i don't know that rand paul will do a darn thing. >> well, it's interesting. there's going to be a vehicle for it. kim cain, one of my senators from the great state of commonwealth of virginia is introducing essentially a resolution, piece of legislation that would say he can't do this without congress's -- >> that's from bernie sanders. >> and tim kaine, tim kaine, right. and, listen, if rand paul wants to prove -- he can sign up and get other people as well. >> that won't -- >> in terms of the press, there's still the clinging to this naivety about. trump. so, yes, we're seeing more skepticism now in terms of the

lou: submitting it, rand paul. roberts offering no further explanation.enator paul told reporters his question was entirely appropriate. >> my question made no reference to any whistleblower or any kind of person or complaintant from the whistleblower. manager schiff says he has no knowledge. if he has no knowledge, the rest of us can have no knowledge hot whistleblower is. it means anybody anybody ever said might have been the whistleblower could never be discussed in a proceeding. it's very important whether or not a group of democratic activists part of the obama-biden administration were work for years looking for an opportunity to impeach the president. lou: schiff was later asked about the role of one sean hurricanes sko, the staffer hired -- sean misko. >> i will not dignify that by giving them the any credence. nor will i share any information i believe could lead to the identification of the whistleblower. >> i can tell you hot whistleblower should be. it should be every one of us. every one of us should be will fog blow the whistle on presidenti

i think the words used by rand paul and mike lee were striking and, i mean, susan collins is toeing the line, but walk us through where the divide is among senate republicans. >> reporter: well, i think yesterday was a huge moment, what we heard from mike lee and rand paul echos what we heard from them in the past, but the language, like you said, poppy, is very specific, very strong. i want you to take a listen to what they said yesterday. >> to come in and tell us that we can't debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran. it is un-american. it is unconstitutional. and it is wrong. >> the constitution said the power to declare war was to be given to congress. they specifically did not give that power to the president. i didn't learn anything in the hearing that i hadn't seen in a newspaper already and none of it was overwhelming that x was going to happen. >> reporter: and, of course, we're watching to see if there are going to be more republicans who might err on the side of -- with the democrats in voting for this war powers resolution. senator susan

what do you think about this whole rand paul situation? we just had a back-and-forth between rand paul and senator senator van hollen. what do you say? was it appropriate to bring that up? >> i think it's absolutely appropriate to ask they whistle-blower with a staff of adam schiff and adam schiff himself. we've tried to ask mr. schiff, what contacted you have with the whistle-blower? why did july about a question mark why did your staff lie about it question mickey won't answer any of the questions on the floor. they are berating us and say that it's improper to ask about these questions. >> martha: he says he doesn't know him. had no knowledge of it whatsoever. >> we know that's not true. >> martha: what reason do you have to believe that it isn't true? >> he lied about it in the past. he said he had no contact with her with the whistle-blower in the past, the whistle-blower did not reach out to his staff. turned out it was all untrue. before the whistle-blower filed for a complaint, he contacted adam schiff and his staff. we know that s

but it seem like he has these two voices around him, rand pul, linay graham, rand paul sha criticism today for the president. he said thiis a president, as susa pointed out, who campaigned on ending perpetual war. here rand paul said on fx news today, this could lead to exactly that. which is a striking comment from an ally. robert: nancy, when you hear what lisa just said about senator cotton and senator graham really being concerned about theid prt's policy in the middle east, does that reflect concerns of u.s. allies in the rethon aboutu.s. withdrawal of troops and what that could mean for israel and other u.s. allies in terms of stability? >> well,e i think one of challenges for the allies is that they are now susceptible, u arguably, b of these strikes. there's a coalition of dozens of countriesn iraqoperating there. the message that the u.s. has sent ithat the amerins can't be killed. but one way iran could potentially retaliate is to target its allies. the other thing i would point out is that the u.s. hs said its presence i iraq is a counterisis campaign and yet carried out a

