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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. thats one thing. number two, remember, this is, you call it hacking, whether its a crime or not. ill leave that to the lord, it was the weaponization of information in an election and american politics to benefit one candidate over anot...

The campaign. i want to bring in david on this and natasha. david first. were talking here about cohens 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, p...

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 doesnt ne...

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." im christine romans. >> nice to see you. im john berman. its wednesday, january 4th. its 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 t...

The so-called morning over so-called hacking. or you could just call it hacking. but president-elect trump wont. 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 delay...

That have -- would that have been compensated by a message that hillary clinton was bringing to people that were bringing them out in droves across the country and in states where she needed to win and shore up, like wisconsin and michigan? i dont think so. i dont think that that was the reason. whatever makes you sleep at night i guess is at this point what the democrats are doing. i dont know if that helps them win future elections. its not going to change the outcome. >> is this a summary -- ...

Capabilities. by the way, with respect to the word hacking, lets call it theft and lets stop calling it hacking. i got a suggestion for you. as malcolm were saying, we all do that and gather intelligence, believe me, i have been the beneficiary of capabilities and when i was the government of the white house and moscow. what is unique and radically unique and i would say dangerous of the publication to influence our presidential election. thats unprecedented. it just needs a bigger scope and inv...