping. in the second panel, a mother whose daughter was hospitalized ing and a former smoker who uses e-cigarettes as an alternative to traditional cigarettes. morning. sorry for

amazon washington post just put out a fake article that acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire who i've gotten to know and he's a tough cookie and i was surprised i was shocked to hear this was going to quit blaming the white house for something that they would let him talk openly freely and i was shocked because i know joe is a tough tough guy and i was really surprised to hear he was going to quit before i could even either talk to him or talk to anybody else he put out a statement i didn't speak to joe yet but he said at no time have i considered resigning my position in other words the story in the washington post was a fake. at no time have i considered resigning my position since assuming this role on august 16th 2019 i have never quit anything in my life and i am not going to start now i'm committed to leading the intelligence community to address the diverse and complex threats facing our nation that's from the acting director of national intelligence a very good man joseph mcguire. so having a great period of time our country is the strongest it's ever been economicall

tomorrow, the senate intelligence committee will hear from acting director of national intelligence, joseph mcguire, as well as the inspector general for the entill against community, michael atkinson to learn more about their role in this process. that's exactly how this matter should be handled, with care by the rules, would i say by the book, and to make sure that everybody's rights are protected before people begin to cast unjustified and slanderous allegations. our friends in the house, the house democrats aren't just fanning flames here, they've been pouring gasoline out for months through their baseless oversight hearings and all-out obsession with the mueller investigation which ended up with a big belly flop. yesterday speaker pelosi lit the match and there's no turning back now. the american people have made abundantly clear that this sort of partisan exercise is not what we want. especially with the other important work that we're not going to be able to accomplish because of this obsession with eliminating president trump. in a poll this summer, only 34% of texans supported impeachment.

. >> acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire testifies thursday before the house select intelligence committee on the process and handling of a whistleblower complaint involving president trump. watch live coverage thursday at 9 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. on-line at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. app. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years c-span has been providing american unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from washington d.c. and around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span has been brought to you by your local satellite or cable provider. c-span your unfiltered view of government. government. >> the u.s. senate about to gavel in for more debate on executive nominations including brian mcguire to be deputy undersecretary of the treasury. the first set of votes are scheduled for 11:30. senators are also planning to take a break in the afternoon for their weekly caucus meetings. before the week is over, we also expect the chamber to take up

of trying to cover up a phone call criticizing acting director joseph mcguire. >> this is a cover-up. here we are with another example of violations of the constitution on the part of the president. the dni broke the law. the dni shall convey the complaint to the intelligence committee. not the whole congress. to the intelligence committee. lou: awfully excited. president trump tweeted the president of ukraine said that he was not pressured by me to do anything wrong. can't have better testimony than that. as vice president biden had his son take out millions of dollars by strong arming the ukrainian president and looting millions from china. bad. california's radical left governor gavin newsom getting a taste of his own medicine. new tomorrow now facing a very similar problem in his own sanctuary state, a petition created in northern california seeking.5 million signatures. the purpose? to recall governor newsome. joining us, byron york, the chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" and fox business contributor. let's start with this intelligence committee hearing.

now joseph mcguire on the advice of justice department is refusing to pass on details of the complaint to congress congress insists that he is legally obliged to in terms of the whistleblower legislation so here is the situation there is a complaint being made that's been confirmed by the inspector general however the acting director of national intelligence not willing or refusing to discuss that complaint with congress with the house intelligence committee as the intelligence committee itself insists he is required legally to do so mike how serious is this ongoing argument then. well it could be very serious indeed given the fact that the inspector general is describing this as urgent and as a very very credible investigation now the other to bit of information that came out of that briefing from the inspector general was that this does not just concern a single incident you may remember the 1st report was off a phone call allegedly made by president to another national leader however the inspector general says he has investigated a series of incidents that are contained in the compl