and as you know, senators mike lee and rand paul were not satisfied. they felt the evidence was scant. are the other senators comfortable that they weren't fed false pretenses? that the predicate for this wasn't based on shoddy intelligence? >> well, we only know what they're willing to say publicly at this point. obviously questions privately or other republicans are more skeptic skeptical. a little bit, yeah. what i thought was so noteworthy was the reminder of how different the republican party has become in the last ten years from what we knew and saw then when rand paul and mike lee were the norm. they were part of the tea party revolution. and on a domestic front. but also when it comes to international policy. and they are the sole republicans willing to stand up and say what so many more republicans said back then. again, it wasn't that long ago which was wait a second. which is this is our country. we need to know more. look what happened with the iraq war where there was a preemptive strike and a war based on bad intelligence. such a remarkab

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i was standing next to rand paul. and rand paul walked up and waited for several minutes as democrats were finishing up. they waited and waited. they wanted to get out. mike lee's face was bright red by the end of that. it wasn't that they were just saying trust us. the briefers were saying debate would be division, and that would be helping iraq. and that really set mike lee off. it was like just having the debate on the senate floor -- i wrote them all down. he said the briefers were unamerican, unconstitutional, insulting and completely unacceptable. >> that is stunning, because if you take the flip side, now you hear from the administration that it's unamerican or unpatriotic to question them at this moment. this is not quite in those words, but listen to the vice president this morning. >> i know mike and senator rand paul opposed the self-defense actions that we've taken in yemen, and we'll continue to discuss those honest differences of opinion with them. to protect sources and methods, we're simply not able to

>> well, i agree with senator lee and senator rand. some bipartisan agreement, it was a joke what i heard today. there was nothing of substance that went to show whether there was any imminent threat or anything of that nature. there was nothing that was given that i did not already know from either msnbc or reading from other news source. it was really a joke in that regards. >> you're saying it was a joke quote, unquote, and you're saying you didn't hear any information that wasn't already in the public domain? >> i heard nothing new. >> how does that compare to a military style briefings you've had in past years and past administratio administrations? >> well, look, it was completely different. i was here in 2002, and though i voted against the iraq resolution, i did have the opportunity -- they were talking about imminent threat and this and that, i had the opportunity to go and talk to -- to listen to what they told me, but then to try to verify the facts of what they said, so i went to the pentagon myself and talked to folks. i h

that was the last thing that lindsey graham said about mike lee and rand paul.e's rand paul's reaction to lindsey graham accusing him of empowering the enemy. >> he insults the constitution, our founding fathers, and what we do stand for in this republic by making light of it and accusing people of lacking patriotism. i think that's a low, gutter type of response. >> joining our discussion, joy reid, msnbc national correspondent and the host of "a.m. joy," she's the author of "the man who sold america." and ned price is with us, former senior director and spokesperson for the national security council in the obama administration, an msnbc national security contributor. joy, it got hot with that republican reaction. i can't remember seeing a senator walking out saying that one made up my mind. i'm voting against my party. >> first of all, before i answer, i have to congratulate you on that interview with former secretary of state kerry. >> i just listened. >> it was a great interview and i'll be stealing huge chunks of it for my show. >> he did say a lot of impor

mike lee and rand paul, two republican senators. listen to what senator lee had the say. >> probably the worst briefing i've seen, at least on a military issue, in the nine years i've served in the united states senate. to come in and tell us that we can't debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran. it's un-american. it's unconstitutional and it's wrong. that was insulting. that was demeaning to the process ordained by the constitution and i find it unacceptable. i walked in undecided. i walked out decided specifically because of what happened in that briefing. >> wolf, it was that last point that's the most tangible result that left a number of senators wanting more. mike lee and rand paul saying they will back a war powers resolution that will restrict the administration's authority to conduct hostile activities related to iran. senator tim kaine is the sponsor. now both republicans are on board. both senators lee and paul have long been critics of the expanding article two authority when it comes

