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Welcome to cbs this morning. President elect donald trump is having extraordinary public argument with the cia over russias role in the u. S. Election. He dismisses the intelligence communitys conclusion that russian hacking was part of an effort to defeat Hillary Clinton. Mr. Trump calls the finding ridiculous, and suggests democrats are behind it. Margaret brennan is at the white house with the escalating feud over intelligence. Margaret, good morning. Good morning. Well president obama has ordered a full review of the extent of russian hacking. But the president elect is arguing that the Intel Community should have made its findings public before the election. Something they first did back in october. I think its ridiculous. I think its just another excuse. I dont believe it. Reporter in a harsh rebuke to the cia, president elect donald trump says he does not believe that russia intervened in the u. S. Election to help him win and said democrats made it up. They have no idea if its russia or china and somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. I mean they have no idea. So why would the cia put out this story that the russians wanted you im not sure they put it out. I think the democrats are putting it out, because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. Reporter mr. Trumps comments directly contradict the cias conclusion that russia tried to damage Hillary Clintons campaign by leaking emails hacked from Democratic Party computers. Asked about his mistrust of the intelligence community, mr. Trump said he doesnt need his daily Intelligence Briefings on threats facing the u. S. I dont have to be told, you know what, im a smart person. I dont have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years. Reporter Senate Leaders are divided on how to handle the russian meddling. But a handful of key bipartisan lawmakers do want a congressional investigation. Recent reports of russian interference in our election should alarm every american. Vladimir putin is a thug and a murderer and a killer. And a kgb agent. Reporter republican senator john mccain said mr. Trump shouldnt let his friendly relationship with Vladimir Putin get in the way. You cant make this issue partisan. Its just its too important. A fundamental of a democracy is a free and fair election. Reporter all u. S. Intelligence agencies agree that russia was behind the hacking. But unlike the cia, the fbi has not concluded that it was meant to advantage donald trump. Those reports arent public. And now, john bolton, a key trump adviser in line for a state department position, is now suggesting that the Obama Administration may have faked the hacking. Margaret, thank you very much. Russia is also an issue as the president elect chooses the countrys top diplomat. Exxon mobil Ceo Rex Tillerson has emerged as the leading candidate for secretary of state. He is drawing attention from his close ties to russian president Vladimir Putin. A kremlin spokesman called tillerson highly professional. This morning nancy cordes is following the reaction to tillerson in washington. Nancy, good morning. Good morning. Trump aides floated mr. Tillersons name in part to gauge the kind of blowback they would get from their own party. The reaction has been mixed. Some republicans say tillerson is very impressive, a proven business leader. While others say his friendly relationship with russia is exactly what they dont want in a secretary of state. Hes a great man. Well see what happens. Reporter in a Quick Exchange with reporters at the Army Navy Game the president elect played coy about his top cabinet pick. Though in an interview he praised tillersons credentials as the head of an oil and gas behemoth for nearly a decade. Hes much more than a business executive. I mean hes a worldclass player. Hes in charge of i guess the Largest Company in the world. Reporter its not quite the Largest Company in the world. But exxon mobil has struck big drilling deals with oilrich russia. Tillerson is considered to be one of the american ceos who knows Vladimir Putin best. Kremlin even awarded him the order of friendship. A matter of concern to me that he has such a close personal relationship with Vladimir Putin. And obviously theyve done enormous deals together. That that would color his approach to Vladimir Putin, and the russian threat. But that is a matter of concern. We will give him his chance. Reporter another republican senator, floridas marco rubio, tweeted, being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for from a secretary of state. Picking tillerson to be americas top diplomat would mean passing over former gop nominee mitt romney. But mr. Trump is leaning towards picking romneys niece, roma Romney Mcdaniel to head the Republican National committee, currently the chair of michigans Republican Party and would replace Reince Priebus who left the rnc to become mr. Trumps white house chief of staff. Charlie . Thanks, nancy. Michael morell is a former acting director and Deputy Director of the cia. He supported Hillary Clinton for president. He joins us now from washington. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. So help us understand this. Whats the difference between the conclusions of the fbi and the cia. So even before the election, charlie, the entire u. S. Intelligence community believed that the russians were interfering in the election. That that includes the fbi . That includes the fbi. It wasnt clear at that time the motive. Whats changed now, and this is not official, this is all based on leaks, whats changed now is it seems like the cia believes that the intent here was to advantage donald trump and disadvantage Hillary Clinton in the election. So why thats whats different. How did the cia reach that conclusion. So one of the things that caught me what caught my attention, charlie, was that the cia believes this is a high confidence judgment and the cia doesnt come to a high confidence judgment just based on circumstantial evidence. So i think theyve got more here. I think theyve got sources who are actually telling them what the intent was. So how significant is it, mike, especially with you using the phrase high confidence judgment, that the president elect is publicly disputing the cia . Well what what what what i think is going on here is that he believes that this is a political judgment. He believes that the cia is a political institution, and hes going to have to learn that its not. It is apolitical. It is there to tell him call them like you see them. It is it is the most Important Institution to him in that regard. Its going to tell him how to think about the world in a way that is divorced of politics. And divorced of policy. And hes going to have to start understanding that. Its kind of a knock on you, mike, because you were in the cia when that wmd assessment was made. What are your thoughts about that . So i think, the cia get everything right . Absolutely not. Right . Was iraq wmd one of our biggest failures . Yes. But the cia gets most things right. One of the things that most people dont know is we actually track how well our judgments stand up over time. And when you look at those averages, right, its a fielding percentage, not a batting average. Its very, very high. Cia gets most things right. And Donald Trumps going to need to understand that. You briefed george w. Bush every day, his Intelligence Briefings. We heard donald trump say yesterday i dont have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day. Is that what these Intelligence Briefings are just the same thing repeated every day . Interestingly, i think i understand where the president elect is coming from. He is seeing the pdb as its written for president obama. And after eight years, the pieces written for president obama are very tactical. And they assume a significant amount of knowledge on the part of the reader. So if the briefer is just focusing President Trump on those pieces, then i understand where hes coming from. Hmm. So what the briefer has to do is, use those pieces as a launching point to talk about bigger strategic issues. Interesting. Michael morell, thank you. Welcome. In our next half hour well talk with senator Chuck Schumer and john mccain about the cias evidence of russian hacking. A massive storm is busting millions of americans with snow and freezing rain from the great lakes to the northeast. The snow piled up on roads in michigan overnight made driving very dangerous there. Cars skidded onto the shoulder. Some places received more than 6 inches of snow. Cold, arctic air is swilling over the Northern Tier of the country. Areas from Washington State to maine have new snow on the ground this morning. Tony decoppola is near james town new york in the middle of all the mess. Tony, good morning to you. Good morning. Big stretches of central and southern new york state are under more than two feet of snow this morning. Look at this street. Tributed to more than 90 accidents over the weekend alone in just this county. Snie and ice buried parts of the midwest and northeast sunday night covering cars, coating roads and sending drivers careening off of them. The thick blanket of powder looked beautiful from the air. But it was a nightmare on the ground. Difficult to clean up and nearly impossible to drive through. One of the worst storms youve dealt with . One of. It just never stopped this one. Didnt give us a break at all. Jeff runs a towing company in western new york. His drivers have been working around the clock. I give them a lot of credit for staying in it. I mean theyre tired. Theyre wore out. This snowstorm just didnt quit. My people handled over 50 just car crashes. Chautauqua county sheriff said its not unusual to see several crashes after the first major storm. Speed is probably a factor in 75 to 85 of the crashes. They just go too fast. Icy conditions contributed to this pileup in michigan on interstate 75 and a plane slid off the runway after landing at Detroit Metro airport during the storm. At most airports the problem was simply getting off the