we might see some resignations soon. some immediately like fiona hill, the associate director for russia on the national security council. can t possibly be comfortable or even not comfortable is an understatement. with what the president said and did. stephanie s point is key. the fact the president believes everything has changed in the last four hours, i.e., believes everything has changed since he personally met with putin is in a way the most dangerous thing of all. he it he feels emboldened in some sense now to pursue policies that, before he was pursuing perhaps with some caution. he s doubled down on taking this country in a direction that s friendlier to putin. taking his presidency in a direction that s friendlier to vladimir putin than to the u.s. government. there s going to be more in the form of very comfortable interview the president was planning on doing prior to leaving helsinki with a joint interview with tucker carlson and sean hannity of fox news.
helps support muscle, energy, bone, normal immune function, and vision. boost optimum. be up for life. i am stephanie ruhl. you are watching msnbc, and after the summit this morning in helsinki between president trump and president vladimir putin we are hearing from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. just moments ago speaker paul ryan put out a statement, quote, there is no question that russia interfered in our election and continues attempts to undermine democracy here and around the world. this is not just the finding of the american intelligence community, but also the house committee on intelligence. the president must appreciate that russia is not our ally. this is no there is no moral equivalence between the united states and russia, which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals. the united states must be focused on holding russia
treasonous. republican patriots, where are y you? . t that s certainly what russia is to us following the 2016 election so evelin, how do you think republicans will react? well, stephanie, i have to say i am sick to my stomach and i i am really feeling nauseous, i am a child immigrant who fled to get away from authoritarian. we heard the president sided against our democracy. it is despicable and i am more surprised than i thought i would be at this press conference. i agree with everything that s been said before but there is even more. donald trump in effect was ready
unpressented effort to interfere with our 2016 election. we just saw president trump when asked basically side with russia. the definition of patriot and that s what republicans like to say they are. a patriot is someone who defends the honor of their country. we just saw the president of the united states do the exact opposite. so the question is, where do patriots stand on this? andrea mitchell standing by in helsinki where she, too, has witnessed all of this. is ready to take this the rest of the distance. andrea? well, thanks to brian and stephanie and rick stengel and all of you. here in helsinki, we ve all been talking about that extraordinary performan performance. remarkable news conference. presidents donald trump and vladimir putin, a former kgb officer, president trump calling the russia probe ridiculous. calling it a disaster for our country. refusing to say standing next to