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Killing an estimated 36 of them, and sent dozens of soldiers to somalia to help fight the terrorist group al shabaab, the first u.s. military presence there since . and theyve done all of tt while donald trump spends his weekends golfing at his $200,000 a pop club in florida and without congress debating whether the decision to use force 16 years ago authorizes any of this. or whether its time congress passed a new one. my next guest thinks thats a problem. barbara lee of california. congresswom...

General nicholson made the right call. we had either two choices, either let isis continue to grow and fester and build its capabilities in this mountainous area, or take them out by the air and he chose the right ordinance. what has me a little bit disturbed, but no surprise given the last eight years, is people in washington debating what type of bomb a four-star general decides to use. >> jenna: why does that disturb you? >> im sorry? >> jenna: what is that disturb you in any way? >> weve see...

It was a distraction for the president. but it is a real lesson for this white house, and what you say at that podium is u.s. policy. it represents the president, and you cant win it there. it is a place where you have the ability to really do harm to the presidents message every day. >> i think it was mike kinsley who once said, "the one row and debating is, whoever invokes hitler first loses." spicer is way over his head. he made a terrible mistake. i thought he was rather sincere. he really w...

It was a distraction for the president. but it is a real lesson for this white house, and what you say at that podium is u.s. policy. it represents the president, and you cant win it there. it is a place where you have the ability to really do harm to the presidents message every day. >> i think it was mike kinsley who once said, "the one row and debating is, whoever invokes hitler first loses." spicer is way over his head. he made a terrible mistake. i thought he was rather sincere. he really w...

Rights. about 35 bombs every day on average. later sean spicer clarified his comment saying nothi has changed. the president retains the option to act in syria against the assad regime whenever it is in the national interests. what do you see as the administrations position? whats your understanding of their position regarding syria? >> i dont see a strategy. i dont see congress authorizing any force yet. we should be back in washington debating what the scope of that is and i also dont see who ...

Result in our enemy, terrorist groups like al-qaeda and isis growing stronger. >> look, we have got to look at the facts and understand exactly what happened. you can talk about a number of hypothetical situations. the united nation was debating and drafting resolution that would launch an independent investigative team into syria and determining what happens to the attack and having the information necessary and actually prosecute president assad if he was found responsible. we have to recogniz...

Tell us the state of it right n now. >> without question, every senator knows that right now theyre part of a historic moment. there is now an effortcr that h gun by senator mcconnell and the republicans to change the rules a 60 vote margin in order to confirm a 60 vote to a just majority. right now that is what thert senate is in the process of debating. and ultimately, unfortunately,

Senate have against doing the majority leader in abolishing the 60 vote threshold for cloture on the nomination of a supreme court justice. lets be frank. the majority leader has assured us he will abolish the 60 vote threshold for judge gorsuch if eight democrats do not support him on the senate floor. i do not agree with the approach but like it or not, in number of you have showed us today that is the reality. on thursday, the full senate will participate in what is called a cloture vote. it ...

Process leads the senate republicans to abolish the 60-vote threshold. lets be frank, the majority leader has assured us he will abolish this threshold. i dont agree with that approach, but like it or not, that is the reality. on thursday, the full senate will participate in whats called a cloture vote. its one of the senates many long traditions. though many americans may not know exactly what it means, it means that we are done debating. and we are ready for the final vote. and almost always a...

I said to be clear that i am not yet ready for us to be done debating and for us to get to the final vote. so i will vote against cloture. >> that means that -- to explain to our viewers, you will be part of the democrats who will fi filibuster this nomination and you understand the consequences of -- >> i understand. >> theyre saying you dont need 60 votes to be confirmed. you only need 51. >> i urge you to rchb listen to rest of my comments. i said i will vote against cloture unless the republ...