for our audience the question came from a senior democratic counsel or a lawyer for the house foreign affairs committee. did you ever raise this phenomenon of basically doing your own foreign policy with mr kushner mr tillerson i did then the senior democratic lawyer on the panel raised this question what were those conversations like tillerson he said he would try to do better question did he. answer not much changed question how did that impact your job tillerson well i think you know i alluded earlier to the fact that it's always challenging if everyone isn't kind of working from the same playbook picking up here there is that they prefer to have this carried out by an individual it's the president's prerogative to do that so what is quite interesting is that tillerson basically said that while he was trying to be a good soldier as it were that he was trying to carry out what he thought was the president's foreign policy on numerous occasions he would find himself basically coming in after the fact finding out for example that jarrett cushion or was working on a new sort of official relationship bet

many had here in washington that foreign policy was being driven out of the point house but you now have in this transcript provided by the house foreign affairs committee that according to the former secretary of state he was not actually driving or shaping u.s. foreign policy that the matter was out of his hands even before he went to the state department thank you very much for now with the latest on this story from washington rosen in jordan. 2 suicide bomb attacks in the tunisian capital within half an hour of each other have killed a police officer and wounded several other people the interior minister is calling for calm now and says the attack is haven't yet been identified. the reports. in the center of tunis close to the french embassy police responded to a suicide bomb attack that killed a police officer and wounded several other people shortly after another explosion this time at the counterterrorism police had quote his fate areas were busy with local people and tourists but witnesses say the visit his don't appear to have been the target the guy who blew himself did it 50 better is away from the french embassy and the security around the a

charles: and we're back with ranking republican on the house foreign affairs committee texas congressman michael mccaul. what i'll ask you about this story that's been breaking, united states stepping up cyberattacks on russia, you know listen. everyone's complaining, or has been complaining that we weren't doing enough about russia, and their interference. where are we going with this? >> well as i think we are stepping up our attacks on russia and we should and this disinformation campaign and the 2016 election i got briefed in october of 2016. i think it's a little, i don't know who leaked this story. it's more in the classified space, so i think history responsible though to leak that and have the new york times print this but overall, the american people should know that we're ramping up our cyber operations. charles: it feels to me that every country does a fair amount of interference, a fair amount of spying. this is not new at all. >> no. charles: i think though it's sort of again we would anticipate that we are pushing back because russia has really been pretty successful with t

shows he was kept in the dark over foreign policy rex tillerson testified in front of the house foreign affairs committee last month he accused white house adviser of operating independently and outside state department activities. tunisia has been rocked by 3 attacks within hours of each other killing one police officer and injuring several others injured government has called for calm the attack is have not yet been identified. and 20 of the world's most powerful leaders are in japan ahead of what are likely to be tense talks at the g. 20 summit u.s. president all trump is set to meet one on one with chinese president xi jinping and russia's vladimir putin. well now u.s. president donald trump for the 2020 senses to be delayed so that additional information can be provided to the supremes court that's off to the court blocked his proposal to add a citizenship question to the population count a group of states and immigration activists sued the government to stop the question from being included they say the question could put fear in the minds of immigrants that information could be shared with the law

tuesday morning, two members of the house foreign affairs committee discussed the ongoing tensions between the u.s. and iran. first, scott perry. then, virginia democratic congresswoman abigail spanberger. from the public policy institute, lee pervis will discuss the report on specialty drug prices. be sure to watch washington journal thursday and friday 2020 credite first 2020 democratic presidential debates. >> the reviews are in for presidents" book. from the near journal of books, "the presidents makes a fast, engrossing read." how presidential historians rank the best and worst chief executives from george washington to barack obama. the life events that faced our leaders -- that shaped our leaders, challenges they faced, and the legacy they left behind. c-span.org/thepresidents or wherever books are sold. annual week is the congressional baseball game between republicans and democrats. the teams play at national park on wednesday night. eastern.ch at 6:45 in 2017, representative steve scalise was shot at a practice for the game. we talk to him about his book ."ack in the game aboutt

