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Succumb to starvation if we do not end this horrific war. second of all, the american people are catching on to the nature of the regime in saudi arabia which is leading this effort. and we should not be part of their military adventurism in my view. and the third point, one that senator lee has been talking about for a long time is the simple constitutionality of the issue. and that is that congress is clear. the constitution is very clear. it is the congress that has war-making powers, not the president of the united states. this war is unauthorized and, in my view, unconstitutional. >> sena...

Treaty with russia signed in 1987 by president ronald regan. the intermediate range nuclear forces or inf treaty ee lwas to protect people from the threat of nuclear war. with war making powers increasingly in the hands of the president and not congress, what does it mean to have this kind of president in charge? michael besloss is here. my current reading. michael, it's always great to talk to you. >> thank you so much for having me, joy. >> one of the things you talk about in this book is something that does gall a lot of people in america. the fact that congress has shifted the right to dec...

And the speaker, you know, got some pushback from some of the members on that call for basically being critical of the president, putting some distance between himself and candidate trump at the time. i basically spoke up and supported him. i think i was the only one on the call to do that. the speaker has always been in this tough spot. he wants to advance an agenda. someone said, oh, have he and others engaged in a fallacy bargain, a devil's bargain, if you will. i guess history will judge that. look, he wants to get some things done. he's on his way out. but you can read between the lines. ...

They propose military force in so many situations that certainly it was not the right answer. and so then you add in his personal concern about the information that continues to be compiled by the special prosecutor about the by the special prosecutor about the extent of his team's involvement and contact with russia during the election and also potentially his personal business enterprises that intermingled with russian funds. so the president's i think feeling tremendous personal pressure, tremendous political pressure, and he would like to distract from that. so this is a terrible moment to...

Aggressive. they see military force as a response to almost anything going on in the world. they propose military force in so many situations that certainly it was not the right answer. and so then you add in his personal concern about the information that continues to be compiled by the special prosecutor about the by the special prosecutor about the extent of his team's involvement and contact with russia during the election and also potentially his personal business enterprises that intermingled with russian funds. so the president's i think feeling tremendous personal pressure, tremendous ...