jennifer jacobs reported tonight that it's not mitt romney. that mitt romney got a call from the president-elect tonight telling him that he's not getting it. we'll have more on that later on in the show tonight. we're also tonight still learning about sort of coming to grips with this big story that broke while we were on the air friday night. "the washington post" reporting that the cia has concluded that russia intervened in the 2016 election, specifically with the intention of helping make donald trump the next president. the cia believes the russians weren't just trying to create chaos and undermine faith and democratic institutions. the cia believes that the russians were actively trying to get trump elected by hacking the democratic party, hacking the clinton campaign, releasing those documents through wikileaks. the story has not gotten anything since then because they reported on the russian intent. that was only half the story. the other jaw-dropping report is that the white house, the administration, presented evidence about the rus

that tweet from jennifer jacobs of bloomberg. a look inside the lobby at trump tower in new york city. we will continue to watch and you can watch throughout the day, every day while the camera shot is up on our website, [indiscernible] c-span.org and we will rally in orlando at 7:00 p.m., another victory rally with the donald trump and mike pence. >> deputy defense secretary robert work is joining the army chief of staff, pacific commander as well as to defense contractors to talk about the future of u.s. determine strategy, focusing on china and russia. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to panel session eight. ,ormer secretaries of defense where we are and where do we need to go. please welcome barbara starr, cnn pentagon correspondent. [applause] [laughter] >> the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> are we taking a picture? >> you all know the other two guys. >> all right. >> we are taking a group picture, against my will. let me set the stage for this session. i have standing room only and i'm sure nobody is her

white house reporter for bloomberg politics jennifer jacobs tweeting that mr. trump will do thank you rallies here ,n orlando and mobile alabama and will take numerous meetings in lorna and then spend the christmas holiday with family there. we will have live coverage of that mobile, alabama rally tomorrow afternoon. for a clock, here on c-span. president obama held a year and white house news conference this afternoon. of me show you a portion that event where the president commented on republicans and their impressions of vladimir putin. obama: they do better, some of the people who have been historically very critical of me engaging with russians and having conversation with them, also endorsed the president-elect. that wehe was saying should stop sanctioning russia and being tough on them, or together with them. ouress our -- against common enemies. he was very couple memory of mr. putin personally. then't news, president-elect during the campaign said so. some people who had made a career out of being anti-russian did i say anything about it. then after th

. >> we'll go first to jennifer jacobs at bloomberg. >> good morning, guys, can you say if it's true that trump will speak with the president of taiwan today? >> i will have to get back to you on that one, jen, i don't have that currently on the schedule. but let me go and confirm that, i'll get back to you. >> as of this morning, his transition staff said, long pause, no. nothing like that on the schedule. i haven't heard anything about that. not that we know of. that was his own transition staff. the white house says that they also were not told about the call until it was done, and the state department also had no word that this was happening, but now it is done. and this does reflect the biggest foreign policy change toward the most populous nation on earth since the 1970s. this conceivably throws a grenade into one of our most carefully built, fragile, important policy relationships, the largest nation on earth. so now tonight do we hope that he meant to do this? and he's just going to be this radical with no warning, even while there's another president still in office? and he'

let's discuss it now with cnn politics executive editor mark rusten and jennifer jacobs. great tasee boo see both of you. scott pruitt does not like the epa. he has sued them many times. how is this going to work? >> he has several active lawsuits right now. so, yeah, he is a critic of the epa, but, listen, he's the kind of kind of guy who faced a lot of controversy but looks like he'll sail right through. they need 50 votes plus the vice president, i'm not seeing any defectors who are peeling away from approving him. a lot of crit. and a lot of controversy, but despite all that, it's going to be just fine. trump is going to get his way. >> too early to know if anybody will peel off on he doesn't accept the science on what is causing global warming. plenty of gop senators who believe in global warming and it's human impact. >> we're looking at it from the democratic side criticizing him, but you also have democrats like joe manchin from west virginia who say, listen, he's been fighting for an industry that has been critical to my home state. so, you know, that is interest

share their reporting and insights this sunday, matt visor of the boston globe, manu raju, and jennifer jacobs with bloomberg politics. let's start with this remarkable statement friday night about reports russia meddled to try to help donald trump. here's the statement, these are the same people that said saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. the election ended a long time ago. it's time to move on and make america great again. picking a fight with the cia is not known as a smart tactic. however, and we'll get to his potential choice for secretary of state in a minute, what donald trump has said about russia. it's very clear, number one, donald trump doesn't want to believe this, but to pick an open fight with the cia before you take office, why? >> well, for one thing, their statement about the cia isn't quite right. remember that senate investigation concluded that the bush administration overstated that underlying intelligence about the weapons of mass destruction, but what we know is donald trump's rigged argument is coming back to haunt him. he's always going to fight this, bec

bloomberg white house reporter jennifer jacobs and abc news cokie roberts.u. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> quite a morning. >> yes. >> cokie i want to start with you. there is no question the country is divided. but does the president take it too far? >> no. i don't think so. we have never seen division like this except in the period before the civil war and then we had war. and the fact is to have republicans defending russians is one of the more remarkable things that's happened in my lifetime. i have spent most of my life in the cold war period with republicans vilifying democrats for not being hard core enough against the russians and to suddenly have them say, oh, no problem, the russians interfering in our elections is something remarkable to witness. >> the president talked about how this happened beyond the usual partisan divide. how do you see it? >> we have heard a lot of things that can destroy the country. gay marriage can destroy the country. abortion. disco. hip hop. >> disco almost did. >> disco almost did. the one thing that will destr

bloomberg politics reporter jennifer jacobs tweeted out mr.ill do thank you rallies in orlando and mobile. holidayspend christmas in florida. lago tonight mara and most of last -- next week. a congresswoman's return to congress. she was elected back in november and immediately assumed office following the vacancy. remind us, how you are returning to congress. left and ran for the senate, did not prevail in that election, and the congressman assumed my position in congressional district one. the congressman unfortunately passed from pancreatic cancer. it is one of the saddest things i have had to contend with. before he decided to with drop his name from the election process, it he asked me if i would run for my seat again, so that is what brings the fact. the people from the congressional district voted for me, and it is a very nice feeling to be supported, but at the same time can extremely bittersweet. >> why did you say yes to the late congressman? >> i think it is because he did not want as his legacy to be a both democrats may have lost t