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They said they think its russia. i have president putin. he just said its not russia. >> reporter: other members of the trump administration continue to cast a much darker view of russia. >> we dont trust russia. we dont trust putin. we never will. theyre never going to be our friend. thats just a fact. >> reporter: and tonight concern that russian government hackers carried out probing cyber attacks on vital u.s. infrastructure including the power grid, potentially giving the kremlin the abilit...

The ability to turn off the lights. the department of homeland security and the fbi detailing a two-year multistage effort by mow c moscow targeting the u.s. energy grid. they planted malware that allowed them to move into larger networks. once inside the energy suppliers, they collected information on the facilities control systems, attempting to gain the ability to turn those systems off. >> theyre positioning malware so they could pull the trigger when they wanted to. but theyre also sending ...