barring the news media from airing the briefing live, only after the briefing is completed will we be able to share the audio-only of the briefing, no video. those were the same rules imposed by the white house yesterday as well. go to our white house correspondent athena jones already in the briefing room getting rd for the briefing. what? 24 hours ago president trump once again called the election hacking reports a big dem hoax and a scam. what's the white house saying now following this bombshell report in "the washington post"? >> reporter: hi, wolf. what is so interesting about this russian scandal, this russian meddles in the 2016 election is that white house officials from the president on down just don't seem to want to talk about it. what we hear repeatedly is that this is the democrats excuse for losing an election they were expected to win. kellyanne conway, white house counselor, asked about this on "new day" this morning and responded to the "post pea" rep