he actually has the authority under the constitution to take a lot of these steps or rather this is something that really should fall under the umbrella of the authority of congress. kind of the separation of powers argument. and even if he is right that a multiple lawsuits over many of these proposals could keep them tied up in court through the end of his administration which means many of this stuff, much of this stuff may never even take effect. >> and of course as we recall, the president took a civil her action with immigration reform going around the rule of congress and now all of that is tied up in federal court. jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us from the whitehouse today, jan thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears sandy hook elementary school. let's go back and look at that moment one more time. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad.x and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three years ago. the person who intr

whether or not he actually has the authority under the constitution to take a lot of these steps or rather this is something that really should authority of congress. kind of the separation of powers argument. and even if he is right that a multiple lawsuits over many of these proposals could keep them tied up in court through the end of his administration which means many of this stuff, much of this stuff may never even take effect. >> and of course as we recall, the president took a civil her action with immigration reform going around the rule of congress and now all of that is tied up in federal court. jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us from the whitehouse today, jan thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears at the memory of the massacre atzx sandy hook elementary school. let's go back and look at that moment one more time. those kids, it gets me mad.x and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three years ago. the person w

he actually has the authority under the constitution to take a lot of these steps or rather this is something that really should fall under the umbrella of the authority of congresskind of the separation of powers argument. and even if he is right that a multiple lawsuits over many of these proposals could keep them tied up in court through the end of his administration which means many of this stuff, much of this stuff may never even take effect. >> and of course as we recall, the president took a civil her action with immigration reform going around the rule of congress and now all of that is tied up in federal court. jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us from the whitehouse today, jan thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears at the memory of the massacre a sandy hook elementary school. let's go back and look at that moment one more time. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad.xç and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three

he actually has the authority under the constitution to take a lot of these steps or rather this is something that really should fall under the umbrella of the authority of congress. argument. and even if he is right that a multiple lawsuits over many of these proposals could keep them tied up in court through the end of his administration which means many of this stuff, much of this stuff may never even take effect. >> and of course as we recall, the president took a civil her action with immigration reform going around the rule of congress and now all of that is tied up in federal court. jan crawford our cheap legal correspondent reporting for us thank you very much. was we mentioned, there was a remarkable moment earlier when the president was moved to tears at the memory of the massacre atzx sandy hook elementary school. moment one more time. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad.x{ and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the president remembering the 20 first graders who were murdered at sandy hook elementary school just three years ago. the person who introduced the president today was mark barden, the chairman of

got a very unclear situation as to where the presidents authority to make regulations ends and the congress' authority is over-stepped." /vo/in wake of the 2012 mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school stonewalled in congress and took it upon his own to put forth nearly 2-dozen executive orders to reduce gun violence. /bridge/"but 2 years later, president obama's most *assertive* initiatives like tracking lost or stolen guns or strengthening backround checks have faced significant obstacles."/sot/cato "almost none of those intiatives went into effect."/nat/trump " i will veto that.. i will unsign that so fast"/vo/but *how* fast can the next president undo mr. obama's gun control initiative?/sot/cato "if the esident passes an executive order with respect to guns...//it will take less than a new york minute for the new president to undo what the president has done."/vo/ scholars are generally *split* on whether the president *is* over-extending his constitutional authority some say the president clearly has discretion about how to enforce a law but whether he should *make*them is still up for debatei'm jeff barnd reporting. 3 in a

one of the things he is trying to do is to spend more money on more atf agents. the budgetary authority is supposed to come out of congress. the separation of powers here in america is intelligently designed so that the politicians who are closest to the people, which is the house of representatives, has the power of deciding where the money is spent. another issue is to interpret the law, the law that says licence firearms dealers have to have background checks. congress has the power to specify who should fall under that law and to people who were upset about this action, they think that should be left up to congress. obama knows that he is doing things that are going around congressional power. the way he framed this is they're not doing anything, so i'm going to >>> he also knows he is doing something in this particular instance. the idea of enforcing background checks and getting around gun sellers. there are many americans who don't want things changed, but they think it is a weird one. how many times has the president got to ask to do something and we have had dozens of mass shootings since he took office. he taske

