. >>> president obama blamed russia for alleged hacking during the election. the fbi now backs the cia's conclusion that russia interfered in the presidential election in part to help then candidate donald trump. an nbc news report this week that the russian president vladimir putin personally directed the hacking operation that expose democratic e-mails. >> told russia to stop it. and indicated there will be consequences when they do it. >> the president also said he because confident that the actual election systems in the u.s. were not tampered with. for much more on this story ahead on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt, that's at 6:30. >>> next at 6:00, not one but two fireworks shows at one location on new year's eve. >> i'm tracking snow and ice and some of that in your neighborhood, what you can expect when you wake up in the morning. >>> an air force veteran got an early holiday surprise today. >> a major league surprise. senior airman shawn johnson was surprised with a free trip to philly's fantasy camp in clearwater. it was part of the fun of the l

the obama administration did publicly blame russia for the hacks in early october. that's a full month before the election. but scott, other than its statement it is unclear what, if anything, the u.s. has done to retaliate. >> jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. jeff, thank you. the president will no doubt be asked about this at his final news conference tomorrow. you can see it right here on cbs at 2:15 eastern time. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> today facebook said that it is partnering with fact checkers and news organizations to crack down on fake news, which plagued the election. stories with little credibility will now be marked "disputed" and will slide lower down in users' news feeds. >>> tonight millions in the midwest and the northeast are getting a visitor from the north pole in the form of arctic air and blinding snow. there were whiteout conditions across upstate new york. on a pennsylvania interstate 59 cars and trucks piled up more quickly than the snow. demarco morgan is in a town where gusts whipping off lake ontario make

the obama administration did publicly blame russia for the hacks in early october.scott, other than its statement it is unclear what, if anything, the u.s. has done to retaliate. >> jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. jeff, thank you. the president will no doubt be asked about this at his final news conference tomorrow. you can see it right here on cbs at 2:15 eastern time. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

the obama administration did publicly blame russia for the hacks in early october. that's a full month before the election, but, scott, other than its statement, it is unclear what, if anything, the u.s. has done to retaliate. >> pelley: jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. jeff, thank you. the president will no doubt be asked about this at his final news conference tomorrow. you can see it right here on cbs at 2:15 eastern time. today facebook said that it is partnering with fact checkers and news organizations to crack down on fake news, which plagued the election. stories with little credibility will mao be marked "disputeed" and will slide lower down in users' news feeds. tonight millions in the northwest and northeast are getting a visitor from the north pole in the form of arctic air and blinding snow. there are whiteout conditions across upstate new york, on a pennsylvania interstate 59 cars and trucks piled up more quickly than the snow. demarco morgan is in a town where gusts whipping off lake ontario make it feel well below zero. >> reporter: officials

russia. the "new york times" the out with a new report that says president obama deliberated for months on whether to publicly blame russia for the hacking but ultimately delayed his decision so it didn't like like he was meddling in the election. >>> data confirms more than 1 billion accounts may have been stolen, that scandal dates back separate incident. another massive breach announced a few months ago t. internet giant released a statement saying we have taken steps to secure those accounts. exposed information includes private fames, e-mail address, telephone number, dates of birth and encrypted security questions and answer, yahoo is urging passwords now. >>> jurors were shown chilling video of dylann roof having target practice and played the 911 video of that shooting that left nine church members dead. >> reporter: after jurors saw these chilling videos of dylann roof taking target practice. >> there's so many people dead, i think. oh my god. >> reporter: they we heard the horrifying 911 call from uth survivors, 72-year-old polly shepppard. when the gunfire started, shvedova under a table, she testified t

