trump. the washington post report was a week ago tonight friday evening. later that night the new york times published a similar story citing its own sources. by the following day nbc news has confirmed the story, too. this week nbc news further reported that putin was directly involved in the hacking operation. cbs news then reported that as well. you know what? that s, of course, just the lame stream media. why believe any of them? everybody knows they re all just out to undermine donald trump. on republican tv, the president-elect has been repeatedly scoffing at the russian hacking claims. fox news contributor, possible state department employee john bolton said the whole thing was
has a personal beef against me. hillary clinton speaking with supporters at a thank you event last night in new york city. the washington post was first to report that u.s. intelligence agencies concluded that russia intervened in the election not just to make mischief but specifically to help donald trump. the washington post report was a week ago tonight friday evening. later that night t the new york times published a similar story citing its own sources. by the following day nbc news has confirmed the story, too. this week nbc news further reported that putin was directly involved in the hacking operation. cbs news then reported that as well. you know what? that s, of course, just the lame stream media. why believe any of them? everybody knows they re all just out to undermine donald trump. on republican tv, the president-elect has been repeatedly scoffing at the russian hacking claims.
obama vows to take action of the hacking of the u.s. election. with the interview with npr, he directly confronted vladimir putin warning russia of a potential u.s. response. i think there is no doubt when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. the president was not specific about the form of u.s. response might take. he said some of it may be explicit and publicized. so may not. this as the u.s. official confirms to cnn that u.s. agencies believed putin ordered cyber attacks. for the latest on that, let s get to jim sciutto. reporter: it is believed that the intelligence community since they called russia out for this a month before the election, this hacking operation would
could happen. he did say some of it may be explicit and publicized. some may not be. this as the u.s. official confirming to cnn that u.s. intelligence agencies believed putin ordered the cyber attacks. for the latest on that, let s get to chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. reporter: it is believed that this hacking operation would have required the senior most russian official approval. the way russia works. a top heavy system. that means vladimir putin. since then, confidence has increased and we have been learning today why that is the case. that is because of the sophisticated hacking tools. cyber weapons, used in the attack. really the most sophisticated which require vladimir putin to okay the use of the tools. that in addition into other intelligence and human sources leading to the conclusion that vladimir putin ordered the
impact our election we will need to take action and we will at a time and place of our choosing. we are learning just how wig the trump organization is. donald trump says untangling his business ties is no big deal. we get to that this evening. now to our chief national correspondent in washington. you can see the wap toll over hs shoulder. why do u.s. officials believe putin gave cyber experts broad direction in the hacking? it is believed in the u.s. intelligence community since they called russia out a month before the election that this hacking operation would have required the senior most russian official s aprofessional. russia is a top heavy system. that means vladimir putin. since then the confidence has increased. we have been learning today why that s the case. that s because of the sophisticated hacking tool,