was identified, tagged, marked, clearly as disinformation. i believe cnn would have listed it that way and reported it that way. whoever gave it to them didn t tell them who it was. i think that s a fair assessment, i think they looked at it and said it s significant this is included in a classified intelligence report, why is it being transmitted this way, not some other way? that s the question i still have. ken dilanian, you re the pro. joining me right now, hallie jackson, a reporter with nbc news. she s outside trump tower. she was there today. give us your sense about having watched trump now, covered him, it can get very frictional. reporter: yeah. he seems like he s got the high ground tonight because he caught buzzfeed leaking putting out all these stuff that really turns out to be basically disinformation, not intelligence. reporter: right. i mean, listen, what happened today, right, the president-ele president-elect s, if you want to call it a performance or show
was russia, but i think we also got hacked by other countries and other people. trump continued to speak hopefully about improving relations with russian leader vladimir putin. if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability. because we have a horrible relationship with russia. he shouldn t be doing it. he won t be doing it. russia will have much greater respect for our country when i m leading it than when other people have led it. you will see that. first, a recap tonight of events on those reports that the russians were in possession of compromising information about donald trump. last thursday, the cia and other intelligence agencies briefed president obama and leaders of congressional intelligence committees on russia s efforts to influence the 2016 election campaign. included in the briefing materials was a two-page attachment cited as disinformation describing material that was being circulated to hurt trump. well last friday, ltsame agencies briefed