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got a very unclear situation as to where the presidents authority to make regulations ends and the congress' authority is over-stepped." /vo/in wake of the 2012ass shooting at sandy hook elementary school president obama was stonewalled in congress and took it upon his own to put forth nearly 2-dozen executive orders to reduce gun violence. /bridge/"but 2 years later, president obama's most *assertive* initiatives like tracking lost or stolen guns checks have facesignificant obstacles."/sot/cato "almost none of those intiatives went into effect."/nat/trump " i will veto that.. i will unsign that so fast"/vo/but *how* fast can the next president undo mr. obama's gun control initiative?/sot/cato "if the president passes an executive order with respect to guns...//it will take less than a new york minute for the new president to undo what the president has done."/vo/ scholars are generally *split* on whether the president *is* over-extending his constitutional authority some say the president clearly has discretion about how to enforce a law but whether he should *make*them is still up for debatei'm jeff barnd reporting. 3 in addition t

of those initiatives can get murky. grayer than iauta unilateral powers are hard to challebyew deal when congress gave up a lot of the law making authority to the executive branch. >> as a result we got a very unclear situation as to where the president's authority to make regulations ends and the congress's authority is over stepped. >> reporter: in wake of the 2012 mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school, president barack obama was stonewalled in congress and took it upon his own to put forth nearly two dozen executive orders to reduce gun violence. but two years later president obama's most dissertive initiatives like tracking lost or stolen guns or strengthening background checks have faced many obstacles. >> almost none of those initiatives went into affect. >> i will veto that. i will un-sign that so fast. >> reporter: but how fast can undo mr. obama's gun control initiative? >> if the president passes an guns, it will take less than a new york minute for the new president to undo what the president has done. >> reporter: scholars are generally split on whether the president is over extending his constitutional authority. som

tom davis, a former chair of the national republican congressional committee and co-author of the partison divide. congress in crisis. first question, if donald trump wins the nomination, what does that say about the current state of the g.o.p.? >> well i think it says something about the state of the country. i think it shows a great alienation of the non-college whites and people who have kind of been left out of the economic successes of this country. donald trump speaks to them. he expresses the frustration of a lot of americans who don't see themselves moving up the ladder and see the culture changing all around them. the reality is hillary clinton's numbers are also very bad on the democratic side. so donald trump-hillary clinton race will be one to watch. it's not a slam dunk for hillary clinton >>> what do you make that ted cruz is polling in second in most polls and he is seen someone quite frankly someone difficult to get along w doesn't have many allies there on the hill. what does that say about the g.o.p.? >> it says a lot and the country in general. if you look at what bernie sanders is doing

of qualified candidates. we have to recruit as one army. congress should authorize and fund a pilot program to allow the recruiters of all three components to work together and be able to recruit. matching applicants to improve overall effectiveness of recruiting. the arm spends $280 million annually for the regular army and the guard. the mission recommends we consolidate all marketing. thank you for your time and mr. chairman, i'll yield back to you. >>> it's a great day to be a soldier and to be a retired soldier. but i would like to echo the comments of those who made it easily for us to do our job. i would like to thank you, mr. chairman, for what you helped us focus on moving forward. i'm going to talk about some issues clearly part of what i did for the last 35 years and i hope will be taken into account and will help our army get better than it is today, the best army in the world. i think it would be easy to prove we are the envy of the world by how many international students attend for education. we also do a phenomenal job on training. but we've got some

