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About how the trump team would position this and what they could say about this. they actually started talking about drafting a press release with us still sitting there, and the reason that was so striking to me is that that's just not done. >> the white house is not letting this go unanswered. yesterday press secretary sarah sanders took some preemptive shots at comey's book. >> the american people see right through the blatant lies of a self-admitted leaker. this is nothing more than a poorly executed pr stunt by comey to desperately rehabilitate his tattered reputation and enrich his own b...

Not complain and did not seek congressional approval when obama bombed libya. they didn't seek it when bill clinton bombed kosovo. the fact is the united states hasn't made a formal declaration of war since world war ii and presidents of both parties since then have had many military moves. this is not even -- we're talking just about the war power right now. we're not talking about the many other things that the president and congress does that are unconstitutional. you don't see healthcare in the constitution, for example. democrats don't complain about the federal government being involved ...

About how the trump team would position this and what they could say about this. they actually started talking about drafting a press release with us still sitting there, and the reason that was so striking to me is that that's just not done. >> the white house is not letting this go unanswered. yesterday press secretary sarah sanders took some preemptive shots at comey's book. >> the american people see right through the blatant lies of a self-admitted leaker. this is nothing more than a poorly executed pr stunt by comey to desperately rehabilitate his tattered reputation and enrich his own b...

Not complain and did not seek congressional approval when obama bombed libya. they didn't seek it when bill clinton bombed kosovo. the fact is the united states hasn't made a formal declaration of war since world war ii and presidents of both parties since then have had many military moves. this is not even -- we're talking just about the war power right now. we're not talking about the many other things that the president and congress does that are unconstitutional. you don't see healthcare in the constitution, for example. democrats don't complain about the federal government being involved ...

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...