whether the punishment originate from the administration or congress, republican senator, lindsay graham expect that the congress will investigate the russian involvement in our elections and i predict there will be bipartisan sanctions coming that will hit russia hard particularly putin as an individual. >> today, russia said new sanctions would be a provocation directed by the white house and warned it would retaliate. a foreign ministry spokesperson said they're tired of the lie that russia is responsible for the cyberattacks which is being in their word, poured down in the united states from the very top. julianna goldman in our washington newsroom. thank you. donald trump told reporters at his palm beach state, sprint agreed to bring 5,000 jobs back to the united states from overseas. and a new company, oneweb will hire 3,000. he gave no details. but sprint confirmed its commitment. saying the jobs will be in place by the end of next year. mr. trump also said he had a nice conversation with president obama after the two traded barbs over the past few days. tonight, police in fort wo

you hear decent coming from john mccain and lindsay graham.illerson makes it to the floor, they can't afford many defections and it's not clear he would with the rules that were changed by democrats clear a confirmation vote on the senate floor. >> if the choice is tillerson vshz romney, either way this is a proxy fight over the question of russian involvement in the election. you have romney and of course it was romney four years ago who said russia is the top foe. you have the democrats ridiculing him for that. now they are reading from the same script. tillerson because of the business ties is an issue too. russia either one of the picks is a factor in the confirmation. >> that's true. part of the reason he is getting the reception he is getting now is because it's on the table with that report from friday about the role played in the election. i don't know that without that umbrella hanging over this weekend when he was ruled out, i'm not sure it's exactly the same. after the big deal cut for drilling in the arctic, that still is not a goo

chuck schumer and lindsay lindsay graham -- parties. chuck schumer and lindsay graham are both calling for an investigation. also jock mccain and -- john mccain is calling for an investigation. >>> thank you. china says it's seriously concerned after president-elect donald trump questioned whether or not the united states should keep its one china policy. in an interview, president- elect donald trump said he did not feel bound by a one china policy unless the united states could make a deal with them on trade. china's state media attacked president-elect donald trump, saying he is as ignore rant as a child. >>> the choice for secretary of state was centered on rex tillerson, the ceo of exxon. president-elect donald trump said he is a world class player and deal maker. >>> the alameda board of super visors is expected to vote on a plan to keep the raiders in oakland. there would be $300 million from public funding to build a stadium. the votes come one day before nfl owners are scheduled to meet. the owner of the raiders mark davis is p

senators lindsay graham and john mccain believe the president elect will soon have to acknowledge russia's efforts to interfere in the u.s. election. >> i think he will be presented with the overwhelming evidence, change his view. we will have the hearings. we will put sanctions together that hit putin as an individual and his inner circle. >> they may have an allien the trump administration. thomas bossert, george w. bush alum with expertise in cybersecurity. >> as the the president's homeland security adviser, bossert will be considered sequel to national security adviser, general michael flynn. according to a staemt from the trump transition, bossert will focus on domestic and transnational security priorities while flynn will focus on international security challenges. flynn has drawn criticism for his hard line policy regarding muslims and for ties to the kremlin. bossert could be the counterweight that members of the gop foreign policy establishment have been seeking. >> the time for action its now. >> following last week's, security council condemnation of the west bank settlement.

. >> senator lindsay graham wants to put sanctions on putin, and the obama administration has demanded to know more about what happened before the inauguration. >> he wants the intelligence commune to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election. >> trump has praised putin, and michael flynn once had dinner with the former kgb officer. 2012 nominee, mitt romney, is still a pick for secretary of state and he once labeled russia america's number one foe, and rudy guiliani has taken himself out of the running. >> he had a lot of terrific candidates, and i thought i could play a better role being on the outside. >> reporter: president-elect trump promising he will make a decision for that critical post by the end of next week. >> and also new, a report is saying the russians did hack into the republican national committee but did not release any of those e-mails, and you will remember we saw quite a few e-mails from the democratic committee as well as from hillary clinton chairman, john podesta, in the days leading up to the election. >> you are heading down to baltimore

