for junior senator tim kaine told scott thuman any action in syria must go through congress. >> a suspect is in custody for the murder and dismemberment of a laurel man. police arrested santos leonel mejia-yanes. today, police were called the scene where they found two bags of body parts. the victim was identified as jacinto perez. the two were roommates. police are looking for a second suspect, bayron cruz-vargus. >> closing arguments will come tomorrow in the corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen. the final witness testified today about how much time bob and maureen mcdonnell spent together. was about the former governor claim that they weren't talking enough for him to know that maureen mcdonnell was accepting gifts from jonnie williams. bob mcdonnell says he is confident in his defense. >> 60 years to life, there are a lot of things i wish i had done differently. i am what i am. i am a human being. we all do things we wish we didn't do. attorneys and the judge wrestled with the jurors and structures -- instructions today. closing arguments are

virginia senator tim kaine, thank you for being with us. >> you bet, rachel, good to be with you. >> it was a year ago to today that president obama said he wanted to mount u.s. air strikes in syria because of chemical weapons. he said he wanted to do that but congress should authorize it. congress never acted on that one way or the other. do you think congress will act now on this new proposal for air strikes in syria? >> rachel, first i hope desperately that the president brings this to congress. i know the team is weighing whether to bring it to congress or not. actually let me walk through what happened last year. what happened last year shows if you do it the way the constitutional framers intended, good things happen. the president had to come to congress, define the mission. we had to use air strikes in syria to deter the use of chemical weapons. we voted 10-8 to use military force for that limited purpose. as soon as we did, russia and syria changed their calculation, came to the table, said hold on a second, don't start military action, we will give up our entire chemical we

a couple of senators, tim kaine and ted cruz, not exactly roommates, have called for this.horization to use military force in iraq was a long time ago. i voted for it because the believed the intelligence. it was wrong and i've said i was wrong. we then had a mission that was not prosecuted particularly well, i think jim might agree with that. and now if we're going to do more in iraq, yes, we should have a public debate and consider whether we should provide for specific authorization from congress beyond the humanitarian mission and the protection of u.s. personnel. >> jane, let me follow on that. i was going to ask you that question about tim kaine suggesting the president needs to seek congressional approval for any increased action in iraq. you think that's a good idea? >> i think it's a good idea to have a discussion when whether we should do that. i'm not saying we necessarily should do it but we certainly had programming at the wilson center about the need to renew the amof. i voted for the one that was almost unanimously approved but i never believed it would be th

. >>> if the white house calls for military action in syria, virginia senator tim kaine says it should be put to a vote in congress. he says he wants the goals of the mission set out for lawmakers. "the new york times" is reporting tonight that president obama has already authorized surveillance flights over syria has a prelude to air strikes against isis. the white house is not commenting. >>> there's more pressure tonight on people to make cell phones to protect customers with something called a kill switch which can render a slephe useless. it will be required on all phones sold in california by july 1st of next year. california's governor signed the bill into law to "consumer reports" says there were 3.2 million thefts of smartphones in the u.s. last year. that's nearly double the number in 2012. >>> in montgomery county, a stand-off between homeowners and pepco. pepco's been cutting down trees near high tension lines and homeowners say it's killing their property values and they got a restraining order to force pepco to stop. new tonight, darcy spencer shows us the before and afte

whether it is fickle voters, or senators of his own party, he can't get a break, tim kaine, and john-- to the president's membrane, they have a piece of legislation up for grabs. and good news for president, hillary is note the only flocking hawk, the pope now wants to drop thousands of pounds of vengeance on isis. the pope is in, congress might be out, where do you stkapbd in stand in this?

