. >>> senator bob corker will be here after the break. we'll talk more about what should congress be doing about whether to support the president here or essentially let him go it alone. >>> also ahead, bob mcdonnell's last stand. former governor had a rough day in court, facing off with a prosecutor who has been investigating him more than a year. >>> today's trivia question, name the capitol hill restaurant where congressman paul ryan waited tables before he was elected. first person to tweet the correct answer to @chuck todd or @daily rundown will get a shoutout. >>> it's time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. mike mudd started seeing more and more paddle boarders in his hometown in bend, oregon. he opened stand on liquid, paddleboard retailer and manufacturer and hasn't had a down year since. for more watch your business sunday mornings 7:30 on nbc. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, tha

bob corker says it would threaten american sovereignty. >> i don't believe it will threaten american sovereignty. america is the gold standard when it comes to allowing people with disability the rights they deserve. the opportunities they should have. what this would do is essentially -- we are the gold standard and passed the ada. we are a leader around the world. the treaty will not require us to do anything new. it will give us a seat at the table to make sure other countries actually follow our lead in ensuring people at this bill does have the rights and opportunities they deserve. almost all the veterans organizations are behind it. our wounded warriors, when they travel overseas, they deserve the freedom to engage in business and travel overseas despite their disabilities. you have the business community behind the treaty. the idea that it interferes with sovereignty is not the case. the reservations and understandings make that clear. >> you are one of the republicans who supported the immigration bill a little over a year ago in the senate. what would you be your reaction i

bob corker also saying in an interview i hope what they will do instead is come to congress and ask for a new authorization for a new threat that has evolved over time. white house press secretary weighing in on those concerns. >> the president remains committed to coordinating and consulting with congress as he exercises his response abilities and authorities as commander-in-chief of the native american bid the president recognizes he has an important role to play and he has an important role to play as commander-in-chief and as individual ultimately responsible for the national security of the american people. the president will not hesitate to use the authority. >> so that of a debate to go to congress first and if so what should the president be asking for. stacy, think it is encouraging to hear the u.s. is starting to community organize and get our allies involved because we will get involved and move forward with airstrikes and not boots on the ground, we should have an international coalition. but i want to ask you about going to congress. it is really important and you were nodd

top republican on the senate foreign relations committee, bob corker, said interview with chuck todd, congress needs to be allowed to confirm airstrikes on syria. war powers act says they have to 60 days before they come to congress and to be effect they have military operations need to take place in iraq and syria and the administration hasn't shared what their plans are. tim kaine said i'm calling for the mission and objectives for current significant military actions against isil, the other name for this terrorist army, to be made clear to con berks the american people and our men and women in uniform and congress should vote up or down on it. at the white house spokesman josh ernest noted so far the president hasn't made a decision to order additional military action in syria. >> the president does remain committed to coordinating and consulting with congress as he exercises his responsibilities and authorities as commander in chief of the united states of america. the president recognizes that congress has important role to play. he also recognizes that he has important role to p

governor haslem started in bob corker also is in the baker hold pragmatic legislative republican. he believes voters, quote, exec their leaders to solve problems. all three come from east tennessee, by the way. which is historically home to the state's main stream business minded brand of republicanism. the three regions of the state are so culturally politically, and economically diverse they call them the grand divisions. tennessee second district home to knoxville is one of the oldest republican districts in the country. it hasn't elected a democrat to the congress since the 1850. the current tea party movement is based in the colored counties around nashville, the center of middle tennessee. those counties are the base for lamar alexander's tea party challenger. so can the tea party movement launch a statewide candidate into office? it hasn't happened yet in tennessee. we're going to be watching on thursday if there's any sign it is could. >>> trivia time jackson is the only senator from tennessee to serve on the u.s. supreme court. congratulations to today's winner allen henr

tennessee senator bob corker intimidated workers at the local voks volkswagen plant. >> the officers a month ago fighting about fighting and combat and all those kinds of things. if that's the environment you want, uaw certainly is the people to choose. they can't help with the wages. you've got a facility thalt's te most advanced environmentally sound facility in the world right here in chattanooga, it been it. what's this been? it's about one thing. it's about money and it'ses about the power. >> well, that lie after another lie worked. the plant voted against joining. meanwhile, corker's fellow senator from tennessee is picking up where that senator left off. just this week senator lamar alexander made clear he's planning an attack on the national labor relations board. the top republican on the senate labor committee said, quote, the tennessee ans i talk with are tired of washington bureaucrats telling them how to live their lives. pursuing some of the most misguided policies under this administration. so i guess we have to follow the way tennessee thinks, right? alexander made c

