nan inaugurated. they should not be subverting the policy of the us government. we took actions, the obama administration took actions in late december to punish russia for meddling in our elections. we kicked out intelligence offer certificates, removed two of their compounds. removed code data from their hakz. if the trump team was having these back channel communications with the russians saying, don't worry about this, we'll take care o all of it, your sanctions will be removed, that's a big problem. >> i'm very anxious to see what the facts are because there is intrigue and that spectrum is quite wide at this point. anyway, we don't know which end we're on. thank you both. ahead, it's not just the media. trump now in a bitter duel with german chancellor angela merkel. she took a swipe yesterday at a campaign beer fest in germany. i'll tell you what she said, how the president responded and what the house today is saying about it. back at home, the white house, the president has a new idea. it would jump start his stalled agenda but set off a fight like you have never seen. stay tuned. every beat calls...