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Congress and seek an authorization for the use of military force. that's what the constitution requires under war declarations and the war powers act specifically requires. so the president needs to come to congress. will he? well, we've seen over and over again the president use executive powers that many of us believe are unconstitutional. >> senator ben cardin, democrat from maryland, thank you for taking a few minutes. and coming up, south bend mayor pete buttigieg faces withering criticism as he faces his community after a white police officer shot and killed a black man. >> i am raisin...

Between the lenggislative branc and executive brampnch. usually the supreme court is supposed to step in. we'll have to see. >> this is what utah republican senator mike lee tweeted. my initial assessment is what president trump announced is legal. whether or not it should be legal is a different matter. congress has been ceding far too much power to the executive branch for decades. we should use this moment as an opportunity to start taking that power back. so, michael, what is he laying the groundwork for? how potentially would they do that? >> well, by exercising their  constitutional pre...

Executive authority and ordering military action and it goes way back. >> what's happened is politically, the congress surrenders war powers. it became -- it became a congressional power that they didn't want. the responsibility became so heavy they said, you know what? we're going to look the other way, let you presidents do whatever you want, basically from vietnam forward. and so they then tried to cod did fi it through the war act saying the president can do these things and he can do them quickly if he has to, he has to report to us in 48 hours. all the require finances of the war powers ...