they have no idea if it is russia or china or somebody.t could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> president-elect donald trump fires back at liberal smears that claim russian hacking helped him win the election. >> what i do think the administration has done consistently for eight years is politicize intelligence. >> john bolton and newt gingrich are here with reaction. >> he is a world class player. he's in charge of i guess the largest company in the world. >> then sources tell fox president-elect trump is getting ready to pick the ceo rex tillerson to be his secretary of state. rudy giuliani will weigh in. >> we're talk binge a candidate who has lost in an historic way in terms of the popular vote but clearly won in the electoral college. is this something of a national emergency? >> and the abusively biassed press continues to take shots at president-elect trump. monica crowley and doug schoen react. all of that and i go one-on-one with geraldo over immigration. "hannity" starts right here, right now. >>> and welcome to "hannit

russia directed the recent compromises of e-mails almost universally damaging to democrats and hillary clinton. throughout the campaign, mr. trump resisted. >> she has no idea whether it is russia, china orquoting myself. >> if it is russia, nobody knows, it's probably china. >> could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pound. okay. >> in july, candidate trump. egged on russian hackers to find deleted clinton e-mails. >> russia, if you are listening, 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> mr. trump also explained yesterday why he only takes intelligence briefings from time to time. >>> he discussed the hacking charges on cbs this morning. >> what's the difference between the conclusions of the fbi and the cia? >> even before the election, charlie, the entire u.s. intelligence community believed that the russians were interfering in the election. >> include the fbi? >> that includes the fbi it wasn't clear at that type, the motive. what's changed now and this is not official, right, all based on leaks, what's changed now is it seems like the cia believes that the intent advantage donald trump and disadvantage hillary clinton in the election. >> what's different? how did the cia

they have no idea if it is russia or china or somebody.t could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. they have no idea. >> why would the cia put out the story that the russians wanted you to win? >> i'm not sure they put it out. i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in politics in this country. >> if the interview, the president-elect said daily briefings are repetitive. >> if something should change from this point, immediately call me. i'm available on one minute's notice. i don't have to be told. i'm a smart american. i don't have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day for the next eight years. >> he said to receive one briefing a week instead of every day. back to the russian involvement in the u.s. election. the senators is demanding an investigation into the kremlin activi activities. cnn's ryan nobles has the latest. >> reporter: john and alison, this has a potential to be a showdown in the early days of the trump administration. a bipartisan group of sen

they have no idea if it is russia or china or somebody.t could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. i mean, they have no idea. >> why would the cia put out the story that the russians wanted you to win? >> i'm not sure they put it out. i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest

they have no idea whether it's russia or china or somebody. could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. they have no idea. >> whoi would the cia put out the story that the russians wanted you to win? >> i'm not sure they put it out. i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in terms of politics in the country and i think they're putting it out. >> this morning president-elect trump tweeted can you imagine if the election results are different and we tried to play the russian-cia card. it could be called a conspiracy. earlier today clinton's campaign manager, john podesta said that electoral college electors have the right to this information before they vote on december 19th. can you imagine if the tables were turned and it was donald trump's campaign trying to do this, this left would go nuts. before we get into the hypocrisy on this issue, let's lay the foundation. the left's recount scheme failed and failed miserably. so now they're going to blame the russians, blame hacking. there's no sm

russia directed the recent compromises of e-mails that were almost uniformly damaging to and hillary clinton. throughout the campaign, mr. trump resisted. >> she has no idea whether it's russia, china, or anybody else. >> i am not quoting myself. >> if it is russia. nobody knows. it could be china. it also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. okay? >> reporter: in july, candidate trump egged on russian hackers to find deleted clinton e-mails. >> russia, if you're listening, >> reporter: mr. trump also explained yesterday why he only takes intelligence briefings from time to time. >> i'm a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years. >> reporter: the trump transition continues to gauge senate reaction to the possible nomination of exxon-mobil c.e.o. rex tillerson as secretary of state. scott, tillerson's close ties to russian president already alarmed some republicans, potentially general dieding his confirmation. >> pelley: major, there's breaking news. we've been looking forward to the president-elect's first news conference scheduled for this thursday, but you understand that's changing now

