rick stengel joins us. welcome be a to civilian life. kimberly, great to see you. doris and michael. let me start with the former rnc chair. first of all -- >> that was fun. >> it's clear that they want to -- that the trump folks want to zero in on this narrow question about whether the rnc was hacked. a former head of the rnc, what do you know? >> what i do know is all the -- reince was right in terms of what the fbi has reported back to them, that there was no hacking, per se, of the rnc. that's been a very clear. i think where the cross was, was on the distinction between whether or not trump is going to accept the report of the cia that says that there was evidence that the russians were involved generally in this race. not necessarily specifically with hacking the rnc. there's no evidence of that. but with respect to their involvement, their fingerprint on this election, that's the question. >> look, there's two parts to this story. i can see this is why reince is unhappy. the first partwas russia involved in hacking institutions and generally creating discord

joining me for insight and analysis are doris keargs goodwin, kimberly strasse whether and rick stengelnews in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. when "the washington post" story about russian involvement in our election was posted online friday night, it was nothing less than explosive. the cia counsincluded the run s interfered. further, in september, the white house wanted congressional leaders to sign off on a statement supporting efforts to support the integrity of the election. two republican lawmakers including mitch mcconnell ywas not persuaded and wouldn't sign on it it. this is not about the results of the election. it's about a hostile foreign government trying to influence our election. just as the russians had been accused of doing in germany and italy just in the last two weeks. as stunning as the conclusion, equally remarkable was donald trump's decision to side with the foreign government over our own chief intelligence agency. donald trump declared war on the intelligence community in a statement filled with hyperbole friday ni