they thought it would be when donald trump was elected. >> matthew chance. thks. reaction to the russian reaction from seth is lten. i spoke to him just before air time. >> congress, what do you make between the russian playback on all this? facility news? presumably that doesn't quash skepticism from those in congress pushing for more information. >> in fact, it's striking how similar the pushback is from the kremlin and the white house. that's obviously a cause for concern. but we need to know the facts. the american people deserve to know the facts. that's why we've got to continue to push for bipartisan independent investigation. >> you talk about independent investigation. i mean, republicans control congress. there's no indication they support a special select committee investigation. there's no indication at this point the justice department will appoint a special counsel. that leaves the fbi investigation, the house and senate intelligence committee investigations as the official inquiries into all of this.