the united states, one of our first six ships of the navy, disabled her opponent with astonishing speed, landing 70 broadsides compared to macedonian's 30. decatur returned home to rhode island with the first british naval vessel ever captured by the united states, and established his reputation as a skilled tactician and commander at sea. last but not least, in port, decatur was regarded as one of the navy's most dependable and trustworthy officers. in today's parlance, we would say he was brilliant in the basics. it's one thing to be a talented tactician and mariner, which he certainly was, but he offered the full package as a naval officer, applying equal diligence to his considerably less exciting import duties. he carefully inspected his vessels, demanding perfection in their construction and their subsequent maintenance. the secretary of the navy tosonally tasked decatur supervise the completion of a new fleet of gunboats that were woefully behind schedule in the shipyards. decatur tackled this task with dedication and zeal, ensuring construction was back on track, according to pl

decatur and baron established themselves as two of the finest and most capable officers in the united states navyaron established his conflicting legacy in 1798, where he heroically led the charge to resecure the mast of the uss united states during its brutal fight with a storm of cape hatteras. lieutenant baron effectively saved the ship and all the men on board. one of those men, stephen decatur, would proceed to cement his own legacy of the coast of tripoli five years later. where he mounted a successful captured attack on the uss philadelphia without losing a single american life. heroism,lt of his decatur was promoted to the rank of captain at the very young age of 25. history oft in the the u.s. navy. 1807, now i commodore, baron dishonorably surrendered the uss chesapeake to the royal british navy off the coast of virginia. stephen decatur would sit on the court-martial that ordered a five-year suspension of the fallen commodore baron. exhibits the complicated relationship between the two naval heroes following commodore baron's suspension from the navy. >> as the sun was still rising ove

specifically trained in sexual assault any report of a sexual assault is fully investigated in the united states navy they didn't take care of it for a year and a half they were tracking down witnesses they had all these students are and they can walk them down and say hey you're only hold targets a statement. and i didn't and i went through 3 investigators it was like ok i'm giving this case that's what it's sort of felt like oh right i'm giving this case i'm going to take care of it oh well this is really want to really want to deal with it females would come up to their commanders or their and ceo's and say that they were either sexually assaulted or abused and i don't think it was taken seriously i think a lot of times a cursory investigation was done and they were basically told to just suck it up a member bring in a young service member been brutally raped and bring her in to see or command and try to make sure that this girl was take care properly and this idiot. towards top kroeber spilt milk out of time the credibility of the witness was called into account had the potential victim had she m

there's been increased tensions between the united states and iran and back in 1988 when the united states navy shut down during an airline that it kind of ended hostilities to a certain extent that crisis then and some people here that think that this could happen this could repeat itself because it was in the united states to shut down this airplane the iranians have been blaming western media and foreign governments for making up lies and actually the blame falls on the iranians and and this could deescalate matters in terms of a conflict between the united states and iran but in terms of the international fall out it's incredibly embarrassing ukraine has already said that they want compensation and president rouhani has said that he's instructed government departments to compensate the victims so thank us a very joining us live there from tehran where rob reynolds is in washington d.c. he says iran's admission is likely to be met with a firm response from the u.s. . there will be some pretty vigorous pushback against any employee implying by the iranians that the u.s. was somehow culpable i

yes the united states navy has now not only confirmed multiple top secret documents and one video pertaining to the incident but they're saying that releasing the information to the public could cause grave damage to national security grave damage here is our duty america's natasha suite with more. in response to a public information request the navy says top secret u.f.o. files could quote gravely damage u.s. national security and me probably. and according to experts but definitely they really mean extraterrestrial this big you see here is a u.s. fighter jets u.s.s. nimitz in san diego chasing after a u.f.o. department of defense confirms this incident in a public information request say the release of these top secret materials would cause quote exceptionally grave damage to national security of the united states this group's person also told the media outlets the date of the 2004 u.s.s. nimitz video is november 4th of 2004 and the video that's been circulating since 2007 is the same length as the video source what it could be is anyone's guess behave permian professor of physics and astr