i don't think it is right to disregard russia or china. we are a small country and we have the same moral priorities and relations. putin thinks about russian interests. clearct that we have a dialogue in syria is very helpful. look for problems with israel or the united states. issues.e many other they are well powers, they have interest of their own. any dissolutions. can't resolve all the problems with russia. we need to find an agreement between russia and united states. mainly on syria and other issues. >> we have another question here. >> thank you for joining us again this evening mr. lieberman. one new development that i'm of,'re aware i wonder given your exposure to it. your position of defense minister, i wonder if you think they can play a useful role when it comes to helping to resolve the conflict with the palestinians? the arab quartet recently intervened in an effort to try stop the palestinians. what role do you see them playing in trying to resolve that conflict? lieberman: they are the ones who pay the lipservice. it is a

president-elect put it in this interview this morning with chris wallace. >> they have no idea if it is russia or china. or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. it could be russia. i don't really think it is, but who knows? i don't know either. they don't know, and i don't know. >> he's saying they don't know. betsy, do you think that that assessment or the trust in the vasty of information -- voracity of information will change once his guy is leading the cia? >> it is a difficult duo answto. it is unprecedented and trump would say the cia doesn't know russia may have been involved in the hacks. broadly speaking, the intelligence community has come to the consensus that russian government actors were connected to the hacking of this information. it is not particularly controversial. it is extraordinary that trump would suggest the opposite is true. it just is baffling. it is something that i think is going to cause problems for him going forward. i think to the point about the idea that this entire investigation, the calls for an investigation are part of a narrative to undermine

saying they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody sitting in a bed someplace. those are fighting words. and the white house press secretary today went at it head-on. >> there's ample evidence that it was known long before the election and in most cases long before october about the trump campaign in russia. everything from the republican nominee himself calling on russia to hack his opponent. it might be an indication that he was obviously aware and concluded, based on whatever facts or sources he had available to him, that russia was involved. and their involvement was having a negative impact on his opponent's campaign. that's why he was encouraging them to keep doing it. >> so okay. now we have multiple reports that u.s. intelligence says that the russians interfered with the election specifically to help donald trump. we have donald trump saying that he doesn't believe it. and u.s. intelligence has no idea what they're talking about. and we have the white house suggesting today that quite possibly donald trump was aware of russia's involvement during the ca

it they have no idea if it is russia or china or somebody.could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. >> why would the cia put out the story that the russians wanted y you? >> i'm not sure they are putting it out. >> the president-elect discounted the importance of briefings by intelligence officers saying the briefings are repetitive. >> if something should change from this point, immediately call me. i'm available on one minute's notice. i don't have to be told. i'm a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every sing tle day for the next eight years. >> mr. trump has taken briefings sporadically as president-elect which could cause a rift with agencies. a bipartisan group of senators are demanding an investigation into the kremlin's activities. let's bring in ryan nobles at trump tower. >> reporter: john and alison. this has the potential to be a major showdown in the early days of the trump administration. a bipartisan group of senators calling for a full investigation into russia's role in interfering wi

republicans are also concerned and say that they want to get to the bottom of whether or not russia or china or any other countries are trying to influence our politics starting with this election. >> a lot to talk about. acie potts, thanks. loretta lynch will visit sterling to bring awareness to the sharp increase in hate crimes targeting muslims. recent fbi data shows these kind of crimes are up 67% compared to last year. lynch has said the numbers should be deeply sobering for all americans. >>> aaron schock is expected to be a raped today in court. he resigned last year after allegations of using government and campaign money for a lavish lifestyle. schock is expected to enter a not guilty plea at that hearing. his attorneys do acknowledge bad bookkeeping on his part, but say there was no intent to steal from the government or misuse campaign funds. >>> and this morning the white house could issue a new statement on a possession to commute chelsea manning's sentence. manning is serving a 35 year prison sentence for leaking thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. at the time she w

