many didn't think it was very serious and who fell for one of the oldest tricks on the internet handing those hackers everything they needed? it is all spelled out today in a piece in the "new york times," a long and thorough investigation that names names and tracks the damage all the way back to the moment that it began. eric lipton is an investigative reporter for "the times" one of the three journalists pinpointing this moment russian hackers broke into the dnc's e-mail network. eric, thanks for talking to us and tell us from the beginning here, because this was september of last year that an fbi agent picks up the phone, and that's an important detail, and calls the dnc. what happens next? >> that's right. so there is a special agent hawkins from the washington field office of the fbi. the fbi is responsible for notifying different companies or individuals if the government becomes aware they are targeted by a hacker. in this case, the fbi special agent calls the switchboard at