reporter: as for syria, tim kaine is demanding a strategy to go after them followed by a debate.omething the white house has so far not committed to. lou: ed henry from the white house syria and iraq later in the podcast. we will be talking with terrorism analyst doctor walid phares. and extended today the cease-fire in syria. the latest pods is hopeful that it will be much more than that. it is brokered by the egyptians, holding unlike the other cease-fires over the past few weeks. as they say in diplomatic circles, so far so good. john huddy has the report from gossett. >> the celebration continues tonight on the streets of gaza city where we hear people on the streets. they are firing weapons in the air and we are hearing music. here at the hotel there is even a pool party going on. a contract what we have seen over seven weeks of fighting. just an hour before a barrage of rockets were fired at israel from gossett and israel responding with airstrikes. that's been the case all week. stepping up their attacks on hamas militants leveling high-rise buildings, killing several more

tim kaine said i'm calling for the mission and objectives for current significant military actions against isil, the other name for this terrorist army, to be made clear to con berks the american people and our men and women in uniform and congress should vote up or down on it. at the white house spokesman josh ernest noted so far the president hasn't made a decision to order additional military action in syria. >> the president does remain committed to coordinating and consulting with congress as he exercises his responsibilities and authorities as commander in chief of the united states of america. the president recognizes that congress has important role to play. he also recognizes that he has important role to play as commander-in-chief and as the individual who is ultimately responsible for the national security of the united states of america and the american people. >> reporter: among the ideas out there are doing more to provide weapons training and other assistance to kurdish forces, more help to the iraqi army and weaponry for the free syrian army, all of that takes money, which

sure it's a speed bump because i want to bring in conversation a statement from democratic senator tim kainelittle pressure to the president from the left. he will put up on the screen, i support providing humanitarian relief to iraqi civilians and measures to protect american personnel but i'm concerned about the timeline and scope of a renewed military efforts in iraq since the administration has conceded that the 2000 two iraq authorization for use of military force is obsolete and should be repealed. it is now up to the administration to receive congressional authorization for the current air campaign against islamic state or isis. what do you make of this, jonah, this pressure from the left, not unexpected but on the president who has said i'm not going to put combat troops on the ground but overnight, hear more military advisors going, last time i checked those advisors wear boots sometimes and are on the ground? >> they all walk one foot above the ground. i agree with you. obama has gotten himself into a very difficult position. so far his response to isis or isil or the islamic state

. >> reporter: as for syria, tim kaine is vowing they declare a strategy to go after isis and debate and vote in congress, something the white house is not yet committed to. >>> thank you. while speaking to the american legion, president obama promised accountability for the veteran's administration and announced new steps to address the care scan tkafpscan dal. better treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. >> and we have to end this tragedy of suicide among our troops and veterans. so long as any service member or veteran is suffering or feels like they have nowhere to turn or doesn't get the support they need, that means we haven't done enough. >> reporter: earlier this month the president signed a $16 billion law aimed at easing the long wait veterans have endured to get care. . >>> taxes. one breaking news on the investigation into the irs targeting conservative groups. another, the latest big company to scarf up a foreign business in order to reduce its tax burden. we have coverage with word that the irs bureaucrats smartphone was wiped clean after congressional investiga

a fellow democrat for the president, senator tim kaine said i urge the administration to use the next two weeks to clearly define the strategy and objectives of its mission against isil, then bring it to congress for a debate and authorization vote. so pressure there from the left anyway for the president to come and get it authorized by congress. but when i pressed josh earnest about this, he was trying to make a distinction. when the president said he was going to congress to consider air strikes it was in response to president assad's use of chemical weapons. in this case, it could potentially be air strikes in response to the beheading of that american journalist, james foley, and they seem to be trying at least to draw a distinction here that that would be in the president's prerogative under the war powers act to go ahead unilaterally to protect the american interests, protect the american homeland if isis grows. >> let's bring in former fut national security adviser for george w. bush and so much more for many years. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, shep. >> you said repeated

