our land that i will be president for all americans. >> reporter: as he started to build his new administration, trump still resisted blaming russia. >> it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. they have no idea. >> reporter: president obama ordered a full review of how russia meddled in the election which concluded it was working to help trump. >> based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc. >> reporter: just 22 days before president trump took office, president obama imposed new sanctions on the russian government. on that same day, michael flynn spoke on the phone with sergei kislyak. it was also revealed he texted the ambassador and met with him in person at trump tower. trump associates called the meetings introductory. >> they did not discuss anything to do with the united states'