with that, i will take some questions and i am going to start with josh letterman of ap. reporter: thank you, mr. president. there is a perception that you are letting president putin to get away with interfering in the u.s. election. and the review just doesn't cut it. are you prepared to call out president putin by name, and do you agree with what hillary clinton now says, that the hacking was partially responsible for clinton's loss? and is the smooth transition of power that you promised being tarnished? president obama: first of all, with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful, as i promised, and that will continue. and it has just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we have simply said is the facts, which are, based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc and that as

with that, i will take some questions, and i'm going to start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you, mr. president. there is a perception that you're letting president putin get away with interfering in the u.s. election, and that a response that nobody knows about just doesn't cut it. are you prepared to call out president putin by name for ordering the attacking, and do you agree with what hillary clinton says, that the hacking was partially responsible for her loss? and is your administration's open quarreling with trump and his team on this issue tarnishing the smooth transition of power you have promised? >> first of all, with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful, as i promised. that will continue. and it has just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we've simply said is the facts. which are that based on uniform intelligenc

with that, i will take some questions and i'm going to start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you mr. president. there's a concession you're letting vladimir putin get away with interfering with the election. the response that we know about or look back review are you prepared to call out president putin by name for ordering the tactic and do you agree with what hillary clinton now said that the hacking was actually partially responsible for her loss? if you're open for trump and his team with these issues tarnishing the smooth transition of power that you have promised. >> first of all with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we had done everything we can to make sure that they are successful. that will continue. and it's just been a few days since i last talked to the president elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. we have said is the facts, which are that based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc, and

with that, i will take some question and i am going to start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you mr. president, there is a perception that you are letting vladimir putin getting away. are you repairprepared to call president putin and of hillary clinton's loss. >> first of all, of the transition, we have done everything we can to make sure that it is successful and it will continue. there is been a few days since i last talked to the president elect of a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there has not been a lot of squabbling. what we said is the facts based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc, and that as a consequence, it is important for us to review all elements of that and make sure that we are preventing that kind of interference through cyber attacks in the future. that should be a bipartisan issue. and, of my hope is that the president elect is going to similarly be concerned of making sure that we don't have potential foreign influence in our election process. i don't think any amer

with that, i will take some questions and i'm going to start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you, mr. president. there's the perception that you're letting president putin get away with interfering with the u.s. election. and the response that nobody knows about or a look-back review just don't cut it. are you prepared to call out president putin by name for ordering this hacking. and do you agree with what hillary clinton now says that the hacking was actually partially responsible for her loss? and is your administration open to working with trump and his team on this issue, the smooth transition of power that you have promised. >> first of all, with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful, as a i promised. and that will continue. and it's just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we've simply said is the facts. which are based

with that i'll take questions and i'll start with josh letterman of a.p. >> reporter: thank you, mr.resident, there's a perceptions but that you're letting president putin get away with interfering in the u.s. elections and that a response that nobody knows about just don't cut out. are you prepared to call out president putin by name for ordering the attack and do you agree with what hillary clinton says, that the hacking was partially responsible for her loss? and is your administration's open quarrelling with trump and his team on this issue tarnishing the smooth transition of power that you have promised? >> well, first of all with respect to the transition i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure they are successful, as i promised, and that will continue and it's just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation will continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we've simply said is the facts which are that based on uniform intelligence assessme

with that, i will take some questions and i'm going to start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you, president. there's a perception that you are letting president putin get away with interfering in the u.s. election and that a response that nobody knows about or views don't cut it. are you prepared to call out president putin by name for ordering this, and do you agree with what hillary clinton said that the hacking was partially responsible for her loss? and is the administration open with quarreling with this team on this issue, tarnishing the smooth transition of power that you have touted. >> first of all, with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure they are successful as i promised, and that will continue, and it's just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we simply said is the facts, which are that based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russi

with that, i will take some questions and i'm going to start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you,nt. there is a perception that you're letting president putin get away with interfering with the u.s. election, and that a response that nobody knows about or will look back review just don't cut it. are you prepared to call out president putin by name for ordering -- and do you agree with what hillary clinton now says that the hacking was actually partially responsible for her loss? and is your administration's open -- with trump and his team on this issue tarnishing the smooth transition of power that you have promised? >> well, first of all, with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful as i promised and that will continue. and it is just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues, that cooperation issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we simply said is the facts which

with that, i will take some questions and i'm going to start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you.you are letting president couldn't get away with interfering in the u.s. election and that a response that nobody knows about -- do you agree that packing was responsibility for -- responsible for hillary clinton's loss? president obama: with respect to i think theyn, would be the first to acknowledge that we have and everything we can to make sure that they are successful as a promised and that will continue. it has just been a few days since i last talked to the president elect about a whole range of transition issues. that corporation will continue. it has not been a lot of squabbling. what we said is the fact. on uniformhat based intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for and that as ac consequence, it is important for us to review all elements of that and make sure that we preventing that kind of interference through cyber attacks in the future. bipartisan be a issue. that should not be a partisan issue. themy hope is that president-elect is going to similarly be

with that, i will take some questions, and i will start with josh letterman of ap.hank you, mr. president. there is a perception that you are letting president putin to are letting president putin to get away with interference with the u.s. election. are you prepared to call out president putin by name, and do you agree with what we are -- hillary clinton now says, that the hacking was partially responsible for clinton's loss? -- the smooth transition of power that you promised. president obama: first of all, with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful, as i promised, and that will continue. and it has just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there has not been a lot of squabbling. what we have simply said is the facts, which are that based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc and that, as a consequence, it

with that, i will take some questions and i am going to start with josh letterman of ap. reporter: thank you, mr. president. there is a perception that you are letting president putin to get away with interfering in the u.s. election. and the review just doesn't cut it. are you prepared to call out president putin by name, and do you agree with what hillary clinton now says, that the hacking was partially responsible for clinton's loss? and is the smooth transition of power that you promised being tarnished? president obama: first of all, with respect to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure that they are successful, as i promised, and that will continue. and it has just been a few days since i last talked to the president-elect about a whole range of transition issues. that cooperation is going to continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we have simply said is the facts, which are, based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc and that as

with that, i will take some questions and i will start with josh letterman of ap. >> thank you mr.president. there's a thought that you are letting vladimir putin get away with interfering with the election. are you prepared to call out vladimir putin by name for ordering this hacking and you agree with hillary clinton now says that the hacking was actually partially responsible for her loss? is your administration open to quarreling with trump and his team on this issue tarnishing the smooth power of transfer of power that you have promised. >> first of all with regard to the transition, i think they would be the first to acknowledge that we have done everything we can to make sure they are successful as i promised, and that will continue it has just been a few days since i last talked to the president elect about a whole range transition issues. that cooperation will continue. there hasn't been a lot of squabbling. what we have simply said is the facts which are that based on uniform intelligence assessment, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc, and that as a consequ