Swearing in. The it was john lewis questioning the legitimacy of trump. Zpl i dont see it as president elect as a legitimate president. Now to cnns Jessica Schneider outside trump tower. So, jessica, what more is the president elect saying . Well, two tweets appeared before 8 00 this morning. The president elect taking to twitter resorting to personal attacks against congressman john lewis, after representivity lewive lewis said he does not view Donald Trumps presidency as legitimate because of the russian hacks during the election cycle. Donald trump fired back this morning in two successive tweets saying this. Congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in a horrible shape and falling apart, not to mention crime fested, rather than falsely complaining about election results. Sad. Congressman lewis represents most of atlanta. Hes represented in georgia since 1986, but you know, congressman lewis not described as someone of little action. He was at the fehr front of the civil rights muchlt movement in the 1960s. He marched alongside Martin Luther king jr. , the man we are celebrating this weekend in the holiday on monday. He also led the marches including the march on washington. He was the youngest speaker at age 23 in 1963 to speak at that march and then of course infamously, he led those larges, the sell la to montgomery march, the bloody sunday incident, where he was confronted by those Alabama State troopers and then beaten, so nancy pelosi saying that a lot of people have tried to silence thim throughout the years and all have faileded. Of course, hes being credited with helping to promote greater infrastructure and developments in the atlanta area. Additionally, which helped secure a number of fortune 50 0 company that is continue to generate jobs and Industry Growth overall. Mean tile, lets turn to that interview in the wall street journal. Where donald trump is suggesting that hed lift the very same sanctions that were imposed by president obama last month. What more do we know about that . He said that he would keep in tact those sanctions in for little bit of time and then did implicate he continued into first 100 days of his presidency, particularly if russia worked with the u. S. On some of the United States goals including fighting terrorism, fighting isis and then donald trump did talk about his willingness to engage with russia, to engage with the president , Vladimir Putin there, specifically saying this, ill read it for you. I understand that they would like to meet and thats absolutely fine with me. Donald trump in that hour long interview with the wall street journal talking about russia, also china, saying that at this point, especially at the beginning of his soon to be presidency, he said everything is up for negotiation. All right, jessica, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Were hearing more about this Senate Investigation into russian meddling. In last years election, the Intelligence Committee is promising to look into russian cyber activity. It will also veinvestigate any activity associated with u. S. Political campaigns. Cnns Senior International correspondent, matthew chance, is joining us now from moscow, so matthew, we have heard about this report from the Intelligence Community on russia hacking. How is that resognating there and what is being said perhaps from the krim lynn on what their expectations are on the swearing in of donald trump just days away. In terms of the kremlin we response to hacking, theyve been consistent throughout this whole period where these allegations have been made in various forms. The last time we spoke to the kremlin, which was yesterday, about this issue, you know, you got a sense their impay she thinks. The president spokesperson for putin said this. Were done talking about it. There is an emotional storm in the United States engulfing the United States at the moment and the kremlin saying theyre not going to take any further part in it. But yeah, theyve been categoringly rejecting any suggestion, any allegation theyve been involved in this Election Hacking scandal. . Te in terms of what their expectations are from donald trump, president elect, hes going to be sworn in shortly and i think theyre realistic, but i think theyre quietly optimistic as well because of u what donald trump said. Not least of what he said recently about ending sanction, about recognizing russian sovereignty over crime annex from ukraine this 2014. Theyre quietly optimistic its going to be a much better situation with donald trump than it was with president obama. Math mt. Chance in moscow, thank ys so much. Lets talk more about this Senate Investigation. Joining me now the steven cash. A counsel at day pitny, he is allegation a former counsel for the Senate SelectIntelligence Committee as well as a cia lawyer u and operations officer. Joining us from washington. Good to see you. Good morning. Okay, so, do you expect this investigation to shed any more light that has already, more so than any that has been shed in this investigation . Well, i would hope so. I think the senate Intelligence Committee has a long history of being able to work in a surprisingly bipartisan way. To look at the things that need to be looked at to make sure that our intelligence apparatus is working well and that what they produce is as good as it can be. So i do think this is a positive development. And we are