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They have a history of bipartisanship. they said theyre going to follow the facts wherever they lead. its appropriate. we also have an investigation going on at the fbi, the premier law enforcement agency in the world. theyre going to go wherever the facts lead them. so were getting information through to the two different processes that are bipartisan and going to end up with something that is helpful to understand what happened. you know, what did russia do in our election and what impact did ...

>> not any argument at this stage that somehow the election of president trump was not legitimate but theres no question but there was a serious effort made by mr. putin and his government and organization to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in some quarters that would be an act of war. >> bill: strong words from former vice president dick cheney. my guest, ambassador john bolton. good morning to you. he wasnt saying the election wasnt legitimate but russi...

Prices and other consequences to build up the structure of deterrence so they dont try this sort of thing again and it should affect our relations across the board. theres a lot of misinformation on what the russians did which is why getting to the bottom of it is critical. >> bill: do you think congress will get to the bottom of it? will we know? >> they have an opportunity if at the stop fooling around about process arguments in who talks to whom and so on. if we have the information we acquir...

Talked about that. fascinating what he had to say. take a listen. >> there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin and his government and his organization to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in some quarters that would be considered an act of war. >> david, i dont want the sky to fall in, but im thinking you might actually agree for the first time with dick cheney. >> im looking to see if theres any snow now. i do agree and it pains me to say that i se...

Today. listen to what the former vice president dick cheney had to say about russia. >> theres not any argument at this stage that somehow the election of president trump was not legitimate. but theres no question but there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin and his government, his organization to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in some quarters that would be considered an act of war. i think its the kind of conduct and activity well see going fo...

Saying the election meddling is a big deal. >> there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin and his government, his organization to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in some quarters that would considered an act of war. >> tough words. there are a lot of things that dick cheney thinks are acts of war, though. keep it in perspective. >> this is the thing thats been bothering them on capitol hill. there are a lot of angry republicans who are angry about ...

>> sandra: dick cheney not just accusing russian president putin of trying to interfere with the u.s. presidential election, but calling it a hostile act. >> there is not any argument at this stage that somehow the election of president trump was not legitimate, but theres no question that there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin and his government, his organization, to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. and some quarters that would be considered an...

Government and his organization to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in some quarters that would be considered an act of war. >> how about your quarters? is that an act of war? >> absolutely it is, craig. see, this is what makes me so sad. weve been so distracted by so many other issues, of the leaking, the midnight meetings, and all of this, we are now, what, three or four months into what is the central issue, russia screwed with our election. thats not r...

Beat of the democrats calling for an independent investigation. >> here is the greatest hawk in history weighing in on russian meddling in the 2016 l. listen to dick cheney. >> theres not any argument that at this stage, that somehow the election of president trump was not legitimate, but theres no question but what there was a very serious effort made by mr. putin and his government and his organization to interfere in major ways with our basic fundamental democratic processes. in some quarters...

Previously in other states, in the baltics. and i think its very much -- i would not underestimate the weight that we as americans assign to the russian attempts to interfere with our internal political processes. >> eyebrows raised. >> it speaks to the huge fissure happening within the republican party about how to talk about this issue. on one hand they want to stand behind the president. on the other hand, they have a long tradition of being skeptical of russia or even being adversarial with ...