Hackers were targeting the dnc and other democratic operations. By the way, as candidate trump was publicly calling on the russians to publicly hack Hillary Clintons emails. We dont know the contact or motive before the conversations, but the word they happened is a big real development. We should note the kremlin and donald trump this morning are calling it fake news. Cnns jim sciutto has been working sources all day, all night on this story. Jim, bring us up to speed on where we are right now at 9 01 eastern time. I should knnote calling it fe news without the president or the white house responding to the substance of the reporting which weve asked them to do. Lets get to what the reporting is. One, two things caused alarm, raised red flags in u. S. Law enforcement and intelligence. First, the volume and frequency of the communications between trump advisers and the russians. Communications happen during campaigns, typically at a much lower level and much less frequent than what the
infrastructure deal. our correspondent manu joins us on the hill. what happens now? the big question on capitol hill right now is when will the legislative text be release the of the $1.2 trillion bill? this bill would strengthen lots of money into roads, bridges, rural broadband. would pay for this in a variety of ways, including redirecting covid relief money. what does it look like? the bill text has not been released as they ve haggled over finalizing a lot of legislative language. that is so critical. because ultimately this is what could become law. once this bill text is finalized, it will be offered on the senate floor to amendment. it could be changed by if a senator offers an amendment, it can change the language here. the hurdle is high to clear to change the language. likely they need 60 votes to do that. it s unlikely core elements of
lawmakers on capitol hill is in another mad scramble to keep the federal government from running out of money. they have two days to come up with a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. they re moving another bill through for march 23rd but it s not likely to get through the senate. congressman is joining us from the freedom caucus. congressman, thank you for joining us. it s good to be with you, wolf. it seems like we were here just a few weeks ago, but obviously a very important time for america and hoping we get the government funding. we might be back march 23rd to try one more time. what happens if it doesn t get through the senate? wolf, i just left a meeting to come out here and be with you. where we were talking with some of the cross-sectional leaders within our conference, talking about a budget caps deal.
would like to see more civility and less uncommon in capitol hill, there is nothing untoward to reflect your issues with him. there is nothing wrong with it, and i think everyone in that chamber knows that, because in the last eight years, they were on the other side of this equation. we ve seen a lot of opposition addresses. we ve seen this unfold. there is a lot happening. wall street struggling to hang on as the markets go for another white knuckle ride. it plummeted 1800 points over the last two trading days, yesterday and friday. the dow swung for more than 500 points down right at the bottom of looking for a deposit trail
he s the president. you have to be careful about your jokes. thanks for joining me for inside politics. we ll see you back here tomorrow. wolf starts right now. hello, i m wolf blitzer. it s 1:00 p.m. here in washington. wherever you re watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. memo wars. all eyes on the president as he decides whether to release the democratic counter to the disputed republican memo attacking the fbi. silenced is golden. the president s lawyers reportedly advising him not to speak with the special counsel robert mueller, fearing the special counsel will catch the president in a lie. so what happens now? and wall street roller coaster. the dow taking another wild ride one day after the worst point drop in history. why the trump administration is shrugging off the volatility. let s start, though, with the big question on capitol