an inquiry published a year ago published by the the intelligence and security committee that britishcontinue to supply intelligence to allies despite knowing or suspecting abuse in more than 200 cases. ken clarke accused the government of "years and years" of delay. but theresa may's deputy had news. i can confirm to the house today that the government will make a definitive statement setting out its decision about a judge lead inquiry later this week. we need to know how there was such a terrible breakdown in responsibility and communications to produce the misdeeds that took place in the time after 9/11 so that we can avoid the culture of the intelligence services and their relationships with ministers ever slipping back into the same thing again. so, i hope we are not going to be told, "it's too late now. everything is all right now. there's no need to do anything," because of it is all right now as i trust it is, i think we have to reduce the that in future we will ever as a country get involved in torture and rendition again. and he had this warning for the government. if the de

secretary now the father of the house and not to listen to the recommendations of the intelligence and security committeehat the only way to catch the truth on these issues and learn lessons for the future was for the government to commission an independent and judge let inquiry with the power and authority to examine all of the evidence in question every potential witness and come up with conclusions with which the government would be banned. has there been an express prohibition on ministers giving the green light to the torture of overseas detainees? and if not, why not? it's already the position that ministers are bound by the law and ministers are bound by the ministerial code, and the ministerial code requires ministers to comply with the law in all their actions as ministers, and by compliance with the law we include in that definition compliance with the united kingdom's international treaty obligations. the one point i would make to my right honourable friend is that even when problems have been remedied there is, at times, good public policy reasons for bringing about closure, and the question

. >> mister speaker thank you for your question and acknowledge the service to their country in uniform with the committee on intelligence and security with national security matters so earlier this week with the culmination of three individuals of with those individuals the threat has not gone away. and in september 2014 the threat was raised to probable and those intelligence agencies now have six attempted major terrorist attacks in this country. and we have had as a country to go to syria and iraq and the threat is beyond our shores. about 230 people or 100 of those to be killed in the theater of war and 100 people within those 230 cohorts and about 40 are already here. and we will do everything that we can to keep australia safe. we have introduced multiple pieces of legislation including encryption laws last year there were christian by those opposite on the front page that directly resulted and that is the reality mister speaker. we will make sure we do whatever we can to keep australian safe because we know citizens have a constitutional right we have to do that and that is why we have introduced a bill into parliament today

congressman john ratcliffe is a member of the house judiciary, intelligence and homeland security committees prosecutor. congressman, it's good to have you, thanks so much for joining me. >> good morning, maria. maria: you zeroed in on exonerate, because the special counsel said we could not exonerate the president. why was that line of questioning important? >> well, maria, the democrats built their entire strategy around the special counsel's statement that donald trump could not be exonerated from potential obstruction of justice crimes, but what the democrats and the special counsel didn't see was the fatal defect in that legal reasoning, that by requiring donald trump to conclusively prove his innocence, they were depriving him of the one thing that no one can be one proved of -- no one can be deprived of. by getting them to admit these facts really rocked the foundation of their entire obstruction of justice analysis. at the end of the day, you can't impeach somebody over obstruction of justice where you use the wrong legal standard, a legal standard that doesn't exist. it seemed like

question and acknowledge his service to our country in uniform and also now as he chairs the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security. one of the smartest minds in this parliament in relation to national security matters and he really leads a great team within the committee. so acknowledge the work that he does. as we all know, mr. speaker, earlier this week over 200 federal police brought to culmination a 12-month investigation in relation to three individuals and it demonstrated by the arrest of those three individuals in relation to terrorist-related allegations against those individuals that this threat has not gone away. mr. speaker, in september of 2014 the threat level against our country was raised to probable and we know that in our country was the police and the intelligence agencies have been able to thwart 16 attempted major terrorist attacks in our country, seven have been successful. we have had as a country a very high number, in fact, of people who have gone to syria and iraq to fight in the name of sieye sl and the threat is not only beyond our shores but here in australia as well. about 230 people

