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Attack. >> staunch trump supporters have real problems of northern syria strike that was good although temporary but the president did the right thing and exactly what he was campaigning for go if you cannot go and fight to win the war then bring them home. if they said it and the house feel so strongly that pass the piece of legislation don't do a slap on the hand to write the op-edo. >> mitch mcconnell quick. >> yes. pass a war powers authorization do that and put on your big boy pants. the president is doing the right thing. chris: then the meeting on syria at the white house this week with...

Afghan government that will stop the country from descending back into chaos, we shouldn't base our strategy on the date on a calendar. we should instead base our strategy on the degree to which we can continue to provide support to the country. >> senator, what about something i know you have been very involved with, which is syria and the lack of a war powers authorization. now we have russia going into turkish air space. what is the risk of either an accidental or deliberate provocation there? turkey is a nato member. >> i think this is a huge problem. i condemn the activities of russia, pr...

Troubling to a lot of members of congress. >> let me just ask is you, we know the president asked for an authorization of use of military force to fight isis. there was a great human cry, and it basically landed with a thud. there seems to be no appetite in congress for actually doing the thing congress has been demanding it should be able to do for months if not almost a year. is there any work hours resolution that comes through congress any time soon? >> no i don't think so. think they'll have a fight over it. we may see some action in chambers. but neither side wants to change the status q...

President get support of the congress. this is going to be infinitely more important than any authorization than the use of force against isis. isis is evil but it's not a threat to the world order. a nuclear iran is a threat to the united states, the world order and the middle east. it's going to be the most important event in the obama presidency on the foreign front and to do it without consultation inputs from congress and without its agreement is a terrible mistake on the part of the administration. >> more of that letter generating controversy obviously. take a listen to the secretary to...

It also says that if a president does start the war powers resolution also says if a president does start a u.s. military operation without a prior okay from congress, congress has to give authorization for that operation within 60 days. and if they don't, then that operation ends. that military operation must cease so says the war powers resolution which is technically the law even though presidents really don't follow it. and congress doesn't make too much of a stink about it anymore either. we just hit the 60-day time limit for u.s. involvement in the nato operation in libya. we hit that ti...