security, great economy. i think i've done more than any other first term president ever. i have a phony witch hunt, which is just a phony pile of stuff, mueller comes out there's no collusion and essentially a ruling that no obstruction and they keep going with it. do you know what, people are angry about it. reporter: that was one of several times during that interview that the president brought up the russia investigation, even when he wasn't asked about it so he can tell this is still something very much on his mind and it is something we are going to be hearing about both from him as well as the democratic candidate s a lot moreover the next 17 months, rick? rick: garrett tenney at the white house. the president escalating his feud with the new york times accusing the paper of a "virtual act of treason" after it reported the u.s. is ramping up its ability to hack into russia 's power grid in response to moscow's heightened cyber aggression in recent years. mark meredith explains this from washington. reporter: president trump says the new york times report is not