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>> what kind of precedent does this set for future congresses and future presidents? >> it seems to me the house democrats are getting very shortsighted. do they think that when they do this against president trump, the future republican congresses will not do it against future democratic presidents? its very hard for me to it believe they think this is the proper way to do business. >> now, in terms of oversight activities which you have mentioned, subpoenas that we talked about, legislative pu...

Tweeted this on sunday, at the request of democrats, i have delayedts the illegal immigrati process for two weeks to see if the democrats and republicans can come togethere and work oua solution to the asylum and loophole problems at the southern border. ifhe not, deportations start. so its something that has not been able to be worked out in a matter of manye years over the course of many congresses, he expects to bees done in two wee. >> 15 minutes. >> here we have a situation where hes had a ...

We do still have a constitution. the skeleton of this government, the bare-bones of the government are elected congresses, elected presidents, limited powers, division of power between the national government and the states, due process of law, independent courts, we stick remarkably to the constitution. it is true there are a number of provisions in the constitution where i think, and perfect trim perhaps you think the courts have strayed and congress has straight, but that doesnt mean. [inaudi...

>> lets not exaggerate. we do still have a constitution. the skeleton of this government, the bare-bones of the government are elected congresses, elected presidents, limited powers, division of power between the national government and the states, due process of law, independent courts, we stick remarkably to the constitution. it is true there are a number of provisions in the constitution where i think, and perfect trim perhaps you think the courts have strayed and congress has straight, but t...

Tsighted. do they think when they do this against president trump that future congresses will not do it against future presidents? its hard for me to believe they think this is the proper way to do business. >> in terms of oversight activities, subpoenas, legislative purpose. what would the legislative purpose be to have the presidents tax returns? >> i think there have issued 81 subpoenas. i think some are much more related to legislative purpose than others. but the claim about the presidents ...

Against iran to bring a vote into this current moment instead of relying either on the presidents constitutional authority or the authorization to use military force that was voted on many congresses ago right after 9/11 which authorized action in afghanistan and iraq and has been used against terror targets. so there are a lot of different circles of debate, some of it falls on partisan lines, some of it is bigger than that where theyre talking about the powers between the executive and the leg...

>> unijoining us now our friend myra wylie. >> many people thinks this is just cutting check. thats not the kacase. explain what the goal is here. lets start with the fact that be commission itself, this is a proposal for commission to study. we have a commission all the time, one of the tools that congresses use to examine complex issues, 70% of commission are policy based examination. ali, you went through all the complex history and all policies related to how we created essentially black eco...

>> is it your opinion that the president needs to come to congress before he would take any action if it were to come to that? >> i dont think so. i think the congresses responsibility is to make these kind of micro decisions even if its something according to the war powers act, basically he has 60 days to act. so i dont think every military action needs to come to congress because nothing would ever get done. >> dana: can i ask you about one other thing? it was international relations story th...

Agreement with china. theyre unclear when that will happen. so the uncertainty is what a lot of businesses are worrying about right now. >> neil: what a lot of people worry about, those in hong kong dont follow chinese orders to cease and desist and stop these rallies, then all bets are off. thanks very much. meanwhile, the house just made it easier for democrats to enforce subpoenas in court. why the house judiciary committees ranking member, doug collins, says thats a problem for future congre...

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