we get there, and i am a member of the senate intelligence committee, homeland security committee, budget committee, and judiciary committee. with other members of the united states congress. this is a facility that is a privately run facility, but paid with your tax dollars. they would not let us in. >> what? i don't understand! sen. harris: i mean, we could not force them physically, right? it is what they are doing. it is hard, and it is wrong, and it is what they are doing. of course we need to take their money. we need to shut down all of those at detention facilities. -- those private detention facilities. you are absolutely right. [cheers and applause] sen. harris: i want to share with you what i saw. i walked down the road and climbed up a ladder to look over the fence to see what was going on inside, because they would not give us access. let me tell you what i saw. i saw children -- children -- lining down single file, by gender, walked into barracks. by the way, i also met some of their parents on the other side of the fence. it's inhumane, to ellie's point. it's inhumane and i

joining us now, mike rogers, former chair of the house intelligence committee and a cnn national securitymentator and jane harmon former ranking member of the house intelligence committee and kurntsly the director and president at the wilson center. i have to warn everyone, we have a republican and democrat here together. >> oh, dear. >> they actually got along. >> and still do. >> so that's an upset victory for america right there. mike, i want to start with you. because you heard from robert mueller there. and one of the few times he spoke at length. really warning don't take your eye off the ball here. the ball here is that russia is attacking us now. >> absolutely. and he also added another provision in there. it didn't get a lot of attention. but he said and other nation states are following suit. if you watch countries like china who are trying to do in the pacific rim what russia did to us in 2016, you know, wait soon coming to your inbox is going to be this chinese effort to do the same thing. and other nation states as well. so it is as serious as it gets. and the consequences we

committee. cybersecurity is paramount. we have a well designed and tested cyber security program. data is encrypted at every stage and we work closely with the department of homeland security, the intelligence committee and industry experts to identify and respond to threats. we manage risks, assist with oversight and test for security, functionality and scalability. external oversight and accountability and support our valued. first the bureau is committed to assisting the kennedy and others in addressing matters of interest is concerned that are deeply appreciated. second, we appreciate the work of the accountability office and the department of the inspector general i discussed the 2020 census being on the high-risk list. we are committed to the program. third, we appreciate the financial support we received on the bipartisan space from congress. certainty is needed throughout the 2020 census. we appreciate the support and all forms. recently they spread interest in working with us to promote safety. commerce components expressed the desire to help as well as with other federal agencies including the department of health and human services. we thank the members of congress and others are

and they are the obstruction of justice their issues say security clearances. are and rog porter clerk to the president were given high level security clearances even though intelligence committees and or intelligence officers and the f.b.i. had raised red flags about those questionnaire in particular in foreign entanglements then you have a citizen ship on the census question which is being looked into you've got hush money paid to $2.00 people women who allege that they had affairs with trump the hush money would constitute an un reported a campaign contribution and so that's potentially criminal what do you think this is the judiciary committee today there are number of them right but when it comes to the is so family separation specifically in the issues going on at the border. there is no guarantee really that the administration will comply so if not where does this end up. well it's going to have to end up in the courts congress does have the power to enforce that is to use force and arrest people who may have subpoenaed and that power hasn't been used for over 80 years so they have to go through the courts and the problem there is even before they go to get the subpoenas

and what has the intelligence committee did to secure our elections. this amendment speaks for itself and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is now on the amendment offered by the gentleman from massachusetts. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- mr. conaway: i ask for the yeas and nays. the chair: does the gentleman request a recorded vote? the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by -- the gentleman from massachusetts will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 12 printed in part b of house report 116-154. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? miss rice: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 12 printed in part b of house report 116-154 offered by miss rice of new york. the chair: p

and paid for by the clinton campaign. that is the real collusion but the democrats refuse to accept reality the house intelligence committee has important work too do and if you look at the national security for this country, there's nothing more important right now than passing the agreement that's ready to go and if you look at the situation on the border, that has to be dealt with. we need legislation to start to move through this house so it can get to the senate. the democrats ran on the end they are not delivering. so to present issues not being dealt with, hopefully after today we will begin and when we get back in september to work on immigration reform and to pass this very important trade agreement. >> the leader and my colleagues are right it's important to understand where we are at when the investigation began. the fbi investigated for ten months. understand the big picture the president falsely accused fbi investigations for ten months. find nothing and we know that. then bob mueller takes over and investigatedig for 22 months. so here we are now and he found no collusion or conspiracy orta coordination. it's definitely time to move on. the second thing i would say is the in

