Information warfare tactics to counter potential 2020 election interference by the russians. according to the washington post the command called cyber, points a target the elite including security services, the military and possibly oligarchs, officials say russian president vladimir putin would be spared since such a move would be considered too provocative. and intel committee detailing russia s main goal is to so discord in the upcoming election. 2019 was of rough here in politics and not everyone ended up on santa s my first. who will find:there stocking christmas morning? john thomas joins us to break down the biggest political losers of 2019. good morning. this is the most festive segment but let s dive right in.
Christmas eve is here and santa is already busy, and so many adults around the globe within aerospace defense command tracking saint nick. keeping a close watch on this progress with updated technology in some mobile apps of course. norad and its predecessors have been reporting on santa s whereabouts every year since 1955 assuring anxious kids and the young at heart he s on his way. up next, reaching voters from behind bars. really? one presidential campaign is responding after a report that it uses prison labor to make some calls. details, next. maybe you could free zoltar?
Really needs to go away. like i don t wear cowboy hat but i support you wearing yours, chad. people mad at me for wear this christmas jacket but i feel like it. people know about santa claus gender fake a look at this poll 27% of people think santa should be female or gender neutral and then if you ask people thousand he would mod herbize santa claus 20% said give santa tattoo 18% said new hair and another 18% say skinny jeans. take it away. why do we have to marginalize mrs. clause this way and start messing with old st. nick. i don t know what the the name is and why leaving her out and a focus on santa? where are we so focused on a guy we ve never laid eyes on and what he s wearing. this poll come up evier and everyone has this sense of how this
Finally tonight, for many of us as kids it was the most important two minutes of our young lives, sitting on santa s knee and filling out our wishes as i found out recently, it s one christmas tradition still very much alive. reporter: a lot comes with wearing that red suit. don t disillusion anybody. reporter: that you literally carry once you ve got a few days left to think about it, right? reporter: hopes and our secrets. i didn t share it merry christmas reporter: in this digital age, you can facetime santa for a price. but don t you remember the excitement, nervous anticipation of meeting the big guy face-to-face, ready to blurt out i want a a dinosaur. reporter: give me your best dinosaur sound. roar! like, roar! like that? reporter: in new york s christmas-themed bryant park, i found one on one moments with santa are still
In demand, where the youngest st. nick ambassadors happily share the mysteries of mr. claus. how does he get down the chimney? he usually parks his sleigh on top of the roof and then he just goes down reporter: michael and his sister antoinette had their lists committed to memory madden 20, like the football game. reporter: are you a little nervous kind of reporter: you look like you re going to forget what you want to say oh, the pressure and then the moment. a nerf gun, a camera reporter: did you remember everything on your list? yes no. reporter: no worries. he s got you covered, kids whatever people ask for, the basic thing they really want is happiness. and they think those things will give them happiness. and of course it s an illusion because happiness must eventually come from within and that, santa explained to me, is the true meaning of christmas. i ll work on that dinosaur voice that s nightly news. i m lester holt.