Lawn. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. In the complaint the whistleblower suggests that the white house went to extraordinary lengths to lock down the transcript of the telephone call between President Trump and ukrainian president. While the white house was short on detail today, it suggested what happened to the transcript was standard protocol. White house officials today confirmed that administration attorneys directed the transcript of the zelensky phone call be archived in a high security Computer System but said there was nothing wrong with that. The document was handled appropriately at all times and i think the most important thing about said document is that the whole world has access to it now. Democrats insisted it was a coverup. The transcripts with the ukraine president which were in an open system that the white house employees could access were moved into a top secret covert Action System which i think shows a consciousness of guilt. White house said after
Announcing an agreement with china covering a host of issues and he hopes of laying the groundwork for an even more comprehensive deal later. The markets were surging all day in anticipation of this news. We will get details today from chief White House Correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. Nearly six months ago, it appeared the United States and china were close to a new trade deal only to have the whole thing fall apart when china backed out. That months of crippling tariffs, for which the president was roundly criticized seem to have changed chinas mind. In the oval office this afternoon with chinas vice premier, President Trump announced months of torturous trade negotiations have made progress. We have come to a very substantial phase one deal. We have come to a deal on a regular actual property, financial services, and tremendous deal for the farmers, a purchase of 40 50 billion of agricultural products. China has also made the concession on currency, a particular thorn i
In addition i want to meet not only my accuser who presented second and third hand information but also the person who illegally gave this information which was largely incorrect to the whistle blower, was this person spying on the u. S. President . Big consequences. Meanwhile, an attorney representing the whistleblower says he has quote serious concerns that trumps comments are putting his client in danger. In a letter to acting director of national intelligence, joe maguire, the whistleblowers legal team says trumps remarks about identifying the whistleblower have quote heightened our concerns that our clients identity will be disclosed publicly and that as a result, our client will be put in harms way. House Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff said this on abc this week, that his panel has reached an agreement over the whistleblower to testify before congress. However, an attorney for the whistleblower tweeted last night that no agreement had yet been reached with congress. And