playing the blame game president obama taking aim at donald trump for russia's e-mail hacks. >> the presidentlect said to the russians, hack hillary's e-mails. >> but was it really the clinton camp's fault how just one typo exposed them to the hackers. >> trying to cut down your cooking time? how about the one second, we promise one second cooker. >> introducing one second slicer. >> does it really work? we will put it to the test. we will find out up next live. stay tuned. push when it comes to healthcare, seconds can mean the difference between life and death. for partners in health, time is life. we have 18,000 people around the world. the microsoft cloud helps our entire staff stay connected and work together in real time to help those that need it. the ability to collaborate changes how we work. what we do together changes how we live. >> all week long we have been putting the as seen on tv products to the test. >> are you tired of slicing and dicing by hand and mull cany slicers that clutter your counter top. introducing the one second slicer. the amazing food preparation station that s

blame game. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> obama virtually confirming russia's vladimir putin ordered hacking attacks that influenced the american election. the president stopped short of directly blaming putin citing the ongoing investigation of russian hacking. mr. obama made it crystal clear and i'm quoting him now "not much happens in russia without putin knowing about it. the cia director sent an internal memo saying the fbi is on the same page as his agency about russia's hacking. we're told all sides agree now that there is a mix of possible motivations for russia, including helping donald trump. also tonight, sources tell cnn that russia's hacking is still going on weeks before the election. all of this as president-elect trump continues to dismiss u.s. intelligence showing russia and putin were behind the hacks. tonight, president obama tried to avoid direct criticism of his successor but he said that republicans who are embracing putin would make ronald reagan, in his words "roll over in his grave." hillary clinton also speaking out about the russian a

the obama administration did publicly blame russia for the hacks in early october.t's a full month before the election. >>> the president-elect is getting closer to filling his cabinet. on thursday mr. trump selected montana congressman ryan zinke for interior secretary. meanwhile, he continues to meet possible cabinet picks and business leaders at trump tower. on wednesday the president-elect met with the ceos of apple, google, and amazon but not twitter. here's nancy cordes. >> well, they did not get a dressing down by donald trump the way media executives did a few weeks ago, even though silicon valley leaders were largely critical of the president-elect when he was running. instead, he and they declared the meeting very productive and he told them his door would always be open to them. >> we're going to be there for you. and you'll call my people, you'll call me. it doesn't make any difference. we have no formal chain of command around here. >> reporter: mr. trump's meeting with facebook's sheryl sandberg, apple's tim cook, and others lasted more than 90 minutes

russia. in"new york times" has a new report saying president obama deliberated for months on whether to publicly blame russia but delayed his sdeshz decision for fear of it looking like he was meddling in the election. >> yahoo fears data for more than 1 billion accounts may have been stolen. that scandal dates back to 2013. making meatters worth is anothe massive breach announced a few months ago. in response to the latest information, they said we have taken steps to secure those user accounts and we're working closely with law enforcement. exposed information includes names, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers. dates of birth, even encryptied security passwords. >> the prosecution now rests as closing aurnlts begin in the charleston shooting case against dylann roof. jurors were shown chilling video of roof taking target practice and played the 911 audio from the horrific shooting that left nine churchgoers dead. gabe gutierrez has the details. >> after jurors saw these chilling videos of dylann roof taking target practice. there there's so many people dead. >> they heard the horrifying 911 call fr

on the seriousness and intent of the cyber attacks, this as president obama calls out russia in public for the first time, blaming vladimir putin. >> i told russia to stop it. >> reporter: president obama for the first time publicly blaming russian president vladimir putin for hacking the 2016 u.s. election. >> the intelligence that i've seen gives me great confidence in their assessment that the russians carried out this hack. the hack of the dnc and the hack of john podesta. not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. >> reporter: and the cia and fbi agree as to why. director john brennan telling the cia workforce in an internal message that "there is strong consensus among us on the scope, nature and intent of russian interference in our presidential election." u.s. intelligence in law enforcement assess that moscow had multiple possible motives -- undermine confidence in the vote, weaken hillary clinton, and help donald trump. today the president said he delivered a stern warning to putin at the g-20 summit in china in september. >> when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective wa