republican senators rand paul and mike lee previously voiced support for the measure. but i think we can all talk about the fact that with regards to that cause of imminent attack we've had quite an issue with the administration defining what an imminent attack is with the most recent strike against the general. >> yes. let's switch gears and bring in janessa webb for a quick check of weather. hey, janessa. >> hey, good morning, have you enjoyed the warmer temperatures? they're going to fade away. one more day, before it's broken down by the extreme cold front. so highs today, cincinnati to nashville, literally 25 degrees

maintains numerous bases right across the middle east and the rand corporation estimates it cost between $50.00 to $150000000.00 a year per base and that takes up a huge chunk of the annual $700000000000.00 u.s. defense budget so do the host nations really pay anything towards those costs well i've done a little research on this too and the answer is a little murkier than i expected to find. it depends on which country we're talking about japan south korea pay substantial amounts and in europe there are substantial contributions of various natures financially accountable for the american military presence in iraq i'm not so clear that they are actually making

that's where rand paul ran afoul. the red line the chief justice drew. why that's extraordinary, we haven't really scene it before. on the third impeachment trial we've had. the chief justice traditionally plays a very reluctant role. more of a traffic cop, a procedural com than weighing in on things. what i can tell you is this isn't over yet. senator paul made it clear he is very frustrated. he believes he has every right to ask his question even if the chief justice doesn't want to read it aloud. it hasn't been resolved but a fascinating back story going on as these eight hours of questions were going on through the day. >> we saw hakeem jeffries, senator langford. one of the jurors, richard blumenthal of connecticut. minority leader schumer said at least at this point it seems likely there won't be witnesses. do you think that's right? >> still an uphill battle to get witnesses. i feel those kinds of questions that we saw from the moderates, when was the hold put on? it couldn't be answered because we don't have witnesses who could testify to it or d

bernie sanders a big critic of the move of the president, but so was rand paul. saying he is concerned that this will lead to an escalation. he joins us now by phone. senator, you were saying that u.s. soldiers deserve better than an undeclared war with iran, is that we are looking at here? >> i think the problem is that there is an open question whether or not attacks from iran are more or less likely, you can say that soleimani was planning to attack the u.s., that may be true, but with his death, is it more or less likely that the proxies people attacked the u.s.? i would argue it is much more likely, as you have an escalation and killing u.s. soldiers, there will be another responses will be a further escalation. i think without a declaration of war, without congress and the american people behind it, what you get is a messy mission, a mission of escalating intermittent violence that has no purpose or plan. and the country has not been told to be united, the president said that he did not want to perpetual war in the middle east, but adding more and more troo

were you surprised to see him and senator rand paul speak out?dsey graham dismissed them as libertarians and essentially outliers. >> look, the administration's -- i'm someone who's -- sorry. >> go ahead. >> two davids. >> david axelrod, go ahead, and we'll get david in. >> no, look, i think that if you were going to -- if you were going to identify two members of the republican party who were likely to dissent, it would be them. but look, they raised an important point, which is that there are constitutionally shared powers here, that congress does have responsibilities and they ought to be treated with respect and, you know, one of the -- you talk about building solidarity in the country, but it's also important to build solidarity for governing purposes. and bringing in the other branch, both democrats and republicans and sharing the burden of these decisions, is an important part of that. and it's a huge mistake to treat the congress as they're treating the congress here. >> david frum, i mean, on that point, it is remarkable to think, you kn

we just had a description from chris here i mean what how does a rand look at how the region is of all things because and i think it's only a matter of time before american troops leave iraq that means also syria how does that change the geo political reality or i'd like to say that american troops are in syria illegally under international law they were not invited there by the government in damascus so they should even go even faster so how does the political terrain change go ahead in. the world. ryan well obviously your guest in the united states knows nothing about iran and to call all those millions of people who went to the funeral loonatics is an insult to the nation what i do think is important is that trump himself admitted this is one of the ironies of this whole episode trump himself admitted once upon a time that it was iran and russia that were fighting isis and trump also admitted once upon a time that it was obama who created isis so. the the trump regime has admitted that soleimani because he was the key person who fought isis there were from the very beginning when is