now, in my role as chairman of the subcommittee on oversight investigations for the house foreign affairs committee, i am aiming to shed light on how the visa waiver process is being implemented. we have asked that the state department has not provided information to us that we asked on how to gain a waiver, what's the process, what's the yes-no herer? i think i know why that's because there isn't one. as countless examples and stories have shown. we have got to continue to shine the spotlight on the millions of americans whose lives have been thrown into chaos via the president's reckless and ill thought through process. . i as an american am going to continue to fight on their behalf. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. courtney, for five minutes. mr. courtney: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, on june 11, this month, the house education and labor committee reported out legislation, h.r. 1309, an act to -- workplace violent prevention act. mr. speaker, this is a culmination and milestone of a seven-y

kept in dark in the dark of a foreign policy rex tillerson testified in front of the house foreign affairs committeelast month and he accused white house white house advisor jared kushner of operating independently and outside of the state department john hendren has more from washington d.c. this is like so much in the trump administration extraordinary rex tillerson says it wasn't just a case of shuttle diplomacy or somebody practicing freelance diplomacy says it was diplomacy in which often he was the lesser character who did not know what was going on is jeered cushion or was directing major foreign policy donald trump has met with g 20 host a and india's lead in around ramadi ahead of the formal start of the summit in japan the trio discussed trade on north korea as well as security in the south china sea but tom's most anticipated meeting comes late on friday when he sets down with russian president vladimir prison. one person has died after twin suicide attacks targeted security forces into his ears capital tunis one bomber targeted a police vehicle near the french embassy in central to nest

in the united states where testimony by former secretary of state rex tillerson to the house foreign affairs committeelast month has been released one of its key revelations is that trump's son in law and senior white house adviser jared cushion are operated independently with powerful world leaders without coordination with the state department keeping to listen fact in the dark or to listen also commented on the gulf crisis which saw a land sea and blockade imposed on cats are in june 2017 he described being blindsided when key arab allies seva ties with also a key u.s. ally he was in australia at the time with the then defense secretary jim mattis and said they would be. surprised to listen said he was not aware of the meeting between question and the leaders of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. just one month before that blockade was imposed former trump advisor steve bannon was also present to listen describing angry at the meeting having taken place without his knowledge he said the state department's views were never expressed on this well john hendren joins us live now from washington john tell us m

we begin in the united states, where testimony by rex tillerson to the house foreign affairs committeeast month has been released. one of its key revelations, trump's son-in-law jared kushner operated independently with powerful world leaders without coordination with the state department, keeping tillerson in the dark. he also commented on the gulf crisis, which saw a blockade 2017,d on qatar in june he was in australia at the time with jim mattis and said they were both surprised. tillerson said he was not aware of a meeting between kushner and leaders of the saudi arabia and uae before the blockade was imposed. steve bannon was also present. tillerson describes being angry at the meeting having taken place without his knowledge. he said the state department's views were never expressed. what does tillerson's testimony reveal about his time heading the state department and those tensions with jared kushner? >> like much in this administration, it is extraordinary. a 140 page transcript of seven hours of testimony tillerson gave last month before congress. he describes being completel

vice president mass pike joins us along with house armed services committee chairman adam smith and the top republican on the house foreign affairs committee michael mccaul. >> these are your candidates! >> brennan: plus south carolina is this weekend's pit stop on the 2020 democratic presidential campaign trail. we met up with vermont senator bernie sanders. >> he was just doing a limited strike. >> oh, just a limited strike. oh, i'm sorry. i just didn't know that it's okay to attack another country with bombs just a limited strike. that's an act of warfare. >> brennan: and our ed o'keefe talked to california senator kamala harris. plus we'll have political analysis on the news of the week all ahead on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." we've got a lot to get to today. we will begin with vice president mass pike. mr. vice president, good to see you. good morning. >> morning, margaret. >> brennan: a lot to talk to you about on iran, but first i want to ask you about the president's announcement this morning that he's decided to delay the round-up of migrants. why did the president announce this law

this is a letter from the democratic members of the house foreign affairs committee it's the secretary of state mike pompei when they're urging him to come out and clarify exactly what the position of the u.s. is when it comes to libya now the secretary of state had said weeks ago that they still back the u.n. backed government and they urged restraint here for syria but then u.s. president donald trump got on a phone call with khalifa haftar hour and the readout of that was fairly confusing they seem to be back you have to are saying that he was fighting terrorism in this letter the congressman and women are saying that that was just confusing and that it sent a message to armed actors that are now using that confusion over u.s. policy as justification to continue the conflict further jeopardizing prospects for a political settlement and threatening regional stability now what these congress men and women are trying to do is make this issue that gets covered because this is an administration that tends to react to what they see and read in the media and right now the conflict in libya