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody.omebody on a bed someplace. >> trump spent saturday morning taking aim at china after they took an unmanned drone. trump called it an unprecedented act. >> today rebel and government forces agreed to allow certain people to leave two government held villages in syria. the evacuation began today. it's only humanitarian cases including wounded are allowed to leave. dozens of busses have been sent to villages to begin the process. it's not clear if the limits set by the insurgents in the villages, will undermine action in aleppo. >>> dozens gathered to pray for a young boy with cancer. they gathered to show support for nico. he was diagnosed with cancer at the age of three. nico was there tonight for the service. people held glow sticks and a show of support for the fight against childhood cancers. "action news" is bringing you the best light displays from across the delaware valley. here is how they are fostering spirit in jewelers row. the lights welcome shoppers and strollerers alike g

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china. could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. >> reporter: claiming without offering specifics the analysis is politically motivated. >> i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. >> reporter: but it's not just democrats. a group of bipartisan senators are joining forces calling for congress to launch an in-depth probe into russia's tampering. saying the reports should alarm every american and urging cyberattacks cannot become a partisan issue. >> i think they did interfere with our elections and i want putin personally to pay a price. >> reporter: this as speculation continues over trump's nomination for secretary of state. multiple sources familiar with the transition telling cnn exxon mobil chairman and ceo rex tillerson has emerged as the frontrunner. >> he is much more than a business executive. he is world-class player. >> reporter: the possible nomination already sparking sharp criticis

. >> they have no idea whether it's russia or china or somebody. >> it's not at all clear to me that this hacking was not a false flag operation. >> there is no higher degrieve confidence can you get within the cia. >> it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> i don't know where he gets these images, they're kind of creep eye. >> i have the highest confidence in the intelligence community. >> stop tweeting, start taking your intelligence briefing. >> i don't have to be told the same thing every day. >> it isn't the same thing every day. it's constantly changing. >> it's another reason why he's incompetent. >> you don't like a smart person. >>> nbc news has confirmed donald trump will name exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson to be secretary of state. earlier their evening, donald trump tweeted, i will be making my announcement on the next secretary of state tomorrow morning, and minutes ago, mitt romney acknowledged that he has been told he will not be donald trump's choice for secretary of state. mitt romney wrote on facebook it was an honor to be considered for secretary of stat

. >> have no idea whether it's russia or china or somebody, somebody sitting on a bed someplace. >> reporter: trump tum was on twitter, taking aim on china, after that country seized an american drone. trump called it unprecedented. abc news, washington. >> the surgeon who created the life-saving heimlich maneuver died. dr. henry heimlich died at the age of 96. he suffered a heart take this week. heimlich was director of surgery at jewish hospital in cincinnati in 1974 when he devised the treatment for choking victims that made his name a household word. >> escort. attention. >> more than 2,000 people gathered today at an ohio state university auditorium to celebrate the life of ohio native, john glenn. vice president joe biden attended the service. glenn, former astronaut, marine corps fighter pilot and nor, died december 8th at the age of 59. >>> next, a look at heavy fire power taken off bay area streets today. >>> investigators close fog in on a cause of this massive fire. >>> and college football players abandon their plan to boycott a bowl game over the sexual >> a roaring fire that de

put some smarts in your car. >>> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody.could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. personally, it could be russia. >> he called on russia to hack secretary clinton. so he certainly had a pretty good sense of whose side this activity was coming down on. >> i think we ought to approach all of these issues on the assumption that the russians do not wish us well. >> reaction to the intelligence reports suggesting that russia not only interfered in the election or tried to, but also wanted donald trump to win. donald trump tweeting out this weekend, can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and we tried to play the russia/cia card? it would be called conspiracy theory. continuing, unless you catch hackers in the act, it is very hard to determine who was doing the hacking and why wasn't this brought up before the election? speaking of the election, the clinton team now saying they want the e

the interesting of his licensing and brand i don't know what the deal with turkey looks like or russia or china or why he's bombing this one or refuses to sanction that one. >> can i add one other thing? the government right now is looking at ways to potentially put consequences on vladimir putin for interfering with the election. how? they're looking at his -- >> financial holdings. >> his financial holdings, his secret financial holdings. how are we going to stop a financial or a foreign government from doing the same to donald trump if they decide they don't like the government policies he enacts overseas in tern countries? are they going to do the same to his holdings? his buildings overseas? his brands overseas? his companies? are they going to stop going to his d.c. hotel? and in effect is that going to color the way donald trump does his foreign policy and the decisions he makes? >> ali, i think it's the "journal" tonight reporting that someone from inside trump tower said facetiously "do you want us to sell these at a --" this would be a fire sale. are they looking at a fire sale? >> he

