midnight sky got illuminated to welcome 2018. here in the united states the fbi s russia investigation continues into the new year with a new the new york times report saying that the investigation started with an intelligence tip from australia have former trump campaign advise george papadopoulos reportedly got drunk with an australian diplomat and bragged about russia s thousands of stolen e-mails that have offered up as dirt against hillary clinton. that report contradicts statements by trump and his gop allies suggest thagt probe is based on a controversy opposition research dossier. four former campaign officials were charged in 2017 in the russia robe so what can we expect from special counsel robert mueller in the year ahead. there s a lot the we still don t know about possible russia interference in the 2016 election. joining me now is our panel.