>> isn't there a certain protocol that you mous take especially when yub oar dealing with sensitive issues like foreign policy in. >> does the white house check first with the speaker of the house before they invite somebody to a state visit. >> the person in the white house is the leader of the free world -- >> no. >> hang on let me finish. sensitive information that many people may not have access to. >> well that's exactly what's wrong. the president is not the leader of the free world. the united states is the leader of the free world and the united states government is divided between coequal branches. congress has as much power. congress was elected more recently. it may have a greater mandate. the idea that the president makes decisions on foreign policy without being checked and balanced by congress is a mistake of constitutional dimensions. we have to make sure we undo that mistake and that congress has full authority to check and balance and criticize presidential deals. >> go ahead. >> i do think there was a tradition of politics stopping at the water's edge.