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Promote stories, hundreds or thousands of times then that puts it into trending feeds. once its in a trending feed it takes on a life of its own. >> experts who research russias campaign explain how putins government uses an army of trolls, online critics who push their agendas to confuse and frighten audiences in the west an idea that played out dramatically on the show time series homeland. a troll factory where hundreds of employees toil away. >> iraq bob, thats me. navy wife. thats me too. >...

Numbers that weakens not just with democrats but republicans as well. >> right. you wonder how the healthcare fight might have looked different if his approval rating was 60% instead of in the 40s. maybe he could have persuaded the freedom caucus guys and had a strong case to make to come along and support him because he had more clout in their districts. he doesnt have a lot of clout now. >> dont go too far away. coming up, they have names from childrens stories but far from innocent. stay with...

for post august 2nd if no plan is agreed to. if the treasury couldnt meet its obligations, a bill being circulated would prioritize payments, social security checks and paychecks for troops. everything else would be covered if possible with cash on hand or put off until we can take on more debt. two main default avoidance plans remain on the table right now. speaker boehners plan would raise the debt ceiling twice, this year and next, with spending cuts now and an election year overhau...

Russia had thousands of paid internet trolls, people filling americans twitter feeds and your facebook news feeds, with headlines that were completely made up. and vladimir putin tonight with a message for america, borrowing words from what an american president has said before. heres abcs senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, the stunning warning that russia not only tried to hijack the last u.s. election, but will try again. >> this is not fake news. this is actuall...