because that is congress congressional prerogative. and you know what? the united states did not start a war in syria. even after all those members of congress were screaming that we ought to. we did not get involved militarily in syria because congress not only didn t vote to do it, they never took it up. they don t want to actually put their money where their mouths are. they just want to carp about it. when it came time in syria, they did not want to take a binding vote on what to do, they preferred to just yell about it on tv. when president obama called the question, it was over. under the constitution, congress is actually required to get out of the armchair and make binding decisions on military matters. we are seeing the worst of the armchair quarterbacking right now on bowe bergdahl and on the benghazi arrest and on iraq. but if you want to see this debate get much better really fast, if you want to see our foreign policy politics in washington get much less petty, not tv tal
the united states did not start a war in syria. even after all those members of congress were screaming that we ought to. we did not get involved militarily in syria because congress not only didn t vote to do it, they never took it up. they don t want to actually put their money where their mouths are. they just want to carp about it. when it came time in syria, they did not want to take a binding vote on what to do, they preferred to just yell about it on tv. when president obama called the question, it was over. under the constitution, congress is actually required to get out of the armchair and make binding decisions on military matters. we are seeing the worst of the armchair quarterbacking right now on bowe bergdahl and on the benghazi arrest and on iraq. but if you want to see this debate get much better really fast, if you want to see our foreign policy politics in washington get much less petty, not tv talking points, not self-contradictory chicken price partisan diversions. r
even after all those members of congress were screaming that we ought to. we did not get involved militarily in syria because congress not only didn t vote to do it, they never took it up. they don t want to actually put their money where their mouths are. they just want to carp about it. when it came time in syria, they did not want to take a binding vote on what to do, they preferred to just yell about it on tv. when brb called the question, it was over. under the constitution, congress is actually required to get out of the armchair and make binding decisions on military matters. we are seeing the worst of the armchair quarterbacking right now on bowe bergdahl and on the benghazi arrest and on iraq. but if you want to see this debate get much better really fast, if you want to see our foreign policy politics in washington get much less petty, not tv talking points, not self-contradictory chicken price partisan diversions. right? if you want to see this become real, real decision-mak
fires in los angeles, more than a dozen in just the past four hours. houses, cars, nothing is safe. we re talking live with the l.a. fire department tonight. students on a wilderness adventure attacked by a grizzly bear and one of her cubs bites and puncture wounds and the latest on their conditions. plus there. therefore, by the powers vested by me by the state of new york i pronounce you both married. [ cheers and applause ] history is made in new york. same-sex marriages, even new york city s mayor gets involved by performing a ceremony. i m don lemon. you re in the cnn newsroom. if you weren t paying close attention to the deficit and the debt ceiling talks in washington, you really need to now. a sunday filled with tv talking points. fa face-to-face meetings and party conference calls brought the debt ceiling debate back to the very beginning. a little stalemate tonight and traders worldwide are surely taking notice, several overseas markets have opened lower
i m don lemon. you re in the cnn newsroom. if you weren t paying close attention to the deficit and the debt ceiling talks in washington, you really need to now. a sunday filled with tv talking points face-to-face meetings and party conference calls brought the debt ceiling debate back to the very beginning. a little stalemate tonight and traders worldwide are surely taking notice, several overseas markets have opened lower in monday trading and the u.s. stock futures and trending they re trending lower right now. in washington this hour, power brokers from the president to the house speaker are standing firm unwilling to abandon their positions. our correspondent, our congressional correspondent kate bolduan has been tracking the events for us all day in d.c. and joins me now. kate, where do we stand right now. reporter: bottom line, don, after a long weekend of work and of meetings and a lot of negotiating there is no deal between congressional leaders and the white