forever. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. pelley: 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 actions definitely were more detrimental to one candidate than the o
the war came closer with the constant shelling this past week. aleppo s historic old city has now been reclaimed by the syrian army, among the rubble, some insights into how this war was fought. a tunnel dug by opposition groups to reach the government controlled western side and launch surprise attacks. the rebels were outgunned and outnumbered. the syrian soldier showed us how they fought back. the sandbags. the propaganda on the walls. and the improvised weapons. before they started using cannons, he told us, they used these catapults. his word drowned out by his army s fighter jets overhead. this increasingly one-sided battle may be coming to an end. a bicycle. a sewing machine. a kitchen stool is what s left behind. the battle for aleppo has stretched syrian forces thin. so thin the regime lost track of palmyra, the ancient city the government vowed they would never lose again is now back under isis control. with much fanfare earlier this year, the syrian and russian for
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a priceless gift. i hope she will keep that for forever. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. pelley: 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. inea 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. russians were to blame. did their actions impact one candidate over another? i would say that their actions definitely were more detrimental to one candidate than the other
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. we