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Is that your sense of the way things are in the republican cloak room? >> yeah. they have a better sense of their members than i do but i certainly talk to republican senators who share with me privately the things that jeff flake and bob corker said publicly. but, you know, theyre very scared of primaries. they also want operationalized trump for their tax cut. and so, you know, theyre i think very willing right now to let a few of them speak on behalf of the rest of them but rhetoric is one th...

Away from trump rhetorically actually going to do something with their vote? are they going to support the health care reform bill that was worked out between republicans and democrats that takes away from trump the power to destroy the health care system? are they going to work to pass an authorization of military force in the piece which checks the presidents war making powers? talking about how reckless is president is one thing passing legislation to restrain him is another. >> theres also t...

There, and with regard to isis? >> if donald trump truly cares about the beautiful babies of syria, he wouldnt ban them from entering the united states as refugees. we need to absolutely make sure that refugees, children, women, senior citizens fleeing is syria need to be able to come to the united states for safe haven. he also needs to come to the united states, the president, and seek authority from congress before more action in syria. thats where the constitution stands. >> last time obama ...

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Saturday night an emergency court proceeding by our account one of the earliest times weve seen a president reversed in part in court in this administration, seven days in. >> give us the basic argument the administration is making why its legal. >> it has strong arguments, second to only the war-making powers the immigration power under federal law and longstanding precedent is an area of discretion for the president. imagine a sneak attack, the president thinks it was japan and pearl haar pour...

>> i want to read -- >> the plan didnt work. >> i want to read something from this book. it says the president was frustrated with his commanders asking for more troops. i cant let this be a war without end. i cant lose the whole democratic party. >> yeah. the way i read that is the congress has control of our war-making powers through the purse if they want to exercise it. if i lose the democratic party, we are not going to be able to fund the war that you, general petraeus, want to run. so you...