leaks from the dnc e-mails. there were no fireworks because there were no firewalls at the dnc. they said there was no evidence that russia was able to penetrate any of the voting machines and affect the outcome that way, but it wasn t in their charge to determine whether the information that was hacked by russia that was ultimately leaked to the public, whether or not that changed any votes. so despite the hacking scandal, donald trumps ha shas that the icy relationship can thaw. reporter: donald trump has been tweeting about the relationship between the united states and russia and together solving a lot of the big problems that the world encounters. that, of course, is music to vladimir putin s ears, because he has been saying all along he
the president elect s ambition. here isv: what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had to say about it all. the best way to look at the president elect s attitude towards the russians isym to lo at incoming national security leaders, general mattis, congress, none of theseym are people who are in any way conflicted about the view that the russians are not our friends i don t think it s all that unusual for a new president to want to get along with the russians. i remember george w. bush havinú the same hope. my suspicion is his hopes will be diced pretty quickly. donald trump s proposed moscow s military involvement in ukraine and syria, but before those conflicts, residents of the former soviet@úrepublic of georgia, they say they fell vick
you first on what has been happening before we get to the hearings themselves and that is with regards to the intel report and that which has been said about it. donald trump tweeting this morning and we ve been talking about it this hour, he s saying in one of his tweets, having a good relationship with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. only stupid people or fools would think that is bad. and then he adds onto say both countries will perhaps work together. in one of his tweets this comes less than 24 hours after he got that intel briefing on the hacking scandal, which a declassified report blames squarely on vladimir putin. so we are seeing two messages, one from the intel community, one from president-elect trump. they do not agree with each other. some saying that donald trump is clearly lying. your thought? well, i mean, as an aspiration, you d like to have a constructive relationship, you know, with russia. but as we saw in the hearing in the senate this week with the sen
i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. hi! hey! i ve made plans for later in case this date doesn t go well. same here. wouldn t it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi double cash card does. earn 1% cash back when you buy, and 1% as you pay. double means double. thanks for staying with us. dozens of russian diplomats expelled from the united states as punishment for the hacking scandal now back home as of monday russia time. that plane here carrying the diplomats and their families touching down in moscow. meanwhile, president-elect donald trump still questions whether the russians were involved in the cyber attack on the democratic national committee or not. let s bring in leo todeo, a former special agent in charge of fbi s cyber division in new
united states back home is getting ready for takeoff at, there you see it, dulles airport just outside washington. this after president obama slapped russia with sanctions as pay back for meddling in the u.s. election. carolina is live in washington with more on that. caroline, when will the diplomats lift off and head home? officially kicked out tomorrow, gregg. that s when the 72-hour clock runs outset by the obama administration. the blame that will transport those diplomats home looked ready to go at dulles international airport in nearby virginia. russia s news agency says almost 100 people will be on there when it takes off. 35 diplomats and their dependents. russian officials say it s part of the special flight squadron. basically their version of air force one. they locked up two of their luxly compounds yesterday at noon in new york and maryland when the us blocked access to them as punishment for the larger hacking scandal. the obama administration says the gorgeous build