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There was the appropriate consultation with members of congress and i'm looking forward to more in terms of classified information and a plan coming forward from the administration. this isn't something that the administration should continue unilaterally. this is something we should hear from a global coalition as we put forward a plan they should lead. i hope we could see this emergence of a plan to put an end to the assad regime to protect the people of syria. >> i hear you. i just want to talk about -- i don't know if you were watching us with senator tim kaine. but this is part of a patte...

Consultation. what is that in your mind? >> i think he did have the appropriate authority for this activity. >> how so? >> if you look at the violation of law, if you look at the 2001 amf, i believe he did have the authority to do that. that's not to say there shouldn't be consultation, that congress should sit back and watch more actions take place, if that's indeed what happens. i do think the administration has an obligation to come to congress. if senator kaine and john mccain put forward an aumf that is appropriate and doesn't put limitations on achieving the end result, that is something...

Politically for republicans on the hill and now you have the republican party essentially split. i know we'll talk about this who are questioning secretary of state mike pompeo. it's suspiciously so. and they were harshly critical of the president. so, here we have house republicans needing, i think, a key distraction from the events of this week. they roll out these articles of impeachment which are no more than a press release. >> majority of americans do not believe the fbi is unfair to the president. according to the latest npr hour, six in ten registered voters say the fbi just trying to ...

Contact with russian military aircrafts. they are suspending it and it is potentially risky to get u.s. airplanes in close proximity to russian airplanes. >> jim, stick with us. you have two main angles of analysis here. was this the right move for the president? did he have the right to make this move legally? on the political side, the administration has made a huge pivot. they have gone have saying assad's future is up to the syrian people, that intervention is a bad move for the united states, they went from that and in 24 hours a missile strike. live in palm beach, florida, where the pres...