citizen has. the number of people that we had in the last election are at a low level. 52.4%. when president obama was elected it was about 62.3%. that is a huge difference. but i want to stay on this. yes, i agree that is what citizens should do either way. that is going to have the greater impact. if the house of representatives flips then you can begin to create accountability on this the president of the united states still has tremendous power in the spheres of war, war making and in the spheres of foreign affairs. how do you think that op-ed gets read in saudi arabia i am serious. it is being read in every capital and every leader and every government and everybody
choosing to stay with this in mind. you think that is a justified and admiral decision. up to the point where you are forced to carey out illegal and immoral order. it is admiral to stay in and try to temper the process and prevent damage in getting worse to try to slow things down. i learned your name and first interviewed you as a reporter after you had worked anonymously in the white house in the bush administration and came forward to blow the whistle on what you said were huge missignals by the bush skplgs the national security counsel on terrorism, what was what got you to sort of switch over to come out publicly and after your criticism? well the president and particularly the vice president were saying publicly that iraq had something to do with nine/11 and about to embark on a war
doing. i m always a believer in congress recouping its power, taking its power back. we have abdicated so much power and given it up to the presidency, whether it s war-making or healthcare economy, regulations in any industry. we have given up too much power to the president. i m always in favor of trying to get that power back. neil: do you think the president is starting a bad precedent here? he has brought som people iranian access tension that the chinese and many friends have rigged the system to their benefit? is this the proper respon is he going too far? you look at the old trade deals from decades ago and they have a national security waiver in them. they were intended to be okay. tomorrow we declared 1941 with japan. should we now reassess our trade agreement with japan? that s what it s about. it wasn using it as an excuse to put tariffs on anybody. it was talking about the threat of war or the actual activities
worst humanitarian crises in the world, famine, millions of people suffering from cholera, people drinking fifthy water, what i and senator lee and senator murphy have insisted is that the time is long overdue for the congress to accept it s constitutional responsibility of war making and not give that over to the president. and that s been the case for many, many years. we brought a resolution to the floor, we got 44 votes which is a good start. but the bottom line is, if the united states is going to get involved in a war, it should not be the president who makes that decision, it s under the constitution, congress has to re-establish that authority. i want to turn to the violent clashes in gaza over the weekend. you tweeted about this yesterday, you wrote, quote, the killing of palestinian demonstrate tors by israeli
to testify before the house judiciary committee on the possible ties. the trump campaign. and russia. and as the war of words continues to escalate between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un, today for the first time in over 40 years. hold authority on the use of nuclear weapons. corker in a statement told cnbc the hearing was a result of growing questions from members of congress about the authorities of the legislative and executive branches with respect to war making and the use of nuclear weapons. and the hearing could make changes that could ultimately change war era policies that give the president the sole authority to make the decision to launch a nuclear attack. there s growing controversy surrounding a president trump nominee to be a lifetime federal judge in alabama. 36-year-old brett tally has never tried a case. has only been practicing law for