Following months in which his administration insisted date day. It has sufficient authority. In an op ed. Off the bat Mitch Mcconnell says they repeal obama care. How do you expect the president to trust that youll Work Together . Our role is to show what happened and why this is a violation of law. I found what we are looking for. We wanted to be on the scene at the moment. Thats how to capture the guys. We changed the game. Wed have a 300 mile conversation about war, what it does to you. Two pastors and a 90yearold man face gaol time. The crime feeding the homeless. We start with president obama, reversing course and asking congress for authority to fight i. S. I. L. In iraq and syria. We are Engaging Congress over an authorisation to use military force. The world needs to know that we are united behind the effort, and the men and women of the military deserve clear and unified support. The president s statement comes at a time when theres concerns about the effectiveness at the coalitions effort to destroy i. S. I. L. There are questions about why hes asking for authorisation now, after maintaining for months that he had all the authority he needed. This was a president who was a constitutional scholar, and has a deep conviction that he doesnt want to leave to the next presidency an unbridled authority to make war. The vouf congress is tested after a report from vow of congress is tested after the president sent a letter to the grand Ayatollah Khomeini expressing a concern about i. S. I. L. It seems to be a desperate move to get a Nuclear Arms Deal joining us is corporal james, serving as National Security advisor under george w bush, a fellow at the washington institute. Ambassador, always good to have you on the show. President obama repeatedly said he had the authority to fight i. S. I. L. , but said he wants to go to congress, because its beneficial to the country to update the authority from 2001. Why do you think he is going back to congress after saying for so long that he didnt need to . Theres several interpretations of this. One is hes been uncomfortable with the 2001 authorisation, even though he has used it because he had no other authority back in the june, july august time frame. Over a year ago he expressed the desire to replace it with an updated one. The other reason is hes looking for ways to cooperate with congress. My fear is, given his reluctance to engage, we see it to some degree in the fight against i. S. I. L. This will be seen as an effort like the september 2013 chemical weapons issue of passing this on to the congress, and if the congress doesnt act, what do we do . You reacted strongly to this. Ill quote you here. You said strong words. Senator mccain says he thinks the authorisation should be updated. I believe you think the authorisation should be updated. You dont think its the right time . I think it would be great if you could get one, and this is how democracies are supposed to work. Congress is brought in. My problem is one of perception. This is a president who, in his west point speech, a few months ago, before the i. S. I. S. Thing blew up. Talked about how some of the biggest problems that america made in the last 70 years involved use of military force. He is someone who is reluctant to do this, and in his public statements he takes a not disparaging but skeptical few of military force. This is known when taking into account the chemical weapons decision. If he wants to motivate the troops, put people in harms way, that he send a message that hes fully on board with the conflict. If we get more authorisation from congress, fine. Hell fight this thing to the hilt with or without the authorisation. That is what we need to hear, and we dont. In the meantime, are we fighting it to the hilt. We here about the al nusra front gains and general dempsey saying we havent vetted or armed or trained the syrian moderates. Where are we in the fight against i. S. I. L. The president said its too early to tell whether we are winning. Hes arguing for a longterm campaign. I could make a case for a longterm campaign, but the problem is, and it gets to perceptions. I would prefer to see a longterm campaign with more airpower and advisory teams and controllers on the ground so the aircraft are more effective. We can take ground back from these people and stop putting them on the offensive. We had successors going after people in yemen and syria in the last 24 hours. We need more of this. This is a question of how the middle east, the countries we are aligned with, and the population, many with sympathies, how they feel about the conflict. Its important that we project two criteria, that we are confident and successful. The refer to bombing the coro zone group in syria may have killed an important bombmaker for the al qaedarelated group. General austin will be at the meeting with congressional leaders at the white house, and said that the effort is going well. Lets turn to another part of the effort, something where president obama sent a secret alert to irans Supreme Leader last month stressing the shared interest in fighting i. S. I. L. , but said the cooperation was tied to a nuclear deal reached. Speaker john boehner was blunt when asked about this saying he doesnt trust the iranians, and we dont need to bring them into the i. S. I. L. Fight. Your reaction . I was appalled by this report, if its true. And it seems that the white house is careful about confirming it. First of all, to the extent, and its limited. I want to underline, as john boehner did, how limited any cooperation with the iranians should be and is on the fight against i. S. I. L. , we have a few shared interests. The grand ayatollah is a believer in a similar islamic philosophy to that of i. S. I. S. We can contain this, deal with it, but should not make it our ally. Thats the first thing. The second thing, to the extent that we are going to cooperate on the fight against i. S. I. S. , why