>> i'm obviously concerned, fundamentally. americans are supposed to decide american elections. the american people and anybody running for office knows you don't take foreign campaign contributions, either monetary or of another sort. obviously there's lots of reasons to be concerned. >> there is a common perception we're not doing much and we're doing quite a bit. most people back home aren't even aware, they're caught up in the sort of daily distractions that go oncoming out of the white house. >> reporter: anderson, the one thing republicans are trying to do, of course s to pass a new health care bill, one that actually will be introduced in the senate tomorrow, but one thing the republicans are concerned about is that there is virtually no white house messaging operation at the moment to back them up because the white house constantly has to deal with these controversies day after day and is making it much harder for them to do their job up here, anderson. >> manu raju, thanks. this all started when a music