in charleston. i did it. certainly a lot to unpack with you this morning. welcome to saturday. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. one of the oldest, most revered rivalries in college football kicks off this afternoon. guess who is there? one mr. coy wire. >> it's a balmy 29 degrees. we'll hear from some of the players. one of the cool traditions. new uniforms for the game. i'm not sure whose are cooler, since victor blackwell is already playing fashion police this morning. and yes, my decisions are questionable. >> it's just the hat. we'll get to that in a moment. let's get to president-elect donald trump offering a stunning rejection of u.s. intelligence after reports that russia

meddled in the election to help trump win. >> this after president obama orders a full review of russian-related hacking. overnight, an infamous intelligence flop is being offered up as evidence. >> his team says these are the same people that said saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. this threatening to fuel an early feud between the top u.s. agencies and the white house. we're getting new reaction from moscow. >> we have a team of cnn reporters and experts standing by to have these conversations. we begin with christen holmes. she's outside trump tower for us. what are you hearing from new york this morning? >> reporter: good morning, christi. repeatedly during the election, president trump praised vladimir putin. it became quite a topic on the last debate.

his opponent calling him a puppet, saying russia wanted him to win because he could be a puppet. it's important note that this is not the first time donald trump has dismissed claims of russian hack. earlier this weeblg in a "time" magazine interview saying he didn't think russia had anything to do wit. it could have been them, could have been china. could have been someone in new jersey. i want to pull um the statement. it comes from the office of the transition. it reads, these are the same people that said saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. the election ended a long time ago in one of the ig best electoral college victories in history. it's now time to move on and make america great again. what is important to note is trump is basically mocking, essentially insulting the intelligence community. these are people here to give him the presidential daily briefing. inform the president of the

united states of national and security issues. something we have not seen before. we've reached out to the white house for comment on the latest remarks. we have not heard back. we'll keep you posted on that. it is unprecedented to see someone attack the -- the intelligence community set up to keep americans safe here on our home front. >> all right. kristen holmes, thank you. let's say good morning to jill dougherty. and errol lewis. jill, what are you hearing from the kremlin? >> well, both from the kremlin and from the foreign ministry. they're both saying essentially prove it. dmitry peskov, a spokes person for president putin says there are no new conclusions here. looks like they have no evidence to be blamed on. and he's also saying that it looks as if it's another attempt

to influence the incoming president. with a bad impression about russia. and then the same thing coming from the foreign ministry. in fact, the spokesperson saying, look, we have asked the united states to provide this information. they haven't done it. and so, again, prove it. but, as we have been doesing, it would be very difficult for the united states to say precisely how it got the information. it could compromise sources and methods and ways that they get this information. >> they would have to disclose far too much to explain all that. let me come to you, errol, with this three-sentence dismissal, essentially, of the u.s. intelligence community from the trump tans six team. no signature here. it's not pinned to a specific person. is this reluctance to accept the findings of the intelligence xhoou community limited to russia?

or will this show a bigger rift? >> this is the first important foreign crisis of this incoming administration, that's my sense of this. they'll have to do much better than an unsigned kind of flippant dismissal of information. other sources have chimed in with the same theme and theory. for the first time in over 100 years, the head of mi-5, the british intelligence service, went public and talked at length about subversion, espionage, cyber attacks coming out of russia. they're alleged to have hacked the german parliament. this is a shadow war, analogous with the cold war. this is not fought back with press releases opinion unless this transition team, soon to be administration, gets really really serious, they're going to beover womened by events.

