i want to welcome both of you to the program i'm going to start with you, laura rosenberger. tell us a little bit about the project. we heard the man who heads intelligence for the cuntry, director of national intelligence dan coats, say last friday, he said russia has been the most aggressive foreign actor, no questio the continue their efforts to undermine our democracy. what is your project on thelo out for? >> that's right, judy. and what we see, actually, istl exconsistent with the kinds of things that director of national intelligence coats was outlining. we're looking at trying to understand and expose the full range of tactics that russia is using to undermine our democracy. one of the things we see consistently is the kind of engagement on social media, the disions that they're playing, that they're trying to further divide americans against eaceih other,ing in on hot button issues. we're tracking the kinds of messaging they're promoting trying to polarize americans even further. >> woodruff: so social media you're monitoring and what else? we're also looking at the

laura rosenberger, juliette kayyem, thank you both. >> thank you. s, judy. >> woodruff: the pre promised to "drain the swamp," as he put it, when he was running for office and since he was inaugurated, but several top officials in his cabinet and administration have come under sharp scrutiny. one cabinet head that's entting more aon of late is the secretary of commerce, wilbur ross. amna nawaz has a look at the etscs concern about mr. ros own finances and meetings while in office. >> nawaz: judy, last week, the acng director of the u.s. office of government ethics sent a letter to secretary ross criticizing the commerce secretarfor failing to fully divest stocks by january 15, 2017, 18 months ter ross agreed to do so. the letter stated "your failure to divest created the potential for a serious criminal viotion on your part and undermined public confidence." ross has sce admitted to "inadvertent errors" and announced he has finally sold all equity holdings but questions about the timing of ross's actions as secretary related to his personal wealth r

steve rosenberg, bbc news, helsinki. laura: christian, or even u.s. officials surprised by the turn of events in helsinki today? christian: yes, i think they were. we got pointed instructions as to why donald wanted this onon-one with president putin. it is not just that he the relationship, is that he did not want leaks from the meeting, ks ine did not want haw his own administration to undercut what he was working on with vladimir putin. it was interesting that when they sat together as a group, sides, or a working lunch, you negotiated with russia with george w. bush,ou had mike pompeo, senior headhaf the cia whbeen there before and has in what the russians do, and you had fiona hill, a former intelligence officer who has written a biography of vladimir extin. she knowtly what the russian side is all about. she has been put there for a reason. the novice in the room was donald trump what concerns people within his own administration is that for e er two hours from he was one-on-one with ssian president with just the translators presiden we might ne