stop the russians in future meddling? >> well, yeah, i think that we're seeing this russia probe escalating at the same time trump is trying to voice and flex his control over one thing, trade in this case. there's huge issues that he is unilaterally making announcements on or trying to voice support working with democrats in congress while this escalating russia probe is downgoing. we haven't seen any indication from the administration they're going to pursue those sanctions, congress passed last year. >> shepard: do we know why not? >> we don't have any real indication from the administration. full-throated reasoning why. they have worked with state officials across the country on making sure that they have provided safeguards for the upcoming elections. but we have seen some concern on capitol hill after the secretary rogers' testimony last week, two weeks ago, saying trump himself