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Openly of whether or not russias involvement truly happened or whether it had any impact on the actual outcome of the election. officials told the senate armed services committee that russia and its advanced cyber-warfare program is they believe a threat to america. >> i dont think weve ever encountered a more aggressive or direct campaign to interfere in our election process. >> do you think in the report next week that you all will ascribe a motivation to putin for the election attempt? >> yes...

Election process that weve seen in this case. >> and channel -- there are so many more channels of disinformation today than there were in the past. one final point -- >> thats exactly right and thats a very key point about of course the cyber difficult mention a -- dimension and all these other communications that didnt exist in the cold war. >> we had a meeting in the committee with a group of represent testifies from the baltic states and i know the chairman was just in the baltic states. i a...

Worked with our broader government partners to detect and monitor russian cyber activity. the hacking of organizations and systems belonging to our election process is of great concern and well continue to focus strongly on this activity. for nsas part we focus on the foreign threat actor in foreign spaces but we share our information as readily as possible with the rest of our partners in the department of defense, intelligence community and federal law enforcement as well as others within the ...

And give theory, maybe interfere with the election process or keep us off balance. thats decided by the more than people. number four, you need to rely on intelligence going forward. we encourage you to work with your dni des knee, senator coates and rely on those professionals. >> i think its fair to point out the cia made mistakes. but its fair to point out that other elements like inr got it right. we have not just ccia but all 1 within the community as well

Including exxon ceo rex tillerson as secretary of state. tillerson has agreed to relinquish control of nearly a quarter billion, with a "b," of a blind trust if hes confirmed. also on the hill, general james madis who needs a special waiver before he can take the job. attorney general nominee jeff sessions a more controversial because of his view on race relations. members of the naacp staged a sit-in at the alabamas senators office last night. the naacp president brooks was handcuffed and arres...

Senators office last night. the president of the naacp brooks was arrested and handcuffed by police. brooks is calling on sessions to withdraw his name from the selection process. hill and hillary clinton both will attend donald trumps inauguration later this month. also attending, former president george w. bush and his wife laura. george h.w. bush will not be there because of health issues. jimmy carter will be on hand. it is always good to see the former presidents and also former opponents...

More to follow." weve been told also there are going to be a few more staff announcements today, so far the only nomination we have seen is for jay clayton to become the next chairman of the securities and exchange commission and an announcement about that nomination, or intention to nominate, transition teams as this. "robust accountability will be a hallmark of his tenure at top the sec in the financial security of the american people will be his top priority." president-elect has been busy at...

If you think about it where, you know, feels like this is going on for a long time, this exploration of what exactly russias involvement in the election process was. but its all very new. its not unexpected that it would take some time to get all of the information out to the public. i think everyone is working as quickly as they can. the difference here is that we now have a president-elect who likes to go public rapidly with whatever he knows and sometimes what he doesnt know. just laying out ...

The work of russian agents. team fox coverage with peter doocy and catherine herridge. >> the president will be briefed about the russian hacking issue friday. those issues include john brennan, james clapper and the fbi director, james comey who some democrats blame for interfering in the election process itself by making an announcement of the clinton e-mails days before the election. the president-elect wants the american people to remember also, he wants people to remember what the e-mails s...

Around 15,000. but barack obama was no peacenik. he had a dramatically different approach to war compared with his predecessor. instead of fighting terrorism with large armies, he would rely on a different technology. it would change the very nature of war. the armed drone. >> never before in american history has an american president had the technology and the legal authority to hunt down any person anywhere on the face of the earth and kill them. >> there was a surreal selection process that b...