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Judge joseph wapner, you know judge wapner of "the people's court" passed away at 97 years old. the father of the navy s.e.a.l. that was killed in late january during a raid in yemen that left as many as 29 civilians dead. his father, bill owens is telling the miami herald, not only did he refuse a meeting with the president, but he wants an investigation into the first counter terrorist operation approved by president trump. hans, walk me through what happened here. usually after a combat death, there is an investigation. how unusual is it for a family member of a fallen soldier, just weeks...

Democrats hoping as they extend this timeline, if they can't block the nomination on their own, perhaps they can increase the pressure to get one of their republican colleagues to flip themselves. so far, no indication that's happening. several aides say the nomination is still on track. phil mattingly, cnn, washington. a u.s. military raid in yemen, the raid resulted in the first u.s. combat death since president trump took office. the raid was targeting this man, the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. among those killed, william ryan owens and the 8-year-old daughter of an al qae...

Different. >> the seven countries you pointed out were identified by obama administration for ending the visa waiver program and making it tougher for people to get in from those countries. it wasn't a ban on immigrants. congressman schiff said satit's something of a red herring because, yes, they identified them as countries of concern but didn't say nobody could come in. >> it's obviously a change in policy. it's a 90-day change in policy for right now which is not that long of a time. plus, if you look at the actual seven countries -- i've heard talk about saudi arabia and egypt. we need to...

Service members not combat and a combat death, cost $4.7 billion, and congress has still not had a vote to authorize a war and the legal tlort authority is questi. >> now an unusual coalition of house democrats and house republicans signed on to a letter that presses their new speaker, paul ryan, to schedule a war authorization debate as soon as possible, worrying the fight against isis could drag on for years two members join me now, california democrat and montana republican. welcome to both of you. >> great to with you. >> do you believe the current war against isis is legal? >> there's a v...

Against isil has mutated, it's not just iraq and syria, also isil presence in afghanistan, yemen, somalia, libya, now potentially the sinai. we've even deployed troops to cameroon to be positioned against boko haram, which pledged allegiance to isil. we've lost american hostages, service members not in combat and now a combat death that's cost $4.7 billion. and congress has still not had a vote to authorize a war, by view of the legal authority of it as very, very questionable now. >> i was going to say i believe, correct me if i'm wrong, when he announced the decision to do what le did in erb...