Reports that the agency believes Russian Hackers intervened in the election. Specifically in an effort to help donald trump win. This is trumps Transition Team releases a statement reading. These are the same people who said, zam had weapons of mass destruction. Its now time to move on and make America Great again. The cia for its part not commenting. Trumps assertion that the Intelligence Team of today, is the same as 13 years ago, with the faulty wmd intelligence, its just not true. Heres how Lindsey Graham reacted today on twitter. Im not challenging the outcome of the election. Im concerned about attacks throughout the world. Theyre trying to undermine democracies all over the world. Ryan nobles is live from baltimore. Someone else there who you just spoke to, senator john mccain, you spoke with him about russias relationship with trumps leading candidate right now. What did senator mccain say . Well, senator mccain has concern concerns he is a harsh critic of putin and the russian government. He has concerned if rex untiler son becomes the secretary of state nominee. Hes concerned that untiler son and his deep relationship with Vladimir Putin could be a problem. Those concerns wouldnt hesitate him to say no. Vladimir putin is a thug and a murderer, we will have hearings on that issue and other issues concerning him will be examined and thats the time to make up your mind as to whether to vote yes or no. What kind of questions would you ask Rex Tillerson that would make you feel comfort in a role like that. The fact that the leader of the opposition was murdered on the orders of Vladimir Putin and the shadow of the kremlin. Mccains real in this cant be understated. Because republicans have the majority in the senate, most if not all of Donald Trumps cabinet appointments will sail through. This could be a confirmation battle for the Incoming Trump administration fp we need to caution that we dont know yet if rex untiler son is going to be the secretary of state. No official announcement will be made today. And we shouldnt expect anything at the earliest until the coming we week. When you talk about russia, the two men could not have more different views about what they said. Romney said its the greatest geo political foe of the United States. And many people question that at the time. Hindsight is 20 20 on that. Untiler son said about sanctions on russia, we encourage people who are making these decisions to consider the broad Collateral Damage of who theyre harming with these sanctions. Theres a big difference between these two picks. Its interesting too, this might be the most important cabinet pick that the president elect has. And it looks as though hes ready and prepared for a fight its not just the ties to russia, but the ceo of a global oil company. Thats going to raise concerns as well. This wont be an easy go of it for president elect trump. Our sources tell us hes been impressed with tillerson from the beginning of this process. He slowly moved his way up to the top. We know he was at trump tower this morning, theres no doubt hes the leading candidate. Jill doherty is a global fellow for the Woodrow Wilson institu institute. How does putin view donald trump. I know that one time during the campaign putin called him brilliant. That didnt turn out to be the exact translation . Right, but then about a week ago, president putin repeated that and said smart the context of that was interesting. Mr. Trump is a smart man. He has to be, because he was a smart businessman. We expect him to continue. The context was hell know the ropes and responsibilities of a president. He has called him smart now, they have a similar world view in the sense that its quite reami reamistic. Lets do a deal, lets work together. Keep it pretty black and white. Dont worry about extraneous issues. Lets fight terrorism together. I think its pretty transactional that putin would like to have with trump and trump with putin. For its part, the Republican National committee is siding with trump. Ben spicer slamming the report on must see television. Here it is. I want to understand facts. You are telling me that you know to a certainty that the rnc was not hacked by the russians or anyone else. To the extent that anyone rep t reports that the rnc was hacked, sean spieser knows that to be a falsehood . I know we have worked with intelligence agencies who are saying we have not been hacked. Our own systems show that we have not been hacked. Im not a forensic computer person, i cant say i know the intelligence agencies were working with, tell us with certainty that we havent been hacked. Weve said it before, and tried to work with these Media Outlets to show it to them. Theyve chosen not to engage in that conversation. Thats not my fault, michael. Look at the reports, if theyre so certain it happened, why wont they go on the record and say it . I dont understand it. It doesnt make any sense. Theres an obvious answer to that, they dont want the russians to know of the way in which theyve been able to assemble this case. What they did with the dnc. Please dont make excuses for them. They came out and michael, they came out and said with respect to the dny. And the dnc confirmed it, i dont understand why theres questions on that side, weve been willing to talk to people to show it wasnt true. People are willing to ignore it. On the flip side, theres a difference. Im just trying to get the facts out is there, and somehow, its, you must be lying, you must not be accepting the facts. No, im trying to get the truth out there. The implication is clear. No, michael. With all due respect. You impugn. You said, why wont we accept the facts. Im trying to get the facts out. Im trying to make reporters understand whats happening and bring them into the process. Im making a different point casting doubt on whether sean spicer knows the answer to the question. My frustration is the idea that until this thing is fully developed, already, president elect trump is saying move on, folks, theres nothing to see here. Speak to the point that i i wan you to address this, im also concerned. 12k3w4r geez. Im troubled by the idea that my president elect is already throwing under the bus the Intelligence Community with whom hes going to have to work on life and death matters. Wasnt that a troubling thing to do at 9 34 last night in that very. No, no. The New York Times in their story, said they base their conclusion on the fact that the rnc was hacked. If the rnc was not hacked, that casts doubt on their conclusions. I dont understand why this is that difficult to understand. Regardless of whether the rnc was hacked and that would be a big and new development, i think we know to a certainty given modesta and Debbie Wassermanschultz that the dnc was hacked. Why arent we as americans upset about the fact that a foreign hostile actor put its thumb on the scale in our election, and why doesnt donald trump want to get to the bottom of that as he takes office. Thats the issue. I dont think any foreign entity why dont you say that. I just said it, michael. Stop and let me i just said it let me take yes for an answer. I dont think donald trump doesnt think, no one thinks that a foreign entity should be interfering with the u. S. Elections. Lets get to the next thing, what proof does anyone have that they effected the outcome. I heard zero. Show me what facts have shown that anything undermines that election. 