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Lamar Jackson won the Heisman

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There's almost no way to deal with the offensive talent assembled on this year's ESPN All-America team. Imagine devising a game plan against Louisville's Heisman winner Lamar Jackson, who could either hand off to D'Onta Foreman or Dalvin Cook, or throw to three elite wide receivers.

But if any defensive depth chart could bottle up that offense, it'd be the roster assembled here. Think about scheming to block Jonathan Allen, Derek Barnett and Ed Oliver.

Here's what both stacked rosters look like.

Offense

A quick recap of Jackson's Heisman Trophy-winning season: ACC record for touchdowns, nearly 5,000 total yards, eight games with at least 400 yards and one of the most awe-inspiring beatdowns of a college football blue blood (Florida State) in recent history. The list could go on and on, but the essence of Jackson's spot on this list is simple: No player in college football was more electric in 2016. -- David M. Hale

Foreman was the third Texas recipient of the Doak Walker Award, and he became the 12th Power 5 back to rush for 2,000 yards -- he had 2,028 in 11 games. Foreman finished 10th in FBS history with an average of 184.4 yards per game. Over a 22-day, late-season stretch, the 249-pound junior rushed for 1,008 yards, reaching 250 yards three times in four games. -- Mitch Sherman

In three years at Florida State, Cook has racked up nearly 5,200 yards and 47 touchdowns. From his field vision to his explosiveness to his willingness to take on defenders between the tackles, few running backs have been as dynamic or productive in ACC history. Cook saved his best for last, totaling more than 2,000 yards this season. -- David M. Hale

Westbrook snagged 74 passes for 1,465 yards, becoming the Big 12 offensive player of the year, fourth-place finisher in the Heisman Trophy balloting and Oklahoma's first Biletnikoff Award winner. He scored 17 touchdowns, including 16 through the air by an average distance of 48.8 yards. His 12 scores of 40 yards or more rank as the most in a season by an FBS player since 1996. -- Mitch Sherman

Ross returned from injury to have one of the most prolific seasons in Pac-12 history. He caught 76 passes for 1,222 yards, and his 17 touchdown receptions are one shy of the conference's single-season record. -- Kyle Bonagura

WR: Zay Jones, East Carolina

Jones led the country in receptions with 158, and only 16 other FBS players had even half as many. In the process, he set the FBS career record for receptions and led the nation in receiving yards this season with 1,746. -- David M. Hale

Robinson was awarded the Outland Trophy as the most outstanding offensive lineman in the country. He paved the way for the SEC's highest-scoring offense and the second-leading rushing offense (245.0 yards per game). -- Alex Scarborough

Pitt's offensive line was bursting with talent in 2016, and Johnson was at the top of the heap. He helped open holes that allowed the Panthers to run for 2,757 yards and 35 touchdowns -- including an ACC-best 4.3 yards per carry between the tackles. The Panthers' O-line allowed just nine sacks all season. -- David M. Hale

The Rimington winner and Ohio State captain helped hold together an offense that returned only three starters from last season. His consistency (40 consecutive starts) has been a major part of the Buckeyes finding a way back into the College Football Playoff. -- Dan Murphy

At 6-foot-8, 354 pounds, O'Connell is appropriately known as "The Continent." He was an Outland Trophy finalist in his first year as a starter. -- Kyle Bonagura

The former Division III transfer wasted no time in leaving a mark in his first year as a starter for the Badgers. The left tackle anchored a line that helped Wisconsin average more than 200 yards per game on the ground. -- Dan Murphy

Defense

Allen plays a large role in Alabama's No. 1-ranked rush defense, and he's pretty good at disrupting the backfield. The senior leads the team in QB hurries (15), is tied for the team lead in sacks (8.5) and is second in tackles for loss (13). He also has two defensive touchdowns and a blocked kick. -- Alex Scarborough

In just three seasons, Barnett has tied Reggie White's record for career sacks (32) at Tennessee. But looking at 2016 alone, Barnett has been a monster with a career-high 12 sacks, 18 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and an interception. -- Alex Scarborough

Oliver was dominant, with more tackles for loss (19) than any true freshman and more pass breakups (nine) than any defensive lineman, regardless of classification. His best performances came against Houston's toughest opponents: Oklahoma (two sacks) and Louisville (two sacks, three tackles for loss, three pass breakups, forced fumble). -- Sam Khan Jr.

