the democrats in alabama are back and like they said, this is a revival, this is our year. 2017 and 2018 will be a change here in alabama. reporter: and you mentioned to me earlier, you are thinking about getting involved in politics very shortly here, is that correct. yes, ma am. i was the 2010 and 2014 democratic nominee for state auditor and i m running again in 2018. reporter: thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. richard, this is expected to go on for about 90 minutes. and each candidate gets about 2 and a half minutes to answer questions. and as i mentioned, a range of topics. certainly a lot of passion. about 150 people showed up for this today. back to you. many candidates are on the democratic side. seven can be good but on the flip side it could be bad. thank you tammy leitner in alabama, appreciate it. a wild 24 hours of news in the russia investigation. a breakdown of that, next.
ambassador during this time. and ken, let s move to another branch of government, the house and senate have agreed upon sanctions for russia and stiffer in view and in practice than the white house. yeah, this is brewing for sometime. and today we learn there is an agreement and a vote next week. this is a big development. because this would bind donald trump s hands. it would make it much more difficult for him to withdraw the sanctions that the obama administration put in place to punish russia for that election hacking and some other sanctions involving russia seizure of crimea and impose additional sanctions and now donald trump is facing the prospect of does he veto this bill that he doesn t like or allow it to become law and it is a break between those in congress and the president on russia. ken delanie there in aspen, colorado, at a security forum. thank you so much. thank you, sir. let s bring in vivian solano, and also sub saban with
state. democratic candidates vying for jeff sessions former senate seat are all coming together for an event to rebuild the party s image. tammy leitner is in alabama and last time we spoke they were just about to gather and speak. now they have in part, what are you hearing? reporter: the forum is well underway. they are calling this the summer revival. they are talking about a range of topics from health care to education, they have people from five counties here. i m here with miranda joseph, you drove in about an hour to get here. why did you come today? i came to hear the candidates and hear their stance on particular issues. reporter: and what do you think is the main problem with the democratic party here in alabama? i m hoping in the future that we get more youth involved, more young women and young men to hear the stances of the democratic party here in alabama. reporter: and there is not been a democrat in that senate seat for well over 20 years. can you change that
russia with very candity comments at a security conference in saaspen. take a listen. i wonder, if we re making russia great again. i think russia is a threat to this country. if he is fired by mr. trump or attempted to by fired by mr. trump, i hope that members of congress or elected representatives will stand up and say enough is enough. it is the obligation to refuse to carry out some of the orders that are inconsistent with what this country is all about. also there at that forum, nbc s national security reporter ken delanie there in aspen. and ken, if you could read minds, if there were thought bubbles sitting out there in the audience when those two statements came out, did they really say that, were they really that candid, if you will, speaking to wolf blitzer there from cnn. but that happens when you are on panels sometimes. richard, i think there was reaction of amazement and also agreement here at this national