when he was done with it, what does lindsay graham do? he changed his phone number.ow what donald trump would have done if his phone was blowing. he would have been figured way to to make like a thousand bucks out of that. >> and lindsay graham like destroyed his physical phone. he didn't know that you could just change the o number and keep the phone. >> hit the silent button. oh no call. >> i have done that many times. i've destroyed phones just because of something that was in there, trying to get it out. >> that is a different issue. >> yeah. entirely and i still don't know if i got it out. you will find out later. guy, i don't even know what i was going to ask you. but, did they help hillary lose even more? >> i think you just mentioned his number one accidental helper, which was hillary clinton. she was so awful. so this gave him an opportunity to win which he did. and i also saw. this one actually made me laugh outloud. it was i believe the night or two nights before the election and madonna announced she was going to be doing an impromplt acoustic concert in

. >> going to ask senator lindsay graham, as smart as any bed on the issue to be the chair with a really smart democrat and we'll go to work on it. work immediately. >> man while, senator marco rubio is voicing concerns over trump's possible choice of exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson for secretary of state. a man who was awarded the order of friendship by the kremlin. rubio wrote being a friend of vladamir is not an attribute i'm hoping for from a secretary of state. on abc this morning, president elect trump's chief of staff, reince preibus defended tillerson. >> the fact he has a relationship with vladamir putin and others across the globe is something that shouldn't be, shouldn't be embarrassed by it. >> now with him leaving as chair of the rnc, a favorite to replace him, mitt romney's niece. the appointment could soften the blow of her uncle if not chosen as secretary of state. not clear when mr. trump will announce his decision for america's top diplomat. >> errol barnett, thank you. >>> incoming first lady melania trump expected to meet with attorneys in washington tonight ahead of a

something lindsay graham has tweeted about. talked about. what are you hearing?raham, said he got off the phone minutes before with prime minister netanyahu and said he plans to spear head an effort to defund the u.n. withdraw the united states contribution. senator graham said he has a group of senators already signed on. and said president netanyahu couldn't weight in specifically. but the quote he gave was it is time to take the gloves off and welcomed his strong stance. it it remains to be seen whether the trump administration is going to joining this. but you can imagine a scene. >> and i thought the gloves were already off. but seems like we're going gr wad to worse here. what do you make of this talk of pulling funding from the united nations. with republicans in the congress, republicans in the white house, anything is possible. >> let's start with the first step. it was quite a gauge or a yardstick of the degree of distrust and em anity between the obamacare administration and the other gays that we got here in the first place. and it was a reflection of

lindsay graham tweeted in response clearly putin was not impressed by obama threat in september to cut it out or face consequences and that matches our report actually. it did in fact continue. why not give trump's putin friendly strategy a shot if an adversely stance certainly did not seem to work? >> are you saying give trump a chance? >> give trump's russian or pro putin strategy specifically, yeah. >> well the obama administration early on hit the reset bunt and tried to develop a respectful relationship. and it didn't work. and i think president obama rightly recognized that putin is a thug. and he looked into the putin's eyes and what he i saw is a cold-blooded killer. donald trump looks in his eyes and sees something else. and today i think he not only blamed the russians for the hacking and tried to elect donald trump but he also went after the aleppo slaughters. importantly with comments by hillary clinton in the last 24 hours, the speech last night which she said the russian hacking was quote an attack upon our country. attack upon our country and made it very plain that she

mccain and senator lindsay graham are in the baltic states right now to reassure them of the u.s. commitment to tear defense. >>> in a wake-up call, u.s. prosecutors indicted three chinese citizens, prosecutors allege they earned more than $4 million in illegal profits from the alleged scheme, prosecutors say relied on stealing private information from law firms out of financial plans. one of the traders was arrested in hong kong, prosecutors did not disclose the whereabouts of the other two men. >>> and then there is this heart warming story as panthers quarterback cam newton met with a young fan after hearing of his heart condition. watch as ten-year-old austin got to see and hug his hero in the flesh after his teacher asked for prayers along social media, along that her post get so widely shared it gets newton to austin's bedside. it looks like she was able to get her wish. the nfl quarterback said he must have been called over 100 times over the boy and just had to pay him a visit. >>> ahead, police look to amazon echo to help solve a murder case. plus, why one boss has taken

