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Video it appear that is the case and it will be up to a jury to make that determination. >> do you anticipate that the three younger suspects here, the 18 year olds, will attempt to incriminate the oldest by saying they were of course ordered by her? >> christi, in any case, when there are multiple defendants what you often times see is a pointing of the finger. i didnt do it, they did it. i didnt do it, she did. what you see is finger pointing as it relates to age, 18, yes, its young, but youre...

What was his demeanor in that one minute of shooting that he went on? did he say anything? did he looked focused? was there a sense of deliberateness in his action? what were you able to ascertain? >> two things. when we heard the first shot, or the second, on the third shot people stopped screaming. so when i turned around, he was on his calm. he wasnt looking left. he wasnt looking right. one knee down, pointing and shooting. mostly you would think that, you know, it would be, you know, kind o...

Russia was behind the hack. you want to see the proof pointing to russia. if he leaves the briefing and is now convinced that it is russia, is that enough for you? >> it will be enough for me. i have not seen the evidence. i have not been priviley to the intelligence reports. im time to have this meeting. its time to have the conversation between the president-elect and the intelligence community. look, this intelligence community, we want to be the best in the world, period. no question about i...

With tomorrow, even suggesting they werent ready for this meeting based on that snafu about a two day debate on the scheduling of the meeting. they rebutted publicly trumps charges that theyre wrong about russias interference in the election. james clapper reinforced his offices view since october that the russian government directed these hacks. much of the story has been out there for weeks. if you listen closely to one part of todays testimony, clapper emphasized how the russian effort went b...

He cited something thats been covered repeatedly right here on "the last word." pointing to russians campaigns inclusion of not only disinformation but what he directly called fake news. >> this was a multifacetted campaign. so the hacking was only one part of it. and it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. >> you stated that the report soon to be released will discuss the motive. would you care to give any kind of preview today? >> id rather not. >> i dont think so. >>...

And the less that i have, the more capable that i am. the problem is the whole concept of what we do in the intelligence business is provide information so you can come one the most logical conclusions. >> michael, you get the last word. >> that said, it is worth pointing out that there is going to be a public report released next week. clapper said he wants to push the envelope in publicly disclosing what the evidence is. i think thats going to be very crucial to resolving whatever lingering do...

Counterparts about, you know, the disparagement of the u.s. intelligence community or i should say what has been interpreted as disparagement of the intelligence community. >> jack, what did you think of that moment? >> i would agree absolutely. again, i see this as more than simply willful ignorance. this is about using ignorance as a badge of honor. and the idea that if i have more intelligence, it somehow makes me less capable. and the less that i have, the more capable that i am. the problem...

Chicago bound and tortured on facebook live. what his captors were saying on the assault ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." im christine romans. >> im john berman. it is thursday, january 5th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. new developments in the battle with donald trump and the intelligence community. not only does mr. trump doubt views on russian hacking, but doubting the whole apparatus is set up the right way to begin with. more on that in a moment that the russians directed hacking dur...

Weapons of mass dres destruction. >> were giving you facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. >> reporter: but that was not true and later the same officials who hush for the thanks to rollin sises they too had been led astray. >> im not the investigator of the intelligence community. but if i was, we would be having very long meetings about this. >> reporter: such finger pointing and the inherent secrecy of intelligence working make it streeply difficult to get the facts straight. >> ...

And tried to walk this thing back, his tweet this morning reading the dishon media likes saying that im in agreement with julian assange. wrong. up simply state what he states. it is up to the american people to make up their own mind. dishonest media lies to make it look like i am a big fan. what is happening between the pleg and the intelligence community. >> it is quite astonishing. despite what president-elect trump says in that latest tweet he has clearly been pointing in favor of julian as...