is a test, ultimately, of whether or not we can get through the months ahead. chris: you say you have very little doubt that the russian state, russian military intelligence was involved in this interference disruption or attempt at it of the 2016 election. i ask about that because here s what president trump said yesterday about the indictments. let s put it up on the screen. he tweeted this, the stories you heard about the 12 russians yesterday took place during the obama administration, not the trump administration. why didn t they do something about it, especially when it was reported that president obama was informed by the fbi in september, before the election? question, why is mr. trump focusing on political blame in the u.s. instead of the malign activities to use your phrase of the russians? how is that helpful? well, he s bringing up maybe a material point about the history of this issue. and i think he feels it. everybody who i have associated with in the u.s. russia busin