but what the senate might do given what we heard from rand paul and mike lee describing that briefing as an unmitigated disaster, chuck schumer himself calling on those briefers to return to capitol hill, saying that briefing was the ultimate disrespect, i think he said, to the senate here. so there's more pressure on that front. as we heard from the vice president, one of the president's sort of vocal pieces on this entire strategy. he again said there was an imminent attack and that's the reason that they needed to get rid of qassem soleimani. but he did not say why specifically, what specifically that attack looked like, what the evidence was, that they haven't detailed behind closed doors as well when pressed about why they couldn't do that, he said even in a classified setting, there were concerns it would compromise sources and methods, something that did not sit well both with democrats and as you know with some of those republicans. >> to pick up those points about kral democrats slamming the briefing, i want to play a little bit of what they said yesterday. >> probably the wo

also for republican senators, mike lee and rand paul, who p h pushed back on that as well. that vote is going to be approved in a matter of minutes mostly along party lines. one democrat of new york has announced he would oppose this measure. democrats do expect to pick up perhaps one republican. so most ly along party lines. it will get approved. the senate side, the senate is pushing their own measure. tim kaine is close to getting a majority of support. you're seeing democrats and both chambers move ing ing to confro president on this issue. the white house is strongly oppose this measure as is republican leadership. >> manu, thank you. let's get more on this from jackie spear from california. she's a member of both the armed services and intelligence committees. congresswoman, thank you r for joining us. i want to start with this plane crash. have you been briefed on it? it certainly sounds like it was a mistake by the iranians. do you think they assumed this was some sort of u.s. military plane? >> i have been briefed on it. i'm not at liberty to say. but if what is be

that's where rand paul ran afoul. essentially the red line, the chief justice drew. why that's extraordinary is we haven't really seen this before obviously, only the third impeachment trial we've had. but the chief justice traditionally plays a very reluctant role here, more of a traffic cop procedural cop that actually weighing in on things. what i can tell you right now is this isn't over yet. senator paul has made clear he is very frustrated. he believes he has every right to ask his question even if the chief justice doesn't want to read it aloud. there is still a chance he may try and ask it again tomorrow. it hasn't been resolved. but kind of a fascinating back story that was going on as these eight hours of questions were going throughout the day, anderson. >> we're seeing house managers and hakeem jeffries, congressman nadler leaving earlier, langford. phil mattingly joining us. blumenthal of connecticut. schumer sa minority leader schumer said there may not be witnesses. do you think he's right? >> still an uphill battle to get witnesses. i feel those kinds

to or not you're empowering the enemy. >> so hallie, you're never going to find lindsey graham and rand paul at the same lunch table metaphorically or otherwise but there may be other senators that agree with the more libertarian minded lee and paul. we have seen republicans vote with democrats on war powers resolutions like this, like with yemen last year and some other votes. so democrats are looking to pick-off a handful of these republicans to join them in sending a bicameral rebuke to the white house. it would be a strong signal if chambers, one democrat controlled and one republican controlled tell him you can't move forward without authorization from us. >> right now seems way more likely in the house. right, garrett? >> yes. this is not a particularly heavy lift on the senate side either. two republicans, democrats would need four. there's at least a handful of other republican senators who i think could come across with democrats to send this signal on war powers. this is not necessarily going to be a hard party line vote here. >> guessing, garrett, when we hear from nancy pelo

iraq here where do things stand right now because if we look at it from tweets and whatnot you know a rand his decided to stand down how do you feel about that being interim go ahead . i think iran feels that trump stood down because when the iranians. launch the missiles all of them passed through the the air defenses and hit their targets so they were both accurate and the americans were unable to intercept them so that was a major success and i think that was a signal to washington that all their military bases in the persian gulf region are vulnerable and it also sends a message to the saudis their morality it back raney ruling family that the americans cannot defend them against iranian missiles and iran has huge numbers of missiles and huge numbers of underground storage centers from to from where they will fire them in case of war. so trump who is talking about bombing cultural sites and $52.00 targets southern the he became much more. let's say peace loving after after the attack so it's the iranians feel it's the other way around but more importantly i think the iranians believe t

