the c.i.a. has concluded the russians intervened, why do >> every week, it's another excuse. we had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the electoral college. >> stephen: okay, since you brought it up, there have been 58 presidential elections, so far. of those 58, your victory ranked 46th in the electoral college. down here. okay, you're below garfield, and he was a cat. >> we had many people saying one of t g time. >> stephen: can you name one of those many people? >> my children. >> stephen: anybody who's not you or your family who believes this was a landslide victory? >> it could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. >> stephen: i guess they have beds in russia. so why don't you read your daily intelligence briefing? >> you know, i'm like a smart person. >> stephen: how are you like a smart person? >> nobody really knows. >> stephen: are the russian influencing you? >> no. i don't believe that at all. >> stephen: let's test that. do you think rocky really beat >> well, if you loo

the c.i.a. has weighed in. the director of the n.s.a., admiral rogers told the ""wall street journal" "last month about wikileaks that, "it was a conscious effort by a nation state to attempt to achieve a specific effect." what about the f.b.i.? >> well, the f.b.i. is-- is-- is a little harder to understand where they are on this. i mean, there's been lots of speculation about investigations and surveillance efforts that were under way during the election, but a lot of that really remains murky. director comey, notably, did not sign off-- at least publicly-- on the letter that the director of national intelligence and director of homeland security issued in late october, accusing russia, confronting russia, with this kind of intervention. and i think that's partly because the f.b.i. is still pursuing this case. it's still trying to assemble a lot of this information and is trying to stay out of the political frey that is quickly enveloping this story. >> stewart: let's talk about the politics of this. at any poi

is supporting the c.i.a. nt that russia interfered in the united states presidential election and the country was trying to shift the race in favor of president-elect donald trump. on fox news sunday reince priebus voicing doubt about those claims. >> all of these players that are spinning the reports are doing it for a political purpose which is to --. >> do you think the c.i.a. director --. >> no but when it was leaked last week with no, in the "washington post" and the "new york times" then leak by people from the intelligence community, to the newspapers or through third party source, that is not appropriate. >> we have mike baker former c.i.a. operative and the co-funder of diligence llc. first, where reince priebus left off, how do you see this, you are a federal member of the intelligence community, once a member always a member, how do you see this? is this a dismissile for political purposes? >> no doubt we have moved into the politicizing. john brennan issuing an open letter to the staff at the c.i.a

trump dismissed the c.i.a.'on that the russians were trying to help him win as "ridiculous." he pointed to apparent disagreements between the spy agency and the f.b.i. and i have great respect for them. but if you read the stories, the various stories, they're disputing. and certain groups don't necessarily agree. personally, it could be russia. it-- i don't really think it is. but who knows? i don't know either. they don't know and i don't know. >> yang: this morning, he tweeted that if "the election results were the opposite and we tried to play the russia/c.i.a. card, it would be called conspiracy theory!" russia is also an issue with a potential secretary of state in the trump administration: exxon mobil c.e.o. rex tillerson. he's done a lot of business there and has close ties to president vladimir putin. that's a reason for concern say some senate republicans, including john mccain. >> maybe those ties are strictly commercial and got to do with his business in the oil business. fine. but we'll give him a f

president barack obama: unless the american people genuinely think the c.i.a., the f.b.i., are less trust worthy than the russians, then people should pay attention to what our intelligence agencies say. mary: trump has repeatedly refused to accept russia's involvement. >> there is this conclusive opinion among all of these intelligence agencies then they should issue a report or stand and make f a camera the case. mary: president obama said he addressed the hacking with putin back in september. president barack obama: talked to him directly and tell him to cut it out or there will be serious consequences if he didn't. mary: obama says that warning stopped future attacks but the current head of the dnc disagrees. >> no. they did not stop. they came after us absolutely every day until the end of the election. mary: the president has promised retaliation against russia but refused to say what it would be. washington. kimberly: sad news to report from hollywood. actress and socialite zsa zsa gabor died today. she was 99 years old. tmz reports she suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the

>> the c.i.a. thinks they have a i>> the c.i.a. thinks they have a slam dunk case.nnouncer: but can we trust our will own intelligence agencies? you and this town was once the 10th fastest dying city in america. >> we had 3000 vacant houses in a city of 50,000. announcer: what can we learn from their comeback story? plus, feeling the stress of our political discord? struggling to get sleep? we've got an app for that. but first, security agencies agree. russia is hacking us. what's next? soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact." soledad: influential senators from both parties are calling for an independent investigation of russian meddling in the u.s.

