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The U.S. and Russia. Another reset?

Hello again. I'm Arminami, and this is To the Point. Donald Trump has publicly scorned the CIA for claiming that Russia tried to help him get elected,

but the disagreement's much deeper than that.

Trump has picked a national security team with close ties to Vladimir Putin,

who intelligence agents and many Republicans insist is up to no good.

How much do they really know about what he's up to?

And when did they know it?

Is Trump's hand of friendship

a lucky accident for Putin, whose real goal is a divided Europe? We'll look at the long-term

threat to the Atlantic Alliance, national security, and the global balance of power. On our

talking point later, Wonder Woman was the UN's honorary spokeswoman for gender equality.

Not anymore. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon. I'll be back with To The Point. Even before he takes office, Donald Trump has picked a fight with the intelligence community.

Is the president-elect getting too close to Vladimir Putin's Russia, what's at stake for America's interests in Europe and elsewhere in the world?

Later on today's talking point, in October, the UN boldly announced that Wonder Woman was its

chosen symbol for women's empowerment.

Now, she is quietly being assigned to the scrap heap of international diplomacy.

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