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>> i think it is a mere coincidence. of course it is remarkable. this wasnt some kind of random attack. this is very sophisticated. and one of the problems is that they are getting more sophisticated. we have to respond now and they know what they are doing and their weaponizing information and using it against us. this is dangerous for our democracy and we have to get our act together to be able to fend it off. >> senator angus king, thanks for making time. still to come, the trump administra...

Trump/clinton contest, is the growing awareness of an attack on the country. in september, congressional leaders are briefed about the cias belief that russia is hacking the election. >> it was the first time that a foreign adversary, in this case probably our greatest strategic adversary, not only hacked but then weaponized the information to use it to advantage one candidate and hinder another. that was unprecedented. it was an unprecedented assault on our democracy. >> its not only foreign po...

Trump/clinton contest, is the growing awareness of an attack on the country. in september, congressional leaders are briefed about the cias belief that russia is hacking the election. >> the gru, right? their defense intelligence agency would have specialty officers who would facilitate whatever the cyber warfare teams needed. all of this was initially brought together to destroy hillary clinton. who had a very acrimonious relationship with vladimir putin. >> it was the first time a foreign adve...

Negative but preposterous. brian, you laid out just a lot of the history here and used the word weapon, weaponizing information, in effect. is that the nature of this relationship? do you think thats not accidental, thats an intentional relationship? >> this is a story about how trump world works and how the media are not all negative. he has positive relationships with breitbarts and with the national enquierer. >> why is it so important to him? >> yes, exactly. pecker is growing in stature, bu...