security. you saw the senate intelligence committee with a bipartisan agreement and ream addition warning that russia continues to interfere? >> i push back but your facts are not right we signed in 018 the cyber security and infrastructure security bill that added cifa is dhs to do what -- >>>> brennan: two bills that were put forward the republican ledder has said don't need to be considered. everything is -- >> completely unnecessary. lot of things to register to vote. a bill that came up in the last week because democrats saw an opportunity coming out of the mueller investigation to not talk about what mueller said about collusion and obstruction instead wanted to focus on election security. ignored the facts that the parties have worked together to do a great deal on election security. that administration has worked with every single state. 1700 different localities of elections, we've met with every single presidential campaign to go over how to prepare against and prevent foreign intervention into the 00 election. we're doing everything necessary to do this. the bills this week were show

committee and the house intelligence committee canor information. democrats looking for facts to build a case for impeachment. >> our committee is most concerned about the compromise of national security. >> reporter: while republican lawmakers and the president dismiss the effort. >> there's nothing there, and we're going to see that tomorrow. >> we have the best economy in history. gee, let's impeach the president. i mean, you figure it. these people have gone totally crazy. >> reporter: jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> there is a lot on the line tomorrow morning. nbc news will have a special report on robert mueller's hearing. our live coverage begins at 5:30 a.m. janelle. >> raj, how much power do technology companies have? the justice department is now investigating if it's too much. no companies have been named, but facebook, google and apple are believed to be at the center of this inquiry. the investigation is focusing on whether the companies have stifled competition or harmed consumers. broken down and new start-ups can't gain as much traction any more. >> their size and reach is what has allowed them to do that and it's also what keeps their dominance sticky because it's so

of national intelligence says you need to have substantial national security expertise and i think by most circumstances and most judgment he doesn't. he has been on the intelligence committee for a year, us attorney, he had cases on national security, cyber security but we can do better and have somebody more independent, greater expertise. he wouldn't be my first choice and give my threats he -- i disagree with john you. i want to coordinator of national intelligence who can bring together strands of intelligence and speak truth to power. i am skeptical. >> we will see how he does in the confirmation process. mitch mcconnell fighting back on what he calls the dangerous rise of modern-day mccarthyism. is mcconnell being treated unfairly? >> i think it is ridiculous the washington post is calling mitch mcconnell a russian asset because he stands in the way of legislation they think is tougher on russia. mitch mcconnell is a russian asset why isn't barack obama and joe biden russian asset in the hacking occurred in the election of 2016 during their administration. weiss and henry kissinger the greatest russian asset of all because he pursued detente? it is silly. the deeper

and fake news. he testified before the senate intelligence committee of russian terrorists and national security analyst and ben rhoades, deputy national security adviser to president obama and msnbc political analyst. it seems that robert mueller's emphasis, he will want the emphasis if he gets the choice to be on volume one because that's where he seems to see the possibility of recurring threat. >> yeah, lawrence. he's absolutely right. put it this way. the reason the obstruction of justice matters so much is what trump was trying to obstruct as he said, this was a systematic effort to intervene and challenge the underpinning of our democracy of united states choosing our own leaders. i was on a presidential campaign and i would never entertain the idea of meeting with the russians. i would have gone right to the fbi. what we know is there was systematic efforts by the trump campaign to be in touch with the russians. there were efforts set up to have meetings to get dirt on hillary clinton including the president's son and know that paul manafort was sharing polling data with the russians about the c

that ratcliffe has less experience in intelligence, national security and foreign policy than anyone who has ever held this post. now, the senate intelligence committeehairman, republican richard burr, has not endorsed ratcliffe, but he says he will move swiftly with the nomination process. >> o'donnell: all right, paula reid, thank you. in afghanistan two american tervice members were shot and killed today in kandahar province. asr david martin has learned it was the work of an infiltrator who disguised himself as a member of the afghan army. he was wounded and taken into custody. the americans have not been identified. .5 u.s. service members have aen killed in afghanistan this year. we have new information tonight on what may have led to a deadly encounter between an italian rslice officer and two teenagers from california. the teens are being held for murder. today a funeral was held for the officer. seth doane was there and he has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: his funeral was eeld at the church where he was rrried just weeks ago, and there was not enough room inside for the thousands who came to riurn mario cerciello rega. se mur

