. >> and i just wanted to point out the actual tweet from the president today, brett mcgurk and barry mccaffrey, why are we protecting shipping lanes for many countries for zero compensation? all these other countries should be protecting their own ships in what's a dangerous part of the country. we don't even need to be there in that the u.s. has just become, by far, the largest producer of energy anywhere in the world. we have always been protecting these lanes. pompeo is asking the saudis, uae and others to join in. what do you expect them to do? >> the notion that the japanese self-defense force is going to put maritime capability in the persian gulf is laughable. senator jack reed made the main point. i spent hundreds of hours under two administrations working on the national security council. there's no process left where we get options, we get full discussion, we bring together all the elements of national power and ask the president to make the decision where he understands the downside. that whole thing on striking and response of the global hawk was impulsivity. the notion h

joining the conversation, congresswoman barbara lee of california, brett mcgurk.barbara, it's great to see you again. curious as the one member that voted against authorization in 2001, what are your thoughts about what's happened over the past 24 hours? >> well, i think that we're at a very dangerous moment. and we need to, one, work with our allies to de-escalate this very troubling, intense situation. and secondly, it appears to me and i think to the entire country and the world that this administration really has no plan. now the 2001 authorization was a blank check, it was very broad. however, every expert, every foreign policy sxers and level expert will tell you that this has no relationship to iran and it should be be used to use force against iran. i put in an amendment that stayed we would repeal that authorization and give it eight months to come up with new authorizations and, in fact, if we are going to war, if we're going to use force, then the administration, any administration, must come to congress. joe, that is what this is about. we have to make