it s fortunate that was the case was a strike against the assad regime itself and attempt to intervene in the civil war. it was a narrow strike. but as you say to go back to the initial question, whether the mission was accomplished we with won t know for months. you have said in terms of the back and forth about whether or not congress should be should vote before the united states launches military action, you ve said you re okay with the limited strikes as you just delineated. so though in general you say you re not comfortable with dwres not playing its role with the use of force. presidents for decades have used military force without congressional approval. you might remember in 2013 the senate pulled become a vote on syrian strikes after president obama asked for approval. isn t really the unspoken fact here that congress doesn t really want to vote yes or no on war, that they want to see this authority to the president so they don t have to go on the record? it s not un
testifying before the committees on the hill. now, whether that s true or not or the extent to which the white house is doing that, i don t know. i think his options are much more limited with the special prosecutor, that he doesn t have much protection there. and that he has to answer legitimate questions. and that s what s going on. yes. and you know also. go ahead, laura. to that point, think about it. mueller s power could lead him to incarceration. right. congressional power could lead him to getting perhaps a slap on the wrist or being scorned in the public square. but there is not a whole lot of things that dwres can do if they hold him in contempt. they have to rely on the department of justice and a federal judge to be able to make the contempt stick and have a penalty attached. i m sure he is far more cooperative with mueller s team because there is a criminal penalty attached to that. and frankly the alternative is more pleasing to him if not entirely benign. i
offering is something that would make it a lot more palatable. essentially providing him some cover so that trump could say you know it s kind of a two-win he gets the win for ending the program serving the base. but he gets to tell dreamers he has been working on it like he did before and this is an opportunity to say that. now, look, dwres it s hard to get anything passed in congress. there is a lot of sympathy for these group of immigrants. more than any other group of undocumented immigrants. you saw that with paul ryan s you know talk earlier today on the radio. but getting anything through this congress has been difficult. getting them to agree on what the actual weather is is difficult. franco stay with us please. indira thank you for staying with us and it s always a pleasure. one senator calls the president poorly informed and reminds his colleagues we answer to the american people. that senator, republican john mccain.
as we mentioned before this has been very difficult for trump. he is torn between trying to serve his base but also a larger electorate, not only that kind of his own moral feelings. obviously this is something that hurt him, impacted him personally. the legislation that tillis is offering is something that would make it a lot more palatable. essentially providing him some cover so that trump could say you know it s kind of a two-win he gets the win for ending the program serving the base. but he gets to tell dreamers he has been working on it like he did before and this is an opportunity to say that. now, look, dwres it s hard to get anything passed in congress. there is a lot of sympathy for these group of immigrants. more than any other group of undocumented immigrants. you saw that with paul ryan s you know talk earlier today on the radio. but getting anything through this congress has been difficult. getting them to agree on what