Tonight, what we know and what we dont know about russias role in the election and their intent, and the broader concerns over a soon to be president publicly at odds with his intelligence experts. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has the latest. Reporter tonight the fall outgrowing by the president elect against the cia. Questioning its conclusion that it was russia that hacked the dnc and Clinton Campaign chairman John Podestas emails. They have no idea if its russia or china or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. I mean, they have no idea. Reporter now a bipartisan call for congressional investigations into what the intelligence agencies say russia did and why. Republican leaders pointedly backing the cia over the prid confidence in the Intelligence Community and especially the Central Intelligence agencies. Reporter and president obamas spokesman since the ee lepgs sharply criticizing trump. You didnt need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious russian cyber activity. Reporter but no unanimous conclusions about the russias motive. Cain said he he did we need a full investigation. I have seen no evidence of that. Reporter also trump escalating his war with the cia, dismissing the agencys crown jewels, the president ial daily brief. I dont have to be told. You know, im like a smart person. I dont have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day for the next eight years. Could be eight years, but eight years. I dont need that. Reporter all of it shocking intelligence veterans. In 48 hours he said the Intelligence Community, on which he incompetent, politicized and frankly he didnt have a lot of time for them. Reporter how solid is the proof that russia was behind the hacking . The cia says it has high confidence and intelligence term meaning you can take it to the bank. That convinces me that there is very strong, beyond circumstantial evidence to justify the claim that the russians were doing something in our about the suspected russian spying derail trumps top choice to be secretary of state . Exxon mobil ceo rex tiller son who has deep business ties with Vladimir Putin. Its not as if theyre god parents children. It is being blown out of proportion. Reporter the fbi has not seen all the ci as evidence about why russia hacked so many democratic groups. Russia was trying to interfere with the u. S. Election. Official say probably to unsettle the and to damage Hillary Clinton, long a critic of putin. Lester . Thank you, andrea. This is big news in russia where they are watching with fascination, the partisan fall out over the cia report. Reporter has made his way to moscow. Richard, what are they telling you . Reporter good evening, lester. First, russia is denying any hacked to influence the u. S. Election. We spoke to a top russian law maker today who said that russia simply wouldnt do it and that if any russians were involved, they were acting individually. But that said, its clear that russia is enjoying this, even relishing it. After all, theyre not getting Hillary Clinton who president Vladimir Putin personally hated. Instead theyre getting donald trump, who many in the kremlin feel they can do business with, no questions asked. So, the reaction here lester . Richard ingles in moscow, thanks. Another day, another tweet and another American Company knocked on its heels by the president elect. This time its another about the price of a military program, specifically the cost of a fighter jet he says is out of control. Nbcs Peter Alexander has more. Reporter notice the joint strike fighter, the f35 largely designed to be invisible to fly. Today it avoid landing on Donald Trumps radar. The president elect on costs as out of control, insisting billions of dollars can and will be saved. That tweet taking its toll on the f35s prime contractor, lockheed martin. Its share price falling more than 5 . Its market value dropping 4 billion. Trumps fierce criticism came just as the Israeli Air Force received its first f35 delivered by defense secretary ash carter. Israel is our first and only friend he f35. Reporter but dominating the skies doesnt come cheap. The f35 is the pentagon most expensive Weapon Program with an estimated cost of nearly 400 billion. The company today said its worked aggressively to slash the price tag. They understand the importance of affordability for the f35 program. And since the beginning, we have invested hundreds of millions of dollars to reduce the price of the airplane. Reporter just days air force one, the tweet represents trump using his twitter feed as a negotiating tool. And there is late word tonight from the Trump Transition Team after the president elect had promised that this week he would outline how hell separate his own business interests from the countrys interests with a News Conference that was supposed to happen thursday, thats been abruptly postponed. Tonight a senior transition official tells me trumps announcement will not happen until next month, january, as well as that News Conference that will election. Lester, so far, no explanation for the delay. Peter alexander in washington, thank you. Now to the wicked weather pushing across the country, dumping a mix of ice and snow, triggering highway crashes and flight delays, after consecutive mild winters, Mother Nature is roaring and bitter cold is biting in a moment al roker will be here with the forecast. But first we he get the latest from nbcs ron mott. Reporter digging before another blast of snow and cold later in the week. Overnight it has definitely compacted and turned into ice and its hard to get off of your cars. Its hard to get off the streets. Reporter across the midwest, the northeast and new england, loads of snow and sheets of ice. A dangerous combination that sent this delta jet sliding off the runway in detroit. And cars crashing into one another in a series of pile ups, a flint, michigan. I got hit from