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It seems eyebrow raising to say the least. >> i think hes got a point. if you want to take him seriously for a moment, hes right. no computer is safe. we know that through the wikileaks and the dnc hacks. but theres a large are point raised a few moments ago. it appears that another country tried to influence an american election. that is chilling on so many different levels. whats also chilling is that we have people how the there that call president putin brilliant and smart and so forth. this...

Its a horror show. were going to get things running properly. >> jouming me james peterson and former bush/cheney adviser robert chainham. robert, lets start with you. we heard the president on the front steps of mar-a-lago speaking with reporters talking about the russian interference in the u.s. election saying he has other information people dont know about, et cetera. why wait to share it here if youre donald trump? >> happy new year. perhaps he has something new that obviously were not priv...

Putin did not sit down or even speak to each other because of snowden. to put all of our eggs in one basket when it companies to tyc the russians trying to police this situation in dam mass cautious they have every right to skeptical about it. >> i think the other thing that boehner said we didnt hear there was the president has not yet made his case to the american people. do you think, daniela, we are hearing a preview, especially from secretary kerry? >> i think we were. to roberts point abou...

Table a proposal that has been discussed by the president and others over time but now has muscle because of the prospect of a threat, is something that i think the president deserves a great deal of credit for. i hope that it works. >> let me bring back our guest from the center for american progress and robert trainham, former bush/cheney senior adviser. your reaction first, robert, to what youre hearing. >> they have every right to be skeptical. they have every right to ask the tough question...

Testimony, focused almost off topic on this issue a strike that looks less and less likely to happen. it was really aimed at getting leverage with moscow and saying, look, you have to be serious. youre still at risk. >> im very curious for your reaction, robert, to the announcement. we know there are a lot people who were undecided. both on the house and senate side. now mitch mcconnell comes out. just as this critical moment of decision. and coming u on the presidents speech and says im going t...

Vital national security risk is clearly not in play. i want to bring back "the new york times" nick christoph and joining us as well, danielle gibbs lachair. and robert chainham, senior bush/cheney adviser. lets talk about the last hour or so. to bring you up to speed, we heard the syrian government was accepting a proposal from russia that there would be control of their chemical weapons from the outside. and then we heard that senator chuck schumer, senator john mccain, other key members in th...