the reporting indicating there was a reluctance from the obama administration to go after russia aggressively. thach had this information for months and decided to try to publicly shame putin instead of going at him with perhaps sanctions or covert operations. why do you think they didn't? >> i wish they would have. can you imagine if obama had come out before the election and announced this investigation? he would have been eviscerated about plitt sioliticizing our c intelligence communities and what he is doing now is the right thing to do. if republicans were smart, trump were smart, if he wanted to prove he wants to be the president for everybody, instead of continuing to try to divide this country he would say, yes, put everything in the open. let's remember, this president, the president elect did not win with a mandate. he won in three states with less than 100,000 votes from an