specific direction to take additional steps outside my authority. and have i taken the steps within my authority, you know, trying to be a good proactive commander. because my view is -- >> but no one from the administration has asked you the take any additional steps? >> i haven't been granted any additional authorities, capacity, capability. no, that's certainly true. . >> tonight natasha bertrand of the atlantic will join news a moment, is reporting on secret messages between long-time trump associate roger stone and wikileaks. quote, private twitter messages obtained by the atlantic show that stone and wikileaks, a radical transparency group communicated directly on october 13, 2016 and that wikileaks sought to keep its channel to stone open after trump won the election. we are joined now by natasha bertrand, staff write at the atlantic and jill wine-banks is still with us. natasha, the significance of your discoveries of wikileaks and roger stone. >> well, it just kind of