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody, it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> reporter: but the clinton camp says there's no debate russia affected the election. >> i think it was distorted by the russian intervention, let's put it that way. >> reporter: "saturday night live" joked that putin is like santa delivering trump christmas gifts. >> is elf on the shelf. you just put it right here next to your internet router. >> reporter: electors had wanted more information. 80 of them asking for a briefing on russia before casting their vote, but intelligence officials declined. republican electors have reportedly been bombarded with pleas to ditch trump. on twitter today trump saying, if my many supporters acted and threatened people like those who lost the election are doing, they would be scorned and called terrible names. trump once blasted the electoral college as a disaster for democracy. but now he's praising the process. >> i never appreciated it until now how genius it was. what they had in mind. >> this was mary bruce reporting. california has more ele

president-elect donald trump -- >> they have no idea if it is russia or china. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> do these statements from donald trump involving the russians, what do you think? resident obama: i think the president-elect is still in transition mode, from the campaign to govern its. he still has campaign spokespersons filling in and appearing on cable shows. jonathan: hillary clinton is also speaking out, saying that targeted her because asked secretary of state she spoke out against corruption in russian elections. clinton blames her loss on the hacking and the announcement by fbi director james comey that agents were looking at new emails connected with her private ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand. ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪ take a good look around... ♪ ...and if you're lookin' down, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart. (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars to help real people like these. jonathan: another i

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> reporter: trump spent saturday morning on twitter, taking aim at china after that country seized an unmanned american drone during routine operations near the philippines. trump called it an unprecedented act. mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> coming up on "abc7 news" at 9:00, the new rules for young doctors that some say could put in americans at risk for dangerous errors. and is he joking or not? why ilan musk's funny tweets could be grounded in reality, when we return. >>> attenhut! >> more than 2,000 people gathered in ohio to celebrate the life of ohio native john glenn. vice president joe biden was among those who attended the memorial service. glenn, a former astronaut, marine fighter pilot and senator, died december 8 at the age of 95. >>> doctors could soon be working 28 hours straight. a private group has proposed the longer shifts. right now first-year residents are restricted to 16-hour shifts. evidence showed exhaust

questioning the conclusion it was russia that hacked the dnc and john >> they have no idea whether it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed some place him they have no idea. >> reporter: now a bipartisan call for congressional investigation noose what the agencies say russia did and why. republican leaders pointedly backing the cia over the president-elect. >> i have a confidence in the tral intelligence agencies. >> reporter: president obama spoke for the first time since the election, sharply criticizing trump. >> you didn't nee benefitted from malicious russian activity. >> reporter: no unanimous conclusion about russia's motives. in fact, john mccain does not think russia was trying to help trump. >> i do not and for that's the reason why we need a full investigation, but i haven't seen no evidence of that. >> reporter: also, trump, escalating his war with the cia, dismissing the agency's crown jules the presidential daily i'm a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing and the same word every single day for the next eight years. it could be eight years, i

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. i mean, they have no idea. >> reporter: now a bipartisan call for congressional investigations into what the intelligence agencies say russia did and why. republican leaders pointedly backing the cia over the president-elect. >> i have the highest confidence in the intelligence community and especially the central intelligence agencies. >> reporter: and president obama's spokesman since the ee lepgs sharply criticizing trump. >> you didn't need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious russian cyber activity. >> reporter: but no unanimous conclusions about the russia's motive. cain said he he did not think he was trying to help trump. >> we need a full i have seen no evidence of that. >> reporter: also trump escalating his war with the cia, dismissing the agency's crown jewels, the presidential daily brief. >> i don't have to be told. you know, i'm like a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing and the