. >> three senators, marco rubio, john mccain and lindsay graham are voicing skepticism. >> to lead the department of energy, trump is expected to pick a one time rival. former texas governor, rick perry. a bit of irony, perry would lead the department he was set to eliminate. >> i would do away with -- commerce and lets see, i can't -- the third one i can't. >> and trump is taking heat for postponing a press conference where he would lay out how he could separate himself from his businesses. and how about this at trump tower, a quick photo-op with kanye west. >> he is a good man. >> donald trump will continue his post election thank you tour tonight with a rally in wisconsin and joined by house speaker, paul ryan. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> espn is reporting that temple has hired jeff collins to take over for matt rhule. his departure followed back to back winning seasons and a college championship. we'll bring you the latest on "action news" beginning at 4:00. >> still to come, they can be found on millions of homes and many holiday wish lists but there

>> i believe lindsay graham is a voice of concern. he's an accomplished trial lawyer, he is one of the people that led the impeachment of president clinton, he's a good lawyer, and i think he should get involved in this. i think with his doing that, with the voice he has, i think he'll bring in some of the republican moderates, there aren't many, but he'll bring in some. because this is really important. and they have talked about for months now, taking a look at the cheating that goes on in russia with their athletes. why don't we look at the cheating they do to affect presidential elections, as you have heard my voice, i am so disappointed in comey, he has let the country down for partisan purposes. and that's why i call him the new j. edgar hoover. >> do you think jim comey should resign? >> he has a term there and i'm sure he's got the new administration, they should like him, he helped them get elected. >> and do you believe the justice department should take action against jim comey, at the end of the day, he works for attorney

lindsay graham wasn't doing it then. it seems like it smacks a little bit of political opportunism. >> no, i don't think so. i don't think you can accuse two republicans of being politically opportune. john mccain was just re-elected. he's just being john mccain, which is somebody who takes these things very seriously. he has a very clear-eyed view as russia as our adversary. >> right. but why would you complain about something more after the period of urgency had passed? if you knew about hacking during the thing that you didn't want hacked, during that event, why weren't you loud and proud then? why would you wait until after it's over? that's the question. >> well, i think a lot of people did raise it. i remember saying every time i heard those podesta e-mails, that the reporting should have been brought to you by the russians. but it just got lost, as i say, in the noise. i think people were upset and concerned about it. more and more information started to come out. that statement in october was extraordinary, but i

same things you did from kellyanne conway they want sanctions that work and republicans like lindsay graham are for calling on pressure and tightening sanctions and financial punishment and the problem is it's punitive not prohibitive and doesn't really counter the attack on the cyber front. it's merely a punishment. >> and there's an effort to get out with as much information as possible. i think that's what the president intends to do and in 2008 president bush 43 and his chief of staff initiated a process we found very helpful and that was this, to bring the outgoing cabinet members in the national security area and incoming cabinet together several time in the situation room to go through key issues and establish facts and get a deeper understanding of the problems underway and the incoming administration will agree and disagree but it was a helpful exercise we were skeptical of at the beginning but the world looks different when you sit in the situation room with the predecessors and go through the fact. it's an exercise i would recommend we do in this case. >> dickerson: how does the

