democratic country like ours that is sympathetic to the russian or the putin way of -- his authoritarianism and his white nationalism and all of this and promoting them through these other means. i mean, it's mr. playbook. and they did it here in the united states, it's clear. >> if this is the case, if this is what happened, what does this mean? >> it means that -- it means that, you know, our fragile democracy -- and it is fragile and we need to fight hard to keep it. our founders knew that would be the case. i think we're a little asleep at the wheel these days or have been as americans. it means that we as americans need to stand up and demand that our elected leaders in congress, and we must do the same, hold our system accountable, our elected representatives accountable and oppose donald trump's planned alignment with russia. there's a reason why we have opposed russia on the global stage. it's not arbitrary. russia is an adversary, the liberty, freedom and basic rights across the globe and here in the united states.