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> always such a visual. all right, that obviously prompted a string of angry tweets from former illinois congressman, republican joe walsh, who said, quote, i'm an american. some foreign government has been messing with our elections. that is b.s. that can't stand. i'm an american. this morning, trump tweeted, can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and we tried to play the russian/cia card. it would be called a conspiracy theory. congressman walsh joins me now. congressman, good morning. you have supported donald trump in the past. and u.s. intelligence has for two months said that russia was deliberately trying to interfere with our election, and donald trump has never embraced those findings. so what now? why this weekend were you set off into a twitter rage? >> i went after this during the campaign, stephanie, but i mean, think about it. you're right. "the washington post" came out friday night and said, russia at

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. they have no idea. >> reporter: tonight a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for an investigation saying reports of russian interference should alarm every american. trump's recent comments are raising serious questions about whether he trusts u.s. intelligence and trump admits he's not receiving the classified presidential daily briefings. at least not every day. >> i get it when i need it. i don't have to be told, you know, i'm like a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day for the next eight years. >> reporter: trump's secretary of state will inherit the complex russian relationship, and tonight there are concerns about trump's likely pick exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson and his deep ties to president putin. >> i've known him since 1999, and i have a very close relationship with him. >> reporter: but trump says those ties are a good thing. >> to me, a great advantage is he knows man

they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> reporter: trump's proclamation puts him at odds withment experts in the intelligence community and senior members of his own party who today insisted they support a congressional probe into any possible russian attempt to influence the election. >> the russians are not our friends. we ought to approach all of these issues on the assumption that the russians do not wish us well. >> it was a great, great meeting. >> reporter: with five positions in trump's cabinet left to fill, trump tower was a hive of activity today. first to arrive was carly fiorina, whose war of words with trump during the primaries was legendary. >> donald trump said the following about you, quote, look at that face. would anyone vote for that? can you imagine that? the face of our next president. >> i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> reporter: today fiorina messaged as a possibility candidate for director of national te

they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody, it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. >> reporter: and as a candidate, even seemed to encourage russia to hack clinton during his last news conference in july. >> but it would be interesting to see. i will tell you this, russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. >> reporter: so will his tone change? tonight a top transition official telling nbc news, mr. trump is prepared to address the issue with president obama even if not publicly. >> the president-elect and the president will probably confer about this before anything happens and my guess is because they have the common cause and the common interest of the american people, that connect the two of them. >> reporter: high stakes as the president-elect prepares to take office. kristen welker, nbc news, orlando. >>> as we head into the weekend, millions of americans are headed for the most bitter blast of the season so far. dangerous cold and snow on the way fo

. >> like a russia or a china. >> like a russia or a china. so what to do? the answer is, it's several fold. the greatest thing that we could do in the near term is increase the size of the air force. so i mentioned, where this -- we are you know, we've been downsizing for 25 years, we're now the smallest active duty force that we've been since 1947 when we became an air force. and you can't do too many things at once if you're that small because capacity matters. so to increase the size modestly, i'm not talking about hundreds of thousands of people -- but that would allow us to plug some holes and also build up certain capabilities, particularly isr, cyber and a few other areas, fighter pilots we're short. so these are some areas that we want to build up. so grow the air force is the first thing i would recommend. the second thing is, continue to fund some of these high-end capabilities, particularly in the training environment to get ready. so this means our -- upgrade our ranges, for example, so that we can practice against the simulated high-end threats

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it would be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. personally, it could be russia. i don't really think it is, but who knows. i don't know either. they don't know and i don't know. >> yesterday, he tweeted incorrectly that the white house acted only after the election. and today, trump returned to campaign mode, using the information from the russia hack to attack hillary clinton. tweeting, quote, are we talking about the same cyberattack where it was revealed that head of the dnc illegally gave hillary the questions to the debate? meanwhile, according to "the new york times," trump has also questioned the motives of the intelligence community. quote, mr. trump has said privately in recent days that he believed there are people in the cia who are out to get him, and a working to delegitimize his presidency. according to people briefed on the conversations who describe them on the condition of an m anonymity. for more on this, i'm joined by kristen welker from orlando, yamiche alcindor, a

no idea if it's russia or china or can be somebody sitting in bed someplace. >> no idea. could be somebody sitting in a bed. and just yesterday at mar alago. >> think about sanctions. >> i think get on with our lives. computers complicated lives greatly. age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what is going on. >> nobody really knows what is going on. notice this is a device of donald trump's we're probably going to hear a lot. if you can maintain doubt about a problem's existence you're under less pressure to solve it. may not even be a problem. that's how climate change denial works. just flagging and understanding this trump trick, strategic ignorance if you like, can help inoculate against spreading. it's true that trump doesn't need to implement any policy until the 20th. but this may reflect the pickle he's in, cia's mount s evidence of sabotage and warm public embrace with putin. but administration not in the pickle. as evidence accrued moved from evidence to consequences. in other words instead of nobody really knows, obama's position is we know. we