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spy chief joseph mcguire to explain why he hadn't passed on the complaint to the committee. that whistleblower by their very act of coming forward and showing more dedication to country more of an understanding of the president's oath of office than the president himself in a tense hearing mcguire defended his handling of the whistle blows lead he would not add see if he consulted with the president of the matter but he stressed that officials like the whistleblower have complied with government rules. i have every reason to believe that they have done everything by the book and follow the law. now the mainstream of the republican party is standing by president trump they say the whistle blows complaint is full of he say and doesn't prove its case and make use democrats of using the letter as part of an ongoing which against the president they don't want answers they want to public spectacle and so we've been treated to an unincorporated of press releases press conferences and fake news stories away from the few remaining of the white house president trump supportive sheriff

digging up dirt on trump's political opponent with the acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire said he had legal reasons for not referring the complaint to congress as directed by law he faced off in hostile questions about his opinion on the matter for. their capture you would agree that should be investigated would you not german the horses left the bomb you have all of the information you have the whistleblower complaint you have the letter from the i.c. i.g. you have the office of legal counsel opinion yes but yes we do it would you agree i doubt if there is a serious and credible investigation you agree there should be an investigation i believe that it is a matter to be determined by the chair and this committee part of the complaint alleges that white house officials knew that the call contained evidence of potentially illegal activity and tried to quote lock down the official transcript that did not please speak or of the house nancy pelosi there is actions that are actions that are have her up yet when you take when you have a system of electronic storage for informati

atkinson sets the table for public testimony from the nation's intelligence chief, the acting dni, joseph mcguire. experts say there's a legal question over mcguire can share intelligence that involves executive communications. schiff says the justice department is ininvolved and indicated the administration may be as well. >> i don't know whether the white house is directly involved because we can't get an answer to that question. we know they're making some claim that a privilege may apply. well that narrows the category who may be intervening here. >> shep, that testimony from mcguire is scheduled for a week today. >> shepard: catherine herridge live in washington. thanks. legal analysis on this matter coming up at the bottom of the hour. next though, how many times have you heard there is no cure for the common cold? well that could soon change because some scientists appear to be on to something quite big. the break through that could stop your sniffles as reporting continues on this thursday afternoon. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but dad, you've got allstate. with accident

maria: welcome back, joseph mcguire to testify before house intel committee next week, on the whistleblowerplaint refusing to hand over to lawmakers, sparked by july phone call by president trump and president of ukraine. the wall street journal is reporting that the president repeatedly asked ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden's son. joining us right now republican congressman from california devin nunes, he's the ranking member to have house intel committee, also sits in house ways and means committee, thank you so much for joining us, they'll be there, ranking member of intel, what are you expecting from joseph mcguire? >> most people believe because it was a privileged conversation that the president had with another foreign leader which is historically we've never received. now, i'm all for receiving privileged conversations that our leaders are having with foreign leaders as long as we are going to get all the conversations that happened between vice president biden and the ukrainians, barack obama and putin, barack obama and all the other world leaders, so this really ope

that's from the acting director of national intelligence, a very good man, joseph mcguire. so having a great period of time, our country is the strong ec est it's ever been economically, our numbers are phenomenal. thank you, everybody, the numbers are phenomenal. our economy is the strongest in the world, we're the largest economy in the world. had my opponent won, we would be second right now because china was catching us so rapidly, we would have been second by this time. and unless somebody does a very poor job as president, we're going to be first for a long way because we've picked up trillions and trillions of dollars in value and worth of our country and china has lost trillions and trillions of dallas, and millions of jobs. and their supply chain. and they want to make a deal. this year america came to the united nations stronger than we have ever been before, since my election the united states has not only brought our economy to a level that we have never seen. the most jobs that we've ever had. you know you've heard me say it many times, african-american, asian

