Convinced russia tried to influence the election and dispute between intelligence agencies and Law Enforcement over the reported determination by the cia that Vladimir Putins cyber team was working to see trump win. Senior National Correspondent john roberts reports on the trump transition tonight from outside trump tower in new york. Good evening, john. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The president elect was on offense again today against Intelligence Agency claims that Russian Hackers were working to get him elected. Dismissing those analyses is nothing more than political sour grapes. But when it comes to one potential cabinet pick, those intelligence analyses may add an extra mauzure of security. Rex tillerson is the pick for secretary of state. An official announcement may still be days away, in an interview, trump told Chris Wallace that tillerson is an influential and impressive candidate for the job. Hes much more than a business executive. Hes a worldclass player. And to m
About women. Is the final battle of the election unfolding on tv . And striking distance. Iraqi forces backed by u. S. Troops are now within hundreds of yards of the isis stronghold in iraq. Terrorist fighters are now taking desperate measures, including using civilians as human shields. Will we see an isis defeat before the election . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. A new controversial and politically charged revelation by the fbi one week before election day. The election has released files from its investigation more than a decade ago into a pardon granted by president bill clinton to a former Hedge Fund Trader charged with tax evasion. The Clinton Campaign is openly questioning the timing of the fbis release, which is sparking fresh criticism of director james comey, already under fire for revealing the renewed clinton email inve
Convinced russia tried to influence the election and dispute between intelligence agencies and Law Enforcement over the reported determination by the cia that Vladimir Putins cyber team was working to see trump win. Senior National Correspondent john roberts reports on the trump transition tonight from outside trump tower in new york. Good evening, john. Reporter bret, good evening to you. The president elect was on offense again today against Intelligence Agency claims that Russian Hackers were working to get him elected. Dismissing those analyses is nothing more than political sour grapes. But when it comes to one potential cabinet pick, those intelligence analyses may add an extra mauzure of security. Rex tillerson is the pick for secretary of state. An official announcement may still be days away, in an interview, trump told Chris Wallace that tillerson is an influential and impressive candidate for the job. Hes much more than a business executive. Hes a worldclass player. And to m
Meets today with members of congress and top security access. Members tightlipped about what was discussed but it comes as they discuss their own investigation of russia, the election and President Trumps wiretapping claims. We have a whole lot to get to but i want to start with our breaking news right now. Cnn correspondent pamela brown looking into all of it for us. Pamela, what have you learned after looking into the investigation . Well, don we learned that experts and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a link between the Computer Organization and the russian bank familiar with this investigation. This is the same server mentioned in a breitbart article that a washington source said that President Trump accused investigators of tapping his phone. Cnn was told there was no fizer warrant on this server, but questions about allegations were widely dismissed months ago as an attempt by them to block spam. But they looked into the same allegation on the russian in
Same, and that his decision to disclose the clinton investigation emails just days before the election was the right call. I faced a choice, and ive lived my entire career by the tradition if you can possibly avoid it, you avoid any action in the runup to an election that might have an impact, whether its a dog catcher election or president of the United States. But i sat there that morning and i could not see a door labeled no action here. I could see two doors and they were both actions. One was labeled speak, the other was labeled conceal. Look, this was terrible. It makes me mildly nauseous to make me think we might have had some impact on the election. Honestly, it wouldnt change the decision. You may think were idiots. Were honest people. We made judgments trying to do the right thing. Even with hindsight, we made the right decisions. Fbi director comey also looking to justify that press conference back in july when he announced he would not recommend clinton face charges. The nu