. >> rand paul is here making his case against socialism.rdid details surrounding jeffrey epstein's life. ♪ers' world". >> if you vote for democrats, they will turn the u.s. into venezuela. >> if we vote for a socialist, you might get socialism. >> come on. corrupt murderer. >> that's not true. >> let me finish. [applause] >> don't do this to me. >> socialism is a very hot topic among democrats. bernie has been pushing it, it's not going anywhere i spoke with rand paul right after this contentious appearance on the field. his book, the case against socialism. >> who would've thought it was so controversial to say that he was a thug and a socialist in fact, socialism seems to breathe that. that's one of the things in the book. people say we are going to have this great socialist but then it turns out to me not so good. then stalin turns out to not be so good. it goes on and on. it was hard to have a conversation because he would not let me talk. >> we are going to do that here because i want you to extend to the audience now. everybody thinks

. >> rand paul is here making his case against socialism.sordid details surrounding jeffrey epstein's life. ♪ live from america's headquarters. white house has now sent congress former notification under the worst powers act of the drone strike that killed his own money. this as mourners taking to the street chanting death to america during a funeral procession for soleimani today. he's avenging his killing as president trump once again extending the airstrike that killed him while strongly urging against them. worsening as temperatures rise to record levels there. the australian prime minister now calling about 3000 members of the military reserves to help combat this rapidly spreading flames. so far 23 people have been killed. 23000 square feet mile bushes have burned. back to "watters' world". >> if you vote for democrats, they will turn the u.s. into venezuela. >> if we vote for a socialist, you might get socialism. >> come on. corrupt murderer. >> that's not true. >> let me finish. [applause] >> don't do this to me. >> socialism is a ve

your reaction to the reaction from republican senators mike lee and rand paul. you say the administration is obligated to start working with congress more but also say that congress needs to act more like adults when it comes to national security. are you concerned with the rhetoric and the way they're saying it or are you concerned with what they are saying? >> not necessarily what they're saying. i have -- i was one that also believed the aumf had long reached its expiration date. under obama, i was working with a group of members to try to get it reauthorized and make sure congress had an active and important role in that process. i think congress walked away from that responsibility since 2002. so we do need some aumf, but doing it for political purposes to say, i don't like the president so i'm going to not let him do x or y is not a way to conduct foreign policy or national security. and i can tell you this. as a chairman of the committee who got the most sensitive information and then i would go to these briefings that were broader wut eer with more membe

senator rand paul.will get they read from a guy who's very crucial in this ongoing impeachment today. west virginia democrat senator joe manchin. he's next after this. motor? nope. not motor? it's pronounced "motaur." for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. this round's on me.eat. who were born to ride, hey, can you spot me? come on in. find your place today, with silversneakers. included in most medicare advantage plans. enroll today by calling the number on your screen or visit getsilversneakers.com introducing new vicks vapopatch easy to wear, with soothing vicks vapors for her, for you, for the whole family. new vicks vapopatch. breathe easy. ♪ g♪ i want to go, go,es go where my baby is ♪ hey. hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network. only with xfinity xfi. downlaod the xfi app today. >> neil: welcome back everybody. republicans wrapped up stating their case. half the time they were all

senator rand paul here to weigh in on that. what do you think of that?nd of interesting. the comment is all relevant witnesses. would he agree that hunter biden is relevant and joe biden is relevant and the whistleblower is relevant? i guess is no. if they want the witnesses they want but they don't want any witnesses that the president wants. either allow all witnesses that the president's defense team deems necessary to their defense or no witnesses. we will not to a kangaroo court like you did in the house put the house only produce witnesses that adam schiff agreed to. what kind of kangaroo court as it where only the democrats get to pick the witnesses, and they decide who is relevant? that is absurd. i think this and that be more fair. i think republicans and democrats want to know more fair minded presentation. it is not going to be -- we are just going to invite witnesses that the democrats want and say the president will not invite witnesses that he thinks will help him? >> neil: that say there was a quid pro quo. are you open to a more witnesses

