amy: i want to turn to a tweet by tim kaine, cosponsor the legislation. he said -- "for too long, congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war. it's time for that to stop. we've introduced a new plan -- democrats and republicans -- to reassert congress' authority to authorize where, when, and with who we are at war." after the u.s. strike on syria last week, kaine tweeted -- "trump's decision to launch airstrikes against syria without congress's approval is illegal. we need to stop giving presidents a blank check to wage war. today it's syria, but what's going to stop him from bombing iran or north korea next?" why does tim kaine seem to think the corker aumf will check the president's authority to start a war? >> the syria authorization come in the syria war would have been authorized under the kaine legislation. he is not doing anything to constrain the president's power, just putting into place that it is permanent law. and giving congressional stamp of approval for anything the president wants to do. there's no check on them whatsoever, it

amy: i want to turn to a tweet by tim kaine, cosponsor the legislation. he said -- "for too long, congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war. it's time for that to stop. we've introduced a new plan -- democrats and republicans -- to reassert congress' authority to authorize where, when, and with who we are at war." after the u.s. strike on syria last week, kaine tweeted -- "trump's decision to launch airstrikes against syria without congress's approval is illegal. we need to stop giving presidents a blank check to wage war. today it's syria, but what's going to stop him from bombing iran or north korea next?" why does tim kaine seem to think the corker aumf will check the president's authority to start a war? >> the syria authorization come in the syria war would have been authorized under the kaine legislation. he is not doing anything to constrain the president's power, just putting into place that it is permanent law. and giving congressional stamp of approval for anything the president wants to do. there's no check on them whatsoever, it

kaine: yes. mr. pompeo: you asked about syria, for multiple -- for a long time, multiple administrations have found that the president has authority to act and take certain actions without first come into congress to seek approval, whether it was kosovo -- the list from republicans and democrats is long and like. sen. kaine: let me ask -- mr. pompeo: i share your case. in each case where we can and america and our soldiers and marines are better off if we have the entirety of the united states government working together and having authorized the activity. sen. kaine: for the past year i have been trying to secure the administration's detailed legal justification for last april's strikes on the military base in syria. the administration has not fully provided it. and there is reportedly a memo that is laying out in description of what the president or the administration feels are the appropriate executive powers. would you support the release of the nonclassified portion of that memo to congress so t

kaine: -- important. the current relationship on the political side with mexico is very strange. -- strained. presidential rhetoric on the mexican side of the border is also in a really aggressive back and forth right now. how is that affecting the meal to mill -- milton miller mil to milp -- relationship? gen. o'shaughnessy: the highlights the importance of the mil to mil. that provides visibility if you have a strong relationship. i applaud the general's efforts to enhance that. why have seen in the philippines play out is our strong milton miller relationship with our philippine counterpart is what has allowed us to go through some political ups and downs with our relationship with the government of the philippines sen. kaine: -- philippines. --ould way that same model apply that same model to mexico. as the political aspects go up and down, that foundation will provide us the ability to continue the great benefit we have from that relationship. sen. kaine: i think that is a great insight. it might be

chairman. >> senator kaine. >> i also want to work on this issue. i am not supporting this motion as it currently stands, but one thought i perhaps would put forward on the floor we can have discussions on the bill of this rule change goes to the floor as if the cloture vote achieves 60 votes or more common than the time limits would collapse to the lankford proposal. in other words, would alleviate the situation where you have a cloture vote and everybody is for the person they are going to pass 98 to two. why do we have to take all that time? that is a suggestion i've prepared in the amendment language, that is one we can talk about at this matter proceeds. another proposal is you and i have discussed at seeing and i'm one of those new people, not younger, but new, where why can't we do other things while we are waiting for the eight hours for the 30 hours to relapse if it is not being used for debate on the nominee? in other words, can we walk and chew gum at the same time? and consider other matters during that period. those of you who have been