ground. More than 1200 flights were canceled at chicagos ohare and midway airports through sunday. Richard watson is worried about his health after getting stuck during a layover. Im a little concerned, because im a liver transplant patient, and last night was the last dose of the rejection meds that im carrying. So i need to get back to washington today. Here in jamestown people may get a break later today when some of this snow starts turning to rain but were only at the beginning of the season, and in a given winter, they can expect 15 feet of snow before its all over. Thanks, tony. Its also snowing hard in much of new england. This is how it looked this morning in worcester, massachusetts. Meteorologist danielle miles of our boston station wbz is in andover near the New Hampshire board. Danielle, good morning. Good morning, lots of active Weather Coast to coast, we are live here about to watch one storm depart from the northeast later on today. But another storm coming in to the west coast with areas of rain and snow, and gusty wind, as well. So weve got Winter Weather advisories and warnings, areas of snow and rain continue to expand eastward across the pacific northwest. And that will continue over the next 12 to 24 hours. Were talking about some snowfall totals that are going to top out over a foot. Particularly when you get to the high terrain of the cascades, and then back into the intermountain west. Lesser totals, the lower you get in elevation. But its also going to be accompanied by winds. Nearzero visibility at times with blowing and drifting snow. Meanwhile the rest of the week youre going to hear about some bigtime cold. Its going to be diving out of central canada, big upper level low. Big trough digging in with temperature readings that are going to be running in the single digits, and teens. That is without the wind factored in. So as this trough digs east, places like the northern plains, the midwest, and also the northeast, are going to be experiencing some of those subzero windchill values accompanied by snow squalls, particularly as we head into thursday and friday. Lots of weather to watch from coast to coast this week. That is cold. Danielle, thank you so much. A jury has convicted the man charged with killing former pro Football Player will smith. A new orleans jury found him guilty of manslaughter last night. Hayes shot the former Saints Player during an april road rage incident the jury also convicted hayes of attempted manslaughter for wounding smiths wife. David begnaud is in new orleans with reaction to the verdict. Good morning. The closing arguments were dramatic. You have a prosecutor who happens to be the father of the elected d. A. Who said what the defense was serving to the jury was garbage. The defense went so long in the closing argument, the jury was nodding off. One guy was asleep out cold. This jury was sequestered for about a week and came back with a verdict in less than seven hours. Will smiths former coach sean payton rushed home from the teams game in florida sunday to join smiths family in court. He was there when it was announced that Cardell Hayes was guilty. John fuller is hayes attorney. See what the next approach is. Reporter Surveillance Video appeared to show smith rearend hayes hummer around drive away. Hayes then followed smith and bumped into his mercedes. Smiths blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit. Hayes shot smith eight times in the deadly confrontation that followed. Smiths wife raquel was shot in the leg but survived. During the trial, hayes testified that the former Saints Player punched him and that he feared he was going to be shot. Those claims were never supported by forensic evidence. Though police recovered a loaded gun from smiths gray suv. There is no evidence he ever grabbed that gun. Legal analyst you said hayes was perhaps the best witness for the defense but he had bad facts. Right. He had terrible facts. He was the best witness for the defense. But his facts were so bad he couldnt overcome them. Mr. Hayes, how did raquel smith get shot . He couldnt answer the question. A Statement Released on behalf of raquel smith following sundays verdict said her heart is full of gratitude. Several of smiths teammates visited the courthouse during the weeklong trial. Including former saints running back deuce mcallister. Theres no way that either party could really win. Just because there was a guilty and a not guilty verdict you know that doesnt mean that everything is starts over now. You know, shell still get up in the morning and her husband is not there. The kids will get up in the morning. Their fathers not there. So for manslaughter in louisiana Cardell Hayes is looking at up to 40 years in prison and its worth noting louisiana law does not require a jury to be unanimous in order to achieve a verdict. That is exactly what happened here. The jury was split 102. David, thank you. The critically acclaimed musical romance la la land is leading the golden globe nominations Just Announced this morning. The nominees for the 74t