host: jeremy mayer?st: president obama is losing friends even those with -- even with those who agree with his position. obama was building all of this pr campaign toward an attack and everyone in this town was assuming that he would not go to congress for authorization. and he would simply take the action and accept how it came out and accept the criticism. obama, alone among the people who could be sitting in the white house, all of the major contenders in office in 2008, made the decision to go to congress. it is fascinating what is going to happen. i believe congress is going to say no. that is going to weaken obama. what obama has done is mates -- is make a statement about principle. he believes congress should be involved in these foreign-policy decisions. that has been a belief on many a belief of many on the left. maybe obama is actually happy with an outcome where he is told not to go to syria. host: he could still act. guest: i doubt he would. he obviously could. to order an attack now after ch

host: jeremy mayer?st: president obama is losing friends even those with -- even with those who agree with his position. obama was building all of this pr campaign toward an attack and everyone in this town was assuming that he would not go to congress for authorization. and he would simply take the action and accept how it came out and accept the criticism. alone among the people who could be sitting in the white house, all of the major contenders in office in 2008, made the decision to go to congress. it is fascinating what is going to happen. i believe congress is going to say no. weaken obama.to --t obama has done is mates is make a statement about principle. he believes congress should be involved in these foreign-policy decisions. that has been a belief on many -- a belief of many on the left. happyobama is actually with an outcome where he is told not to go to syria. host: he could still act. guest: i doubt he would. he obviously could. to order an attack now after chuck -- after congress has said

2013] [captions performed by national captioning institute] >> on the next washington journal, jeremy mayer will iscuss the war powers act. after that at 8:30, mark mix discussing union organization. and then at 9:515 earthquake, mary kay henry talks about labor unions. we will also take your phone calls and share the day's latest news and headlines on "washington journal" live every ay starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> if they went by the data, parents would say they wavent to give get things -- if you take the data and just act on the data you are going to be in big trouble. because people lie, a, and as steve jobs said, people don't know what they want until they see it. you can ask threm a million questions and then you can give them an ipad. he didn't take any -- there were no focus groups and data in the building of that ipad. it was all in here. >> what will the future bring. this discuss on the digital revolution is one of our atured programs labor day, -span. >> the media is clearly a dominant -- increasingly dominant criteria for every first lady. but in the end, the buy

2013] [captions performed by national captioning institute] >> on the next washington journal, jeremy mayer will discuss the war powers act.

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." >> on the next "washington journal" jeremy mayer will join us to discuss the world -- the war powers act and how it grants the president limited authority to enter into a military conflict without the consent of congress. after that, look at the 20 states that have right to work laws. we will have the president of the right to work organization discussing the labor force. laborrvice employees union will talk about the troubles they -- talk about what they represent. we will also share the days headlines on "washington >> one of the most fun times i had was 2006 looked like the rats were going to take over and it looked pretty bad for republicans. called andfice wondered if i could have accessed. we went to the vice president residence and that breakfast with him. i had met him before -- first of all it was unbelievable how much he knew -- yet been to summary of these districts over the years as the republican leader of the house come up and he was asking us how bad is this? we were saying it's pretty bad. but it's fun when you get to do that or talk to various caucuses. of the inside

. >> on the next "washington journal" george mason university jeremy mayer will discuss the war powers act and how it grants the president limited authority to enter into a military conflict without the consent of congress. after that, a look at the 20 states with the right-to-work law with mark mix. discussing the impact of those laws on the work force. and then mary kay henry talks about top issues facing labor unions and the workers they represent. we will also take your phone calls and share the day's latest news and headlines on "washington journal" live every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> the media is clearly a dominant -- increasingly dominant criteria for every first lady. but in the end, the buy graphic cal, the human stories, you know , which are not limited to the 19th century and the 20th century or media or anything else. it is how these people endure and prevail, and in the very rough world of politics. >> historians richard burton ith and edith mayo discuss "first ladies: influence and image" from the 20th century to the president, discussing their

jeremy mayer will be joining us.s a professor at george mason university with background on the war powers act. and the president of sciu. that is all tomorrow morning on "washington journal." coming up next. thank you for joining us on this labor day weekend. we hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today on c-span, "newsmakers " with tom donohue. then remarks from richard trumka. deliversnet napolitano her farewell address.

. >> on the next "washington journal," george mason university associate professor jeremy mayer joinsto discuss the war powers act. the 20hat, a look at states across the country that have right to work laws with mark mix, the president of the national right to work legal defense foundation. he will discuss the impact of the laws on the unions and labor force. then a look at the 20 states across the country that have right to work laws. then service employee international union's president mary kay henry about the top issues facing labor unions and the workers they represent. we will also take your phone calls, tweets, and e-mails. that is "washington journal," >> joining us on "newsmakers," the president and ceo of the chamber of commerce, thomas donahue. he covered economic issues for the "washington post." i was talking with some folks on the hill about being on that show. i said what should i ask him. he said ask him why it has become such a paper tiger. over the past couple of years, your priorities have not fared as well as the priorities of some of the more conservative, right-