house speaker paul ryan called the sanctions overdue and republican senators john mccain and lindsay graham intend to pursue stronger sanctions notice coming months. reporting live in the sat center i'm david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. despite opposite side of the conflict russia and turkey brokered cease-fire now in effect in syria and russia and president putin were backing seenian govrming and turkey is up porting the rebels. there's been six years of figh fighting that left a quart he of a million americans dead and triggered fighting across usua usual. peace talks will take place next month. >>> german authorities believe automatic braking system may have saved lives in the terror attack in before lynch the truck used during december 19 attack stopped after 90 yards because of the system. the truck system impact and automatically applied brakes. automatic brakes are required under union regulations. >> security for new york famous new york eave celebration will be extra tight this year. sanitation trucks loaded with tons of extra sand will line the perimeter of t

officials to discuss the breadth of what happened during the election and along with senator lindsay graham's also a republican, they're have stronger sanctions needed. what obama did yesterday was too littling too late. republicans in congress are signalling they're not going to let this issue go in january. >> how might this play out? again, it's rather extraordinary. i'd seen people argue online and i get this argument, that first of all, you know, the people who are with trump are with him no matter what he said but i've seen other people say if this were flipped, and if it were a democratic president embracing a russian president over our own republican president that people's heads would be exploding about this. how will this play out in t months ahead >> it will be interesting to see what the -- what the contours of this fight will end up being, what the republicans choose to stand with the president-elect sort of stated position that we need to move on, and which ones choose to stand with mckane and graham who say this is a big deal and something we should do something about. you've

but whether the punishments originate from the administration or congress, republican senator lindsay graham said nearly the entire senate agrees on additional sanctions to hold the kremlin accountable. >> you can expect that the congress will investigate the russian involvement in our elections, and i predict there will be bipartisan sanctions coming that will hit russia hard, particularly putin, as an individual. >> reporter: today, russia said new sanctions would be a provocation directed by the white house and warned it would retaliate. elaine, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said they are tired of the lie it that russia is responsible for the cyberattacks, which is being, in their words, poured down in the united states from the very top. >> quijano: julianna goldman in our washington newsroom. julianna, thank you. late today, president-elect donald trump told reporters at his palm beach estate the phone company sprint has agreed to bring 5,000 jobs back to the united states from overseas. and a new company, one web, will hire 3,000. he gave no details, but sprint confirmed its commitmen

house speaker paul ryan called the sanctions overdue and republican senators john mccain and lindsay graham intend to pursue stronger sanctions notice coming months. reporting live in the sat center i'm david spunt, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. despite opposite side of the conflict russia and turkey brokered cease-fire now in effect in syria and russia and president putin were backing seenian govrming and turkey is up porting the rebels. there's been six years of figh fighting that left a quart he of a million americans dead and triggered fighting across usua usual. peace talks will take place next month. >>> german authorities believe automatic braking system may have saved lives in the terror attack in before lynch the truck used during december 19 attack stopped after 90 yards because of the system. the truck system impact and automatically applied brakes. automatic brakes are required under union regulations. >> security for new york famous new york eave celebration will be extra tight this year. sanitation trucks loaded with tons of extra sand will line the perimeter of t

tillerson is the selection for secretary of state is, you have three septemberors, john mccain and lindsay graham and marco rubio who has concerns. i imagine there will be more. those exceptions i think are are going to be problematic for donald trump but gained a lot of good will on national security issues by getting jim mattis for dance and the cia director and john kelly for homeland security. exceptions will stick out like a sore thumb. graham and rubio and kaine. those are all three republicans. is this not a senate that is going to be rubber stamping donald trump's pick? >> three leading republicans raising questions about perhaps the most high profile person in the cabinet secretary of state, is a sign they will do due diligence and raise questions in particular about russia. they are in a divide in many ways between the mainstream republicans such as john mccain and president-elect trump about p how close of a relationship the united states should have with russia and the secretary of state pick is a manifestation of that with rex tillerson. >> someone like scott pruitt to be head of the

