so we want to get to the bottom of it, we want to do it in a nonpartisan fashion, and i think it s a concern to all americans, and it should be. but what we re seeing that s being put out there anonymously remains to be validated or not. martha: well, that s the issue. i mean, you ve got all of these stories, the latest one coming out saying vladimir putin personally oversaw which pieces were going to be released from this hacking, and the charge in the last couple of days that there was a direct connection, according to some sources at the cia, between the hacking and donald trump winning the election. so those are very, very, stark, dramatic proclamations. and yet the sourcing is very light. you guys wanted to actually go to the source anonymous, behind closed doors and get some answers to that, right? yeah, we do. and, you know, it s interesting because even the white house press secretary, deputy press secretary has said that the
150 away. martha: within reach. bill: the fed raised about a quarter point, stocks have been soaring since election day, optimistic returns for perhaps a tax deal, corporate tax reduction and on and on we go. so we ll watch it for you. 9:35 now in new york city. martha: back to one of the big stories of today, some lawmakers on capitol hill are fuming today after a briefing on the russian hacking was snubbed by the briefers. the heads of the cia, the fbi and the director of national intelligence refusing to provide the latest information they have on this whole russian hacking thing in a room with closed doors to the committee. they said, can t do it, it s an ongoing investigation. new york congressman peter king, not so happy with that. watch. who is the cia? when they say the cia has made this conclusion, who? is that brennan? who s done this?
committee this week, and they are still doing the investigation that was proposed and requested by president obama. so this snub is sparking quite a bit of anger from lawmakers. this violates all protocols, and it s almost as if people in the intelligence community are carrying out a disinformation campaign against the president-elect of united states. it s absolutely disgraceful. and if they re not doing it, then it must be someone in the house or the senate who s leaking false information. and there should be a full investigation of this. maria: what s going on here? peter doocy live in washington. peter, the president-elect has weighed in this morning. what s he saying? reporter: just few minutes ago, the president-elect posted a between where he continues to express skepticism that russia was involved with these hacks. he wrote this: if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act? why did they only complain after
martha: president-elect trump firing back at allegations of russian interference in the election, asking the white house if it s true, why didn t they get on this whole thing sooner, which is an interesting question there as people wander around in the lobby waiting for their turn upstairs. good morning, everybody. welcome to a brand new hour of america s newsroom, i m martha maccallum. bill: i ve often thought our lobbies was one of the most interesting in new york martha: it used to be. [laughter] bill: president-elect trump pushing back on the notion that russia and reportedly vladimir putin himself intentionally tried to sway the results in trump s favor. quote: if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act? why did they only complain after hillary lost? david lee miller live outside of trump tower with more now. good morning. what else is mr. trump saying already today? hello. reporter: good morning. well, most notable, this is the
the clinton camp also weighing in. former campaign chairman john podesta is supporting calls for members of the electoral college to get an intelligence briefing on russian hacking, some asking for the information before they vote next week presumably to seal donald trump s victory. the president-elect may be just hours away from revealing his choice of secretary of state. sources say exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson remains the leader candidate. but there are increasing signs that tillerson may face a confirmation fight in the senate. some top gop senators are joining with democrats right now in raising red flags about tillerson s personal ties to russia. we re also following an unprecedented military move in disputed water where is tensions have boiled over before. china, flying nuclear capable bombers over the south china sea for the first time in an apparent warning to president-elect trump. this after trump questioned whether the united states should