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shows he was kept in the dark over foreign policy rex tillerson testified in front of the house foreign affairs committee last month and he accused white house adviser jared kushner of operating independently and outside of the state department. well donald trump has been meeting with g 20 host sins of a head of the formal start of the summit in japan the pair of been joined in a trial that 2 meeting with india's leader modi and just before departing for a soccer trump raised questions about the u.s. japan security alliance suggesting it's one sided one person has died after twin suicide attacks targeted security forces and tunas into museums capital tunis one bomber targeted a police vehicle near the french embassy in central tunis the other hit the counter-terrorism headquarters government has called for calm but the attackers have not yet been identified and hundreds of iraqis have stormed the bahraini embassy in central baghdad and anger over the u.s. sponsored manami conference on peace in the middle east bahrain has recalled its ambassador to iraq after demonstrators broke in and took down the flag

in the united states with testimony by former secretary of state rex to listen to the house foreign affairs committee last month has been released one of its key revelations that trump son in law and senior white house adviser jared cushing operated independently with powerful world leaders without coordination with the state department keeping to listen in the dark. well tillotson also commented on the gulf crisis which saw a land sea and air blockade imposed on catherine june 27th team he described being blindsided when key arab ally seva ties with also a u.s. ally he was in australia at the time with the vent defense secretary jim matheson said they were both surprised to listen said he was not aware of a meeting between caution and leaders of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. just a month before the blockade was imposed form a trump advisor steve bannon was also present tell us in describing angry at the meeting having taken place without his knowledge he said the state department's views were never expressed john hendren joins us live now from washington what does to listens testimony reveal about his

house foreign affairs committee is holding a hearing to address the trump administration's decision to bypass columbus in the sale of weapons to saudi arabia let's listen in to this to. the system secretary of state for political and military affairs he's speaking many members many americans are concerned about the use of the arms we provide overseas including in the context of the yemen civil war these concerns are appropriate and we share them from the beginning of the conflict we have maintained that a political solution is urgently needed and we have supported the united nations led effort working toward that objective moreover what makes america stand out from many foreign suppliers of defense materiel is the premium we placed on ensuring that our capabilities are not contributing to gross violations of human rights we have worked with the saudi led coalition over the course of its operations to reduce the occurrence of civilian casualties our support in this regard has ranged from the provision of training on targeting and the supply of more precise munitions to mentoring and adv

decision to bypass the kong congress to sell arms to saudi arabia at a hearing of the house foreign affairs committeebipartisan efforts are taking place both at the house and senate to set up a vote to block arms sales to the kingdom last month the government declared a national security emergency citing growing threats from iran to justify an $8000000000.00 arms sale. police to force thousands of protesters away from hong kong's legislature building they've used tear gas and pepper spray to clear the area debate on a controversial extradition plan has been delayed as activists blocked politicians from entering the building scott heiler reports. major intersections in central hong kong transformed into front lines as violent confrontations between riot police and pro-democracy protesters escalated throughout the day. the fighting was near the legislative council headquarters where the proposed extradition law was due to be debated but the government session was postponed because legislators couldn't avoid the protesters to get into the building or anywhere close. late in the afternoon riot police fir

is stepping up pressure on a major energy project between russia and given the house foreign affairs committee pasta sanctions bill targeting north stream tickets pipeline which is currently under construction. the nord stream to a 1200 kilometer long gas pipeline project from russia to germany russian and western companies have invested $9500000000.00 to topple gas imports to europe the project is planned to be completed by the end of the year the us bill is likely to be passed by a senate panel next month if it becomes law the u.s. will impose sanctions on investors in the stream to european firms have infested billions of euros in the pipeline and have resisted u.s. pressure to abandon the project germany is also slammed the u.s. sanctions against russia which cost them billions of euros executive vice president of the. rasmussen believes sanctions are designed to improve u.s. competitiveness. it's not about security at all it's about control and tried to isolate russia in the odd manner creating more friction between the europe europe and the us europe has been importing gas from russia wh

