Thanks for watching our special edition of the lead the white house in crisis. follow me on facebook and twist and instagram and tweet at the lead on cnn. our coverage continues right now. thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. accusations and anger. a sieging president trump unleashing a torrent of attacks during a white house news conference and making extraordinary and unfounded allegations against house intelligence chairman adam schiff, joe biden and his son and the whistle-blower and the impeachment inquiry looming over his presidency. early guidance. the house intelligence committee confirms that the whistle-blower contacted one of the panels aides for advice on how to file the complaint but a spokesperson denies adam schiff saw it in advance as president trump accuses schiff of writing it. mystery envelope. the state department inspector