or you know, mr. president, don't do it, because, whatever, you know, but don't hire someone that will just nod and say, you know, that's a great idea, mr. president, because you will be impeached. >> and president trump responded in a statement saying john kelly never said that, he never said anything like that. if he would have said that, i would have thrown him out of the office. he just wants to come back into the action like everybody else does. white house press secretary stephanie grisham also weighed in, hitting back in a statement, saying, i worked with john kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the ge pre. >> wow. >> presidential statement. still ahead, new reporting about republican lawmakers' efforts to gather information about the whistle-blower who exposed president trump's attempts to pressure ukraine. >> later former vice president joe biden slams the president as a quote idiot for calling russian election interference a hoax. those stories and a check of weather when we come back.