Watt is a former tight end who exploded into a productive force for the Badgers after moving to defense. Where have we heard that story before? The redshirt junior has 14.5 tackles for loss this season while leading one of the nation's best defensive fronts. -- Dan Murphy

Foster won the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker after he led Alabama with 94 tackles, including 12 for loss, and four sacks this season. More importantly, he's the quarterback of a unit that leads the FBS in total yards allowed, rushing defense, scoring defense and defensive touchdowns. -- Alex Scarborough

The do-it-all Wolverine reshaped the way Michigan used its linebackers this season with a football mind that is as fast as his first step. He ended the season with 16 tackles for loss and four sacks among his many other accomplishments elsewhere on the field. -- Dan Murphy

Sure, he leads the SEC in tackles by nearly 20, but that doesn't fully encompass the athletic veteran linebacker. He also has 16.5 tackles for loss, three pass breakups, four fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and one heck of a blocked kick against Auburn, in which he leaped over the entire offensive line to lay a hand on the ball. -- Alex Scarborough

The chief playmaker on the Buckeyes' opportunistic defense was the Big Ten's breakout defensive star this season. He returned three of his six interceptions for touchdowns, more than any other Power 5 player. -- Dan Murphy

A two-time, first-team All-Pac-12 selection, Baker collected 65 tackles, nine tackles for loss and seven pass deflections. He's versatile enough to play anywhere in the secondary for one of the top defenses in the country. -- Kyle Bonagura

We're listing him at a corner, but Fitzpatrick's versatility is what really sets him apart. The true sophomore started the season at corner and had a pick-six against Arkansas. Then, after shifting to safety in relief of Eddie Jackson, Fitzpatrick had a pick-six in the SEC title game against Florida. -- Alex Scarborough

Opposing receivers caught only eight passes against the veteran corner this season. Michigan led the nation in fewest passing yards allowed all season, and that stinginess started with Lewis. -- Dan Murphy

Special teams

The Lou Groza Award winner connected on 23 of 25 field goal attempts, and he was 7-of-9 from beyond 50 yards. Only seven other kickers in the country made at least two from 50-plus, and no one had more than four. -- Kyle Bonagura

Wishnowsky took the baton from two-time Ray Guy Award winner Tom Hackett and made it three straight for what is turning into Punter U. Wishnowsky led the nation in net punting (44.9) and downed 37 of 60 punts inside the 20-yard line. -- Kyle Bonagura

The Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and Jim Thorpe Award winner is perhaps most impactful with the ball in his hands. He returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, two punts for touchdowns and took his lone reception of the season 52 yards for a score. -- Kyle Bonagura

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Lamar Jackson leads star-studded ESPN All-America team

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There's almost no way to deal with the offensive talent assembled on this year's ESPN All-America team. Imagine devising a game plan against Louisville's Heisman winner Lamar Jackson, who could either hand off to D'Onta Foreman or Dalvin Cook, or throw to three elite wide receivers.

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Davinci discover: rare drawing, valued at 16 m found.

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A rare drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, valued at almost $16 million, has been discovered by a French auction house.

Paris-based auction house Tajan announced the discovery of "The Martyred Saint Sebastian" drawing Monday. This is the first work by da Vinci to be discovered in over 15 years, according to Tajan, which has valued the drawing at $15.8 million.

The sketch is one of 14 unframed drawings brought into the auction house in March by a retired doctor, the New York Times reports. The drawings had been collected by the man's father.
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Thaddee Prate, Tajan's director of old master pictures, realized that a drawing that depicts St. Sebastian tied to a tree was noteworthy. Prate sought a second opinion from independent art dealer Patrick de Bayser, who noticed that the drawing was by a left-handed artist (da Vinci was left handed). De Bayser also found two small scientific drawings of candlelight on the back of the sheet, accompanied by minute notes, according to the New York Times.

Tajan then reached out to renowned da Vinci authority Carmen C. Bambach, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, who confirmed the drawing's authenticity.

"This is an exciting new discovery of an authentic double-sided sheet by the master (1452-1519), representing on the recto the full figure of the martyred Saint Sebastian tied to a tree in a landscape, and on the verso, notes and diagrams about light and shadow, which relate to Leonardo's study of optics," said The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in a statement.
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Bambach believes that the drawing is one of three known works associated with what may be a lost painting of St. Sebastian.

