real escalation by the iranians in iraq and the gulf that resulted to act on us forces with qassem soleimani and that strike in iraq. so what you are seeing consolidating and reprisals. you also saw the president reading we will seek the islamic revolutionary guard corps navy if they harass our ships in the gulf. fireman will continue to push when i think there is a chance for an escalation that would result in a reply one - - a reprisal may be iranian assets so to demonstrate with the qassem soleimani strike we know what the real return addresses. so the interest of time in the gulf in iraq a country in crisis with that backlash as well. so through the political crisis and the dissatisfaction with their government and then the prime minister is blocked by the iranians and then is a good leader and through the intelligence agency he is an effective leader. but he will be stuck with a difficult situation the iraqi budget is at least two times bigger this year and that's probably an understatement and then you have the covid-19 crisis as well as the subversion of the government. so now that's

in january president trump ordered the killing of iranian commander qassem soleimani.days into the new year, we were bracing for the possibility of another war in the middle east. two prior presidents evaluated the risk of killing sole many and decided against it. congress exerted its constitutional authority. as you know, wars can only be declared by congress and unless the united states or americans are in immediate danger the white house must give congress notice of any military action it takes. neither of those criteria were met in january. the way in which the strike on qassem soleimani was conducted was another demonstration of trump's disregard for the constitution. the constitution ascribes a division of powers, a system of checks an balances. our entire governing process hinges on this very concept. no one branch of government outweighs another. the ability to declare war or authorize military action is explicit given to congress in the constitution, article 1 section 8 clause 1, quote, the congress shall have the power to provide for the common defense and ge

forces since the january 3 killing of qassem soleimani, with the drone strike in iraq.hink what we are seeing is u.s. forces consolidating you can see militias inside of iraq pretty also saw just yesterday the president tweeting that we will sink islamic revolutionary guards corps navy vessels that harass our ships in the gulf. i think iran is going to push it and they're going to push it beyond the limits. i think there is a chance for an escalation that will result in a reprisal may be directly against iran or raining assets. i think the trump administration of the soleimani strike when their proxies attack us, we know what the real return addresses. i think it's a dangerous time in the gulf as a result. what were seeing in iraq which is a country in crisis is a backlash against iran as well. you have a political crisis associate with that iraqi people with the government. when he had to step down, the next prime minister was supposed to be able to form a government, he's really blocked by the iranians. now you have this guy coming in who's a good leader, he certainly

kaine had introduced the measure after trump ordered the assassination of iranian commander qassem soleimani in january. president trump got into a testy exchange wednesdayay during an oval offffice meeting with medil workers markining national nurss day. sophia adams, president of the american association of nurse practitioners, told president trump she'd been forced to use a single n95 mask for weeks due to a shortage of personal protective equipment at her new orleans hospital. sporadic, has been but it has been manageable and we do what we have to do. we are nurses and we learn to adapt and do whatever the best thing we can do for our patients to get the job done and get the care provided. pres. trump: sporadic for you, but not for a lot of other people. >> i agree, mr. president. pres. trump: i have heard the opposite. amy: at least 27 u.s. medical workers have died of covid-19 amid critical shortages in ppe. national nurses united has been demanding for weeks president trump use his authority under the defense production act to speed production of n95 masks and other desperately-needed

the resolution passed after qassem soleimani, a top iranian commander, was killed in a u.s. strike. and on wall street, recession fears weighed down much of the market. the dow jones industrial average lost 218 points to clo at 23,664. the nasdaq did gain 45 points, but the s&p 500 slipped 20 points. still to come on the newshour: the supreme court continues to hear cases of consequence, from a distance. republican senator john thune discusses the federal government's latest coronavirus response.nu an increasiner of americans forego critical care, for fear of entering hospitals. the c.e.o. of southwest airlinet on industry's plans to and, much more. >> woodruff: a closely divided supreme court considered two cases today. the first was on the future of exceptions to a birth mandate in the affordable care act. the second, a challenge to a federal law banning robocalls. john yang walks us through the arguments on both sides, a the challenges that can come with dointhem remotely. >> reporter: day three of socially distance supreme court arguments brought a big dispute administra

we saw the trump administration make that decision to take out that top iranian general, qassem soleimaniinning of january and the regional talk was could there be a war with iran. now we've seen coronavirus hit not only countries like israel, but also the iranians very hard so we're going to be watching to see how things develop in the days, weeks and mondays to come. eric. eric: even stopped the notes in the western wall, taking every precaution they can like others across the globe. trey yingst, also good to see you from jerusalem. thank you. and we will be right back. your work is essential. that's why kubota's 1,100 dealers are working to keep you working. call or email your kubota dealer about 0% financing. no payments for 90 days offer expires 5/31. together we do more. >> tech: don't wait for a chip like this to crack your whole windshield. with safelite's exclusive resin, you get a strong repair that you can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost to you. >> customer: really?! >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ arthel: arizona teens celebrate

so to say the strike against qassem soleimani was a great thing nobody said that qassem soleimani but to justify that is a necessity the president says it was not to use of force against iran. is that it was justified by the constitution. and the iraq war of 2002. i haven't heard anyone assert that as a justification to kill the iranian leader. it was now the top of saddam hussein to use that as a resolutionn to attack members of the iranian government is a stretch. we live in a hostile world and the constitution recognizes the president must be able to anticipate the next moves to take swift and decisive action in congress should not have passed this resolution mr. president you cannot tell the article one branch how to do its job. we can't tell article to branch how to do its job. but the president to say it's insulting for congress to take up matters of war and peace and we should not have passed a resolution shows a misunderstanding. we are not article two. five, we don't play mother may i we have her own independent responsibilities we swear to uphold. sj 68 was a great example o