and for those member of congress who question my authority to make our immigration system work better, or question the wisdom of me acting where congress has failed, i have one answer. bill.he said he wanted to work with congress to pass a more permanent solution -- and that as soon as that solution was reached -- his executive order wouldn't be necessary. that order sparked many court battles across the country -- but unless republicans get a veto-proof majority in the senate -- there's not much they can do about it. that all brings us to what happened this week.the president's executive order actually took a much smaller step than many gun rights advocates thought it would. would.his order required more sellers to do background checks -- and devoted resources s the process that will make it more secure and quicker.it allocated more personnel to enforce gun laws already on the books and bolster the mental healthcare system.lastly -- it pupues efforts to dedelop more gun safety technology. "second ammendment rights are important but there are other rights that we care abouas well and

of agency rules, narrowing the delegations of authority to agencies, controlling agency appropriations, and conducting oversight of agency activity. congress also has the specific authority under the congressional review act to disapprove any rule that an agency proposes. rather than meaningfully streamlining the rulemaking process, regulatory cut-go would ocify the regulatory system, by causing years of delay in the rulemaking process, creating additional layers and burdens in the regulatory system. in total, the scrub act would essentially function as a choke-hold on federal agency rulemaking. therefore we should change the name of the scrub act to the scruge act. it delays any new action by an agency and drains agency resources and taxpayer dollars in a time of widespread budget austerity. lastly, i would comment that imposing the same regulatory rden on a dairy farmer as is imposed on an oil producer or an oil company sounds to me like the oil companies have been having a great day with the rules around here of late, if they've got to do what we require a dairy farmer to do. the chair: the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan.

many of the 20-16 politicians when i spoke to memebers across the country yesterday they were hoping to hear a plan from the president to defeat isis. he challenged his opponents in congress to authorize use of military force.. he also took on healthcare and even set a goal to cure cancer. but his final message had to do with partisan politics. take a listen to what he had to say. "president obama: it's one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties better." he went on to say that you cant fix the problem by changing out members of congress or even the president- but the mentality as a whole has to change. alex, south carolina governor nikki haley had the honor of responding to the president's speech. what did she have to say? as soon as the speech was over my email was flooded with responses from each member of congress trying to get their opinion out there.so for nikki haley to get that air time was a big deal. as an outsider haley blamed both democrats and republicans for gridlock but says ultimately the problems with our country fall on the presidents shoulders.. take a listen fallen far short of his soaring words. as he enters his fina

author of the forthcoming book. she spoke at the library of congress where in the 15, she served as the chair of american law and governance. as is about one hour, 10 minutes. >> today's lecture is titled "bullet in the chamber: the politics of catastrophe and the declaration of world war i." our speaker is professor mary dudziak. now complaining her tenure in american law and governance. the professor's research has

of things, but we could always use a solid gold reminder. and so the united states mint authorized by an act of congress struck in the name of the american people a gold medal to commemorate the lives of addie mae collins, denise mcnair and carole robertson and cynthia wesley. may we serve their memories with love and honor. mra[ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated for the presentation of the congressional gold medal by members of the united states congress with reverend pijeaux and with dr. lawrence from the birmingham civil rights institute and arthur price jr. of the 16th street baptist church. >>> ladies and gentlemen, president and ceo of the birmingham civil rights institute, dr. lawrence pijeaux. [ applause ] >> wasn't that something? [ applause ] good afternoon. when a major part of your responsibility in the world is to find resources for your institution you must give thanks to congresswoman pelosi for acknowledging the need to visit the birmingham civil rights institute. [ applause ] especially when you have a zero base budget for pr, okay? and let me add a little bit to that and i do understand the importance of

of course. congress has to balance them all the time. it is not his place to balance. he is usurping the authorityf the congress, usurping the authority of the courts when he asked unilaterally. he has lost every time he is been challenged. if we are going to have a discussion about balancing rights, let's do it the way the constitution is set up. come to congress and work with us. i'm happy to work with him. i want to work with somebody who wants to get at the nub of this problem. my grandfather was shot and killed and devastated my family. when we talk about people who have been shot by mentally ill people, i understand that. i understand what it does to the victims. we are not going to solve this -- he is not willing to do that. he is trying to put a bill through congress -- no cooperation from the democrats. zero help from the white house. work with us on that. .ork with us host: do you think you can work with the part of the exec the border that calls for $500 million for increased access to mental health care? guest: we should look at a bigger approach to mental health care. he tries to get