some republicans are wary of those ties including senators john mccain, lindsay graham and marco rubio. he is concerned about tillerson's relationship with putin. >> putin is a murder and kgb guy who wants to restore the russian empire. when he gets the friendship award from a butcher, frankly it's an issue that i think needs to be examined. >> senator graham called tillerson's ties to putin unnerving and asked the chief of staff reince priebus about concerns some have about tillerson's previous dealings with putin. >> do you understand why that would unnerve some people about the idea of him as america's chief diplomat? >> it might unnerve people who think the best route for the country to go is to ignore people and have an enemy and adhere to the list. look, i don't believe that if solving the world's biggest problems are best done by ignoring people and having crummy relationships across the globe. we just don't believe that talking to people and having relationships is a bad thing. >> let me bring in tonight's panel. the president of the partnership for conservative principals. the

lindsay graham. >> whoa, whoa, yankee boy. >> even evan mcmullen, for heaven sakes. >> did you ever kill?[music]?? >> being a guest on "with all due respect" was like being in a movie for the first time. it was exciting. a little confusing. >> [bleep] [bleep] [bleep]. >> and when it was all over, you asked yourself, am i getting paid for this? >> i don't know what the [bleep] you're talking about! >> his tiny hands? >> the producers always made sure the interviews were conducted at the highest professional standard. >> the close. spotless. do you have a napkin? >> very impressive. >> oh, oh, oh! >> oh, my goodness! >> with piercingly insightful research. they designed segments that brought out the best of everyone who came on the show. gently pushing us out of our comfort zones. >> i'm a wine -- i just drink wine. >> because this is what the political world wanted. >> oh! ?[music]?? >> like all shows on cable news, "with all due respect" was not without its criticism. and sometimes, the critics made good points. >> i've never known of a greater oxymoron than you two guys having a show en

lindsay graham said he's going to propose legislation to defund the united nations if they don't overturnhis resolution. the u.s. puts 1/5 of the budget. and so if they were to do that, that would be devastating. and it is an effort to create leverage for president elect trump. we'll see what happens. but it could be devastating to the u.n. budget. they don't know it will actually happen. >> "outfront" tonight. ben fersen. and bakari sellers. good to have you both. ben, was it a mistake on the part of the obama administration to abstain? >> i think a massive mistake. and i think also it is going to now officially show that this is an administration that was blatantly not friendly to israel. and every time they had a chance to undermine israel, they did this. also incredibly spiteful, why you would do in this this way. almost seems like a personal vendetta. and it is not going help in the middle east. if you want your legacy to be instability in the middle east this is a great way to go about doing it. and i think you are going to see a very different relationship under donald trump which

as far as lindsay graham and john mccain have both questioned the pick. >> i obviously have concerns with the situation of vladimir putin who is a thug and murderer. we will have hearings on that issue and other issues concerning him will be examined. >> donald trump's team says it will make a final decision sometime this week at the earliest. with just six weeks until inauguration day, george stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with pre elect donald trump's incoming chief of staff, priebus on "this week." >>. >>> a public policy for college is the state of california took a poll and found most agree the state's colleges are high quality but 57% have sear aruous anxt about the cost of higher education. while republicans and democrats disagree on how to bring the costs down, they agree on one source, funding. >> increasing collar ships and grants. i think we saw rise across the groups. >> it also shows widespread support for state bonds hat will take construction projects on college campuses to ease overcrowding. >> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> good morning. the rain h

those are senator marco rubio and senator john mccain and senator lindsay graham. none of these republicans are going so far to say they would block tillerson as a pick. we're expecting lengthy hearings on tillerson after the first of the year and really to learn quite a bit about his ties to russia and how he did deals when he was over at exxon at ceo. >> how much reporting is there on those matters and i've heard him described in various ways, but largely as probably the american closest to vladimir putin. >> reporter: you know, it certainly does seem that way. there is lots of reporting from russia about sort of warm feelings towards tillerson and there's no question he has been able to strike deals in russia when it's at a very unconventional time. there are warm feelings both ways. does that mean that tillerson sort of understands the russians and can explain that to congress as sort of a positive? that's what we're hearing from the transition team and other top trump surrogates that say they view tillerson's understanding of russia as a net positive, but ther

