they were never in the same room together as a group, we're going to put those minds together and we're going to form a defense. i have to say this also, the democratic national committee was totally open to be hacked. they did a very poor job. they could have had hacking defense, which we had. and i will give reince priebus credit, because when reince saw what was happening in the world and with this country, he went out and went to various firms and ordered a very, very strong hacking defense. and they tried to hack the republican national committee, and they were unable to break through. we have to do that for our country. it's very important. >> reporter: just to the last part of that question, when i said how could all of this potentially color your attempts to build a better relationship with president putin. >> well, you know, president putin and russia put out a statement today that this fake news was indeed fake news.