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Internet attack on october 21st when millions of americans were blocked from accessing popular websites. though u.s. intelligence now believes the russians were not involved. back in october it was viewed by some as a possible dry run for a massive attack on election day. the outage spooked the white house enough to use the hotline reserved for moments of crisis. the system evolved over the years originally put in place 53 years ago in the wake of the cuban missile crisis when america and the ru...

Say the u.s. transmitted a message directly to the kremlin warning them the u.s. would consider any interference in the election a grave matter. according to a senior u.s. official, part of the message reads international law, including the law for armed conflict applies to actions in cyber space. we will hold russia to those standards. officials say it was prompted by the widespread internet attack on october 21st when millions of americans were blocked from accessing popular websites. the u.s....

Directly with a method of communication traditionally used in times of crisis. nbc news has learned of a rare and highly classified event that to you are canned just days before the presidential election. two senior intelligence officials both nonpartisan career officers tell us on the morning of october 31st the u.s. transmitted a message directly to the kremlin, warning the russians that the u.s. would consider any interference on election day a grave matter. the method of communication? the s...

With action. so im not surprised while american is engaged in post-election debates, hopefully theres no civil unrest as result of that. putin can take deciding steps. because confrontation with the united states and the free world is the only way putin can justify his endless rule in russia. >> thats schilling. thank you so much sir. some of the most popular went sites in the world not functioning because of an internet attack, who might be behind it? that story ahead. dont just eat. ♪ mang...

and it is february 11th. good morning, everyone. this is "cnn saturday morning." im ted rowlands. its 10:00 a.m. here in atlanta and 5:00 p.m. in syria. amateur video from inside over there shows the damage caused by the ongoing explosions and attacks in that country. a childs pink doll appears to be lying in the rubble. hear from an activist from inside the country who says the people there just want a moment to save their children. plus, the cias website hacked. a group called anon...

them, has apparently crashed. six peace-keeping troops were aboard and have died and the taliban is claiming responsibility by sending a text message to cnn. >> and last nights debate. newt gingrich calls out the media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. were going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. >> talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story weve been watching, the ital...

expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. heres athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. >> reporter: putting americans back to work is president obamas priority. >> say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. >> reporter: hes been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly addr...