action against russia after high level politicians, likely putin, meddled in the u.s. election. >> hillary clinton and her campaign chair weighing in. john podesta with a scathing criticism of the fbi. fast moving developments in aleppo. state tv reports are stating evacuations are suspended. thousands of people stuck inside the war-torn city. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning. i'm alison kosik. it is friday, december 16th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. new this morning, president obama vowing to take action in response to russian hacking of the u.s. election. in an interview with npr, the president said he is directly confronted vladimir putin warning the rubbissian presidenf the potential u.s. response. >> no doubt that when any foreign government tries to