the public conversation on our platform and protecting the integrity of elections is an aspect of that mission. we have made significant strides since 2016 to counter manipulation of our service, including our release of additional data in october related to previously disclosed activities to enable further independent academic research and investigation. facebook has yet to respond and google has declined to comment. joining me now, the man reporting this story out for us, intelligence and national security reporter den delanian and analyst malcolm nance. malcolm is author of "the plot to destroy democracy." ken, you have been reporting on this new knowledge report. there are so many interesting key findings. what stands out to you? >> well, as you mentioned, we knew that the internet research agency had been doing this and laid out in a robert mueller indictment and the reports lay out the scope and the scale to an extent that we haven't seen before and what number stood out to me.