>> errol, let me stay with you. if donald trump is not going to listen to the advise or the findings of the cia, do we know who he's listening to? he hasn't offered any support for this refuting claim that russia was not involved. he said maybe it's china. maybe it's some guy in new jersey. maybe it's some guy who is 400 pounds, he said in the debate. but no support. who is he listening to? >> we have to make sure we're always, with donald trump, interpreting his words the way they should be interpreted. when donald trump says it's not important, it means he's going to have a problem if those facts turn out to be true. that's fine. it's pure political speech. >> jill, let me come back to you. i want to ask you "the new york times" reporting on rex tillerson who is potentially,

according to their reporting, at the top of the list to take the job of secretary of state. the president and ceo of exxon-mobil. we found part of a conversation of mr. tillerson talking about his relationship with russian president vladimir putin. let's watch this. >> my relationship with vladimir putin, which dates back almost 15 years now. i have known him since 1999. i have a very close relationship with him. i don't agree with everything he's doing. i don't agree with everything a lot of leaders are doing. but he understands that i'm a businessman. and i have invested a lot of money. our company has invested a lot of money in russia. very successfully. >> so their relationship goes back some period. he understands he's a businessman. this could be a windfall for putin, especially when you compare tillerson to a mitt romney who has been very

critical of putin. back to the 2012 election. >> there's a theme emerging. business deals. i mean, the way the trump administration seems to be coming out with the idea of foreign policy is let's do a deal. essentially everybody can do a deal. and it doesn't quite work that way in the world. now, i have to say, here in russia, there are a lot of people who share that belief. president putin may very well share that real politic idea that you can just make a deal. it's a lot more complicated. if that is the approach, it would be a very different way of dealing with american foreign policy. >> and we may be having the conversations if tirlson is the pick about moving from the private sector to the federal government that we're having about donald trump and some of those challenges separating himself from his business dealtings. we may have those conversations

about tillerson as it relates to russia. to qatar. >> no one could have as complicated a business life as donald trump. so i would be surprised. we'll find out if tillerson has holdings and deals and investments and hedge funds and everything else. i suspect he'll have a didn't kind of a problem. i mean, jill put her finger on it. a foreign policy is not just a series of deals. it includes things like values. it includes things like treaty obligations. things like strategic moves to make sure freedom is expanded around the world. things that don't necessarily lend themselves to the bottom line type calculation that business people are used to. >> errol lewis, jill dougherty, we're just starting to have conversations about rex tillerson. a lot of names were on the list. they tell us romney is still on.

giuliani is off. we'll examine this throughout the morning. thank you both. >> thank you. well, next, the disturbing confession of an accused mass murderer. dylann roof, admitting to the fbi he purposely murdered black church goers to propel his ideology. it's being called a military miracle. an air force fighter pilot's replains returned to his family, ten years after his death. >> i have been waiting for that homecoming for ten years. and i got it. they think that it's sad.

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group of worshippers. >> he's accused of killing nine people at the mother emanuel church in south carolina. video captured him walking in with a gun on his waist. and here, slowly leaving. the jury heard this confession if court. we want to warn you. some of what you're going hear from this initial fbi interview may be a little difficult to listen to. >> would you consider yourself a white supremacist? sometimes that's hard. >> a white nationalist. >> chat is your definition of the two. you're a white nationalist. what is the difference? >> how about this, i do consider myself a white supremacist, sure. white people are superior, if that's what you mean. >> our pabolo sandoval has been

at the church. how are people there taking this confession now that it's out there and they can hear it for themselves? >> right, christi. this is video that had never been seen or heard publicly until yesterday until jurors had the opportunity to hear from the 22-year-old directly, the self-described white supremacist say that he did it. this is essentially the confession that authorities now have. it is cold. it is calculated. it is what prosecutors hope the jury saw. take a listen. >> i went to that church if charleston, and, uh -- i did it. >> you did what? did you shoot them? >> yes. >> reporter: the confession video is overexposed. dylann roof's motive is crystal clear. >> so your deal -- is it like --

