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To defend findings that russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election. james clapper and mike rogers, head of cyber command say they have never seen a more direct campaign to tamper with our election and the point to the very top. >> do you think this was approved at the highest level of government in russia? generally speaking, is that right? >> that is what we said. >> who is the highest level of government? >> the highest as president putin. >> good question. does the hacking actually...

Government in russia generally speaking. is that right? >> thats what we said. >> okay. who is the highest level of government? >> well, the highest is president putin. >> do you think a lot happens in russia big that he doesnt know about? >> not very many. >> yeah, i dont think so. >> certainly none that are politically sensitive in another country. >> reporter: president obama received his briefing on the comprehensive review today and tomorrow in new york president-elect trump will receive hi...

The political piece of this, the conflict with donald trump is undermining the intelligence communitys efforts to try to shore this up, ali. >> kasie, hang on a minute. ken, vladimir putin was a specter hanging over todays hearing. take a listen to this exchange. >> who is the highest level of government? >> the highest is president putin. >> you think a lot happens in russia that he doesnt know about? >> not really. certainly none their political sensitive in another country. >> the president-e...

Foundation of democracys premedical political parties, and when one clinical parties copper mines, all of us are? >> yes, sir. >> as to what to do, you say this was approved at the highest level of government in russia, generally speaking, is that right? >> that is what we said. >> who is the highest level of government? >> the highest is president putin. >> do you think a lot happens in russia big that he doesnt know about? >> not very much. certainly none that are printed politically sensitive...

Direct camp -- interfere with our election process than weve seen in this case. >> in the nearly three hour senate hearing, the officials saying theyre even more confident in their october assessment that russias senior most officials authorized the cyber attack against the democrat national committee and hillary clintons campaign, an assessment president-elect donald trump has repeatedly dismissed. >> we stand actually more resolutely on the strength of that statement that we made on the sevent...

Something less than that, right? >> very little room based on the intelligence being presented. we heard the white house press secretary saying the high level of confidence, which is essentially the highest that you get for the intelligence community saying this is what we know and this is what we think happened here. not a lot of room for trump to question that unless he has his own facts that he wants to bring to bear. >> josh letterman from the white house, associated easy. thank you. >> than...

Late? >> yes, sir. do you agree with me the foundation of democracy is political parties and when one political party is compromised, all of us are compromised? >> yes, sir. >> now as to what to do, you save you think this was approved at the highest level of government in russia generally speaking, is that right? >> thats what we said. >> whos the highest level of government? >> well, the highest is president putin. >> do you think a lot happens in russia big that he doesnt know about? >> not v...

Can tell us, show us. >> they can give us the exact. right now we are understanding that 17 intelligence agencies have the information that led them to believe the russians hacked the dnc. >> not one has shown us what they have, geraldo. thats the point. we have a guy who leaked them saying they are wrong. there is no russian -- >> assange is telling the literal truth, lets assume it was not a state actor. if vladimir putin gets 100 bright russian cyber kids and gives them the highest -- high vo...

A few other positions that need to be filled as well. u.s. trade representative as well as solicitor general, and interestingly, the name being batted around for solicitor general happens to be top trump advisor, kellyanne conways husband, george conway. wolf. >> director of national intelligence. that position remains to be filled as well. all right. jessica, thank you very much. one quick question, though, quickly before i let you go. jessica, trump has been tweeting, once again, in the last h...

Stand to lose without it in place. >> yeah, lets slow down on that point. thats what make this so tangibly different than most other changes. you had an article recently and your headline said put it on the screen. gop ready swift obama carrey peel with no replacement ready. the replacement matters been right, in contrast to say, you know, financial regulatory laws or dodd frank, you know, you can rip that thing out and people who work in that industry would know, and it might have long-term con...