The president calling and congratulating putin on his election on the day that senators were talking about russian interference in our election? the response, awkward silence. >> election ining at the grteit commented on the fact that trump called putin to congratulate him on his winning the election. and -- >> yes, yeah. >> i would call that awkward silence. that doesn't even talk about the ballot stuffing. clint watts still here, the former fbi special agent. msnbc analyst. and host of msnbc's the beat with ari melber, at 6 p.m. eastern on weekdays. this is a crazy busy day, so let's go back...