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. they have no idea. >> now a bipartisan call for congressional investigations into what the intelligence agencies say russia did and why. republican leaders pointedly backing the cia over the president-elect. >> i have the highest kconfidene in the intelligence community. >> president obama's spokesman for the first tile since the election sharply criticizing trump. >> you don't need a security clearance to figure out who benefitted from malicious russian cyber activity. >> no unanimous conclusion about russia's motive. john mccain saying he did not think russia was trying to help trump. >> i do not. that's the reason we need a full investigation. but i have seen no evidence of that. >> also, trump escicating his war with the cia, dismissing the agency's crown jewels, the presidential daily brief. >> i don't have to be told -- i'm like a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next e

. >> they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed unless you catch hackers in the act, it is very hard to determine who is doing the hacking. why wasn't this brought up before the election? but it was. in october, 17 american government intelligence agencies including the cia released this rare statement saying the u.s. intelligence community is confident that the russian government directed the recent compromises of e-mails. >> when we say we're confident, i think it speaks for itself. >> reporter: trump still refusing to believe it. >> it could be russia. i don't really think it is, but who knows. >> reporter: the president-elect also disputing reports that the cia believes russia's goal was to hurt hillary clinton and help trump get elected. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think it's just another excuse. i don't believe it. >> reporter: a much different take from the white house on mr. trump. [000:03:53;00] >> he called on russia to hack secretary clinton, whose side this activity was coming dow

if it is russia or china or someone sitting in a bed someplace. >> so why would the cia put out a story that the russians wanted you -- put it not think they out. i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the politics of this country. >> i want to ask about your skepticism about the intelligence community. presidentialng the daily brief only once a week. >> i get it when i needed. >> is there some skepticism? >> these are very good people giving me these briefings. change,hing should immediately call me. i am available on one minute's notice. i am a smart person. i do not have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years. i do not need that. but i do say, if something should change, let me know. meantime, my generals are being briefed, mike pence is being briefed. who, by the way, is terrific. i am being briefed also. but if they are going to tell me the exact same thing they told me -- it does not change necessarily. told theneed to be same thing every day, every

they cannot tolerate a foreign power, russia or china, trying to interfere in the u.s.ctions, but they also cannot say openly what their sources are. they have to find a balance, they have to protect their sources. this is quite a difficult task for the obama administration right now. christopher: just briefly, donald trump, the president-elect will be assuming office in january. is he going to maintain the sanctions? has he said anything? >> i have not seen any reactions from donald trump yet but think he probably does not like those new sanctions, additional sanctions against russia. it will be very hard for him to undo them for a very simple reason, because there are many republican senators -- just to wench in -- to mention one, senator mccain -- who are very much in favor of sanctions against russia. if you want to undo sanctions you probably need to republican party for it. i do not think that donald trump can count on senator mccain, lindsey graham and other people who are part of the republican party in the senate and they want to -- they want even stronger sanc

in as president, donald trump seems determined to tear up the diplomatic playbook, be it with russia or china the geopolitical tectonic plates are most definitely on the move. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, at the white house. katty: ok, what does all this mean? bill cohen is still with me. you have worked throughout your career with intelligence services. with af, out with the -- with a with this if it was as mr. trump says, ridiculous? mr. cohen: i don't think so. this is really going at the heart of the intelligence community to call them either unprofessional or biased in some way, incompetent. it will undermine morale certainly in the intelligence community. and he said "this is the same group that brought you nuclear weapons in iraq." well, they did make a mistake on that, they make mistakes over the years, but they have had success is. that would be the equivalent of saying donald trump is not successful because he filed bankruptcy on several companies of his. that does not mean he is not a great businessman. i think for the most part we support our intelligence community. these people are