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"the new york times," "the washington post," we know individuals associated with donald trump had ongoing contact with russian representatives during the course of the campaign. michael flynn is no longer national security adviser as a result. now attorney general jeff sessions has agreed to recuse himself from any investigation related to the trump campaign's relationship with russia. some are still demanding that sessions resign his post altogether. but the president is backing him. this issue won't be so quickly dismissed. and here is the big question. why did russia seek to aggressively in...

For the latest, joining me now two is who have written on that, perry bacon, junior, senior political writer of the 538.com, and juliette kayyem, host of the skiff podcast and national security analyst for cnn. perry, i thought you did a real nice job of laying out the three possible scenarios. briefly, what are they? >> what i was trying to describe is a question about why were the russians talking to the trump campaign during the campaign. the three ideas i laid out were, one, the most serious one, somehow the trump campaign and the russians were colluding, the hacking was authorized by the ...

in this country, for the second time in less than 24 hours, an earthquake shakes central oklahoma. the latest one hit right before midnight eastern time, measuring a record 5.6. it was centered near sparks, about 45 miles from oklahoma city. and legendary performer andy williams says he's suffering from bladder cancer. williams broke the news to concertgoers last night during a christmas concert in branson, missouri. andy williams is 83. he has been seen professionally since childhood. good news. president obama creawe baulhaml completed his annual physical. he's in tip-top shape...