that's going to do it for this hour. my colleague ali velshi picks up the news. breaking news, charges just announced in a shocking attack broadcast on facebook live. the victim, a man with mental health challenges shown bound and gagged, four suspects now facing felonies, including hate crime charges and breaking in

washington, the nation's intel chiefs on the hill testifying about russia's interference in america's election and the president-elect's doubts about their evidence. >> who benefits from a president-elect trashing the intelligence community? who benefits from that? >> i think there's a difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> more from that hearing and briefings on the cyber-hacks for the president and the president-elect. happening now the sentencing of dylann roof, the two requests the killer made of the judge as he acts in his own defense. plus today's emotional testimony from inside the courtroom. we begin with the breaking news out of chicago. four people charged with hate crimes in the last hour in an alleged kip napping and beating of a young man with mental health challenges. it was livestreamed on facebook. a warning.

we're going to show it to you, but it is difficult to watch. the entire attack aired on facebook live. parts of it are too graphic for us to show you. it was half an hr long. he was bound, gagged, beaten, his clothes and hair slashed by four people as they shouted racist anti-trump insults. we're learning that they were allegedly texting with their victim's parents as they carried out the crime. nbc's ron mott is following the fast unfolding case from our chicago newsroom. ron, let's talk about who these folks are who have been charged and what charges they're going to face. >> hey there, ali. this is a head scratcher of a case. the police superintendent says he's seen a lot of bad things and this is right up there with him. the four people, jordan his, and that niesha covington is 24 years old, the other three 18 years old. they've been charged with

aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. three have been charged with residential burglary, one charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and robbery. we did get a statement that we should read to you hear from priscilla covington, apparently the grandmore, that in additiona is a good girl, whatever happened, this is not her. i raised her. she wasn't raised like this. she was a good girl. i am just as confused as everyone else. that is pretty much the word here in chicago today, confusion over why someone would do this to this young man. apparently the victim here knew one of the suspects, and apparently when he parents dropped him off at a mcdonald's restaurant over the weekend on saturday to meet with one of his friends, obviously little did they know it would lead to this. they filed some missing -- a missing person report that was put in on monday. he was found wandering around on the west side of chicago on

tuesday afternoon, and that's how all this then unfolded from there. poli are saying anywhere from 24 to 48 hours he was held against his will. the suspects apparently felt the need to put this out on facebook live, and apparently threatened people who might want to call the police and tell them what was going on on this live stream. so it's just a confusing case. they are due in court tomorrow afternoon, 1:30 local time, 2:30 eastern. perhaps we'll get more clues about what allegedly led them to do this. >> ron, let me askou this. the police chief allegedly called them kids. they're adts, but he said kids do stupid things. i'm not going to get into whether it was a hate crime just yet, but stolen vehicle, burglary, all these things? this sounds a little more than stupid kids. >> well, you look at it on the surface you think kids can make some really poor decisions from

time to time, but when you add in the criminal element here, the fact that they stole someone's vehicle, the fact that they apparently broke into a house where this alleged attack took place, the fact ttthey, you know, physically harmed ts young person, held him against his will and then apparently, you know, texted the parents demanding some sort of monetary exchange to send him home, it goes beyond just stupid decisions by kids. but because they made so many errors, if they were truly trying to be criminal, to obviously broadcast your crime is not a smart thing to do. >> that's a whole other discussion. ron, thanks very much. we'll check in with you. there probably will be more developments. joining mess on set is ari melber and civil and criminal trial attorney on or about duster. the police chief said he didn't think it was a hate crime. they said why wasn't it?

