dr. john dem browski. happy friday to you both. >> thank you both. russian vladimir putin's direct involve in russia's efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election >> the "washington post" broke the story, questions barack obama's response to the intel that he received in august about russia's involvement about two months actually before the election itself. now, one of the journalist whose broke the story is with us. ellen knock she ma joins us. i must say, the report was stunning, excellent reporting. take us to august when the eyes only information was sent to the president an handful of people to see and explain what happened from there >> thank you. in early august, courier arrived at the white house and from the cia with an envelope that was eyes only for four officials only. president obama and three senior aids. and in that envelope was extraordinary intelligence that had been gathered from deep within the it was highly classified. and it conveyed the specific instructions from vladimir putin himself to the intelligence services t