house. foreign affairs committee has passed a sanctions bill targeting the north stream 2 gas pipeline which is currently under construction nord stream to is a 1200 kilometer long gas pipeline project from russia to germany the project is planned to be completed by the end of the year russian and western companies have invested $9500000000.00 to topple gas imports to europe the us bill is likely to be passed by a senate panel next month and if it becomes law the u.s. will impose sanctions on investors and on stream to european firms have invested billions of years in the pipeline and a persistent pressure from washington to abandon the project if i give up that you know one wants to be unilaterally dependent on russia but we received russian gas not only the d.d.r. where i lived but also in west germany during the cold war and they don't see why the times today should be so much worse that we can no longer see russia remains a part of the. executive vice president of the eurasia center believes the sanctions aren't designed to improve the u.s. competitiveness it's not about energy security

us stepping up pressure on a major energy project between russia and us the house foreign affairs committee is . passed a sanctions bill targeting the nord stream to gas pipeline which is currently under construction now and stream to 1200 kilometer long gas pipeline project from russia to germany the project is planned to be completed by the end of the year russian and western companies have invested $9500000000.00 to gas imports 2 you have it here as bill is likely to be passed by a senate panel next month if it becomes law the u.s. will impose sanctions on investors in the stream to european firms have invested billions of euros in the pipeline and have revisit resisted pressure from washington to abandon the project. these sanctions are counterproductive fail to serve their political purpose driven a wedge between america and europe and everyone in the long term. the e.u. should get started with ending its own sanctions against russia executive vice president of the you've asia center. and believe the sanctions are designed to improve u.s. competitiveness. it's not about energy security

attempt to thwart the nord stream to gas pipeline a sanctions bill is being proposed by the house foreign affairs committee wants op unrolling nord stream to will stretch 1200 kilometers connecting natural gas in russia to central and western europe 9 and a half 1000000000 euro have been invested in the project thus far with the goal of 2 double gas imports year its plan to become clear by the end of this year now the sanctions bill will likely be passed next month if it becomes law the united states will impose financial penalties on investors in north stream to the spied washington's opposition some of europe's leaders have been unwavering in their support for the project. these sanctions are counterproductive fail to serve their political purpose drive a wedge between america and europe and harm everyone in the long term the e.u. should get started with ending its own sanctions against russia a geopolitical expert we spoke to say is that nations facing sanctions can still come out on top. those determination on the side of us and this is also deepening the rift between the europeans and americans. becau

is stepping up pressure on a major energy project between russia and europe the house foreign affairs committee has passed a sanctions bill targeting the north stream 2 gas pipeline which is currently under construction. is a 1200 kilometer long gas pipeline project from russia to germany russian and western companies have invested $9500000000.00 to double gas imports to europe the project is planned to be completed by the end of the the bill is likely to be passed by a senate panel next month if it becomes law the united states will impose sanctions on investors in north stream to european firms have invested billions of euros in the pipeline and have resisted pressure from washington to abandon the project busy . cletus estimate that u.s. sanctions on russia in place at the moment have cost and german companies billions of euros already. these sanctions are counterproductive fail to serve their political purpose drive a wedge between america and europe and harm everyone in the long term. the e.u. should get started with ending its own sanctions against russia. let's bring in founder of global

shows he was kept in the dark over foreign policy rex tillerson testified in front of the house foreign affairs committee last month he accused white house advisor of negotiating independently with worldbeat as of bypassing the state department rosen and jordan has more but this 140 page transcript illustrates is a confirmation of what many here in washington have suspected which is that under rex tillerson the u.s. state department was not driving u.s. foreign policy that u.s. foreign policy was being driven out of the white house by the president's top advisers including by his son in law jarrett cushion or holds the title of senior adviser to the president. bahrain is recalled its ambassador to iraq after hundreds of demonstrators stormed the embassy in baghdad and took down the kingdom's flag protest as well angry over the u.s. sponsored manama conference on peace in the middle east a 50 $1000000000.00 economic plan for palestinians and the region was unveiled by senior white house adviser jared cushioning in hiring this week. one person has died and several injured after twin suicide attacks targeti

to thwart they north stream to gas pipeline a sanctions bill is being proposed by the house foreign affairs committee wants up and running you know which seem to all stretch some 1200 kilometers connecting not troll gas and russia to central and western europe 9 in the huff a 1000000000 euros being invested in the project so far with the goal to double imports to you. it's planned to be completed by the end of this year now the sanctions bill would like to be passed way before that next month it is proposed now if it becomes law the united states will impose financial penalties on investors in north stream to despite washington's opposition some of europe's leaders have been unwavering in their support for the project these sanctions are counterproductive fail to serve the political purpose drive a wedge between america and europe and harm everyone in the long term the e.u. should get started with ending its own sanctions against russia a matter of european energy must be decided in europe not in the us buying gas from the united states would not be a problem for us but as long as russia is price is

