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So, we're going to have parallel investigations now continuing russian hacking. what influence it had and what was the intention behind it, the extent. and also the fbi now investigating itself on director comey's handling of the investigation of hillary clinton's e-mails which, as you know, democrats have said possibly influenced the election as well. let me ask you, do you have confidence in the fbi director? >> well, you know, i had a similar reaction when he basically announced there wasn't anything there when, in fact, she had broken the law. there were statutes on the books that do not r...

Has appeared on as a guest and that he is said tahave received a speaking fee from. well before the trump campaign got rolling. this has been identified in the unclassified version of the intelligence agency's report on hacking as a key propaganda channel for the russian government of vladimir putin. it's not just cable news channel. this is described by our intelligence agencies as a propaganda outlet. i do think there is a question whether somebody who is going to be a prominent official and adviser. they should be appearing on a propaganda out let. >> and, listen, this is information war as...

That's not open democratic process. >> tonight some democrats in congress are fuming after a closed door briefing by the fbi director about the russian hacking. we have breaking news about a heated confrontation between the former dnc chair and fbi director james comey about the hacked e-mails that help lead to her ouster. cnn phil mattingly is digging in on that for us. what are you learning about that c confrontation? >> it was exactly how it was described by a lawmaker in the room. we are just learning right now that closed door briefing, classified briefing this morning turned into a chall...

I talked to comings when he left that classified brief g briefing, he was extremely disappointed by what he heard. starting to question whether or not jim comey should resign. i reached out to debbie wasserman schultz office about this. they are not going to comment on what happened at a classified briefing but did say according to debbie wasserman schultz jim comey has more questions to answer, jim. >> phil mattingly, thank you very much. a lot of lawmakers have talked about it and now we know it is going to happen. investigation of the russian hacking. new information on the recent contact...

What is the reaction over there, bill. >> reporter: i sat down with the chief kremlin spokesman, the man whose words so often echo the words of donald trump when he talks about a witch hunt and fake news. he had very warm words after the news conference by donald trump yesterday. he said he liked the new tone and the new language of the president-elect. he said he liked donald trump's readiness to talk, not confront, his readiness to try to understand what's fake and what's not. what he didn't like was when donald trump said yesterday on hacking, i think it was russia. dmitry peskov said, no, ...