this comes as the "washington post" reports that the c.i.a. has concluded that russia aimed specifically to help mr. trump win the election. key senators in both parties were reportedly given a closed-door briefing last week, the c.i.a. assessed that russia was intentionally meddling in the election to support trump. yesterday president obama ordered intelligence officials to carry out a full review of the cyberattacks by russia during the election. >>> today the president-elect is spending the day at the army/navy game. this is video just into our news room of him at the game in baltimore. he tweeted that he was going to the big match-up as a show of support for our armed forces. >>> and in about an hour, trump's campaign manager, kellyanne conway, will lead the christmas parade in new jersey. but her appearance is not without controversy. several anti-fascist groups will protest. she's getting a key to the city. conway was raised there and went to st. joe's high school in hamilton. >>> next up, a heartfelt tribute to a new jersey singer gunne

the director of the c.i.a. wrote jasta will have grave implications for the united states, the most damaging consequence would be for those u.s. government officials who dutifully work overseas on behalf of our country, the principle of sovereign immunity protects u.s. officials every day and is rooted in reciprocity. if we fail to uphold this standard for other countries, we place our own nation officials in danger. no country has more to lose from undermining that principle than the united states, and few institutions would be at greater risk than the c.i.a., which certainly makes sense. so here we have from the director of the c.i.a. to the vice president of the united states, to the chairman of the joint chief of staffs, to the president of the united states, to the secretary of defense, all want us to narrow the interpretation of this law. what does it require? whose word more do you want? all i'm saying, that we need to narrow the law. we must make it clear that countries will not be held responsible for r

>> the c.i.a. thinks they have a i>> the c.i.a. thinks they have a slam dunk case.ouncer: but can we trust our will own intelligence agencies? you and this town was once the 10th fastest dying city in america. >> we had 3000 vacant houses in a city of 50,000. announcer: what can we learn from their comeback story? plus, feeling the stress of our political discord? struggling to get sleep? we've got an app for that. but first, security agencies agree. russia is hacking us. what's next? soledad: i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "matter of fact."

the role of the c.i.a. director is to provide that kind of credible intelligence. that's the whole purpose of providing the so-called presidential daily brief. it's to inform the president of what's taking place in the world, what do we know about the world, what do we know about crises, what do we know about those that are trying to in some way threaten this country? frankly, one of the concerns i have right now is that this president is not getting his intelligence briefings. he's taken a few of them, but he's not getting them every day. if you're president of the united states, you better be in touch on a daily basis with your intelligence briefers so that you have an understanding as the what is happening in the world, what are the crises you have to pay attention to and what steps do you have to take in order to deal with those crises. >> dickerson: explain for people why a president couldn't check in with his intelligence briefers every once in a while, didn't need it every day? >> it doesn't work that way. you are constantly on the intelligence scale looking

he would find on the wall of stars 113 names of american c.i.a. atives and employees who died defending this country, and one of them, hugh redman, was 19 years a prisoner in shanghai where he was tortured by the chinese communists. i should not get ahead of myself because donald trump doesn't like people who were captured, he likes people who weren't captured. but these are patriots and people who work hard and no president who's coming in should ever disparage or demean or denigrate the heroic efforts these people go to to keep us safe. >> ramesh, mark mentioned rex tillerson choice by donald trump to head the state department. they will be these confirmation hearings. what do you think is going to come out of that? do you think he's going to sail through knowing what we know about his close connections with mr. putin? >> my suspicion is he will not see this process as one of sailing through. i think there will be tough questioning. i think he comes with some real advantages. i think the republicans, who of course have a majority in the senate, t

the new administration. plus former defense secretary and c.i.a. director leon panetta will also weigh in on what it takes to succeed in the oval office. and, as always, political reporters give us their views on the week and what's to come. it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. president-elect donald trump maid some key hires this week and shocked some members of the foreign policy establishment. we begin this morning with the new white house chief of staff, reince priebus, who joins us from the rnc headquarters in washington. let me ask you about the secretary of state pick. what's happening with that now? >> well, there's going to be an announcement this week, and obviously we know it's going to be general mattis and what a hero, someone that i think all americans can look to and say, we're going to be in great hands with this person that i think all americans look up to, one of the most decorated marines of our generation and someone who has a strategic mind, someone that's going

the c.i.a. says the kremlin tried to swing the election to donald trump. he says... >> i think it's ridiculous. >> pelley: also tonight, cbs news rebels are outgunned and outnumbered. >> this is an opposition group. the government can launch attacks. >> pelley: he's fighting for compensation after spending half his life in prison. >> for a crime he did not commit. >> pelley: and she lost the love of her life in the oakland

the first, conservative presidential candidate and former c.i.a. erative, evan mcmullin is joining us. then another one! d. jd. j. khaled is here, every! major key in the house! ( cheers and applause ) let's get straight into it. i don't know about you, but for me, every day since donald trump won has been an emotional rollercoaster. every day it ranges from, ah to ahhh! and what makes it worse than a rollercoaster is the fact this ride is going to be four years long, and the scarriest thing is we're still just waiting in the line! the ride hasn't etch started yet! and today was definitely ahhh! >> scott pruitt, donald trump's pick for environmental protection agency administrator is a staunch climate change defire. >> donald trump expected to pick fast food c.e.o. andy poster, outspoken against regulation. >> he is against raising the federal minimum wage over $9 an hour. >> trevor: ahhh! ahhh! ahhh! ( laughter ) you know, sometimes i think trump is trolling us, people! america has a troll. it's the ultimate troll. you realize almost every single p

