bit into the personal rift growing between the incoming administration and white house right now. hours after white house press secretary josh earnest from the white house podium told reporters that trump had to have known about the russian hacks. trump attacked josh earnest by name. here is what he had to say. although this foolish guy, josh earnest. i don t know if he is talking to president obama. having the right press secretary is so important because he is so bad. the way he delivers a message. he can deliver a positive message and it sounds bad. he could say, ladies and gentlemen, today we have totally defeated isis and it wouldn t sound good. okay? i have a feel they won t be saying it, but i know we will be saying it. reporter: the president-elect back on the road today. heading to orlando, florida.
obama vows to take action of the hacking of the u.s. election. with the interview with npr, he directly confronted vladimir putin warning russia of a potential u.s. response. i think there is no doubt when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. the president was not specific about the form of u.s. response might take. he said some of it may be explicit and publicized. so may not. this as the u.s. official confirms to cnn that u.s. agencies believed putin ordered cyber attacks. for the latest on that, let s get to jim sciutto. reporter: it is believed that the intelligence community since they called russia out for this a month before the election, this hacking operation would
that claim is false. the administration publicly accused russia of hacking in early october a month before the election. and privately obama met with putin in september reporting him to stop hacking or face consequences. this is increasing friction with the administrations. josh earnest insisted it was obvious trump knew russia was meddling in the election. just a fact. you have it on tape. the republican nominee for president was encouraging russia to hack his opponent because he believed it would help him campaign. i recognize the defense from the trump campaign he was joking. i don t think anybody at the white house thinks it s funny. last night, trump lashed back at the white house spokesman
the administration first publicly accused russia of hacking back in early october, a month before the election, and privately obama met with putin in september. the new york times reporting that obama warned putin to stop hacking or face consequences. this is bringing forward conflict between the obama administration and the incoming trump team. josh earnest spoke out and we have sunlen serfaty with that part of the story. reporter: good morning, christine and alison. a transition official tells cnn that donald trump is concerned about the intelligence community s findings that russia engaged in hacking during the election. he made absolutely no mention of the issue here at his rally in hershey, pennsylvania. he did seem to however wade a bit into the personal rift
hacking. reuters reporting evacuations stopped in aleppo. thousands of people still trapped in the war-torn city. we have the latest on the fragile peace agreement and what apparently we hear from reuters and others saying the evacuations have stopped. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. i m alison kosik. president obama vowing to take action in response to russian hacking of the u.s. election. in an interview with npr, the president saying he is directly confronted vladimir putin warning the russian president of a potential u.s. response. i think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. president obama was to the specific about the form u.s. response would take or when that