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Election officials from 50 counties attended the half-day tabletop training exercise.

This coming up. >> at the end of the day theres no cause, no cure for stupid. i just wish there was a way to get at the problem without showing the video because in a way youre giving these jerk what is they wanted in the first place which is the attention but i dont know how you ignore it because its so wrong what they did to that kid. >> president elect donald trump finding an unusual ally to cast doubts that russia was behind election cyberattacks. why would he side with julian assange. the w...

>> until now trumps team has not scheduled a meeting with the heads of the top intelligence agencies. president obama met with the intelligence leader shortly after being elected in 2008. for months trump continued to cast doubts over the conclusion reached by 17 u.s. intelligence agencies that russia was behind the election cyberattacks. >> it could be somebody else. >> it could be russia but also china and lots of other people. it could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. ...

The intel community. plenty of other headlines coming out of the first press conference since the election. and to be complete on it he said yes i think russia did the hacks but later on he gave the same answer and said but it could have been something else. >> almost in the same breath he did say that russia carried out the sign area tacks but then he said its not the only country that hacked the u.s. here. it was taking a page out of his combative campaign play book. >> donald trump saying for...

President-elect doesnt understand the critical threat russia poses? >> i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact and they can have very positive impact or they can be undercutting of our national security. >> trump has spent months doubting u.t. intelligence findings that russia was behind the election cyberattacks. in a new interview, the president-elect suggesting the u.s. could ease tensions with russia. trump telling the times of london and german newspaper build, lets see if...

Warmer ties with the west? caught on camera. new video of the shooting rampage at the fort lauderdale airport. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." with just over a week before he assumes office, donald trump is staying largely silent on the election cyberattacks which u.s. intelligence says were ordered by vladmir putin to benefit trumps campaign. today, the president-elect dodged questions about it promisi...

Russia was behind election cyberattacks. >> it could be russia but also china and other people. somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. maybe there is no hacking. >> a conclusion the cia director says is ironclad. >> i would suggest they wait and see what the intelligence community is putting forward before they make the judgments. >> trump pointed out the intelligence community has been wrong before. especially when it pointed out that iraq had weapons of mass destruction but the ...

From the u.s. who u.s. officials say were posing as diplomats. evan perez is live for us in washington with more. evan? >> with only three weeks left in president obamas administration hes firing back at russia for their alleged meddling in the u.s. election. 35 russian diplomats now have less than 72 hours to leave the country. u.s. intelligence officials say they were spies posing as diplomats. the expulsion part of a massive crackdown by president obama against russian alleged election cybera...