Know is there a cost for this kind of meddling. The republican nominee for president was encouraging russia to hack his opponent. Because he believed that would help his campaign. This foolish guy, josherne earnest. I dont know if he is talking to president obama because he is so dad. By saturday morning, you can see the snow totals. A pretty thick blanket here. Reports of renewed violence in epalpo, a. Syri the evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians was suspended. A guilty verdict for the gunman in a shooting rampaget a a church in charleston, south carolina. Dylann roof could get the Death Penalty. You take this and you burn it. Its not any part i can keep . The sports world is mourning the loss of craig sager. Is there no person that ive ever met in my life who wanted to live more. Water is headed to Corpus Christi, texas, after the none of thisas w caused by the city. Lockett, touchdown the seahawks will clench the nfc west. All that. Hat do you fwantor christmas . I want you to sing my song all i want for christmas is you all i want for christmas is you and all that matters. First Lady Michelle obama is sitting down for a final oneonone interview. Barack didnt just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. What else do you have if you dont have hope . On cbs this morning. The Trump Inaugural Committee is reportedly having trouble to find alist people to perform at the inaugural party. Elton john said he is doing the concert on the mall. Sir elton said no truth to this at all. That is too bad. I was looking forward to him hands sir. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is off. Alex wagner of cbs this Morning Saturday is with us. President obama says he spoke directly to russian president Vladimir Putin about russias hacking and the United States will strike back. Officials have told cbs news that american intelligence agencies believe putin, at some point, was directly involved in the hacking around the election and they believe putin approved spreading the information. President obama told npr news that the u. S. Would retaliate. I think there is no doubt that when any Foreign Government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. Russian officials said t morning that putin at a g20 summit gave president obama a really clear response to the charge of interfering in the u. S. Election. Margaret brennan is at the white house and has new information about that meeting. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Well, two months before the u. S. Elections, president obama confronted Vladimir Putin about the hacking. The russians had already been alerted that the u. S. Had detected their intrusions by secretary kerry and president obama warned there would be consequences. Some of it may be explicit and publicized. Some of it may not well be but mr. Putin is wellware of my feelings about this because i spoke to him directly about it. Reporter the conversation took place in september on the sidelines of the g20 summit in china in what is described as a blunt, and candid 90minute meeting, mr. Obama warned putin that he didnt want to launch a cyber arms race but vowed america would retaliate. We got more capacity than defensively. Reporter at the time, president obama did acknowledge that the two had spoken about Cyber Security. We did talk about Cyber Security generally. Im not going to comment on specific investigations that are still alive and active. Reporter we now know one of those investigations was the russian hacking connected to the Democratic National committee and the president ial election. Within hours of the president s conversation, putin had pulled back from a ceasefire deal in syria and a u. S. Offer to coordinate air strikes against isis and Al Qaedalinked terrorists but the u. S. Officials claim there is no connection. The white house is considering sanctions on senior russian intelligence officials and a proportional cyber response. One factor the white house waited president obama didnt want to politicize the intelligence but they had also intended to coordinate Hillary Clinton who expected to win the lex. They say the kremlin should provide evidence or stop talking about the hacking. Thank you, margaret republican cbs news will have full coverage of president obamas final News Conference of the year, today. That coverage begins at 2 15 eastern and 1 15 central on cbs. Us investigators are saying more about the motives for the russian hacking and believe political campaigns were not the only targets for Vladimir Putin and his intelligence service. Jeff pegues is talking to his sources about the russian operation that began in the summer of last year. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning. Investigators believe the Cyber Attacks that affected the Democratic National committee are part of an elaborate russian cyberespionage operation on. U. S. Intelligence official have warned sometime that russian officials have been working to figure out cyberoperations that caused political instability or even regime change. Investigators now believe that Vladimir Putin initially wanted to dame the cyberattacks and to inject chaos and doubt into the u. S. Election process. They have also decided who they want to see become president of the United States, too, and its not me. Wow what a crowd reporter u. S. Officials say an added bonus that donald trump, seemed more friendly to russian interests became the republican nominee. Wouldnt it be nice if we actually got along with russia. The u. S. Investigators have what is a variety of sources and shows that hundreds