A total of eight works depicting St. Sebastian are mentioned in the Codex Atlanticus, a list of da Vinci's work compiled by the famous artist, scientist and inventor.

The drawing's owner does not want his identity revealed, according to Tajan.
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A spokesman for the auction house told FoxNews.com that the drawing will be auctioned in June.

Last year experts identified a 500-year-old engraving that may show Leonardo da Vinci playing a musical instrument.
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Rates of babies going through opiate withdrawal have increased about fivefold across the US over the past decade, new research shows.

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2 Georgia police officers shot while serving a search warrant

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2 Louisville football players were shot near their campus.

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Trump engaged the CIA in War over Russian hacking the election

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In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.

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"There must be big smiles this morning at the Kremlin," said former White House cybersecurity official Richard Clarke, now an ABC News consultant. "It's unprecedented that a president-elect should be denigrating CIA, refusing to read their intelligence and disagreeing with them on a major substantive issue even before he is inaugurated."

Trump used his Twitter account this morning to continue his effort over the weekend to discredit the CIA and its reported conclusion that the Russians hacked into Democratic Party computers in an effort to help elect Trump.

Trump tweeted, "Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card. It would be called conspiracy theory!"

His Twitter rant followed a statement issued by a U.S. intelligence official this morning denouncing the pushback against the intelligence community's assessment.

Responding to Trump's comments over the weekend, an intelligence official told Reuters, "It is concerning that intelligence on Russian actions related to the U.S. election is being dismissed out of hand as false or politically partisan."

"The inclination to ignore such intelligence and impugn the integrity of U.S. intelligence officials is contrary to all that is sacred to national security professionals who work day and night to protect this country," the official said.

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Weekend of Words

The dispute between the incoming administration and the intelligence community began in earnest last week. On Friday, the presidential transition team released a short statement saying, "these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction." It was not clear which agency the statement was referring to.

However, one senior career U.S. official told ABC News today that Trump's "not just taking a shot at an old CIA assessment from 14 years ago, he's disparaging and insulting every analyst currently in the intelligence community working hard to protect the United States."

"Who is the President-Elect going to trust and rely on?" the official asked rhetorically.

And by today, the anger and frustration within the intelligence community was apparent.

Speaking to ABC News, former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow said the war of words was a "really ugly situation" and noted that it was "unprecedented to have a president so frontally assault" the intelligence community.

"I would advise that he find a way to turn down the rhetoric and focus on hearing from them [the intelligence community], what they believe and why they believe it," Harlow said.

Harlow's sentiments were echoed by John Cohen, an ABC News consultant and former acting under secretary for intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security.

"What is laughable and ridiculous is that you have individuals with no law enforcement, national security or intelligence experience calling into question the credibility and integrity of career intelligence professionals," he said. "Creating a dispute and undermining the trust between the incoming administration and these intelligence officials is problematic because this administration will rely on these professionals as they seek to make critical decisions in the future."

Clarke agreed, adding that as Trump takes power, "there's the potential here for a great deal of tension on on-going basis between the career CIA intelligence officers and the president."

Hackers Cast a Wide Net

U.S. intelligence officials have maintained since October that Russian hackers targeted both Republicans and Democrats. But the hackers were far more successful in their cyberattacks on the Democrats - stealing thousands of emails between party officials and other data - than they were with Republicans, whose official party systems had better defenses against cyberattacks.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security said in October, "The U.S. intelligence community (USIC) is confident that the Russian government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations."

In selecting their targets, the hackers cast a wide net.

Among those attacked was a former Republican Party employee whose computer was not connected to the Republican National Committee 's computer system.

Over the weekend, Reince Priebus, who is the RNC chairman and has been selected to be White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, told ABC News' "This Week" that the RNC's systems were "absolutely not hacked."

"We contacted the FBI months ago when the [hacking of the Democratic National Committee] issue came about. They reviewed all of our systems. We have hacking detection systems in place, and the conclusion was then, as it was again two days ago when we went back to the FBI to ask them about this, that the RNC was not hacked," he said.

Officials conceded that the committee was a target of the Russians.

Disagreement Within the Intelligence Community

The news of the attack on the former RNC employee's computer comes amid widespread disagreement within the intelligence community over the broader extent of Russia's election-related hacking.

Sources said that the agencies are deeply split over the CIA's conclusion that the hacking was done with the intent to get Trump elected. The agency declined to comment for this story.

