Underway on this tuesday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 1,041 in the trump administration. Marine one touched down at maralago and a story landed from the new york times. President trump has already been briefed on the whistleblowers complaint when he released the military aid to ukraine. It is under a triple buy line that includes michael schmidt. They told mr. Trump in late august about the whistleblower complaint, explaining that they were trying to determine whether they were legally required to give it to continue. The revelation likely shed some light on mr. Trumps thinking at two critical points under scrutiny by impeachment investigators, his decision in Early September to release 391 million in Security Assistance to ukraine and his denial to a key ambassador around the same time that there was no quid pro quo with kiev. Remember, trump was so clear when talking with Gordon Sondland at that point. Trump is talking about his