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for its part, the fbi has not concluded its investigation into this, but so far it is not siding with the cia on the motive for the russian hacking. and here on capitol hill, there were new calls today for another investigation to geto bottom of it. here is congressional correspondent nancy cordes. the russians are not our friend. republicans found themselves caught between distrust of putin and aalledllegiance to mr. trum. mitch mcconnell tried to put it gentle as possible. i addressed how i feel about the russians. and i help that those who are going to be in positions of responsibility in the new administration share my view. warned that under president putin russia has been an aggressor that consistently undermines american interests. he said the intelligence committees are and should be looking into it. this is serious stuff. democrats, led by new york s chuck schumer are pushing for a separate congressional investigation into russia s election meddling ....
moving across the country this morning. a look at how low temperatures will go. t how low temperatures t how low temperatures will go. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning, president-elect trump plans to announce that exxonmobil chief rex tillerson is his choice for secretary of state. questions about tillersos to russia come as congressional leaders say they support investigations into the possible russia cyber attacks to influence the election. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. good morning, anne-marie. overnight, russian president vladimir putin said he s ready to meet with the next president of the u.s. in fact, he wants to give mr. trump time to form his administration first. reporter: president-elect donald trump hinted at his secretary of state announcement in a tweet. ceo rex tillerson in an interview with fox news. he s much more than a b ....
forever. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. reporter: the evidence that the russians were trying the influence the u.s. election dates back to mid-june when private e-mails, opposition research and campaign information stolen from the democratic national committee appeared online. u.s. investigators said the russians were to candidate over another? i would say that their actions definitely were more detrimental to one candidate than the other. reporter: adam myers works for crowd strike, the cyber security firm that investigated the hack and that works closely with u.s. intelligence. what did you see? imagine somebody breaks into a bank and they use some sort of special saw to cut through the safe. we found that saw as they were using it. reporter: you caught them in action? we did. reporter: myers said the cyber attacks beganned with russian-backed hackers he nicknamed fancy bear and cozy bear. the informat ....
the cbs overnight news will be right back. b7sn for its part, the fbi has not concluded its investigation into this, but so far it is not siding with the cia on the motive for the russian hacking. and here on capitol hill, there were new calls today for another investigation to get to the bottom of it. here is congressional correspondent nancy cordes. the russians are not our friend. republicans found themselves caught between distrust of putin and aalledllegiance to mr. trum. mitch mcconnell tried to put it gentle as possible. i addressed how i feel about the russians. and i help that those who are going to be in positions of responsibility in the new administration share my view. house speaker paul ryan warned that under president aggressor that consistently undermines american interests. he said the intelligence committees are and should be looking into it. this is serious stuff. democrats, led by new york s chuck schumer are pushing for a ....
i hope she will keep that for forever. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley reporting tonight from washington. pelley: this is our western edition. tonight the central intelligence agency is confident that a russian hacking plot tried to influence the u.s. presidential election in favor of donald trump. the hacking did not affect the actual vote totals. instead it was centered on the leaking of embarrassing e-mails and a campaign of misinformation. now with 39 days to go before the president-elect takes the oath on the steps of the capitol, jeff pegues looks at the case against russia. reporter: the evidence that the russians were trying the influence the u.s. election dates back to mid-june when private e-mails, opposition research and campaign information stolen from the democratic national committee appeared online. u.s. investigators said the russians were to blame. did their actions impact one candidate over another? i would say that their act ....