trou troops in without formal? >> the constitution doesn't specify between small wars and big wars. i think we've become through the war powers act and through our custom, we've come to believe and i do believe that the president has the right to stop and repulse imminent attacks. but really anything else -- when we were attacked in pearl harbor, fdr came to a joint session of congress the next morning and we got a declaration of war. when we were attacked on 9/11, george bush did come to congress and ask for a use of authorization of force. so i think it really is best and the country's most united when we try to stick to the constitution and when we try to have the people involved through their representatives. >> senator paul, thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you. happening now, breaking news, our special report, crisis in syria. 1,400 people dead including hundreds of children. the u.s. intelligence report on syria's alleged chemical weapons attack is out.