Karl Frisch, Executive Director of Allied Progress, via phone in Hr 1 (9am EST / 6am PST)

Dana Goldberg, Comedian, IN STUDIO for Hr 3 (11am EST / 8am PST)

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President-elect Donald Trump said for the first time Wednesday he believes Russia was responsible for hacking ahead of the election but contemptuously rejected allegations that Moscow mounted a campaign to compromise him.

The director of the Office of Government Ethics is blasting President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to avoid conflicts of interest as “wholly inadequate.”

Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is facing resistance from both democrats and republicans on his stance and history with Russia, Trump and his work with Exxon Mobile.