president pence specifically about whether he had spoken with the russian ambassador about relieving sanctions. meanwhile, special council robert mueller is beginning to staff up his investigation of russian meddling. andrew wiesman who oversaw the justice department's corporate fraud and foreign bribery investigations in its criminal division is joining the investigation. this as white house press secretary sean spicer said yesterday that the trump administration will no longer take questions on matters related to russia. >> did the president engage in obstruction of justice in repeated meetings with james comey? >> our job, we are focused on the president's agenda. and all, going forward, all questions on these matters will be referred to outside council marc kasowitz. >> yeah, you know, biana, that's actually -- the media doesn't like it, but that's exactly what they should be doing.