senator kaine: you're talking about mexican drug addiction. there is a whole series of issues where operation with mexico is important. drug interdiction, etc.. the current relationship on the political side with mexico is very strained. the presidential rhetoric and presidential candidate rhetoric on the mexican side of the in a reallyso aggressive back and forth right now. the currentffecting relationships with mexico? what do you think you could do? how do you think you would make sure those relationships stay strong and mark general that provides stability if you have a solid foundation. i applaud general robinson's efforts to enhance that. what i see in the philippines play out is our strong note to milk relationship with our philippine counterpart is what allowed us to fairly seamlessly through political ups and downs with our relationship with the government of the philippines. i would apply that same model to mexico in the sense that that foundation you said will allow continue asnship to the political aspects go up and down as they ma

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senator kaine. senator kaine: thank you. i appreciate the witnesses testimony. to do a senator kaine broken record topic and talk to you about congressional authorization for military forces. you each appears before the defense subcommittee of senate appropriations a year ago and 2017. secretary mattis, you stated "i would take no issue with the congress stepping forward, but it would be a statement of the american people's resolved if you did so.i thought the last several thing -- i thought the same thing for the last several years. i wondered why congress would not come forward with this at least a debate, because isis is a clear and present danger." general dunford you stated "i agree with the secretary. not only would it be a sign of the american people's result, but the -- but the men and women would -- support military force which would let them know that the people in congress, they fully support what they are doing every day and -- in putting their lives in harm's way." are you generally consistent with the testimony you gave on this topic? >> generally,

senator kaine. senator: thank you, mr. chairman. during negotiations during the iran nuclear deal, you objected and you stated that it is under 2000 sorties to destroy the nuclear capacity and iran. a number of people opposed to the deal, but you were unique and thinking military action was preferable or easier than some folks were suggesting. where did you get the notion that destroying iran's nuclear capacity could be done with 2000 air sorties? your career as member of the house until committee? dir. pompeo: i believe that is right. i believe i was serving on the intelligence committee at that point in time. kaine: did you have any reluctance to share that assessment publicly? to publicly discuss it would be 2000 sorties to wipe out the iranian capacity struck me as odd. dir. pompeo: no classified information was contained in that simple statement. kaine: wouldn't that number implies the specific? dir. pompeo: 2000 is a pretty big number, might have been 1000 or 3000 and there was no aim to communicate. senator kaine: but you are

kaine is pushing legislation at the national level. arguing that addressing the problem will benefit the military in the long run. >> i have a kid in the military. you know the brass always tells you, that you know, it's the soldier or marine makes the decision to come in. usually the reenlistment is made by a family. >> we are the backbone of military. i think if we had more people standing up behind us and saying, we believe in you. we are going to put -- the money. behind you. >> behind it. >> reporter: why is this an important issue to fix it? >> i think we should try to fix it. it is the right thing to do. we are the heroes on the home front. we are home keeping the kids together. we are the accountant, house cooper, we are all of these professions on a daily basis. just so that our spouses can go to work and serve the country. >> bye! >> now, erin and laquisha told us the problem has gotten so bad. more couples are living apart so the spouse can stay behind and work. senator kaine and olay ultra moisture body wash gives skin the

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senator kaine: if we get into the subsequent retaliation issues, the aluminum and steel issues matter to virginians i've got coors beer and annheuser-busch, big breweries buying alum numb for cans and i ve a doubling truck plant in pulaski, the only manufacturer of volvo trucks, going to razz their costs, raise costs to consumers. there is some effect just on the aluminum and steel issue in virginia. over the course of the last couple of weeks, been on recess, traveling around a lot of concern in virginia on the retaliation side, the announcement by china they'd retaliate on soy and pork and other agricultural products, are channeling to virginians. have you at the c.b.o. started to do analysis of what either this -- the tariff on aluminum and steel or more broadly if retaliation were to occur, what would the effect be on american workers and american farmers? dr. hall: we haven't. in fact, our economic forecast closed about mid february. so we haven't taken into of that on board. certainly this sort of thing we'd pay attention to and see how things turn out. it would be something we'

