into new. >> first of all, that was never mentioned in the conversation that has given rise to all of this. >> neil: he was clearly asking for something. >> he was asking for their cooperation in an ongoing investigation involving co-option of officials and both of our countries. >> neil: a man that could be his next opponent in the presidential election, right? >> that's true. these investigations -- yesterday -- yes, they involve his potential rival, but they are also very, very serious going to the heart of the use of government power, both by our government and perhaps by foreign governments to intervene in a 2016 election. the president has a responsibility to look into that. you have a new administration coming into ukraine that was elected specifically to clean up corruption. the president needs to know that they are serious about that before he sends hundreds of millions of dollars to that