of people may have been involved from the kremlin to russian intelligence and to hacking units. They werent just trying to get lucky and while electing trump definitely benefits them, they also win even if clinton is weakened. Ecause she would be her mandate to govern would be weakened by all of the negative feedback that is put into the media system. Reporter clint watts is a fellow at grg university. They have trying to influence an outcome that they want. Reporter the election process was not the only target for russian hackers. The American Military was targeted in july of 2015 when the unclassified email system of the pentagons joint staff was breached. Cbs News National security correspondent david martin reports that retired chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey, says the attack occurred at an alarming speed and within an hour, hackers had seized control of the computer credentials of dempsey and hundreds of others senior officers. The only way to stop the attack was to take down the computer network. The hack came from 30,000 emails that were sent to a west coast university. Four were forwarded to members of the joint staff. One was opened. The apparent purpose was to cause damage and force the pentagon to replace their hardware and software. Investigators believe the russians were lashing out after the Obama Administration imposed economic sanctions. President elect trump still downplays russias role in the hacking. At a rally last night he criticized the white house secretary who said mr. Trump must have money the hacking was helping his campaign. This foolish guy, josh earnest. I dont know if he is talking to president obama. You know . Having the right press secretary is so important. Because he is so bad the way he delivers a message. Cbs news political director and face the nation moderator John Dickerson is with us. Goomorning, charlie. Reporter following what jeff said and Margaret Brennan said, how does the president respond . So this is interesting. Forehead kaplan wrote in slate that the United States has a lot of great cyber rocks to throw at russia but a much glassier house which is to argue we rely on the internet and we are so interconnected that if the u. S. Responds to russia and this starts a back and forth that the u. S. Is actually quite vulnerable. So that is the delicate thing he you can either respond in the cyber area or respond with more sanctions or even militarily. Be more aggressive in europe . Or be more aggressive in europe. Now, the question is how to respond but then how to hand off the response. Yeah. Because donald trump. In 35 days. Donald trump doesnt believe the russians are involved and all of the areas of russian potential conflict his posture is much more relaxed at least puble in terms of what he says than what the Obama Administration says. John, how much pressure does this put on trumps cabinet picks . Rex tillerson the secretary of state nominee is already under the microscope for his relationship to Vladimir Putin. He is going to have to toe trumps line on Russian Intelligence Service and trumps disbelief that they had nothing to do with the hack . Well, that will be a central question of his confirmation. We will see where this story is by that time. So whether this is the specific thing that they talk about that is it but so many other areas where the russia and United States have both areas of conflict necessary cooperation. Counterbalance is china is one. We will see if the story continues and its like a spy novel so you can imagine it being a big deal for that. A lot of people are talking today about his attack on josh earnest, the White House Press secretary and considered very good at his job and most people would never use a phrase of foolish guy. What do you make that have . Is this donald trump being donald trump . Yes. A shiny object he throws out to get us talking about and here is a nice example. Josh earnist is the shot at josh earnist totally shiny object get us distracted. The one still rolling in response is the response his administration had to these reports of russian harki inhack they thought they were wmds in iraq. Attacking the cia. About its worst failure in 15 years and defining its work by that is a shot not forgotten and intelligence people that the president elect has to work with. Therefore, can you say at this point, Vladimir Putin is winning and doing what he intended to do . If what he intended to do is create chaos and undermine u. S. Institutions, he is doing very well. Thank you, john. On face the nation, john interviews former National Adviser john donlon and Henry Kissinger and tanehisi coates. Another great sunday for john. Hopefully we will keep that coming. Much of the country is waking up to frigid and potentially dangerous cold temperatures. They are below freezing for millions of americans right now around the country. The cold stretches from cities in the Pacific Northwest down to the southeast. Between now and sunday, below freezing temperatures are expected in 49 states thats a lot. 14 states from the Mountain West to the great lakes are under winter storm warnings. The windch mt. Washington was 87 degrees below zero demarco morgan, how are you doing out there . Its cold out here to say the least. 