While the CIA has championed this view, other agencies believe that the Russians expected Hillary Clinton would win and therefore their cyber efforts were made with the hope to weaken her when she was in office.

On Sunday, Trump flatly rejected reports that the CIA has concluded the Russian hacking was done with the aim of getting him elected.

"I think it's ridiculous. I think it's just another excuse. I don't believe it," he told Fox News on Sunday.

Rejecting the notion that the CIA might be trying to overturn the election, Trump said, "Once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act, you're not going to catch them. They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. I mean, they have no idea."

He called into question media reports about the CIA's conclusion and alleged that the stories were floated by his political opponents.

"I'm not sure [the CIA] put it out. I think the Democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country," he said.

Speaking broadly about the intelligence community's assessment that the Russians were involved in hacking related to the election, Trump said, "Take a look. They're not sure. They're fighting among themselves. They're not sure."

His comments stood in contrast to statements made by some in his party.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told CBS that there was "no doubt about the hacking ... The question is about the intention," but that he did not have information on whether the RNC was hacked.

And on ABC News' "Good Morning America" today, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said he did not want "interference into our politics" or for "politics [to] interfere with our intelligence."

"People are trying to politicize our intelligence because they do not like the election result," she said.

And on Monday, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared to denounce Trump's handling of the situation, saying in a statement, "exploiting the work of our intelligence community for partisan purposes does a grave disservice to those professionals and potentially jeopardizes our national security."

But, Ryan added: "As we work to protect our democracy from foreign influence, we should not cast doubt on the clear and decisive outcome of this election."

Vasily Maximov//AP Photo

Russian Denial

Whatever the hackers' motives, there is no doubt among U.S. officials that the Russians' goal was to interfere with the U.S. election.

Responding to this accusation, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian government, said, "It looks [like an] absolutely unfounded, unprofessional, unqualified statement and accusation that has nothing to do with reality."

And while there is broad consensus on this point, officials said that, as of the beginning of this month, Barack Obama's administration has not been able to agree on what - if any - retaliatory action to take to show that there will be consequences for the interference.

ABC News' Rhonda Schwartz, Alex Hosenball and Paul Blake contributed to this report.

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Trump Engages CIA in War of Words Over Russian Election Hacking

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In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election. "There must be big smiles this morning at the Kremlin," said former White House...

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Authorities say a man has died after a small plane he was flying hit an electricity line near the tourist town of Moab, Utah.

Grand County Sheriff's spokesman Rick Bailey said the crash occurred early Monday morning shortly after the pilot took off from the Canyonlands Field Airport near Moab. Bailey says the man was the only one aboard the single-engine plane.
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Bailey says the man was a contracted pilot for a company that moves freight. It was in route to Green River with a final planned destination of Salt Lake City. He says they don't know yet if the plane was empty or carrying cargo.

The man has not yet been identified. Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

Moab is a popular tourist destination in southern Utah's red rock country located about 225 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

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Here we go again. Donald Trump has tweeted another critique about a major defense company -- and the stock immediately fell.

Trump tweeted Monday morning that "the F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th."

Shares of Lockheed Martin , which makes the F-35 fighting jets, plunged 4% following Trump's tweet.

According to the fiscal 2017 Department of Defense budget released earlier this year, the Pentagon planned to spend $10.1 billion for F-35s -- 43 F-35As for the Air Force, 16 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps and 4 F-35Cs for the Navy.

The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2016

It's not clear what prompted Trump to tweet about the F-35. He also didn't elaborate about how specifically he would try and save money on the F-35.

But current Defense Secretary Ash Carter is now in Israel in order to help celebrate the delivery of two F-35 jets there.

Several stories about Carter's visit have pointed out that the F-35 program costs about $400 billion overall for the next few years, making it the Pentagon's most expensive program.

And Trump appears to be a voracious consumer of the news, often tweeting relatively quickly after seeing something reported on TV.

The F-35 program has also been criticized by Republican and Democratic members of Congress for delays and cost overruns during the past few years.

Sen. John McCain, the Republican from Arizona and 2008 GOP presidential nominee, said in April that repeated problems with the F-35 were "both a scandal and a tragedy."

Related: Good to be on Trump's blacklist. Stocks he bashed soar

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Program Manager Jeff Babione said in Israel Monday that he "looks forward to any questions the President-elect might have" about the program.

"I certainly welcome the opportunity to address any question that the President-elect would have about the program," he added. "Lockheed Martin and its industry partners understand the importance of affordability for the F 35 program."