they said things about white people very specifically. >> they're being charged with hate crime. that's the legal judgment here. i don't know what the police chief was initially getting at. it's one of the perils of commenting on an investigation in an early stage. i will tell you this, they are throwing the book at the defendants. they will face up to 30 years in jail if convicted on all charges. these are multiple stacked aggravated offenses, so a normal battery is a bad thing. that means you hit someone. these are aggravated battery. under illinois law, one of the aggravating factors is whether you made a video to disseminate of it of underlying crime. >> i imagine that statute was written before this was a facebook live. >> i don't know when it was written, but it would be a good point -- facebook live is just, what, two years old, so probably, and goes to the fact there's a judgment call here. i think it's fair to stay as a human being you look at this and saying this is disgusting, and wanting to share this streaming of this video is disgusting, but

the legal judgment already been made that's an aggravating factor. the last point i'll make, it makes it a hate crime if it targets someone for race, which is an apparent part of the race and for a disability, so either way a prosecutor could make that argument for either reason or both. got it. we are hearing the police in chicago will hold another news conference at 3:00 p.m. eastern tame. eric, i want you to listen to what a chicago police department commander said about the likely motivations for this. that's what we're trying to get to. listen. >> they're young adults. they make stupid decisions. that certainly will be part of whether or not a hate crime, if we seek a hate crime, to determine whether or not this is sincere or just stupid ranting and raving. >> you know, that's the second police officer we have heard say that, by the way. the police chief also made reference toss that. how do you navigate this?

how do you navigate -- ari was saying the use of facebook live or video is aggravating, not mitigating, nots that the kids can broadcast anything, they'll do anything. how do you think about this? >> one of the problems we're having with facebook live, criminals do dumb things, and they put it out there. for example, they rob banks and put their wares on instagram or snapchat. we're seeing so much of that, just like ari mentioned, there is emerging litigation and changes in laws to accommodate this. different jurisdictioning are changing their law says, to disseminate information, or even we have seen in the last couple weeks, to start riots and fights in different places. so social media is a big deal right now. >> what do you think they were doing in couching the whether or not they were going for a hate crime? i get ari's point, when you have

to say something and you start speculating, it can get you in trouble. >> the police cef did the right thin they held back comment tear. oftentimes we have the first sound bite, we want it to be -- but we want it to be right. you're dealing with four people who have been criminally charged. they want to make sure their rights are protected as well. our system is developed to protect the rights of defendants, but the police chiefs had to be careful. >> and testimonial or video evidence has been to be analyzed and put in a context. an example that would be clear-cut -- i think i'm being bud. i think everyone is listening to me, and you should say, are we going to charge them as a surveillance activist? or are they a little unstable. the fact that testimonial evidence, by which i mean that words are used, is not the only inquiry. the reference to donald trump or any other racial strife that's being offered has to be

analyzed, investigated. it's compared to other evidence. we see that all four of these defendants are charged with hate crimes, which is breaks news, that's their judgment. >> if you were defending them, you might say that that was an aside? >> a defense argument would be, well, would try to say that what you see on the tape isn't what happened. a defense lawyer would try to say they're repeating things they've had hard, and it was taken out of the contest. >> i want to be clear, to finish the point, the problem here is the graphic, terrible, targeted nature of the violence shown on video makes for a strong prosecution case that this was deliberate, it was thought out and that it was hateful. i think the hate crime charges stand, but a defense lawyer would try to find a way to explain it way. the police's job is not to have a press conference. up to 30 years, this is a strong set of charges. >> eric, you're going to come back. what a day for you, you're talking about two graphic things. we're also talking about the dylann roof sentencing.

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the country's top intelligence officials testifying about russia's cyber-interference in america's election. they all facing questions about the impact of that cyberattacks and the white house response to it. in less than an hour, homeland security officials will face questions in a classified, closed-door briefing. the topic will be the white house response and surely there will be questions about whether it went far one. at least one senator said that it didn't, as intelligence officials sparred with lawmakers. >> that was a multifaceted campaign, so the hacks was on woman part of it. >> i think what obama did was throw a pebble. i'm ready to throw a rock. >> i'm a big fan of sanctions

against the russians, but that's just me. >> i don't know if people see an attack coming, what specific action should be taken. maybe i'm missing something. >> the notion that the soon elected leader of this country would put jewelance 'sang on a pedestal. >> those in the intelligence community have a lot of respect for hi casey hunt is here, andbc intel gents and national security reporters ken delaney. a lot of tough was covered, some of it political, but a lot of it was actually focused on ways in which to best secure the nation. who did we learn about our capabilities today? >> reporter: let me start with the political first, that we are going to see a motive named in this intelligence report. so that i think is going to be

