investigations into whether there was ukraine influence into the 2016 election. that's where cnn's fareed zakaria enters the picture and he joins us now. fareed, it was going to be an interview with you where the second half of the quid pro quo was announced. >> right. we had been trying to get an interview with zelensky anyway because he's this fascinating character, complete newcomer, standup comic, sitcom actor, also a businessman but a newcomer, totally outside politics, sweeps the parliament elections, talks about making a deal with russia, fascinating character. we're getting somewhere. i interviewed the previous president three times. then it gets very, very close and i get there in early september for a conference i happen to be going to and i said can i meet him to seal the deal? that's the september 13th meeting that apparently the u.s. embassy was frightened he was going to give the interview that day and do the second half of the quid pro quo, announce the investigations into biden and burisma.