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<v Speaker 1>Here. It is your Channel Line first morning weather forecast.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be mostly cloudy day and very humid. They're saying,

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<v Speaker 1>got isolated storms between noon and five, severe storms between

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<v Speaker 1>six pm and midnight. Today's high eighty six overnight, mostly

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<v Speaker 1>cloudy skies. You could see a few showers. That'll drop

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<v Speaker 1>to sixty nine degrees. Little more cooler tomorrow with the

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<v Speaker 1>high of eighty degrees. Not as humid as well, but

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<v Speaker 1>still some isolated showers as storms of possibility over Thursday night,

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<v Speaker 1>clear skies for the most part, sixty four for the low. Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>a partly clotty day, and the heat rolls in. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>go up to eighty seven and look at it nineties

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<v Speaker 1>over the weekend through Monday, seventy four degrees. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>time for a traffic update, Chuck Ingram, No, we're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to do that. Why because Judge ed apolitanoism there.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe sent him the link. We've got the column. He

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<v Speaker 1>even responded to Joe's email with the link. So normally

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at him on zoom and sadly enough Judge

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<v Speaker 1>and Politano not there. Anyway, I can still tell you

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<v Speaker 1>what he wanted to talk about. Trump war in the Constitution. So,

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<v Speaker 1>in the absence of the Polatanom, I can give you

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<v Speaker 1>an advance reading of the column. As the United States

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<v Speaker 1>becoming President Trump recently condemned, can the President fight any

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<v Speaker 1>war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses?

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<v Speaker 1>Are their constitutional and legal requirements that must be met

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<v Speaker 1>before war is waged? These questions should be central to

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<v Speaker 1>debate over the US involvement in Ukraine, Gaza, in Iran. Sadly,

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<v Speaker 1>there has been no great debate mainstream media or mouthing

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<v Speaker 1>what CIA is telling them, and only a few websites

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<v Speaker 1>and podcasts are challenging the government's reckless, immoral and illegal,

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<v Speaker 1>unconstitutional wars. And I talked about this all morning. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>the backstory. All power in the federal government comes from

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<v Speaker 1>the Constitution and from no other source. Congress is restrained

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<v Speaker 1>by the Constitution and by treaties to which the US

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<v Speaker 1>is a party. Congress cannot legally declare a war on Russia, Gaza,

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<v Speaker 1>or Iran since there are no militarily grounded reasons for

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<v Speaker 1>doing so. Russia poses no threat to American national security,

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<v Speaker 1>persons or property, nor do Gaza or Iran. Moreover, US

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<v Speaker 1>is no treaty with Ukraine or Israel that triggers an

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<v Speaker 1>American military obligation. Under the Constitution, only Congress can declare

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<v Speaker 1>war on a nation or group. Last time it did

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<v Speaker 1>so was to initiate America's involvement of World War Two.

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<v Speaker 1>The Congress has given away limited authority to presidents and

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<v Speaker 1>permitted them to fight undeclared wars, such as the War

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<v Speaker 1>Power Resolution of nineteen seventy three in President George W.

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<v Speaker 1>Bush's invasion of Afghanistan in Iraq, which were done under

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<v Speaker 1>an authorization for use of military force. Congress has not

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<v Speaker 1>only not declared war on Russia or Gaza or Iran,

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<v Speaker 1>and it has not authorized use of American forces in

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<v Speaker 1>those countries. Yet it has given the president a blank

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<v Speaker 1>check and authorized him to spend it on military equipment

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<v Speaker 1>for Ukraine and Israel. However it sees fit. President Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump came into the office promising to end America's forever wars. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>the United States continues to fund a war his predecessors

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<v Speaker 1>entered into in Ukraine, the goal of which was to

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<v Speaker 1>eliminate Russian troops from Ukraine and Crimea and Russian President

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<v Speaker 1>Vladimir Putin from office, none of these objectives is realistically obtainable.

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<v Speaker 1>In Gaza, the Israeli goal has been to remove by

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<v Speaker 1>death or force all Palestinians from their ancestral land. That goal,

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<v Speaker 1>which is morally reprehensible and militarily unfeasible, has produced more

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<v Speaker 1>than fifty five thousand civilian deaths, none of this to

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<v Speaker 1>the benefit of the United States. In Iran, the President

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<v Speaker 1>lulled the Iranians in believing that the United States was

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<v Speaker 1>seriously negotiating with them, while the US intelligence assets planned

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<v Speaker 1>and helped execute the Israeli attack on Tehran last week,

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<v Speaker 1>some of which murdered the negotiators. Is Iran, which US

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<v Speaker 1>and intelligence Israeli intelligence have concluded has no nuclear weapons,

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<v Speaker 1>as Israel does, the slightest threat to the US national security.

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<v Speaker 1>The judge right it does not. We don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>many American intelligence as officers or in Ukraine and Gaza Iran,

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<v Speaker 1>but we know that they are there. This is something

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<v Speaker 1>I've talked about with Daniel Davis before. During Trump's first

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<v Speaker 1>term in office, the CIA built twenty facilities for its

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<v Speaker 1>officers and agents across the Ukraine. We also know that

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<v Speaker 1>they're involved in hostilities since much of the US hardware

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<v Speaker 1>used against Russia and Gaza in defense of and in

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<v Speaker 1>defense of Israel, requires American know how to operate and maintain.