is stepping up the pressure on a major energy project between russia and europe the house foreign affairs committee has passed a sanctions bill targeting the nord stream to gas pipeline which is currently under construction bills likely to be passed by a senate panel next month if it be. law the u.s. will impose sanctions on investors in nord stream 2 it is the 2nd leg of a gas supply network linking a russia and germany through the baltic sea russia is aiming to finish construction by the end of this year european firms have invested billions of euros in the pipeline and have resisted u.s. pressure to abandon the project. or more of this we can now cross live to earl rasmussen who's the executive vice president of the eurasia center thanks for being with us here in r.t. international. quite an interesting topic this whole thing with russia and the e.u. they've made it clear that they're not going to stop building the nordstrom to pipeline does the u.s. have the power to block construction given the late stage of the project at this point. well sean that thanks for having me it's it's been going al

sell weapons systems to saudi arabia and other regional partners and many members of the house foreign affairs committee on which i serve find this deeply, deeply troubling and congress has authority over these sorts of sales in declaring this emergency effort and the administration is seeking to, in my opinion, enron congressional authority here and i think when we look at all of the moving parts and all of the changing dynamics and why are we selling paveway missiles to saudi arabia without congressional approval and under the auspices of a national emergency. i think we see reasons why we need to affirm the trust that our constituents have in us and we do that by questioning the action of our counterparts be it with the department of state and be it with the department of agriculture and be it with all of the departments and this is the balance and i think to some degree the notion of us conducting some level of oversight has gotten spun into it being an adversarial circumstance. sometimes it's standing up to the constitution and ensuring that the u.s. government is making good choices and i also ser

house. foreign affairs committee that meeting pertained to visits unannounced. visit several visits actually by kirshner to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and having actually even let those countries while he was there to other countries without clearing his itinerary with the relevant embassy u.s. embassies in the region so one of them definitely pertained to the siege the boycott was imposed on cut out by saudi arabia united arab emirates and bahrain later joined by egypt that surprised the secretary he didn't know about it this is the same. secretary of state that not participate in making that decision the old state department was not involved the defense department was not involved as a matter of fact both secretaries of state and defense where traveling in the far east during that period so this isn't making essentially was taken over and they were you know definitely excited by the by the questioner and his colleagues given tennyson's background with exxon mobil he was also a very familiar with the gulf region and he also appears to question why th

declaring this an emergency we're talking about it $1000000000.00 worth of arms sales now the house foreign affairs committee decides to have a hearing on this the assistant secretary of state was there he very much toward the line saying this was important to show support for saudi arabia and also the emirates and they really had to go ahead with this bypassing congress no republican members of the committee they said they were very unhappy about the way things were done but the understood what the administration was trying to do democrats on the other hand were saying there isn't an emergency here 1st of all they believe that the threat from iran is diminishing they say that some of the weapons that are going to be delivered will be sent in a month some up to even a year and they said that doesn't constitute an emergency in their eyes and also they're concerned that some of these weapons are offensive weapons and so it won't be used to defend saudi arabia of the united arab emirates but instead american bombs and missiles will be used by saudi planes to fight the war in yemen and is they've said in the pas

he was kept in the dog home of foreign policy rex tillerson testified in front of the house foreign affairs committee last month he accused white house advisor question of operating independently and outside the realm of the state department. has recalled its ambassador to iraq after hundreds of demonstrators still me embassy in baghdad and took down the kingdom's flag protest as well as. angry over the u.s. sponsored manama conference on peace in the middle east. and tunisia has been rocked by 3 attacks within hours of each other killing one police officer and injuring several others government has called for calm the attackers have not been identified. in the coming hours the 2 top contenders to be the next u.s. democratic presidential nominee will go head to head in the 2nd night of a televised debate bernie sanders and joe biden are among 10 candidates taking part in the debate in miami 10 others including elizabeth warren and cory booker were chosen to take part in the 1st debate that was of course on wednesday night now that debates all contenders clash either health care and border policy and

