analysis on the russian hacking story as well as the deteriorating situation in syria we're joined by tom donilon and cbs foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan. on the one hand have you a president saying he'll retaliate against the russians and the president-elect doesn't believe the beginning premise that the russians were involved. what do you make of that pretty big comment. >> i was struck by kellyanne's comments as i have been by donald trump's comments for weeks and months and reluctance to do which is what normally happens in national security matters which is a unified consensus. the obvious thing for kellyanne conway and donald trump to say is i want a full investigation

plus former obama national security advisor tom donilon weighs in on the global challenges for the president and a new book on isis. and kellyanne conway discusses the transition and we'll have a conversation with ta-nehisi coates about the obama legacy. that's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. we turn to the president-elect senior adviser kellyanne conway. i understand you just got off the phone with mr. trump. do you have news you have to deliver. >> he want to say hello and looks to joining you in the future as the president in an interview. >> dickerson: we'll hold him to that commitment. late me ask you about the theory i've gotten from republican officials this past week. the theory is once donald trump clears the electoral vote on monday will drop the skepticism russia was involved in hacking the election. what do you make of that theory? >> the entire nonsense about the electors using the russian hacking issue undermines our democracy more than any other conversation and we were struck by the disagreement and consternat

election hacking and joining me is former ibm chair sam palmisano and national security advisor tom donilon. i'm pleased to have you both here. first briefly and then we'll turn to contemporary issues and come back to the report per se how this came about. >> well, the president looked at what the challenges were and things that had been addressed in the first seven years of his term and determined there were a number of challenges and essentially what this was was a preparation of a transition memo for the next president. >> rose: jim clapper the director of national intelligence -- >> has in the last presentations to the congression on the major threats to the united states ranked cybersecurity number one. it's not the case the country has treated it as the number one threat. we have far more resources and emphasis in mine share and attention to counterterrorism which is appropriate and homeland security than we were in terms of a range of dimensions really underfocussed on the cybersecurity challenge and there were a number of things to do to enhance it and that's how the commission came

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