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the us director of national intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies may have leaked unconfirmed claims that russia had compromising material on him. in a statement, james clapper said he had called the president elect to say the leak had not come from the intelligence services. this morning, that was flatly denied by the president elect himself. the kremlin said they hoped that donald trump and mr putin would give along and there would be more mutual respect between the two countries. christian fraser reports. eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. never before has an incoming president been warring on so many an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. not you, not you. your organisation is terrible. your organisation is terrible. let s go. go ahead. quiet. quiet. he is in conflict with the press, the ethics committee, pharmaceutical and defence industries, some of his own s ....
i held him in the very highest regard because of what he gave to me. they gave me my england debut and set me on the road, and i will never forget that. it s 5 o clock. our main story is the latest twist in donald trump s confrontation with the heads of america s intelligence agencies. mr trump says the director of national intelligence, james clapper, called him last night to condemn a leaked report claiming the president elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. but mr clapper has said he d made no judgment on whether the report was reliable and he rejected mr trump s suggestion that us intelligence was responsible for the leak. our correspondent christian fraser has the latest. eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. but never before has an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. this morning, as is now the norm, he began the day with a tweaked: in fa ct, began the day with a tweaked: in fact, what mr clapper t ....