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Military adventurism into yemen. the last point as to why it is important and people like senator mike lee, conservatives are making this and progressives. for decades on the republican president and democratic presidents, republican congress and democratic congress is, the congress of the united states has advocated its constitutional responsibility over warmaking. it is not the president who has ears possibility under the constitution to send our troops. it is congress. we have to take it back...

Have zero effect, zero effect on actual policies. but it sets a precedent. and so many of us want to make sure if youre going to use this, you can only deal with germane issues. but secondly, or just concerned like you about what this sets for the future. think about how many countries in northern africa we have the same kinds of operations underway. so theres a second effort. its called menendez-young. its i -- its something i hope we will take up in the committee itself. it does not deal with ...

Thank you, jonathan, allen, thank you, congressman, adrienne, thank you. coming up, damning new evidence about saudi arabias involvement in the disappearance of a "washington post" contributor and saudi dissident. plus presidential historian michael beschloss comes tonight to sound the alarm about presidential war powers in the age of trump. what could trump do if he wants to? and the notoriously private first lady, melania trump, tells a reporter that her husbands alleged infidelities are...

Including this one, who might use their destructive war powers without any check with congress. well be right back with michael beschloss. this is "hardball," where the action is. okay. [ buttons clicking ] [ camera shutter clicks ] so, now that you have a house, you can use homequote explorer. quiet. im blasting my quads. janice, look. im in a meeting. -janice, look. -[ chuckles ] -look, look. -im looking. its easy. you just answer some simple questions online, and you get coverage options to c...

Republican. thank you, jonathan allen. thank you congressman ryan costello of pennsylvania. adrienne elrod thank you. damning evidence in saudi arabias involvement in the disappearance of a saudi dissident. sounding the alarm about presidential war powers in the age of trump. what could trump do if he wants to? and the notoriously private first lady says her husbands alleged infidelities are not a concern to her. finally, a sunday school teacher swept past the democratic establishment an...

American presidents, including this one who might use their destructive war powers without any check with congress. well be right back with michael beschloss. this is "hardball," where the action is.

Something statutory deferral, not immunity, important to establish immunity from deferral. but timing of when a particular litigation will occur. i wouldnt call that above the call, i would call that a timing question. >> senator: okay, that would be a long time if a president was serving for four years or eight years, given and again, im reading the words, we should not burden sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigation or criminal prosecution, so it feels to me that was your vie...

Has been called into question by responsible members of both parties in the congress of the united states. its never happened. >> john, carl has said president trump is unhinged in a way weve never seen publicly with nixon, with the tweeting and his behavior and what he does at rallies and on and on. privately was nixon unhinged? >> nixon had a drinking problem. he would get fairly loose late at night own get on the telephone and have some pretty unhinged conversations, but we went in the office...

His secretary of defense, for example, said listen, dont follow any extreme orders without clearing them with me first which is highly unusual. the secretary was worried he might try to use his war powers to somehow deflect from his watergate problems. were not there yet with trump. in fact, its trumps incompetency right now that i take comfort in. he doesnt know how to use the powers of the presidency the way nixon did who was a student of the presidency, who had been in congress, who had been ...

We are back with the panel. where are we? >> this paper thing is a classic opposition technique. you claim there is this giant trove of secret documents that could tell you everything you need to know and disqualify this candidate and the republicans are trying to cover it up. you see some version of this in most confirmation battles, and this one, cavanaugh left a huge paper trail, more than a decade as a federal judge. but looking after the bush white house, i think this is a democratic attemp...