>> Shannon: THANK YOU.

DEMOCRATS TONIGHT SAYING A

STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL MADE

IT CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT DID

NOT WANT ANY QUID PRO QUO WITH

UKRAINE WERE TAKEN OUT OF

CONTENTS.

MINUTES AGO, THEY RELEASE DOZENS

OF ADDITIONAL TEXTS SHEDDING

MORE LIGHT OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF

THE STATE TO PERMIT OFFICIALS IN

EFFORTS TO GET UKRAINE TO CLEAN

UP CORRUPTION AND TO INVESTIGATE

BURISMA.

THAT IS THE FIRM THAT

JOE BIDEN'S SON HUNTER IS

CONNECTED WITH.

THE PRESIDENT AND HIS AIDES WERE

ENGAGING IN A CAMPAIGN OF

MISINFORMATION AND MISDIRECTION

IN THAT ATTEMPTS TO NORMALIZE

THE ACT OF SOLICITING FOREIGN

POWERS TO INTERFERE IN OUR

ELECTIONS.

AFTER THESE TEXT MESSAGES, WE

ARE GOING THROUGH THEM, THEY

INCLUDE A LENGTHY BACK AND FORTH

OFFICIALS.

ONE TAXED BY FORMER SPECIAL

ENVOY KURT VOLKER WORKING ON A

STATEMENT THAT UKRAINE WILL

POSSIBLY BE ASKED TO COMMIT TO

COMING NEVER HAPPENED, BUT IT

READS IN PART, WE INTEND TO

INITIATE AND COMPLETE A

TRANSPARENT AND UNBIASED

INVESTIGATION OF ALL AVAILABLE

FACTS AND EPISODES, INCLUDING

THOSE INVOLVING BURISMA AND THE

2016 ELECTIONS WHICH IN TURN

WILL PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF

THIS PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.

SO, DOES VOLKER'S TESTIMONY

TODAY UNDER KATHY DEMOCRATS'

PUSH FOR IMPEACHMENT.

HERE'S HOW G.O.P. CONGRESS IN

MARK MEADOWS CHARACTERIZES IT

TONIGHT.

>> WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS

DEFINITELY NO QUID PRO QUO.

IT WAS OVER AND OVER, IT WAS

ASKED 20 DIFFERENT TIMES.

>> Shannon: ONCE THE GAME

WELCOME TO YOU BOTH.

>> GOOD EVENING, SHANNON.

>> Shannon: WITH THAT, JIM

JORDAN AND DEVIN NUNES SAID THIS

ABOUT THE TESTIMONY TODAY, THE

FACTS WE LEARN TODAY UNDERCUT

THE SALACIOUS NARRATIVE THAT

ADAM SCHIFF IS USING TO SELL

IMPEACHMENT AMBITIONS.

WE HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE READ

THE TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S

TESTIMONY AND SEE THE TRUTH.

HOW QUICKLY DO YOU THINK THAT

MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAPPEN?

>> WELL, IT COULD HAPPEN RIGHT

AWAY.

AND IT SHOULD HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY.

I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO

BE TIRED OF AT THIS POINT,

SHANNON, IS THESE KINDS OF

THIRD-PARTY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE

CORE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE

SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT.

WE HAVE THE CALL BETWEEN

ZELENSKY AND TRUMP, FOR EXAMPLE,

THAT'S THE EVIDENCE, THE MAIN

EVIDENCE OF WHAT WENT ON HERE

AND WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE

LAST WEEK OR SO OUR PEOPLE'S

DIFFERENT CHARACTERIZATIONS OF

IT AND DESCRIPTIONS OF IT.

AND WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE

AWAY FROM THAT, IT SEEMS TO ME,

IS THAT YOU HAVE TO SAY EITHER

THAT IT'S PERFECT, AS THE

PRESIDENT SAYS, OR IT'S

IMPEACHABLE, AS THE DEMOCRATS

SAY.

AND I THINK FOR THE MOST PART,

MOST SENSIBLE PEOPLE LOOK AT

THIS AND SAY THE PRESIDENT

SHOULDN'T LEVERAGE HIS CONTROL

OVER AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY

PURELY TO DO POLITICAL RESEARCH.

WHAT MAINLY WAS DONE HERE WAS

THE PRESIDENT ASK ANOTHER

COUNTRY TO HELP WITH AN ONGOING

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS

APPROPRIATE.

TO THE EXTENT HE ALSO THREW THE

BIDEN'S IN THERE, THAT'S

SOMETHING THAT WAS POOR

JUDGMENTS TO DO.