rand paul and ir into different places on this.paul as i understand it challenges the attack on general soleimani, i don't. i have accepted as a given in the circumstance that they may well have had legitimate authority to do what they did. my concern deals with what we do with iran forward and that response by vice president pence does not address my central concern. it is important that congress authorized the use of military force, when we engage in any kind of sustained military action, that's what i'm concerned about and that's what our brief errs were so dismissive of yesterday. >> bret: do you think we are at war with iran now? >> we are in a position where we easily could get into a war with iran and that's where it's especially important that we have a debate and a discussion. that's one of the ways we avoid getting into war and one of the real genius features of the constitution was to make it more difficult to get into war, specifically by requiring that more power be exercised only by congress. we have that debate and d

rand paul and senator mike lee. lee said that the briefing from the administration, he said it wasn't just bad -- >> it was the worst ever. >> -- he said it was the worst. listen to this. please. >> probably the worst briefing i've seen at least on a military issue in the nine years i've served in the united states senate. to come in and tell us that we can't debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran. it's un-american. it's unconstitutional. and it's wrong. >> what's he upset about, john? >> he's upset because the briefing wasn't just thin but the briefers allegedly said to debate the issue would be itself empowering to iran and un-american. and look, this is a very conservative guy. i give lee and paul a lot of credit. in this particular political environment, when anyone sticks up to their principles, that's an honorable action. and i think this is a matter of real principle and they're calling it out. what's really scary is the extent to which republicans have fallen in line by

. >> harris: if you pull down on that shop was senator mike lee, you add rand paul to his right as wellwas piping up about it. but a difference of opinion of what played out. >> jason: i think that you can bifurcate this, two different topics. the justification in the attack on soleimani, if you listen to what mike lee is talking about, what is the justification for future actions? where's the line? at what point does this stop? i think we should have a national discussion about this. but in this particular case, the president has the sole authority. the clear and present danger. the president can do this. >> harris: kennedy, when you talk about the constitution, because that's what lee and rand paul, how it was an insult was what mike lee said to the constitution. an insult. disrespectful not to look at that as your guide rather than the executive. >> kennedy: they are absolutely right. when mike lee and rand paul and thomas massie, and justin amash are all on the same page about a constitutional issue, they tend to be right. and mike lee is a cool customer. he is a measured individual

. >> reporter: in a rare act of defiance utah senator mike lee and kentucky's rand paul now say they will join democrats in voting for a war powers resolution. >> we need to have a debate about separation of powers. >> reporter: democrats said the briefing failed to show the strike was a good decision. most republicans thought otherwise. >> one of the best briefings i've had since i've been here in the united states congress. >> reporter: in iran leaders there say there won't be any concessions until the u.s. pulls its troops out of the region. and today's war powers resolution vote in the house is expected to pass with overwhelming democratic support. the resolution will have a tougher time in the senate where two more republicans in addition to mike lee and rand paul will have to vote for it to pass. >> thank you so much. >>> iran's foreign minister said it's up to the u.s. to ease the flaring tensions between the two countries. elizabeth palmer reports from tehran. >> reporter: news played up iran's missile launches. and played down president trump's speech and his announcement th

