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Originalist interpretations of the constitution. >> thats going to last until trumps first supreme court nomination. >> how are they misreading hamilton on the electoral college? >> the electors can exercise whats called discernment if they find, in an extraordinary case between the general election and when they vote something that was not known to voters and renders someone unfit for the presidency. thats a very high bar, and the framers never intended for the electors to be second-guessers to...

>> doesnt it send a message though when it appointed bast tore israel. ambassador to israel isnt just any country. what kind of message does he send? >> i think the best message here is the one of close friendship with israel. because friedman is very very close to the president. to the president elect. so hes going to have donald trumps ear. and they are sending a message to israel that we care about them. were not going to have any of this needless friction that we had between the obama admini...

Election in 2020. look at whats happened in eastern europe. look at what the baltic states about russian intervention in their own affairs via the digital sphere, and they will tell you the same thing that we saw during this election. the russians are aggressive in intervening in their own elections. looking forward the president elect should not be focused on what happened in november. he should be saying how do we work with the white house now and how do we protect americans in four years? >> ...

Line area which means it was contemptuous of the united states and the international system in general. >> well see what the president elects response is moving forward. thank you so much for spending some time with us this weekend. up next, president obama all but names vladmir putin as the man behind russias alleged attempts to mettle in the united states election. well take you live to moscow with the latest details after this quick break.

A very active role since the 2012 election shaping senate or republican primaries and recruiting candidates. he recruited marco rubio to run for his old seat. so this is a set wak for him. and there are other potentially ones down the road. other issues where he disagrees. trade is a big one. another one is relations with russia. also potentially a massive infrastructure package. i think mitch mcconnell is hoping to keep his losses to a minimum when it comes to dealing with trump. >> what does m...

Assessment. but they are less confident on others. to be clear, there is no agreement on russia been the perpetrator of the attacks. >> is it clear whether the hacking activity is continuing? or attempting to continue is this. >> reporter: law enforcement officials telling us at cnn and my colleagues that it is continued. its continued in fact unabaded since the election targeting u.s. political institutions, political parties. that includes the democrat party. there was apparently an unsuccessf...

>> so what do you think when she talks like that about putin is really together with comey to blame for her failure? >> clearly thats her, you know, example a and example b of why she lost. right now theres no doubt that is what is coming out of hillary clintons mouth and her team. i would just say there again we saw a slight difference with president obama. he separated out the electoral system meaning as you were saying the votes are counted from the democracy. >> right. >> she combined them t...

Why only campaign until after hillary lost." hes made the fact of the timing several times about and it is factually untrue. that notion is not going down well with the intelligence community. some of whom put their lives on the line to keep a president or president elect informed. jim sciutto joins us with new reporting. there is a better picture why the white house came out with such force earlier today. explain. >> reporter: no question. the intelligence community believed for some time that ...

Interfere in the election. the obama administration was reluctant to expose the hacking earlier this year after the fbi investigation into hillary clintons e-mails it was worried about the appearance of government institutions politicizing the election. earlier this week josh earnest accused president elect trump the of not only knowing about russias hacks but encouraging that. earnest doubled down on his remarks yesterday. >> i can see him as a political pundit. that is disappointing to hear fr...

Responding to a shooting call last night when someone opened fire from inside a house. officers arrested three people following a standoff at that house. rising tensions between the current white house and the incoming administration. president elect trump has dismissed u.s. intelligence reports about russian interference in the election. while president obama has vowed retribution. we are waiting for president obama right now who is expected to come out and address specifically that. that is ...