russia denies. the outgoing obama administration accuses russia of sun.ins under the they also try to blame us for theailure of their foreign-policy initiative. they have put forward accusations that russia interfered with the u.s. election at a state level to sway the vote against the democratic candidate. molly: the foreign minister sergey lavrov. thomas joins us from the russian capital. what are we seeing on the latest moves from the kremlin? notas: he has so far responded. the most important message from the foreign minister, he said the sanctions on russia by the u.s., including the expulsion of and theussian diplomats ban on the use of two separate buildings with the u.s. had used for intelligence activity. he said that cannot go without a response. the response is pretty clear. the initial response is pretty clear. from this point, 31 diplomats are to be expelled from moscow and another 4 from st. petersburg. recreationgs, one a compound and the other a warehouse in moscow will not be allowed to be used by american diplomats. reciprocity is very important. basically what you do to us, we can d

russia's interference. president obama shopped short of blaming putin directly but made clear. >> not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. >> reporter: now, one thing president obama won't say is that hillary clinton lost because of the hacking. dan? >> all right, mary, thank you. how did our intelligence agencies tie russia and president vladimir putin to the hackings? brian ross has gained fascinating insight here. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, dan. with the russians demanding to see the proof. and donald trump saying there is no proof, u.s. intelligence says there is clear evidence that the russians did this to interfere with the election. the computers of the democratic national committee. >> they get in by what's called a spear fish attack. >> reporter: cybersecurity analyst justin harvey said the russians first planted a dropper or a beacon to send material back to moscow. >> it's a tiny bit of software that calls back home and says, i'm here. i was successful. >> reporter: and it had a telltale russian signature. it was win in moscow's time zone and seemed to have gaps on

obama's calls to review possible hacking involving the election. trump's team said the elections ended a long time ago and it is time to move on. u.s. intelligence officials have blamed russia for hacking democratic officials committees. president obama wants the report finish before he leaves office next month. tonight we are learning new details about president-elect donald trump's business holdings. right after the election, he shut down some of his companies, including four apparently connected with a saudi arabian business venture. this says he is preparing to announce changes to his businesses to avoid any potential conflict of interest. former new york mayor rudy giuliani announced he has removed himself from consideration for position in the cabinet. at one point he was considered a front runner for secretary of state. good news from the hill, a government shutdown has been averted. this with just hours to spare. a compromise has been reached tonight. we knew this was coming, but they always bring it to the wire. andsey: the senate is holding vote right now come on track to pass the measure tonight and send it to p earlier on word came from senator chuck schumer dem

blaming russia, president obama specifically, faulty and incomplete. despite the intelligence briefings trump has received, he continues to express skepticism over russia's involvement and at the same time lavishing praise on putin. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: donald trump tonight praising russia's vladimir putin, tweeting, "great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart." trump applauding putin's remarkable move the wait for trump to take office before responding to president obama's decision to expel russian diplomats and new sanctions. >> i think we ought to get on with our lives. >> reporter:? a statement thursday trump urged the country to move on to bigger and better things as president obama announced sanctions against russia. >> i just want to thank everybody. >> reporter: the president-elect and his team characterizing the current white house's showdown with russia as politically motivated. >> even those who are sympathetic to president obama on most issues are saying that part of the reason he did this today was to,

this tells me it's about russia's blame. obama has been taking a lot of heat from his officials as well as the usual suspects that criticized obama for not involving the military sooner and harder to prevent aleppo. they may blame obama for allowing everything we have seen and all the destabilization. there is a lot of political movement to push that on obama. this moment is on the counter narrative to that. whoever this was, he went straight after the russian diplomats. not obama. >> kerry released a statement saying we stand ready to offer assistance to russia and turkey as they investigate this despicable attack which was also an assault on the right of all diplomats to safely ask securely advance and represent their nations. he is not casting blame, but he has been harsh on russia for allying with assad. what do you make of that? >> that's a window in the diplomatic world. he spends hours with the russians trying to negotiate as much as he can. he does this to no fault and that's his job. even when they are at odds throughout