2300 counties, 62 million americans voted for him. What proof do you have or does anyone have that this affected the outcome of this election. Im just an american whose trying to disearn all that im reporting on. No, answer the question. I want the show me one fact that an outcome was changed. Ask Debbie Wasserman i cant say it impacted the ultimate outcome. Go ask Debbie Wasserman schultz. Thank you. Do be continued, i do appreciate you being here. Id love to talk to your boss on this. Hes a watcher, he tweets about my show. Mr. President elect, ill treat you with dignity and respect, come here and let me ask you these questions, thank you, sean, i do appreciate you. Thank you, michael. The man is with me next. Dont miss this, youre live on the cnn newsroom. Worry free and even carry over the data you dont use. And right now get four lines and 20 gigs for only 40 per line. And, just for the holidays, get the motoz play droid absolutely free. No tradein required. I love you in that, no, i love you in that. No, i love you in that vo hurry, these offers end soon. Get the best deals and the best network, only on verizon. 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Thats the issue many. Theres a couple things i dont think any foreign entity, any individual. Why dont you say that, and why didnt truchld that. Im saying it. I just said it. I just said it, let me take yes for an answer. If you have not seen that full interview, you need to go online and watch it right now. I told you i was watching at the gym and i almost fell off the treadmill this morning. Truly watching all of this, but on a very serious and Important Note to all americans, no matter what your political persuasion, you you know, it took you a good five, maybe almost 10 minutes in that interview before sean spicer would say or said, i am outraged. That struck me, did it strike you . It not only struck me, it made me wonder, why did it take so long to get him to condemn that. And why last night at 9 340 at night, didnt the statement that was set out by the Transition Team lead with that. I mean, in other words, why not lead with the idea that they condemn the nature, the notion of any hack whatsoever, and then make whatever point they wanted to make. And the frustration that you heard in my voice is that i dont think this is a case where we should suit up in our republican, democratic or independent jerseys and decide, do we like the outcome of the election . And then act accordingly. No, this is one of those circumstances where you would hope we would unite as americans and say, wait a minute, whether i was for hillary, donald, youre telling me that perhaps Vladimir Putin had his thumb on the scale . We need to get to the bottom of that first. You know, sean spicer said to you in the independent view at one point or was indicating it was almost outcome determinative. Meaning, well wheres the proof . I think its secondary. I dont think it makes it any less serious an idea if there were a hack. Im kicking myself for not having asked a better followup which is this. If i had it to do over again, id say, hold on, sean, were talking about 80,000 votes in swing states and you know, she did win the popular vote. Maybe i should not have been so dismissive of the idea that this altered the outcome. When we look at the next moves that the president elects team will make. The next mick they have to make is secretary of state. Rex tillerson is at the top of the list. Why does that matter . It matters, because he as the head of exxon inked a huge oil deal with one of their biggest oil companies, the state is a big player in 37 that he received an award from russia just three years ago. Including questions that john mccain just brought up to ryan nobles this morning. How dicey will that be if it is rex untiler son. I think it will be very dicey. This issue has raised the stock of governor romney. Put him diet trickily opposed to rex iler son. Im reviewing in my mind, he asked Vladimir Putin to release whatever emails they may have had. 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Scott pruett of oklahoma and a Climate Change denier, scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of Global Warming and its connections to the act of mankind. I know you had your reservations about him first. You met with him four times, what changed your mind on him. Ive spoken to him a number of times. I feel very strongly on the business side here, in other words, i like to know what i know. I think ive made a lot of money and a lot of success by being almost obsessively concentrating on the areas that i really feel i understand. Until you make it into simplicity in choosing something, and the thing that i see with the epa is theyve done a horrible job in making perception of in making the perception that the government is antibusiness. And theyve done a lot of harm to businesses. In fact, at this point there are a number of refineries on the verge of bankruptcy because of the epas capricious actions. The epa has gone in and does does something the government is not supposed to do, i think they even would admit it but ignored what theyre doing, dictating a transfer of wealth from companies, and penalizing them for no reason i dont want to get into too much detail. Theyre going to refineries. Youre talking about ethanol requirements for example and mixing fuels and having to pay to another company if you dont have that, i understand that, and you also have interest in companies that this affects. Im wondering how you balance the impact on business, and their task of protecting the environment for generations to come. Yeah, well, look it, if you look at what im talking about, there is really no relation to changing the obligated party and the rfs. And people dont understand that. So capriciously, the epa has decided to penalize these businesses. Now, when you say iona refinally, its a small part of my portfolio. You could have criticized texaco shareholders. You could criticize me and say, you own texaco. Sure i do, im not telling you im doing it for charity, it also helps hundreds of thousands of Share Holders when we clean up over the years. To say that my input shouldnt be should be criticized because i own a refinery which is a small part of my portfolio, i want to clean that up. Let me go into the criticism you have. Im not here telling you im an environmental expert. There are other people that are more expert on that than i am i am not a critic of the rfs. I do believe that to some extent weve gone overboard concerning the environment, i leave that to the experts in that area. I will tell you what im an expert in, im an expert in seeing stupid things being don