do? senator franken, i m not aware of any of those activities. i ve been called a surrogate at a time or two during the campaign and i did not have communications with the russians and i m unable to comment on it. mentioned he had been called a surrogate a time or two and washington post, to be clear about this, when sessions spoke with kislyak, senator was senior member of the influential armed services committee as well as top trump adviser. played a prominent role on the stump after joining in february of 2016. not just surrogate but part of the campaign. adviser and key member of the trump campaign. julia? we have a tendency to think in these cases be an aha moment,
conclusions on russian hacking. he promised to reveal inside information on russia s alleged cyber meddling today and tomorrow. it can come in a tweet, in a press conference, in a statement. and speaking of press conferences, there is now a new date for a potential press conference after that original one was delayed in mid december. kellyanne conway says that donald trump will potentially speak to reporters on january 11th about how he will handle his business ventures once he enters the white house. notably, january 11th, the day after president obama plans to give his farewell address in chicago. it will be a busy week. thank you very much for the reporting. u.s. intelligence officials offering new evidence that they say directly ties russia to the cyber attacks during the u.s. prel election, they say they found digital fingerprints that point directly to moscow being directly behind the intrusions. the new comes as a top trump
to see him back down to the united states. chinable abla believes it s wor. if china is treated with disdain, president xi will want to push back on that. david, thanks for stopping by. u.s. intelligence officials say when it comes to those hacks that took place during the presidential election, digital fingerprints point straight to the russian government. at the same time, a top trump adviser says russia was probably behind the hacking but others could be involved, too. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is here to tell us more. good morning. that s really the problem, isn t it? nothing or very little in intelligence is 100% slam dunk. the president, the president-elect will have to decide as he gets the information from the intelligence community how he wants to assess it. how he wants to process it and what he wants to do about it. but there are indications the intelligence community believes
and his team keep swatting this down. because they re saying whatever we do know has now become convoluted into what they re accusing the trump campaign of. that they won this election only because of the russian hacks. that s why they re continuing to say we don t, we re not, you know, into this. i talked to a top trump adviser yesterday. i said, how much are you into this? some people are saying the campaign is concerned. some in the campaigns think trump is concerned about the russian hack. this senior adviser said donald trump is spending zero time on the russian hack. he is more concerned with getting the best cabinet possible and bringing back good paying american jobs. i mean, they believe that this is a total effort to delegitimize his election victory. and, so, they are really having nuthing nothing to do with it right now. go ahead. we have to say to ourselves. okay, the russians did it and trump won. both of those things can be true and we have to separate them. and then
of the complicated u.s. and china connection and it all kicked off when donald trump answered his phone. a seemingly ordinary press release reveal add land mine. something no white house has done in 35 years, talk to the president of taiwan, and the u.s. only formerly recognizes the people s republic of china, and not the sighland. the wrong message could be received, so he should be fully briefed by the state department before those communications. top trump adviser, kellyanne conway, balked at the criticism. president-elect trump is fully briefed and knowledgeable about the issues regardless of who is on the other end of the phone. trump reacted in all caps on