Politics in this country. He didnt offer evidence to support that. What he meant by democrats putting it out. Lets get more on that in a moment. If trumps team thinks they can blame this on the democrats, the only problem is Key Senate Republicans are also promising a full investigation. It is clear the russians interfered. Now, whether they intended to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a certain candidate, i think thats subject of investigation. Expect the words russia and putin to come up with a lot when it comes to be the man reported to be trumps favorite in the secretary of state search. Tillerson has close ties to moscow. He was awarded an order of friendship award by the russian president just a few year ago. That prompted this clip from republican senator lindsey graham. Quote to the washington post. I dont know the man much at all. If you received an award from the kremlin, an order of friendship, then were going to have some talking. I want to get straigh
Reporter donald trump once again taking aim at corporate america. The president elect spent much of tuesday criticizing a government contract with boeing to build a new air force one. Trump tweeting, costs are out of control. More than 4 billion. Cancel order its unclear why trump attacked boeing, americas largest exporter, or where trump got the pricey price tag. I think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. Reporter trump also touting his dealmaking skills claiming credit for a months old pledge by softbank to invest 50 billion in the United States aimed at creating jobs. Details of the deal have not been released. Hes pledged hes going to put 50 billion into the United States because of our victory. He was not investing in our country. 50 billion. 50,000 jobs. Reporter staying largely on message, a more controlled trump promising to fight terror and increase military spending. In my first budget report to congress, i am going to ask for the illumination elimination of the defens
Calling for an investigation. This cannot become a partisan issue. The stakes are too high for our country. Newsroom starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im Boris Sanchez in for fredricka whitfield. Senators are pushing for an investigation into claims that russia intervened in the election to help donald trump. In a joint statement, Democratic Senators schumer and reed, and republican senators, mccain and graham, said recent russian interference in our election should alarm every american. President elect trump dismissed those claims, blaming them on democrats still bitter over the outcome of the election. I think it is ridiculous. I think it is just another excuse. I dont believe it. I dont know why. I think it is just, you know they talked about all sorts of things. Every week, it is another excuse. We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the electoral college. I guess the final numbers are now at 306. Shes down to a very low number. No, i dont believe that at all. Y
Biden. Does he think that he could have beaten trump . It was so easy to go back and monday morning quarterback. And is he thinking about running against him next time . Who knows where well be two years from now. His exclusive exit interview next. And dark horse. After publicly courting mitt romney and jolting rudy giuliani, has the president elect picked an oil company ceo to be his secretary of state . Plus, insights on what happens next. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is hacked. A new report says russia purposely intervened in the last u. S. Election with the specific aim of swinging the election for donald trump. That is the conclusion of a secret cia assessment, according to Washington Post, but other intelligence agencies are not so convinced and president elect trump has responded by attacking the entire u. S. Intelligence apparatus and telling the nation to move on. This morning, a Bipartisan Group of senators promised to investigate and info
Using as a tool as part of Vladmir Putins wanting to contain russian dominance in some part of the world. President elect does not believe u. S. Intelligence reports. Here is what he said. I think its ridiculous. I think its another excuse. I dont believe it. They have no idea if its russia or china or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. They have no idea. Why would the cia put out this story that the russians wanted you to win . Im not sure they put it out. I think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greate eses defeats in the history of politics in this country. Ryan nobles is with me tonight outside of trump tower. What is expected from this bipartisan push . Reporter i think what is expected is a showdown. Those two sound bites demonstrate it perfectly. You have a powerful group of senators republicans and democrats who believe theres real problem here with russias attempt to intervene in this election. Then you have a president