. >> charlie's father is a commander in the united states navy, special appreciation for the men andntry. >> i couldn't be proud of charlie, what he is doing with this project, as an officer in the navy who wouldn't be proud of their son going door-to-door asking people to fly american flags. >> he wants to be part of a project and that to me is step one. >> i just like spreading patriotism. [applause] >> the award for unsung hero goes to charlie echt. please welcome charlie and his commander, steve hecht. >> congratulations. [applause] >> charlie, congratulations. we always want our children to have things we never had when we were younger like as on our report card and you are a straight a student but i also said this. of what you did yesterday looks big to you you haven't done much today. what are the plans you have for the future? tell the people. >> i pretty much carried this project all the way to its end. my next project is to get commercial movie theaters to play the national anthem. >> thank you for your service and thank you so much for raising a remarkable young man. congr

those machines that clean up the ocean then i'd spend another $50000000000.00 on training the united states navy how to use them and we would start a war on cleaning up the ocean guess what the rest of the world might like us again but what are the chances of bad no of course we're going to go to war again because the.

i joined the united states navy. i enlisted on january 14, 2004 not that it would-be just a nice smooth trip. just pay off some loans, and a graduate education. i was in for a rude awakening. all of us a year later, eminent van, leaving north virginia driving somewhere and because in my mind and not going back to connie and uss roosevelt. i made his decision and he couldn't take it anymore. i couldn't take all of the racist jokes pritikin take homophobia. i couldn't take the sexism. i couldn't take the grab ass i couldn't take the things that will is it too demanding. is it too inhumane for my spirit. but i did stop by rod's house. as i was on my way to somewhere. those rod was struggle with me to actually go back to the ship. can you a nudge in that. and in his struggle with me i remember some.the road made in a one point that he made he said the young men and the women in the division, on board the uss roosevelt, any of them if not all of them, they don't feel no different than you do. they just deal with it. in a

$200000000000.00 on those machines that clean up the ocean then i'd spend another 50000000000 training the united states navy how to use them and we would start a war on cleaning up the ocean guess what the rest of the world might like or sergei but what are the chances of bad no of course we're going to go to war again because the military industrial complex hastur spend that budget they've got there spend it or lose it what you guys feel should we be fighting the war on climate or should we be fighting another war with iran do you guys see a war with iran coming down the pipe or 2021 is interesting because there are just a few months ago the top u.s. officials like my pump a 0 'd and then john bolton were all saying hey watch out iran is going to use these smaller militias to go and attack u.s. troops and they kept warning about that even though iran was saying we don't have any plans to do this and now all of a sudden you have a one tab i stack with the smallest of the killed one you know u.s. servicemen and now all of a sudden they're going off in our honest saying hey we didn't do this it lines up with

they could rely on the united states navy going up and down the mississippi river, right? good, short, secure lines of supply. what about the army of the cumberland? the army of the cumberland's forward base is nashville. you can supply in through the cumberland river but the river can be very fickle, shall we say and there are times because of the shoals downstream of the city of nashville, you can't get steamers up as well as you can. the other option you have is the louisville nashville railroad and picks up the nashville and ch chattanooga railroad. everything you need is going to ride the rails. and they're going to ride that railroad. now, once you leave louisville, between louisville and nashville, at best you are going through neutral territory. even though kentucky has voted to remain loyal to the united states, it is at best neutral territory. and john hunt morgan had made a career at this point of cutting that railroad. as a matter of fact from july 1, 1862 to june 30th of 1963, do you know how much that railroad was fully operation? seven months, 12 days. almos

many people within the united states government, particularly in the united states navy, will realize the union can't afford to depend on england alone. if england ever shuts down the tap on this key material the union's war effort would grind to a halt. without gunpowder we don't have canons and we don't have a navy and we can't have sieges. we can't have battles. so we need some alternative sources, places england can't interdict. i have a good idea. let's go to japan. japan has guns, japan is open up to trade in 1855 by matthew perry. the naval department will send a series of naval ships led by the maybe the uss wyoming to japan in 862 to attempt to open a secondary source of this material that isn't coming from england. it will turn out to be really low quality. the japanese aren't willing to sell good quality saltpeter to the united states. they're kind of going through their own thing right now called the bar. they are sucking up vast amounts of gun powder and vast amounts of resources to try and produce their own military that can stand toe to toe with the west. sorry, union.

