what is the conversation going to be around syria? we got very little detail from that partially because president trump himself focused so intently on election interference and defending himself. >> i want to point out senator lindsey graham, republican, key member of the armed services community just tweeted this. a big discrepancy between president trump's statement and dni coats' warning. it's imperative we get to the bottom of what is going on so we can be prepared to protect ourselves in advance of the 2018 elections. my personal view, the russians are at it again. >> and think about that. you have the intelligence community saying this is a big threat. republican leaders finally saying, you know, russians need to know it's not going to happen again. and the president is an apologist for president putin. even in his use of language, it's so imprecise to be reckless. and who on the president's staff, including some very experienced people would allow a