President ial election also coming up former french leader shocked shocked dies at the age of 86 the president was a towering statesman charming good nicknamed the bulldozer a living oxymoron according to one tribute. Band the athletics a World Championships get underway on friday in qatar we speak with the olympic silver medalist betty heilig about her career and the ongoing fight against doping in sports. On whale ark its great to have you along everyone in washington a Congressional Panel has girl the acting director of National Intelligence about a whistle blowers complaint that has prompted democrats to open an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump well joseph some of. Wires that the complaint concerning a president was unprecedented and defended his handling of the memo makers have been given the redacted declassified version of the complaint it alleges that President Trump tried to pressure the pressure on the president of ukraine to investigate for Vice President joe biden and that the white house then tried to cover up information about the controversial phone call between the 2 leaders. Lot happening in d. C. Today a gann and theyre tracking that story for you if you dont use the public he joins us now from our Washington Bureau i understand polo that President Trump has reacted to the days events. You are absolutely right there is no shortage of information coming out today thats for sure we heard from President Trump but im just going to read a couple of elements that he said today now he rerate reiterated his call that his conversation with the ukrainian president he said was purrfect he called the democrats investigation a disc race and he suggested that there should be a way of stopping it were assuming referring to the impeachment inquiry maybe legally through the court starts what he said and then interesting let me interesting that when he got to the white house normally he would stop and speak to waiting journalists on the white house lawn he didnt do that today he went inside the White House House hearing stablished if prison dollar did break the law by prodding the president of ukraine to interfere in the 2020 year u. S. President ial elections. Well i think what we need to do is really you know here are the words from the acting director of National IntelligenceJoseph Maguire but before we actually hear from him there is one thing that i want to note which is that he said that if a president pressured a Foreign Government for help winning an election it would be unwarranted unwelcome and bad for the nation but he didnt say if it was illegal and that was key under also now if we compare the words of republicans or interpret if they focused on pushing claims that the controversy is a hoax that was cooked up by crooked journalists who received improper leaks from the Intelligence Community and we also like i said i think what we should do though is actually hear from mcguire himself i believe that everything we hear in this matter is totally unprecedented and that is why more former directors of National Intelligence forwarded them to you whether or not that urge you could sure whether it was serious this was different. Just as mcguire evidently in a very difficult position there was a moment during the hearings when he was asked about the credibility of the whistleblower was his answer to that question. His answer was very very clear he said he believes both the whistleblower who filed a complaint against President Trump and the Inspector General who humbled and acted in good faith he said he said he doesnt know who the whistleblower is and hes also said but never asked him to find out the identity of the whistleblower now he also stated the greatest challenge the Intelligence Community has right now is maintaining the integrity of our election system and he stressed also so you know it was a it was a pretty clear answer later now in the meantime. The House Speaker has told reporters that the President Donald Trumps handling of this controversy amounts to a cover up a very serious allegation does that mean that the impeachment inquiry will now you know really focus on this you create schedule scandal of rather. Well it appears like the democrats are going to continue with the impeachment inquiry like you said there are very strong words there from nancy pelosi of course we also heard from the chair of the House Intelligence Committee who was one of those people who was questioning today he came out of that congressional hearing and said the conflict is of interest is palpable he said he said using that office to obtain what he called dirt on his political opponent essentially gives them justification to democrats to continue with this inquiry into President Trump and these are words that are being echoed throughout the Democratic Party now like i said the republicans are taking a slightly different approach but in press here in the media here many analysts are saying that behind closed doors there are many republicans who are finding this rather uncomfortable and rather uncomfortable situation are not happy with this situation. But that the president is finding himself in the moment all right well see what their move will be publicly at least reporting from washington thank you. Former french president Jacques Chirac has died he was 86 shock dominated french politics for decades and served 2 terms from 1905 to 2007 he let france to adopt the euro and stirred National Pride with his opposition to the u. S. Led war in iraq but sure ochs later years were marred by corruption scandals tarnishing the legacy of a man who had once charmed the country. Towards the end he hardly would out in public at all. The few photos that were taken to document the state of his health. Jacques chirac who is president of france was a master at powerful poses now looked frail and confused. His road to presidency was a long one the son of a banker he was born in paris in 1932 his political mentor George Pompidou wanted she rocks to be his private secretary in the palace he became Prime Minister in 1976 under guard to stone but soon he and she rocket political differences. In 1905 he won the president ial election