Trump's attack on Lockheed is just his latest use of his Twitter feed as a means to try and shame big companies into negotiating better terms with the government.

Trump tweeted his concerns about the price of Air Force One last week as well. And shares of Air Force One maker Boeing quickly fell following his attack.

But Boeing's stock quickly recovered, largely due to the realization that it and other defense companies could be big winners with Trump in office and Republicans controlling Congress.

In fact, Boeing and shares of several other companies that Trump has attacked on social media, TV or in print have actually done well since the election, including Carrier owner and defense contractor United Technologies and Ford .

United Technologies was trading lower on Monday though. Its Pratt & Whitney unit makes the engine for the F-35 Lightning II.

Shares of two other defense companies that are also partners in the F-35, Northrop Grumman and U.K.-based BAE Systems , were lower as well.

-- CNN's Zachary Cohen, Ian Lee and Samantha Beech contributed to this story.

CNNMoney (New York) First published December 12, 2016: 9:45 AM ET

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Gay predator 6 foot 7 pure muscle rapes two burglars for 5 days until they cried for help

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Trump engages CIA in War of Words over Russian election hacking:Basically the unprecedented public display of acrimony,Donald Trump and the CIA want to extent the Russian efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election

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In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.

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"There must be big smiles this morning at the Kremlin," said former White House cybersecurity official Richard Clarke, now an ABC News consultant. "It's unprecedented that a president-elect should be denigrating CIA, refusing to read their intelligence and disagreeing with them on a major substantive issue even before he is inaugurated."

Trump used his Twitter account this morning to continue his effort over the weekend to discredit the CIA and its reported conclusion that the Russians hacked into Democratic Party computers in an effort to help elect Trump.

Trump tweeted, "Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card. It would be called conspiracy theory!"

His Twitter rant followed a statement issued by a U.S. intelligence official this morning denouncing the pushback against the intelligence community's assessment.

Responding to Trump's comments over the weekend, an intelligence official told Reuters, "It is concerning that intelligence on Russian actions related to the U.S. election is being dismissed out of hand as false or politically partisan."

"The inclination to ignore such intelligence and impugn the integrity of U.S. intelligence officials is contrary to all that is sacred to national security professionals who work day and night to protect this country," the official said.

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Weekend of Words

The dispute between the incoming administration and the intelligence community began in earnest last week. On Friday, the presidential transition team released a short statement saying, "these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction." It was not clear which agency the statement was referring to.

However, one senior career U.S. official told ABC News today that Trump's "not just taking a shot at an old CIA assessment from 14 years ago, he's disparaging and insulting every analyst currently in the intelligence community working hard to protect the United States."

"Who is the President-Elect going to trust and rely on?" the official asked rhetorically.

And by today, the anger and frustration within the intelligence community was apparent.

Speaking to ABC News, former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow said the war of words was a "really ugly situation" and noted that it was "unprecedented to have a president so frontally assault" the intelligence community.

"I would advise that he find a way to turn down the rhetoric and focus on hearing from them [the intelligence community], what they believe and why they believe it," Harlow said.

Harlow's sentiments were echoed by John Cohen, an ABC News consultant and former acting under secretary for intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security.

"What is laughable and ridiculous is that you have individuals with no law enforcement, national security or intelligence experience calling into question the credibility and integrity of career intelligence professionals," he said. "Creating a dispute and undermining the trust between the incoming administration and these intelligence officials is problematic because this administration will rely on these professionals as they seek to make critical decisions in the future."

Clarke agreed, adding that as Trump takes power, "there's the potential here for a great deal of tension on on-going basis between the career CIA intelligence officers and the president."

Hackers Cast a Wide Net

U.S. intelligence officials have maintained since October that Russian hackers targeted both Republicans and Democrats. But the hackers were far more successful in their cyberattacks on the Democrats - stealing thousands of emails between party officials and other data - than they were with Republicans, whose official party systems had better defenses against cyberattacks.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security said in October, "The U.S. intelligence community (USIC) is confident that the Russian government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations."

In selecting their targets, the hackers cast a wide net.

Among those attacked was a former Republican Party employee whose computer was not connected to the Republican National Committee 's computer system.

Over the weekend, Reince Priebus, who is the RNC chairman and has been selected to be White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, told ABC News' "This Week" that the RNC's systems were "absolutely not hacked."