YOU COULD SAY IT WAS CERTAINLY

NOT PERFECT.

BUT IMPEACHABLE?

THEY AREN'T GOING TO IMPEACH HIM

OVER THAT.

>> Shannon: THERE ARE

DIFFERENT STANDARDS.

MAYBE WE'LL GET THIS TRANSCRIPT

TODAY BUT WE KNOW THE IG IS

HEADING UP TO TESTIFY BEHIND

CLOSED DOORS TOMORROW.

MAYBE WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM

TOMORROW.

"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"

EDITORIAL BOARD SAYS THIS, ANY

BUREAUCRAT WHO HEARS ABOUT A

CONVERSATION CAN FILE A

COMPLAINT THAT OVERWRITES A

PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO SPEAK

WITH FOREIGN LEADERS WITH THE

EXCITATION OF PRIVACY.

WE ARE IN DANGER IS

CONSTITUTIONAL WATERS.

>> NO, THAT'S QUITE SIMPLY WRONG

AS A MATTER OF LAW.

WHEN THAT WAS A BLOWER SUBMITTED

THE COMPLAINT THROUGH TR

THE COMPLAINT THROUGH TU

THE COMPLAINT THROUGH TH

THE COMPLAINT THROUGH TT

THE COMPLAINT THROUGH TE

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THROUGH

THERE WAS THE WHISTLE-BLOWER

PROTECTION ACT, THERE WAS A VERY

SPECIFIC EXCLUSION IN THAT

STATUTE THAT PROHIBITS THE

COMPLAINT BEING FABRICATED BASED

MERELY ON THE DIFFERENCE OF

OPINION ON PUBLIC POLICY AND

OTHERS.

IF THAT'S ABOUT REDUCING

SANCTIONS OR SOMETHING ALONG THE

EXTENTS, THAT WOULD NOT BE

ALLOWED UNDER THE STATUTE.

THAT CANNOT BE VALIDATED.

THE REASON THE IC IG FOUND IS

VALID, THE REASON THIS WENT

FORWARD IS BECAUSE OF THE

OVERALL CIRCUMSTANCES BETWEEN

THE PHONE CALL AND THE

SURROUNDING DETAILS WITH RUDY

GIULIANI, AMBASSADOR VOLKER AND

THE OTHERS WHO SUGGESTED THAT

THERE IS POSSIBLY CORRUPT INTENT

IF NOT A QUID PRO QUO TO

CONDITION ASSISTANCE TO THE

UKRAINIANS ON THEIR WILLINGNESS

TO INVESTIGATE THE BIDENS.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOME OF

THESE TEXT YOU STILL ARE GOING

THROUGH, THERE'S A JULY 25TH

TEXT FROM VOLKER TO ONE OF

PRESIDENT ZELENSKY'S AIDES, A

MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP

AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS

CONTINGENT ON THE WILLINGNESS

HE'S GOING TO HELP ON 2016.

>> Shannon: THERE'S MORE TO

THAT WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION

SAID REPEATEDLY THEY WANT THE

CORRUPTION OF ALL KINDS, THEY

WERE NOT SURE THAT ZELENSKY WAS

100% ON BOARD, NO SECRETS THAT

THAT GOES ON IN UKRAINE, BUT IT

SOUNDED MORE BROAD TO ME THAN

THAT, BUT IT

WITH THIS HEADLINE FROM A WELL

TRUMP EVER LEAVE THE

WHITE HOUSE.

WE SHOULD NOT ASSUME EITHER A

2020 ELECTION DEFEAT OR

IMPEACHMENT WILL MAKE TRUMP

LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE.

IT'S RATHER DOOMSDAY, ANDY.

PEOPLE SEEM PRETTY FIRED UP.

>> I THINK THAT'S LUDICROUS, YOU

KNOW?

EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE A DEEP

BREATH.

I JUST THINK THAT'S LUDICROUS.

>> Shannon: ALL RIGHT.

BRADLEY?

>> THE PRESIDENT LIKES TO USE

HYPERBOLIC RHETORIC.

HE LIKES TO PARENT THINGS ABOUT

CORRUPT MEDIA AND IT'S A COUP

D'ETAT, EVERYONE'S TRYING TO

TAKE HIM DOWN.

>> Shannon: DO YOU THINK HE'D

LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE IF HE'S

IMPEACHED OR LOSE THE 2020

ELECTION, ARE THERE ANY DOUBTS

HE'LL LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE?

>> I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT