>> a junior senate -- and senatr mcconnell deserves credit for that. senator does not play that kind of role. i hope to be a leader among my colleagues by virtue of my persuasive power but i am not in line for a leadership post. [cheering] -- we want mitch!] >> this morning on c-span, "washington journal" is next. and then an interview with vice president mike pence and later a hearing on election security. in an hour, we will look at president trump's infrastructure plan. and -- with mark hearing on elen security. scribner. in our spotlight on magazine series, in these times contributor doug had one -- doug henwood. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: on "washington journal," the sweeping indictment of 13 russian nationals charged in a massive scheme to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. the indictment part of the investigation by special counsel robert mueller's team and annou