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Turning on. it did not end yesterday. we don't know where that is going to go next. >> all right. abby philip, thank you so much. let's talk more about post 13 indictments now. let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent matthew chance in moscow. so matthew, what more can you tell us about these people who have been indictmented and most people believe they will never actually be prosecuted in the u.s. but what can you tell us about them? >> i think that's probably a fair assumption. russia constitutionally is not able to extradite its own citizens to other countries to face prosec...

Private group chat that shows he was obsessed with race, violence, and guns. plus a shocking admission by the fbi. someone called the agency's tip line january 5th, 41 days before the shooting, to report that the confessed shooter wanted to kill people but nobody at the bureau followed up. let's get straight to cnn's abby philip. abby, what are you hearing from the white house on all of this? >> well, good morning, fred. those 13 indictments show as h.r. mcmaster said this morning that there is undisputable proof that russians meddled in the election and intended to sew discord in the election...

Also showing that special counsel mueller is very good in his team at preventing leaks about the investigation. last night former national intelligence director james clapper told anlter son cooper he believes more indictments are likely to follow. here he is. >> i think there are other shoes to drop here. notably finances. bob mueller and his team know a lot more about all this than as s. out there that we know. and i think there is much more to come. i didn't see any anonouncement about closing down the investigation after this indictment. >> do you agree with that? more shoes to drop? >> we...

Whatsoever. >> seems the point is proves and didn't result any influence on the election. is that sort of the right minded way to look at this? >> well, i think those are self-serving statements. if you look at this indictment and see the discussion in 2014 and the year that followed, it's pretty small part of that indictment, but when you get to the heart of the indictment and read 20, 30 pages, it all focuses on the summer of 2016. so while we have this far ranging conspiracy in the summer of 2016 that's laid out in that indictment. we also know from everything else about this investigation ...

Know, talked away with what i think are self-serving statements. >> and so, frank, your final thoughts on this as we wait to see what if anything happens next. >> so, aaron, you might want to tell your production staff to start saving and setting aside all these clips of trump surrogates and members of congress who are saying no collusion, this indictment proves no collusion. because some day, perhaps soon, if mueller does charge obstruction, you're going to want to play all of those. because i don't know how they're going to reverse their statements and they're not going to be able to do it. ...