advisor's office who will have the experience, the judgment as well as the preparation to hit the ground running. and with all that's going on in the world, that is exactly what we need. >> let me ask you about this story that has broken in our news in the last 24 hours, major news organizations including nbc news reporting on the extraction of a spy working for the united states within the russian government. this occurred during your watch as national security adviser. according to the stories, that's when the harvest of the information was coming in from this spy. and there was a first consideration of extracting him during your time in office. what can you share with us about that and what elements of the reporting could you confirm for us? >> lawrence, i can't discuss classified information. i've never done it in my career, and i'm not going to start now. >> is there anything that you would caution the public about in what they're reading about this story now? >> no. i don't want to get into parsing the story and what may be accurate or inaccurate. it's just not appropriate. >> ambassador susan rice, i think we understand that completely. thank you very much for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> great to be with you, lawrence. thank you. and coming up, charlie cook has a major prediction for the 2020 presidential election, and it is not good for donald trump. we'll also get charlie cook's reaction to the special election in north carolina. tonight charlie cook joins us