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Allout war with north korea. >> the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> republican leadership is at the intersection of all of these stories. joining me now is republican senator john barasso of wyoming who is the chairman of the republican policy committee. senator thank you for joining us. i do want to star...

Important steps that we need to be taking. i would reiterate this has to be part of a coordinated approach. we have different messages coming out of different parts of the administration. that leaves a lot of room for miscalculation. thats my biggest concern. >> although i have a theory that actually could be all coordinated but we wont read about it until the history is written. well see. >> i have my doubts. >> theyll write about this, brad, in your next book. give me a credit, call your agent...

Tea leaves. >> president says hes locked and loaded but can he take action without congress? chris, what does the constitution tell us about the presidents war powers? i understand theyre quite broad. >> the president has the constitutional authority to do anything, really, when it comes to an exigent threat, emerging threat on the united states. now, what the founders didnt foresee was that there would be so many people in congress for so long who would refuse the power thats granted them to de...

Legislation in their first 100 days. trump didnt. in the first six months, trump didnt. he finally signed a major bill. its a bill he didnt want. the level of this repudiation has to be seen in historic standards. last time a president was hammed in like this was when congress came after richard nixons war powers in 1973. and when they passed the war powers resolution in 1973, there were still 135 congressmen who voted with nixon. three congressmen voted with donald trump on this russia sanction...

Legislation in their first 100 days. trump didnt. in the first six months, trump didnt. he finally signed a major bill. its a bill he didnt want. the level of this repudiation has to be seen in historic standards. last time a president was hammed in like this was when congress came after richard nixons war powers in 1973. and when they passed the war powers resolution in 1973, there were still 135 congressmen who voted with nixon. three congressmen voted with donald trump on this russia sanction...

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 this country are demanding that we never stumble into a watergate. excuse me. the people of the country are demanding that we never again s...

National security, war powers, national defense and overseas immigration security. the supreme court upheld the reduction in refugee admissions. the presidents ability to suspend refugee admissions from overseas and the supreme court in doing this is certainly sending a clear signal. the only way our federal government can appropriate as a coherent whole and executing national security and policy is for the judiciary not to start inventing new constitutional rights to allow all kinds of plaintif...

Authorization lawmaker back then were saying it cans time too second a -- it is time to take a second vote on this, i think, so many years have gone by since 2001, there will be a demand on this problem is, it is political poison to vote on this, two sides cannot agrow o agree on tt policy with authorizes war powers for the president, democrats something limited, and republicans want something less restrictive. you have a big disagreement on capitol hill, when president trump brings something fo...

Week to moscow saying it is down to mr. tillerson to deliver what he says is a clear and coordinated message to the russians. thomas. >> bill, we know actions speak louder than words. russia deploying a war ship off the coast of syria near the "porter" and "ross." what is this an indication of as the two war powers are meeting in the mediterranean waters? >> reporter: you could say that if the american missile strike was, you know, militarily not terribly effective, but mostly symbolic, you coul...

Another thing that he was critical of president obama telegraphing and telling the enemy what they were going to do ahead of time so they had chances to scramble and avoid some of the destruction that occurred. now it looks like article two, commander in chief war powers, well see with a file. >> juan, there was praised for president trump from key democrats, both nancy pelosi, the minority leader, and senator chuck schumer said, making sure that assad knows that he will pay that price is the ri...