that they based their conclusion on the fact that the rnc was hacked, okay? if the rnc was not hacked, then that casts doubt on their conclusions. >> michael smerconish joins us tonight along with cnn's senior political analyst, david gergen. michael, the fact that donald trump is pushing back so hard on this hacking story, how surprising do you think that is? one might say, what president-elect wouldn't want to look into a foreign state, like russia, if they were trying to influence our election process. the flip side of that, you can understand why they might be believing politics is behind some of this. >> well, it frustrates me, because i would think in a circumstance like this, patriotism would trump partisanship and polarization, and yet it's not pip paid attention to your interview earlier tonight with kellyanne conway and it reminded me of what i heard from sean spicer over the weekend. you asked about a congressional investigation into this subject. now that we know mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are both supportive of that and her attitude was one of -- her words