are we making it doingt on signing a Nuclear Agreement. We do have interests with iran, and i admit there is overlap. Albeit limited. I just so what is he saying, that well walk away from the fight against i. S. I. L. , if we dont get a Nuclear Agreement this month. This is the kind of thing that confuses people that want to think the best of this administration. Senator mccain agrees with you, and complains how we are playing ftse with iran. A pleasure to have you on the show. Thank you. Thank you. Turning to the nations capital. A day after both parties vowed to seek areas of common ground. Partisan bickering heated up. House Speaker John Boehner took a combative tone on issues ranging from immigration to obama care. Obama care is hurting the economy. Its hurting middle class families, and its hurting the ability for employers to create more jobs. It should be repealed and replace with commonsense reforms. The speaker warned the president not a use executive authority on immigration, and put the own us on obama to find ways to work with republicans in the house and senate. Im joined by the Republican NationalCommittee Press secretary. Kirsten, good to have you with us. A big win. With that comes big responsibility. In a wall street journal article on thursday, Mitch Mcconnell and john boehner vowed to get congress going. Most of what they talked about looked like a g. O. P. Wishlist. Tax reform, tort reform. Things that george bush made little progress on. With the democratic president. Is there a risk at promising action and not delivering . Not at all. I think that it was very good of both the speaker and the leader, soon to be leader, to map out what americans can expect in the coming months. I think another story that came out today was in the washington post, and it detailed a little bit of a relationship between the white house, harry reid and the senators. A little insight into why the senate was not productive at all, and we saw a complete obstruction and road block there. I think its very good of senator Mitch Mcconnell and Speaker John Boehner to say that that isnt happening with the new arrangement that will happen, and it will start in january. Lets listen to Mitch Mcconnell, and how he sounded pretty conceal at ray when it came to obama care. If i had the ability, i would get rid of it. Hes still there. Well discuss how to go forward on this issue. Sounded like he couldnt make obama care a priority, then they come out with an oped piece, and its a recall, and john boehner said the same thing, that obama care is hurting the economy and middle class gam lis. Democrats will say here they go again, trying to repeal a lot that is ensure ag lot of people, and is not offering an alternative. I dont think its the truth. We got down with the election, where obama care was the central issue, other than the democrats have done nothing to help the economy and unemployment. I think that the voters spoke. You know, whether or not repeal is what is going to happen over the next couple of months, theres a large percentage of this country that wants to see that. If we cant get all the way there, we figure out how to make fixes to the legislation. Medical device tax is something that a lot of democrats are saying that we can get done off the bat when it comes to obama care. I think that they are going to the democrats will go and fear monger. We have seen it for a long time. This is all very new, and we should take time and let the new leadership work and see what we do. One thing that they are not taking their time on, on both sides, is arguing about immigration. Mitch mcconnell said if the president went it alone and used executive action it would be like waving a red flag in front of a bull. This is what john boehner had to say. You all heard me say, starting two years ago yesterday, that the immigration system is broken and needs to be fiffed. I made clear to the president that if he acts unilaterally on his own, outside of his authority, hell poison the well and therell be no chance. He went on to say when you play with matches you take the risk of burning yourself. Arent both sides poisoning the well with this rhetoric immediately after the election . You know what, i agree with Mitch Mcconnell and john boehner on this one. A lot of americans do to. We saw the playout. Immigration was probably a larger discussion in the midterms than we dreamt it would, with a lot of people, americans, saying we dont want the president to act unilaterally, it is not his place. That does not take into consideration their points of view. We need a conversation. We had to have a conversation, and that is not what the democrats and president obama did. This provides a new chapter, lets sit and figure it out. When it comes to the president acting unilaterally, theres not enough trust on our side of the aisle or americans. Its right for us to caution him. When you talked about things not getting done, republicans attacked harry reid for failing to bring bills forward in the senate to be passed by the house. On immigration, is that who john boehner did, when he refused to allow a vote in the house on the reform bill . Well have to situate and see the conversation that the house and the senate will have, a lot of people believe that the status quo is not acceptable. The dynamic that is difficult, that john boehner and others are dealing with is the trust factor with the president that im talking about. The president overplayed his hand on this issue and a lot of things, and its difficult for us to you know, for us to trust him on the subject. The argument on the other side is the Tea Party Wing of the Republican Party, which is a minority has down the same thing, it wields a lot of power. We had a republican congressman on the show wednesday night. He was concerned about senate republicans, angling to be president , paul, cruz, rubio, and how they may be objects to the party, to govern