king on and play through that. vice president joe biden is confirming a cnn report that he and president obama were briefed last week on unsubstantiated claims that russia may have compromising information about president elect trump. president elect trump has dismissed our reporting as fake news. he vance perez is live in washington with more. if you don t like things these days you call them fake. there s no doubt, chris. the vice president joe biden says intelligence officials briefed them and president obama last week about unverified claims that russia may have compromising information on president elect donald trump. now cnn first reported that the nation s top intelligence chiefs presented both the president and the president elect with a two page written synopsis of these claims that came from a 35 page opposition research dossier. it was compiled by a former