The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Purveysive campaign to try to weaken and divide the United States. Our democracy is in the cr s crosshairs. Russia attempted to interfere in the last election and continues to this day. Reporter there seems to be a tale of two different white houses. Offering two different messages. The president in one speech that went over an hour long to his supporters and his top intelligence chiefs offering that blunt warning. President trump last night was saying that putin did not want him to win the election. That Doesnt Square with what Vladimir Putin himself said just three weeks ago while standing right next to the president. I will tell you what, russia is very unhappy that trump won. That i can tell you. President putin, did you want President Trump to win the election . Translator yes, i did. Reporter we are continuing to see these v
of course, notified secret service and she was fired last year. what does the secret service say about this ? they are trying to downplay the role of this woman. officials have told me from the state department and the u.s. secret service has told our white house team that this woman did not have any access to national security classified information. they did in a statement say, quote, all foreign service nationals who provide services in furtherance of our they are host country locals that are local hires, who provide services in furtherance of our mission can be subject to foreign intelligence influence. this is of particular emphasis in russia. these employees, these foreign service nationals, they do have contact with their local governments as part of their job, whether it s cultural, administrative, in terms of any type of logistics in dealing with the host government.