good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, november 27th, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. we begin with president trump who had a campaign rally in the swing state of florida last night, once again denying the military operations were tied to military aid. documents released from the office of management budget shows that the white house initiated the move to freeze the aid on the same day as the july 25th phone call with the president of ukraine. at the same time, two sources telling "the new york times" that the president was aware of the whistle-blower complaint when he released the aid. also notable, the president is putting distance between himself and his personal attorney rudy giuliani. talking to bill riley. >> what was rudy giuliani doing in ukraine on your behalf?