week were in the best mood. they were thrilled. i said if i were you, i would be really happy, too. and i got to hand it to you, i never thought this would happen but i have got to hand it to you. this is what wolf blitzer said after the president signed the legislation today. let s watch. he signs this, gloria, into law 2200 pages, even though he says no one has read it, including himself why sign something into law that you haven t even read? laura: he is not given any credit. he signs it the democrats like it but wolf is right. no one has read this legislation. rand paul was tweeting some of it last night. who knows if he even read the 2,000 pages. this is crazy mustafa, democrats and republicans, this is generational stepping of the next theft of the next generation. your thowghts. a trillion dollars.
culminating with the president signing the legislation today, albeit with tremendous reservations. he said in the accompanying statement. the president s reluctance expressed in that statement may have signaled bad cop proponent to good cop-bad cop field. here is the vice president speaking about the sanctions bill. by signing this legislation, we are sending a very clear message that russia s destabilizing activities and support for rogue regimes are no longer going to be tolerated. our hope is that it will lay a foundation for better relations with russia.
bill in congress to stop this? will the vote be unanimous? why not? and an hour after that, i got an answer from democratic congressman brendan boyle, saying potus defies common sense. this week i will introduce bill that would ban any joint effort with russia on cybersecurity. joining us, democratic congressman brendan boyle, introduced that legislation today. also with us, evelyn farkas, senior fellow of the atlantic council and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense. congressman boyle, thank you very much for answering my tweet so quickly yesterday. i ve got to say, when i was working in the senate, if we saw something like that, there would have been a race a race among senate staffers to get a bill into legislative language, you know, sunday morning. and as far as i can tell so far, the senate has been silent. you ve come forward with yours, and you may have others in the house who will be coming forward with some kind of amendment or bill to stop this. what is your prop
as soon as i saw that, at 8:08 a.m., i tweeted, will it be called the collusion unit? and six minutes after that, i tweeted, who will introduce a bill in congress to stop this? will the vote be unanimous? why not? and an hour after that, i got an answer from democratic congressman brendan boyle, saying potus defies common sense. this week i will introduce bill that would ban any joint effort with russia on cybersecurity. joining us, democratic congressman brendan boyle, introduced that legislation today. also with us, evelyn farkas, senior fellow of the atlantic council and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense. congressman boyle, thank you very much for answering my tweet so quickly yesterday. i ve got to say, when i was working in the senate, if we saw something like that, there would have been a race a race among senate staffers to get a bill into legislative language, you
know what was in it, didn t even know who was writing it. mcconnell isn t even defending this to his own people. this is the first time they ll get to see the full text of the legislation today. thank you both for sharing your reporting with us and walking us through it. it will be very interesting to see what happens in a few hours. sarah and peter, thank you. 15 inches of rain in some places. that the downfall of tropical storm cindy making landfall in louisiana. a lot of communities are under water already. chad myers has the latest forecast. where is more coming next.