. >> vladimir putin admonishing obama administration, for putting blame on russia for election lossesutin said this, democratic party lost not only the presidential elections but election in senate and congress, that also my work? he accused democrats of losing sight of needs of average people, and said, current presidential administration is quote, dividing the nation. >> and china latest threat, chinese media warning of a showdown with the u.s. following president-elect's appointment of peter navarro as head of national trade council, global times writing if washington dares to provoke china over core interest, beijing will not fear setting up a showdown u.s., pressuring the latter to pay respect to china, here is steve forbes. a little sabre rattling going on? >> i think they are feeling each other out. i think that trump started it with taiwan call, that made it clear, what has been going on before was not going to be allowed to continue, one thing that has to be done is disabuse the chinese, one that we're a declining power, and two the south china sea is not their lake, you read

russia's interference. president obama shopped short of blaming putin directly but made clear. >> not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. >> reporter: now, one thing obama won't comment on is with whether hillary clinton lost because of the russian hacking. he says he'll leave that to the pundits. obama has vowed to retaliate against russia but he won't give specifics. dan? >> all right, mary, thank you. how did our intelligence agencies tie russia and president vladimir putin to the hackings? abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has gained fascinating insight here. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, dan. with the russians demanding to see the proof. and donald trump maintaining there is no real proof, u.s. authorities say there is clear evidence that the russians pulled off this attack and did it to interfere with the election. much of it is evidence inside the computers of the democratic national committee. >> they get in by what's called a spear fish attack. >> reporter: among the experts on the case, cybersecurity analyst justin harvey said the russians first plante

russia, this is not about putting trump in a box. president obama has been weak with russia, this is about barack obama trying to find a scapegoat for his election losses. he's blamedox news, now he wants to blame russia and so eight years, he's been weak on russia so the last 24 days of his presidency, he's now going to get a backbone and push back with sanctions that he's not even going to be able to enforce because he's leaving office. let trump come in and deal with it as a new government. >> why do this now? why not wait for the incoming administration to deal with this, we still don't know what the actual details are, something's supposed to come out tomorrow, we don't even know in what capacity or format, but until we see those details, you kind of wonder about the timing of this, there's three weeks of this administration. >> i don't wonder, there's three weeks left of this administration, i think it's taken too long as it is. three weeks ago we had all three intelligence agencies come out and say it was clearly the russians that was trying to impact the outcome of our election, this was clearly an appropriate action for our president to take. he is still p

obama: "based on uniform intelligence assessments, the russians were responsible for hacking the dnc." "not much happens in russia without vladimir putin president obama is naming names and placing blame. in his final news conference of the year - he accused russia's leader of interfering in the presidential election. >> vicki:and hillary clinton told supporters why vladimir putin wanted to keep her out of the white house. >> pam:pam moore is here with more on the russian hackers. the russians have denied it. donald trump has ridiculed it. but president obama says the entire intelligence backs him up: the russian government orchestrated the theft of private emails from top democratic party officials. >>:president barack obama: our goal continues to be to send a clear message to russia or others not to do this to us because we can do stuff to you. president obama says the fbi, cia and national security administration have all concluded that the kremlin was behind the wikileaks release of confidential demoicratic party emails. but he said the american news media bears some of the responsibility. >>:president barack obama: it was disadvantaging hillary clinton because you guys wrote abou

jonathan: president obama ordered a full review of the possible hacking aimed at disrupting this year's presidential election. u.s. intelligence officials now blame russia for hacking democratic officials and political committees. investigators will go back as far as the 2008 election to look for any evidence of hacking. president obama wants the report finished before he leaves office next month. alison: loretta lynch is taking a symbolic stand the all dulles area muslim society center in sterling. this is on the heels from the news of the justice department, of course, that hate crimes all around our country against muslims increase 67% in 2015. jonathan: going anywhere today requires winter coat, gloves, scarf and a hat. we are feeling the coldest air of the season so far. stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill joining us. is that the story for the whole weekend? doug: pretty much. today and storm are similar. sunday we warm up a couple of degrees but won't feel the difference. winds are the problem. cold air you can deal with. persistent winds, 10 to 12, 13 miles per hour blowing around unseasonably cold air makes it feel colder. proof? these a

