Eight of Donald Trumps a cabinet nominees and threatening to dragout the confirmation process for months. But is it a losing fight . Federal help . Chicago suffers its highest murder rate in two decades with 762 homicides in the year that just ended. President elect trump warns the citys mayor that, if he cant fix the crime problem, he must ask for federal help. What does trump have in mind . I am wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. President elect trump is digging in his heels, casting fresh doubt on the u. S. Intelligence assessment that russia directed Cyber Attacks on the Democratic National committee in order to sway the election. But tonight, digital fingerprints tracing the Election Hacking directly back to russia are giving intelligence officials fresh confidence that they have got it right. Trumps spokesman insists the Intelligence Report is not final and trump claims he knows things about hacking that others dont know and that hell reveal his inside information this week. Top republican senators say that, with or without the next president , they intend to respond to an attack on the United States with tougher sanctions on russia. Also tonight, isis is now claiming responsibility for the bloody attack on a nightclub in istanbul in which a lone gunman killed 39 people and wounded dozens more. As turkish authorities step up an urgent man hunt for the assailant, well hear directly from an american wounded in the attack. Ill speak with Congress None daryl isa and the correspondents and guests are standing by. Up first, the fallout over the election cyber attack. Donald trump is still skeptical about russias role but u. S. Intelligence is now more certain than ever. We begin with our justice correspondent pamela brown. Pamela, i understand you are getting new information. Thats right, wolf. We are learning more tonight about the digital foot print in the election hack that has giving the Intelligence Community growing confidence russia is to blame. This as the president elect continues to publicly disagree with the assessment. President elect donald trump rang in the new year still casting doubt on the u. S. Intelligence communitys assessment that russia was behind the unprecedented attack of the u. S. Election system. I know a lot about hacking, and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. And i also know things that other people dont know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation. Asked to describe what undisclosed information he had access to, trump promised to reveal it soon. Youll find out on tuesday or wednesday. And he said the failed intelligence leading up to the iraq war makes his skeptical. I just want them to be sure, because its a pretty serious charge, and i want them to be sure. And if you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster. And they were wrong. Cnn has learned the Intelligence Community traced the hack back to specific keyboards with the cyrillic text, an alphabet used by russians, adding to u. S. Intelligence officials confidence russia carried out the attack. This report put out naming the russian Hacking Organization grizzly step and calling out two russian intelligence groups. Senator john mccain traveling this week with other senators in the bualtic region where countries are worried about russias aggression said there is no doubt moscow is the culprit. Its clear russia has attacked the United States of america. All our intelligence agencies will affirm that being the case. We will work in the congress to have stronger sanctions in order to prevent further attacks on the United States of america. But trumps incoming press Secretary Sean Spicer defended the president elects skepticism. This report everyone keeps talking about is not final. The current president of the United States hasnt seen a final report. And i think that the idea that we are jumping to conclusions before we have a final report is, frankly, irresponsible. And we are still awaiting the comprehensive review that president obama ordered that sean spicer is referring to. But the Intelligence Community remains confident in its analysis citing the extremely highquality intelligence on russia. As one official put it, this is not a black hole like north korea. Thanks very much, pamela brown. Turning to cnns Jessica Schneider outside new york city for us. He was asked how important Cyber Security would be for his new administration and he gave a rather surprising answer. Donald trump not only doubling down on his doubts about u. S. Intelligence, but also talking about the dangers of computers and even urging americans to essentially go back in time. Its very important. If you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the oldfashioned way. Ill tell you what. No computer is safe. I dont care what they say. No computer is safe. I have a boy who is 10 years old. He can do anything with a computer. If you want something to really go without detection, write it out and have it sent by courier. So we know that donald trump for the most part does stay away from emails but he certainly does not stay away from computers. Donald trump, wolf, tweeting multiple times, many days. He doesnt email, though, but he says be careful of those computers. He also seems to still be celebrating his november victory. Tell our viewers about that. Yeah. Thats right. Donald trump took to twitter initially wishing everyone a happy new years and then extended the well wishes to his, quote, enemies who lost so badly. Then