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Cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. good morning, shan. >> good morning. >> there is a legal loophole, to permits the president to bypass congress to sell the weapons. explain that to us. >> that's right. there's a loophole in the arms control export act. so, technically speaking, the president's actions are not illegal here. other presidents have used it. reagan used it and both bush presidents used it. but from, i think, a point of view for our viewers to think about is that none of those presidents had the same contempt and demissive view towards congress that this president do...

He approved sending 1,500 troops to the middle east to deter iran. joining me now, cnn national security analyst samantha vinaigrette. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> the president is using a loophole for this arms sale and clearly wants to get this thing done. do we know what these weapons are going to be used for, what his reasoning is here? >> that's a great question because aside from the fact that the president is really creating an emergency to bypass having to uphold something called the arms control export act, these weapons are going to be used by saudi arabia and potent...