Page 56 - War Powers News Today

For major spending issues. they will need to fund homeland security again in february. so the fights are not over completely. a new black eye for the internal revenue service. a inspector general found the irs paid at least $6 billion in child tax credits in 2013 to people who werent eligible to receive them. those payments went to families who mistakenly claimed the tax credit or claimed the wrong amount. the $1,000 per child tax credit one of the biggest tax breaks for working families. se...

Again in february. homeland security, of course, oversees immigration which is the big sticking point in the presidents executive action. >> it doesnt necessarily clear the decks of all controversy? >> no. a new black eye for the attorney generals service. an report found they paid $6 billion in child tax credits to people who werent eligible to receive them. those families went to those who received the tax credit. one of the biggest tax breaks for working family. secretary of state john ke...

To live. >> richard engel, thank you so much. appreciate it. coming up we have much more on the political side of the fight against isis. we frame the war powers debate straight ahead. and much more on the reaction to no indictment in the case of eric garner. a little protest footage shot by run-down producer justin oliver in times square. (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new s...

Reversed himself and then the president can explain why he did that. i took a closer look at the law. i didnt believe it. looking more closely now i believe that it does. what we saw on camera two dozen times does not exist and we were just too stupid to understand? >> well, i think this isnt just one issue. theres a pattern of this type of behavior. on obama care theyve amended obama care after the fact without any congressional authority. theyre now doing it on immigration. theyve also done it...

Sunday. do you believe the president has reversed himself? >> i dont even know how you can, with a straight face, defend the indefensible. how do you defend against the presidents actual words 20 times saying he didnt have the power? the president went even so far as to say hes not a king, hes not an emperor, that he cant do this. now we have a complete about face and everybody will say, oh, well, the president changed his mind. >> is this not disrespectful? why not just say, yes, he reversed hi...

It would be another chance for the court to nod toward attack on obamacare. >> something you talked about on the show youve done. presidential recess appointment. what might this mean for broader executive powers and of course, weve got the speaker threatening to sue the president on top of that. that is outside of the supreme court >>well, look, one of the funny things about this. we see the supreme court do is come in and pick at the margins of executive power. this is a way they can look like...

Arrest. we cant go and get the guy. the decision to kill is made by senior political leaders. so under that description there, can we legally go after this guy? >> the answer is no. and the reason for it is those four points that were just on the screen are not the law of the united states of america. they were written and made up by the president of the united states. they were not enacted by congress. only the congress can enact a law, especially a law giving the president authority to kill an...

Constitutional rule. they dont believe that rights are inherent to the individuals. they think your rights are whatever the government says they are. whatever the majority says. >> unless you are the shoe is on the other foot. >> exactly. >> thats interesting thing about politics, people with different views depending on who is in power. whats being said sort of behind the scenes on capitol hill about this? i know i hear sort of the growing dissension. people growing more unhappy with it althoug...

Constitutional rule. they dont believe that rights are inherent to the individuals. they think your rights are whatever the government says they are. whatever the majority says. >> unless you are the shoe is on the other foot. >> exactly. >> thats interesting thing about politics, people with different views depending on who is in power. whats being said sort of behind the scenes on capitol hill about this? i know i hear sort of the growing dissension. people growing more unhappy with it althoug...

>> you wouldnt use the word "war"? >> not in the way that we talk about iraq or the first gulf war. >> she is right. i was told that afghanistan would not be really a war. thats why obama did not -- i want to correct this point, did not punt to congress. >> he absolutely did. he can blame congress. >> just a second please. calm down. >> im calm. >> it is vested in the constitution with the power to declare war or not. the idea that this is the other great achievement of this president in this me...