Tim Kaine: Same Standard Should Apply To President Trump As Pres. Obama | Andrea Mitchell

>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING MILITARY ACTION AGAINST SYRIA
WITHOUT FIRST GOING TO CONGRESS. SOMETHING THAT DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN TIM KAINE SAYS IS NECESSARY.
SENATOR, I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST ABOUT THE SUGGESTION FROM
SECRETARY TILLERSON LAST NIGHT THAT RUSSIA WAS EITHER COMPLICIT
OR INCOMPETENT. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF
THEM OR SECURE THEM. THERE IS SOME MILITARY ANALYSIS,
POSTANALYSIS, THAT RUSSIA MAY HAVE BEEN SOLVED.
WE KNOW THEY WERE -- >> THEY IS VERY, VERY TROUBLING.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS WILLING TO CALL THAT OUT AND
RAISE THAT PROSPECT. THAT WOULD DRAMATICALLY ESCALATE
THE ISSUE. WE HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG RUSSIA
AND IRAN HAVE BEEN BANKROLLING AND BACKING THE ATROCITIES OF
PRESIDENT ASSAD AGAINST HIS PEOPLE.
>> IT IS ALSO INTERESTING THAT WE WERE TOLD IN THE BRIEFING
FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS THAT I'M GOING TO MOSCOW TO
COVER TILLERSON'S VISIT THERE. THAT HE WILL RAISE ISSUES
BASICALLY SAYING FUTURE COOPERATION WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION DEPENDS ON IF YOU LIVE UP TO INTERNATIONAL NORMS
ON YOU CRANE AND HACKING. SO HE IS, SECRETARY TILLERSON,
IS CONFRONTING VLADIMIR PUTIN IF THAT MEETING STILL TAKES PLACE,
WITH ACCUSATIONS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN WILLING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HAPPENED. WE WERE NOT HEARING THE
ACTIVITIES BY RUSSIA. >> IN LOOKING AT THIS SDRIEK, DO
YOU HAVE A SENSE THIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM AND THE PRESIDENT
ARE BEGINNING TO PULL TOGETHER? AND DO THEY HAVE A LARGER VISION
ABOUT WHERE TO GO NEXT. >> I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT.
LOOK THE NEED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST SYRIA IS VERY, VERY
POTENT. I VOTED TO TAKE ACTION FOR THEIR
USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN 2013. IS IS FASCINATING TO WATCH THE
DRAMATIC SWITCH. IT IS A GOOD THING AND I GIVE
CREDIT TO THE TEAM FOR DOING IT. YOU KNOW I HAVE A SEPARATE
ISSUE. EVEN IF IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO, THERE IS A RIGHT ORDER TO DO IT.
THE 9/11 AUTHORIRIZATION PASSEDN 2001 WAS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST
TERRORIST GROUPS. SO WHILE THE REASON TO TAKE THIS
STEP IS LAUDABLE, AND I VOTED FOR MILITARY ACTION IN 2013.
AS OPPOSED TO DEFENDING THEM ON AN ATTACK.
IT IS A NEW ADMINISTRATION, A GOOD TIME TO SIT DOWN AND TALK
ABOUT THE GROWING U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE AND COMBATTING
ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WORLD. >> ARE YOU ALSO GOING TO BE
TOUGH ON YOUR OWN COLLEAGUES? BECAUSE THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
ANY WILL IN CONGRESS TO TAKE UP THIS ISSUE.
>> IN SOME WAYS IT'S MORE OF A
-- THE BUSH, OBAMA, AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS MAINTAINED,
THOUGH I MIGHT DISAGREE, THAT THE AUTHORIZATION APPROVED
ACTIVITY AGAINST AL QAEDA AND ISIL.
THIS IS ACTION AGAINST THE NATION OF SYRIA.
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTED TO TAKE THAT ACTION HE BROUGHT IT
TO CONGRESS IN 2013. AND REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
HE TOOK ACTION AGAINST LIBYA TO STOP A HUMANITARIAN SLAUHTER
THERE? HE WAS REBUKED BY THE HOUSE.
THEY SAID HE DID THAT WITH NO AUTHORITY BECAUSE HE HAS NOT
CONFERRED WITH CONGRESS. I THINK THEY SHOULD APLAY THE
SAME STANDARD. THEY SAY WE MAY AGREE THAT THE
REGIME IS HORRIBLE, BUT YOU NEED TO COME TO CONGRESS FIRST.
THE SAME FOR THIS MISSION AFTER THE ATTACK LAST NIGHT.
WHAT MORE ARE THEY PLANNING TO DO?
THEY NEED TO BRING IT BEFORE US AND THEY WILL FIND A

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