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 is just that congress will modify the 9/11 aumf to include some of the isis, and willa, name them specifically but granted president whatever authorities and powers he wants to carry out war against those groups wherever they may go. i think senator kaine is trying to say congress should act and congress should deliberate and congress should have debate and argument over the president scope and power and authority, which is right, but what they should do is retract and repeal the aumf of 9/11 and then have specific, targeted authorization if and when they want to carry it out. syria, for instance, if you feel very comfortable with carrying out operatio

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 is just that congress will modify the 9/11 aumf to include some of the isis, and willa, name them specifically but granted president whatever authorities and powers he wants to carry out war against those groups wherever they may go. i think senator kaine is trying to say congress should act and congress should deliberate and congress should have debate and argument over the president scope and power and authority, which is right, but what they should do is retract and repeal the aumf of 9/11 and then have specific, targeted authorization if and when they want to carry it out. syria, for instance, if you feel very comfortable with carrying out operatio

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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

getting 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

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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

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

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:

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

. >> 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 if the static congress now wants to give trump more war powers yes tim kaine and bob corker claim the new a un that they presented to congress does limit trumps powers however most legal scholars including the a.c.l.u. have noted not only was a corker almost irretrievably cede 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 cause exactly what we have already have so basically the two party corporate con men have sorry con people have. given up. 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 from maddow and the rest of the war hungry corporate talking heads are in no hurry to cover the real stories because this is poor it starts joe. charters are rescued. from you or was it easy to ghai. a car while crawling on lead can analyse take the news from behind it breaking news there has been a chemical attack in america apparently took place in flint michigan they water there is filled wi

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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

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 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? >

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

democratic senator tim kaine called the presence decision illegal.e and bob corker could introduce a draft of a that would aim to define military goals and impose limits on actions. we don't need a process for the sake of a process. of because of goodwill, but the reality that without a political negotiation, this cycle destruction will continue. meetingwant to use the next week following the western airstrikes. political transition will begin a day earlier than expected. thegovernment has moved up national assembly to wednesday that a thursday. raul castro took over from his mother -- brother in 2008. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. >> earnings season underway. the managingw, director. great to have you. courts have been talking about the optimism going into earnings season. your equally hopeful we have seen the underpinning of the market. >> i think earnings will drop the market overall, partially because the tax cut and a strong underlying and earnings. earnings toill the get to

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for "cbs this morning," i'm seth doane in douma. >> we are joined now by democratic senator tim kaine of virginia, member of both the armsed services and foreign relations committee. 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

rand paul has said that he opposes mike pompeo and now democrats like tim kaine that said that they previously said they would support him are now coming out in opposition. there's a possibility that he won't get approval. that doesn't mean he won't go ahead to a floor vote where i think that he will probably ultimately be passed. but a great shame. he does, as the president said, have a absolutely stellar resume of success in his previous career. >> melissa: rand paul is an interesting one. you can see his reasoning for saying that he's likely to vote no. >> my main complaint has always been that i don't think he shares the same vision as the president on foreign policy. the president has said repeatedly that the iraq war was a mistake and that it's time to end the afghan war. he's talked of coming home from syria. i haven't gotten the feeling that director pompeo agrees with that. he's been on the let's stay forever in the middle east and let's stay forever in afghanistan. so it would have to be some defining of his position that looks a lot more like president trump's position. >> melissa:

there's plenty of far left democrats like tim kaine in my own state who voted for pompeo and will flip-flopt's what he does. some of these other red state democratic senators will have a hard time doing so in november it really justified why they voted against the guide has been a significant mover towards denuclearization of north korea. cheryl: president trump has stated publicly he believes rand paul will change his mind. to be fair, rand paul has said he will be willing to meet with pompeo, they sent the discussion up in a. is that a positive sign? >> i think it is. one of the things i love about the president of the language users. rand paul is a special guy and they do get along very well despite the remnants on the stage in 2016. the republican debate. senator paul is one of those guys that has a tremendous ability to look at a situation from the liberty perspective. republicans appreciate that. the libertarian wing of the party is important to us. a lot of young people support senator paul and i think it's great. cheryl: things are getting up early. we appreciate it this morning. th

