knowledge and none of the rules to be a whistle-blower have changed. chuck grassley chairs the whistle-blower protection caucus and he broke with trump today when he said the official ought to be heard and protected. one official still in the president s corner is attorney general bill barr, who in recent months has pressed multiple foreign leaders for help as he investigates the origins of the russia investigation, following trump s orders from may. and i hope he looks into uk. and i hope he looks at australia. and i hope he looks at ukraine. i hope he looks at everything. reporter: brianna, the secretary of state is traveling ov overseas where the reporters with him have asked him questions about his role in this scandal. so far, he hasn t answered those questions. we ll be waiting to see what he says and whether those officials follow suit with the former official who will sit down with those democrats. kaitlan collins, thank you.
about a whistle-blower, you can use hearsay when you could not just weeks before the complaint. he had no firsthand knowledge he is giving them hearsay evidence. reporter: but none of what they said is true. according to trump s own intelligence community inspector general, who in a rare pushback said the official had some firsthand knowledge and none of the rules to be a whistle-blower have changed. republican senator chuck grassley chairs the whistle-blower protection caucus and he broke with trump today when he said the official ought to be heard and protected. one official still in the president s corner is attorney general bill barr who in recent months has pressed multiple foreign leader for help as he investigates the origins of the russia investigation. following trump s orders from may. and i hope he looks at the u.k. and i hope he looks at australia, and i hope he looks at ukraine. i hope he looks at everything. reporter: now, brianna, we should note that pompeo s
we have all of that. i am satisfied there is enough here for us to proceed with an impeachment investigation. and add the facts as they present themselves today, yes, i am prepared, based upon the facts that i know not only this, but the mueller report, the emoluments issues, those things put those things together, and i m prepared to vote for an impeachment. now we will have just a moment we will have an indictment. we will have the articles of impeachment. and they will lay out, i am certain, additional facts, including the corroboration of the witnesses that inspector general and the whistle-blower have brought forth. ed: we will see if it is a fair look at whether or not you get that corroboration. congressman, thank you. you and i will have a chance to do just that. ed: thank you, congressman. looking forward to round two of that. congressman matt gaetz, sits on the host judiciary committee, close ally of the president paired good evening, congressman. good evening