between the leadership on the banking committee and the senate foreign relations committee. there are three issues that we re trying to get done with russia. one is new mandatory sanctions. the other is to review any attempt by president trump to take sanctions off of russia in exchange for any type of an agreement, and, third, to to authorize democracy initiatives between the united states and our european allies to fight against the attacks that russia is making to our democratic institutions. we re very close to working out an agreement. all right, senator, thanks very much. senator ben cardin of maryland. still ahead herman cain the white house press secretary sean spicer once again dodges questions about whether president trump taped his conversations with the fbi director james comey, but take a look at donald trump s past and it provides some rather intriguing clues. hang out? [team member] yes. [woman] we want to be that house. [team member] i love that. and now, with my cr