while clinton outperformed trump among latinos by 38 points, she fell short of obama's 44-point edge four years ago. blaming russia, comey and wikileaks may be appealing for democrats, knowing clinton won the popular vote by almost 3 million, a flip of 80,000 votes in a few states might have produced a different outcome. >> usually when you get more votes you win. not in this case. >> reporter: he acknowledged what few will. >> she may have been admirable and articulate and thoughtful. but there was always a sense that she wasn't going to be able to motivate people the way her husband did or obama did. >> reporter: that might have been overcome with a more aggressive campaign schedule. trump made a third more visits in the final weeks. his huge crowds of working class whites were dismissed by democrats. >> we made fun of the trump rallies. 20,000 people. clearly that was a mistake. >> reporter: the clinton campaign may have committed the classic mistake of battle, fighting last war by focusing on tv ads and door to door campaigning. all as dissatisfaction with immigration and centralized government was bubbling up

russia allegedly hacked. the obama administration is looking to under mine russia, the incoming trump administration and that it's blaming russia for domestic pros. to give you a sense of the tone from the high ranking russian officials the foreign ministry spokeswoman called the entire obama administration a group of foreign policy failures. the obama administration, it is sad that the obama administration that began its life by restoring u.s.-russian cooperation is ending it on anti-russian agony. then you have putin coming in essentially declining to retaliate. looking domestically it is a bold move playing well here. it makes putin look above the fray like he's not suck coming to the back and forth. as hans said earlier, what the kremlin and putin are doing and what russians on the streets are doing is waiting for president-elect donald trump to take office on january 20. the kremlin believes trump wants better relations and they are not willing to antagonize that administration by retaliating at this stage. >> tough words from vladimir putin, ron, for president obama and the administration. are we expecting a respon

agencies are launched a formal probe into the computer hacked blamed on russia could have influenced the year's presidential president obamas to figure out what lessons were learned and how to block cyber attacks in the future. the results of the probe could remain classified for obvious reasons. >>> in south korea lawmakers voted to impeach president hye. she's accused of giving a friend access public documents. that decision was greeted with celebrations in the streets of south korea. she apologized for her actions. it will be up to the court to decide whether to remove her from office. >>> president obama today ordered u.s. flags to fly at half-staff as a markf o respect for the memory of john glenn. a viewing will be held at the ohio state house in columbus. the exact date and times are still to be worked out. a memorial service is also being planned at ohio state university and burial will takece arlington national cemetery. glenn became a national hero in 1962 when he was the first american to orbit the earth. he died yesterday at age 95. the smithsonian is remembering john glenn. his portrait went on display in a sp

that the fbi differs with the cia, which had blamed russia and concluded the motive was to elect trump. we sought some clarity from david shedd, president obama'sormer director of the defense intelligence agency. looking at what i heard reported on the news, it sounded like it was a conclusion that our intel agencies had definitively concluded that russia had hacked into our election system to try to get donald trump elected. >> i don't know if we can say intelligence james clapper said that in october quite that explicitly. i think the attribution to russia doing the collection and then releasing the information was where he, he established to that conclusion. what's interesting though is the director of fbi, in october in terms of the attribution to russia. and i think now, there is a real tension in trying to sort out what, in fact, did the intelligence or does the intelligence community know about that, those three areas between even the director of national intelligence and the director of cia, john brennan, who has then said, categorically, the russians were behind the attacks? so this about to get very interesting. sharyl: is it possible