he continued to espouse about the election as he has been known to do since winning the election in november. He tweeted out this today, saying various Media Outlets and pundits say that i thought i was going to lose the election. Wrong. It all came together in the last week. And i thought and felt i would win big, easily, over the fabled 270. He of course won 306. When they canceled fireworks, they knew and so did i. Referring there to Hillary Clintons canceled fireworks. Truth be told, wolf, donald trump even admitted to a crowd in wisconsin at one of his thank you rallies back on december 13th that he wasnt always so sure he was going to win the election. He said he actually rented out a smaller ballroom on Election Night because he wasnt sure he was going to win. He also told the crowd that he had actually told his wife melania that he said he had worked hard. But he told her. If i lose, i lose. Jessica schneider outside trump tower in new york city. Joining me now daryl isa, a member of the judiciary committee. Headli do you believe russia was involved in the hacking of the dnc and John Podestas email account, for that matter . Belief and proof are two different things. I look forward to the proof. The reality is that, during my time in congress and on the select Intelligence Committee, i certainly became aware of the actions of russia, including in their invasion of Foreign Countries where they used cyber as part of their orchestrated attack. So this is a sophisticated enemy that has used it. Additionally, and i am not defending when president obama made his exodus of these diplomats. But we have been harassed both in russia and in other countries in which russia has a presence for years. And it has been tolerated. On one hand i look forward to an actual report of what they did, how they did it and how we stop them. Have you been briefed by the Intelligence Community . Members of the Intelligence Committee and members of the Armed Services committee have been briefed. No. A select group have been briefed. Generally, we have not yet. But in past briefings this has all the earmarks obviously of something that russia and a few other countries are capable of doing. I think the important thing is not to ask did they do it or could they do it, but lets talk about what they wanted to do and how they used this information and how to prevent that. Because whomever did this certainly had a nefarious plan to release this information. And i think, whether you are a republican or a democrat, you want to make sure that we stop that in the future. Wolf, just going back, president obama had a good reason months and months, even years ago, to have a different attitude towards russia. They were harassing us. They would, for example, go into diplomats homes while they were away, mess it up just so the diplomat would know to live in terror, both in russia and in other countries. So russia is still the evil that used to be an empire. What youre saying is you dont think that president obama and his administration over these past eight years was tough enough, forceful enough in dealing with russia . He should have done more sooner, and he should have said that the relations in dealing in syria and iran had a prerequisite, that certain levels of behavior occur. He didnt do that. Having said that, president elect trump is going to inherit an iran deal with russia in the middle, a syria deal with russia in the middle. And then this revelation, if you will, that russia may have, again, exceeded any norms in trying to interfere with our election. And i think its important that we do that. But lets do one more thing. Lets remember president obama tried to defeat Bebe Netanyahu and used Government Funds to do it. I have a lot of questions for the new administration. Lets focus on russia for a moment. Do you believe that the what the u. S. Has now done, what the Obama Administration has done, should stay in place after donald trump becomes president of the United States . Because as you know in recent days he has been saying very nice things about putin. Well, i think you want to get a fresh start with all the leaders of the world. I think thats something that president elect trump needs to do. He needs to say, there is a clean slate. Well begin where the last administration left off. In the case of undoing the pushing out of spies lets not call them diplomats. Lets call them spies. If they werent spies, they shouldnt have been pushed out. If the facilities didnt aid in spying, they shouldnt have been pushed out. Assuming thats the case, undoing it when you are looking to retaliate for past things well before the hacking of the dnc, i certainly think he should be cautious in undoing that, but take a lets start anew with russia, lets remember, russia, since the reagan time, has not stopped being an evil empire. Wait. When donald trump says he has got new information that he is privy to that the general public is not privy to and hell release it tomorrow or wednesday, do you know what he is talking about . I dont. But he does have a large group of confidants. I was on his National Security advisory team. Many of those people do have independent sources that could well have leaked, quite frankly, good information to people who hold high clearances. Having said that, again, president obama is leaving office, President Trump is coming in. And he needs to start with the world as it is. He needs to repair relationships with israel. He needs to take on russia as russia is, and that