very significant and play out over the course of the coming week. we know that the president-elect will get his intelligence briefing. they said to stop the dual hatting and make cyber-command something that is dealt with. a lot of lawmakers are learning that they feel that the country is underprepared for a lot of the threats they face. senator john mccain, i talked to him briefly after the hearing. i think he underscored that in particular. he and lindsey graham expressing concerns, and feeling as though

the political piece of this, the conflict with donald trump is undermining the intelligence community's efforts to try to shore this up, ali. >> kasie, hang on a minute. ken, vladimir putin was a specter hanging over today's hearing. take a listen to this exchange. >> who is the highest level of government? >> the highest is president putin. >> you think a lot happens in russia that he doesn't know about? >> not really. certainly none their political sensitive in another country. >> the president-elect has doubted the conclusion that points at russian involvement, or at least the involvement of russian senior sources. ken, what can you tell us about the report that is detailing the evidence that some people are getting briefed on as we speak? >> well, ali, this is a report that's going to attempt to del a story that's been gathered over many months, about what clapper is calling a covert action, more

than acting, active measures, fake news, a whole panoply of effort. there are three versions of this report, the most highly classified to president obama, the next went to president-elect. the next will go to congressional committees, and declassified will be made public, presumably on monday. will they be able to declassify enough to convince skeptics that they have made a persuasive case that it was the rulings. >> let me ask you this, ken. james clapper said he has evidence of -- as to motive that he does not want to disclose in open session. i assume he'll say it in the classified part. does that mean we'll find out? will the rest of the world find out themotive? >> that suggests they may be hazier on motive in the declassified version. as you know, nbc has reported

exclusively that vladimir putin was personally involved, and there have been many reports that the cia assessed that one of the -- i think the picture is hazier than that in the secret report, there will be a lot of very esoteric intelligence based on human sources, and communications intercepts that may get into that more specifically. >> kasie and ken, thank you. we'll check in with you later. sorry, i was moving on to the next interview. senator john barrasso is a member of the in the foreign relations committee, the committee that ken was just talking about, that is getting a closed-door briefing later today. senator, the prospect of president-elect trump appearing

to side with wikileaks. >> he is responsible for publishing names that work for us that put their lives in direct danger. sthar is that correct? >> yes, he has. >> is there any credibility we should attach to this individual given hi report? >> not in my view. >> senator, ken delaney pointed out while there are sometimes agreements between these 17 intelligence agencies, there's no disagreement about julian assange. none of them trust hem. do you agree with president-elect promoting his claim that he did not get -- >> i agree with john mccain. there's great concern here. we're going to go into this highly classified briefing within the next hour, a bipartisan group. all of us are concerned about

making sure that america is safe, america is strong, and america is secure, and we want to get to the bottom of this. >> senator, based on what you've already learned from intelligence officials, that which you can tell us, do you believe that moscow is behind the recent attacks? i don't mean russians in general. i mean the government of russia, or do you still have questions that you need addressed about russia's involvement? >> i believe russia is absolutely involved. to me it's two different tips of the iceberg. two different eye bergs. one is the fact that russia feels they can go after us from a cyberstandpoint, because we have little deterrence, we don't have the policy for it, we don't have a president who 'been focused on it. i think the response we've seen so far is too little too late, but it's not just putin, it's china and it's others. the other iceberg i see out there is just russia's aggression overall, with regard to crimea, with eastern ukraine,

with regard to syria. because when they sense weakness, they go where there is a void and they're very aggressive. i think putin is the one who is most aggressive. that's what your colleagues john mccain and lindsey graham and senator klobuchar did. director clapper says he would prefer sanctions to a cyber-response. given what you've told me, what should we be doing? >> i think that any response to putin has to be very aggressive as well as very timely. it cannot be delayed. if you want to deter somebody, you have to have the capacity to do that, and we have that capacity. you have to be committed to do it, and i'm not sure -- >> may i interrupt you for a

