we just had ben carden on. we haven't heard from harry reid.hey never spoke up about this. >> when you say it doesn't matter, i know you are kind of blasting congress. it matters. there is 1.6 million families like mine who have a kid in the military. it matters. you can't put people into harm's way without a political consensus. >> i agree objectively. >> and even if we are acting like it doesn't matter, it matters. >> why don't you convene a debate on it? we have discussed this before. there have been opportunities to do it and it hasn't been done. >> it has been done on numerous occasions. i introduced an authorization that got a vote in the foreign relations committee in december of 2014. the republicans would not support it. they said wait until we take over the majority. we want to take it up when we have the majority. the next month started. we introduced an authorization. president obama brought an authorization to congress. >> that's my point. it keeps not happening. but constitutionally there is supposed to be a debate. if it does hap

senator ben carden, the top democrat says the president has no strategy. >> i don't think he articulatedian strategy. what we saw was a reaction of use of chemical weapons, a thing that many of us supported but we do not see a coherent policy how we are going to deal with the civil war and isis. >> president trump taking moments to offering commendations commenting uss porter and uss. heather: using strike in syria to qualify the missile program. it comes as u.s. aircraft carrier and missile destroyerers head back to the peninsula joining south korea as it's a necessary move. >> this is a road, regime that's now a nuclear-capable regime and president xi and president trump agreed that that's unacceptable. heather: point gone said that north korea could be on the edge of another nuclear test. clayton: nationwide manhunt intensifying for heavily armed self-proclaimed revolutionary who mailed violent manifesto to president trump. >> revolution. it's time for change. >> y'all have no idea. clayton: police not taking any chances canceling palm sunday church-goers. >> police warned that he's a

. >> joining me, ben carden was one of those on the deal. >> good to be on your show. thank you. >> you were a no on this deal. what do you make of the administration's decision to aif i recall the deal? >> well, that iran is in compliance with the nuclear deal is that they are many compliance with the nuclear agreement. what they've done many their ballistic missile violations, hup rights violations, these are of great concern in the united states. and we are free to take action in regard to these other actions. in regard to the nuclear agreement itself, they're that compliance and we need make sure the united states does not do anything that would violate the nuclear agreement. clearly on the other issues, we're free to act and we should act. >> so do you want the president to use the agreement as lenk on iran or not? >> we have to be clear eyed about it of the it is an agreement. they can't become a nuclear weapons state. but after eight more years there is a likelihood they could be close the breakout. so we have to monday toirt very closely. make sure we have our

next the top democratic on the senator form relation committee ben carden talking about efforts of combat efforts around the globe. he spoke with president trump's conflict of interests between his businesses and presidency. this is just over an hour. >> good morning everyone, welcome to our symposm here. i am shannon o' neil hosting this event. corruptions of investments and commerce and intensify economics and drains dollars and presenting major obstacles of democracy and rules of law by under minding the functioning and legitimacy of institutions in countries. corruption erode citizens see trust in their government and drives many towards radical movement and insurgency. those countries

senator ben carden a ranking member of the foreign relations ommittee talked about glonet efforts. this is just over an hour. shannon: good morning, everyone. welcome to our symposium on the future of anticorruption in u.s. foreign-policy. i am shannon o'neill, a senior fellow here at the council for foreign relations. we have seen in recent years recognition of corruption and wide-ranging consequences. both for the nations in which it occurs and u.s. foreign olicy. intensified economic and social inequalities, it drains development dollars and if prevents -- presents obstacles for democracy by undermining the legitimacy of institutions and countries. endemic corruption erodes trust in the government and it drives me citizens toward radical movements. insurgencies that threaten those countries as well as in u.s. interest. it is crucial the united states ddress these threats and develop effective strategies to ombat this abroad. it will mean working alone as well as in concert with international partners to address bribery, graft and other forms of corruption. we will delve into the

next the top democratic on the senator form relation committee ben carden talking about efforts of combat efforts around the globe. he spoke with president trump's conflict of interests between his businesses and presidency. this is just over an hour. >> good morning everyone, welcome to our symposm here. i am shannon o' neil hosting this event. corruptions of investments and commerce and intensify economics and drains dollars and presenting major obstacles of democracy and rules of law by under minding the functioning and legitimacy of institutions in countries. corruption erode citizens see trust in their government and drives many towards radical movement and insurgency. those countries as well as u.s. national security interests. it is crucial that the united states address these threats and also develop effective strategies to combat corruption abroad. this means and requires evaluating past approaches for what has and has not worked. it will mean working alone as well as in concert to address bribery and wrath and another form of corruption. these issues we'll dwego into today. we h

and that's something that on january 4th, i called for with ben carden and elijah cummins and adam schiff. the four of us stood together and said, yes, go on with your investigation, but let's have a public, independent commission. >> you can't rely on the house anymore, can you? >> no, but you can rely on the senate. >> can you rely on the committee led by nunes who seems to be working hand in glove with the white house? >> no. i have called for his recusal very clearly, but i do think we want to allow the senate process to continue. i thought that both senator warner and burr did a very good job this week, and there's no reason at the same time you can't have an independent commission that would be looking at it from a different angle. that's a panel of experts just like we did after 9/11 that would be coming forward with ways we could prevent this from happening again because this is not just an assault on one candidate, one election, one country. it is really assault on all democracies. >> we've had really problems in our history, whether it's joe mccarthy back in the '50s, it's been

senator ben carden a ranking member of the foreign relations ommittee talked about glonet efforts. this is just over an hour.