when iowa stone ya had the audacity to move a bronze statue to a cemetery and russia saw it as a diss. they cyber attacked and shut down a web access. lithuania invited members of the parliament from the ukraine from the crimea area -- so this is not just about, chris, one political party being hurt or one election in america or even one country. this is a moe distance op ran day and assault on democracy. especially when our own intelligence community it is telling us undeniably that this happened. >> weird question been but i am taken with it. chuck schumer, he said you better be careful with what he's doing because the intention community has a way to whack back at him. that's sort of dishonorable in itself. how can they whack back or hurt trump? >> i don't know. i think that's kind of a new york way of talking in minnesota. >> was that just rhetorical? >> i will say they will stand up for their facts and findings. and i hope that that's what happens at this briefing that will occur this week and perhaps when the protect hears the fact that our own president has heard and will conti

in places like iowa stone ya which is not exactly in the tips of america'sening tos, and i think helping them making clear we stand by them, building up nato, asking europe to continue their support and expand their support of nato. looking at defensive weapons if our military believes that helpful,ic all of those things shub on the table. >> let me ask you the sort of counterquestion is why is this different? what putin has now done -- why is this different than the united states fermenting democratic protests in moscow? >> well, this is very different because what this is is a cyber attack on our country, on our democracy where they basically have stolen information right. they went into people's computers. they weren't just spying on them and director clapper made distinguished -- >> you think there is a distinguishment between ops nauj. >> there is. in the intelligence community there is. they're spying goes on all the time. but in this case they didn't just buy, they took the information to disrupt and election. and that is a step beyond what we have seen before in america. >> all r

stone facades come crashing down and in grocery stores aisle after aisle in shambles. >> right away you could tell this was something different. >> the quake fanning out across the country felt in nebraska, missouri, iowa, arkansas, texas, and as far as illinois and colorado. >> crazy. >> but more alarming than the shaking, an upward trend documented by the u.s. geological survey showing a spike in oklahoma earthquakes, a region with heavy oil and natural gas production. this year for the first time geologists putting out a map highlighting areas prone to human-caused earthquakes. they're linked to the promise of fracking and injecting waste water at high pressure deep into the earth. >> that earthquake that hit oklahoma in september, the one that made all the birds in the state fly away 15 minutes before it arrived, the u.s. geological survey says that was a 5.8 magnitude quake which is big. oklahoma not only makes its own earthquakes now, it makes its own big earthquakes. that one, again, was the biggest quake to hit the continental united states in years. the attorney general of the state of oklahoma is a man named scott pruitt. he took office, he was sworn in in 2011. that year the year he took off

stone was not their first choice. >> two actors who have an on screen chemistry and i think is one for the ages. >> today, wednesday, january 18th, 2017. >> chushoutout to our trends an family in ioway 30th birthday from spokane, washington. >> celebrating our 32nd anniversary here at "today." >> happy 60! >>> we're back at 8:00. on this wednesday morning, the 18th day of january, 2017. and you know, every once in a while, you've got to say that mr. roker knows what he's talking about. he was wearing a full coat and a hat and says, you know, it is not so nice out there. carson and i -- >> i got this whereon. >> we didn't get it right. >> we grabbed the umbrella for our hair. >> we did. >> hoda was like, it is raining on our hair. >> indeed. >> in al we trust. >>> coming up, new ways to think about working out. celebrity trainer bob harper is helping craig melvin reach his start today goals by switching things up. this morning, he'll teach you how to do it, too. >> it's not just us. >>> then we'll check out the best-selling beauty products in america. could use less expensive alternatives on that. >>> first, a check of the headlines. here's the news at 8:00. >> good morning. we begi