but the white house still can't quite get on board. >> there should be no fuzz on this whatsoever. the russians interfered in our election during the 2016 cycle. they did it with purpose. they did it with sophistication. they did it with overwhelming technical efforts, and it was an active measures campaign driven from the top of that government. >> it's pretty clear about what took place here, about russian involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on american democracy. this is very real. it is growing. it is not new in that sense. but this was an aggressive action taken by the senior leadership inside of russia. >> in 2016, the russian government at the direction of vladimir putin himself orchestrated cyber attacks on our nation for the purpose of influencing our election. that is a fact, plain and simple. >> does president trump believe that the russian government interfered in the 2016 elections? >> i think i have not sat down