successfully, and in reaching compromises. I think the 2016 president ial field will be an interesting conversation. I think we are excited about it in the Republican Party, because i think our party is ready to have that conversation. Voters are ready to see the people, candidates out there talking about the issues. I think that the tea party is an important part of who we are, and i think that its a very good perspective for everyone to keep in mind, and they represent a lot of americans out there with their views. I think thats part of the conversation, not all the conversation, and moving forward, i think we are going to start seeing something and americans will be happy. They ended up dominating. They dominated too. You read the story in the show. The white house didnt have control over it. A lot of times, the tea party and the Republican Party get a bad wrap. Media likes to talk about it. Theres another side to the conversation, another perspective. We need to keep it in mind. Its good to get your perspective. Appreciate you joining us, thank you coming up, why were two pastures and a 9 pastors and a 90yearold man arrested for feeding Homeless People. Its part of the debate over america. 25 years since the beginning of the end of the berlin wall our social media producer harmeli aregawi is tracking the top stories what, is trending. An anonymous website is in the news after one of users posted photos of a gruesome murder. Wed like to hear what you think about issues on the show is the act of feeding the homeless in a public setting an act of charity or a criminal offence. In a growing trend across the country 21 cities passed laws limiting where and when organizations can feed Homeless People. Ford lauderdale is the latest city to enact such ordnances. Its a debate. A 90yearold man and two pastors were issued criminal violations for violating rules of feeding the homeless in public. They could face 50 days in gaol and a 500 fine. I served three people at the time, and served the fourth. They said put down that plate right away. It was a shock but the mayor of Fort Lauderdale says its a Public Safety and health issue. The experts said if you feed them outdoors, breakfast, lunch, dinner, you enable the cycle of homelessness, they dont receive the aid they need to receive. Father mark sims, one of the pastors who received a criminal citation, the rector the st. Mary mag dalen efista cole parr. , and james brooks, someone that advocates for a multifaceted approach to end homelessness in america. Father sims, ill start with you, since you are accused of violating the ordnance and got a summons to appear in court. Your argument is that law criminalizes homelessness. It does. I feel that it does. Ive been issued a criminal sitation for handing out food to someone who is hungry. A compassionate act of feeding an individual, i was given a criminal citation. Why is there a need for the laws . We know florida had a homeless problem, ranking second in the nation. What do you say to the father. Why should we punish people for trying to help the needy . I have to argue with you in terms of analysis of a trend. You talk about 21 cities. Theres 21,000 municipalities and the United States, less than 1 of cities that have rules on the books. Theres a couple of significant cities. Let me give you the position which, yes, there are cities that c improves statues that regulate before, such as aggressive pan handling or sleeping in public places. These are things that citizens have done. What id like you to look at is what Fort Lauderdale has done to solve housing and homelessness problem. If you look at the statistics released last week, Fort Lauderdale is exemplary in that it has seen a 30 reduction in chronic homelessness. Im not arguing the point. Fort lauderdale is a city that has done one of the best jobs. We are not saying Fort Lauderdale is a bad guys, but theres a question of they are trying to help people that have little. Yes. They are trying to help people that have little. This is my point, and the difference of opinion that i have with father sims, is that there are arguments over how do you help the homeless. There are reasonable arguments. Arguments that city leaders put forward is you need a comprehensive approach to tie housing to nude irn, health care, education nutrition, health care, education and job training. We know this work. You only need to look at the veterans Housing Population to see that they had eliminated for all practical purposes. Lets bring the point to father sims. James and others argued that its better for the homeless to be fed indoors, taken into programs that have other elements that deal with Mental Health and drug rehab. Does he not have a point that it would be better for the homeless to go to those facilities than to get the food outside . It would be better if every individual had a home and place to live. They dont. The fact is that stom people are living on the streets because they cannot get jobs. I just heard mr brooks mention a move towards getting everyone in a position where they could be hired and gain fully employed. When you have as high an Unemployment Rate as we to in south florida, you will have People Living on the streets. I believe that one of the reasons that this issue has really struck a nerve is because through the last recession, many people who never would have experienced homelessness in the past experienced a brush with homelessness. And they are not going to sit and just watch people not be fed. Its just simply inhumane. Not everyone is ready to go into a homeless shelter. James, the National Coalition for the homeless argues what the father is arguing, that homelessness is not a choice. People that are getting the food out there. It is not encouraging people to be homeless. These are people who have no other alternative. Yes. And i wouldnt argue its a choice. Lets go to comparable examples. City of philadelphia tried to approa