president, to the candidate. and i think that we're going to continue to peel the onion on this 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 just is overshadowing everything. right now they are trying to pass a major health care bill in the senate. they are having a very difficult time in doing that. they're getting no support from the white house. no messaging operation coming out of the white house. not a -- very different than in 2009, 2010 when they passed obamacare. the reason there's not one right now is because the white house is mired in this controversy and is struggling to defend itself and president trump is going for