she is out there with republican senator and lindsay graham. what she is learning on the trip so far. she joins us live after the break ask a look inside the russian compounds being shut down by the u.s. government. what they say is taking place in the palacial estates. does your child need help with digestive balance? try align junior probiotic. so she can have a fraction dominating... status updating... hello-yellow-belt kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support with align junior. the #1 doctor recommended probiotic brand, now for kids. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. >>. >> refraining from the actions against russia. in the last few minutes, praising the decision by the russian president not to retalia retaliate. saying i always knew he was very smart. he will assemble his team in the next week to determine a path forward. while trump is deflecting towards next week, those closest to him sa

republican senator lindsay graham, who says his campaign email was also hacked by russia, is calling for more sanctions: sanctions:(sot graham) "we should tell on no uncertain terms, you interfere in our elections, we don't care why, we're going to hit you and hit you hard.-nats- the president-elect took a break from transition eforts yesterday to sit down with top executives from silicon valley: (sot trump) i'm here to help you folks do well, and you're doing well right now.mister trump is still sorting out how he'll handle his own business empire as president.a planned pressed conference on the issue scheduled for today...has since been pushed back to january.hena daniels with four cabinet jobs left to fill...the president-elect plans to hold more transition meetings at trump tower this morning. 3 3 ((???1:45 seconds??)) ((???tease ahead??15???)) ahead??15???)) wind chill advisory until 10:00 am watch from friday afternoon - saturday night.today: lots of sunshine and very cold. highs around 10 with wind chills below-zero all day. frostbite develops in less than 30 minutes. wind: w

it was two prominent republicans, senator john mccain and lindsay graham. they issued a statement that reads in part our democratic institutions have been targeted. recent reports of russian interference in our election should alarm for every american. they are calling for an investigation into russia's role in this election. here is senator cain. >> it's clear the russians interfered. whether they intended to the degree they were trying to elect a certain candidate that's subject to investigation. >> the goal is to find out how sentenextensive it and come up conclusions how to stop it. >> reporter: mr. trump's incoming chief of staff says the president elect will support this investigation but he wants to look at all the possible culprits like china and not just russia. >> thank you. >>> the president elect is also talking about his cabinet, specifically his secretary of state choice. he did so during that fox news sunday exclusive. even with the widely reported choice this weekend of a businessman for the job, we don't know the final choice yet. the trans

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election night, we got a glimpse of the future when, after hearing that former republican candidate lindsay grahamr trump, omarosa told a reporter, "it's so great our enemies are making themselves clear so that, when we get in to the white house, we know where we stand. i would never judge anybody for exercising their right to the freedom to choose who they want. but let me just tell you, mr. trump has a long memory, and we're keeping a list." ( audience reacts ) wow. an enemies list. they went from zero to nixon in no time flat. ( applause ) now, that's all worth noting. that's worth noting because some people in late night have said one or two things that were critical of donald trump. ( laughter ) but, look, that was just in the heat of election night, right? surely if omarosa did more of a sit-down interview, she wouldn't paint the trump administration as some vindictive predator savoring its chance to use the office of the president for payback. >> every critic, every detractor will have to bow down to president trump. it's everyone who's ever doubted donald, who ever disagreed, who ever chal

want touchydown but they keep calling it bipartisan and that john mccain is pushing for this, lindsay graham, about the poll role of the russians, saying they, too, want to discredit the election or turn at the results. that's not the case of those e. >> a mostly democratic effort but republicans, too. they're not denying that the russians made some sort of attempt to interfere or involve themselves or influence the election. they're not denying that. there are -- does appear to be a disagreement inside the intelligence community that the russian's specific intent was and their a difference between an attempt and actually influencing the election. there's no talk that the russians actually hacked any voting machines, changed vote totals and skeptics are suggesting that even if the russians did attempt to influence, it was a minor, minor factor, unless the republicans were so good that they got hillary clinton to ignore wisconsin and michigan until it was too late, got hillary clinton to refer to half of the hectorat as deplorables or made obamacare premiums and deductible goes sky high. so,