. >> there very few voices, tim kain is one of them.st members want the presidá so decide and he should take the blame or credit. >> that's why i think the media scrutiny has fallen low. congress often complains about not being consulted. the president pulled back, at that time, it was widely reported in the press, accurately, i believe, that congress was not willing to support military action. >> right, right, and he punted it to congress. he didn't want a humiliating defeat in congress, so he grabbed on to this lifeline of a russian diplomatic effort to get rid of chemical weapons. the president made it very, very clear. chuck todd knew the answer to his question before he asked it. the president made it clear that at that time last year he doesn't need congress's approval to q.bomb, but he would like to have congressional buy in. but legally, he has all the authority he needs and his inherent powers as commander in chief to do this. >> do you think what you see as the resident of we do not have a strategy yet will continue to echo t

you had senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia putting out a statement saying i do not believe our expanded military operations against isil, isis are covered under existing authorizations from congress. i'm calling for the mission and objectives against this group to be made clear to congress, the american people and our men and women in uniform and congress should vote up or down on it. what about this? >> well, in the ten days that we have until congress comes back on the 8th of september, they're hoping this all goes away, members of both parties may have strong opinions, be talking to constituents about it, strong reaction at home. they tell me the killing of james foley, but really they don't want to be on the record having said we can't engage in another war in the middle east to find out later that they wish that they had taken a stronger stand against isis. others as you know, the hawks in congress are really thinning in ranks. they're urging their leadership to bring this to the floor for a debate and to force some sort of up or down affirmation or denial of an escalation

tim kaine, a close obama ally, issued a statement tuesday saying, quote, it is now up to the administration to receive congressional authorization for the current air campaign against isis. the mission and objectives of any military action must be made clear to congress, the american people and our men and women in uniform. joining me now, maryland democratic congressman chris van hollen. congressman, let's start there. do you agree with senator kaine that congressional approval is needed for further air strikes? >> i don't think congressional approval is needed for the type of air strikes the president is conducting right now. if the president were to try to expand that dramatically, which he said he's not going to do, then obviously i think he would want to come back to congress. there's a distinction here between what the president can do and what he should do. the authorization to use norfor in iraq is still in effect or in place. a lot of us have been trying to repeal it or scale it back. so the president could do a lot more than he's doing legally. but the president has been very clea

senate side we've now got anonymous democratic aides carping about calls from their own senator, tim kaine, that congress ought to vote on this issue. they're saying they don't want to, not in an election year. our decade of war in iraq deposed a sunni government in that country and left a power vacuum there. isis is filling that regional vacuum with chaos and violence. but that war may also have left another vacuum. in the part of our government where congress takes responsibility for decisions on war and peace like the constitution says. we deserve the best debate, the most well-considered decisions we are capable of when it comes to war and peace, but we rarely get it. what you're about to see is a look at how we with got into the disastrous war in iraq, what american leaders were thinking at the time and ultimately why we did it. >>> i will swear to not only uphold the laws of this land. >> summer, the year 2000. >> in order to lift the spirit of this country when i put my hand on the bible, i will also swear to uphold the honor and the integrity of the office to which i have been elec

tim kaine, prominent senator on the democratic side said that the president needs to ask for that authorizatione he's hearing from a chorus of republicans who are now starting to say the president needs to lay out a strategy for defeating icy is. mitch mcconnell said if he were to come to congress he might actually get support. he said that to dana bash, our chief congressional correspondent earlier today. when i asked josh ernest earlier today whether or not the president wants to defeat isis, it took a little bit of time but he said, yes, of course the president wants to defeat isis with you going to congress is a different matter. they don't have to do that. they can launch air strikes and then have 60 days for congress to weigh in. it is a murky legal question and one that the white house knows that they'll have to deal with. >> of course, first decision has to be made on whether they'll take military action on syria. that's still up in the air. >> "outfront" tonight, senior member of the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff joining us. thanks very much. always good to have

