is it too early to say it's a solid five and we have what a whole week ahead of us, potentially? >> reporter: yeah, these are five senators who have publicly made their legislations known. they said they'd like to get to yes so that's significant, too, that suggests there is room for potential dpoegs and ongoing conversations. when these things come to sort of a head this week with getting the final draft bill and ten doing the vote, there will be lots of ups and downs, so we soul expect that over the next week. no one is saying it's a sure thing, but it's not a dead bill either. it's somewhere in between, richard. >> it could have happened before. let's get to russia now and that washington post article there, what is the white house saying? >> reporter: well, the white house is not talking about that article specifically that delves into the backgrounds-of-what the white house under the obama administration knew. but the president is suggesting that he has learned from this