for him will be a report that will delineate if true what role russia or any other foreign national or state or nonstate actor played in trying to tip the election scales in his favor. remember, nbc has confirmed that the cia's assessment is that russia intervened on behalf of donald trump against hillary clinton. that report will be waiting for him, his national security adviser michael flynn sits in that corner office here at the, in the west wing and then potentially his secretary of state rex tillerson who has a lock history working in russia, as he does in other countries especially in the middle east, if you are an oilman you will have had relationships, contacts, conversations with folks in russia and the middle east. >> hans nichols at the white house, thank you. joining me on the phone is kurt volker. mark salter tweeted that tillerson would sell out nato and the senate should vote no.