from the pentagon. thank you. also this morning, russia echoing president-elect trump's comment that the hacking investigation is a witch hunt. this as we're learning the meeting between trump and putin is a go. according to the kremlin it's being planned, quote, very carefully. former cnn moscow bureau chief jill dougherty is following this this morning. hi, jill. >> reporter: hey, carol. they're not giving details of when it might happen. but they are saying they've learned from the past. in fact, the spokesperson for president putin, dimitri pes kof on a phone call to to day said if contacts are planned, they will be planned very carefully. we're talking about contacts in the very tense days in the evolution of our relations, in the degradation, he added, of our relations, that's why any contacts on the highest level will be very carefully arranged. that degradation they would say