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This coming up. >> at the end of the day there's no cause, no cure for stupid. i just wish there was a way to get at the problem without showing the video because in a way you're giving these jerk what is they wanted in the first place which is the attention but i don't know how you ignore it because it's so wrong what they did to that kid. >> president elect donald trump finding an unusual ally to cast doubts that russia was behind election cyberattacks. why would he side with julian assange. the wikileaks founder. donald trump said that assange should be put to death just a few years ago. ev...

>> until now trump's team has not scheduled a meeting with the heads of the top intelligence agencies. president obama met with the intelligence leader shortly after being elected in 2008. for months trump continued to cast doubts over the conclusion reached by 17 u.s. intelligence agencies that russia was behind the election cyberattacks. >> it could be somebody else. >> it could be russia but also china and lots of other people. it could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. maybe there is no hacking. >> a conclusion the cia director says is ironclad. >> i would suggest to...

The intel community. plenty of other headlines coming out of the first press conference since the election. and to be complete on it he said yes i think russia did the hacks but later on he gave the same answer and said but it could have been something else. >> almost in the same breath he did say that russia carried out the sign area tacks but then he said it's not the only country that hacked the u.s. here. it was taking a page out of his combative campaign play book. >> donald trump saying for the first time he accepts that russia carried out the election cyberattacks during a rowdy and con...

President-elect doesn't understand the critical threat russia poses? >> i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact and they can have very positive impact or they can be undercutting of our national security. >> trump has spent months doubting u.t. intelligence findings that russia was behind the election cyberattacks. in a new interview, the president-elect suggesting the u.s. could ease tensions with russia. trump telling the times of london and german newspaper build, let's see if we can make some good deals. this as trump blasts comments over the weekend that the one china po...