breath of russian interference in our 2016 election. watch this. what i think was most important about special counsel mueller repeating the details of his report yesterday was his emphasis on how russia strongly attempted to interfere in response to a question from congressman hurd of texas said they are continuing to do it even from today. chris wray the fbi director, president trump s personally chosen fbi director repeated that same message that we need to be working on securing our 2020 elections. all right. but despite mueller s warning, senate republicans, they blocked two election security bills and a measure on cybersecurity. they made that move just hours after testimony that made his team s work so pivotal. over the course of my career, i have seen a number of challenges to our democracy.
they are doing it it as we sit here. and they expect to do it during the next campaign. outfront now democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. sits on the house intelligence and judiciary committee. you questioned mueller twice today, congressman. one of the responses to you, i hope this is not the new normal, but i fear it is. and then to your colleague congressman hurd, they are doing it as with we sit her. what was your reaction. illustration pretty hair raising. whether you are a republican defending the president or democrat wanting the president held accountable, we should be worried that in future elections, whether it s russia, other countries who have similar capability that is this could create a mess of our democracy. i don t know how many elections we can weather something like that. that s why i ve tried to be part of investigations and have written legislation along the way to put responsibility on candidates to tell the fbi if they are approached in the whi
from texas. his district covers the largest single stretch of the country s southern border. joining me now, representative chrissy hoolihan, democrat from pennsylvania and member of the house armed services and foreign affairs committee. welcome to you. it s nice to speak with you on a sunday here. and my first question to you, ma am, as an air force veteran, you could probably relate to what representative hurd was saying there. what does it mean to you that the president wants to divert $3.6 billion from military construction projects to build a border wall? so thank you for having me. and i couldn t agree more with congressman hurd and his concern. in addition to being a veteran myself, i m also third generation military. i sit on the armed services and foreign affairs committee, particularly within armed services in the readiness subcommittee. and some of the things that congressman hurd mentioned also alarm me. money from kuwait will be diverted, money earmarked for germany, mo
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ago, i asked him about the move to support a national emergency. do you have concerned? he did not want to discuss that. he setaid, it s about keeping t government open. give the president some money for the border barriers. we have a signature on a funding bill. that s the most important thing right now. mamanu, thank you very much. joining us, will hurd. thank you for joining us. always a pleasure to be on with you. you represent a district with the most border with mexico, more than 800 miles. do you see the need for the president of the united states to declare a national emergency? let me start by saying the problem that we re dealing with on the border, drugs, over 400,000 illegal immigrants trying to come into our country last year, this is absolutely a problem. it s a problem that has existed through multiple