sect. when you is a i we have the capacity, this is always tricky. we have nuclear arms and they do, so what sort of capacity are you referring to? economic sanctions? >> economic sanctions immediate, but in addition to that, you have to have the commitment to use them, and you have to be communicating. they have to hear from you that we are willing to act. what people have been hearing the past, is we are not willing to act. that invites aggress all around the world. that is that concern that i have about what's happening globally to us that we are no longer, in my mind the most respected and powerful country around the world, less respected, less powerful than we were over the last several years. >> senator, sources have been telling case kasie hunt that

trump's response could have consequences to the nominees, possibly rex tillerson. what question would you ask in that nomination process? >> i met with the nominee yesterday for about 45 minutes. we had a very thorough discussion i think he's absolutely ready to take that position as secretary of state and provide the leadership that we feed globally to reassert america's power and strength -- >> and that tough talk you said you wanted to see, russia's tight friend will be able to do that? >> i believe that rex tillerson knows the issues, knows the people, understands what leverage is all about, and we haven't seen that in this administration. >> senator john barrasso, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. all right. president obama is receiving classified information today on russia hack, the same briefing will be given to donald trump

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i haven't spoken to the president about it, but i'm confident that he would be angered by the images that are depicted on that video. >> that was white house press secretary josh earnest commenting on the breaking news we're following. police will hold a 3:00 p.m. eastern news conference about these people, these four just charged in the alleged

kidnapping and beating of a young man with mental health challenges that they livestreamed on facebook. he was bound, gagged and beaten as the four people now charged shouted racist anti-trump insults. ron mott is following the case. a lot of back-and-fort. officially police said it might be just some kids doing stupid stuff, clearly fast-moving through the course of the day, as ari melber says, the police have thrown the book at these four. >> and the answers we are looking for is what was the tipping point in the discussion between the police department and state attorney's office as to how to go forward. what was said or done that tipped this over into very serious felony charges against these four individuals. it seems -- listening to the comments from the police superintendent that it's his understanding, or his sort of

assessment of what he knew about what happened that we saw on that facebook live stream, this was something of a joke, or they weren't really serious about any of this, and it just sort of escalated and got out of hand. obviously when someone is charged as these four have now been charged, this is not a joke. so i'll bet interested personally to know exactly what sort of information the state attorney's office learned over the course of this information that tipped it from kids doing something stupid to something very criminal and serious. ali? >> ron, chicago has been in focus for a very long time, but particarly the last week, with the murder res coming out, and a spat between the mayor and donald trump, the police under fire for a number of shootings of sometimes unarmed men. what's the commune reaction in chicago? >> well, i think, you know,

young people and social media have come together in a way in cases like this, with unfortunate outcomes, and if you are a parent of a kid this age, you can understand that they make bad discussion, and at least his initial assessments was these kids were joking around, they didn't really mean any of this. if they intended to harm in young man, unfortunately they can't have done that, about you he didn't. he's physically okay, on the mend. his family very concerned about his mental well-being going forward. young people in this town, are just aimless. they don't have work, they're not going to school, and they need things to do. this is unfortunately how some of them fill their time, by dos mischievous things. this turned into a criminal situation, unfortunately. >> seriously. they broke into someone's house and stole someone's cart at the

same time. police are expected to talk in about half an hour. after a man with special needs was beaten on facebook live, do social media companies bear responsibility, this is what you're saying. 68% of you say yes. 32% of you say no. still time to weigh in at pulse.msnbc.com. interested in what you think about that. tweet me as well @alivelshi. i'm learning a lot from this discussion. back to washington. the investigation into rush east a influence on the 2016 election, is center stage. the top-most intelligence officials in the country testifying before the senate committee. also speaking out about the criticism leveled at them by donald trump. >> the intelligence community is

not perfect. we are an organization of human beings, and we are prone sometimes to making errors. i don't think the intelligence community gets the credit it's due for what it does day in and day out to keep this nation safe. >> the hearing came just hours after a report that the president-elect plans to revamp the agencies. joining mess is msnbc political analyst and host of the hue hewitt radio show, and david goodfriend, who served as white house deputy staff secretary under president clinton. gentlemen, good to see you both. hugh, let me start with you. one piece of the testimony was some of the intelligence leaders says the morale of working for a government when an administration doesn't trust you

