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Otherwise. the president, whether it was healthcare, immigration, war powers, or making this agreement has been saying he doesnt need the permission of congress. this is congress pushing back and congress saying hey, wait a minute mr. president, we do have a say in this. and you are right, we could not do this at all. but i have been saying all along one reason to do this and do it now is to send a signal to the negotiators that we want a good agreement because we are going to have to voted on i...

Presidents signaling otherwise. the president, whether it was healthcare, immigration, war powers, or making this agreement has been saying he doesnt need the permission of congress. this is congress pushing back and congress saying hey, wait a minute mr. president, we do have a say in this. and you are right, we could not do this at all. but i have been saying all along one reason to do this and do it now is to send a signal to the negotiators that we want a good agreement because we are going ...

Conflict as a democrat i do believe this president has done some executive overreach. the war powers act exists for a reason. what i find out is usually the war powers is invoked is going awful half cocked to get utinto the war. it looks like were putting on the brakes. congress is saying no, we would like to have more power -- >> but one point that members of congress would make its democrats have made the point. the sanctions that are at the heart of the negotiations the sanctions iranians wan...

Militants, some returning from syria, were arrested in tunesia for plan being what they were calling spectacular attacks. as for u.s. citizens the state department cant confirm nationalities, there was a warning for u.s. citizens traveling there to be on alert. no ban from traveling in that country, dont need a visa to travel from the u.k. or u.s. but as of now what we can tell you, 8 people shot and killed 7 foreign tourists at least two gunmen potentially three dressed in military style clothi...

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Texas, attending the south by southwest congress and opening an office in about an hours time in austin that could help with technology for a potential presidential campaign. i know you will not answer that question today. i think you might answer this one of the white house says congress is getting in the way of a deal. what would you say to that, senator? >> heres the thing the sanctions we put on iran were votes on by congress. there are law. laws can only be repealed by congress. the preside...

Smartphone or tablet from comcast. visit comcast.com/wireless to learn more. lets check back to capitol hill. the senate foreign relations committee meeting to authorize president obamas war powers and how wide reaching and for how long they should remain in place. at times the question and answer session was a little testy but mostly its been a fairly calm discussion. lets discussion what was said. joe johns, elise labott joining us from jerusalem, josh rogin, and lieutenant general joins us.

And testifying together on capitol hill making the case for the president to have expanded war powers in the fight with isis. it comes as we get word iraqi soldiers entered the isis-held city of tikrit. nbcs kelly odonnell is at the white house for us. kelly, good morning. what more can you tell us about todays hearing? >> reporter: this is going to be a really important opportunity, jose, for these top leaders in foreign policy for the u.s. to help flush out what the ambitions for the white hou...

Powers. well get into that. this new lawsuit against the state department to force the release of hillary clintons e-mails. thats all coming up next. stick around.

Some of those dead have done service overseas fighting in the iraq war. martha: an important hearing is about to get underway. you can see the live shot. there is senator menendez. the ranking member on the senate foreign relations committee. they are going to discuss the battle to defeat isis. secretary of state john kerry will be testifying, the new defense secretary ash carter will be at the table. and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark dempsey will talk about the war powers, the ...