against opposing candidate socialist. He rose from secretary to top ranks in the elite he had achieved his lifes goal right at the very start of his term she rocked shocked the world by authorizing underground Nuclear Tests in the Pacific Ocean he said a clear course opposing the u. S. President george bush during the iraq war and the people of france agreed with him but frances rejection of the e. U. Constitution which he had championed was his biggest failure in office he had little love for his Party ColleagueNicolas Sarkozy yet he could not stop him from becoming his successor after she rocks term in office was over old scandals return to the public eye he was accused of paying Party Colleagues for fake jobs while mayor of paris he was sentenced to a 2 year suspended prison term junk chirac remained popular though hell be less remembered for his politics and more for his warm bond to the french people. Now being applied except the World Championships kick off in qatar on friday and we are joined by retired german track and field athlete betty heiler she is a hammer thrower european and World Champion and a silver medalist at the 2012 a london olympics so good to have you here with us im just warning you ended your career 3 years ago how does it feel to not be a competitor and a soviet spectator. Its quite cool. Very good to sit at home and just whats to be and i dont know how the essence feud and for me its. Not the same like some years before but im still nervous because i know they are now struggling in the going to competition and then if they cant sleep in bed and its very interesting when its nice from you know to be at home are you in touch with any athletes who are currently competing or will be competing on friday no nets not directly art but you will be watching yeah that would be really good all right so one of the during these a big competitions a big topic that sometimes it steals the limelight are of course doping allegations that steal the focus while the specific issue is the retesting now old samples with new technology with this means is that athletes can be tested positive years after competing and other athletes like betty hadley whos here with me can get an unexpected medal of great. A delayed tribute for christina oberkfell 11 years after the beijing olympics the former general and throw has been awarded a silver medal she received her new prize possession at a small ceremony made up mostly of friends and family. Her pony and in 2008 russias maria. Was stripped of her silver medal off the retesting of old urine samples oberg fools bronze was given an upgrade thats not only had it wasnt a financial reward which would have been bigger back then cannot be recovered it now has symbolic value which is great. Im so glad that this has happened after so many years and hopefully its also a small deterrent for athletes that are still cheating you know. As new methods are used to test old doping samples which are kept up to 10 years after competitions more athletes are belatedly receiving recognition form a hammer thrower betty hyla has swapped her 2012 olympics bronze medal for silver and put in a dean klein it has had results from International Competitions upgraded more than 15 times for administrators the improved detection methods are an important tool in the fight against doping. When we hear this. If we want to improve sports particularly concerning equal opportunities justice and fair play in sporting competitions then there is no alternative to foreign mesh control systems. To fit with. Previously the medal was just simply sent in the mail but the lead ceremony for christina oberkfell at least goes some way to making up for her missing the real thing. And betty you brought your silver medal here a very have you by the way a congratulations again but i still wonder if its bittersweet for you i mean we saw you in the reports you were clearly overjoyed with brad. But do you feel wrong in that very moment to not have been given your dues at that time. Yes because you never know maybe the competition would have been another competition when this one athlete would have been there or what happened but i have to say i had a victory ceremony so for me its its from bronze to civil its a data step from civil to go from the the force of that i think thats much bigger problem. But i have to say as well that im really close with my bronze medal because of dispenses situation in london. Measuring fault everything what happens what happens there so it was very sad to give it away but im very happy to have does it want to show is the medal of the camera which camera at there you go yeah well congratulations again from your perspective and im sure youre still in touch with other fellow athletes do you feel that there is less doping taking place in for instance track and field and especially with this now deterrent because now years after the fact they can still track down if somebody doped no i dont think so if they want to have results and records and. For this reason there will always be doping yeah im sure does that i mean thats quite a depressing thought it is yeah it is especially for those as its well wrecking with. Things and just their own body and training without anything illegal. But as i said. They want to have what records theyre one half National Records and theres the countries who work with darks and for them its quite nama and to bring them to reboot the system that would take a long time and. And so thats the reason because i think thats a serious day and you know betty heiler congratulations again so going to meet your thank you so much for coming in greatly appreciate it. And a reminder now of the top story that were tracking for you this hour. U. S. Lawmakers are investigating a classified whistleblower complaint that has prompted an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump the House Intelligence Committee is investigating whether trying to press the leader of ukraine for damaging information on a political crisis. Youre watching t. V. News up next a business africa could see where its listing to for that of the rockefeller and on behalf of all of us thank you so much for spending this part. To