>> leigh ann caldwell, jeff bennett, thank you both. i'd now like to bring in our panel. scott ditro is the npr political reporter. we have tamika mallory, president of mallory consulting and national co-chair of the women's march. we also have "new york times" columnist michelle goldberg. i'll start from this side and move my way across here. we have two stories and let's begin with the issue of al franken, since leigh ann caldwell kicked off this panel saying it's the intent, his intent he is saying basically in the statements we ear he we're the first time today that he didn't mean to do this and if those pushing forth with the allocations know that it was not his intent. >> i think the allegations are difficult for him to respond to because they were anonymous and presumably he doesn't even know who they were so he is in, i think, a tough position is because if he wants to contest it, what exactly is there to connest? so i think he's handling it about as well as anybody could by trying to be true to the idea of believe women which has been a mantra for people who care

. >> thanks to leigh anne caldwell and to the rest of you who are going to stay here. >>> doug jones scheduled to speak at an event near tuscaloosa very soon. we're monitoring that to see what he has to say about roy moore. >>> next, a report on hacking attempts by russia and how the fbi allegedly failed to notify top government officials who were notified. we'll break down the report and what it means for the russia investigation. we'll be right back after this. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ but it might be hard to handle ♪ ♪ like the flame that burns the candle ♪ ♪ the candle feeds the flame ♪ topped steak & twisted potatoes at applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. new details surfacing into russian hacking attempts made on u.s. officials that date back to 2015. according to an associated press report out today, the fbi failed to notify scores of