spicer was trying to clean up today. jessica snyder is outfront. >> a few report reveals vladimir putin gave direct orders to defeat hillary clinton and help elect donald trump as president. according to a bombshell report by the washington post, the obama administration knew putin was directing cyber attacking during the 2016 campaign three months before the election. intelligence obtained from deep inside the russian government was couriered by the cia and detailed putin's involvement in the hacking. >> when you go back, this was a moving picture. it is not like we had an immediate clear snapshot of what the russians were up to. it e vvolved over time. it looked like they were trying to basically interfere in the election, mostly by creating doubt about our institutions. >> former deputy national security advisor to president