>> and of course there's the biggest contradiction of all. on russia's election interference. this is the president, what he said in helsinki standing side by side with vladimir putin. >> my people came to me, dan coats, came to me and some others. they said they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> okay, so he mentioned dan coats. this is what dan coats said this week. >> we assess that foreign actors will view the 2020 u.s. elections as an opportunity to advance their interests. we expect russia will continue to wage its information war against democracies and to use social media to attempt to divide our societies. >> a source telling cnn tonight that dni coats and gena haspel