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President of the united states continues to lie to the american people, continues to not follow through on subpoenas and give us the information that we need. >> congresswoman, why do you think you can't convince a majority of house democrats that it's time to impeach him? >> i think it's moving towards that. it's going to demand it. it already is. this is a time in our country that we can't look -- think about what just happened are recently. the first time historically did we exercise our war power and said no more arm deals, no more interaction in helping the yemeni crisis through our relat...

What they are under international, not just when it comes to the u.s. sales agreement and that is really concerning to the colonel's point about what happens when you lose leverage. how much leverage do you have if your allies disregarding the law of your country? >> right. right. congress is trying once again to pass a war power that would end our involvement in yemen. >> i think this report will have a profound influence on that and the leverage is one of those really sticky issues and nima's point is very well taken. they're not following the rules. we are there, we're providing them with w...

Syria and afghanistan and for how long. the idea of the congress even the republican controlled side of the congress in the senate, that they might get up on their hind legs and express themselves and take back power on an issue like that, that would be a huge thing. war power and decisions abauthoriabaughnd authorizing the use accrued to the presidency for a couple of generations now. for every president since vietnam increasingly and it has been this one-way swing of u.s. military power being consolidated within the presidency. decision-making power and authority over u.s. military force bei...

Parents there for those. that's an important message to keep in mind as well. i also think from inside the political angle of all of this, this is an opportunity for the senate to actually reassert some of its war power that they've been trying to claw back a little bit from presidents of both parties. this is an interesting message and also an interesting debate that should be happening in the senate along with a few other things like shutdowns that we will get to. >> that's kind of the rand paul version of a view on this. that's associated with the pres press, and darlene sommerville we are ...

Authorization? >> yeah, you know, this is one of the most debated issues in constitutional law is that, you know, that war power, article ii, section 2, doesn't say very much. it says the president is commander-in-chief. of course we also have the war powers act which itself is a bit confusing. it says that the president has to get congressional approval but also gives him, you know, a couple months if he doesn't get approval to go back and get approval afterwards. kelly: so basically then is this left up to the discretion of the president and his secretary of defense and his cabinet members b...