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i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >> it is 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the president blaming his predecessor for not doing enough. >> the obama white house learned of moscow's meddling in august of 2016. several months before the election. here is what the president told fox news. >> i heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia a long time before the election and he did nothing about it, but nobody wants to talk about that. the cia gave him information on russia a long time before they even, you know, before the election. and i hardly see it. it is an amazing thing. in other words, the question is if he had the information, why didn't he do something about it?