of their emancipation is to work for union armies. black men can also work as soldiers for the u.s. army. the congress authorizes the enlistment of black men in the militia over the course of the civil war. about 200,000 black men will serve the union army and navy. 150,000 of those men are former slaves either from the border states but also from the southern states. south carolina, mississippi, louisiana. some of the first experiences of these black man, these black soldiers, with their employment by the union army is an experience of discrimination under the militia act of 1862 to get paid less than white soldiers. the pay for union privates is $13 a month. for black soldiers it is $10 a month, three dollars of which can be get as a clothing allowance. they really only get seven dollars cash per month. barely half of what white counterparts are getting. congress corrects that later. it takes than two years. we're talking here in many cases about runaway slaves, people that ran away from their owners and in some cases in border states or southern states to the union armies. one of the problems as general benja

author of the forthcoming book. she spoke at the library of congress where in the 15, she served as the chair of american law and governance. as is about one hour, 10 minutes. >> today's lecture is titled "bullet in the chamber: the politics of catastrophe and the declaration of world war i." our speaker is professor mary dudziak. now complaining her tenure in american law and governance. the professor's research has focused on american war politics and how the american people experience war in the 20th century. her research attempts to get to the root of contemporary phenomenon, the disengagement of the u.s. congress and the american people from war in the 21st century. the research is informing her forthcoming book "going to war: an american history." you may have seen "the new york times" article that discusses the key question at the heart of her research. today, she will speak about how america was mobilized for world war i by catastrophes of sunken ships and how catastrophes can mobilize americans to engage in distant conflicts. that create physical and emotional distance from death and dying. she is professor of law

thanks in part to fdr's new deala& when congress gave up a *lot* of its lawmaking authority to the executive branch. "as a result, we've got a very unclear situation as to where the presidents authority to make regulations endsa& and the congress' authority is over-stepped in wake of the 2012 mass shooting at sandy hook elementary schoola& president obama was stonewalled in congressa& and took it upon his own to put forth nearly 2-dozen executive orders to reduce gun violence. but 2 years later, president obama's most *assertive* initiativesa& like tracking lost or stolen gunsa& or strengthening backround checksa& have faced significant obstacles."almost none of those intiatives went into effect a&" i will veto that.. i will unsign that so fast"but *how* fast can the next president undo mr. obama's gun control initiativea&?" if the president passes an executive order with respect to guns"it will take less than a new york minute for the new president to undo what the president has done."scholars are generally *split* on whether the president *is* over-extending his constitutional authoritya&

of qualified candidates. we have to recruit as one army. congress should authorize and fund a pilot program to allow the recruiters of all three components to work together and be able to recruit. matching applicants to improve overall effectiveness of recruiting. the arm spends $280 million annually for the regular army and the guard. the mission recommends we consolidate all marketing. thank you for your time and mr. chairman, i'll yield back to you. >>> it's a great day to be a soldier and to be a retired soldier. but i would like to echo the comments of those who made it easily for us to do our job. i would like to thank you, mr. chairman, for what you helped us focus on moving forward. i'm going to talk about some issues clearly part of what i did for the last 35 years and i hope will be taken into account and will help our army get better than it is today, the best army in the world. i think it would be easy to prove we are the envy of the world by how many international students attend for education. we also do a phenomenal job on training. but we've got some

sherman realizes that he's pushing right up against the limits of his military authority shall be leftions until congress shall regulate the matter. he is providing temporary possession of these lands, he is not providing permanent ownership. immediate aftermath, former slaves seize upon the opportunity. thet 10,000 families sees lands in the sherman reserve by june 1865. that is the 40 acres. in a special mules order. but the mules are around. georgias march through now moves toward the carolinas. it is hard on the animals. animals,seizing draft horses and mules, that they can use as they go. getting rid of the lame and the sick and the overworked, free people are able to lay claims to those government mules and nursed him back to health. so they can put them to work. acresn gives us the 40 and the mule is not in the order but they are there. sherman realizes this will have to be left to be figured out by congress when congress shall regulate those titles. these efforts at wartime experiments free labor during wartime and proceeded in a kind of ad hoc local listing crazy quilt fashion. congressring of 1

