that there was not a specific directive from the white house about what to do. that same committee, senate intelligence committee does plan to issue an election security report, recommendation of what should be done ahead of the primary season that begins in march as well as what should be done ahead of the november elections. see if states and localities agree to implement them. overarching concern over several of the members of the united states are now prepared even though russia appears to be doing what it did in 2016 and concerns that the president himself has not taken this issue seriously enough because he continues to con flflate it wit associates, russian officials and that's the issue that the same committee, brooke, is still investigating. they've not made any conclusion on the collusion issue. it's very clear that russia has already begun its meddling. >> opening it back up to the