could actually cause senior people to walk out the door. the people who the country really needs might leave if this continued battle with the administration doesn't die down. >> i think that's a quick conclusion. it was an interesting hearing. there are lots of problems in the intelligence community. most people agree that dni didn't work as it was intended to. i'm looking forward to a new dni being in place, to general mattis. >> what's the implication, hugh? that every is no good at their jobs? >> no, i think the implication of new leadership. >> what's wrong with them? >> i think they're worn out. i think new leadership is need to do inspire. this goes back to the national intelligence estimate for iran in 2007, which was broken so badly on the nuclear program in iran, and the politicization of the intelligence following the

benghazi attack. there's simply a lack of confidence in the top echelon. not in the rank and file, not in the field offices or heads of station. i think with new leadership, you'll see a lot of energy return, a lot of focus return and some structural improvements that are definitely necessary. the quality of appointments that the president-elect is bringing is very high. after the hearing, ted cruz spoke to records about the russian packing allegations. he made the suggestion that the interest in the story might be politically motivated. listen to ted cruz. >> the reason that i think the media is so excited about the claim and the democrats are pushing it so hard is that many democrats want to somehow question the legitimacy of this election. i think that is nothing short of absurd. >> so, david, that came up several times in the discussion, in the hearing. the intelligence heads all said

they can't speak to whether or not come of the election was changed. this is a built of a quagmire that democrats are having to negotiate. >> i respectfully disagree. you can hear the reps varying in their rhetoric, including mr. hewitt and senator barrasso. listen to the words senator barrasso said to you just moments ago on your show. he said this is materiel. this is something we need to investigation, something we should always avoid, and contrast that with what ted cruz sid and hugh hewitt, where they're trying to scatter blame on democrats. in my view this is what's going on. you do have a national security issue, and god bless john mccain for holding hearings and treated it the way it should be treated, as a national security issue. i think the senators and the republicans and conservatives saying this is just some ploy by the democrats to sort of delegitimize the trump presidency. where is donald trump? does he sound to you more like

senator barrasso, this is national issue we should al be concerned about or mor lie hugh hewitt and ted cruz, oh, it's just some crazy thing that's made up. he has the opportunity to act presidential, and he's blowing it. he's masse it a political event by trying to cast aspersions. i say it loud and proud. god bless john mccain and those republicans willing to treat it as the national security issue that it is. >> hugh, for years republicans have urge chaed democrats with being unpatriotic. now president president-elect trump suggesting that julian assange is more trustworthy than the 17 agencies that say that the russians gave wikileaks this information. >> i have to disagree. i don't think he said that. i did not like the fact he quoted julian assange. assange is a bad man that should not be given any credibility, but the good professor is hearing things. i want to welcome democrats to

national security seriousness. it's been too long we did not hear him them denounce the red line being erased or the unilateral cancellation of defense, or the precipitous withdrawal of troops in iraq which led to the rise of isis. so i'm glad they are in and out serious there are sanctions until article iii on the banking side we could have used. >> but hugh, your points are in direct contradiction to what donald trump has been saying we should do about this. he said we should get on with our lives. >> about you i think president trump is doing -- or president-elect trump is doing. i wrote a column about it in "the washington post" today. i hope he is playing russia as effectively he played the america media and the democrats, which is not to show your cards, not to commit to anything and wait until you're the president. he does not have access to any of the tools of foreign 308. right now all he is saying is

get my people confirmed. >> why is hoe disparaging the cia and 169 other agencies. he as actually disparaging them. >> i heard the testimony today, and i do belve that it is correct to say he is disparages them. he is saying i wish tore pet sueded after extensive briefings as to whether or not they are attempting to delegitimize my presidency and whether or not they are as wrong here as they were on the national intelligence estimate of 2007. >> well, ali -- >> hugh, there's -- >> i say wait and see. >> we're going to get that briefings. donald trump is going to get the same briefing that the president got today. once we get the public briefings, which won't be as thorough as the either of those two guys are getting, we'll discuss it more. thanks for being with us. hugh hewitt and david goodfriend. up next dylann roof is trying to persuade jurors to give him the death sentence?

