hudson and paul mccleary were involved in this story heavily. the memo sort of confirm es a l of speculation and questions about what -- how the trump administration will treat russia and how it will approach russia. because given the campaign rhetoric, trump avoided criticizing vladimir putin, although he had many opportunities to criticize him. so there's been -- and now this nomination for secretary of state rex tillerson. the head of exxon. there's a lot of speculation that the trump administration might change course when it comes to u.s. policy on russia and possibly lift sanctions on russia. so this memo seemed to confirm some of those suspicions. >> so you talk about him being on the campaign trail. he has talked about russia, been asked about russia repeatedly. let me play something i think is indicative of what he has said repeatedly. this is from this past summer. take a listen. >> wouldn't it be nice if we