commentary lately where there are republicans or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in vladimir putin than fellow americans because those fellow democrats are americans. we have to remind ourselves, we re on the same team. vladimir putin is not on our team. it s interesting, we re on the same team. we haven t heard that a lot, there s been so much division. what s your reaction? it s what the president also alluded to in his speech, his press conference before christmas, when he said that ronald reagan would be rolling over in his grave. the idea that in the wake of all of this, i mean, let s remember how we got here, don. there was a report by my washington post colleagues about month ago that the findings we found out today were going to come out. a couple of days later on a sunday show, president-elect trump dismissed them, said the report was ridiculous, we didn t know who was behind this, the intelligence community was off-base, and now it turns o
here s how he answered the question. one of the thing is am concerned about is the degree to which we ve seen a lot of commentary lately where there are republicans or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in vladimir putin than fellow americans because those fellow americans are democrats. that cannot be. do you think donald trump has more confidence in vladimir putin than in democrats in the united states? i don t. i hope when they start taking the reins of power, they ll get the combination to every lock and the keys to every cabinet in the intelligence community, i think their team need to get a good assessment of russian activities not just in this case but in all cases. we have seen a ramp-up of
they are banking on. for instance the rue bell oig has risen a little as it gets closer to when he comes into office. whether or not that will happen, whether or not all this will translate into policy of course is something that they re still waiting to see. okay. fred, appreciate it. thank you. donald trump s lack of outrage over russia s meddling in the u.s. election is puzzling to many americans including the u.s. president barack obama. mr. obama said people should remember russian interests are not the same as u.s. interests. i think that what is true is that the russians intended to meddle and they meddled. i ll be honest but, one of the things that i am concerned about is the degree to which we ve seen a lot of commentary lately where there are republicans or pundits or cable commentators
lately, where there are republicans or pundits or cable commentators, who seem to have more confidence in vladimir putin than fellow americans because those fellow americans are democrats. that cannot be. does that include the president-elect? well, what i will say is that, and i said this right after the election. we have to remind ourselves, we re on the same team. vladimir putin s not on our team. let s talk more about this with rod beck strom, the former director of the national cyber security center at the u.s. department of homeland security, a senior adviser to the u.s. director of intelligence. joining us from santa cruz, california. good to have you with us. let s talk about this declassified report, the president-elect meeting, he got a much more detailed version of
virginia with snow. we ll check in with bonnie schneider in just a few minutes. but new reaction from president obama following the release of declassified intelligence reports which included that vladimir putin ordered a campaign to influence the u.s. presidential election. here s what president obama said in an abc news exclusive interview which will air tomorrow morning. we ve seen a lot of commentary lately where there ares or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in vladimir putin than fellow americans because those fellow americans are democrats. does that include the president-elect? well, what i will say is that and i said it right after the election we have to remind ourselves we re on the same team. vladimir putin is not on our team. president-elect trump released a statement after receiving classified version of the report during his meeting