that ratcliffe has less experience in intelligence, national security and foreign policy than anyone who has ever held this post. the senate intelligence committee chairman, republican richard burr, has not endorsed ratcliffe but says he will move swiftly with the nomination process. >> all right. paula reid, thank you. >>> in afghanistan, two american service members were shot and killed today in kandahar province. our david martin has learned it was the work of an infiltrator who disguised himself as a member of the afghan army. he was wounded and taken into custody. the americans have not been identified. 15 u.s. service members have been killed in afghanistan this year. >>> we have new information tonight on what may have led to a deadly encounter between an italian police officer and two teenagers from california. the teens are being held for murder. today a funeral was held for the officer. seth doane was there and has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: his funeral was held at the church where he was married just weeks ago and there was not enough room inside for the thousands who came to mourn mario. the murder of this police o

and its election security. yield the floor. >> yesterday the alamerican people finally heard at length directly from special counsel robert mueller. in his testimony before the house judiciary committee and intelligence committees the special counsel gave voice to his report on russian interference in our 2016 presidential election and president trumps obstruction of the investigation into it. what the american people and i heard from special counsel my mueller was an explanation and confirmation of the deeply troubling findings and conclusions of his investigation and his report. he told us that the trump campaign welcomed the help of a hostile foreign power, russia, to influence our 2016 presidential election accepted the help, lied repeatedly about it, and benefited from it. he confirmed that there was voluminous evidence that president trump had obstructed justice through his efforts to interfere with and impede the special counsel's investigation. most importantly, contrary to the president's claims of special counsel confirmed that his investigation had not exonerated all the president of the crime of obstruction of justice. when asked, robert mueller made this crystal-clear testifying that "th

of national intelligence says you need to have substantial national security expertise and i think by most circumstances and most judgment, he doesn't. is been on the intelligence committee for a year, yes as a u.s. attorney he had cases on national security, cybersecurity, but i think we can do better and have somebody more independent, greater expertise. he wouldn't be my first choice and given the threats we have, i disagree with john, i'd like to have a coordinator of national intelligence who can bring together strands of intelligence and speak truth to power. so i must tell you on this one i'm skeptical. >> mike: that we will see how he does during the confirmation process. meanwhile senate majority leader mitch mcconnell fighting back today on what he calls dangerous rise of modern-day mccarthyism mccarthyism. it is mcconnell being treated unfairly, john? >> i think it's ridiculous that "the washington post" is calling mitch mcconnell a russian asset just because he stands in the way of legislation they would like that they think is tougher on russia. mitch mcconnell is a russian asset, then why is barack obama or joe biden russian assets? the hacking occurred in

security. the current fbi and the senate intelligence committee had warnings. >> reporter: good morning.ne of the conclusions of the mueller investigation is that russia exteinterfere in theintee election. so far this new legislation isn't getting anywhere. today senate democrats say there needs to be swift action for congress to protect the security of america's elections. >> mueller's testimony should be a wake-up call to every american that the integrity of our elections is at stake. >> reporter: those comments coming a day after special counsel mueller's testimony where he confirmed his investigation found russia interfered in the 2016 election in a sweeping and systemic fashion. >> they're doing it as we sit here and expect to do it during the next campaign. >> reporter: following mueller's t a bipartisan senate report detailed the extent of the interference saying russia gained unauthorized access to the personal data of hundreds of thousands of voters anth scni ofden ta digitic senators responding seeking passage of multiple bills bolstering security only to be stopped by republic

meetings and security efforts mostly jive about what has been disclosed about hacking attempts in florida which matters a lot more for presidential election. senate and intelligence committeepparently unwilling or unable to provide more information. florida's politicians and election officials remain stuck in yet another guessing game. this just seems insane to me. like how is it the case that there is no coordination happening? >> well, it's not as insane as the fact that in 2016, i actually had the secretary of state of florida attack me for saying that their system had been scanned, their subcontractor had been scanned by russian intelligence. they said no such thing has happened. now we find every state that has happened. the russians are not stupid. they are doing what is an extension of the old soviet systems wanting to dismantle and destroy american democracy, and they have learned breaking the confidence of the fundamentals of american elections is the way to do it. so by going after every state -- we don't know if they planted trojan horses. we don't know if they have taken registrations and are intending to change them. all of these things could happen the day of

