may have actually intervened in the election result. the whole target meant to elect donald trump. that, i think, reince is right in the sense that there s so many other reasons donald trump was elected. think about how the democrats have been in denial. first it was jim comey handed the election to donald trump. then it was fake news gave the election to donald trump. then it was the electoral college gave the election to donald trump. now it s, well, the russian hackers gave the election to donald trump. it s not going to hold water. all right. charles, in the background here, you have this decision on secretary of state, and we re being told that rex tillerson, the exxon mobil ceo is the choice and could come as soon as tomorrow or the next day. and his ties to russia are playing high up on capitol hill. i think the reason for that is because of trump himself. if trump had not been so friendly, shall we say, to putin during the campaign, had he not said such good things about hi
who today insisted they support a congressional probe into any possible russian attempt to influence the election. the russians are not our friends. we ought to approach all of these issues on the assumption that the russians do not wish us well. it was a great, great meeting. reporter: with five positions in trump s cabinet left to fill, trump tower was a hive of activity today. first to arrive was carly fiorina, whose war of words with trump during the primaries was legendary. donald trump said the following about you, quote, look at that face. would anyone vote for that? can you imagine that? the face of our next president. i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. reporter: today fiorina messaged as a possibility candidate for director of national tejts was all sweetness and light after her meeting with the president-elect. it was such an honor to meet with the president-elect. first i have to say he has really cool stuff in his offic
convinced russia tried to influence the election and dispute between intelligence agencies and law enforcement over the reported determination by the cia that vladimir putin s cyber team was working to see trump win. senior national correspondent john roberts reports on the trump transition tonight from outside trump tower in new york. good evening, john. reporter: bret, good evening to you. the president-elect was on offense again today against intelligence agency claims that russian hackers were working to get him elected. dismissing those analyses is nothing more than political sour grapes. but when it comes to one potential cabinet pick, those intelligence analyses may add an extra mauzure of security. rex tillerson is the pick for secretary of state. an official announcement may still be days away, in an interview, trump told chris wallace that tillerson is an influential and impressive candidate for the job. he s much more than a business executive.
interference, and this has to be or this be done as soon as possible. john podesta with the clinton folks. with that, let s bring in our panel. editor in chief of the washington free beacon. mercedes schlapp, susan page, and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. susan, the importance of the podesta comment is that the electors meet on december 19th, and they choose how many go to donald trump and how many go to hillary clinton. i think there is no actual prospect that this is going to affect what electors do. but it is a sign of how much democrats and some republicans think there ought to be some investigation into russia s attempt at meddling in this election. the fact is the intelligence agencies are in agreement there was a russia effort to meddle in the lxz. the think we don t know there s a consensus about is whether that was aimed at electing
assumption that the russians do not wish us well. reaction to the intelligence reports suggesting that russia not only interfered in the election or tried to, but also wanted donald trump to win. donald trump tweeting out this weekend, can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and we tried to play the russia/cia card? it would be called conspiracy theory. continuing, unless you catch hackers in the act, it is very hard to determine who was doing the hacking and why wasn t this brought up before the election? speaking of the election, the clinton team now saying they want the electors to learn about all the intelligence involved here. john podesta saying electors have a solemn responsibility under the constitution, and we support their efforts to have their questions addressed. this is not a partisan issue, and we re glad to see bipartisan support in congress for an investigation into russia s role. we believe that the administration owes it to the american people to e