>> to agitate race relations. >> reporter: seemingly consumed by a racist theory. he researched black on white crime during the george zimmer han trial. it was then he started down a path toward hate crimes. >> do you consider yourself a white supremacist? >> i do, sure. white people are superior, if that's what you mean. >> reporter: church surveillance video shows roof entering the house of worship in june. he was inside for about 45 minutes. then he peeks his head out. a glock 45 caliber pistol in his hand. he walks out the door of the church. >> i was in absolute awe that there was nobody out there when i shot that many bullets. when i walked out that door, i pe peeked out the door. i thought somebody old be there ready to shoot me. >> reporter: he was prepared to kill himself. he laughs in the con vegs and

when agents tell him he murdered nine people. he appears shocked. >> there wasn't even nine people there. are you guys lying to me? >> no, we're not. >> reporter: he wrote a 2,000-word statement with photos and posted it online the afternoon of the shooting. in it, he said he thought wlak people were stupid and quote inferior to whites and violent. he goes on the say, we have to skin head. no real kkk. no one doing anything but talking on the internet. well, someone has to have the bravery to take to it the real world. and i guess that has to be me. charged with 33 federal counts including hate crimes, roof's defense team has concede he committed the slayings and has, instead, focused on trying to spare him the death penalty. adding context from inside the courtroom. while this video was being played yesterday morning, there were some, apparent responses from some members of the audience. but the individual with absolutely no emotion.

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welcome back. so good to have you with us on a saturday morning. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. so good to start the day with you. >> good to have you back. >> good to be back. this morning, president-elect trump waking up in new york. he'll be heading to the army-navy game this afternoon. while he's there, he'll meet

with mike pompeo. a day after he dismissed the findings of the intelligence community that the russian government was behind cyber attacks during the election to specifically help trump win. >> the statement came after president obama ordered a full review of hacks going back to 20088. meanwhile, the secretary of state still ongoing. rudy giuliani is out. according to "the new york times" donald trump may be seriously considering rex tillerson, the exxon-mobil ceo. trump just tweeted this. rudy giuliani just took himself out of consideration for state. cnn learned that giuliani was told this week he would not get the job. new this morning, the government just averted a shut down. they funded the government through the end of april. the 66-33 vote just before a

midnight deadline when the government could have run out of money. >> reporter: democrats took a funding battle to the brink last night. nearly shutting down the government in a fight related to coal miners' health benefits. it was included in the bill to keep the government past the friday midnight dead lynne until april 28th. there's a four-month extension of the health benefits. democrats wanted a year-long benefit. all day long, behind the scenes, led by governor joe manchin, they wanted to drum up support. they were unsuccessful to get enough democratic support to side with them. a lot of other democrats had oir priorities. another complicating factor, the house has left town.

leaving the senate with one option, accept the package or shut down the government. it's a step too far for a lot of democrats. this was the first big post-election fight for democrats and republicans, especially for the democrats who struggled to win over white, working class voters. some believed pushing on the coal miner health plan could help them with a key constituency that has been voting for republicans. manu raju, cnn, washington. let's go to ohio. anti-abortion rights activists are claiming victory. two bills were passed. >> one would ban abortions after the heart beat could be detected. the latest would ban the procedure after 20 weeks. backers say this is a sign of a new america under donald trump. opponents are planning to fight it. >> everyone is watching ohio governor john kasich. as the bill sits on his desk. here's courtney unifrom wcmh.

>> we live in a state whose motto is, with god, all things are possible. >> reporter: that's what janet porter says. they did everything they could to make sure the heart beat bill passes. now she hopes the governor will sign the bill into law. >> i think it will take internal vigilance for us to make sure he maintains his pro-life promises. as passes the bill to protect babies whose heart beats can be heard. >> whose choice? >> my choice. >> reporter: a protest erupted outside the governor's mansion. >> not the church, not the state, women must decide our fate. >> reporter: protesters argue abortion before viability is a constitutional right. >> this is a horrible attack on ohio women. this blocks access to a safe and legal abortion procedure. >> reporter: gabriel man with pro choice ohio says the next step is to challenge the bill in

court. >> the u.s. supreme court rejected an appeal to preserve north dakota's. so ohio legislators are signing up the tax payers for a very expensive court battle they'll probably lose. >> reporter: porter believes it will be upheld. >> i think we have brand-new day here in america. and, we're going to see a brand-new supreme court with pro-life justices. by the time this law gets to the supreme court, i'm confident it will be upheld. >> joining me to talk about this, joey jackson, cnn legal analyst. thank you so much. as you saw, both sides saying look, they're looking forward to victories in higher courts. how far do you think this will go? how do you see it playing out? >> well, christi, good morning. i think it will go very high. now, just taking a step back, of course. the law's always based on precedent. since roe v. wade in 1973 said