systems in 2016 was a tremendous concern and senate intelligence committee did a lot of investigation on this point and do you have concerns about the securityof the election and the actual voting systems going into 2020? what do you think the chances are of legislation actually becoming law and getting to the senate? >> i do have grave concerns about the voting technology, both because the vendors of this technology is unwilling to share their software so we can examine vulnerabilities and people that i respect in the silicon valley who are far more expert in these matters then i am are convinced of the vulnerability of technology because many of the states and localities have not had sufficient resources and have not even upgraded the software systems and some are using systems that software they can no longer be upgraded and so i think it is negligent not to have a paper trail. the russians don't need to change the vote count but need to create a doubt among our people as to whether we can rely on the vote count. that's a low bar and imagine going through a bush beat gore electronic tingling chad situation in a country is polarized as we

and hopefully this will be the end of these hearings because the house of intelligence committee has important work to do. if you look at the national security for this country, there is nothing more important right now. then passing the united states mexico and canadian agreement that is ready to go. if you look at the situation on our border, that has to be dealt with and we need real legislation to start to move through this house so i can get to the senate. it's what the democrats ran on, they promised solutions to immigration and they're not delivering it. so, two pressing issues, not being dealt with hopefully, after today, we will begin when we get back here in september, to work on immigration reform and to pass this very important trade agreement.>> the leader and my colleagues are exactly right it is time to move on understand where you're at, three years ago next week, is when the trump and russia investigation began. and, the fbi investigated for 10 months, understand the big picture, the president is falsely accused, fbi investigated for 10 months, they find nothing we know that because we deposed and when they told him that and

committee can do that much, they will have done a great deal and a great service already. the intelligence committee's responsibility is to examine how much of a threat this was to the securityelections in 2016 and critically how much of a threat still exists, the fairness and legitimacy of the election process now. the mueller report reveals that the russians interfered massively in the 2016 campaign, and mueller is clear that his investigation was not a counterintelligence investigation. so outstanding questions about the extent to which the president or members of his administration may be compromised by aspects of the relationship with russia or russian nationals, are questions that mueller didn't get to. and establishing what the mueller report didn't answer is in this respect as critical as establishing the questions that it did answer. >> katie, what do you want to know, what would you ask mueller? >> so, phillip, i'd want to know whether or not robert mueller personally believes in the office of legal counsel, that olc memo, an opinion that says you cannot indict a sitting president. as we know, robert mueller no longer works for the department of justice. he's a pri

emerging infectious diseases and pandemics on national security and the international and political economic system along with the intelligence and armed services committees. it's critical that congress be well informed on the posture of the united states and indeed the rest of the world, to address the public health crisis that might arise in the face of a particularly rapid spreading, devastating disease. it's crucial that committees that oversee public health responses understand how prepared we may be to address such a crisis. i support this amendment and believe it will be helpful to our colleagues on the house energy and commerce and senate health committees to receive this briefing and information from the d.n.i., along with the intelligence armed services, foreign affairs and appropriations committees that are already included in the bill text. for that reason i support the amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? >> i thank the chairman for supporting the amendment, urge adoption of the amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the amendme

i'm joined by mike quigley of illinois, member of the house intelligence committee, and ken dilanian, nbc news national securityyou make of these three salients, if you will, points of attack. they're going to try to intimidate the guy into not saying anything more than he put in the report. the republicans in your committees are going to go after him probably for strzok and his girlfriend and all the bad stuff, the bad apple stuff, and all that stuff. and of course he is holding a rally. i guess the rally can't do much about. but you're going to be sitting there with each democrat getting five minutes to make their own pitch. meanwhile, the republicans apparently have a coordinated campaign to bring up all the dirt on mueller. >> yeah. i think what i'll point out first is when a special counsel was appointed there was bipartisan support, talking about the integrity of mr. mueller, and that he was the perfect choice. of course when they come out with a report they don't quite like, all of that changes. none of this is any different than what they've done for the last almost three years, which is to act like the

