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Why couldn't he ask his question? >> yes. he said, isn't this america? don't be sheep, don't sit there and be cattle. you have to ask the questions, you have to be able to push. he was frustrated with the process, clearly. apparently someone spoke with him about the written way you had to turn them in. no, my questions weren't getting asked. i had the tough ones, the inconvenient ones. >> that are not going to necessarily be answered. when you take those questions in a written forum -- >> not that one. put that away. >> anything that is controversial, that's not going to go easily. the school ...

You david quickly. it seems like they're saying when it comes to a matter that doesn't directly affect an imminent assault or attack in the united states you need congressional approval for something that involves an international norm like chemical weapons use. it seems to me that sets up the premise for six months or a year if now we have to make a decision about what to do with if the mullahs decide to weaponize their nuclear program over in tehran. doesn't that set up a predicate now where he has to go to congress? >> i think that's a very good point. he says i reserve the authority to do ...

Outlined would be different. that somehow he didn't have to go to congress in the other scenario. he has set a precedent that's going to be hard to explain if -- >> here's where i disagree. couldn't he make the argument if all of a sudden we faced a threat from iran that america faces an imminent threat at any point because iran's nuclear arsenal would be capable of hitting us or could pose an existential threat to israel -- >> yeah, but that wouldn't be what he called -- the standard he set was pretty high. he said it had to be an imminent threat to us. >> right. that's what he said in 2007. ...

Psychological place within anthony weiner. he says what can i do today to get my ego boosted. in congress, he only sponsored one bill that will became law, and it was a pet project of a major donor of his. he spent a lot of time shouting on cable news. he was great for msnbc, but he built up a reputation of champion of causes. at the same time, he was being counterproductive toward he ever efforts in the democratic party in the house alienating other members of his party. if he had been less self-promoting and woken up in the morning and said what can i do to serve the people, he'd have built ...

So do you think he would, if he could, carry a gun again? >> yes. even more reason now, isn't there? a lot more people out there who actually hate him, though he shouldn't. >> he needs to pro it text himself? >> yes. >> and the way to do it is by carrying a weapon? >> that's one way. >> he could get that weapon back now, couldn't he? welcome back to "morning joe." mike barnicle and jon meacham with us, jonathan capehart in washington and joining us best-selling author and award-winning journalist carl bernstein and in washington, the moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. so a lot to ge...