this is after the acting director, joseph mcguire refused to turn the complaint over to the lawmakers. >> the "washington post" reports the whistle blower's concerns involve a promise that the president apparently made to a foreign leader. the promise the leader still unidentified. we're joined by white house reporter for the "washington post" and white house editor for axios. margaret, you're covered washington for some time. there was a law here that requires something clear. dni has to report this to the house in a certain time frame. hasn't done either thing. he's testifying behind closed doors. it's not clearest going into detail. what's happening here? why can the administration ignore what the law is? >> jim, we're looking at two things. one is the specific case. is the ig going to feel empowered by law or that it's appropriate to talk behind closed in that confidential setting with lawmakers or is there an effort by the administration to hold that person back. we really don't have full visibility on that. we have not heard publicly from the white house today. but we know that

joseph mcguire, the acting director of national intelligence testifies about the whistleblower complaint involving president trump's communication with the leader of ukraine. portions will also be live on c-span throughout the day. >> president trump met with the ukrainian president on the sidelines of the general assembly in new york city. he talked about the relationship and took questions on a phone call they had earlier in the year that prompted a whistleblower complaint against president trump. president trump: thank you very much, everybody. we are with the president of ukraine. he's made me more famous that i have made him. i will say he's got a great reputation. he's very, very strongly looking into all sorts of corruption and some of the problems they have had over the years. i think it's one of the primary reasons he got elected. his reputation absolutely sterling. it's an honor to be with you. we spoke a couple of times as you probably remember. they'd like to hear every single word. we hear from every single word. then they'll say what about today? i think the press would lik

maria: welcome back, joseph mcguire to testify before house intel committee next week, on the whistleblowerplaint refusing to hand over to lawmakers, sparked by july phone call by president trump and president of ukraine. the wall street journal is reporting that the president repeatedly asked ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden's son. joining us right now republican congressman from california devin nunes, he's the ranking member to have house intel committee, also sits in house ways and means committee, thank you so much for joining us, they'll be there, ranking member of intel, what are you expecting from joseph mcguire? >> most people believe because it was a privileged conversation that the president had with another foreign leader which is historically we've never received. now, i'm all for receiving privileged conversations that our leaders are having with foreign leaders as long as we are going to get all the conversations that happened between vice president biden and the ukrainians, barack obama and putin, barack obama and all the other world leaders, so this really ope

on oldest 12th and then on august 16th actually the acting director of national intelligence mcguire joseph mcquarrie talk office and you know then it was the questions are being asked why did it take so long why was. why did it take so long for all of this to come to light of course it's just left to more questions until we get to the we hear from joseph mcguire today we're not really going to have a full picture of is really what is really taking place if august soliciting foreign interference interference in the 2020 elections sounds like a very serious charge and the testimony is still going on in the u.s. as we speak but what are ordinary american thing about these developments justice and investigation have to undermine support for trial. you're absolutely right it's ongoing everyone here in the united states in particular in washington is glued to the television those old 3 main news networks are are basically broadcasting this live to the nation now interestingly here in the united states support for impeachment has never been very strong and that's in many respects why the democrat

thursday, the issue moved to a congressional hearing room as acting national intelligence director joseph mcguire testified about the handling of the whistleblower complaint against president trump and the conversation the president had with the president of ukraine. here's the entire three-hour 15 minute house intelligence committee hearing and you can read the whistleblower complaint at c-span.org.

a fiery standoff with house democrats demanding the acting director of national intelligence, joseph mcguire, turnover the complaint. but mcguire is refusing, overruling the inspector general who said the allegation was credible and urgent. mcguire citing advice from the department of justice's legal counsel, a d.o.j. official tells nbc news. a top democrat accusing the white house of trying to keep it secret >> if the assertion is accurate that the department of justice has made and the dni has affirmed that this involves a potentially privileged communication, then at one level or another, it likely involves either the president or people around him >> reporter: but republicans tonight are dismissing this latest firestorm >> this is not something i would ever see the president doing, and i would instead of jump to uallncget ths fit. >> reporter: mcguire has agreed to testify publicly next week. and what we still don't know, who the foreign leader was and what the president allegedly promised lester >> all right, kristen, thank you. >>> tonight one of the surviving crew members from the div

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