with him and help him and help him do the best he can in this new extraordinary set of responsibilities. one of the things that we ought to emphasize, a number of us, i think, is the fact that the russians play rough. and here s president obama s reaction in an abc news exclusive interview which will air tomorrow morning. we ve seen a lot of commentary lately where there are republicans or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in vladmir 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 i said this right after the election. we have to remind ourselves we re on the same team. vladmir putin s not on our team. this morning, president elect trump is still reluctant to put the blame on russia for hacking
where the republicans or pendants or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in vladimir putin then fellow americans because those fellow americans are democrats. that cannot be. does that include the president-elect? what i will say is that, i said this right after the election. we have to remind ourselves were on the same team. vladimir putin is not on our team. eric: joining us now from houston to analyze, with us in studio, former cia operations officer who worked in the former soviet union for two years. you re the right guy at the right time. i m writing this report. i m looking for the smoking gun. i can find a gun and it ain t smoking. if you read the report carefully, you ll find it. eric: i didn t read it carefully enough, that s what you re saying. i did, but go on.
doubts it. one of the things i am concerned about is the degree to which we ve seen a lot of commentary lately where the republicans or pedants or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in vladimir putin then 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 is not on our team.me eric: joining us now from houston to analyze, national security analyst and a former cia operations officer who worked in the former soviet union for two years. you re the right guy at the right time. i m reading this report. i m looking for the smoking gun.
california. this is likely to create flooding from smoe melt many the mountains and along the burn areas so something to chemoclose watch on for today and tomorrow out west. bonnie, thank you. it is a good day to stay home. the president-elect this morning is standing by one of his take-aways from a report pi top u.s. intelligence agencies about russia s interference in november s election. he tweeted this morning, intelligence stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results. vote mag sheens not touched! with that report concluded, vladimir putin ordered a campaign to influence the u.s. presidential electi. here s president obama s reaction in an abc news exclusive interview which will air tomorrow morning. we ve seen a lot of commentary lately where there were republicans or pundits or cable commentators who seem to have more confidence in vladimir
let s move to a constructive solution, how do you learn from this and what can we do going forward. there s reaction from president obama in his new interview with george stephanopoulos with abc. listen to this. vladimir putin got what he wanted. well, look, i think that what is true is that the russians intended to meddle and they meddled. i ll be honest with you, george, a lot of things that i am concerned about is the degree to which we ve seen a lot of commentary lately where there were 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