. >> the breaking news tonight, president obama speaking at length about russia's interference in the u.s. election and obliquely blaming the russian president, vladamir putin, in his final news conference before leaving for hawaii for the holidays. the president said, and i'm quoting him now, not much happens in russia without putin. the president also revealed he confronted putin over the cyber attacks on the side livlines of g-20 meeting in china, saying "cut it out or face serious consequences." also breaking tonight, the cia director is moving to dispel suggestions that there's disagreement between the cia and fbi, saying they're all on the same page when it comes to russian hacking. we're covering all of that much more this hour with our guest, including former senior adviser to the trump campaign and former congressman jack kingston and the president of the naacp cornell william brooks. our expert analysts and correspondents are also standing by. let's begin with jim sciutto. jim, there's now strong consensus on russia's election cyber attacks. >> reporter: that's right. tonight, the cia director seeking to dismi

while democrats across america blame russia for losing the election. president obamay kind of hillary clinton's fault. >> and what happens when you ask bickering democrats to make a life or death decision? this morning the dear named lefty who c

president barack obama has used his final jury and press conference -- his final year and press conference -- end press conference to talk about syria. he blamed russia iraq. they have broken international laws. he called for to oversee humanitarian efforts, and the parties should find a political rather than a military solution to the civil war. a frustrated obama had strong words for the syrian government after it extended siege on aleppo. president obama: we have seen a delivery strategy of seizing and starting innocent civilians -- starving innocent civilians. we have seen attack of radical personnel, entire irritants reduced to rubble and dust. there are reports of civilians being executed. these are horrific violations of international law. responsibility for this brutality lies in one place alone, the assad regime and russia and i run. -- i run -- iran. brent: on their hands. let's get to a correspondent in washington, richard walker. good afternoon. in the final press conference, we have got the u.s. president coming hard down on russia and the syrian government. was this to draw attention away -- i am playing devils advocate here -- was this

by democrats to delegitimize the election, in terms of what obama is saying, what the intelligence community is saying, the blaming of russian reporting at nbc. do you accept that? do you think president-elect trump accepts russia's involvement in this and vladimir putin's involvement? >> i said to brian williams once we have more details that the facts are incontrovertible he won't be praising behavior like that. talked about how to prevent these cyber attacks, stop isis from using the internet as an instrument for terror. so we are dead set against this stuff. i have said it repeatedly. the president-elect is probably a little bit miffed at the notion that someone will try to delegitimize an historic election which is one really the american people brought forth as a message to washington that washington needs a change and an entrepreneurial disruption. i think the notion that the hacking is legitimizing the election is definitely not true. the president-elect through his tweets is messaging that. if you tell me after more intelligence briefings and more understanding from the intelligence community that this is 100% true

. >> the former speaker is here to talk obama, trump and the hypocrisy behind the white house's blame game with russianc chief strategist sean spicer joins me live to talk about the trump white house and rumors he may be in it. then -- >> don't take off until i get off this 18 -- how many wheels do you have

hadn't publicly named, blamed and shamed russia. when the obamaation did that in early october, then the question became, well, what's the response going to be? now that president barack obama, and we kind of have a tip-off that the cia think it's clear russia not only intervened but influenced on behalf of donald trump against hillary clinton. there could be pressure on president obama to have some or the of response, if, indeed, this assessment, the next assessment, this other review, comes out and clearly points the finger at russia. another quick point on russia. president obama has been very firm in urging his european allies to continue sanctions on russia. that's a six-month rotating, renewing sanctions every six months. they'll meet in brussel, just did recently. it's triggered another six months. a couple issues to think about when you consider that president-elect trump's new potential, it's not quite final yet, seems lime andrea mitchell nailed it, the new secretary has all of this background, insight and, frankly, a lot of relationship

russia directly interfered in u.s. presidential elections, he's placing blame on the obama administration. trump tweeting this morning, let me read it to you, quote, if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act? why did they only complain after hillary lost? he's also continuing his victory tour tonight. historically blue state that put him over the necessary 270 electoral votes needed to win. we're talking about pennsylvania. and tonight, he will speak to supporters in hershey. tomorrow, he'll head to orlando, florida. saturday, scheduled stop in mobile, alabama. let's bring in our senior white house correspondent jim acosta, he's in new york city. our cnn international correspondent matthew chance is joining us live from moscow. jim, the white house has said the president-elect knew about the russian hack benefiting him. what more can you tell us about trump's response today? >> that's right, wolf, some pretty sharp words being exchanged between the president-elect and the white house. we haven't really seen this kind of back and forth since the

