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Christine romans, cnn, new york. thanks, christine. >> while the eclipse is still a day away, weve been experiencing this phenomenon for more than a year, heres jake tapper with the state of the cartoonian. >> reporter: as the sunrises and the new week begins, it occurs to us, theres been a lot of news on the horizon that perhaps hasnt gotten the light it deserved. a republican congressman dana rohrabacher met with fugitive wikileaks founder julian assange. nasa launched its newest communicati...

E-mails, never seen richs computer, yet -- >> its very consistent for a person with my experience to begin to think, well, perhaps there were some e-mail communications between seth and wikileaks. >> the u.s. government invests a lot of money in spy clouds. >> in another bizarre twist, the notorious hacker known as kim dotcom seen here in a an interview claims he has the evidence. why wont he produce it? he is fighting extradition to the u.s. for conspiracy, racketeering and money laundering. bu...

Staffer. or foreman reports on the anatomy of a conspiracy. >> i heard two gunshots the other night. >> d.c police spent months investigating the murder of 27-year-old seth rich. they believe it was a botched robbery that happened as he walked home late at night. the unsuccessful hunt for his killer, a frustration for them and the victims family. >> we will find his murderer. >> but former republican speaker of the house newt gingrich claimed over the weekend with no evidence that the case may b...

In fact, the whole crazy theory had already been debunked by cnn and/or n other news organizatio. but gingrich wasnt alone. he had only joined a flood of right wing conspiracy theorists pushing the notion. >> theres a possibility this is a guy who provided to wikileaks all the dnc e-mail. >> then he was shot in the back. >> and with no proof they even suggested the young murder victim may be to blame. claiming he was so angry at his own party for some reason that he handed over the e-mails to ge...

One big problem though. its not true. in fact, the whole crazy theory had already been debunked by cnn and other news organizations. but gingrich wasnt alone. he had only joined a flood of right wing conspiracy theorists pushing the notion. >> theres a possibility this is a guy who provided to wikileaks all those dnc e-mails. >> then he was shot in the back. >> and with no proof they even suggested the young murder victim may be to blame. claiming he was so angry at his own party for some reason...

Theer rift theorists have working to put it on someone else. >> i heard two gunshots. >> d.c police spent months investigating the murder of 27-year-old seth rich. they believe it was a botched robbery that happened as he walked home late at night. the unsuccessful hunt for his killer, a frustration for them and the vuk tictims family. former republican speaker of the house newt gingrich claimed over the weekend with no evidence that the case may be about something more sinister. >> this young m...

Unnamed source and from this private detective who says he has never seen the e-mails, never seen richs computer, yet -- >> its very consistent for a person with my experience to begin to think, well, perhaps there were some e-mail communications between seth and wikileaks. >> the u.s. government invests a lot of money in spy clouds. >> in another bizarre twist, the notorious hacker known as kim dotcom seen here in a an interview claims he has the evidence. why wont he produce it? he is fighting...

Agencies today. this for a high-level briefing on russian meddling and russian affairs. two top directors tell nbc news the report details cyber attacks on the democratic national committee as well as attacks on the federal government, but the white house joint chiefs of staff and american corporations have activity dating back to 2008. some of the hacks were successful say officials while others were thwarted. according to "the washington post," this involves the actors involved dealing with st...

Discouragement. >> reporter: james clapper retiring after 53 years in intelligence, serving every president since jfk, saying hes a-political, but preparing to brief a tough critic, the president-elect tomorrow about the russian hacking tomorrow face to face. >> youre going to be challenged tomorrow by the president-elect. are you okay with being challenged? >> absolutely. >> reporter: and just two hours before todays hearing, perhaps an olive branch from trump. backing off a tweet wednesday, se...