legal action names the health department, the development authority on the island, and the united states navy, responsible for the pollution and cleanup. in addition to the money, this will halt all building on treasure island until it is independently verified to be safe and clean. >>> nearly 100,000's of red wine spilled from a tank at a vineyard in sonoma county, leaking into the russian river. it was enough to fill a large tanker trucks. it did spell after a door near the bottom of the large blending tank popped open. the wine went into a drainage system on the property that feeds the creek, and the russian river. >>> still ahead, a major break in a case involving dozens of projectiles launched at cars. the arrest made by the chp, and the type of weapon used? >>> after the break, we will look at the weekend forecast, as well as friday. there is rain in the five day. we will see you back here after the break. >>> in less than a week, sonoma county transforms a parking lot into a community for the homeless. how this could help clear up a controversy trail campground? >>> a deadline is loomi

the development authority on the island, as well as the united states navy, which is responsible for the pollution and the cleanup. >>> waking up to rattling windows and shaky walls in houston, texas, we'll let you know about the investigation into what caused a massive deadly explosion. >>> plus, new rules are in the works to curb illegal marijuana sales in california. the new strategy meant to help customers find legal phones. >>> notice i didn't say ugly, i said least attractive. i don't th solid five with a personality. >> and the very funny taylor tomlinson gets ready to perform in the south bay. we'll sit down before she takes the stage at the san jose improve. >>> feeling good on a friday morning, we're going to roll in on this day as we give you a live look at the oakland estuary. some showers are knocking on the door in the bay area. a few years ago the cincinnati bengals were knocking on our door. that's right, dan buns, ronnie lot and company with the big goal line stand in the third quarter at the pontiac dome in detroit, forget about it, the 49ers bet the bengals 26-21 i

remember in the late '80s, the united states navy sank half of the iranian navy, half. not a lot of people talk about it. we thought this is it. we're going to be on full-on war. they recalibrated, kind of hunkered down and went to an asymmetric warfare model. they realized this probably isn't going to work out for us. we have to find out what is going on in the thinking of the supreme leader in the next few weeks. >> thank you for breaking that down. that word asymmetric is something we will be hearing a lot in the next couple of days. chairman rogers, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> a quick programming note on "state of the union" tomorrow with jake tapper, he's going to be interviewing secretary of state mike pompeo, an incredibly important time, as well as the former mayor of south bend, indiana, persian gulf, senator elizabeth warren and house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. that's all on "state of the union" tomorrow morning, 9:00 eastern, sunday right here on cnn. >>> now in the wake of qasem soleimani's death, questions are being raised about

they can rely on the united states navy going up and down the mississippi river, right? good, short, secure, lines of supply. what about the army of the cumberland? the army of the cumberland forward base is national, northwest of--. you can supply enter through the cumberland river, but the river is very fickle, shall we say, and there are times when, because they are downstream you cannot get them up as well as you can, so what are the other options? you have the railroad, which parallels interstate 65, which runs southeast and paralyzed by interstate 24, you can see the mark there on the map. basically, everything will ride the rails. now, once you leave them, between nashville at 183 miles at best, you are going through neutral territory, even though kentucky has voted to remain loyal, it is at best neutral territory. loyal to the united states, it is at best neutral territory. morgan has made a career at this point of cutting that railroad. you know how much that railroad was fully operation, seven months, 12 days. so almost five full months of that 12-month period,

. >>> on this martin luther king holiday, the united states navy will bestow a unique honor on an africanworld war ii. it will name an aircraft carrier in his honor, and his name is dori miller. david martin hahn has his story. >> reporter: the aircraft carrier is the symbol of american power. 90,000 tons of diplomacy, the navy likes to say. almost all of them are named after presidents, until acting secretary of the navy thomas mobley broke with tradition. >> so the list of carriers is going to read washington, lincoln, roosevelt, reagan, truman, eisenhower, bush, ford, kennedy, norah. >> exactly right. and i like it when you put that it way. >> reporter: that's miller as in dori miller. the next aircraft carrier to be built will be named for the grandson of slaves andhey're croppers. >> we decided to do this on martin luther king's birthday at pearl harbor. >> reporter: his closest surviving relatives are still getting used to having a carrier named for their uncle dori, who served in the segregated navy of world war ii. >> this is a great honor, because it's been a hard long road. >> r

they can rely on the united states navy going up and down the mississippi river, right? good, short, secure lines of supply. what about the army of the cumberland? the forward base is nashville which is 30 miles northwest of murfreesboro. you can supply in through the cumberland river, but it can be very fickle, shall we say. there are times because of the shoals just downstream from the city of nashville, you can't get steamers up as best you can. you have the option of the louisville nashville radio which parallels interstate 65 and at nashville, picks up the nashville and chattanooga arrest and is paralleled by interstate 24. you can see it marked on your map. basically everything you are going to need are going to ride the rails, the single track railroad. now, once you leave louisville, between louisville and nashville, that 183 miles at best you are going through neutral territory, even though kentucky has voted to remain loyal to the united states, it is at best neutral territory. morgan has made a career at this point of cutting that railroad. you know how much t

