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One of the reporters in the washington post story about an intelligence bombshell that was delivered to then president obama that included sourcing deep that detailed valiladimir putins election assault and that included putin specific instructions. the over arching theme is unwilling to engage and that putin was behind it. do we know if president trump seen that bombshell intelligence reporting detailing specific orders from putin? >> absolutely. thats one of the things we reported today is is ...

Russia interfered in the election and then move ahead and hold them accountable for their actions. otherwise, vladimir putin thinks he can do what he wants when he wants at no cost. why wouldnt he launch another cyber attack? and at the same time, were so distracts tracted with finger pointing and name calling that we have less time and attention to pay to the real issue of ongoing russian misbehavior around the world. were distracted which means were increasingly vulnerable. >> theres this new ...

He is fluent in mandarin and has worked for many u.s. agencies and defense contractors. he lost his top-secret security clearance in 2012 after leaving the government, but recently had been seeking new government employment. he faced up to life in prison should he be convicted. >> julie: thank you so much. ♪ >> leland: "happening now," "the washington post" with a bombshell report, calling into question how the obama administration handled russian hacking and their response to it during the el...

Quotes, wiretapping can mean anything. thats the old-fashioned way -- sean spicer reiterated that way from the press room. here, he put "tapes" in quotes. h he can lob out these wild accusations and escape from there later. >> i am launching a "nuclear weapon" against korea. >> that wasnt in quotes, he meant that part. but these are more serious, because now hes implicating himself. and when he goes out and talks about it again, hes putting more fuel on the fire for bob mueller. >> moments ago, ...

A lot of people just think let them kill each other, we have no stake there. these are sen trif cal forces, they wont contain themselves and theyll go into europe. >> president obama wanted to leave the middle east, the middle east isnt going to leave us. >> exactly. as we come back, as the white house continues its post election assault on benjamin netanyahu, do they risk pushing jewish voters in america to the gop?

Are we prepared today to say publicly how many states were targeted? >> we, as of right now, we have evidence of 21 states of election-related systems and 21 states that were targeted. >> you know, in any other year that remarkable testimony would probably be the biggest political story this week, but this isnt a normal year and that important testimony by dhs cyber guru janet monfra was overshadowed. she told the senate committee that russia targeted election systems in 21 states which honestly...