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of testimony in the sentencing phase. dylan room has been convicted. the killer is acting as his own attorney. relatives of those nine who were gunned down took the stand and spoke about their loved ones. is happened as roof filed two motions, one calling the extent of testimony he was being made to hear, quote, excessive. the jury that found roof guilty is now weighing whether he should die for that massacre, and nbc's mariana atense i don't is outside the courtroom in charleston with me in the newsroom is criminal and civil trial attorney eric guster. mariana, walk through this with you. >> ali, touches just announced that the state trial is being postponed indefinitely. it was set to start later this month, but dylann roof is already facing the death penalty

right now, so this is not uncommon. i want to remind you, he was found guilty last month, and 18 of those counts they could warrant the death penalty. as you mention, a debate erupted in court today, just because of the sheer amot of prosecution witnesses and the length of each of thetestimonies. dylann roof filed this motion, only his second so far in the sentencing phase, telling the judge it was excessive, and citing other cases like the case of timothy mcveigh. you can tell that even though this was written in the first person, he had help from his defense counsel, who also told the judge that he should not be representing himself, because he cannot protect his own rights. the judge sided with dylann roof, telling the prosecution it has been too much and they need to change their strategy. ali? >> mariana, thank you. eric, just tell us why this is

all happening this way. histories were going to make the argue he was not psychologically sound and he's decided that he wants to tell everybody he was of sound mind, he knew what he doing, he was quite satisfied with what he did. >> this is one of the most bizarre cases we have seen, with him fooling thinks motions to try to stall and try to give perhaps his appellate attorneys just something to grasp on to, because in the case like this. if the death penalty is impacted, if that is his sentence, he will get an automatic appeal and try to give something for them to get the appeal and the case overturned, but he is convicted, this is the sentencing phase. >> yes. yes. you can appeal the conviction and/or the sentence itself. when a person is sentenced to death, the trial is automatically appealed through the courts. ist very interesting that we

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president obama called for a review of the dnc hacking. director of intelligence james clapper, seen here, says an unclassified version of that report will be released to the public next weems. joining me now is nihara -- a former white house senior director under the obama administration. thank you for being with us. skyline house this government things works. what's the difference? >> the president was briefedly intelligence officials throughout. even as early as october there were questions whether there should be action taken against russia. this is actually a report, a classified version that the president will then see what information has actually been written down and what's going to be shared with the it senators? congress, which is different from what the public will be seeing hopefully on monday. this is turning out to be a showdown between donald trump and everybody else in the national security community, whether it's president obama,

democrats and republicans, so i think the question that we're all going to be hearing and trying to wrangle with is, who really benefits from defending russia in this entire process? >> lindsey graham, and john mccain have both been strong on this. lindsey graham says the president hasn't done enough to punish russia. he says that obama has thrown pebbles and he is ready to throw rocks. if it details either vladimir putin's involvement or senior russian officials' involvement or motivations, are there likely to be increased sanctions? >> well, the sanctions certainly aren't going to be happening i think additiol sanctions in the next ten days before the inaugution. what this is is the united states have been reacted to concrete information and defending national security. that's something that is the responsibility of the president, whether he's a lame-duck president or not, what is particularly interesting is the weaponization of information that russia is undertaken.

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all right. that wraps up our coverage this hour. i'm ali velshi in new york, another very busy hour coming up. you can hit me up on twitter. kate snow picks things up. you have a lot to cover. nice to see you, ali. our top three stories. we're expecting chicago police to speak at any moment now about the very disturbing news out of chicago. authorities have charged four people with brutally attacking a young man with mental health challenges, then streaming it live on facebook. we're also following the latest today on the high-stakes hearing about russian hacking, senator mccain calling russian

interference an unprecedented attack on our democracy. john kerry this hour holding a news conference as he nears the end of his term. we'll bring you any news from that event as it develops. let's gin with that breaking news. we're expecting a press conference, as weay at any moment. chicago police feeling felony charges against four people this afternoon, accused of this gruesome attack streamed on facebook live. the video is deeply disturbing. i found is hard to watch. you may too. the individual for shows the four suspects beating and tower touareg a young man. his neck and wrists are bound, his mouth is taped shut. the suspects are black, the victim is white, and one atta attacker can be heard shouting profanities against white people and against donald trump. ron, what do we know about