learning that trump adviser on National Intelligence adviser, general, michael flynn, has been in contact with russias ambassador. In close proximity to when president obama announced sanctions and now reportedly that ambassador will also be in the audience attending the inauguration of donald trump. Does any of that concern you . Well, it certainly concerns. I dont know what actually happened. Ive read the same reports that you are referring to. The bottom line is in just a few days, president elect trump is going to be President Trump and p big on his plate in terms of Foreign Relations is how to deal with russia. So, he is going to need the best possible timely intelligence to help him make those decisions on how u to engage. And at the confirmation hearings just this week for the secretary of defense nominee retired general, james mattis, he was asked about the confidence in the u. S. Intelligence committee that he has and this is what he said. I have very, very high degree of confidence in our Intelligence Community. And if you see that community being undercut, not debated about their conclusion, but under cut or somehow, ignored or selectively being listened to or ignored, again, do you feel you have an obligation to make us aware of this so that we can exercise our responsibilities . Ill be come polite transparent with this committee, sir, but i would not have taken this job if i didnt believe the president elect would also be open to this or any other matter. So, both secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson and cia nominee, mike pompeo, also siding with the Intelligence Committee, even though we have heard donald trump whos questioned the Intelligence Community. But then donald trump most recently said he wants his picks to quote, be themselves. So, what do you see moving forward in terms of people he surrounded himself with, who do respect the intel, that is being presented to the white house, yet at the same time, donald trump has laid the groundwork that hes suspicious of it. Its fine for him to be suspicious. Hes going to be the president of the United States. Maybe its more than that. Maybe im using that term too lightly. Its also dismissing it. Its dispelling it. Its being more than critical. But you know u, hes used liang wanlg that says he doesnt want anything to do with it. I think hes going to have to stop using that language because in just a few days, hooe going to have to face the reality of very, very complex world as im sure general mattis would say, the number of thets and challenges that we face overseas are extremely numerous, but most importantly, are nuanced and complicate complicateded. Hes going to be the president of the United States. Hes going to have to rely on his Intelligence Community to give him the best b possible information, including information that can be found no place else. The american intelligence apparatus in my view is still the best in the world in finding out what reality really looks like, often through clandestine means. Im hoping he listens to general mattis. And when he says i trust the Intelligence Community, i think thats the right thing to and i think President Trump is going to have to communicate to the Intelligence Community that he is respectful of them. So, at the same time, are you in agreement apparently with trumps proposal to impose some structural change as it pertains to the office of director of National Intelligence, perhaps even downsizing it . What is your view, is it correct that my Research Says youre in support of that . I am and i want to make clear that making structural krang changes to make the Intelligence Community work better, that said sh to the extent that the president is going to take a hard look at what in my view is a bloated office of dni, office of the director of National Intelligence, thats a good thing and i think when he starts doing that, he will learn that while there are changes to be made, specifically, that it become smaller and have a more leadership rather than operational role, he will also learn to appreciate has general mattis said, what a important and professional tool he has at his disposal in the entire Intelligence Community u. I hope that happens at the cia as well. And when we have a new cia director, im hoping he finds the same thing. Well leave it there. Appreciate it. So, as the country is preparing to honor Martin Luther king, on monday, president elect trump is attacking civil rights icon, john lewis, a man who once marched alongside mlk. 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Ryan and historian and princeton professor, julian, all right, so, ryan, you first. This is quite the hornets nest, now. Youve got to congressman whos career has spanned speaking up and he did that and then got now the president elect who is challenging this congressman saying he really isnt doing enough. So, whats the next move here . In this very open, verbal battle . As far as i know and correct me if im wrong, this is the most senior democrat to make the case. That President Trump has not been legitimately elected. My own view just to inject some opinion. He was elected fairly. He won the electoral college. So i dont agree with congressman lewis on that. But he carries enormous moral authority in washington among both democrats and republicans. As we know, he was one of the icons of the civil rights era. Almost beaten to death