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Russian hacking, something discussed quite a bit during the election and in affront to an american democracy, a new cold war of sorts being fought online. russias interference in the election is nothing new. a specialist in all of this, hacking, security, privacy, his latest book is called "the emergence of the online cold war." you pose the question many of us are asking, are we at cyber war? are we? >> we need to redefine what that term means, the conventional way of thinking in the hacking an...

Welcome back to washington. were talking about the relationship between the trump administration and the press. its as tense as i ever seen it. lets take a moment here. imagine what would it be like in hillary clinton has been inaugurated a couple of days ago. would the media be in the same situation. would the administration be saying the same thing or would it be different. now bryan, youre weighing in. youre on twitter. you took a new job at priorities usa where one of the super pacs for the ...

Priority. he knows the departments obligations well, not only because he knows the department, but because he has seen those obligations observed in the breach from his seat beside us in the senate. to this legislator, the departments failure in the just enforcement of laws isnt just a policy disappointment on a particular issue, its an affront to the very separation of powers that defines our role and the voice of the people that warrants our votes. i imagine senator sessions may have thoughts ...

Independent leadership of the highest priority. he knows the departments obligations well, not only because he knows the department, but because he has seen those obligations observed in the breach from his seat beside us in the senate. to this legislator, the departments failure in the just enforcement of our laws isnt just a policy disappointment on a particular issue, its an affront to the separation of powers and the voice of the people that warrants our votes. senator session may have thoug...

Putin and try to reset the relationship with russia for lack of a better term. what is interesting about this incident in vermont, this instance of hacking is it is separate from the election. what has been difficult for donald trump in terms of accepting russias role in hacking the election, he thinks any discussion of this is an affront to his victory. he doesnt want to talk about it because it diminishes, he thinks his victory in some sense. this is totally separate from the election. im actu...

On. joining us now is sean duffy, a long-time trump supporter. good to see you, congress map, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> what do you think about obama blind siding president-elect trump. >> i think there is blind siding going on. the bromance is on skid row because you have barack obama who is in essence going to the u.n. with the israeli resolution. we have artic drilling. now we have sanctions on russia. we have had obama come out and say he would have won the election against d...

Duffy, a long-time trump supporter. good to see you, congress map, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> what do you think about obama blind siding president-elect trump. >> i think there is blind siding going on. the bromance is on skid row because you have barack obama who is in essence going to the u.n. with the israeli resolution. we have artic drilling. now we have sanctions on russia. we have had obama come out and say he would have won the election against donald trump. mrs. obama say...

Each other. fundamentally when you are president of the united states you can disagree with him on any number of issues but fundamentally barack obama respects the office of the presidency. respects the peaceful transition of power and offered repeatedly to help the president-elect in his transition. he has tried to do that. unfortunately the president-elect takes any statement that is not in his favor as a personal affront hence the not, very presidential of him by the way. you know, its unfort...

They are cordial, pligh polite o each other. fundamentally when you are president of the united states you can disagree with him on any number of issues but fundamentally barack obama respects the office of the presidency. respects the peaceful transition of power and offered repeatedly to help the president-elect in his transition. he has tried to do that. unfortunately the president-elect takes any statement that is not in his favor as a personal affront hence the not, very presidential of him...

To his base which he continues to do regardless of the fact that, you know, he has to be the president for the whole country. >> thats right. i think part of this is saving face with his supporters because obama went and said in an interview that he thought he could have beat donald trump in this election if he had been given that opportunity. and so, for donald trump -- >> was that the turning point, do you think? that comment? >> i think it certainly set donald trump off. as he has said in the...