some exceptions senator tim cain in virginia on the democratic side, senators rand paul, ted cruz, bob corkerthe republican side, those are exceptions, but mainly they're perfectly happy to let the president handle this, no matter what they say in public. they remember hillary clinton. she'd be in her second term as president, carol, if she hadn't voted for president bush's war in iraq. >> but see crystal, that seems like a dereliction of duty to me. >> right. >> that shouldn't matter. our national security is at stake. >> exactly. larry is absolutely right. he's named a few stalwarts in congress who are willing to put i would say their seats on the line and do the right thing for america, but as larry pointed out we're headed up to midterm election. you have moderate democrats distancing in red states saying hey, wait a minute, we got to back away from this president. so you know, look, it's half a dozen on one, six on the other but at the end of the day, the buck stops with the commander in chief, who is the president of the united states of america. he does have authority to do more than t

. >> when he lashed out at bob corker of tennessee and used an exlet ty.d at republicans coming at him in a private meeting, how do you think he feels about his former secretary of state coming out on that. >> do you have a feeling she's going to separate, i have heard from his aides in private moments, he said, look, calm down, of course hillary clinton is going to start separating himself. joe biden is going to try to find ways if he runs. it's hard if you're vice president. >> do you think he's going to run? >> yeah, he's going to rung. >> in this studio, it's comfortable, the temp in here. >> awkward. risk him. >>> now we know new jersey governor chris christie can take a budget of ice. you've probably seen that video a million times. but can he take aol another atlantic city casino going belly up and putting his presidential hopes on ice. republican strategist with the cold reality, how much of an impact is this problem in atlantic city? because now we're up to a dozen casinos that have either gone bankrupt or close to going bankrupt. i mean the board

bob corker the top republican told me on the show that congress needs to, quote, own any further action congress should vote up or down on the issue and democratic congressman john said congress should return to washington early before the august recess ends in september 8th to deal with the situation in syria and iraq. joining me now is a leader in the house democratic caucus. assistant democratic congressman james. good morning to you, sir. >> thank you so much for having me, chuck. good morning to you. first of all, congratulations. >> thank you, sir. >> i commend you on the great achievement. it's a testimony to the fact that good guys can finish on top. >> thank you, you're kind to say that. you've been somebody i've enjoyed having on the show. very honest, answers questions. let me ask you this. john alrealarson wants to see congress get involved in this. it's not clear what the white house wants when it comes to congressional authority. let's say you, you're in the leadership. what are you hearing from the rank and file? do you think the second branch of government here, arguably

host: a tweet from senator bob corker of tennessee says isis actions are afront to all. our prayers are with the family of james foley. this is a tweet from tolman. if nato can't fight in iraq, then the u.s. should quit immediately. >> you can follow us on twitter. you can e-mail us, too, journal@c-span.org. let's here from lorenzo in louisiana, democrat's line. caller: i was talking about -- i mean, i don't think the u.s. should be trying to protect a person that goes over there trying to make money, and you know you're in a war zone, and you don't have the protection, and why should we take and risk our well trained soldiers to go over there to try to get these guys out? when the money they make is their own. i had a friend of mine that was working for -- in support of the u.s. soldiers over there, he got burned alive. and no one has said nothing, ain't heard a word. but i mean for these people that know they going over there on this contracts, unless they working for the government to try to help the people over there then that's different. but if you choose to go and

host: senator bob corker, the top republican on the foreign relations committee in the senate has an opinion piece echoing what you just said dealing with libya, syria, and situation in russia. then there is this article in "the washington times," the u.s. terror suspect list has doubled since 2009 to more than one million. chuck, you are on the line with bill kristol of "weekly standard ." go ahead, chuck. caller: i think the president has done a good job. if you read what is going on as far as this foreign policy, there is not going to be another tony blair to get stuck out like bush stuck out with england, and he has to get a job at the world bank. that is not going to happen. he is standing alone, and he is getting a sandwich. that is all he can get. host: let's take that point, chuck. not getting cooperation from our alleys -- allies. guest: i think our allies would want a stronger presence. france would like us to be stronger. canada and australia have been strong on russia, israel, and other parts of the world. host: you think rick -- europe has been strong on russia? guest: n

