protect the united states. this is a national security issue. the tone konls from the top. clearly the president is not sending the message, whether through his former fbi director or his attorney general that this inquiry needs to be taken seriously, despite the consensus of the intelligence community. if the press secretary can't answer definitively whether the president thinks it's a problem, that message comes through loud and clear. that's denial. it's dangerous. >> shame on him, but also is there shame on the democrats because they have fixated on the ancillary -- though still relevant questions about with whom did the russians do this? who helped, any potential collusion? is there too much energy on that by the democrats and not enough on the main russian interference. are they part of the problem? >> there's always enough shame to go around in washington. democrats are part of the problem in washington. democrats who are fixated on a particular outcome, some fantasy