security committee. we reformed our intelligence agencies after 9/11 and we created this position of the director of nationalgence. it is important. i don't know congressman ratcliffe, the president's nominee. he doesn't seem to have the background that prepares them for this critically important job. in the world we are in today, which is so unsettled, threatened by so many big power challengers and terrorism, -- intelligence is more important than it has ever been before. the director of national intelligence is the key person in our intelligence apparatus. david: one thing we know about he hassman ratcliffe, been very politically aligned with president trump. there is nothing necessarily wrong with that, but at the same time, are there some positions where you say, there is something more important than political loyalty? me: loyalty matters a lot to , having spent many years in office. i don't fault anybody for loyalty or a president appointing somebody based on loyalty, but this is a highly specialized position. by generaleded clapper, an extraordinary public servant, in the military, public service for

yeah, those are real investigations and those are serious real national security issues for our country and you should ask the fbi about that. the intelligence committees are sort of the other ones allowed to get those answers. they're the only ones allowed to know as far as i understand it. well senator michael bennett of colorado is a member of the senate intelligence committee. he released his views to today's report on russian interference in the election. he is also a member of the democratic party in contention for his party's presidential nomination this year. senator bennett joins us next. stay with us. this is the couple who wanted to get away who used expedia to book the vacation rental which led to the discovery that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. expedia. everything you need to go. expedia. a cockroach can survive heresubmerged ttle guy. underwater for 30 minutes. wow. yeah. not getting in today. terminix. defenders of home. when you have diabetes, ♪ dietary choices are crucial to help manage blood sugar, but it can be difficult to find a balanced solution. try great-tasting boost glucose control. the patented blend of

yeah, those are real investigations and those are serious real national security issues for our country. and you should ask the fbi about that. the intelligence committees are sort of the only ones who are allowed to get those answers. they're the only ones allowed to know as far as i understand it. well, senator michael bennett of colorado is a member of the senate intelligence committee. he released his own additional views that were appended to today's highly redacted intelligence committee report on russian interference in the election. senator bennett is also a member of the democratic party who is in contention for his party's presidential nomination this year. senator bennett joins us next. stay with us. stay with us solution. try great-tasting boost glucose control. the patented blend of protein, fat, and carbs is part of a balanced formula that's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. in fact, it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake and contains only 1 carb choice. enjoy the balanced nutrition of boost glucose control as part of a healthy diet. a cockroach can survive submergede guy. underwater for 30

russia isn't done, warnings from robert mueller and the senate intelligence committee about russian election interference. and hear the national securityhree steps ahead of the game, and ready to tap into the 2020 elections. >>> are we talking ivanka 2024? she's mingled with world leaders. and led the delegation at the olymp olympics closing ceremony. first we begin with 2020 and the race for the white house. with three days to go, democratic candidates are sharpening their tacks against president trump and each other. our own road warrior is with elizabeth warren in derry, new hampshire. she joins us live. the recent stories about trump kind of overshadowing the issues on the campaign trail? >> well, it's definitely something else for the candidates to talk about, we're hop scotching ahead of senator elizabeth warren now in derry, she just finished up a few hundred people house party in another part of new hampshire in bowe earlier this afternoon. she's coming to catch up here. what we heard from her in bowe was that she wasn't asked at all about impeachment or robert mueller. i think this may be another instance of washington is focu

day 917 of the trump administration, and we have news tonight the senate intelligence committee is out with its report on our election security, how far the russians exactly tried to reach into our system, how ill equipped we were and may still be to deal with it. it found all 50 states were targeted, largely undetected by state and federal officials. much more on this just ahead. >>> just today, the senate republican leader blocked election security legislation one day after robert mueller's warning that russia, of course, is still meddling in our elections and will continue to in 2020. but his statements about the russian threat have faded somewhat amid the palpable disappointment among democrats at mueller's presence and the lack of impact from his halting testimony. "new york times" put it this way. "the absence of an electrifying washington moment in wednesday's two-stage testimony by mr. mueller not only deprived democrats of the crystalizing episode they needed to drive the issue of impeachment, but it also meant republicans had no reason to budge from their anti-impeachment stance." members of congress, indeed, left w

