Good morning everybody. If youre just joining us, im Yasmin Vossoughian at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. It is 9 00 in the east, 6 00 out west. Here is whats happening. Russian president Vladimir Putin now suggesting russia has been framed as the perpetrator who meddled in the u. S. Election. Here is a clip from the nbc exclusive sitdown interview with my colleague megyn kelly airing on her two show tomorrow night. Take a listen. Translator hackers can be anywhere. They can be in russia, in asia, even in america, latin america. They can even be hackers, by the way, in the United States. Very skillfully and professionally shifted the blame, as we say, on to russia. Much more on that. Later today, demonstrations in more than 130 cities here in the u. S. And around the world ramp up calls for an independent investigation into russias meddling into the u. S. Election and its ties to the Trump Campaign. Youre looking at a live picture there. Also new today, this headline in the new
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