hacked out of the dnc and the clinton campaign and john podesta and so on. what new could that tell us if we do have new revelations in that regard? well, it certainly could speak to coordination in cooperation with the russians to try to affect this election. that s one thing. number two, remember, this is, you call it hacking, whether it s a crime or not. i ll leave that to the lord, it was the weaponization of information in an election and american politics to benefit one candidate over another by a foreign government and that s what i don t think we can afford to forget here. that the seriousness by the involvement of russia in this. i think if i jump on something, i think the jury should be out about wikileaks as a journalistic institution. you saw guiliani slide that in there? like it s the washington the press. it s not. i m totally with david on that. no less a person than mr. pompeo when he was the director of the cia said very
the campaign. i want to bring in david on this and natasha. david first. we re talking here about cohen s relationship with trump executives, the family members, people at the top, working on russia stuff. but this phrase serge sounds like collusion. the second quote you cited from i think is the most significant thing on the russian front and all these filings. read it. got to take it slowly. that cohen provided mule were useful information, certain discreet russian-related matters, plur. so we re not talking just the moscow tower project that we know about. russian related matters core to its investigation. trump keeps saying there is nothing about russia here. mueller is telling us core to our investigation. is it hacking? i don t know what it s about. but the other part here that cohen obtained because of his contact with trump organization executives, so here you have the
visibility about what was said, what was not said, so if there was a dispute afterward, can you go to the record and prove your point. a trump administration official we spoke to said the president is being held to an unfair standard here. the official says if president trump wants it call one of these other leaders on the cell phone, his staff will take the appropriate measures to make sure that call is secured if it needs to be. but the official says it is possible that every call doesn t need secure like a quick call of congratulations. can the personal cell phone be completely secured, brian? that is up for debate. some experts telling us mobile phones are secure when a new leader takes office with old phones equipped with new sim cards. but even those phones can be vulnerable it hacking or eavesdroppi eavesdropping. those phones are secure until they are not secure. thank you. coming up, breaking news. fired fbi director james comey is ready to testify publicly to
covering capitol hill. why did house republicans scrap a plan to undermine the ethics watchdog that oversees them? the reversal. what we were talking about 24 hours. good morning, welcome to early start. i m christine romans. nice to see you. i m john berman. it s wednesday, january 4th. it s nearly 5:00 a.m. in the east. a new so-called controversy this morning over so-called hacking. or you could just call it hacking, with president-elect trump not russian hacking, not yet at least. remarks that donald trump promised about russian hacking during the election that mr. trump said only he knew will apparently not happen today. a transition official tells cnn the president-elect is likely to be briefed toward the end of the week on the intelligence community s final report on russian hacking. overnight, the president-elect wrote, intelligence briefing on so-called russian hacking was delayed until friday. perhaps more time needed to build a case. very strange. look at all of the quot
the so-called morning over so-called hacking. or you could just call it hacking. but president-elect trump won t. not russian hacking, not yet at least. more of what president-elect trump promised about the election about hacking that only mr. trump said he apparently knew that will apparently not happen today. intelligence committee saying that the briefing will likely not happen until the end of the week. the president-elect wrote the intelligence briefing on so-called russian hacking was delayed until friday perhaps more time needs to build a case. very strange. the drertht of national intelligence, james clapper was never even scheduled to be in new york for the top-level briefing in friday. one u.s. official suggests will trump may be, quote, confusing his presidential daily briefing