the united states navy afforded me the opportunity to visit beirut in the early 1960s before it fell into warfare. it was the paris of the middle east, a center of deep culture the, a place where people of the three worlds, major religions lived in peace and respect. that has roots in the attitude towards the stranger. from greek times forward it was believed one of the gods would take human form and come as a stranger and we would be judged as to how that stranger was treat the. you didn't try to kill him or instantly regret you hadn't built a wall to keep him out, you fed him. this became a primary civic stir virtue and continues in the way caffe sapore has worked for two decades. it would be a good idea for it to be recognized with the professional and tenacious work. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am susie siegel. i am a san francisco teacher. i met elias a year after he opened. i taught two of his children. i feel like the caffe sapore is crossroads elementary, public middle school, college of the arts, children's center. i want to talk about kids,

iranian americans are terrified that this will lead to a military confrontation between the united states navy ron whenever tensions go up between the u.s. and iran the iranian american community ends up facing difficulties in the u.s. what the real we the travel ban or other types of measures but also because they've seen what u.s. wars in the region have done for the populations there i don't think there's any iranian american the looks at iraq and feels any sense of envy and only seeing that these type of wars tend to destabilize the region and push back any prospects for democracy generations so as a result my sense of where the community is today is that they're very nervous and they're hoping that this doesn't escalate further and the u.s. is long trying to drive a wedge really between a rainy and those supporting a more hardline approach in those who are looking for democracy. do you think this will work especially with such a significant action taken in iraq with general sort of money do you think this will work or will it unites iranians both within iran and abroad. well within the co

the development authority on the island, as well as the united states navy, which is responsible for the pollution and the cleanup. >>> waking up to rattling windows and shaky walls in houston, texas, we'll let you know about the investigation into what caused a massive deadly explosion. >>> plus, new rules are in the works to curb illegal marijuana sales in california. the new strategy meant to help customers find legal phones. >>> notice i didn't say ugly, i said least attractive. i don't th solid five with a personality. >> and the very funny taylor tomlinson gets ready to perform in the south bay. we'll sit down before she takes the stage at the san jose improve. >>> feeling good on a friday morning, we're going to roll in on this day as we give

that and everybody seems to let it go by, joe biden's son was dishonorably discharged from the united states navyanywherenot get a job in the united states because of this. now, how did he get a job over in ukraine/ -- ukraine? did his father have anything to do with him getting that job? host: the president has been impeached by the house. the articles of impeachment will be decided upon today by the u.s. senate. david in mississippi. go ahead. caller: good morning. i hear everybody calling in from both sides, but i don't hear anybody calling in that it's on their own research. c-span, you have archives. i went to my computer and i typed in u.s. involvement in 2013, 2014, and whatever popped up. i recommend a lot of people do the same thing. let's settle this argument. you want to worry about why ukraine is so important? do your own archives. that is all i want to do. that would answer a lot of questions. have a good day. host: larry in ohio. line.n the democrats caller: america, if you would like to know where the country is headed, there's an episode on the twilight zone from 1963. lives,"lled

he served for 21 years as a commander in the united states navy, including one tour in vietnam. after his retirement, he continued his work supporting veterans groups in the local savannah area. mr. wright also dedicated a great deal of his time and efforts to the civilian maritime community in savannah, including the savannah propeller club and the savannah maritime association. a family man through and through, he could often be found watching north carolina tar heel basketball with his family. his presence will be deeply missed throughout our area. mr. wright's family and friends will be in my thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. to address the house for one minute, ask unanimous consent to do so, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to recognize the 200 feet fu -- 200 firefighters fr

i serve my country for 21 years in the united states navy. andica coming together having different politics and recognizing that a good economy benefits our all -- us all, we can not do so based out of hatred. let me show you this story. tomorrow is my dr. martin luther king day. they will name the new $12.5 .illion aircraft carrier n tofirst black america receive the award, back in 1932, after he fired back on japanese planes with a machine gun in 1941. black time of the attack, americans were not allowed to manage gun in the u.s. navy. the ship he was on was attacked by the japanese during the invasion of the islands. i think this is a good move by the navy, recognizing them the matter when they served or what their color was or the conditions. he was not trained in the weapons he was firing. he was a cook and the side of that based on the attack, someone had to do something. a gun and wrist his life for a country where jim crow was president and he could not vote and his family had less opportunity than others. and he's still decided to se