>> tim kaine said expanded action against the terrorist army is not isolation.fight and the threat posed by isil is serious enough that congress and the administration must be united on u.s. policy going forward. i urge the administration to use the next two weeks to clearly define the strategy and objectives of its mission against isil and bring it to congress for a debate and authorization vote. indiana republican senator dan coats has written so far the united states has responded to this threat with delay, half measures and strong language without real backing. coats says president obama just back from vacation conveys no sense of urgency or alarm. so a number of key members want to see a comprehensive plan from the white house. shannon? >> we're standing by. always good to see you. thanks. >> thank you. >>> the president is addressing the v.a. scandal telling the american leith national convention that his administration made, quote, real progress in improving veteran's health care. this comes as the ved rans affairs department said it found no proof that d

senators tim kaine, rand paul and ted cruz all calling on him to get congressional authorization. >>is a way for him to avoid doing so. the authorization to use forces against terrorism resolutions passed in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks. this gives the president the right to wage war against al qaeda. the tricky spart isis is technically not part of al qaeda any longer. several months ago they had a rather public row with ayman al zawahiri and they formally cleaved from that organization. so, you know, there's going to require some fidgeting and adjustment in the language and that particular resolution has before been invoked to refer to al qaeda aflts eaffiliated or a qaeda-like organizations. for instance in yemen and so an. so the president could very well make a case that isis is a clear and present and imminent threat to u.s. personnel, u.s. civilians who are stationed not only in erbil where we have a consulate but in baghdad. we have the largest embassy in the world built at great cost and great expense with thousands upon thousands of u.s. officials. isis has started, at least

at this point, do you agree with your colleague tim kaine who believes the president has already exceeded his authority with the surveillance flights over syria? >> i think the president has to come to congress before he strikes militarily in syria. i think that at the end of the war powers time frame, which is 60 days after the opening of the initial hostilities in iraq, he has to come to congress for authorization. we're going to be here for at least three weeks in september. we should have a debate an the floor of the senate and the floor of the house on an authorization resolution. it won't be easy, but the constitution demands that the american public and the united states congress give the president an authorization and i hope that we have that debate in september. >> senator, thank you very much. >>> as the president's national security team wrestles with the decision on how to confront isis, the terror group released two more gruesome videos. one is of syrian soldiers stripped and a forced march through the desert. later they were executed. we won't show you that, obviously. anoth

. >> senator tim kaine of virginia. you've been outspoken on this for a long time. i appreciate you walking us through your thoughts on this. >> absolutely. >> thank you, sir. i have to say, this is one of those things where i've spoken with people in washington, people in the administration who say when they talk to members of congress about this, they feel like most members of congress absolutely don't want to be asked. they don't want to handle this hot potato. that implicitly gives the administration the ability to do this without them for as long as they can. your member of congress at home, if they read the constitution the way that senator kaine discuss, frankly the way that i do, your member of congress at home ought to be clambering to get this authorization vote happening. this shouldn't be the white house deciding whether or not they're putting it to congress. congress ought to be taking this responsibility and run with it, call themselves back from vacation to deal with this right now. if they really care about this, this is congress' imperative. no wait

some members of congress, including congressman peter welsh and tim kaine have said we want to have a say here. we want to have accountability and want members of congress to take a vote. we saw the president previously go in that direction when he was plee previously thinking of going into syria with air strikes. do you think he would be susceptible to that sort of pressure to put a vote to congress? >> i think hige's going to get that pressure. part of the reason we don't have a strategy is that it's not just the u.s. it's not just the u.s. congress that needs to settle an what that strategy is going to be. there has to be a political, military, economic and diplomatic strategy that involves other countries. there were anonymously officials from a bunch of other currents today in "the washington post" saying essentially, they haven't contacted us. we want to be involved. there's a lot to work out before we really know what the next move will be. >> one of the next pieces to work out is the public is pretty reticent about getting involved again overseas. even though the isis threat i

. >> host: on that note here's the "washington post" this morning with the headline, tim kaine, democrat from virginia wants congressional authorization of iraq airstrikes. the airstrikes that we're seeing now. and inside the peace, it says -- a on tuesday, called on president obama to seek congressional authorization for the ongoing operations in iraq especially if military engagement is expected to continue for several weeks or months. kaine welcomes the nomination of haider al-abadi to serve as iraq's prime minister and the humanitarian mission underway in the country, but it is now up to the administration to receive congressional authorization for the current air campaign against the islamic state. the piece goes on to say that kain seshgs a vocaled a voe -- -- kaine is a vocal advocate for overhauling the war authorization act for when to seek reaction. and last fall he teamed up with john mccain, a republican of arizona, to revive the law a move that earned global attention because it became as president obama was seeking congressional approval for military intervention in syria.

