and i think that we're going to continue to peel the onion on there and see exactly how the russians operated. to try and help donald trump. >> and obviously, we're hearing a lot in the washington post and elsewhere about there being turmoil in the white house right now. manu raju, on capitol hill, how much does this story hurt the president's and the republican party's ability to get their agenda done? >> significantly because of the fact it is overshadowing everything. right now they're trying to pass a major health care bill in the senate and having a very difficult time doing that. they're getting no support from the white house. there's no messaging operation coming out of the white house. not a very different than in 2009, 2010 when they passed obamacare and the white house had a huge megaphone. the reason why there is not one right now is because the white house is mired in this controversy and is struggling to defend itself. president trump is going for a