. >> the former speaker is here to talk obama, trump and the hypocrisy behind the trump's blame game with russiak about the trump white house and rumors he may be in it. then -- >> don't take till i get off this 18 -- how many wheels

president obama accusing it seems, vladmir putin directly for the first time of ordering the cyberattack. >> i told russia to stop it. >> reporter: president obama for the first time publicly blaming russian president vladmir putin. for hacking the 2016 u.s. election. >> the intelligence that i've seen gives me great confidence in their assessment that the russians carried out this hack. the hack of the dnc. and the hack of the john podesta. not much happens in russia without vladmir putin. >> reporter: the cia and fbi agree as to why. director john brennan telling the cia work force that quote, there is strong consensus among us on the scope nature and intent of russian interference in our presidential election. u.s. intelligence and law enforcement assess that moscow had multiple possible motives. undermine confidence in the vote. weaken hillary clinton. and help donald trump. the president said he delivered a stern warning to putin at the g-20 summit in china in sgl september. >> i felt the most effective way to insure that that didn't happen was to talk to him directly. and tell him to cut it out and there were going to be serious consequences if he didn't. >> reporter: u.s. o

. >> reporter: while trump has resisted blaming russia, members of his own party are standing behind the obama administration. promising to impose additional sanctions in congress. senators john mccain and lindsey graham on a congressional delegation to russia's neighboring states, took offer trump's comments. >> i agree with president-elect, we need to get on with our lives, without having russians being effect i by getting outside information, especially vladimir putin, who is a thug and a murderer. >> i think most of us, democrats and republicans, really believe that russia is up to no good all over the world. they're trying to break the back of democracies. if we don't push back against putin, iran and china, they could hack into our systems. today it's democrats. tomorrow it could be republicans. >> reporter: intelligence officials publicly attributed the cyberattacks on u.s. political groups and individuals, including the democratic national committee to russia. even before the announcement of the u.s. retaliation russia promised a response. a spokes woman saying, we are tired about lice

. >>> coming up, donald trump encourages russia to hack the election in the mainstream media response, blame obama. that's next. >>> not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. last i checked, there's not a lot of debate and democratic deliberation, particularly when it comes to policies directed at the united states. our goal continues to be to send a clear message to russia or others, not to do this to us. because we can do stuff to you. there are times where the message will go -- will be directly received by the russians and not publicized. >> during his final end of year press conference, president obama had strong words about russia hacking and vladimir putin's involvement. and to republicans who accuse the president of not telling them russia was tipping the scales for trump. obama said this. >> that wasn't news. the president-elect during the campaign said so. and then after the election suddenly they're asking, oh, why didn't you tell us that maybe the russians were trying to help our candidate? well, come on. >> joining me now, the "washington post," kathryn ham pell, april ryan f

. >> the former speaker is here to talk obama, trump and the hypocrisy behind the trump's blame game with russia. plus we'll talk about the trump white house and rumors he may be in it. then -- >> don't take till i get off this 18 -- how many wheels do you have on this truck? >> it's been one of my favorite parts of the show all year. tonight we look back on some of the best moments of street justice. >> what about the fact saying that mentally illinois people shouldn't get a gun? >> i totally agree. >> so get a gun. >> i got a hammer. >> he has the hammer but i got the gavel. "justice" starts now. >> hello and welcome to justise. i'm judge jeanine. thanks for being with us. shawn spicer from the rnc is standing by. he's the senior communications advisory to president-elect trump's transition team and ambassador john bolton will join me live as well. later on i'll speak to scott mayma baio. first, my opening statement. the left has been telling you for years what you can eat, what you should say and now how you should feel. take a listen to michelle obama. >> yes. i do. because we feel the diffe

