Sara Firth

And that is because there was supposed to be from under U.S.

law from the day that you launch military action, you have 48 hours to notify Congress.

The Trump administration did that.

You then have 60 days after which you need congressional approval, right?

It's supposed to be put to democratic vote

as to whether the US goes to war or continues to be at war with another country.

That clock is now up.

Congress is in recess.

And President Trump sent a letter to Congress in which he claimed that hostilities with Iran had been terminated.

The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, in testimony to Congress said,

described it as his understanding that because of a ceasefire the clock had essentially paused or reset now that you know that's i mean anyone can see that that's a loophole and if that that's not the letter of the

meaning of the law right because you could just potentially reset the clock every time you got sort of 59 days and never get congressional approval and that is getting pushed back from even Republican lawmakers and the main question here really Claire with all the language that you're hearing from President Trump with this latest project freedom with the latest indications of escalation

in the region.

Here in America, the question is, who gets to decide whether America goes to war with Iran?

President Trump has had the ability to legally until now, but there should be these congressional checks and balances that this Trump administration has seemingly overridden.

And I do think it's just worth pointing out, remember at the very beginning of this conflict,

You had President Trump presenting this as liberating Iranian people that were

trapped and terrorized by this regime.

And I think there is a real tragedy in the fact that right now for ordinary Iranians, they are caught between a situation where now there's a fragile ceasefire in place and they're trying to pick up the pieces.

But you've got the threat of...