congress included a n on transferring prisoners to the u.s. president obama said the gitmo part might violate the separation of powers. that leaves open the ideas that authority to again bypass congress. still ahead on "full measure" -- many of the enemy combatants at guantanamo were once important al qaeda players who plotted against america. we'll talk to one man whose cia team caught them. gary berntsen: the five individuals that president obama released in return for a deserter were essentially the national security council for the taliban for mala omar. thth were the leadership of the taliban who commanded their intelligence apparatus and their sharyl: in the very early days of the war on terror, members of the cia and special operatioio teams were on the ground in afghanistan seeking high value members of the taliban and al qaeda. in 2001, gary bernts commanded the cia's so-called jawbreaker team. mama of those captured by his team went to guantanamo. gary: when you look at guantanamo, i think the public of the people that are t tre, 99% of the people that are there were captured on a battlefield where they were conducting activies that were not nsisten

there were ctual overt acts against american ships or resulting in he deaths of americans, he would ask congress for authority may be ny means that necessary to protect americans at sea. wilson suppressed global leaders awaited merican public for the overt act, but remained unclear exactly what kind of response wilson had in mind. by the middle of february, there many en over 100 ships of different nations torpedoed and sunk. the first american killed was richard wallace of baltimore, the first american killed in this period. richard wallace of baltimore, an african-american merchant seaman on the british ship eaststone, which sank very quickly after a u-boat torpedoed it on february 3. american ship the same day, but the german submarine captain made sure that everyone was evacuated safely. 41 died on 7, another british ship, but none americans.e there was speculation that another african-american seaman when a british ship went down on february 10th, but the press sort of fades out on that one. an american missionary in china, when hayden, was killed he french steamer athos was torpedoed on february 17th. w

administration, and, finally, at the urging of activist and advocates around the country, that he finally decided to exercise his authority, as we opened up with, that congress had failed to act. so it is kind of, as you put it, a double-edged sword. but we're trying to have our cake and eat it, too. [ both laugh ] >> we'll end on that note. guys, always an education. thank you very much for -- and when the decision is made, get ready 'cause we'll have you back. coming up next on "tiempo" -- so many latinos remain uninsured. they are not enrolled under the affordable care act. now a push to change that. we'll tell you where and how to sign up. still ahead -- a free after-school program for prospective student journalists regresemos. welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and free of things i don't. like aliens. just like eye patches. and when it's time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. it's full of stuff we pirates need. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. excelsior! eat up, me hearties! keep it down! i'm exploring the galaxy. >> there is only one week left to sign up

congress together, to triangulate, to do whatever? >> kate, president barack obama is not the parent of 535 members of congress. he has a job. it has specific duties, and levels of authoritye congress to get off the hook and act like, you know, well, you haven't brought us together enough. they are grownups, too. they have families as well, constituents dying and my heart goes out. i want to apologize to him and the thousands of people that lost a loved one. the thousands of police officers and law enforcement personnel who have also been killed because of gun violence. i experienced that during my time as mayor of philadelphia. eight philadelphia police officers killed in the line of duty. five by the line of gunfire. these are serious issues and until you had to grapple with this, until you've talked to parents who've lost a child. until you talked to a child who maybe lost their parent, these are real issues on the ground, and many of the members of congress, i think, just don't get it. so president obama using the authority he has is trying to do something. we could do more if the congress were a actual partner in this work. what's been going on, obviously, is not wor

