that s why some are supporting not just the sanctions president obama has put in place but also gunning for more sanctions in the future. it s not just republicans who believe that. adam schiff, one of the most influential members of the house of representatives and a democrat said it s likely he believes the u.s. should amp up its sanction of russia next year in the next congress. betsy wood, larry is a badda to, we appreciate both your insights, thank. much more on russia s hacking still ahead this hour. we ll show you exactly how they did it. and the e-mail that started it all. plus, aleppo, syria at peace. not something we ve seen very often. why this newest cease-fire finally could make a lasting reality. we are live from atlanta, broadcasting across the u.s. and worldwide this hour. this is cnn newsroom. tokyo-style ramen noodles.
batto. thank you for joining us. good to have you with us. let s start first with these sanctions. and donald trump s response to these sanction, if we could take it here full, he says, quote, it s time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, i will meet with the leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts this situation. larry, this first question to you. so, despite the fact that is u.s. intelligence agencies, these many agency, with confidence, came together with this very specific finding, donald trump still has doubts. what s the play here? well, it s an extraordinary statement by the president-elect. it s odd in lots of different ways because donald trump is in disagreement not just with the intelligence community, not just with the obama administration, but also with republicans and
that gives our allies cause for alarm, needless to say. so you know, this is a very unusual situation. president-elect trump today was the way he dismissed this russian cyber attack on the united states, saying it s some problem of the computer aim where we really don t understand who is doing what to whom anymore, this is simply bizarre. american intelligence agencies understand perfect lee well what s going on. it s just for some reason president-elect trump doesn t want to believe it. this puts the united states in a very strange position. and now we are going to see if america has leadership, especially the republican party of the united states, whether its congressman and foreign policy leaders outside the united states will stand up and try to correct trump in what looks like are going to be bizarre policy decisions on his part. ities let s circle back to sanctions in the time question for you in this segment.
are saying that part of the reason he did this today was to quote box in president-elect trump. that would be very unfortunate if that were the motive, if politics from the motivating factor here. we can t help but think that s often true. each the new york times characterized it as such this may be an team to box him in to see what he will do as president. that s the way that transition of administrations work in our democracy. the obama administration at one point was criticized for not speaking up, doing more during the election itself when it had this information. you will remember that was back in october. now the question, three weeks to go before president obama is out, donald trump is in. is this a matter of playing politics? well, politics always enters into these decisions. but listen to the republican leadership in the house and senate. what did they say today? while they backed what president obama was doing they actually wanted stronger action.
years of failed policy with russia. speaking about the obama administration. so betsy to you. republicans are sending mixed messages. some blame the dnc for lack of security. some want to deny involvement, some want to be tough on russia. most of the criticism of the dnc and the defense of russia are coming from those in trump s immediate and close circle. they are trying to push this narrative that russia might not be responsible, we don t know enough, we he don t have conclusive information. for the most part outside of that transic team sector of the republican party which is quite powerful, of course, but outside of that the general consensus, the mainstream s view in the gop is that russia has overreached, that it has become much too militant. that its incursions, particularly into ukraine and crimea are dooply troubling.