virginia democratic senator tim kaine called the president's decision "." ." "illegal bob corker could introduce a draft as soon as today. the bill would aim to define military goals in the region and could impose limits on action. south carolina officials say it's seven-hour riot inside a maximum security prison left seven inmates dead. another 17 were seriously injured at the correctional institution in bishop bill, which houses some of the states most violent offenders. in cuba, a historic political transition will begin a day earlier than expected. cuban state media reports the government has moved up the start of its session of the national assembly to wednesday instead of thursday. step downent plans to and hand over the office to his successor, the current vice president. he took over from his brother, feed out, in 2008. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julia: thank you so much. back to the breaking news, president trump is set to name richard cla

senator tim kaine saying for too long congress has given president as blank check to wage war. our proposal finally repeals those authorizations. now again, that is in the eye of the beholder. other people say it would limit the president, this sort of thing going forward and it could do more harm than good. greg keeley, former u.s. navy information operations officer. greg, what do you think of this effort to say to the president, democrat or republican, no, no, not so fast, we want to rein this in because this is getting to be a normal procedure and we don't like it? >> neil, my friend, good afternoon. i'm not a constitutional lawyer. obviously i'm not that smart but it seems to me the president should have the ability to protect the interests of the united states without having to go through the process of congress, without having to advise the senate. i have a lot of respect for senator corker, a tremendous amount of respect for him as foreign relations chairman but i think in this instance he is incorrect. neil: what they seem to be saying, greg, it is one thing to launch

failing to get congressional authorization for the missile strike you had virginia democratic senator tim kaine who called it illegal and potentially reckless. and that's even while most republicans are backing the president without reservation. one quick house keeping note here as we try to get a better sense to the president's reaction. the white house has issued what's known as a lid. meaning we will not see or hear from the president the rest of the day. there won't be any further presidential statements coming out, apart, ali, from what he puts out on twitter. >> jeff, stay close, if there are any developments there, we want to talk to you about it. joining me now a political reporter for daily beast and msnbc contributor. betsy, what do you make of the timing of the air strikes? i think we have to put this in context, not only of the negative headlines that have surrounded the president of the last 72 hours or last week. but tomorrow, the headlines are going to get even hotter with the james comey interview and with the lease of his new book. there are some people out there, maybe a cynic

>> i think tim kaine and jeff flake did a nice job trying to craft an aumf.ortive of it. there's kinds of concerns. >> you have all kinds of roles in this. senator, the invitation is stands. how do we get out of the deficits that are looming. >> i'm already thinking about the charts i'm bringing, chris. happy to do it. >> you work the board like no other senator i've seen. thank you, sir, for being on the show. >> have awe great day. >> alisyn. >> president trump repeating his defense in the russia investigation that there was no collusion despite the fact that the investigation is not over. are robert muler and rod rosenstein's jobs safe? we dig deeper next. subaru forester holds its value better than any other vehicle in its class according to alg. better than cr-v. better than rav4. better than rogue. an adventure that starts with a subaru forester will always leave you smiling. get 0% apr financing on the 2018 subaru forester. mayor maybe they're justnts posinan ordinary couple.uple. either way, this room came at an unbeatable price. no one looks out for

tim kaine said similar things. but then nothing happens. concern is, be fine, everybody thinks assad is a bad guy. the french say it is what people expect. it doesn't happen, jim. that's my concern. you go in and bomb. what if russia does something in response? what if iran does something in response? what if syria does something in response. what if our men and women on the ground get killed? action? who is going to own that responsibility? >> two things. one, it is less important what the u.n. says and what the united states congress says. we don't have to wait fort u.n. to give the okay to do something. you're exactly right. we could decide when this happens, how it happens. i'm for that. it is important. it is consistent with the document that founded this great nation, the greatest nation ever, the united states constitution. >> where is the leadership on it? we're about to have a conversation about the minutia of proof. assuming you want to give it legal authority. i hear nothing from anybody. if it is going to happen tonight, well, t

joining me is tim kaine. thanks senator for being with us today. >> absolutely. >> your reaction to the fact that mike pompeo went secretly to north korea over easter weekend to meet with kim jong-un. >> my first reaction was i was heartened by it. it's lot better than just tweeting out insults at a foreign leader. dialogue does not guarantee success but the absence of dialogue usually guarantees failure. if there's high level discussions that are going on, i was heartened to hear it. >> at the same time you're not favoring or you weren't favoring mike pompeo to be confirmed to be secretary of state. why not? >> i think he has a great intel background but he has a track record of statements that are anti-diplomatic during the discussion about the iran deal. many didn't like the deal but he was the only one speculating it would be to bomb iran's nuclear capacity. he advocated regime change this iran. i think the diplomat that represents this country has to have a strong orientation towards diplomacy and not so