i sacrificed 24 years of my life serving the united states navy and he has not informed congress .he same situation on unemployment. unemployment went from 4.7 to 3.5. host: back to assassinations, we have seen drone strikes go back two administrations previous. what changed now? caller: we need to have diplomacy before we use any kind of firepower. if that was the case, we would have taken out fidel castro. host: i am only highlighting that because you said america is not in the assassination business. caller: do you see large protests in manhattan right now or chicago or los angeles? we don't. this is ridiculous. this president has not sacrificed one thing. he has never served on active duty. host: tom on our support line, go ahead. caller: hi, pedro. thank you for having me this little tod to bring a this -- host: you are going to have to stop listening to the television and go ahead with your thought. caller: sorry about that, pedro. i was getting a lot of background noise. think it was i do definitely support trump and the way he took out this terrorist leader, soleimani. peop

i am a first of all, veteran, united states navy, bronze star, served in lebanon in 1983 where all thearines were massacred. -- the iranians called his bluff and we are humiliated. we have not even gotten to the bottom of what happened in kenya. host: is it a humiliation if there are no casualties? caller: we don't know that yet. we don't even know the reason why he assassinated the -- general. president donald trump -- served his country during the vietnam conflict. president is expected to speak on this later in the program. jan come up next -- jan, you are up next. caller: i am a vietnam era veteran and -- in desert storm and in the white house, we have no one who knows what they are doing in terms of the middle east. the imminent danger they talked about is not real. host: why are you convinced we have been sold a bill of goods? caller: it is his lips are moving, he is lying. he is not a well man. host: do you think yesterday's reaction from iran deserves a response from the united states? caller: i think it has to be measured. i don't think we had any idea of the white house and w

>> well, the first thing we are going to do is the united states navy along with other navies are goinghormuz as an international waterways stays open does not come under threat and that iran does not try to come out, harass shipping or try to do things that train district on or about disrupt the oil supply going. that's one of the key things. united states is more than capable of keeping that waterway open-know we were so exind dent on that air in the middle east for oil. fracking and administration we are the world's biggest oil supplier. what does this mean for us? how big of an effect will it have on america. >> minimal effect. this is what emergency independence gives the united states and american people. it gives us the ability to have flexibility in the middle east it. gives us the ability that when actions like this happen we are not beholden to someone that is supplying our oil while other countries are still dependent on the middle east because of lack of natural resources the united states in developing this technology and make no mistake, we are going to continue to work as

united states navy and united states were very up front in what happened with that tragic incident with near the strait of hormuz at the time. when we looked at that system, and we did the investigation, we determined it was a fact that it was training shortfalls and we figured those. i was a recipient of the intensive training went on afterwards when i was command of uss cole so we would never have repeat like that. clearly iranians may need additional training what may have been going on that evening. we'll have to wait to see what the investigation says. stuart: president's policy seems to keep iran in its box so they can't break out, to hurt a lot of people, keep them in the box. do we have the power, the military power in the region to keep them in the box. >> great question. two things play into this, stuart. one is capability. the other is credibility. we have the capability. we were not quite prepared i think for a full-scale war with iran at this point in time. i think that the president made the right decision in stepping back. but you also have to have credibility you're will

navy. inside is a two-page spread. a battleship with guns claiming and the first line of the story says the united states today has the eatest navy in history. if there is an award for the worst timing and history. [laughter] i would put frank at the top of the list. so i would just like to ask a question out for a show of hands. how many people here have been to the greenbrier hotel in west virginia? how about keep your hands of the homestead in virginia? the grove park inn in north carolina? the hershey hotel? and the bedford springs hotel also in pennsylvania? alright, well traveled crowd. so america is at war. and fdr once the diplomats out of the embassies and quickly. there are only three requirements it needs to be isolated, it needs to be reasonably close to d.c., and it needs to be nice. so state meet at how an zen on the greenbrier in the homestead. which was very familiar turf to the d.c. upper classes. in class, secretary of state hall was vacationing at the greenbrier in september 1 of 1939 when germany invaded poland and started world war ii. so the calls go out, there is intense negotiations. it is winte