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was not acting in self-defense they did not get security council authorization as tim kaine said and in your report the u.s. congress did not weigh in on this so it's is illegal internationally and under u.s. law and the fact that the o.p.c. w. inspectors who despite the u.s. veto of that russian resolution agreed to an invitation from the syrian government to go there to that town of too much of the suburb of damascus to take soil samples blood samples and talk to people to see if in fact a chemical weapon at all was used whether it's chlorine or something else that the attack came now the timing is quite suspicious why on the very day of the few hours before they were to begin their work the u.s. decided to strike one has to question that on the issue of chlorine one has to also remember that chlorine is not classified as a chemical weapon it is not one of the banned weapons of the o p c w it can be used as a chemical weapon but it wasn't bad that's important because a lot of commentators here like christiane amanpour c.n.n. tonight was saying that russia promised that they that th

our president enforces the red line we'll talk with her then with virginia's democratic senator tim kaine. he called the scribe illegal and reckless since the president did not seek approval of congress. the legal problems intensify after the fbi raids his personal attorney's office and home. michael cohen is now the subject of a criminal investigation into his business which may impact his clients, president trump and another head cake for the president as former fbi director james comey tell-all book is released. we'll have analysis on all the news and what's next in syria coming up on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation." i'm margaret brennan. friday night's strike in syria was launched by british, french and u.s. over 100 missiles were fired at three sites in syria that the u.s. identified as chemical weapons facilities. syrian 'teams shoot them down failed and russian forces held their fire avoiding the escalation that u.s. officials had feared. defense secretary mattis called eight heavy strike but one-time shot that set the syrian's chemical weapons back ye

kim canputin -- tim kaine who ran on her ticket all so-called him out.arry reid said of course he should resign. and he was the leader in the senate at the time. there are very few things that bind washington together. the book doesn't reveal anything, by the seems that james comey wants his legacy to be this book. but his legacy is somebody who lied under oath to congress. he destroyed huma abedin. he said there were hundreds of thousands of emails on that laptop computer and it turns throughout were two or three. judge jeanine: i wish we had someone who could make him accountable for lies before congress. but i want to thank you, kellyanne for being us tonight. joining us with more on the airstrikes in syria, retired general anthony taeda and david hunt. colonel hunt, i'll go to you first. what are these airstrikes. what is the message these airstrikes joined by france and the u.k., what message to they send to syria, russia and iran? >> in context, judge, we did this last year about the same time to an air base. the problem is between that strike and

evander kaine scoreless after one. gibson makes the save, covers up. anaheim, kessler. 5 on 3 circled around kaine, bangs it home. his first ever playoff game. 1-0. his second of the period so 2-0, sharks. and then it's just a fortunate play after a lazy play. his 13th career playoff goal. sharks up 3-0 after two. and right now in the third period it is 3-0 san jose. kind of interesting little tweet here by the oakland raiders wishing good luck to the las vegas golden knights. what is this before their opening game of the stanley cup playoff series. nothing about the sharks? nothing? you're still in the bay area, mark davis. come on, give a sharky some love. how about the warriors practice facility? look at this. larry o'brien trophy on the left, the stanley cup on the right. side by side. wouldn't it be nice if both wer to reswrd in the bay area for the next year. which leads us to the warriors. well, let's go right to the tape. face time is not that important, guys. it really is not. here's greg papovich and steve kerr. they'll meet in round one of it playoffs. he rem

senator kaine was hillary clinton's running mate in the 2016 elections. good morning. we have 2,000 troops in syria. the president sent a letter to congress yesterday saying he has the constitutional authority to do this. because it's a vital national security and foreign policy interest of the united states but he doesn't need congress' approval, true? >> no, the president's wrong. it's one that i would likely support if he brought it to congress. but we have a president, not a king. and the constitution says it's congress that gets to decollar war, not the president. what the president can do is defend the united states against imminent attack. if it's a matter of going on offense against the sovereign nation of syria, he's got to come to congress. especially since they've laid out that they've known for months about these chemical weapons attacks. >> asking for congress' approval though, you've raised a large qer, is where's the strategy, right? >> it's very important. a military action isn't an end, it's a means to an end. after raqqah fell, our troops did a great

