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They said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. >> reporter: other members of the trump administration continue to cast a much darker view of russia. >> we don't trust russia. we don't trust putin. we never will. they're never going to be our friend. that's just a fact. >> reporter: and tonight concern that russian government hackers carried out probing cyber attacks on vital u.s. infrastructure including the power grid, potentially giving the kremlin the ability to turn off the lights. earlier this year the department of homeland security and fbi detail...

The ability to turn off the lights. the department of homeland security and the fbi detailing a two-year multistage effort by mow c moscow targeting the u.s. energy grid. they planted malware that allowed them to move into larger networks. once inside the energy suppliers, they collected information on the facilities control systems, attempting to gain the ability to turn those systems off. >> they're positioning malware so they could pull the trigger when they wanted to. but they're also sending the united states a message. we are in position to cause harm if we wanted to do it. so you, the u...