investigation may be only the beginning. >> a recusal is an admission that something is wrong. >> reporter: russia is not the only headache for the white house. as it turns out cnn has confirmed vice-president mielk pence used a private e-mail address when he was governor of indiana even as he was joining in on the trump campaign's criticism of hillary clinton for her e-mail practices. >> i'm very confident that our e-mail practices were in full compliance. there is no comparison whatsoever between hillary clinton's practice. >> reporter: now, the white house is definitely seeking some separation between the president and his team when it comes to russia during the campaign. a white house spokeswoman said just today, wolf, that the president had, quote, zero involvement with the russians. wofrl? >> all right, jim, thank you. jim accosta over at the white house. after rushing it first, its failed attempt at a travel ban citing urgent national security reasons, the trump white house has now failed to issue a replacement not yet, even as homeland security report may