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We consider these sanctions completely unsubstantive, unreasonable. and very detrimental to the bilateral relations between the united states of america and the russian federation. >> that was the counselor general of the russian federation reacting to the sanctions announced by the white house this week. joining me now is congresswoman jackie spear, member of the house armed services committee. and the house permanent select committee on intelligence. congresswoman, thank you very much for join...

Officials of this finding. >> send a clear message to russia. >> the discovery coming days after president barack obama announced sanctions against top russian intelligence officials for alleged cyberinterference with the u.s. presidential election. as part of the u.s. response, the department of homeland security and the fbi shared information about the malware and its signature with key sectors. all part of a joint analysis report that accused russian groups of being, quote, part of an ongoing...

Why do you believe intelligence agencies believe they know who did this? >> one thing they can do is read this 13-page report in the homeland security, the fbi, which has a lot of technical data showing exactly how they say the gru and the fsb broke into the dnc, the democratic national committee, beginning in 2015. it shows you the malware code, the so-called signatures they used to get into these systems. look, if you dont want to believe this and you dont believe -- it doesnt matter what proo...

Used by the north korean government. they say that, for example, the fbi found encryption algorithms, code, data that was included in the malware code that was telltale signs that it came from north korea. things theyve seen before. they say that they tracked all of this traffic that the -- that was used, again, to attack the sony computer systems and it tracked right back to north korea. >> initially when this first happened a lot of voices were saying that it was likely north korea. it has tak...

Is there any way possible to even catch all of these digit criminals across the world? >> well, theres no way to stop crime in general. you know, as a single swoop-over, that would be really nice. but there are ways to track down different parts of the infrastructure. so we often do here. and there are organized police efforts and international efforts to either track down the people who write the malware code or the organizations that are selling the credit card numbers. or, in this case, the o...

Around the world, from sydneys iconic harbor to terror scarred paris and brussels. celebrations in the windy city buffered by concrete barriers. here in new york, revelers will be confined to pens, stretching 17 blocks from times square, sharing the moment with 3,000 of their closest friends in each pen. multiple bag checks are to be expected, no umbrellas, weapons, backpacks or large bags will be allowed. >> now the nypd says there are no known threats to the festivities tonight, so let the par...

Look at this. most of australia is now ringing in 2017 in high fashion. fireworks there just incredible. this is a live look from sydney, australia, as people take in the sights of great fireworks there. more than 2 million people are expected to attend the celebration at sydney harbor. why wouldnt you? so gorgeous. new york city is preparing for the traditional new years bash with security to help protect a crowd projected of up to 2 million people. im betty nguyen in new york. heres whats happ...

Pamela brown joins us now. what is this clue that you are learning about? >> reporter: newly identified digital foot print that is bol sterring the view that moscow is the culprit according to u.s. intelligence officials. analysts were able to trace the election hack to specific keyboards with an alphabet used by russians and they believe the keyboards were used to make the malware code used in the hacks. this is just one piece in the puzzle leading the u.s.gency intelligence community to believ...

No known threat from the nypd. they tell us no threats to the festivities here. so let the party begin. happy new year, stephanie. >> happy new year, adam. adam reese. thank you. also happening now, new reports of a russian hack targeting the u.s. according to the "washington post," a malware code associated with a russian hacking campaign was found in a laptop at a vermont electric company. its unclear what the intention was or when the code was entered into the community. the "washington pos...

Thats because burlington electric, the utility company caught in the middle of all of this right now, they are reporting that they discovered what is commonly described or called grizzly step on one of the laptop computers. thats that malware code that was supposedly used by russian hackers during the dnc hack. not connected directly to the power grid. they believe the power grid, their customers information was not compromised. thats according to this electric company. this is really begging a ...