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it's not just senators rand paul and mike lee. it's republicans in the house of representatives.this is going to be a bipartisan vote in the house. >> i hadn't hurt that. what republicans are going to vote with democrats? >> it is my expectation matt gatsz will vote for this resolution as well. >> and at the would be a big deal. this reassertion over acts of war feels like a significant moment in the trump presidency. am i reading too much into that? >> make sure he delivers. but you have a number of republican whose believe in the principal that it is congress who as the power to declare war. and that's what this war powers resolution is. reclaiming our war powers back from the executive branch. >> before you retire, senator bob corker sought to limit president trump's nuclear authority. he was very vocal. he said publicly president trump hadn't displayed the confidence. he described the west wing as an adult day care center. rex tillerson was very close to h.r. mcmaster and jim mattis. he seems like a lone voice. is there an uptick since he left congress in terms of republican

shannon: he got a formal invite from senator rand paul. using he would do it? should he? >> i don't think he will be in the front row the gallery. if he would show up that picture by the courtroom artists of the president sitting in the gallery of the senate would be on my wall and the wall of many others. this president understands what the case is about and what is at stake. we have the house impeachment managers call the senate treasonous if they didn't vote their way, said they were summer soldiers, challenge their patriotism. the house managers are turning off not only the senate audience but a lot of americans who now with this case is purely partisan and this president continues to get things done and help america move forward. >> things happen so quickly it may be a distant memory by then. john roberts burning the candle at both ends, we consider a case, a landmark ruling on religious freedom, the case is next. our trashy back ribs? oh, that sounds great... everything is locally harvested, farm to dumpster to table. uhhh, what do you... what else do you got? (stam

those republican senators mike lee and rand paul, they're furious about the way the trump administration officials briefed them yesterday. the lack of evidence produced about the intelligence that led to the killing of iran's top general. and all this comes as pressure builds among senate democrats on a different subject for nancy pelosi to hand over the articles of impeachment to the senate. we're going to begin on the ground with cnn's clarissa ward, our chief international correspondent. she's at the site where one of the iranian missiles hit in northern iraq. clarissa? >> that's right, john. as you can see, this is a very rural area. we have been talking to local security officials who tell us there's no real american presence here. there's no military base here. we've spoken to a shepherd who lives about 100 yards away who says that his house literally rocked from the force of the boom, that there were flames. his children were crying. but other than that house and a refugee camp less than a mile away, there really is nothing here that could make a target, if you like, for the irani

diplomacy is gone says senator rand paul. your reaction. >> i give the president and enormous credit for the restraint he exercised over this last year. an american grown shot down. tinkers blown up. oil production capabilities to include one of the largest oil fields in the world attacked. and then ten rocket attacks on bases where u.s. troops were at, and we still did nothing. it wasn't until the 11th 11 and an american citizen and four servicemen, american citizen killed and four servicemen wounded. i didn't agree without restraint and full disclosure. in terms of the degree of the restraint, the president finally responded but he responded very strongly. i believe this regime knows full well this president will follow through. if you kill americans, we are going to come after you. they were planning a major attack to kill americans. what does rand paul suggest the president do and execute and is number one responsibility to protect the american citizen. let's assume that the attack i was told by a government official mult

guests this morning, president trump's national security advisor robert o'brien and republican senator rand paul. >>> plus impeachment trial. after a month of jockeying between senate leader mitch mcconnell -- >> i'm going to take my cues from the president's lawyers. >> -- and speaker nancy pelosi -- >> i'll send them over when i'm ready. >> pelosi finally moves to send articles of impeachment to the senate having won no republican concessions. >> she should have sent them a long time ago. >> what will the senate trial look like? i'll talk to one of the jurors, democrat michael bennet of colorado. >>> and 22 days to iowa. >> iowa. >> iowa. >> iowa caucuses. >> will the impeachment trial hamstring the senators running as a new iowa poll shows what now looks like a four-way sprint. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell, david french, yamiche alcindor and stevinskeep, host of "morning edition." welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the pre