the front, in the back about four times and i got hit from the side. That is a bad feeling. Reporter in iowa two brothers were killed. More than 3,000 Flights Canceled over the weekend, another thousand today. Airports now playing catch up. My original flight was canceled so i had to rebook with a different airline. Reporter polar air is headed this way. This season already very different from last year. In december 2015, the this year, a near whiteout, and its also much colder. New york has had three days with below average temperatures so far this december. Minneapolis six, chicago seven. Next up, a plunge into the deep freezer for 28 million americans. Temperatures ten to 30 degrees below normal. And another snowstorm sweeping across the country, reminding americans of winters swift approach. In the chicago area, the temperature should fall to about ten degrees tonight. After a slight warm up overnight, it will temperature falling all day tuesday. We expect it to be pretty raw around here the rest of the week, lester. Ron mott, thank you. Al, what are we looking at here . Lester, here we go again. The polar vortex. Cold air from sigh beer i cant, into canada and interior states. By mid delay week, it is going to be brutal. Look at these temperatures. Thursday. 3 below chicago. 3 above by friday. And thin we have a vigorous storm system making its way across the coast. And look at what it does. By thursday, snow in billings. Friday it continues moving to the east and bringing snow. Into minneapolis, chicago, detroit. And by saturday, the eastern third of the country is blanketed with a mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet. Its going to make for a very he messy travel weekend as we head toward the holidays. All right, al, thank you. There is breaking news tonight in the war in syria. What could be the last stand for families trapped in aleppo as Government Forces close in on capturing a city long under siege. The fighting is fierce and there are reports of new horrors from inside aleppo as rebel forces lose their grip. Nbcs kelly has late details for us. Reporter this is what the end looks like in eastern families trying to flee as bombs fall around them. Syrian soldiers hunting down the last hold out. And just a few hours ago, 7yearold twitter account active again. The tweet, final message. People are dying since last night. And then, my dad is injured now. I am crying. Former student sala joins the rebellion five years ago. Reporter an overnight bombardment has pushed the rebels to the brink of collapse. Its all but over this Lieutenant General says. 8 of the east once held by rebels is now under government control. Thousands have fled, thousands more still trapped. Among them, according to the united nations, at least. 500 children, 100 doctors and nurses, and 300 seriously wounded, all in desperate need of or get them help have gone nowhere. There is no outside help, this fighter said, no air drops of aid, no support. We put our trust in god. Tonight, assad supporters in aleppo are celebrating. His enemies are being warned. You are out of time. Surrender or die. Kelly kobia, nbc news, london. There is more ahead here. Still ahea a alert for holiday shoppers. Major store chains accused of faking sales to trick unsuspecting customers. How to know whether youre actually getting a deal. Also who made the list for this years Golden Globes nominations . After so much globes nominations . 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Reporter for autistic children like her son, music, lights and crowds can be too much stimulation. But this year aden is checking it all out on his own time. Its not like were being rushed and hes actually being socialable, which is great. Reporter Autism Speaks is partnered with malls across the country to offer special sensory friendly visits for kids like aden before stores open. We might not be able to participate in a regular santa claus picture. Being able to come earlier in the season is nice. Reporter santa has special training. No booming hohohos here. You wait for them to reach out to you. Reporter the big guy doesnt go above and beyond. Sometimes he gets down the floor with a child went viral. Look up there and smile real big. Reporter for a moment, they arent defined by their disorder. Theyre just kids. How excited are you for christmas . That excited . Yeah. Reporter for parents its the best gift in the world. Makes me happy to see my boy interacting. Byebye. Reporter the magic of everyone. Kristen, nbc news, yonkers, new york. And we invite you to submit your own inspiring america stories on our facebook page. Thats going to do it for us on this monday night. Im lester holt for all of us at nbc news. Right now from milwaukee, this is todays tmj4 live at 6. All right. No snow now but if you thinks its cold, get ready. Chief meteorologist joins us now with what are we talking about . Negative wind chills . Oh, actually there are some right now. Negative wind chills, below 0 out in our suburb, out inland squares. Our High Temperatures today were not bad. Look at minneapolis. 14. International falls, minot, north dakota. 4. Thats the High Temperature there. That air moving in our direction. As you can see, were all right in the teens. 19 fort washington, 16 racine. And southwest, wind chill it is between 10 and just below 0 in much of the area. Were watching a cold front generating light snow. While were clear now and getting cold fast with the clear skies, clouds roll in late tonight and that will take our temperatures down. Not amounting to too much. Down to 13 degrees at im talk about the wind chills. Theyre going to get worse. Coming up in a few minutes. New at 6, region faced a significant winter storm and despite the condition, we needed a lot of salt. Big shipment of dee eyeing brought en. Bran be done was there. He joins us now. Courtney and shannon, the
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