let s look at a few presidents who have had their vacations interrupted. here s that memorable photo of president george w. bush flying over new orleans, looking at the aftermath of katrina. didn t help, bush was forced to go back to washington in august of 2005. herself president clinton on vacation in martha s vineyard in 94. here s a photo of former president george herbert walker bush fishing up in maine, former president actually cancelled a trip in 92 to monitor a standoff over nuclear inspections in iraq, so this has been going on and on. i remember clinton one summer because of one of his advisors said go west, young man, don t go to martha s vineyard. he went to the teetons. that helped him. it helped him, but he never went back after he was reelected. i m going out there with my daughter at the snake river. we re going to do time on the river for graduation present.
interrupted. here s that memorable photo of president george w. bush flying over new orleans, looking at the aftermath of katrina. didn t help, bush was forced to go back to washington in august of 2005. herself president clinton on vacation in martha s vineyard in 94. here s a photo of former president george herbert walker bush fishing up in maine, former president actually cancelled a trip in 92 to monitor a standoff over nuclear inspections in iraq, so this has been going on and on. i remember clinton one summer because of one of his advisors said go west, young man, don t go to martha s vineyard. he went to the teetons. that helped him. it helped him, but he never went back after he was reelected. i m going out there with my
it generally is this. isn t it? no, i m a constitutionalist. under a constitution republic, you mentioned all those poll, people s mind are all over the place. we elect leaders to make these decisions. what was the appropriate constitutional proce f innghiaction article i, section 8, the act giving the congress of the united states the authority, the lone authority to declare war or authorize war. what obama should have done don t go to south africa to get permission to go to war when did he do that?ç he made a phone call to the jacob. security council. we didn t get china, russia, brazil or germany, half the powers in the world. he went in there without this authorization. chris, what he should have done is come and said, look, i know it s not a vital interest but it could be a humanitarian disaster. i want your authority to go in and use american air power to protect benghazi. i think he would have gotten it. he doesn t do it.
it generally is this. isn t it? it s unconstitutional. under a constitution republic, you mentioned all those poll, people s mind are all over the place. we elect leaders to make these decisions. what was the appropriate constitutional process for bringing this action. article i, section 8, the act giving the congress of the united states the authority, the lone authority to declare war or authorize war. what obama should have done don t go to south africa to get permission to go war when did he do that? he made a phone call to the security council. we didn t get china,ç russia, brazil or germany, half the powers in the world. he went in there without this authorize acceleration. what he should have done is come look, i know it s not a vital interest but it could be a humanitarian disaster. i want your authority to go in and use american air power to protect benghazi. i think he would have gotten it.
jenna: real quick, chris, would you have told the president, don t go to indiana today? reporter: tsa a call the white house has to make. now, he can talk you can talk about whatever you want, wherever you are. so i m sure he s going to take some time to talk about this issue, but it just shows what a devilishly complex job the presidency is, especially when you re trying to roll out a political message as they are now. jenna: and you re getting woken up in the middle of the night, you have no sleep. reporter: that s right. the 3 a.m. call finally came. jenna: yeah. sleep deprivation and a lot of issues. chris, thank you very much for joining us today. reporter: you bet. jon: now to someone with direct knowledge, deputy special envoy for north korean human rights. christian, a lot of observers say north korea just revealed the capabilities of that nuclear facility, must much more capabln people thought.