brian with us. who helped the russians target those ads to particular swing states, swing voters that were so important in this election? and today, there was one republic senator who even said there's a possibility the russians are still at this, even weighing in during the nfl debate. >> reporter: yes, david. on capitol hill today, senator james lankford, member of the senate intelligence committee, says russian trolls have been tweeting on both sides of the issue, trying to raise the noise level, he said, and push divisiveness in the country. by the way, this morning, president trump tweeted that he considers facebook to be anti-trump. >> brian ross with us tonight. brian ross, thank you. next tonight, to a major new fallout from the scandal rocking college basketball. famed louisville head coach rick pitino placed on unpaid leave. the highest paid coach in the ncaa. his attorney saying pitino has yote, in effect been fired. abc's linsey dis tonight on why. >> national championship, the louisville cardinals! >> reporter: tonight, legendary coach rick pitino, out at the university of louisville.