woman has a right to choose. and 19 years later in 1993, it said the states could restrict abortions, but you can't unduly burden a woman. the major concern is not what the current appointee, what happens when we get a new appointee. we know it's 4-4 for the supreme court. and justice scalia who is conservative, he died, as a result, it's 4-4. we know donald trump will replace him with someone conservative. the concern down the road, christi, is who else donald trump appoints to the court. i would take a look at someone like anthony scalia, excuse me, someone like kennedy on the court, who has really been pro abortion, or at least a swing vote. he'll be 80. i would look at ruth bader ginsburg. she's over 80 and liberal. depend foing on the mix of the

court, it could change. the law is what the supreme court says it is as the end of the day. we could point to precedent. ultimately, if the course reverses that long term, we could see a major shift. i think that's what emboldening states like ohio opinion. >> there is one of the most restrictive. banning it at the moment a heart beat is detected is at about six weeks. do you see other states falling suit? >> we have seen this before. in arkansas, they tried to pass such a measure. it was rejected as unconstitutional. as we saw in the piece, north dakota attempted the same thing. gn that was rejected, too. conservative justices were there, but it didn't make to it the supreme court level. justices said, you know what, the law is what it the.

we're bound to follow precedent, regardless of our personal views. but again, i think, ultimately, this ohio bill, i do believe, as it goes through the channels will be declard unconstitutional, if the governor science it and it becomes law. long-term, in the event you get two conservative appointees on the supreme court, you could see a seismic shift. and planned parenthood versus casey. when can a state restrict abortion? liability? when you are detecting? sit a heart beat flow that is deemed viability? or are they going to adopt some other measure? we're not there yetd. we're far from it. i don't have immediate concern that the court is going to change or women's rights to choose are going to change. but long term, if we get into two justice appointees and a

republican president, we should expect a shift. >> governor kasich has had misgivings about previous attempts to pass heart beat bills. kasich sid on several occasions in the past two years, he opposed the heart beat bill because of constitutional concerns. so, joey, i mean, he's hinted. that this may not withstand legal challenges. really at the end of the day, what do you think? >> i think, as it's currently constituted, i don't think that this bill, the heart beat bill, if cow can detect a heart beat at six weeks, that that will carry the day. i do believe it unconsistent nugs nal. arkansas struck down same kind of law. north dakota struck down same such law. there's a new level of commitment. looking long term, if there's a shift in the supreme court,

which really says what the law is, then you have a better chance long-term for something like this to see the light of day. not only in ohio, but other states to follow. and so it will really depend on not on the immediate appointment. we should alert everyone that all donald trump will be doing is replacing antonin scalia. he was conservative. very anti-abortion. he's been on the court. it's been what it's been. women's right to choose. if you get another appoint tooe, like kennedy, who is a swing vote but supporting a borgs rights. or ruth bade er ginsburg retiri, you have changes. women continue to have the rights and abilities to make decisions about the most personal things and aspects of their life. >> joey jackson, always appreciate your insight, sir. thank you. >> thank you. let's talk about beefing up

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in syria, fierce clashing ground fighting, as the syrian regime battles rebel force there is. defense secretary ash kaert says the u.s. will be sending help to that region. >> i can tell you today that the united states will deploy

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aid groups like the red crescent, working around the clock, to try to provide help for growing tide of displaced. the volunteers from the red crescent are trying to keep up with the massive demand for aid. there are so many people lining up it's m possible to meet all the needs. tens of thousands have already fled eastern aleppo. many with only a few belongings they were able to grab, trying to get out of the cross fire. now left with almost nothing. these are the planblankets theye us, this woman said. we're ten people. you to think one blanket per person will be enough? these could be the rebels final days in aleppo, as the syrian army continues to hit them hard. bringing more weapons like tanks and artillery into position. a senior general telling cnm n

believes his forces could take the entire city soon. it won't be locng, he says. could be matter of weeks. as the sbeshl national community continues to try to broker a truce, the reality on the ground shows an escalation in the fighting. the syrian army so close the achieving their goal, seemingly unwilling to back down. fred pleitgen, cnn, aleppo. >> all right, fred, thank you. let's go to >> yes, victor. and it is a chilly morning, but things are about to heat up. this is one of the greatest rivalries in all of college sports. we'll hear from some of the players, the coaches and we're going to show you the new uniforms the teams are busting out. they may be some of the coolest uniforms ever. this is humira.