the senate intelligence committee is out on its report on our election security, how far the russians exactly tried to reach into our system and how in equipped we were and still may be with it. it found all 50 states were targeted largely undetected by state and federal officials. much more on this just ahead. just today the senate republican leader blocked legislation one day after mueller warning that russia that russia is still meddling into our elections and will continue to in 2020. his statements about the russian threat have faded some what of the disappointment among democrats at mueller's presence and the lack of impact from his testimony. the new york times put it this way. the absence of the electrifying washington moment in wednesday's two-stage testimony by mr. mueller not only deprived democrats of the crystallizing episode. house members indeed left washington for a six-week recess. beginning a day earlier than usual. that would be opposite of impeachment proceedings underway. donald trump knows it and he calls on his friend on "fox" tonight. >> this is the united states, we would not stand for it and i would n

and intelligence committee and also the domestic law enforcement activity you cannot open an investigation solely on speech of the first amendment. and with the threat of violence and a threat to national security. and then to be proactive to identify terrorist threats and then to balance those two things we just cannot monitor conduct and then to be protected by the first amendment that constitutes violence or incitement of violence or solicitation of crime we have examples where we have pursued this case is over the years and with respect to social media at the department of justice and there is a lot of potential love-hate in 2015 and without foreign interference with russian interference online and then with the social media and the internet and to build their networks and their groups and the communication networks are largely domestic to reach a domestic audience with the first amendment and log legal policy issues and the proper role of the intelligence community what we are seeing across the board. so the terrorism investigation involves social media with a encrypted messaging app that was broadcasting messages using public available to encourage those operatives to go off-line but then

and so securing the election based on what bob mueller said a couple days ago and also based on what the senate intelligence committee in a bipartisan manner just came out with the report yesterday saying that problems exist in our election system that russians interfered in 2016 and they are very capable and working on doing that again in 2020. but still there is no bipartisanship coming together between republicans and democrats on how to solve this problem, yasmin. >> all right, leigh ann caldwell, thank you for clearing that up. coming up, everybody, scientists have released some startling new data on climate change, and how fast glaciers are actually melting. some starting images coming from this story. we are getting a rare, up-close and personal image of what is happening. you're watching msnbc. we'll be right back. ht back. until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. listen to the doctor. take it seriously. you get more than yourfree shipping.ir, you get everything you need for your home at a great pric

intelligence committee. warning us that we have to do something about our election security. and mitch mcconnell, who i worked with for many years, has turned into someone else. he always was kind of grumpy, but now he says he's the grim reaper of the senate. well, he's now the grim reaper of the country. and he's thwarting our democracy. when you have bipartisan support to make sure we help our election officials across our great nation secure the elections, have a paper ballot backup. what he's doing is malfeasance, and it's only confirming to me that this next election, what the revolution to me is about, is a massive turnout of everyone, of every party, that loves this country and loves our democracy. >> and even with that massive turnout, voters are hoping their votes will be protected and secure. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much to leigh ann caldwell, baurb raw boxer, bill kristol, and mimi rocca. >> still to come, if there's a country to wage a war of words against, it certainly is not sweden. that is, of course, unless you're president trump. >> plus new reporting abou

and we'll hear shortly from senator wyden. these two great colleagues are championing election security. senator warner at the helm as vice chairman of the intelligence committee has done as much as any american, any member of this body to uncover the serious russian threat to our election system, and it's a threat not just from the russians but from other countries as well. and that's why i have offered and i will shortly ask for unanimous consent for the passage of s. 1247, the duty to report act. this legislation, like senator warner's, is based on a very simple idea. if you see something, say something. the duty to report act would require campaigns, candidates, and family members to immediately report to the f.b.i. and federal election commission any offers of illegal foreign assistance. it differs in some technical aspects. for example, mine, family members. from senator warner's proposed fire act. but it is the same idea because it codifies into law what is already a moral duty, a patriotic duty, and basic common sense. it is already illegal to accept foreign assistance during a campaign. it is already illegal to solicit foreign assistance during a camp