rid of the chemical weapons or whatever, it would be justified again, this measure by senator tim kaine, bob corker to reign that in or check with congress would be overreach. >> that's a different issue whether or not we pass an authorization for the use of military force. my own view is the administration clearly has the authority to do what they have been doing, not only these kind of strikes but we have personnel in syria. we did when president obama was there. my own view is the existing authorization for the use of military force i believe that's the view of the administration as well amuf. authorization for use of military force. we have see it whether they report something out and we will take a look at it. >> neil: president is looking at 1.3 trillion-dollar spending measure. wants to rescind a lot of that spending. are you okay with it? >> he agreed with it. he was involved in the negotiation. and sign the bill. >> neil: but he warned i'm never going to do this again? >> we had an agreement with the democrats. >> neil: came out. >> can't make an agreement one month and say oka

off awe senator tim kaine was clinton's runningmate. fbi has two clear rules, don't talk about a pending investigation. don't inject controversy before an election. they didn't follow the rules with respect to hillary clinton. >> meanwhile the president is fuming about evidence seized from his personal attorney during an fbi raid. attorney-client privilege ledge is now a thing of the past. but the white house insists, president trump remains cool. >> look, the president is very confident in the fact that he has done nothing wrong. and he can't speak on behalf of anyone else. but very confident in what he has, hasn't done. >> a federal judge requested michael cohen appear for a court hearing in new york tomorrow. this morning, adult film star, stormy daniels' attorney said daniels will attend. daniels was paid $130,000 by cohen, she claims, hush money to keep a 2006 sexual encounter with mr. trump quiet. as daniels' attorney put it monday could prove very interesting. elaine. >> thank you. >>> a spring blizzard buried the upper midwest t

chair. >> thank you, senator kaine. senator blumenthal. >> thanks. m thank you both for your service and to your families as well. admiral davidson, you led the comprehensive review of the fatal collisions that occurred in the pacific, leading to the death of 17 sailors, including two from connecticut. in fact, i think there were two reviews. are you satisfied that the navy is pursuing whatever measures were recommended as a result of those reviews? >> yes, sir. very much. the vice chief and the undersecretary of the navy are leading an oversight council to make sure that that recommendations get inculcated. in fact, in just the last couple of weeks, the vice chief, i accompanied him once, has been over here on the hill to brief both professional staff on the house and senate side on the progress made so far. >> are you satisfied that sufficient resources have been dedicated to achieving those goals? >> the vice chief gave guidance in a recent navy meeting alone to try to get some of the investments that were targeted farther to the right in the fit

senator kaine even going so far as to call the action reckless.e says the last thing congress should be doing is giving the president a blank check to wage war. is that an overreaction? or legitimate concern? >> kelly, i think it is a little bit of both. i do think that the president should have gotten congressional approval to strike syria, and the president himself thought so when obama was in the white house as we're seeing some of the many tweets that donald trump tweeted at the time. but let's face it, democrats did not complain and did not seek congressional approval when obama bombed libya. they didn't seek it when bill clinton bombed kosovo. the fact is the united states hasn't made a formal declaration of war since world war ii and presidents of both parties since then have had many military moves. this is not even -- we're talking just about the war power right now. we're not talking about the many other things that the president and congress does that are unconstitutional. you don't see healthcare in the constitution, for example. democ

