Dismissing u. S. Intel reports, painting the attack on Vladimir Putin personally. Almost in the same breath, trump refused to accept that russias motive was to try to help him win the presidency. . His First Press Conference in 168 days, trump said putin will respect america more with him in the white house. Russia will have much greater respect for our country when im leading it than when other people have led it. You will see that. Russia will respect our country more. Do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin than me . Does anybody in this room really believe that . Give me a break. That press conference was 77 minutes long. It was contentious. There were fireworks, especially when trump vehemently attacked reporting first broadcast on cnn that u. S. Intelligence officials presented him with documents alleging russian on ra tifs claimed to have compromising personal information about trump. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is part of our Tea