coming up tuesday morning, to members of the house foreign affairs committee discussed the ongoing tensions between the u.s. and iran. first, pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry. then we are joined by virginia congresswoman spam burger. also from aarp public policy institute, lee purvis will discuss their new report on specialty prescription drug prices and how the increases have affected consumers and employers. watch washington journal thursday and friday. join the conversation both mornings with your phone calls. facebook comments and tweets. >>> tuesday live testimony from tsa administrator. on current vulnerabilities at his agency. you will be joined by fellow government officials. appearing live before the house oversight and reform committee. that hearing is set to start a 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. on wednesday hearing on the office of special counsel's recommendation, the president trump fire white house counselor kellyanne conway for numerous alleged violations of the hatch act. that is a federal law limiting certain political activities by executive branch em

quote, perspective of a foreigner in that's what a member of the house foreign affair committee brings somali born democrat also telling the tribune time for a green new deal style overhaul of new s foreign policy and that would just be perfect for geniuses like omar and aoc and -- don't you think? you know, a fresh outlook eric trump joins us right after the break with that and more. stay with us. joining us tonight for more on mueller report and the endless radical dem campaign against the president his administration and his family, the president executive vice president of the trump organization eric trurch eric and great to see you. >> with you as always lou. >> the question of the night what did you think of the mueller presentation? >> guy had tremendous amount for this country, he wouldn't take anybody to come up with a fact there's no collusion. that there's no obstruction that was said in the report. and he said today, i stand by everything i said in the report. all be it he didn't come out and say dpies after two and a half year, there was no collusion. and there was no obst

house foreign affairs committee saying there is no accident that this all took place near the straighthormuz. >> remember they control a good percentage of the oil that goes out to the world and i think what they are lenient are trying to do here is strike back. they know they are being weekend and the sanctions are crippling them and this is their retaliatory response against go god. >> harris: lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with the latest. >> officials say one of the two tanker crews has been detained by iran since early thursday morning. after first being rescued by another merchant vessel. >> i am from russia. the service was excellent, they have hosted us really well and everything is fine. >> iran claims they rescued 43 sailors but only 23 are present in the video. they say the arrest of the 21 sailors from the vessel that was attacked. this video also released by the u.s. military shows what it claims is proof of iran's and involvement in the attacks. the suspected iranians are wearing life jackets, bomb disposal gear. the japanese oil tanker was damaged. iran denies t

the ranking republican on the house foreign affairs committee told daybreak audiences the goal remainso renegotiate the nuclear deal with iran. >> our role is not to be aggressive in going to war with iran, but rather defense it in protecting our allies and keeping commerce open. the ultimate goal is to get back to the table to get a better deal than the jcpoa, one that would include better inspections, stopping iran nuclear production and also the icbm capability. ,avid: we welcome reva goujon joining us from austin, texas. you extract for -- you at stratfor have a comprehensive survey of the world. let's start with iran. what is the prospect of getting them back to the table versus the prospect of getting into some sort of conflict? reva: the prospect of a renegotiation with the current trump white house is next to nothing. there is no point for iran to engage in negotiation with this white house. you can see how bold and resolute iran has been in its retaliation. it is occurring much faster than anyone thought, including the biggest hawks in the white house. this shows the white hou

you mentioned you're on the house foreign affairs committee. thursday night in the situation room piecing together what the president tweeted. what went into that decision not to strike back against iran. your observations of what happened there? i continue to be struck by the fact that your speaker, house speaker nancy pelosi said in comments yesterday, she had no advanced i'm concerned that we have a muddled strategy to address iran or any similar situation. >> do you think? >> well, no -- >> with the trump administration? >> look, this is bad for america obviously but we should be developing a strategy along with our allies, right? to address iran issues or other similar issues across the world. i think that that situation cannot be trusted. >> your reaction to all of that. i'm curious how all of that played out on capitol hill about what the white house is saying about what happened next, we were talking with general mcbarry about this takes strikes off the table, being so transparent and public about what was being considered. >> i'm struc