inton's runningmate, senator kaine, said he's part of the lowest moment in the f.b.i. even maxine waters said comey has no credibility. the f.b.i. should not be led by a political hack. his loyalty is clear it's only to himself. if you can get this group of people and people like mark meadows and others to agree on something i think you have to be right. jim. reporter: what about the dossier, though? did he also lie about the dossier and the conversation with president trump about that? sarah: the dossier is false opposition research that was funded by the clinton campaign to attack the president. it was used illegally to justify spying on americans. i think that's quite the problem. jim. reporter: sarah, about content of the president's attacks on jim comey, your attacks on jim comey, isn't all that a bit unbecoming of the presidency of this white house to go after him in such a personal way like that? sarah: i think it's -- reporter: slime ball and liar and leaker? sarah: it's unbecoming for the person that's supposed to be the top law enforcement official in the uni

he reminds me of tim kaine or somebody. i get other information from other sources including judicial watch. they offer some evidence about miss doings on the part of the epa. i'm in no position to debate mr. dean. i'm not calling for that purpose. but you sound like a hustler to me. host: when did your feelings about nrdc, when did that change? what issue did it change on? caller: as i began to get information about things that go on in the epa, that was contrary to my naive and idealized picture of the environmental movement. i'm not anti-environment at all. i am open to the idea that things are not entirely the way and man like mr. dean presents them. host: was it this administration or the previous administration? caller: during the obama administration. guest: thank you for the call. thank you for your past support. i hope one day you will come back. i can only tell you what we do. we tell the truth about what is happening to the environment. i can source this for you with gold standards. we advocate for policy solutio

saying that he should not be able to make that decision unilaterally with former virginia senator tim kainetrikes against syria without congress' approval is illegal. we need to stop giving presidents a blank check to wage war. today it's syria, but what's today it's syria, but what's going to stop him from bombing iran or north korea next? we're back with dan henninger, mary kissel and bill mcgurn. so, mary, step back a bit before we get into kaine -- [laughter] what's the general response been politically? >> remember, it was a democrat who wanted to enforce the red line in syria first, that was president obama. so i think generally speaking on both sides of the aisle there's an acceptance this was the right thing to do and president trump's last strike wasn't enough of a deterrent and that this strike was proportionate to that. so i think, broadly speaking, there's support. i think he'd have more support if it was part of a larger strategy about how to approach syria in the context of the broader middle east. paul: and yet chuck schumer said i support the response, this is the democratic

i talked to tim kaine about it. it's not going to satisfy either side.be that means it's in the right space. i couldn't agree with you more. this is a responsibility of congress. we avoided it. we sat on the sidelines. let the president act unilateral areally and criticized. so this is a time for the president to step up. i certainly hope they'll do so. my understanding is that bill will be introduced last night or this morning and that bob corker expects to bring to the committee within the next couple of weeks. it ought to happen. >> we'll be on it. it will be interesting to see if it has a mechanism for what you do when the president intends not to follow that authorization, what do you do? usually you just fall silent and we watch what happens. but senator, i appreciate your attention to this issue. we'll stay on it. you're always welcome here. >> thanks, chris. >>> alisyn? >> now to this, senator john mccain had surgery yesterday. how is he? we have details on his health next. mayor maybe they're justnts posinan ordinary couple.uple. either way, thi

will it be the democrats you know, tim kaine, you voted for him time and time again.irginia you are absolutely right is the sort of place where democrats do quiet well. and those are the voters that turned out in huge numbers back last november in that governor's race. while precincts that had voted for donald trump, when his name wasn't on the ballot. they didn't have as many voters as they needed to counter the dems. so you will need a candidate who can really energize those republican voters even though trump's name is not on the ballot and get them to turn out. >> also, you need to get the president of the united states himself to turn out and stump for the candidate, whoever it is. >> i imagine that republican candidates are going to want to have trump support in order to get their base energized. the real question is how many swing voters are they and do they matter? that's always going to be the thing that i think is really going to decide this race. steve: it always comes down to the independents. you right. kristen, have a great weekend. >> thank you. steve:

