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Democrats who voted for gorsuch, i think youll see them stay pretty quiet until we get much closer. >> bill: schumer is saying this on screen deliberately selective request leaves out what may be the most important thing in kavanaughs record is white house staff secretary. what are republicans hiding in judge kavanaughs record. he worked in the bush white house for three years. >> this is a real interesting part of his career. he hasnt always been a judge. from 2003 to 2006 he was the staff secr...

Today made effective a limitation on the powers of the president to make war. the house and then the senate overturned president nixons veto of the war powers bill and, despite his opposition, that measure now becomes law. >> is this override the result of watergate, the new developments in watergate? >> i think this has no relationship at all to watergate. this is a prerogative of the congress of the united states that several presidents have tried to take unto themselves, but the people of thi...

On that list, which happens to be the utah senator, mike lee, i want to get the read on that from kentucky senator rand paul what he makes of that. one senator on the list, senator, your colleague mike lee. how do you feel about that? >> i think he would be a great pick. i would hate to lose him in the senate. he and i are allies are so many things. constitutional war powers, criminal justice reform. personal privacy. all of these issues mike lee has been there with me. i would hate to lose him ...

Kwrarbg the pentagon is about to brief congress on last weeks miss missile attack. some are looking to reign in the presidents war powers.

Heather: well, president trump enforcing his read line by taking action in syria but its still not enough for critics who say that he needs to work with congress. where do we go from here, joining me to debate commentary writer for the washington examiner and democratic strategists sarah, thank you so much for joining us, appreciate it this morning. >> good morning. heather: sarah, i will start with you, moving forward, we already know the debate is now going to move to congress on presidential ...

What president trumps concerned with in line with what president are concerned with? >> i think people are certainly concerned with our action in syria and i think we need a policy moving forward in syria. i understand why the president and his allies, our allies, britain and france took the action that was taken. i think thats much more important than the back and forth between james comey and donald trump. >> whats your stance on what happened in syria? do you think the president did the right...

>> i want you to respond to those attacks on syria. i know a number of their colleagues weighed in publicly, theyre disappointing how all of this proceeded. some in congress say they need to reweigh their war powers. whats your reaction to what you saw in the early morning hours two days ago? >> i certainly think that he should come to the congress of the united states of america. we dont know what the strategy is. we dont know what the plan is. i think that he just reacts. i dont think he liste...

Which is what knickly hayley said at the u.n. today, i think we do need to have a serious conversation about what the legal authorities for those actions are going to be. >> we have the prime minister of the uk going to parliament on monday. shes facing some criticism for not going there first. of course they were on holiday while all of this unfolded. my understanding is the french president was able to do this. if they were to continue for weeks he would have to go to his parliament. let me ge...

Distributed. we take military action very seriously. the least we can do is have a comprehensive plan as we go forward. >> congressman, let me read a tweet by justin who tweeted out these offensive strikes against syria are unconstitutional, illegal, and reckless. the next speaker of the house must reclaim congressional war powers as described in article i of the constitution. speaker ryan has completed abdicated one of his most important responsibilities. it seems from that tweet, congressman t...

And the president needs to come to congress. >> congresswoman, you maid the point theres not bipartisan support for the point you raise. i want to read a tweet put out by republican congressman from michigan. he wrote following the strikes. these offense i have strikes against syria are unconstitutional. illegal. and reckless. the next speaker of the house must claim congressional war powers. speaker ryan has completely advocated one of his most important responsibilities. you talk about biparti...