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Congressman shift says there was intel involved. dianne feinstein said it was a terrorist safe tack linked to al qaeda. here what else she told "meet the press." isn't rosenthal being one-sided here? >> you are making part of the points that rosenthal made in his defense as well as the original article by the reporter. one of the points that was made is there has been a lot of confusion by democrats and republicans about al qaeda and who they are and linking them in instances when they are not involved which is dangerous for us. the larger point and the issue is i think rosenthal is upset with...

Of the republican party who basically want to stay out of the foreign affairs? >> i think it's increasingly dangerous isolation swing in the party. i think it's very dangerous to the party and country. we can have honest differences whether we should go to war and engage in combat. those are legitimate. ran paul comes with withdrawal from the world perspective. i think republicans got rid of that with charles lindbergh in the 1930s. if the president wanted to get congress involved, he should have said so from the start because doing it at the last minute looked like panic. all week jay carney ...

Come up with giving the president the authority to strike in a limited way over the next 60 days with an option of adding another 30 days, if necessary? >> yeah, obviously, i have to look at it more carefully but based on what i've seen and heard tonight, i would vote for it. i support the president taking action. i'm similar to john mccain if we take action, it has to be meaningful a, otherwise a cosmetic appeal but served no long-term purpose. so i would support a strong attempt to degrade the weapons capacity of both chemical weapons and the delivery systems of syria. >> congressman shift, ...

Very last moment rc, seemed lik cover for him, he said he would have congress involved. if he intended to have them involved he should have brought them in early on so it didn't look like flenching which to me causes lack of credibility on his part and ultimately, on the country's part because he's commander in chief. but he has a constitutional right to launch the attacks. >> congressman shift, do you want to respond to that? >> i think the president was right to come to congress as a member of the branch with the power to declare war i think was the right decision. more than that i think it ...

President eisenhower to the 1950s. the point i was really trying to make, excuse me, was that the president did this the last moment. if he knew a year ago the red line was drawn on chemical weapons, the he intended to bring congress in, that should have been the plans from the start. instead, he said nothing about congress. he said we're ready to go. gave in indication congress would be involved and at the very last moment, seemed like cover for him, he said he would have congress involved. if he intended to have them involved he should have brought them in early on so it didn't look like fli...