. >> ahead on "cbs this morning," senator tim kaine of virginia, a member of both the armed services committee and the foreign relations committee who believes the syrian strike was reckless and without a clear strategy. >>> the remnants of a deadly mid-april weather system that battled the upper midwest with snow and tornadoes is impacting the south this morning. a tornado spotted near greensboro, north carolina, killed at least one man. at least as of late yesterday, over 75,000 homes were without power. parts of wisconsin got more than two feet of snow. the heavy snow caused part of a motel roof to collapse. no one was injured. and parts of minnesota got 2 feet of snow. hundreds of flights were canceled and roads were closed. >>> former first lady barbara bush is in failing health and will not seek additional treatment. the exact nature of her health problem has not been disclosed but she was treated for a thyroid condition and had heart surgery in 2009. >> reporter: the former first lady has been in and out of the hospital. barbara bush is only the second woman to be both a wife

tim kaine and jeanne shaheen, who did vote for pompeo to be the cia director. it will be interesting to see what their questioning of him is, are they still going vote for him? looking for ways to draw him out and in a way they would be in conflict with him, to not vote for him? we'll see. somebody else to look for, dianne feinstein, who voted for mike pompeo but is getting pressure from progressives not to vote for him again. >> we saw protesters in the hearing room with signs opposing pompeo's confirmation as the next secretary of state. and, phil, you used to work at the cia, he's been the cia director for a year. this is a guy who was a member of congress from kansas, a republican, he graduated number one in his class from west point. he went to harvard law school, clearly very intelligent, he's got some serious political experience. what are you hearing from your former colleagues over there, how he did at the cia? >> i think okay. the state department is better for him. he has strong policy views. >> here is bob corker, the chairman. >> -- our committee m

what it is static congress now wants to give trump more war powers yes tim kaine and bob corker claim the new a un now they presented to congress does limit trumps powers however most legal scholars including the a.c.l.u. have noted not only was the core of. almost irretrievably seed to the executive branch the power to declare war but it also would give this president and all future presidents authority to engage in worldwide war so basically it would cost of exactly what we have already have so basically the two party corporate con men have sorry con people have. given. dictators tool box to trump most of it created under bush and obama and there are no hurry to decrease it and guess what right to maddow in the rest of the war hungry corporate talking heads are in no hurry to cover the real stories just because this board start scared joe is already saying our rescue a bomb. company or was it the same god they. are our while call. and lead can malice take the news from behind the breaking news there has been a chemical attack in america apparently took place in flint michigan they w

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senator tim kaine saying on twitter that you know we're fifteen months into the trump administration and says that there is no strategy to be seen yet when it comes to syria saying that threats tweets and one of strikes are not a strategy nor is baiting russia what do you make of his comments. well he's running to underline that confusion in america's foreign policy. establishment because both president obama and president trump have wanted to get out of syria basically they did not want to get sucked into a permanent position in syria the way they have in iraq and afghanistan and that's one policy but of course much of the foreign policy establishment wants america to set up shop in syria and to really change the course of the civil war to ease assad out roll back iran and and undo much of the failures that america has experienced since the invasion of iraq and and trump doesn't want to do that he's already called in his campaign these war stupid wars he's criticized both president bush and clinton secretary of state period or regime change which he said was stupid and had only brou

senator tim kaine. fifteen months and the trumpet administration has no serious strategy threats tweets one off strikes are not a strategy but eighteen russia is not a strategy this is why congress needs to reassert control over war powers during tuesday's security council meeting the us ambassador nikki haley proclaimed russia's hands are covered in the blood of syrian children and added that shaming russia with the pictures of those kids hasn't worked r.t. if you are trying to go takes a look at the pictures of the children the u.s. envoy chip chose not to show a word of warning you might find the following images upsetting to shame the russians all u.s. officials think they have to do is say one word kids who are some reason you who are all covered in the blood of syrian children cannot be assumed by pictures of their kids victims. we turn for you see mrs haley said it out loud there used to telling the world about kids russia's friends killed with the latest chemical attack call like always the amer