"We contacted the FBI months ago when the [hacking of the Democratic National Committee] issue came about. They reviewed all of our systems. We have hacking detection systems in place, and the conclusion was then, as it was again two days ago when we went back to the FBI to ask them about this, that the RNC was not hacked," he said.

Officials conceded that the committee was a target of the Russians.

Disagreement Within the Intelligence Community

The news of the attack on the former RNC employee's computer comes amid widespread disagreement within the intelligence community over the broader extent of Russia's election-related hacking.

Sources said that the agencies are deeply split over the CIA's conclusion that the hacking was done with the intent to get Trump elected. The agency declined to comment for this story.

While the CIA has championed this view, other agencies believe that the Russians expected Hillary Clinton would win and therefore their cyber efforts were made with the hope to weaken her when she was in office.

On Sunday, Trump flatly rejected reports that the CIA has concluded the Russian hacking was done with the aim of getting him elected.

"I think it's ridiculous. I think it's just another excuse. I don't believe it," he told Fox News on Sunday.

Rejecting the notion that the CIA might be trying to overturn the election, Trump said, "Once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act, you're not going to catch them. They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. I mean, they have no idea."

He called into question media reports about the CIA's conclusion and alleged that the stories were floated by his political opponents.

"I'm not sure [the CIA] put it out. I think the Democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country," he said.

Speaking broadly about the intelligence community's assessment that the Russians were involved in hacking related to the election, Trump said, "Take a look. They're not sure. They're fighting among themselves. They're not sure."

His comments stood in contrast to statements made by some in his party.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told CBS that there was "no doubt about the hacking ... The question is about the intention," but that he did not have information on whether the RNC was hacked.

And on ABC News' "Good Morning America" today, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said he did not want "interference into our politics" or for "politics [to] interfere with our intelligence."

"People are trying to politicize our intelligence because they do not like the election result," she said.

And on Monday, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared to denounce Trump's handling of the situation, saying in a statement, "exploiting the work of our intelligence community for partisan purposes does a grave disservice to those professionals and potentially jeopardizes our national security."

But, Ryan added: "As we work to protect our democracy from foreign influence, we should not cast doubt on the clear and decisive outcome of this election."

Vasily Maximov//AP Photo

Russian Denial

Whatever the hackers' motives, there is no doubt among U.S. officials that the Russians' goal was to interfere with the U.S. election.

Responding to this accusation, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian government, said, "It looks [like an] absolutely unfounded, unprofessional, unqualified statement and accusation that has nothing to do with reality."

And while there is broad consensus on this point, officials said that, as of the beginning of this month, Barack Obama's administration has not been able to agree on what - if any - retaliatory action to take to show that there will be consequences for the interference.

ABC News' Rhonda Schwartz, Alex Hosenball and Paul Blake contributed to this report.

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A mom says her son was left in tears after being fat-shamed by a Santa in their town of Forest City, North Carolina. I think it was the mom that said this: For one, where does Santa get off burning others about their weight? You break into people's houses and gorge yourself on cookies, buddy, take a look in the mirror!

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Claus' claws: Mom says Santa insulted her son

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A mom says her son was left in tears after being fat-shamed by a Santa in their town of Forest City, North Carolina. This raises a lot of questions.

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Mountain in Africa generates $50 million dollars a year due to its popularity.

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Known as the rooftop of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the world's most iconic peaks, attracting thousands of climbers and tourists.

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A 60-year-old Tennessee man who spends time volunteering as Santa Claus at a local hospital granted a 5-year-old terminally ill boy his final wish this holiday season, and held him as he died in his arms. Santa couldn't deal with the passing of the young boy

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A 60-year-old Tennessee man who spends time volunteering as Santa Claus at a local hospital granted a 5-year-old terminally ill boy his final wish this holiday season, and held him as he died in his arms.

"I spent four years in the Army with the 75th Rangers, and I've seen my share of [stuff]," Eric Schmitt-Matzen told USA Today. "But I ran by the nurses' station bawling my head off. I know nurses and doctors see things like that every day, but I don't know how they can take it."

Schmitt-Matzen, a mechanical engineer and president of Packing Seals & Engineering in Jacksboro, Tennessee, had arrived at the unidentified hospital and met the boy's mother and family members, who were also unidentified. A nurse had called with the special request and given him a toy to offer the child during his visit, USA Today reported.