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<v Speaker 1>Are American intelligence officers killing Russian soldiers, Gaza civilians and

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<v Speaker 1>Iranian officials. The White House prefers not to answer. Yet

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<v Speaker 1>none of this has been authorized by Congress. Now back

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<v Speaker 1>to the Constitution. The War Powers Resolution, which requires presidential

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<v Speaker 1>notification to Congress of the use of American military force,

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<v Speaker 1>is unconstitutional because it consists of Congress giving away one

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<v Speaker 1>of its core functions declaring war. The Supreme Court is

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<v Speaker 1>characterized that delegating away of core functions as a volative

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<v Speaker 1>of the separation of powers and thus unconstitutional. However, I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta chime in, it has never been a Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 1>case specifically involving the War Powers Resolution doing that, although

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<v Speaker 1>you can certainly draw the lines from the other cases

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<v Speaker 1>to the same conclusion. That's my words. Back to neapolitanum

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<v Speaker 1>or over, the statute only applies to the militaria, does

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<v Speaker 1>not constrain and require reporting the use of intelligence personnel

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<v Speaker 1>to fight wars. Nevertheless, Trump has not informed Congress of

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<v Speaker 1>his intentions to use American troops violently. Yet he has

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<v Speaker 1>used the Navy, the Air Force, and the CIA to

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<v Speaker 1>attack civilians in Yemen at war crime, and he has

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<v Speaker 1>soldiers out of uniform in Ukraine so as to perpetuate

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden era deception that American boots are not there

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<v Speaker 1>on the ground. Don't be surprised if Trump gives war

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<v Speaker 1>powers Act Notice secretly to the Gang of Eight. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>a subset of the problem, folks. That's the Congress. Within

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<v Speaker 1>the Congress, consisting of the chairs and ranking members of

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<v Speaker 1>the House and Intelligence committees, and the Republican and Democrat

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<v Speaker 1>leaders of the House and Senate, with which the President

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<v Speaker 1>legally shares secrets. Just as Congress cannot delegate away it's

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<v Speaker 1>war making powers to the president, it can't delegate him

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<v Speaker 1>to the Gang of Eight. Oh there he is, Joseph Paulitano.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you there? His image is frozen. The Gang of

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<v Speaker 1>Eight is antith antithetical to the government values informing them

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<v Speaker 1>of whether or whatever violence the President is up to

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<v Speaker 1>is done under oath of secrecy. What kind of democracy

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<v Speaker 1>operates and kills in secret? Are you there, your honor?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I am. My apologies the internet issues I kept

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<v Speaker 2>getting kicked out somebody in Cincinnati, not you or a streker, doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>And he froze up again.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh and again I'm back.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, this is crazy. We didn't even run the Ingram

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<v Speaker 1>report this morning since you weren't there, so we would

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<v Speaker 1>be It would seem out of place if he introduces

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<v Speaker 1>you and you didn't show up and respond, so we'll

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<v Speaker 1>blame you.

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<v Speaker 2>I was doing my best to show up, and from

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<v Speaker 2>what I was hearing, it sounds like you were reading or.

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<v Speaker 1>Paraphrasing complications arise again. I was, if you can hear me,

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<v Speaker 1>I was, in fact reading your column. We were going

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<v Speaker 1>to dress it on the fly during our communications. I

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<v Speaker 1>got through everything except the last basically two paragraphs, Your honor.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, you know it's a fascinating issue. Can the

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<v Speaker 2>president start a war on his own? The short answer

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<v Speaker 2>is no. The long answer is the list. Time Congress

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<v Speaker 2>declared war was December eighth, nineteen forty one. We have

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<v Speaker 2>fought about thirty six wars since then, none of which

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<v Speaker 2>had been authorized by Congress, all of which had been

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<v Speaker 2>paid by Congress. Congress is the culprit here. It will

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<v Speaker 2>get damn it.

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<v Speaker 1>We're plagued with problems here. There we are yeah, my proagies.

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<v Speaker 2>I can call you on the phone, or we can

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<v Speaker 2>give up the ghost until next week. After I get

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<v Speaker 2>about thirty words out of my mouth, I get a

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<v Speaker 2>sign saying reload.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'll tell you what. Since we are pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>out of our regular scheduled time and I got another

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<v Speaker 1>guest after you, we'll just we can revisit this topic

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<v Speaker 1>next week. It's an extremely important one, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>really anxious to hear your comments about the War Powers resolution,

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<v Speaker 1>because although you are right, the Constitution does not allow

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<v Speaker 1>giving away core functions or delegating them. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>that that has ever been specifically challenged in court, the

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<v Speaker 1>War Powers Resolution.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not. And there's only two members of Congress

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<v Speaker 2>who understand this, Rand Paul and Thomas Messy.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, perhaps someday they will visit that. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>you and I know what the logical outcome is, given

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court precedent that it is unconstitutional. Well, Judgement Palatona,

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<v Speaker 1>I obviously missed our segment today. We will hit the

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<v Speaker 1>ground running next Tuesday, and I'll wish you the happiest

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<v Speaker 1>and best of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe, yes, Trekker will let me on a.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't even conclude ready, and we don't even get

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<v Speaker 1>to aim and fire. Folks, don't go away. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>hear from Michael McNamara his book, From Trauma to Joy.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll join the program next. Really a great book for

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<v Speaker 1>folks stuffering with trauma. Whether or not it's post traumatic

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<v Speaker 1>stress is a consequence of combat and being in a war.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyone out there who's struggling with trauma, it's got

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<v Speaker 1>a great book to talk about with Michael McNamara. That'll

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<v Speaker 1>be next fifty five KRC, the Talk Station