d> reporter: senator tim kaine was clinton's running mate. >> the f.b.i. clear rules, don't talk about an impending investigation and don't inject controversy before an election. they didn't follow the rules beth respect to hillary clinton. >> reporter: meanwhile the president is still fuming about evidence seized from his attorney during an f.b.i. raid tweeting "attorney client privilege is now a thing of the past," but the white house ousists president trump remains cool. nt what the president is very confident is the fact that he has done nothing wrong, and he can't speak on behalf of anyone else but he is very confident in what he has and hasn't done. >> reporter: a federal judge has requested that michael cohen rppear for a court hearing in new york tomorrow. this morning adult film star stormy daniel's attorney said daniels will also attend. of course you remember daniels was paid $130,000 by cohen. she claims "hush money" to keep a 2006 sexual encounter with mr. trump quiet. as daniel's attorney put it, monday could prove very interesting. elaine? >

that these airstrikes were not a substitute for a real strategy in syria and we also heard from tim kaine a democratic congressman who and he came out and he said that these airstrikes were illegal they've also been some republicans who have said that and argued that the u.s. constitution does not allow the president to engage in military actions without the approval of congress he will recall that even in previous military actions where there's not declared wars the u.s. congress usually passes some kind of authorization of the use of force or something to that effect but in this case donald trump you know he went ahead and did this and that when when the pentagon came out they invoked a certain clause in the u.s. constitution in article two arguing that this was legal so there is debate about the constitutionality of terms action now we understand that that the airstrikes were conducted not only not only against homes but particularly against damascus now damascus is a very densely populated area it's under the control of the syrian government and all the civilians from all across syria

said these strikes don't substitute a substitute for an actual policy in syria we've also heard tim kaine the democratic congressman now he has said that these strikes were illegal now there were of there was a lot of talk about the possibility of of does donald trump need the permission of congress to engage in this kind of activity there was no there was no approval for such a strike or authorization for the use of force from congress or the legality is being questioned by many democrats now furthermore in the aftermath of the strikes we then got an update from the pentagon we got general dunford as well as u.s. secretary of defense james mattis and they came out and explained exactly what went on they said that double the number of weapons that were used in last year's strike against the syrian arab republic were used in tonight's strike and furthermore they talked about how it was a fifty minute sustained attack fifty minutes of attack furthermore they wanted to specify this was what they called a one time strike this is james mattis. but right now this is a one time shot and i believ

senator kaine. i want to continue to work on this issue. i am not i in support of the motion as it currently stands but one thought that i perhaps will put forward on the floor and we can have a discussion is as this rule change goes to the floor is at the vote achieves 60 votes or more than the time limits would collapse to the langford proposal. in other words it would alleviate the situation where you have a cloture vote and everybody is for the person. they are going to pass 98-2. that's a suggestion that i have prepared in language but it's one that we should talk about as this matter proceeds. another proposal that you and i have discussed and i'm one of those new people, not younger but new. why can't we do other things while we are waiting for eight hours or the 30 hours to lapse? it's not eating used for debate on the nominee. in other words can we walk and chew gum at w the same time? and to consider other matters during that period and those who have been there longer than i have perhaps know why that's not the case that is a new

between or between the who's community and the refugees ok laura i want to come back to a point that tim kaine made a moment ago when he talked about the conditions not being there for these refugees to start returning to myanmar you've said that you know the government has been making some positive steps but i wonder does it have a clear plan for the ruhi in jail once they return to myanmar obviously the pace they're facing a lot of pressure from the international community but is there a plan in place from the government do you think to to accept these people back and i mean i would actually sorry corrections i am actually don't think the government has been making that many positive steps i think it's positive that the minister has gone to find out you know when you look at what's actually happening in iraq and state and south you know we don't just have a system of oppression and discrimination but in the last few months the government has been bulldozing her has been starting to rebuild now the government says that this is to welcome the new time needs but what our research showed was sat