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trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. stewart:: good evening and thanks for joining us. the c.i.a. assessment that russian hackers tried to tilt the u.s. election in favor of donald trump by targeting emails from the democratic party drew fire from the president- elect himself. mr. trump blasted the reports today in an interview on fox news sunday. i think it s ridiculous, i think it s just another excuse, i don t believe it. i think the dems are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in t
designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. there have been new arrests in this week s berlin christmas market truck attack that killed 12 people and injured 56 others. today, police in tunisia arrested the nephew of accused attacker anis amri and two other suspected militants. tunisia s interior ministry says amri s 18-year-old nephew had contact with amri through an encrypted messaging app. all three are suspected of belonging to the same terrorist cell and having contacts with the accused terrorist. the ministry says amri, who had pledged his allegiance to the islamic state group in a video, was recruiting his nephew to join
that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. a massive manhunt is underway in turkey for what government officials say is the lone gunman who shot his way into a popular, upscale istanbul nightclub and opened fire on hundreds of people celebrating the new year. by the time the indiscriminate shooting was over inside the reina nightclub the attacker had escaped, and at least 39 party- goers, security officers, and club employees were dead. turkey s interior minister said nearly two-thirds of the victims were foreign nationals, including citizens of saudi arabia, lebanon, jordan, morocco, libya, and israel. the minister also said early reports that the attacker wore a santa claus costume