. >> while trump has resisted blaming russia, members of his own party are standing behind the obama ministration, promising to impose additional sanctions in congress. senator lindsey graham on a congressional delegation to russia's neighboring states took on trump's comments. >> i think most of us, democrats and republicans, really believe russia is up to no good all over the world. they're trying to break the back of democracy, and if we don't push back against putin, iran and china they could hack into our systems. >> reporter: intelligence officials attributed the attacks on u.s. political groups and officials on the dnc to russia. before the announcement of the u.s. retaliation, russia promised a response. a spokes woman for the foreign minister saying in a statement, frankly speaking, we are tired about lies about russian hackers that continue to be spread in the united states from the very top, and we can only add that if washington takes new hostile steps it will receive an answer. the white house is ready to respond, whatever actions russia takes. >> we can anticipate a resp

return of president putin who blamed the united states of america and obama administration for revolutions against his regime. remember there were massive protests in russia back in december 2011 and the spring of 2012 and putin blamed us for those protesters. there was an uptake in h harassment. and it was in a way that was apparent. the kgb, it is called the fsb now, if they want to follow you and not know it, they did it in a way where people knew it including me and my family. that's been repocorded on television cameras and i think that the secretary kerry had been trying to resolve these and the obama administration just got fed up and decided to do something before they left off. >> ambassador mcfaul, i want to get your reaction at an interesting scene in northern california. they invited the press in and handed out free shchampagne and did not announce that their chef was being kicked out of the country. >> they'll believing soon. one of the employees, he's the chef of the console. the new year's party that we'll have in an hour here and later on the new year eve, december 31st, we'll have the cook ourselves without his help. >> what's the point o

obama blames forces inside the kremlin for hacking the democratic party before the election and hints at possible retaliation. president obama: our goal continues to be to send a clear message to russia or others not to do this to us, because we can do stuff to you. laura: the evacuation of aleppo is halted again. u.n. officials warned that hundreds of children could die as a result. as a result. and they call the city a synonym for hell. and recording the journey to jail. how one photographer in new york is capturing the story of those visiting loved ones on rikers island. viewers onome to our public television in america and also around the globe. president obama said today he believes the cyberattacks on the democratic party were authorized by the highest levels in russia, and american intelligence officials have said moscow hacked e-mails to influence the election in favor of donald trump, a claim the president-elect has dismissed. the bbc's nick bryant reports. nick: did russian hacking help put donald trump in the white house? the cia and president obama says overwhelming evidence shows russian hackers try to sway the election in his favor by accessing democratic computers, and

today president obama held his annual year end news couldn't this afternoon and spoke about the growing controversy of russia meddling in last month's presidential election. mr. obama laid blamehe hacking that led to a slow drip of negative news around hillary clinton this past summer squarely at the seat of the russian government. he also said the united states will respond. >> to sandy clear message to russia or other -- send a clear message to russia or others not to do this to us because we can do stuff to you. and it's important to do that a thoughtful methodical way. some we do it publicly. some we do in it a way that they know but not everybody will. >> mr. obama stopped short the director of national intelligence say they back the cia's assessment that russia intervened to help done truck. the president-elect criticized that assessment and cast doubt on the intelligence that led to it. >> two students passed out at a school in new jersey this morning and investigators are trying to figure out why. chopper6 was over winslow township elementary school number one around 11:30 this morning while police and firefighters investigated. there were no evacuations at the school

. >> the former speaker is here to talk obama, trump and the hypocrisy behind the white house's blame game with russiat sean spicer joins me live to talk about the trump white house and rumors he may be in it. then -- >> don't take off until i get off this 18 -- how many wheels