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see, every year on one saturday afternoon, army and navy with the deepest level of respect stare each other down and go toe to toe of victory that will last them for a life time. they play for the love of the game and for the love of our nation. >> army/navy game is the greatest game in college football. it's the greatist rivalry in sports. >> you could play at a big stadium, play a big-time team, but when you come out in the army/navy game, it's a different feeling. >> coming out on to the field, the crowd is roaring, the cadets of army, the mid shipmen, everybody is going nuts. >> it's awesome to go play each other on such a big stage and just do it for your country. >> as bad as we want to beat them and as bad as they want to beat us, there's still a great respect for each other. >> this game is a fight. you know, it's going to be blow for blow. it's going to be a 15-round heavyweight battle.

>> all right. they're going to go toe to toe and they're going to look good doing it. each team is going to don special uniforms for this game. army, their's are inspired by their 82nd pair troopers wore. and then we have navy, stepping back in time to 1963 with a throwback uniform. that's the year that they had heisman trophy winning quarterback. they finished number two in the nation. they have the blue shoulders, the anchor on the helmet and the gloves that say beat army. this is the most unique display of american pageantry you will ever see in sports, guys, the army/navy game, america's game is today at 3:00 p.m. enjoy yourself, coy. thank you so much. >> thanks, guys. >> thank you. the president-elect has some choice words for the c.i.a. regarding reports that russia intervened in the election to help him win. what could that mean for the

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well, a real-life grinch was spotted in a st. louis neighborhood after someone stabbed frosty the snowman. >> he was such a happy, jolly

soul. it was all caught on video. and although the assailant got away, the person went to youtube to put that person on blast. jeanne moos has the details of this attack. >> reporter: it's kind of chilly to hear that. ♪ frosty the snowman >> reporter: has been stabbed? >> it's mean spirited. it's silly vandalism. >> jeff digs discovered the diabolical attack on his inflatable snowman when he came home from work. >> that's when i saw the big hole that had been gashed in his side. >> reporter: he immediately checked his surveillance video, a masked passenger jumps out of a pickup and makes a beeline for frosty, viciously stabbing him, then trying to cut the rope and finally escaping in the get away vehicle. what could be sadder than watching frosty slowly, slowly, ever so slowly deflate? the good news -- >> i am alive! >> reporter: but he did require

extensive surgery. >> i put nine stitches in him. he's doing well. >> reporter: to pay frosty's medical bills, he jokingly set up a go fund me page. the modest proceeds will actually go to charity. and he used how the grinch stole christmas to attack the attacker by posting the surveillance video with a sound track. ♪ you're a mean one, mr. grinch ♪ ♪ you really are a heel >> reporter: he didn't bother calling police figuring they have more important things to investigate, so the frosty slasher remains at large. and you can't blame frosty for being novice after experiencing this ♪ you're a monster, mr. grinch >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> love that the guy did something great with it and i hope somebody turns him in because you know those guys are talking about -- that's me. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

somebody foolishly is bragging about this. >> all right. we have an awful lot to talk to you about this morning. >> next hour of your "new day" starts right now. ♪ >> it was an unprecedented cyberattack ordered by senior russian leadership on the u.s. election. trump repeatedly praised russia during his campaign. >> two of trump's most high profile and most loyal supporters are no longer in the running for jobs. >> perhaps the most significant development here, something that many people had been waiting for that confession video of dylann roof -- >> i went to that church in charleston. i did it. >> well, good morning to you. happy saturday. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. thanks for waking up with us. we'll get to