87 below, i dont think i could handle that why many of the people here will be waking up to streets complete covered in snow and you cant make out the sidewalks here. Here is one thing you want to be careful about. In the street there are sheets and pockets of ice that are beneath this white powdery stuff. If you plan on getting out here, you want to play it safe. Overnight, strong winds and snow pummeled western new york as the brutal cold and winterlike weather stretches from the midwest. Dont feel like doing anything right now. I want to go back to bed reporter to the northeast. Its freezing out here i feel like its going to blow me away. Reporter as we go this time lapse video shows a wall of lakeeffect snow burying the syracuse, people battled whiteout conditions in a village of poliski. On the road the storms created havoc. One pileup in western pennsylvania, involved 59 vehicles and more than two dozen motorists were involved in a crash that sent at least six to the hospital on long island in new york. We were driving along and the car hit us in the back and he swerved to try and not hit this car. And we got hit again. Reporter the dangerous roads made it impossible for nancy abbott to get deliveries at a food bank in adam, new york. Does it concern you . Of course, im concerned because we have approximately the same people coming each month to get an extra bit of food and when we cant offer it, you know, it is, its sad. Reporter it is sad. That food delivery was actually supposed to be coming from right here in syracuse, new york. We have good news for the food. A delivery will be made sometime today. Thanks, demarco. Chief weather caster lonnie quinn of wcbs is tracking the cold. Lonnie, good morning. Well, good morning to you. The system that is out there right now because its everything. The cold air, yes snow, yes. Rain, yes. Ice is a problem as well. Look at this. The northern plains, you have not felt like its been above zero since tuesday. And look at bangor, maine. Feel like 9 below this afternoon and greenville, maine, 16 below zero. Coldest temperature in the country. The other story . The winter storm warnings that are in effect anywhere from the four corners up to the northern plains, stretching through portions of the midwest. You love this situation if youre a skier. The eastern half of the country, lakeeffect snow. At times incomes that system. Wisconsin, 6 inches, maybe a foot of snow out of it. Then as it pushes into the northeast, snow to begin. This is going to become rain as warm air pushes up and in that could be the most problematic of all for places like pennsylvania and ohio. Snowfall totals, the eastern half of the country not the biggest totals. Maybe 6 inches and some approaching a foot but out west you measure this in feet. Alex, over to you. Lonnie, thanks for the update. The Church Massacre gunman dylann roof could face the Death Penalty after convicted of 33 federal charges. A jury of 12 found him guilty yesterday. The same group will decide next month whether the 22yearold should be sentenced to death. The selfdescribed white supremacist admitted to killing nine people at a Historic Black Church in charleston, south carolina. Mark strassmann is outside the federal courthouse there. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning. From the trials opening moments this guilty verdict was seen as a slam dunk for federal prosecutors. And roofs jury talked it over for all of two hours. Before deciding he committed this lethal racist rampage. Taking target practice with the eventual murder weapon helped convince jurors of his guilt. In closing arguments federal prosecutor Nathan Williams called roo a man of immense hatred who committed an act of tremendous cowardness and shooting them as they had their eyes closed in prayers. Prosecutors showed jurors roofs videotaped confession to fbi agents. I went to the church in charleston and i did it. Defense lawyer david brock conceded to jurors that roof was guilty but suggested he showed signs of Mental Illness and roofs racist beliefs were his own. As far as we can tell from evidence, he had no friends, the attorney said. Im saying he had no friends. He had nine friends. He had 12 friends in that room. Reporter Felicia Sanders survived the attack and her son was killed in front of her. During her testimony, she called out roof for refusing to look her. That goes to show you how cold and callus he is. You slaughtered nine people and you sit there and dont even look . Reporter Sharon Risher watched every day of the trial. She lost her mother ethyl lance and two of her cousins in roofs rampage. Some people would say, dylann roof is the poster child of why the Death Penalty exists . If this case didnt warrant the Death Penalty, then i dont know what case would have. Reporter the Death Penalty phase of this trial will start on january 3rd, and even with roofs life on the line and despite the advice of his lawyers, charlie, he intends to represent himself in court. Mark, thanks. New violence reportedly halted the flow of people escaping from aleppo in syria. Drone video shows buses lined up for evacuations yesterday and ambulances waiting for the wounded. Devastation is visible inve direction. Syrian state tv says the evacuations were suspended this morning after rebel fighters opened fire on a convoy. The number of people left inside the small area still held by rebels isnt clear. We dont know if the evacuations will begin again. Hope sooner rather than later. The first lady is looking back on her eight years in the white house. Ahead on cbs this morning, a preview of Michelle Obamas final white house interview. She tells oprah what our nations leader must inspire. Now, we are feeling what not having hope feels like. You know . Hope is necessary. Its a necessary concept. And barack didnt just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. 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