'rand paul'!" there you go. there you go. i do have a pen.o have a pen. ( applause ) while the trial was mostly full of material we've heard before, there was some breaking news. our own cbs news reporter grace segers reported the scoop. "tom cotton has milk! this is not a drill. he has a glass, in addition to his glass of water. he is the first senator i've seen to request and get milk. i repeat, tom cotton has milk!" wow! you know that must have pissed off bernie. ( as bernie ) "tom cotton's milk must be evenly distributed through the senate. right now, 1% of the senators have 100% of the 2%!" "it's a shame, it's a chanda." yesterday, the trial went until nearly 2:00 a.m. that is late! can we see how it ended? >> i ask unanimous consent that the trial adjourn until 1:00 p.m. wednesday, january 22. and that this order also constitute the adjournment of the senate. ♪ ♪ >> without objection, so ordered. the senate is adjourned. ♪ closing time open all the doors... ♪ >> stephen: anytime anything ends at 2:00 a.m., you legally have to play that

this is the clapping of one person, rand paul. rand paul would have been happy.that's his foreign policy. these candidates would have avoided it. the question would have come up. it shows weaknesses. i feel ridiculous telling you this because you lived it. when you're president and instead of having a theory of what if you were president, it's so dramatically different, it's an insult to compare the two. >> dana: enormous responsibility of the commander-in-chief whoever he or she is incredible. you got something coming up on january 25. what is it? >> fox nation will be streaming live. talking about this, what is happening in the news. this will probably be a hot issue then. america great from the start. four different points in our history as well as what happened in our past. it's patriotism, it's inspirational, i hope and everyone has a great time. >> dana: people should make that their date night. that's a big one. >> so even if you're in oklahoma, you -- >> dana: you can get there. through the storms. brian kilmeade, happy new year to you. there's reaction i

what do you think of what rand paul is saying?ur welcome, let's go. >> i completely agree with rand paul and so do the majority of people. poll after poll done by polling organizations has shown consistently 60 to 70% of the american people, including my fellow veterans think it's time to get out of these endless wars in the middle east. in regards to iraq specifically we shouldn't wait for the iraqi government which we created by the way, to kick us out, we should leave now. now that we've defeated isis, territorial caliphate we don't have a reason to be there and frankly shouldn't have been there in the first place. neil: dan, are you worried-- i'm sorry, my friend. you're a remarkably brave guy and you fought gallantly to get rid of isis and to bring iraq to the places it is, under the iranian influence and regains the upper edge and all your efforts, your colleagues efforts, maimed and killed was for naught. what do you say? >> well, at the end of the day, we would-- i think we dishonor our troop sacrifice more by staying in i

sounds like rand paul is going to try to do it again today.se he feels the identity of the whistleblower should be public knowledge. brian: all right. here is jillian. hey, jillian? no? jillian: i don't think so, but you are going somewhere else. steve: we have todd piro coming up next because in less than two hours the deadly coronavirus could be declared a global emergency as fears spread overnight. brian: it's not jillian yet. todd, what's the latest. todd: this is serious stuff. the world health organization will meet to determine whether the coronavirus is a emergency. breaks to 19 countries. monitor the outbreak with cases growing by more than 1,000 per day. this virus killing at least 170 people and infecting more than 7700 others. the philippines confirming its first case just moments ago. five cases confirmed in the u.s. health officials stressing as of now though no need to panic. >> we do think that the risk for the general communities in the united states from this infection is very low. the way we want to keep it that way is by do

that they have had throughout the impeachment process. >> it is a lot of what they are seeing. >> rand paul could stand up and said i would like to hold a vote on having my question asked but in this case you have to wonder, really, people are trying to make their points and hammer them home at this 11th hour before we approach witnesses. >> there is a sense from a lot of senators they want this to be wrapped up as quickly as possible. if the senate trial is opened up to witnesses, do we have any idea about how much longer that would drag things out? what about this notion of one week to depose witnesses put forward by congressman schiff. >> the president is saying if you allow witnesses it opens pandora's box. we get to call our witnesses, democrats will call their witnesses and it will be months and months. monday is the iowa caucuses and tuesday is the state of the union. aadmit schiff said in contrast to that, we can do all of this by private deposition in a week, which if you take note during the clinton trial it on the took a week. but the big difference is the two witnesses brou