october 7th, a formal statement by intelligence agencies this was an act associated with the government, and a month before the election. dnc knew april 29th. the core period of the presidential election, it took that long to make that public declaration. the second thing, once you aticket, what attribute, what do you do? how do you tell the russians you can't do this against the united nations and don't do it again. ultimately nothing publicly was done and there is some within the administration that feel that was a mistake. >> and you talk about that in the story. eric lipton, you did this piece in the "new york times" with your colleagues. thanks for coming on. appreciate it. >> thank you. up next, what's in the lease agreement for donald trump's posh new hotel that may force him to sell it before he moves into the white house? ydrogenate.