. >> the chairman of the house intelligence committee wants a classified briefing from the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. on the matter. by no later than friday of this week. >>> back now to the aftermath of the oakland warehouse fire and signs that lawsuits by those affected by the fire could be coming soon. ktvu's tom vacar talked to a san francisco attorney about what could come next. >>> we saw a number of law firms offering services to the survivors. the time has come from counting to the family of wrongful death lawsuits. >> the issue is whether the person that died or the people that died, died at the hands of negligence of somebody else. into brian is an experienced wrongful death attorney at a san francisco law firm. the question is who can sue? >> children or a spouse. now if neither a child or spouse is living, the parents or siblings may bring an action and additionally if a surviving person is dependent on the dependent there can are others that can sue. >> there could be dozens of lawsuits. >> what is a life worth? >> it is a case-by-case basis? the value of the case is based

it is not just the media that is reporting that the c.i.a.-- >> no, it's the left. >> woodruff: the mediad republican senators, including mitch mcconnell, who are saying there needs to be an investigation. but spike, i want to ask you one another thing, a man you know very well, reince priebus, who has been the chairman of the republican party, now named to be the chief of staff under president-elect trump, said in an interview today that he thinks there are going to be fewer press briefings. in other words-- >> no, that's not what he said. actually, no, no, no. with all due respect, judy, not to keep using the phrase over and over again. he was asked by a radio talk show host if all of the traditiontraditions and businesl were going to be kept, and he threw out a bunch of suggestions and said we need to rethink everything. do we need to do everything every day? does it need to be on camera. some of the stuff that frankly, your own colleagues and different academics institutions have questioned as well. so, please, don't turn that on us. we only cited several things that would be under co

even the c.i.a. concluded the russians intervened, why do you disagree with your own intelligence agency? >> every week, it's another excuse.

even the c.i.a. intervened, why do you disagree with your own intelligence agency?

the c.i.a. says the kremlin tried to swing the election to donald trump. he says... >> i think it's ridiculous. >> pelley: also tonight, cbs news is inside syria where the rebels are outgunned and outnumbered. >> this is an opposition group. the government can launch attacks. >> pelley: he's fighting for compensation after spending half his life in prison. >> for a crime he did not commit. >> pelley: and she lost the love of her life in the oakland fire. now a photographer has given her a priceless gift. >>

. >> woodruff: the c.i.a. and other u.s. intelligence agencies have concluded russia was behind the hack of the democratic national committee and other political organizations, but are yet to produce their evidence publicly. today, the private cyber security company that first uncovered the d.n.c. hack unveiled new details they claim confirm russian military intelligence service was behind the computer breach. here to explain all of this is dmitri alperovitch, the co- founder of crowdstrike, the company that found the computer code. and thomas rid is a professor at kings college london. his latest book is "rise of the machines: a cybernetic history." and we welcome both of you to the "newshour". dmitri alperovitch, let me start with you. what is this new information? >> this is an interesting case we've uncovered actually all the way in ukraine where ukraine artillerymen were targeted by fancy bear, the target of the d.n.c., but this time they were targeting their cell phones to understand their location to the russian artill

the c.i.a. emlin tried to swing the election to donald trump.s ridiculous. >> pelley: also tonight, cbs news is inside syria where the rebels are outgunned and outnumbered. >> this is an opposition group. the government can launch attacks. >> pelley: he's fighting for compensation after spending half his life in prison. >> for a crime he did not commit. >> pelley: and she lost the love of her life in the oakland fire. now a photographer has given her a priceless gift.

even the c.i.a. has concluded the russians intervened, why do

. >> exon has their own department that does forecasting of the same kind that the c.i.a. does. he has had a dry run for the job in a way very few c.e.o.s have. >> trevor: that is insane. this man had his own c.i.a. i'm impresswith that. trump was also probably impressed but for his name. "wow, your name is rex, like a dinosaur. pretty cool!" another important part of being secretary of state is cultivating good relationships with foreign leaders. the question is, is tillerson up for the job? >> he's got very close connections with the kremlin at its highest level. he's met vladimir putin on numerous occasions. >> in 2013, putin awarded him the "order of friendship" medal, one of the highest russian honors to be received. >> putin pinned that medal on his chest. >> trevor: you know your country is hard core when friendship gets a medal because in america people are just like, "friends, friends, friends, friends." russia is like, "we know each other. don't get comfortable." that's how close these two are. tillerson even got vladimir putin to smile. yeah, look at that. nobody's eve

on the newshour tonight, as the c.i.a. concludes russia acted to sway the u.s.election in donald trump's favor, we talk with one of the bipartisan group of senators calling for an investigation. then, the future of obamacare: health and human services secretary sylvia burwell on the fate of the president's signature law under a trump administration. >> it's like a game of jenga where you have the puzzle pieces in and if you pull one out the thing will topple. >> woodruff: and... ♪ ♪ the music city feels the pressure: how nashville's booming housing market is threatening its historic culture.