>> that gangster in moscow. this is a question not only for the white house but for anyone in a position of responsibility. it is the context for donald trump's quite obviously trolling tweet that you see here that russians are meddling to help democrats, a tweet that's not news worthy for its voracity or any kind of admission, but more because the bunchline assumes the russians are meddling, something donald trump has denied. as for the part about favoring the democrats, that claim has been contradicted by everyone from u.s. intelligence leaders hired by trump to of course putin himself who said last week he did indeed prefer a political party. it was trump's party, not the democrats. there's no rule that the president has to keep talking about this, or keep favoring putin. but he does. and that has many americans wondering about the national security priorities of this white house. i begin tonight with a special guest, retired army lieutenant colonel ralph peters, a fox news analyst who left that network