the nra did not respond to a request for comment. during the campaign, she tried to arrange a covert back channel of communication with then candidate trump and russian president putin. although it doesn't appear they were successful. as for butina, her lawyer insists she is not a russia agent but graduate student living in the u.s. and trying to foster a better relationship with u.s. and russia. sara murray, cnn, washington. thank you. >> if you ran into trouble on amazon's web site yesterday, you were not alone. they were rough. more on the prime day problems next.