"When I walked in, he was laying there so weak, it looked like he was ready to fall asleep," Schmitt-Matzen told the news outlet. "I sat down on his bed and asked, 'Say, what's this I hear about you're going to miss Christmas? There's no way you can miss Christmas! You're my No. 1 elf!'"

"He looked up and said, 'I am?' I said 'Sure.'"

Schmitt-Matzen told USA Today that he watched him open the present and smile before he lay back down.

"'They say I'm going to die,' he told me. 'How can I tell when I get to where I'm going?' I said, 'Can you do me a big favor?' He said 'Sure!' 'When you get there, you tell them you're Santa's No. 1 elf and I know they'll let you in.' He said, 'They will?' I said, 'Sure.'"

"He kind of sat up, and gave me a big hug and asked one more question: 'Santa can you help me?' I wrapped my arms around him. Before I could say anything, he died right there. I let him stay, just kept hugging and holding on to him," Schmitt-Matzen told USA Today.

The boy's death left Schmitt-Matzen questioning whether he could continue donning the signature white beard and red suit, but he returned for other sick children and saw the effect it had on them.

"When I saw all those children laughing, it brought me back into the fold. It made me realize the role I have to play. For them and for me," he told USA Today.

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A 60-year-old Tennessee man who spends time volunteering as Santa Claus at a local hospital granted a 5-year-old terminally ill boy his final wish this holiday season, and held him as he died in his arms. "I spent four years in the Army with the 75th Rangers, and I've seen my share of [stuff]," Eric Schmitt-Matzen told USA Today.

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Trump's picking a fight with China he cannot afford to lose

Trump's advisers later confirmed that neither the call nor the formulation were a mishap. A day later, Trump attacked China -- again on Twitter -- for devaluing their currency and building "a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea." His foreign policy philosophy may follow the credo of the American novelist Gore Vidal: "It's not enough that I should succeed, others should fail!"

Making America great again apparently means making others do badly. But will it work?

The one thing one could expect from a businessman like Trump is that he would run the numbers on the problem. They look challenging. For a decade, China has been growing faster than the US. In currency terms, US GDP in 2000 was 8.5 times that of China. In 2016 the difference has shrunk to less than 1.5 times. At this rate China will have overtaken the US in ten years (and it already has if you calculate GDP using purchasing power parity, which factors in the comparative value of money in different countries).

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President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.

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In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.

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"There must be big smiles this morning at the Kremlin," said former White House cybersecurity official Richard Clarke, now an ABC News consultant. "It's unprecedented that a president-elect should be denigrating CIA, refusing to read their intelligence and disagreeing with them on a major substantive issue even before he is inaugurated."

Trump used his Twitter account this morning to continue his effort over the weekend to discredit the CIA and its reported conclusion that the Russians hacked into Democratic Party computers in an effort to help elect Trump.

Trump tweeted, "Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card. It would be called conspiracy theory!"

His Twitter rant followed a statement issued by a U.S. intelligence official this morning denouncing the pushback against the intelligence community's assessment.

Responding to Trump's comments over the weekend, an intelligence official told Reuters, "It is concerning that intelligence on Russian actions related to the U.S. election is being dismissed out of hand as false or politically partisan."

"The inclination to ignore such intelligence and impugn the integrity of U.S. intelligence officials is contrary to all that is sacred to national security professionals who work day and night to protect this country," the official said.

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Weekend of Words

The dispute between the incoming administration and the intelligence community began in earnest last week. On Friday, the presidential transition team released a short statement saying, "these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction." It was not clear which agency the statement was referring to.

However, one senior career U.S. official told ABC News today that Trump's "not just taking a shot at an old CIA assessment from 14 years ago, he's disparaging and insulting every analyst currently in the intelligence community working hard to protect the United States."

"Who is the President-Elect going to trust and rely on?" the official asked rhetorically.

And by today, the anger and frustration within the intelligence community was apparent.

Speaking to ABC News, former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow said the war of words was a "really ugly situation" and noted that it was "unprecedented to have a president so frontally assault" the intelligence community.

"I would advise that he find a way to turn down the rhetoric and focus on hearing from them [the intelligence community], what they believe and why they believe it," Harlow said.

Harlow's sentiments were echoed by John Cohen, an ABC News consultant and former acting under secretary for intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security.

