press conference. as far as hack being i think it was russia but i think we also get hacked by other countries. reporter: spending much of the hour long news conference blasting the media. and deflecting reports that the nation s top intelligence leaders informed him and president obama about possible incriminating information in the hands of the russians. i think it s a disgrace that information would be let out. it s all fake news. it s phoney stuff. it didn t happen. reporter: the president-elect singling out some media outlets that reported on the intel claims and taking aim at u.s. intelligence agencies. as he pointed to the kremlin s denial. you know president putin and russia put out a statement today that this fake news was indeed fake news. reporter: trump did not say whether any of his aides have been in touch with the russian officials during the presidential campaign refusing to answer questions from cnn s jim acosta. mr. president-elect can you
entertainment will be proportional and take place at a time and in a manner of our choosing. today s actions are the first at pentecost of our response. one big reason these new sanctions are so significant is because they seem to serve as an official dismissal of private security experts who claim new evidence points to the sony hack being carried out by an employee or a former employee with no origins in north korea. north korea is already the most heavily sanctioned nation on the planet and the fact that economic punishment stemming from north korea s nuclear activities hasn t been a complete deterrent has some of the president s critics scratching their heads and wondering why the white house went this route again. this is a very minimalist response for several reasons. naming specific individuals and entities singling them out for sanctions is a very ineffective way to do sanctions because if you sanction john doe he