win the election. so, you go to people who have inside access to that candidate to try to tease out information. the russian ambassador at a minimum was on an information gathering effort and they didn't have to talk about was donald trump going to win michigan or an electoral college victory. so anything he could glean from that about donald trump and the direction of the people who were around him and their policies was important. >> that's right. and let's not forget for a while there, senator jeff sessions, the only person in the u.s. senate who had endorsed then candidate donald trump, it was a big part of his biography in 2016. dan ryan, amanda lar, thank you so much. the president says the raid in yemen the cost the nachl itch seal his life was highly successful and seals were able to gather large amounts of vital intelligence and now we are learning more just about exactly what was collected including we are told a list of contacts for al-qaeda. that story next. here's to the wildcats 'til we die...