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The president-elect is working super hard on the transition and selection process. we were talking about rex tillerson and the process there. we are working super hard to lay it out for the american people. hes not yet the president. i would say to the american people and i would say to you lets wait for more information until we get the cabinet settled which is his apriori now. well have time if everything thats being said is 100% true well have time to denounce it. the american people need to ...

Directly. and tell him to cut it out and there were going to be some serious consequences if he didnt. and in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process. but, the leaks through wikileaks had already occurred. >> is he overselling the results there, david? >> i think a little bit. certainly, within the u.s. government, there was a lively debate through september, october, right up to the election about whether the presidents administration shouldnt do more. there were strong a...

Chambers. good evening, david. what does this all mean going forward when we see, perhaps, a peaceful transfer of power from obama to trump, yes, but not one of intellectual agreement on this core attack on our democracy from russia, according to the intel. >> there are two things that struck me, that today was such a news-filled day. the first is, the president said, we will take action. the united states will retaliate against this russian covert action, russian hacking, intended to interfere ...

Similarly be concerned of making sure that we dont have potential foreign influence in our election process. i dont think any americans want that. and, that should not be a source of an argument. part of the challenge that it gets caught up in the carry over from election season. it is very important for us to distinguish between the politics of the election and the need for us as a country both from a national security perspective but also in terms of integrity of our election system and our de...

Integrity of the election, and finally, i think its worth pointing out that the information was already out. it was in the hands of kick -- wikileaks, so that was going to come out no matter what. what i was concerned about in particular was making sure that wasnt compounded by potential hacking that could hamper both -- affect the actual election process itself, and so in early september, when i saw president putin in china, felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didnt happen was ...

Administration. josh says in the press briefing that october seventh white house was informed. knew on october seventh. why didnt point it out at that point? >> they did. reported, department of homeland security, office of director of national intelligence said i quote, intended to interfere with the election process. didnt say to favor one or the other. first who cares? >> my question, does motive matter? isnt it more the fact they were successful and able to do it? how do we stop it going for...

Raising questions of the integrity of the election. finally, it is worth pointing out that the information was already out in the hands of wikileaks, that was going to come out no matter what. what i was concerned about in particular was making sure that was not compounded by potential hacking that could handle both counties and affect the election process itself. in early september when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that, that did not happen was to...

Questions of propaganda, covert operations which as the president said have been turbo charged by the internet. there is a problem here, hes saying. >> the trump people at least in the initial days of this have been choosing to focus on the accusation that this is all about trying to delegitimize donald trump and taking offense at that, not the bigger issue of, hey, vladimir putin, according to the intelligence community, personally tried to destabilize america whether it was to elect donald tru...

Interpretations of why they had done so. we did not discuss of the effects of what it may be. we let people know and the public know. we did not and the reason we did not was because in this hyper partisan atmosphere at a time when my primary concern was making sure that the integrity of the election process was not in any way damage, at a time

Idea to not trust u.s. institutions, to not trust western institutions, not trust the mainstream media and the kind of chaos and the idea that nobody can trust anybody and creates this lack of trust in our own constitutions ainstitut >> let me ask you about what president obama may do and weve been hearing this when it holds up the press conference but my colleague and why he didnt do something more than just talking to putin at the g-20. heres what ben rhodes had to say. >> he did talk to him a...