that includes the lamar alexanders and bob corkers of the world for example, the susan collins and lisa's an arrangement with senate democrats to make it easier to enable some of these confirmations to go through. but of course, if democrats have the majority with the changes they've made in the rules, they can still manage to get their nominations through. it just takes time. but let's face it, you are still not going to have a house of representatives that's willing to do anything that would enable barack obama to get a signing ceremony. so the legislative prospects will remain grim and that means that harry reid and the democrats can use more of their time pushing through confirmations of judges and executive officials. but it's no way to run a government and it's going to look even worse than it has looked for the past two years. >> all right. there we go, around to the book title again. >> still on sale. >> get your copy on amazon, i'm sure. >>> still ahead, not one, but two big senate races are taking place outside the continue 911 at it u.s. wilds of -- continental u.s., wilding of

senator bob corker's account says that senator and u.s. ambassador david shear are visiting the hanoi hilton prison where senator john mccain and u.s. pows were held in the vietnam war. and the republican and democratic congressmen are spending some vacation time together. also rick crawford of arkansas tweet to getting ready to head out to make deliveries with ups in arkansas' first district. the truck passed inspection and wwe're on the road. even with members of congress on recess, live coverage today with the metropolitan junior basically calling that bobby bonds memorial symposium highlighting how baseball can be a tool to mentor, educate and encourage young african-americans. that's imposing gets underway live at one eastern here on c-span2. president obama this week welcomes african leaders to the nation's capital for a three-day summit with a focus on u.s. trade and investment in the region. the second south african president jacob zuma speak of the national press club at 2 p.m. eastern and we haven't live over on c-span. on our fa

. >> host: a tweet from senator bob corker of tennessee says -- isis actions are a grotesque affront to operate our thoughts and prayers are with the family of james foley in this difficult time. another tweet, if nato can't fight in iraq, then the u.s. should quit immediately. facebook, whatever it takes, when it comes to activities and how far the u.s. should go. ryan jason phillips writes after that, whatever congress approves, is what he has. you can make ads and comments to facebook, like is on the page. follow us on twitter, e-mail us, journal at c-span.org. let's hear from lorenzo in louisiana. democrat line. >> comic i was going to comment about the guy who lost his head for the money over there. i mean, i don't think the u.s. should be trying to protect a person that go there trying to make money, and you know you're in a war zone. you don't have the protection, and then why should we take and risk our well trained soldiers to go over there to try to get these guys out? when the money they make is their own. i had a friend of mine that was working for kbr in support of the u

host: senator bob corker, the top republican on the foreign relations committee in the senate has an opinion piece echoing what you just said dealing with libya, syria, and situation in russia. then there is this article in "the washington times," the u.s. terror suspect list has doubled onee 2009 to more than million. chuck, you are on the line with bill kristol of "weekly standard ." go ahead, chuck. caller: i think the president has done a good job. if you read what is going on as far as this foreign policy, there is not going to be another out liker to get stuck bush stuck out with england, and he has to get a job at the world bank. that is not going to happen. is standing alone, and he is getting a sandwich. that is all he can get. host: let's take that point, chuck. not getting cooperation from our alleys -- allies. guest: i think our allies would want a stronger presence. france would like us to be stronger. canada and australia have been strong on russia, israel, and other parts of the world. -- europethink rick has been strong on russia? economic, they have interests at stak

senator bob corker of tennessee the ranking under on the senate foreign relations committee that the congress needed to own any potential military action. on the foreign-policy challenges for the administration here is nevada on the democrats line. >> caller: good morning. i matter what he says they freak out about it but beyond that they say okay let's go to congress and talk about this. we finally got a bunch of these guys together kind of like more traditional poor when we have at least targets to go through to get at the one target in syria and one target in pakistan. we have some really bad guys and these are the terrorists that we are at war with. and i think mr. obama should go to congress and go after them. >> host: here is mary on the republican line. hello. >> caller: as a republican i would just like to see that this is the one and only thing that i've ever agreed with obama on. i don't think that we should be jumping the gun and going in anywhere. i think we better be paying attention about our own safety in this country because god only knows how many isis members are in