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Authorization to go to war with iran. he needs to come to congress. those powers are clear in the united states constitution. and he needs to abide by it. >> and he has not asked you for authorization. >> he has not. >> one thing is theyre going to justify it based on the 2001 war authorization against al qaeda suggesting there are al qaeda ties with iran. are you persuaded with that? >> im not. we think thats a stretch at best. >> if you could tell the president anything and again, youre not in...

Remaining 40 detainees at guantanamo without these additional charges. he put it this way, in my judgment, its past time to confront the difficult question left open by the supreme courts 2004 ruling as to this 2001 law that the war authorization that allows these detainees to be held in guantanamo without these charges. but again, jim and poppy, the supreme court deciding not to take up this issue, so some activity within the court, but the supreme court sort of brushing aside these issues for ...

Theyre going to come back and revisit it and see if there is some sort of way to have another check on the president. >> the legislation is to let congress have a vote, but as you pointed out, and nick, weve both seen that tim kaine and others have not been able to get congress to act on a war authorization in afghanistan after all these years. so how could you have under a scenario where america is at risk a role for congress or anyone else to entintermediate h the president. nick? >> theyre wo...

>> shannon: a fox news alert. secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary jim mattis up on the hill this evening. senators pressing the two on whether or not the president can keep using old authorities pastors days after 9/11 to fight an expanding war against al qaeda offshoots worldwide. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us from the pentagon. a very busy night tonight. great to happy with you with us, jennifer. lets start with this. as they are testifying, have ...

There are controlled by the taliban now. its an horrendous record. >> it is. and the president gave a speech in august talking about a new afghanistan strategy without many details. this is part of the reason we want to do a war authorization. the authorization that jeff flake and i have crafted are about what we need to do against isis, al qaeda and the taliban. when you discuss an authorization, you get into whats the current status of our operations, what would success look like, what should ...

>> shannon: a fox news alert. secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary jim mattis up on the hill this evening. senators pressing the two on whether or not the president can keep using old authorities pastors days after 9/11 to fight an expanding war against al qaeda offshoots worldwide. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us from the pentagon. a very busy night tonight. great to happy with you with us, jennifer. lets start with this. as they are testifying, have ...

It continues to suffer from a lack of enabling equipment and it expends most of its resources protecting and resupplying itself. >> the u.n. security council met to discuss the rising terrorist threat in africa following the deaths of four american soldiers. a democrat warned against mission creep. >> i dont think the american people want the united states conducting a global endless shadow war under the radar covert and beyond scrutiny. >> defense secretary jim mattis and secretary of state rex...

Theyve got certain legal strictures on our side they can take advantage of. we call it law fare. they use our laws against us. >> u.s. military using the same 16-year-old war authorization to conduct attacks against terrorists following the 9/11 attacks. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: watch this story from the hill today. the big social media giants set to open up how big a role russia played trying to swing voters before the presidential election. details what we might hear on the hill. bob mue...

Real russian collusion. the presidents attorney says mr. trumps tweets are unrelated to mueller news. >> so all of this could overshadow a big week for president trump. house republicans are set to unveil their tax bill but suffering a major setback ahead of the announcement. and his pick for federal reserve chief before embarking on a five-nation trip to asia. a senate panel begins today for a the need for a new war authorization sparked by the deadly ambush in niger. secretary of state tillers...

Today at 5:00 p.m., the senate foreign relations committee will meet with both of them on the issue. lawmakers want to know whether they need a new war authorization, au ms, why took two days to recover the body of johnson after the ambush. pentagon said, he was never left behind. >> reporters are getting wrong on the niger ambush? >> what they got wrong, that we abandon one of our soldiers. as the chairman said, theres someone always looking for him. >> french and nigerian forces were looking f...