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Moscow's disinformation campaign speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer experts needed to track the russian efforts. i'm joined by ruth markus, ruth, i want -- maehl maybe i'll start with you. >> a high bar for more evan here. >> i think it's fascinating. we had this thing struck news 2016. here we are going into 2018. usually, you know, you fool me once, fool me twice, that whole thing. we're letting it happen? >> absolutely. so why are we letting it happen? i think the answer lies with the president. he is our commander in chief. he has th...

>> i say three things. i understand your enthusiasm for 2018. usually the president loses seats and his party loses seats in the midterm. they have that going for them. president trump is a polarizing figure. just how president obama with a lot of democratic losses, there was enthusiasm with the democrats enjoy the coming in people preferred democrats. sooner or later, they will have to have flesh and blood candidates, real positions, and it will just become a well behaved donald trump? i do do not know. >> jon: there's a lot of republicans who do not embrace this president. i still think you ...

$343 million. the jackpot for tonight's powerball is worth $384 million. meanwhile, the stock market ended the year on a down note. three major indexes reported the best year since 2013. the dow gained 25% this year. the s&p, 19%. and the nasdaq, a staggering 28%. now back to that cold weather that is gripping much of this country. nbc's anne thompson is in times square. has it gotten any better since we last talked to you last hour? >> reporter: phillip, it's actually gotten colder. the wind has picked up. we are seeing the occasional snow flurry. all in all, people are getting through it. ...