a pair of leading republican senator, john mccain and lindsay graham butting heads. today they confirmed the pacific partnership. another is containing russia. and senators graham and mccain seem the president elect could be jeopardizing. namely resistance to a rival power that the intelligence community believes committed ab act of sign ore war against this country. they are traveling in europe right now and spoke with me from estonia earlier today. >> they hacked into my campaign account. reince priebus said the president elect would accept the results if all of the intelligence communities on the same sheet of music. and the fbi and the cia and director of national intelligence all are saying the same things, that the russians tries to influence our elections. >> do you have any information for why the president elect still refuses to accept that assessment? particularly now that he's being briefed presumably on the classified intelligence that led to that assessment? >> well jim, i think he'll be presented with the overwhelming evidence, change his view and he ha

. >> as top senate republicans john mccain and lindsay graham prepare to hold hearings and consider harsher sanctions against russia. but reince priebus and the warns the american people may not have appetite for another conflict. >> we're not interested in going to war all over the world either. >> over twitter, immediately praising putin to the top of his profile so it is the first thing people say visiting his page. and. >> all playing out on twitter, of course. >>> "outfront" now former republican senator and presidential candidate rick santorum and former mayor michael nutter. it seems anyway the president took these steps to box in the president elect. some even think it goes a step further. >> i am completely convinced that barack obama's primary motivation is to try to delegitimize the election. >> senator, do you agree with him? >> i think that is certainly one of the motives that the president is using. the idea that you wait a few weeks before you presidency ends to handle a problem that's been ongoing and serious one for the country, where the president has not responded at all.

>>y making that comment in a stonia there on a mission with fellow senator lindsay graham and they are trying to res sure the baltic nation that is the united states will have their back. >> 100 senators, 99 of us believe the russian diagnosis this and we will do something about this. along with senator mccain after this drips over. we will have the hearings and put attentions that hit putin as an individual for interfering in the elections. >> there is no doubt about it that we have to have a policy that this administration does not have and a strategy that this administration does not have to address this threat. >> that was lindsey graham and talking about the role of russia in the u.s. election. they were in the baltic region trying to deliver's message to reassure america's allies that america will have their back if there is confrontation with vladimir putin in russia. these are small countries are we are talking about, but a big issue starting about three weeks from now. let me explain why quickly. you have russia and obviously vladimir putin's country. what happened a couple of

between the democrats and the republicans but the republican strategy, and you had john mccain and lindsay graham, two high-ranking republican centers saying we need a committee to really look into this and do a deep dive, and mcconnell the senate republican leader said we are not going to do that, and then paul ryan did not go that far, and he said the intelligence committee has been look into this stuff and we don't need a special focus on this, and you are having divisions again not just across the aisle but the majority leadership. >> i want to play another president obama comment from yesterday and this time he's talking about the democratic party reaching out to people who feel they are not being heard. take a listen. >> we have to be in those communities. i have seen that when we are in those communities, it makes a difference. that's how i became president. i became a u.s. senator not just because i had a strong base in chicago but because i was driving around downstate illinois and going to fish fries and talking to farmers. >> gabrielle, was that an indirect jab at clinton? >> yes, but

the cia did not go to the house intelligence which i find to be outrageous -- >> lindsay graham, they are not trying to deligz the election right now. they say we want hearings. let's get to the cut it out comments. e cut it out is what i say to them in the back of the car when i want them to stop fighting. it doesn't sound like the thing you say when a foreign entity is trying to hack into your election system. >> i have to agree with you. if the president did in fact say cut it out it is not anywhere near as forcefully said as it should have been. i have to address this delegitimatizing point. donald trump's election in my mind is far from legitimate at this point. i have ever issue with the world that the fact that hillary clinton gets closer and closer every day to a three million vote lead against donald trump. i have every wish the fact that electors feel like they can't in some instance in good conscientious support this man as president. i have every issue with the world that the intelligence community is questioning the legacy legitimacy of this election. -- >> -- >> hold on.