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tim kaine, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: our good chaplain is still in the chamber and he has such a way with words. i'm so impressed with the prayer this morning where he recognized the only way we get things done around here, maybe as little as it, and if we could do more we could get more with the good staff we have. i appreciate the prayer of the chaplain and extend my appreciation for the hard work of this staff. everyone in this room works hard, whether they're police officers, enrolling clerks. they do everything. and i'm really grateful to what they do to help us all look better. i wish we did more so that we would look better, but that's the way it is. i move to proceed to calendar number 471. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 471, s.j. res. 19, joint

and i'm looking forward this summer to reading a book by senator tim kaine's father-in-law who who was a republican governor of virginia, and his name is lenwood holton, the father of his wife, of anne, and about his battles as a republican when republicans were much more sport i of -- supportive of civil rights than they are today. one last one, an interesting history book by a professor named joe crespino called strom they are monday's america which is an interesting story of race in the '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s really into war in our era and how southern politics played in that. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what's on your summer reading list. tweet us @booktv, post it to our facebook page or send us an e-mail, booktv@c-span.org. >> next, eric liu, former speech writer and adviser for president clinton, talks about the history of chinese-americans and the experiences of his own family members in the united states. mr. liu spoke at the world affairs council in san francisco. ..

talking to some friends in the administration, it sounds like if you look at robert menendez, tim kaine and democrats who want partnership this can happen. >> we should do it today and be done with our work tomorrow. >> you can do it this month. there have been various initiatives. can matter ahings lot in shaping the thinking of people. it's part of what the debate is all about. how do we marshal our resources together in a more focused way? house.ved in the white you don't have the luxury of tank.ng in a think >> yes, we have a big credibility problem but it is twofold. wedon't deliver on what promised, but also that we don't see what they see. we don't see the region as they see it. fear thats a deeper we just cannot deliver on what they need because we just don't see it their way. i would say that at the moment, the only way to change that is for the administration take some very dramatic action would departurek the 4 -- from the policy has been up until now. whether that is in syria or iraq or both. agree it is easier to still do something in iraq which would demonstrate to the peo

host: among the members of congress president -- pressing for that warroad, tim kaine -- war vote, tim kaine, rand paul. bill on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i do not think mr. obama's he has a clear policy on many things at all. that we tell you two points as to why i believe that. entirentleman spends his pre-political career in the university academics. the only thing he ever did was teach children in a classroom. they had to comport to what he said otherwise they did not get a good grade. the over -- the oval office is not a pace for an academic steeped in corona -- charisma. you need leadership ability and real world experience. look at the west wing and then ask yourself this question -- where are the george shultzs, atkinsons, they do not exist. host: bill in louisville, kentucky. among the criticism of the foreign policy are statements from secretary of state -- former secretary of state hillary clinton who said "do not do stupid stuff" is not an organizing prison -- principal. then they made nice by having a hug at a party. irate i will not -- >> guest: the

talking to some friends in the administration, it sounds like if you look at robert menendez, tim kaine and democrats who want partnership this can happen. >> we should do it today and be done with our work tomorrow. >> you can do it this month. there have been various initiatives. can matter ahings lot in shaping the thinking of people. it's part of what the debate is all about. how do we marshal our resources together in a more focused way? house.ved in the white you don't have the luxury of tank.ng in a think >> yes, we have a big credibility problem but it is twofold. wedon't deliver on what promised, but also that we don't see what they see. we don't see the region as they see it. fear thats a deeper we just cannot deliver on what they need because we just don't see it their way. i would say that at the moment, the only way to change that is for the administration take some very dramatic action would departurek the 4 -- from the policy has been up until now. whether that is in syria or iraq or both. agree it is easier to still do something in iraq which would demonstrate to the peo