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he is a member of the house foreign affairs committee. he has been very consistent on this, he advocated much the same with president barack obama, back when he was contemplating the use of military force against syria and light of the chemical attack. congress when, very good to have you. the similarities between that push, which barack obama wanted to make sure he got clearance from congress, even though he felt that he would be justified taking unilateral action on his own, it was such an important step that he had to have the backing of congress in thisdomi. >> i d t take the dash but if we are talking about aun an explanatio, congress has to be part of that decision. the constitution is pretty clear. the ability to declare war rests with congress. i supported president trump when he sends the limited response. it says hey, we are watching. iran needs to know that we are watching them as well. >> neil: i do remember that you have been very consistent on this with republican and democratic presidents alike, but do you think the preside

she is a member of the house foreign affairs committee, and it's great to have you here. i want to get you some foreign policy, but could i just ask you about the news of the day, joe biden and i today. take a listen to part of his speech. >> i don't think it's naive or old-fashioned. way of doing things. that says the system has to be restored. i think it's time -- you know, he says let's make america great again. let's make america america aga again. >> dana: congresswoman, if i could get your reaction to all of the political news today. trying to draw a distinction between him and president trump you'd >> i appreciate you playing that clip. i didn't see any of his speech. i was on the floor voting. >> dana: you are doing your job. >> that's right. i think the notion of standing up for our values, i was just with the largest congressional delegation and history for the anniversary of d-day, and the overarching theme was the beauty, the strength, and the resolve of the american people. and our desire and the sacrifices that so many thousands of americans have made to uph

we saw brian hook in front of the house foreign affairs committee today, who's one of the top people working on iran policy at the state department who made it very clear to all those watching and to lawmakers that the goal is not to go to war with iran. instead, it is to get iran to come to the negotiating table and to sort of cripple the iranian economy as much as they can to sort of destabilize some of their military and nuclear activities. >> yeah this again is a stated goal. part of what the danger here as far as i read the reporting, yours and others, is that there are different factions within the white house and a president in the center of it who isn't -- you know, isn't really on top of managing this. there's very clearly a battle happening behind the scenes amongst different interests, some of whom very much want military escalation. >> that's correct. even lawmakers on the hill are sort of confused. they're scratching their heads saying, wait a minute, i thought a couple of weeks ago we are almost certain that we were potentially going to go to war with iran down the line

let's bring an army veteran and house foreign affairs committee member congressman stephen watkins. good to see you, congressman. mike pompeo had a strong words earlier today on iran and let's listen to more of them in this assessment is based on intelligence, weapons used, level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar tax on shipping and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. taken as a whole, the unprovoked attack present a clear threat to international peace and securi security. david: commitment, how do we respond? >> listen, we need to hope they respond with democracy from our democracy and listen, we obviously have the uss abraham carrier strikeforce group but we will respond with economic and semitic measures and hope they come around and come to the table. >> excuse me, thank you for being with us. i think what will be alarming to all of us is if we see shipping rates go up, insurance rates will go up based on the last series of events at some point are people goi

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coming up tuesday morning, to members of the house foreign affairs committee discussed the ongoing tensions between the u.s. and iran. first, pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry. they were joined by congresswoman abigail spanberger. public policys institute, a new report on specialty per square -- specialty prescription drug prices and how the increases have affected consumers and employers. be sure to watch thursday and friday following the first democratic presidential debates of the 2020 race. join the conversation both mornings with your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. saturday, several presidential candidate spoke at the south carolina democratic party convention, one of several large campaign related events of the state -- in the state over the weekend. south carolina has the largest electorate of the for early nominating states. this democratic primary is followed by super tuesday voting that includes other southern states, with hundreds of delegates at stake. here are some of the convention speeches beginning with california senator kamala harris. >> what's u

. ♪ >> melissa: right now the house foreign affairs committee is holding a hearing on oversight of theion's iran policy, after secretary of state mike pompeo made assurances that no one wants war with iran. >> we are engaged -- we have been engaged in many messages. even this moment right here. communicating to iran that we are there to deter aggression. president trump does not want war. we will continue to communicate that message while doing the things that are necessary to protect american interests in the region. >> melissa: the u.s. moving to boost troop levels in the middle east, and now a group of bipartisan senators are demanding president trump explain that decision. writing a letter that reads in part, "we remain concerned that increasingly escalating escalas by both sides will lead to an unnecessary conflict, given that a growing risk we want to reiterate that as of this date t authorized war with iran and no current statutory authority allows the u.s. to conduct hostilities against the government of iran." this coming as iran's nuclear agency announced it will soon surpass