this afternoon a russian company indicted about special counsel robert mueller called the charges of election interference against it a, quote, sham and a quote, make-believe crime and to justify his investigation. this week marks one year since robert mueller was appointed special counsel. joining me now to talk about this and much more is michael mcfaul, the former u.s. ambassador to russia under president obama. he's out with a new book titled "from cold war to hot peace", and ambassador thank you for joining us. do you think people affiliated with the trump campaign conspired with agents of the russian government to interfere with the 2016 election? >> well, conspired is a strong word. i don't know what that word means or definition what it means in a legal sense, but did they meet with russians to try to help their campaign, to