"What is laughable and ridiculous is that you have individuals with no law enforcement, national security or intelligence experience calling into question the credibility and integrity of career intelligence professionals," he said. "Creating a dispute and undermining the trust between the incoming administration and these intelligence officials is problematic because this administration will rely on these professionals as they seek to make critical decisions in the future."

Clarke agreed, adding that as Trump takes power, "there's the potential here for a great deal of tension on on-going basis between the career CIA intelligence officers and the president."

Hackers Cast a Wide Net

U.S. intelligence officials have maintained since October that Russian hackers targeted both Republicans and Democrats. But the hackers were far more successful in their cyberattacks on the Democrats - stealing thousands of emails between party officials and other data - than they were with Republicans, whose official party systems had better defenses against cyberattacks.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security said in October, "The U.S. intelligence community (USIC) is confident that the Russian government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. persons and institutions, including from U.S. political organizations."

In selecting their targets, the hackers cast a wide net.

Among those attacked was a former Republican Party employee whose computer was not connected to the Republican National Committee 's computer system.

Over the weekend, Reince Priebus, who is the RNC chairman and has been selected to be White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, told ABC News' "This Week" that the RNC's systems were "absolutely not hacked."

"We contacted the FBI months ago when the [hacking of the Democratic National Committee] issue came about. They reviewed all of our systems. We have hacking detection systems in place, and the conclusion was then, as it was again two days ago when we went back to the FBI to ask them about this, that the RNC was not hacked," he said.

Officials conceded that the committee was a target of the Russians.

Disagreement Within the Intelligence Community

The news of the attack on the former RNC employee's computer comes amid widespread disagreement within the intelligence community over the broader extent of Russia's election-related hacking.

Sources said that the agencies are deeply split over the CIA's conclusion that the hacking was done with the intent to get Trump elected. The agency declined to comment for this story.

While the CIA has championed this view, other agencies believe that the Russians expected Hillary Clinton would win and therefore their cyber efforts were made with the hope to weaken her when she was in office.

On Sunday, Trump flatly rejected reports that the CIA has concluded the Russian hacking was done with the aim of getting him elected.

"I think it's ridiculous. I think it's just another excuse. I don't believe it," he told Fox News on Sunday.

Rejecting the notion that the CIA might be trying to overturn the election, Trump said, "Once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act, you're not going to catch them. They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. I mean, they have no idea."

He called into question media reports about the CIA's conclusion and alleged that the stories were floated by his political opponents.

"I'm not sure [the CIA] put it out. I think the Democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country," he said.

Speaking broadly about the intelligence community's assessment that the Russians were involved in hacking related to the election, Trump said, "Take a look. They're not sure. They're fighting among themselves. They're not sure."

His comments stood in contrast to statements made by some in his party.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told CBS that there was "no doubt about the hacking ... The question is about the intention," but that he did not have information on whether the RNC was hacked.

And on ABC News' "Good Morning America" today, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said he did not want "interference into our politics" or for "politics [to] interfere with our intelligence."

"People are trying to politicize our intelligence because they do not like the election result," she said.

And on Monday, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared to denounce Trump's handling of the situation, saying in a statement, "exploiting the work of our intelligence community for partisan purposes does a grave disservice to those professionals and potentially jeopardizes our national security."

But, Ryan added: "As we work to protect our democracy from foreign influence, we should not cast doubt on the clear and decisive outcome of this election."

Vasily Maximov//AP Photo

Russian Denial

Whatever the hackers' motives, there is no doubt among U.S. officials that the Russians' goal was to interfere with the U.S. election.

Responding to this accusation, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian government, said, "It looks [like an] absolutely unfounded, unprofessional, unqualified statement and accusation that has nothing to do with reality."

And while there is broad consensus on this point, officials said that, as of the beginning of this month, Barack Obama's administration has not been able to agree on what - if any - retaliatory action to take to show that there will be consequences for the interference.

ABC News' Rhonda Schwartz, Alex Hosenball and Paul Blake contributed to this report.

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Donald Trump tweeted that the F-35 program is too expensive and we can be sending our military's money elsewhere.
"The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th."
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Cherokee Nation OKs same sex marriage

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The Cherokee Nation will allow same-sex marriage after the tribe's attorney general overturned a ban, saying the tribe constitution protects fundamental rights.

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a mother that wasnt very close to her daughter finds out she is disabled and tries to help

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A single photo assignment opened Alessandro Rampazzo's eyes to the story of a mother's devotion to her disabled daughter.