tonight that the president was briefed and real specifics how vladimir putin specifically ordered the invasion, the attack on our election and that donald trump has known this for a couple of weeks before he was inaugurated. >> lawrence, i'm permitted to comment specifically on what the president was briefed and given the briefing but i can say this, as a member of the gang of eight, i was kept abreast of what the russians were doing in realtime during the election. i continued to get briefings after the election during the period in which donald trump was in the president elect and not just the gang of eight members, the candidate, the major presidential candidates will get a briefing on certain intelligence. when they become the president elect, they will be given specific intelligence and when they become president, the briefings will continue.