joining me is kate martell, national politics reporter for the hill. great to have you here.rt with your take-away on the findings of the report. what stuck out? >> what was most interesting in the report is that the conclusion that the u.s. intelligence had was that even though that russia did meddle with the election that it didn't change the outcome. and what's most interesting about that for me is that donald trump has been very adamant that, yes, this didn't change the outcome of the election. he has to say that is because what he's worried about is actions speak louder than words, yes, the intelligence department sid said it didn't have anything to do with the outcome of the election but if it's showing step by step each action of russia having trolls to help donald trump with the dnc and hacking with podesta's e-mails, these things will go into his presidency looking like he's delegitimatized. his main goal is to try to shut it down as much as poible. but there's a dangerous disconnect between the u.s. intelligence and the president of the united states. they should be