let's get more reaction to this story with josh gerstein, senior white house reporter for the politicoafternoon to you, josh. your thoughts firstly about... should we call it the latest spat here? how seriously should this be taken in relation to what russia says it has? ido relation to what russia says it has? i do not know how seriously the information itself should be taken because it remains almost completely, essentially, unverified. but it is pretty extraordinary to have the president of the united states in a very public showdown or whatever you want to call it with the major intelligence agencies in the major intelligence agencies in the united states just nine days before he is supposed to be sworn in as president. in fact i cannot remember anything like that having ever happened. the latest tweet you mentioned, he suggests "one last shot at me," suggesting they are acting out of some political model to stick the knife in before they leave town with president obama. —— political motive. he had a key intelligence meeting last week and there was such anticipation in the run—up t