this point that records were destroyed, shep. shepard: kathericat it s my understanding it could be called an act of war. the russian interference with the election, including the e-mail hacking, wikileaks and others crossed the line as part of a strategy to erode the democratic process. what kind of message does it send to vladimir putin and the rest of the world if we don t take action and respond to russian hacking? we ought to push back but fix our defense. come up with a strategy. we can defend this country in cyber space. we re not doing it. that s what w do. there s been criticism of the sanctions that were imposed by the last administration on russia. one of our contacts said they felt a stronger response. would it be included a major arms shipment to the ukraine?
electoral college. it is almost unimaginable 35 elector tors would defy this. there is a call to delay the vote to learn more about the russian e-mail hacking. he is only president elect. it was just the will of the american people hillary clinton would be president elect. i think it was distorted by the russians. foreign adversaries directly intervene into our democratic constitution and try to tilt the election to donald trump. it is clear at this point all indications this vote will go forward as noon as they gather in the respected state capital. any to stop it are disingenuous according to trump s campaign manager. they are disrespecting it among any oral gages. it wasn t a sweek squeaker folks. get over it. he needed 370 we got 306 not a
presidents in u.s. history. u.s. intelligence officials alleged that the russians government were behind the e-mail hacking. which moscow denies. that does it for me this hour. my colleague, staphanie, is picking up this story right now. sad one to start. she started her career on stage and soon become television s most iconic. this morning, actress florence henderson dead at 82. it is called black friday but some shoppers could not wait hitting the dinner table and the stores on thursday, thanksgiving day, officially kicking off the
communications, covert operations. now he ll get the latest on terror threats to americans abroad and here in the u.s. and he ll certainly get, wolf, and this is important, he ll get the latest intelligence of what russia is up to. as you know, on the campaign trail, donald trump repeatedly disparaged those assessments that russia was involved in the e-mail hacking. let s see if that changes his position. thank you very much, jim sciutto reporting for us. coming up, breaking news after a stunning election victory, donald trump begins the process of becoming the next president of the united states. he s considering names for his cabinet and white house staff and his advisers have delivered plans for his first 100 days. our mission is to produce programs and online content for african women as they try to
it is impossible to view this as anything less than a blatant double standard. that director comey would show more discretion in a matter concerning a foreign state actor than one involving the democratic nominee for president is nothing short of jaw-dropping. this has to do with the cnbc report that says comey stepped in and said i don t want to go public with the fact the fbi is saying russians are involved with democratic e-mail hacking. you can see what they re trying to do here. it didn t sound like a casual phone call, did it? no. as long as people are talking about the server in the basement, it is bad for hillary clinton. the more they re talking about james comey violated protocols and whatever the russians are doing with people who know trump, the better it is for hillary, right? so the strategy has been clear from the beginning. i think it is kind of halfway working. so you do think they re