of what's going on in the country. it is all this internal debate. daniel day-lewis did a good job, but i felt -- the proceedings in congress were sort of -- i think the author was thinking of what he thinks goes on in congress today, people yelling at each other. that is not how congress operated back then. reasoned speeches. even the anti-emancipation people made reasoned speeches. they just did not yell at each other all the time. the basic problem with that movie is that the fundamental premise is false, that is to say the fundamental premise is lincoln was faced with this tremendous choice between ending slavery and ending the war. achoice between two goods, choice between a good and evil is not interesting. is aice between two goods dramatic situation. there was no chance -- lincoln had made it clear many times, the war was not going to and without the end of slavery. the south was never coming back without the end of slavery. he said that in his reconstruction plan of december 1863. i this point, it was clear, there was no possibility of the war ending with union victory and slavery surviving. that dramatic crux of the movie is really the invention of

have a very unclear situation as to where the president's authority to make regulations and the congress's authority is overstepped. in the shooting of sandy hook. president obama took it upon his executiviv orders to stop gun violence. they have faced many obstacles. >> none of those initiatives went into effect. >> i will unsign that so fast. >> if the president passes an executive order with respect to guns it it will take less than a new york minute for the new president to undue what the president has done. >> reporter: some say the president has how to enforce the law but whether he should make them is up for debate. >> it is difficult for any president not so much because of the controversy because its our constitutions second amendment. >>> we wanted to know what you think about tonight. regulations will lead to fewer murderers. right now 20% of you say yes while 80% said no. >> that is an unscientific poll. >>> much more ahead tonight including new year's resolutions. we have tips so you can shape up. >>> what is next for the ben carson campaign. it could have an impact on the presidential polls. >>> for those of you love to

a nation that we are going to go forward in this area of military expansion, then congress has responsibility to provide for a current authorizationor the use of military force. now i'm not saying that i would agree with that kind of authorization, but i think it is ridiculous to continue military operations absent a new authorization or an updated authorization. i think the president has said that several times, and he put it back at the feet on congress again. i think it is high time we had oft debate in the congress the united states, and i'm convinced if we have a thorough debate, then the grassroots around this country are going to speak up and say that there has to be a limit in terms of what the united states and the role united states ought to play from a military perspective around the world. so that was missing, yes, but the calder congress to act when it comes to authorizing the use of military force with respect to isis, isil, i think that is important and we can't continue to run military operations -- significant military operations off of an authorization that the better part of 15 years, 10 to 15 years old now. amy

. >>> some senior members of congress are not even authorized to see and some of the classified emails from hillary clinton's unsecured private server. and now the white house weighs in on the clinton campaign's attack on the intelligence community inspector general. this is "special report." >> good evening, i'm bret baier. what was once referred to as a drip-drip of damaging information in the hillary clinton email scandal. has now become a cascade. the biggest question now resides with the fbi. and its expanding investigation. a decision about the next moves, that clearly threatens clinton's

of agency regulatory activities. the skir mack would authorize $30 million to establish a nine-member commission. made up of unelected officials. to perform a function, agencies and congress already can and should be providing. this delegation of authority is almost unprecedented. this commission would wield enormous authority. for example, the commission would have virtually unlimit sub pea na power. most agencies inspectors general do not have the able ility to compel witnesses to f testify, yet this bill would provide the authority to a commission solely focused on rule making. and then impose a regulatory scheme in which agencies would have to purr pose eliminating and existing regulation before promulgating a new one. that forces sergeant is into an orb arbitrary position of preserving safety protections or respondinging to new situations and threats. actually, potentially, jeopardizing the very public health and safety that is their mission. this bill provides no safe harbor, exceptions for rules, no matter how important. also opens up agency compliance to endless court rall chals by aply pliing judicial review. elijah cummings and myself committed an amendment to s