lindsay graham has a bill to protect them if the executive order gets rescinded. order rescinded? >> i have de it clear through my campaign when it came to daka the children brought here didn't have a say in that. for many this is the only home they have ever known. >> you would like to see president trump keep that executive order? >> that certain part of it with the original -- those they call -- the first scenario. the expansion of that that president obama did, i am not fond of, no. >> if he rolled back that one and kept the other? >> i would be accepting of that, absolutely. they are great young men and women in our country. i would say they are probably many of them that don't fully realize they are not united states citizens. >> two more questions. one has to do with the ad that made you a national name. let's just say you were cutting other things. let's make it clear. donald trump said something interesting in the interview with time. he was talking about deficit spending. in order to get jobs going and the country going, we are 1%. the hint being he is o

as far as lindsay graham and john mccain have both questioned the pick. >> i obviously have concernss roles ship with vladimir putin, who is a thug and murder you arer. we will have hearings on that issue and other issues concerning him will be examined. >> donald trump's team says it will make a final decision sometime this week at the earliest. with just six weeks until inauguration day, george stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with president-elect's donald trump's incoming chief of reince priebus on "this week." you can catch it here on abc7. >>> a public policy for college is the state of california took a poll and found most agree the state's colleges are high quality, but 57% have serious anxt about the cost of higher education. while republicans and democrats disagree on how to bring the costs down, they agree on one source, funding. >> increasng government funding for scholarships and grants for students. i think we saw rise across the demographic groups. >> it also shows widespread support for state bonds that will take construction projects on college campuses to ease overcrow

and marco rubio, john mccain, lindsay graham and --. ed. >> frankly, i would never accept an award from vladimir putin. because then you kind of give some credence and credibility to this butcher. this kgb agent, which is what he is. >> secretary of energy today. the former texas governor rick perry who of course you may remember he forgot the name of the department he was picked to run. do you expect trump to respond at all to the reaction to rex tillerson at that rally where you are tonight? >> well, erin have talked to aides of donald trump who say yes the president elect will be talking up the man he has select forward secretary of state rex tillerson. aides to the president elect are not looking back to this election that occurred on november 8th. ol although later on tonight we're going to be seeing paul ryan on stage. the aides to the president elect, they are looking forward to what could be a very pivotal battle up on capitol hill over the selection of his secretary of state. donald trump is facing a gusher of questions over hi

senator lindsay graham outraged by this. i want you to listen to what he has to say. >> i will say that 99 of us believe the russians did this. and we're going to do something about it. we're going to put sanctions together that hit putin in his inner circle for interfering in the election. and they're doing it all over the world, not just in the united states. >> trump doesn't believe russia had a hand in it. and you got the entire senate thinking the opposite. >> today, this looks like the latest war in the republican party. they do believe russia was involved based on intelligence, yet, we have not seen donald trump and his top aides affirm that view as well. it will be really interesting to see how they move forward with this. we remember that barack obama has called for investigation into their involvement in the selection while he still remains in office. where that goes after he leaves is unclear, especially with this happening within the party. >> and they're also talking about sanctions, including what's being calle

the united nations is not going to go away just because lindsay graham and donald trump want it to. i think more importantly, when the trump administration comes into power, they're going to find that israel can play its politics and refuse to meet with foreign ministers from senegal and new zealand and so forth and that will have no effect, but much more important will be the united states' efforts in the region, and those evefforts cant be dialed back and insulted and talked away, with egypt and saudi arabia, and syria. all of that really sort of ties back into this very difficult question of the settlements, the perception of israel and the world, the pinning of the international community and whether or not this intransigent struggle that's been going on for 50 years between israelis and palestinians will continue to add fuel to those regional fires. i think they're going to have to have a much more nuanced approach to it than simply bashing the united nations. >> speaking to what you said, let's get back to the whole reason this came up. this is about the whole settlement thing