trump pressed the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden and his son. and white house officials put it this way -- they had, quote, witnessed if president abuse his office for personal gain. and more alarming, the whistleblower said this wasn't the first time that a presidential phone call transcript was placed in this electronic system, leading to a lot of questions. the director of intelligence was on capitol hill for fierce questioning for thursday. he defended not only his handling of the complaint, but also the whistleblower. and said the whistleblower followed that complaint to get that tape into the right hands. if he is allowed to, that could be the next step in what has officially become an impeachment inquiry. christine and dave. >> jessica, thanks. as for the next steps, speaker pelosi has assigned the house intel committee to take the lead on the impeachment inquiry.