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Is that your sense of the way things are in the republican cloak room? >> yeah. they have a better sense of their members than i do but i certainly talk to republican senators who share with me privately the things that jeff flake and bob corker said publicly. but, you know, they're very scared of primaries. they also want operationalized trump for their tax cut. and so, you know, they're i think very willing right now to let a few of them speak on behalf of the rest of them but rhetoric is one thing. the question is, are these republicans starting to break away from trump rhetorically actuall...

Away from trump rhetorically actually going to do something with their vote? are they going to support the health care reform bill that was worked out between republicans and democrats that takes away from trump the power to destroy the health care system? are they going to work to pass an authorization of military force in the piece which checks the president's war making powers? talking about how reckless is president is one thing passing legislation to restrain him is another. >> there's also the gun violence issue which you have been more active on than most senators. we have had 896 ameri...

There, and with regard to isis? >> if donald trump truly cares about the beautiful babies of syria, he wouldn't ban them from entering the united states as refugees. we need to absolutely make sure that refugees, children, women, senior citizens fleeing is syria need to be able to come to the united states for safe haven. he also needs to come to the united states, the president, and seek authority from congress before more action in syria. that's where the constitution stands. >> last time obama tried that, congress didn't authorize use of force in syria in 2013. >> that's because in a democr...

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Saturday night an emergency court proceeding by our account one of the earliest times we've seen a president reversed in part in court in this administration, seven days in. >> give us the basic argument the administration is making why it's legal. >> it has strong arguments, second to only the war-making powers the immigration power under federal law and longstanding precedent is an area of discretion for the president. imagine a sneak attack, the president thinks it was japan and pearl haar pour. say he's not sure. there is a power we're going to freeze incoming immigration on a security bas...