The russian cyberattack target ingago dizzying number of government agencies, but it was not until today we heard the sitting president address it. Not only did he downplay it, but he shifted blame to china without a shred of evidence to back up the claim. And he added another wild theory into the mix that maybe Voting Machines were hacked too. That was the president today. Here was his secretary of state yesterday. This was a very significant effort, and i think its the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the russians that engaged in this activity. In a shock to no one, russian president Vladimir Putin denies being involved. We know donald trump wont call putin on the carpet for it, so here we are. Chris krebs, the former director of the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who we should note was fired by President Trump for defending the results of the election is pushing back against the president s claims, tweeting do not conflate Voting System security
Montoya and bring him into this conversation. Frank is a former fbi special agent who once ran the bureaus seattle division. Frank, thank you so much for being with us. So, now that it seems like this was a suicide bombing, whats whats the work thats coming up next . Is this about the priority identifying who this person might be from the human tissue . So, theres about you know, you want to identify the individual, and theres going to be a lot of work done on the how and the why. Thats really significant right now, especially once youve contained the threat, so to speak, where you know that its one individual, perhaps, acting alone, so now you want to know how and why. When i talk about how, how was it built, you know, what kind of, you know, how was it detonated . Looking at the destructive power of that bomb, and then the why. You know, what was the motivation for doing it . Last night or yesterday, at the time that it was done, and for what reason . What was this guys beef or this
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Im Joshua Johnson. It is good to be with you tonight, despite this incredibly busy weekend of news. Congressional elect leks candidates were sworn into office and the loser of the president ial office trying to stay in office with a phone call to the secretary of state of georgia k we blunt . He asked the secretary of state to cheat his way into a second term as president. Thats what happened. What happened on that call . What happened on capitol hill today, and what happens next . From msnbcs World Headquarters in new york, welcome to the week. The president s phone call may be shocking, but its not surprising. He tweeted about it this morning. Mr. Trump wrote that he spoke yesterday with georgias secretary of state brad raffensperger. The secretary was, according to the president , unable or unwilling to answer questions about numerous conspiracy theories. An hour and a half later, mr. Raffensperger tweeted that the president s account was false and, quote, the truth will come out. H
About what happens next, whether theres time, whether theres an appetite for congress to impeach or sencensure the president. So much as steak. A house impeachment manager is going to be on later on, im going to ask him that very thing because thats come up. You know, can we please have a peaceful start to a year some day . This was not going to be the year we were going to have a peaceful start, but we will see where this story goes. Much appreciated, alicia. Thanks, joshua. Hello to you, im joshua johnson. Its good to be with you despite this incredibly busy weekend of news. The winners of this years Congressional Elections were sworn into office. The loser of the president ial election swore to keep fighting for his office. This time in a staggering phone call. With georgias secretary of state. Can we be blunt . Mr. Trump asked the secretary to help him cheat his way into a second term. What else happened on the call . What happened on capitol hill today . And what happens next . Fr