of congress holding that vote? >> right now it is uncertain. i think it is a great move and smart move and right move to authorize the use of military force. the problem is, that republicans don't trust them to wage the war to win it. the it is it a time line with three year and limiting as that tells the enemy we don't want boots on the ground. we heard from ash carter, it is not that we need hundreds of thousands of troops, but without american leadership other partners will not join. i hope it does get a vote and sends signals to enemies and allies and american people that we are in the fight to win it. >> but the other discussion jillian of training kurds and iraqis. we have tried that in serria and so far that hasn't gone particularly well? >> again, it is mostly due to the lack of military leadership and the united states had a heavier hand in really investing ground troops there, we would have a better influence and outcome. part of what secretary carter is saying, regardless of whether they are fighting in combat or training and advising, we need more americans on the ground in these countries. that is an obvious movement than a gr

have talked about the constitution already, the authorization of the president to act as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. on the other hand, congress' role, they can fund military operations, can also pass various regulations for the armed services. and as well, congress can exercise oversight through congressional hearings on what is going on committees. we know that. james madison once drew the distinction that congress declares war, the presidents make war. remember, there are only five wars where congress has actually declared war. 1812, mexican-american, spanish-american, world war 1 and 2. within the last declaration, several european countries that were allied with nazi germany. not italy or germany, hungary, romania, etc. let me give you a couple of case studies here to think about. what we will talk about today, first of all, i want to talk about the case that occurred not that long ago -- in my lifetime at least. richard nixon was president in 1969, he inherited the vietnam war. as you know. reports came to him that the north vietnamese forces were seeking sanctuary in then neutral cambodia. they were using that as a safe

he is pushing the boundaries of executive authority and daring the congress and the courts to stop himthat's a pattern we are going to see across presidencies now with dividing control of government. the same party not controlling the white house and congress, where you will see presidents of both parties pushing the boundaries and daring the courts to stop them. >> ron brown stein, good to have you this morning. >> allison. >> ahead, new images of the hotel where ethan couch and his mother hid during the christmas holiday in mexico before they were caught. >>> plus, contaminated blue bell ice-cream. a big story in 2015. a report on why it has now become a big federal investigation and later a massachusetts court ordered bill cosby's wife, camille cosby, to testify in a defamation suit browse against him. a defense attorney who has represented many celebrities is going to be weighing in on the consequences. want bladder leak underwear that moves like you do? try always discreet underwear and move, groove, wiggle, giggle, swerve, curve. lift, shift, ride, glide, hit your stride. only al

the question of either the president authorization to an offering authorization since the president said it. are you aware of any other time in our history where the president asked congressfor a war authorization, sent a proposed authorization to congress but that it was not even taken up for debate in committee or on the floor of either house the? >> i'm not aware of any, i provide a test of history subject and i certainly, i believe it should be taken up and should be debated and should be voted on. i think it's the appropriate for the president to send it. >> any other thoughts? >> yeah, it's an important question. i would, as a civilian i would look at it in practical terms. are there contingencies out there to which we could not respond militarily? because the existing aumf is not adequate. if the answer to that is yes, then just speaking as a citizen, i would find it incredible that congress has not acted on it in almost a year. >> on also not aware of any such precedents, but i agree with you that it's a problem. i think that the legal basis for what we are doing. i don't know of anything we would india like to do that we can do because we don't have it. what i al

and would you like to see an isis specific authorization for the use of military force and do you think congress should pass one in 2016? >> well, as i mentioned, i think we should vote and pass an authorization for the use of military force against isis. as y'all know, what we are doing is relying on the aumf that passed a few days after 9/11 and that specifically is tied to those who committed the attacks of september 11, 2001, and those who harbored them. well, isis didn't exist then. so what the administration has to do is to try to draw a link that this is a successor regime. the problem is in afghanistan today isis is fighting the taliban and al qaeda, so it's a little hard to see how they're the same thing that we authorized the use of military force. i think we have to have a new aumf. i do not think it makes sense to send 100,000 ground troops into iraq or syria or anything like the invasion force we had in iraq before, but -- i don't know if you saw yesterday. we had three former officials in the obama administration all testify. all said isis is a strategic and lethal threat to the un