when he led the selma march in 1965. Hes been in congress for 30 years and has maintained an impeccable reputation. And the fact that trump has now escalated this by not just responding to what lewis said about whether he was legitimate or illegitimate, but instead, decided to attack his district as crime infested, for what ive seen from some of the commentary this morning, there are a lot of africanamericans who and not just africanamericans, actually, but a lot of commentators who are interpreting that as a race tinged comment saying just because hes an africanamerican representative, his district must be crime infested and you live if atlanta. You could speak more to that than i could. I think my escalating it in the way that trump did and making a personal attack on one of the heroes of the personal rights movement, trump has made an enormous political mistake and this will push the effectiveness, other democrats to join him in not going the that inaugural. Thats my view. Theres been quite the response you know from particularly you know, Media Outlets here in atlanta who are helping to substantiate the make up of the districts in which lewis represents. Ethnically, very diverse. Economically. Extremely diverse. Were talking about a district which has a number of fortune 500 companies. The infrastructure building, many of those efforts, which lewis has directly had a hand in to helping in the growth and productivity of fulton county, dekalb county, the city of atlanta, helping to encourage jobs and improvement in education, so, theres quite the response coming from trying to insult the work and integrity of lewis, so, you know, julian, its really interesting because were talking about the use of the word legitimacy and were talking about you know, the president elect who spent a good part of the eight years of president obamas presidency trying to delegitimize him, questioning where he was born and now, the table is turned. On how donald trump you know u, was elected into office. And that in addition to the Intelligence Community, talking about the russian hand that may have played here, and how donald trump is responding in this way. So, do you see that this is battle that now is playing out in front of us is only going to intensify even after this swearing in of a donald trump. I think it will and theres a difference between the two cases. The Birther Movement was about questioning the place of president obama. Raising false claims about where he came from. This is in the context of a hacking scandal. And russian interjenkins, which intelligence agencies has been b pushing, not the democrats. The democrats are pick iing up this. Democrats have been frustrated with their briefs from fbi director comey and why congressman lewis went much farther than i think most democrats are willing to do at this point, hes articulating the concerns about what happened in this election those concern rs going to be at the center of this election as to what russia did. I would add on the response from trump, i dont think we should take the criticism seriously. Not really a question of how active lewis has been. Hes been a man of action from 1965 and even before that in the Civil Rights Movement to being a very prominent and very important liberal in the Democratic Caucus on issues like Voting Rights and but how can people not take the word seriously when this is his primary or what donald trump is is exhibited to his primary form of communicating. Written word, tweet. They can certainly listen to the tweet. I dont think the criticism is a good one. Hes kind of picking on the wrong person. The tweets are very important. President trumps communication. Often trump picks the wrong person and weve seen moments when he does that and it undercuts his support as happened in the Democratic Convention as everyone will remember. All right, julian, ryan, thanks so both of you. Still to come, thousands of people from civil rights dproups and pro immigration groups are rallying in the nations capitol at two separate events. Well have more after this. Im val. The orange money retirement squirrel from voya. I represent the money you save for the future. Whos he . Hes the green money you can spend now. Whats up . Gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. Hes got a killer backhand. When its time to get organized for retirement, its time to get voya. Two big things happening. About 17 civil rights groups. Action network marching from the Washington Monument to the park near the mlk memorial for a rally and several major immigrations groups and theyre holding a rally at the historical metropolitian church. Theyre trying to garner support for mass deportations. We are not going to allow donald trump to bury were not going to we are a nation where all peoples regardless of relation. Regardless of background. Regardless of who you love. We are here for everybody. Cnns athena jones is joining us from the church where the rally is underway. What more is happening now . High energy rally. A lot of chanting. Talking about a future is ours. Part of the said were not going to let donald trump turn hateful rhetoric into action. With we wont let him tear immigrant families apart and thats really the overall message. You talk to the organizers here, they say that the message today is of unity, love, resistance, defense and sanction ware. I spoke with organizers, heres what she had