in separate remarks over the past few days, democrat tim kaine who shares the committee subcommittee and bob coker said the use -- and before the iraq war were no longer suiten to ddress the threat. coming up live at 3:30 eastern, we will bring how the future of the european union the secretary general is here in washington. he'll be taking part. it's hosted by the wilson center starting at 3:30 eastern here on c-span. right now, more from the third annual new york ideas festival. and how digital technologies are transforming our economy. >> we have andrew mcafee who has got one of the hottest books on the digital economy and co-author of the second machine age. i should say that at our opening dinner last night, david brooks talk riveting sobering about the subject happiness. in the back of my mind, i have the farrah williams song going on but david did away with that very quickly in looking at the contending moral and economic tracks to happyness and how we think of it. so i hope you'll get into some of that in terms of the moral versus the economic as we look at the machine age th

host: among the members of congress pressing for that war vote, tim kaine, rand paul. bill on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i do not think mr. obama's has a clear policy on many things at all. that we tell you two points as to why i believe that. this gentleman spent his entire pre-political career in the university academics. the only thing he ever did was teach students in a classroom. they had to comport to what he said, otherwise they did not get a good grade. the oval office is not a pace -- a place for an academic steeped in theory. you need leadership ability and real world experience. look at the west wing and then ask yourself this question -- where are the george shultzes, jim bakers, dean atkinsons, they do not exist. host: bill in louisville, kentucky. among the criticism of the president's foreign policy are statements from former secretary of state hillary clinton who said "do not do stupid stuff" is an organizing principle. then they made nice by having a hug at a party. >> guest: i will not read the tea leaves. i will take it at face

senator tim kaine and my former colleague adam schiff out of california are leading the charge.ess can't have it both ways. they can't say defend us, don't let ice sis hurt us in the homeland but we don't want to do anything. come october 7th, that's the date the war powers resolution will expire and congress needs to step up and give the president the authority to act. i will say in the earlier conversations, i think it's an important conversation, the middle east countries, it's a moment of truth to step up, get rid of terrorist organization like we've seen no other in isis. it's also important that this week nato is meeting, they have a summit in wales where we need those european countries that are also at threat. when you look at great britain right now, they are under high security because they think there's a terrorist attack in their country that's going to be eminent. most americans don't feel that isis is a throat here in the homeland of the united states. yes, they were a threat to our assets in northern iraq, in irbil. we need to make sure they don't grow where they

and we also read from the piece in the "washington post" about tim kaine and trying to change the war powers act last fall when the president wanted to go into syria but congress did not approve action. he wanted congress to approve action. and here is from "washington times." the president declined to use military force against the assad regime everybody after it launched a chemical weapons attack against rebel-held forces and rebel-held civilian areas, something the white house had labelled a line in the sand. instead, they secured an agreement with mr. assad in which he would give up the chemical weapons stockpiles. the u.s. and international partners have provided humanitarian aid and some weapons to moderate rebel forces. but analysts say the islamic state has seized control of the rebel movement. the outcome could have been avoided, it goes on to say f the u.s. had acted against mr. assad and made a stronger commitment to moderate rebel elements much sooner. critics and analysts say. carlos, west virginia, an iraq war veteran. what is your take this morning, carlos? >> caller: g

tim kaine, democratic from virginia, said he has quote reservations about whether the islamic state in iraq poses an imminent threat. i will always support the president when he takes action to protect americans, service members and diplomats, but i am calling for the current military action to be made to clear to congress, the american people, the men and women in the uniform and congress should vote up or down. what are your thoughts? does the president need to go to congress for congressional proval? that is on many papers this morning. including washington times with the headline going at it alone. obama may bypass congress for airstrikes. this is from jack reed, a democrat, who was on the state of the union on sunday. look what he had about their threats. >> we have to look at if they are a threat and this look at their capabilities. i don't think we can dismiss them. but to jump from what they have done, which is horrible with the murder of josh foley, to say they are going to be a threat on the homeland. it is our interest to destroy them. >> >> host: senator reid about the thre