implications, i want to bring in betsy woodruff who has been all over the russia story, as well as jeff mason, correspondent for reuters. and back with me, renato mariotti. betsy, your view of the news story? >> it really cuts to the core of the final campaign promise that president donald trump made, which was to drain the swamp. what we have seen, both with the indictments that came down last week and then in addition, this new information about the potential legal liabilities that general flynn could have and the way that secretary ross is mixed up in some financial dealings that can be described as questionable at best, it's clear that folks who are very close to the president, who are part of his inner circle, who have had extremely influential roles both in his campaign and now in his presidency, are also deeply enmeshed in some of the systems that trump spent his campaign railing against. in particular, global financial systems. remember, trump's closing