rand paul, tim kaine, and him from new hampshire. the committee hasn't rejected someone since 1925.shows the ability to keep secrets. a plus on a cia director. this nomination is a little more imperiled than people thought. >> but mcconnell can do it. the nomination is secure is. the confirmation is what there will be a question about. mcconnell said, david sanger, he won't putney votes to protect mueller on the floor, but he can put this vote on the floor. we'll see what he does. >> nikki haley comes out. it seems like they knew what she was talking about. she had detailed talking points about sanctions on on russia. >> from the white house. >> she didn't say -- well, i think they're coming. there was nothing speculative about it. it was just about timing. then they come out and say she was confused, kudlow says. he had to go and apologize to her. she put out a statement saying i don't get confused. what's the plus/minous that. >> this was pretty much all minus for the white house. it is very clear nikki haley sat in meetings where they discussed the next set of sanctions on russia

>> virginia senator tim kaine reps more military families. >> there was a patriotic desire. these people sacrifice. we have to create the patriotic mentality about these military spouses. >> there are signs that change is coming. >> with my signature. >> at the state level, nebraska governor, pete rickets made it easier for teachers, military spouses to find employment. >> outside groups like u.s. chamber of commerce, host career fairs, targeted at military spouses. 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. w

his running mate, senator tim kaine said he made a blunder but he's a good man.elizabeth: ellison barber, thank you so much. thank you for joining us. i want to ask when things started to shift for the former fbi director. i'm going to play a sound bite in 2016 when he went to congress to tell them he was investigating hillary clinton's e-mails and he said this. >> it had to abandon that she's going to be elect the president and if i hide this from the american people, she would be illegitimate romish is elected, the moment this comes out. elizabeth: that was the shift in his decision-making that started this timeline of events. agree or disagree. >> i think the director of the fbi making a decision in part because of the political implications and is a sure thing hillary would win and if he didn't disclose this investigation and came out after the election, then he and her would be criticized for having been surprised. regardless of which side you are on, partisan wise that is disturbing. we want them for that matter to make decisions based on calling and strike

. >> senate foreign relations committee member john corker and tim kaine have got forth a new resolutionwill you vote in support of that if it does come to a vote? >> if it tells us what the troops commitment is, how much time and what the troops commitment is, and if we're going to engage other allies, that's something i would be supportive of. but if this is only the united states in a protracted conflict without congressional buy in, i will never support that because we know what it looks like and we also know who's going to go fight those wars, it's not jared kushner and donald trump jr., it's the kids from michigan and the kids from the rust belt who he promised he would not send in on situations like this. >> what about nikki haley over the weekend, who said there would be more sanctions and now it looks like there's not going to be more sanctions. >> she's right. it's up to the president to say how his policy is going to be on syria. i think the policy toward russia should be we're going to counter their aggression everywhere, and the way you achieve it is one, you directly confro

here is a statement from virginia's senator tim kaine. he said president trump's decision to launch air strikes against the syrian government without congress's approval is illegal and absent of broader strategy. it's reckless. and that's one thing we're hearing from the democratic and republican lawmakers alike. they want to hear more from the administration about the strategy for syria for the months ahead. >> jeff, thank you very much. jeff bennett joining us from the white house. >>> joining us now is robert ford. a former u.s. ambassador to syria. great to have you with us this morning. let me start by asking you for your reaction to the strikes you heard what the president said. prime minister theresa may talked about the narrowness of these strikes making them retaliation for the chemical weapons attack. let me get your reaction to them in the case that the president made. >> i think the step was very positive. it's important to american national security to reestablish the international against the use of chemical weapons and thes

we've seen the former democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine take a leadership role in this fighteard from some republicans that have concerns about getting an authorization to use military force here and that trying to use the one dating back to 9/11 is not necessarily the right way to go here. do i think overall majorities in congress are going to stop the president from doing that? no. we didn't see that a year ago when he launched surgical strikes. i don't think the political calculus has changed in any way that they would all of a sudden the republican majorities would try to prevent him from doing so now. >> the president sent out tweets yesterday that sounded as though incoming missiles were imminent in terms of syria, then today he backed off saying, no, no, i never said when anything was going to happen. do we have any sense from the white house of any sort of time frame or what the president is thinking? >> no and by design, except for the president's tweet that he's already cleaning up as you noted, he didn't just slightly back off this. he ran away and chose an entirel

