public. we know that and that was very damning, but this puts the the president knowing about the whistle-blower complaint in late august, weeks before. >> why he decides to restore the aid because he's being discovered. the whistle-blower complaint in its allegations included the fact that the aid had been suspended and then raised this question is that related so when president trump restores the aid you might think it's because he's been discovered. >> as maggie haberman was saying he found out about it from his lawyers in the context that they were trying to prevent congress from finding out about it. so he knows there's this complaint, but when he has this conversation with gordon sondland, in which he says no quid pro quo, he knows about the complaint, but he thinks he can keep the complaint quiet. >> that's right. it's interesting that "the new york times" report had the report from john eisenberg, mid-august, august 14th he's on the phone with the cia general counsel calling the justice department with basically what