means that president elect trump is going to have to look at all this information and make an independent decision, not one that i would give him and not one that john mccain would give him. Speaking of john mccain, lets listen to what he just said. He is visiting ukraine, about russia. When you attack a country, its an act of war. And so we have to make sure that there is a price to pay so that we can perhaps persuade the russians to stop this kind of attacks on our very fundamentals of democracy. He is also talking about the russian annexation of crimea, which he said was an act of war against ukraine. He is clearly convinced the russians did engage in the cyberattack against the United States. He is sitting in ukraine, a country that we promised to defend and then, when it came time to defend them, we didnt. There were cyberattacks that shut down their eyes and ears as socalled little green men came in, who were really russian soldiers. Its appropriate to be there talking about having to provide a tit for tat check of russia, equal and responsive answers. You know, john mccain is a great american, and he is a cold war warrior. I think we have to remember that the cold war taught us one thing, which is dont let them have an inch or it wont stop. That does mean that, in ukraine, first discussion with russia is, what youve done in ukraine, not in crimea but in ukraine, cannot continue. And youre continually meddling in these, are important to be talked about. Congressman, based on everything you know and are hearing, do you think that the president elect, once he is president , will do the right thing as far as russia is concerned . I believe that after he listens to general mattis, certainly after he listens to general kelly who will have a different role but certainly has the domestic portfolio. Hell come up with a measured but strong response to russia so that we dont start off where president obama and president bush started which was giving too much to russia in the early days and by the end of their administrations having a soured relation. When i look at his key advisers, particularly the two generals whom i know well, i believe theyll give him the kind of advice to have him start of much more like reagan and gorbachev and less like reagan and rush. General mattis nominated to become secretary of defense and general kelley nominated to be secretary of security. He tweeted this about putin the other day when he decided to overrule the Foreign Ministry in moscow and not retaliate for the expulsion of russian diplomats. Great move on delay by v. Putin. I always knew he was very smart. Youre smiling. President elect trump is very quick with a compliment. In this case he chose a compliment of putin rather than what i would have said in private which is, this is a slight on president obama. Putin is brushing away the outgoing president by not taking an answer. It really is a slight on president obama not to respond. Will that mean that President Trump automatically undoes what president obama has done . I think hell look at it independently and i hope he very much will because i think hell be more measured in his response and that will set the stage for our relations with russia going forward. All right. I want you to stand by. Congressman. There is a lot more to discuss. He is also reacting to this horrendous murder rate in chicago for this past year. He has got specific proposals, apparently. Well take a quick break. Much more with congressman darrelle isa. Your Insurance Company wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. The guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. No, i picked the wrong Insurance Company. With Liberty Mutual new car replacement™, you wont have to worry about replacing your car because youll get the full value back including depreciation. And if you have more than one Liberty Mutual policy, you qualify for a multipolicy discount, saving you money on your car and home coverage. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. 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What can the president elect do to try to bring down that horrendous murder rate in chicago . Well, this is something even if california we deal with all the time. One of the things the federal government can do is help form gang task forces. Remember, a lot of these murders in chicago are gang related. Thats where you can break down, arrest, deport, incarcerate people before they kill. 762 murders, i guarantee its not 762 separate shooters. Its a lot of repeat offenders, a lot of very dangerous people who need to be taken off the street. Thats where a combination of local Law Enforcement with the fbi and other agencies can really help. Because, you know, there are more people murdered this past year in chicago than in new york, a larger city, and los angeles, a larger city, combined. And so something is obviously very, very wrong in chicago. It really is. And not to get into the gun question, but they have strong gun laws. The problem is the gangs have guns and you are not going to take them away. The mayor and others say the problem they have is most of the guns dont originate in chicago or even illinois, they originate in neighboring indiana where the gun laws are much more lax. Well, of course theyre illegally battleground state illegally bought in most cases. You guns are problem in the hands of criminals, but criminals are a problem whether they have a knife, a gun or a tool. What rahm needs to do is to work with trump