the united states navy is honoring a world war ii hero. on pearl harbor. rachel: the historic megxit deal out of buckingham palace, harry and meghan giving up the royal titles in what is being called the great british breakoff. pete: buckingham announcing the couple will no longer receive taxpayer cash, even pay back the millions spent to radioactivity their english cottage. jason: our next guest warns meghan has no idea what she's taking on. u.k. media correspondent neil sean has met prince harry over the years. he's here to explain. what's your take on this? >> morning, jason, rachel, and pete, lovely to see you here from london. yes, well, the truth is this, you know, that harry's decided he wants a brand-new life, he's follow the woman he loves, to quote a phrase, and this is the first time in possibly 70 years now that somebody's walked away from traditional royal life. the feeling here in the u.k. is we're very disappointed because we warmly embrace both meghan and harry. we've loved harry for years. and we feel like he's quitting, y

navy that makes people afraid. in the caribbean, it does. the united states will purchase the danish islands. a $25 million check, they put an end to denmark is an empire. the virgin islands that some of you may have enjoyed so far used to be part of denmark. u.s. makes the case for that expansion, not a pure imperialist act. danes are not going to be very good at keeping the germans at bay in europe. fold, we are going to have a german state just off the coast of florida. that is not ok. they can park their warships. from that day, they can lunge toward the panama canal in the bottom left-hand corner. not quite on this map but it would be just below nicaragua. you will call that i mentioned a couple of weeks ago that the germans had moved to warships into north america. one was parked where? coast. east parked right off the , dominicanerto rico republican -- dominican republic haiti. warship ongerman either side of the panama canal. the canal that the americans had spent a ton of money, a ton of time and scientific effort to make errors. the french had been trying but they could not pull it

united states. thankfully we have the navy and marines that can more quickly than europeans set foot in this region and take control of islands with deep ports. deep ports matter because our large warships need deep ports to come into. there are multiple empires in the caribbean. the biggest one would be great britain. you have jamaica, you have any number of the smaller islands on your right. the smaller antilles. you have an important foothold at the northern part of south america. again, on your right. on the lowertobago right-hand corner are in sporting -- important as petrol states. britain does not like the idea that the americans are going around claiming for themselves some of the biggest islands in the caribbean, and saying, we will hold it while you guys fight over there. don't worry about it, we will distilled some buildings and military spaces. don't worry about it. we are not looking at jamaica. in the meantime, great britain is saying hey canada, as our mini me on that side of the atlantic, get down there and defend our property, show some muscle. float a boat or two out there. the ca

environment of american forces within missile range of iran's arsenal united states has a very robust president's almost 60,000 forces. navy air force marine corps in the united states army are located. >>in this region if they wanted to. and almost with very little warning. the iranians could strike any one of these locations they have the capability. >>justice chilling is the deadly potential payload, iran's missiles could bring if they strike american targets right now they've got conventional high explosives on him in principle they could put chemical are perhaps even a a nuclear weapon on a should they get that one day. those brian todd reporting experts say iran probably is not capable at this time of building a long-range ballistic missile like the ones built in north korea. >>but it is reported that iran is hard at work on doing. >>more than 1 billion animals are presumed dead as wildfires rage across australia tonight. how a woman from the bay area is taking part in the rescue effort right here from home is force a greek freak and the best team in the nba. >>this is >>at least 25 people are dead close to 2000 home

the president-elected by the people is the commander-in-chief of the arm crane navy of the united statesitia of the several states. but why is this even a fight? because our president took out a terrorist who killed 600 americans, wounded thousands of other people across the world? come on, to be clear, donald trump is not exactly what you would call a war-happy president. and from what i know of him, he never will be. president trump: after 15 years of wars in the middle east, we must abandon the failed policy of nation building. president trump: i didn't want to go into iraq. that was a terrible mistake. the american people are weary of war without victory. i said i want to get out of these endless wars. i campaigned on that. >> the plan is to get out of endless wars. bring our soldiers back home. >> we do not seek war, we do not seek nation building, we do not seek regime change. trish: the democrats are trying to curb his war powers. i would ask what war president trump has gone the us into. they didn't think he was tough enough on iran when they shot down our drones. we are living i

article two section two states "the president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the united states." the commander in chief has limits and article one and section 8 says "congress alone has the power to declare war." as tensions with iran reach a boiling point, the interpretations of the president's power is up for debate in the city that relatives the term. >> the president has every authority he needed as commander in chief to do the right decision because american lives were at stake. >> president said i had 52 targets on michael after them, i might do it disproportionally i might go after cultural sites and that is war. if that is not a response to a imminent threat. >> yesterday, president put out this tweet announcing that his potential plan to strike around. open to mike "search legal require is not required." scott anderson served under president obama and was the advisor in baghdad. >> he coordinated at all with members of congress. of the entire and most rations have generally done so to some extent. of >> anderson said the president and his team still have the upp