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Reasons. he admires kim jong un. it is the most bizarre thing in the world. it is also because i think he has money interests. >> i think those are troubling but im glad that the fbi was given the latitude to investigate them and that the republicans in the room did not object. >> i think its important to remember that this point in the process was he was briefing them on the fact that an investigation was beginning. he wasnt telling them what the conclusion of it was. we are learning what they ...

But there is also the legal argument against this. talk to us about that. does your legal argument mirror what we just heard from the california ag? >> well, its very similar. first, the statute, the national emergencies act does not allow this, because this is not an emergency as defined in the act. if this is an emergency, the situation at the border, the illegal immigration issue, then just about anything could be an emergency, any policy priority of any president could be an emergency, and t...

Does your legal argument mirror what we just heard from the california a.g.? >> well, its very similar. first, the statute, the national emergencies act, does not allow this because this is not an emergency as defined in the act. if this is an emergency, the situation at the border, the illegal immigration issue, then just about anything could be an emergency, any policy priority of any president could be an emergency, and thats not the meaning of the word emergency within the act. second, if th...

Would be unconstitutional, because you would have a congress that passes such an act that would give the president the power to override future congresses, raid the defense budget, or any other budget, and use that money for purposes not allocated by congress. this is clearly illegal what the president is doing, and, you know, thats the legal argument. i think we need to understand, though, why were in this situation. the president is not well at all mentally. i think hes an extreme narcissist. ...

Authority on this? where do you believe he has the authority and the constitution on this? >> from what i can see it comes from a number of different pieces of legislation. the national emergency act. there are other pockets of money that give him the authority for example the department of defense to fight drugs. i mean, obviously putting up better barriers is part of the effort to combat that flow of heroin, for example, thats poisoning our cities. so, no, listen, this is a real problem. its w...

Decision disrespectful. hes also taking on the other democrats. >> ill take on any democrat anywhere that thinks its a good idea to lose jobs and revenue because i think thats out of touch with what working people want. >> earlier, i caught up with republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin, the chairman of the homeland security committee. hes attending the annual gathering of world leaders at the munich security congress. let me start with the declaration of a national emergency. im aware ther...

That natos the most successful alliance in history the world weve been through a lot of different challenges over the last seventy years weve had multiple from the united states standpoint multiple presidents different congresses and different secretaries of defense but the commitment to united states remains steadfast and so i i think american leadership is whats going to keep our alliance effective as well as successful but surely we have to continue to adapt to this changing security environm...

Impeachable. again, to repeat donald trump, citizen donald trumps statement that it was certainly impeachable. what i am suggesting is that at this point, when the president has taken a much more aggressive action, literally involving a lot of movement of money, that the congress has to take it as seriously as congress man lue just did. it may not get to an impeachment moment moment, but this is an assault on the constitution and it is very appropriate that the judiciary committee and frankly ma...

Nato is the most successful alliance in history the world weve been through a lot of different challenges over the last seventy years weve had multiple from the united states to end point multiple presidents different congresses and different secretaries of defense but the commitment to united states remains steadfast and so i i think american leadership is whats going to keep our alliance effective as well as successful but surely we have to continue to adapt to this changing security environme...

Legislation providing the power to the president for actual authorization to declare a national emergency and certain things flow from that. so the argument that this is going around the appropriations power is an interesting one. its sort of bumps up against the actual reality, which congresses that already legislated in this area. as the supreme court made clear in youngstown in the concurring opinion by justice jackson, when the president acts pursuant to expressed authorization from congress...