into the summer, keeping russia in the spotlight as the midterm congressional races heat up. jessica snyder, cnn, washington. >> all right, i want to bring in our political panel, david swardlick is a cnn political commentator and assistant editor at "the washington post" and josh rogin is a columnist at "the washington post." gentlemen, welcome back. i want you to hear what trump campaign adviser carter page had to say to cnn about his conversation with jeff sessions, where he mentions that trip to russia. >> you know, i -- that mention, which was the big headline yesterday, was a brief comment as we were walking towards the elevator after having a dinner together. and so it was such a nothing event, and, you know, as you've correctly noted, i mention that, you know, i'm heading over there and totally unrelated to the campaign, so i actually had -- it was a meeting that -- or a dinner that was set up sort of at the last minute and i ended