Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180717:22:58:00
The president just said. >> reporter: mattis, when asked if russia interfered in the 2016 election? >> yes, i believe they did. >> reporter: on the very day of the helsinki press conference, a highly respected retired four-star chairman of the joint chiefs of staff weighed in tweeting, the reasons dictators try to undermine democracy, to deceive their own populations, to discredit alliances, to create the illusion that they are protectors, the world should not be a competition in which only the strong matter. there's no indication mattis will resign. instead, he is standing firmly on his cri...