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Would like to ask you about mr. trumps comments about lewis, the president elect called lewis all talk, talk, no action. can he really say that about the man who got his head cracked open walking across the bridge in salma, alabama on bloody sunday, all talk no action? do you think thats appropriate? >> i think donald trump has the right to defend himself when someone of john lewis stature, someone who is not only an icon in the civil rights movement but also someone who by virtue of sacrifice o...

Intelligence, that gru, russian military intelligence, and the fsb, russias international intelligence agency, formerly known as the kgb, hacked the dnc, stole materials. u.s. intelligence has indicated that they have turned those materials over to wikileaks in a precision intelligence operation intended to impact the election. and according to the cia, which by the way, their report came out on the same day my book came to print, september 23rd, said that that was done to elect donald trump pre...

Team as we have done throughout the course of our history. so there is no interest in undermining the president elect and new administration coming in. its our responsibility to make sure they understand exactly the dangers on the world stage so as they decide which policy course they want to pursue, they have the full benefit of the expertise, capability to experience and the intelligence that we have so that they can make the best decisions for the country. chris: you say you were offended and...

The intelligence community is. i very much hope that our relationship with russia improves, absolutely, theres very important things to do, not just counterterrorism but stability around the world, but theres a fair amount of responsibility on russias part to change their behavior, change their actions and what we need to do is make sure that mr. trump and vice president elect, mr. pence, understand exactly what it is that we know, what we have intelligence about so when they make those decision...

Chris: what about the intelligence community? >> whatever the source and we dont know what the source was that put this into the traffic. i know the director of national intelligence said that this information had been floating around for months. i think for the president elect and i it was an act of irresponsibility by a handful of news organizations to actually traffic in and pay attention to these materials. again, i think the american people saw it for what it was and our focus is going forw...

Selective leaks the new president elect. let me just ask my question because former top intelligence officials had been bashing mr. trump for months and i want to put a couple of these on the screen. former acting cia director mike wrote, in the intelligence business, we would say mr. putin had recruited mr. trump as unwedding agent of the russian federation and then former cia director said he preferred a different term, manipulated by moscow secretly held in contempt but whose blind support is...

On friday, mr. trump sent tweets, probably released by intelligence, intelligence in quotes, even knowing theres no proof and never will be. does the president elect really believe that the intelligence community is trying to undercut him and does he standby his comparison of those tactics to nazi germany? >> well, i think -- obviously the briefing that the president elect and i received a week ago was classified briefing and i cant comment on anything that happened there. chris: the intelligenc...

Weekend with the wall street journal that he might dramatically change relations with russia and, in fact, lift sanctions against russia if they begin to cooperate with us on isis and other areas. i want to put up a quote from that interview. mr. trump said, if you get along and if russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody is doing really great things. how quickly might he end sanctions on russia? >> i think the president elect has made it very clear that we have ...

Contract, on friday, low and behold she shows up on trump tower. we are working on a more affordable deal, whats going on? >> its obvious whats going on. neil: if its so obvious i wouldnt ask you. [laughter] >> responding to the president elects tactics and im not going to say its a bad idea to create jobs in the united states, i wont say that for a second. its also not a bad idea for the president to use his bully puppet, to encourage people to do things he wants them to do. if hes going to mak...