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Down the talk now so it doesn't look partisan -- the reason nixon's impeachment went down with the country is that it was bipartisan, it came are the center not from the left. they were very careful to do that. but she is talking about facts. on your article ii, the abuse of pow, you may not have the facts of what the president is. but you have the facts what have his aides were doing or the people around him were doing you. >> make the point that the republicans who helped usher nixon out of office are very different from the republicans in washington today. >> well, the republican party toda...

Impeachment became a real subject. with all due respect to mrs. pelosi, she is a very smart woman and wise to try to tamp down the talk now so it doesn't look partisan -- the reason nixon's impeachment went down with the country is that it was bipartisan, it came are the center not from the left. they were very careful to do that. but she is talking about facts. on your article ii, the abuse of pow, you may not have the facts of what the president is. but you have the facts what have his aides were doing or the people around him were doing you. >> make the point that the republicans who helped...

Against a southern sta violation -- a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law and on a made-up pretext. i don't know what a made-up pretext means. how do you interpret that, and what's your response to russia? >> >> well, i think our response was pretty clear last night. the president ordered the firing of 59 tomahawk missiles that all hit their target to make it very clear that the united states isn't going to sit back and allow this to occur. we spoke with one voice last night as a country, and i think the rest of the world is standing in solidarity with this president...

Against a southern state in violation -- a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law and on a made-up pretext. i don't know what a made-up pretext means. how do you interpret that, and what's your response to russia? >> >> well, i think our response was pretty clear last night. the president ordered the firing of 59 tomahawk missiles that all hit their target to make it very clear that the united states isn't going to sit back and allow this to occur. we spoke with one voice last night as a country, and i think the rest of the world is standing in solidarity with this pres...

The exclusive power to declare war rests with congress. but under article ii, the president is commander in chief and has the obligation to consider national interests. his argument, and i'm constructing a legal theory here, is that it's legal if he can show that the national interest is protected. now under international law, fredricka, even if we did this for humanitarian purposes, it's got to be referred to, to the security council. that would have never happened. so right now, it is very dubious if it's legal. reagan did it in '86. clipten did it in '99. trump did it this year. does preced...