they were already talking about the pressure they felt from president trump and rudy giuliani to launch investigations into former vice president joe biden. and word of the aid freeze had gotten to high level ukranian officials by the first week of august. joining us now, a congressman from massachusetts, seth molten. congressman, thank you for being here. it s good to be here. the ukranian president felt pressure to open an investigation even before he was i naug ra inaugerated. that s the way trump is. it s the way he operated from the very beginning. it s why he asked for foreign help very publicly during his campaign. it s why he s asking for help now from china in addition to