indicted 12 russian nationals for hacking into the democratic national committee. the democratic congressional campaign committee and several state election systems. this indictment is a remarkable piece of forensic work. this latest indictment can be seen as the equivalent of the phoenix memo about 9/11. it is a warning. we must heed it. yesterday in helsinki, president trump says he does not believe it. he sided with putin over his own intelligence community. this is a catastrophe in the making. if we do not take action, the american people may not trust the outcome of the next election. this is a national emergency and our silence is unacceptable. our nation is under attack. accordingly, under complete rule 3b and house rule 11g2a, i move that the committee do now go into executive session for purposes of discussing the evidence in our possession that speaks directly to the special counsel s indictment and to the president s an apparent submission to the russian
by the president. now today, according to russian government, there was some new plan agreed to on syria and the russian military is ready to get to work on it with our military. okay. how are we going to find out what that plan is? if not from i guess the translator who was the only other american sitting there while president trump and putin had their little turn on the tire swing together yesterday. in the wake of the national freak, in the wake of the national security crisis caused by the president s performance before the russian president yesterday, democrats also suggested today that one thing congress could do is increase funding to the states so is the states can work own their election security for the midterms. director of national investigation on friday dan coates gave a warning speech in which he said the warning lights are blinking like they did before 9/11. he said the infrastructure is
all happening right now. dog days of summer my butt. it is au happening right now. and it is all now happening in a new atmosphere of crisis in american politics that has been create the by the president s behavior with the russian president yesterday. i know you ve absorbed some of national freakout reaction to what happened yesterday in finland but you should just check out some of the headlines today. the neuseum at their website cocalculates front pages from around the country. if you ve seen the big national headlines, trump with putin attacks 2016 intelligence, you might have seen the boston glob globe , trump lets putin denies did meddling. this is the star ledgener new jersey. trump stands by putin s side. this is the hartford current. a win for russia. this is the anchorage daily news in alaska. trump hands putin diplomatic win. look at the chicago tribune headline. like a knife through the ribs.
trump supports russia on mueller investigation. here s the houston chronicle. trump sides with putin, casts its doubt and u.s. intelligence. the miami herald, trump questions u.s. intelligence, not putin. here s a paper from idaho. the moscow pullman daily news. trump embraces long time u.s. foe putin. doubts own intelligence. this is from iowa city, the president citizen newspaper in iowa. praising putin. here s canton, ohio, the canton repository. a one-word headline. treasonous. so we ve got three branches of government and the fourth estate. the behavior by one of those barrages of government, the executive, behavior by the president has shaken the nation in a way that is reflected in that big long list of headlines from the fourth estate. people are freaking out because of his behavior. that leaves two other branches, the judiciary and legislature. in terms of the judiciary, full steam ahead. the criminal and counter