But it hasnt been so. Our Founding Fathers understood that the executive branch was the branch most prone to war, and so with due deliberation our Founding Fathers took the power to declare war and they gave it to congress. Exclusively. President obamas new position as president , which differs from his position as candidate, is that hes fine to get some input when its convenient for us, maybe after the election. But hes not really interested enough to say that it would bind him or that he would say we need attacks now and come to us tomorrow and ask permission. He thinks whenever its convenient and you guys get around to it. Secretary kerry stated this explicitly that his understanding of the constitution is that no congressional authorization is necessary. I say why even bother coming back in december . They kind of like it, they like the show of it. They understand it might have some practical benefit but its theater and show. If youre going to commit war without permission, its the
Life of a Migrant Worker through their parents eyes. And the challenges faced for a better life for kids. Hi there. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. A massive search and rescue mission is underway for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. More than 10 countries are involved. Authorities cant pinpoint where the jet went down 10 days ago. Two men boarded flight 370 with stolen passports. They were listed in interpols global data base, but Security Officials never doublechecked the list. Tickets were purchased with cash in thailand. An iranian man bought the tickets, but that has not been confirmed. In this age of heightened security, how did passengers with stolen passports get on the airliner. We look at some flaws in airport security. Its hard to believe in this day and age people can board planes with stolen passports. Importantly it happens a lot. Kuala lumpur never checked to see if the two passports were, indeed, stolen. Last year people boarded planes a b
We are at risk of unjust fieed and unwarranted interference in our lives. Reporter after outing the program Edward Snowden speaks for the First Time Since fleeing the country. We believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group. Reporter chief of police speaking a short time ago saying one of the men who used a stolen passport to board flight 370 was not a terrorist and welcome to al jazeera, im stephanie sy and the hunt continues for the missing plane and they are expanding the search area, crews have been scouring the flight path around thailand and South China Sea and going to the malaka straight between West Malaysia and indonesia in case it tried to turn around which there are indications of and ten countries including the u. S. Are in the search but cannot pinpoint where the jet disappeared four days ago and lisa stark is in washington d. C. , good morning, are there any more clues . What happened to this flight truly does remain a mystery. Authorities are desp
You evicted me on the street. I am 82 years old holocaust survivor, sleeping on the street and couldnt get Affordable House because you dont do anything. I apply to many of you. Again, i say you are fascist, racist and anti semitic and board of supervisors, too. Thank you. Any other members of the public wishing to speak on behalf of the appellant . As i mentioned before, whoever is clapping please stop clapping. We have a rule in the chamber that we dont interrupt our proceedings against either applause or hissing. So, with that, any other members wish to speak in support of the appellant . At this time why dont we now go to dpw and planning. Good afternoon, supervisors. Bruce [speaker not understood], city ask county surveyor. I think most of you have seen the center here today, but the summation is this on december 4th, 2013 we received two subdivision applications from Neighboring Properties on Mission Street at the intersection with third. First subdivision applications of fouruni
Minister says he will resign after losing key support from within his own party. So, high level russian and american diplomates promise to help unblock the deadlock serious peace talks in geneva. As he spoke to reporters in past hour. Inside syria itself, there is no end to the violence. Government helicopters reportedly dropped several barrel bombs on thursday. Near the lebanese border is a ghost town, according to activists. Thats after heavy fighting on wednesday. The violence forced more people to flee from their homes. Many of them going to the lebanese town on the border with syria. We will be reporting from there, shortly. The first two al jazeera diplomatic editor whose is at those talks in geneva, i know you were at that press conference earlier, james, your assessment of where we are at now and what he had to say . Well, as you say, the u. S. And russia are going to do everything this their power to unblock this process. He didnt tell us exactly what they were going to do. We