tim kaine and jeanne shaheen.take his nomination to the floor with a negative recommendation, but no one has done that for secretary of state since 1925. it's possible but unusual. >> chris: what about steve's point which i think is a good one. if pompeo gets defeated, who is the next nominee for secretary of state? if you are a democrat, would you worry about that? to go he has done something that is untrumpian that has served him well. he told every, called every past secretary of state. madeleine albright expressed concerns about what's happened with personnel at the state department, that it planned rex tillerson had pursued and my pompeo seemed to listen to her. it may serve him while getting through the nomination process. >> chris: let's go through a couple specific issues pompeo would have to deal with the secretary of state. here he was today on the iran nuclear deal. >> the president is going to be given the best advice, including by knee. if there's no chance we can fix it, i will recommend we do our le

democrat tim kaine is critical to the president saying he does not have the authority to grant these kinds of strikes. john mccain applauded the president for this air strike but raised question if the president have thought through this strategy here. >> we are seeing ambassador nikki haley there. she will enter the chamber very shortly. that's what we have our eyes on and that takes place as we speak. it is starting right there. in the meantime, kaitlin, what's on the president's agenda today. >> he has nothing on his public schedule today which is typical for most saturdays. there is no marines standing in front of the west wing. when there is one that means the president is in the oval office. it seems he's been in the residence today. they just called a travel photo here at the white house and reporters, the president is not expected to make any public speeches today. he'll be watching nikki haley and responding more on twitter. surely making some phone calls today. we'll get back to you if the president says anything else. we are not expecting to see the president yet today. >>

complaints that we're hearing, especially the people that had voted yes for him to be cia director like tim kainend senator shaheen, they voted yes for him to be cia director. now that he's up for secretary of state, they're saying it's more of a policy decision. his stance on some of these human rights issues, he's against a lot of lgbt issues, reproduction rights, the muslim community. those are things that democrats are saying they can't get behind for a position like this. >> shepard: the issue of islam is one that has come up repeatedly. how has mike pompeo, when asked about that, he seemed to try not to answer it on confirmation hearing day. >> right. seems like he's still trying to stay away from that. really what has happened is, and he said this with a lot of issues that people are targeting him on now, he said despite his views like with the lgbt community and with islam and the muslim community, despite what he believes, he doesn't -- he's not going to let that determine what he does in his role of secretary of state and he never let that get in his way while cia director with anyone f

the question that comes to mind, as house minority leader pelosi and senator tim kaine and other leadingrats, they are now blasting the president on his joint military strike on syria. senator kaine even going so far as to call the action reckless. and he 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

. >>> bob corker and tim kaine have unveiled legislation that would update and replace the authorization of military force. the last time congress passed something like this was back in 2002 and that has been used ever since as a legal justification for nearly all military force by the united states. the new authorization would allow the president to continue the ongoing war on terrorism but would place new checks on the president's ability to launch new offenses. a con gression fall review would also be imposed every four years that could amend, expand or repeal the president's authority. last week syria strikes would not have been impacted by this new legislation. >>> a republican senator is speaking out against republican criticism of his bill to safeguard the office of special counsel robert mueller. spare me is the message from tim tillis. the first term gop senator from north carolina told politico quote, the same people who would criticize me for filing this bill would be absolutely angry if i wasn't pounding the table for this bill if we were dealing with hillary clinton. so spar

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to adhere to the fact that there are people who want to weigh in so i've crafted something with tim kainend jeff flake and other members of the committee, coons, nelson and many people who have been involved in cosponsoring. we've crafted something that strikes a middle ground that can attract republicans and depends. it doesn't constrain the president's ability to fight terror but does keep congress involved when we go to new countries, when we add new groups. it's going to be tough. people act like they want to weigh in on these issues and it feels like to me find -- can find in cases every excuse possible to not be for it. >> and why is that, senator? why is that when the rubber meets the road? they back off, why are you meeting resistance and what's that's about? >> we're in a hyperpartisan environment. you know that well. it's just like with the pompeo confirmation that is under way with. democrats, i'm not being pejorative, i'm just observing that they feel like any support for a qualified secretary of state which mike pompeo is, in my opinion, is really showing proxy support for tr