Do you believe that these strikes against these suspected drugboats are legal?

No, they go against all of our tradition.

You know, when you kill someone, you should know if you're not in war, not in a declared war,

you really need to know someone's name, at least. You have to

accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown

up without us knowing their name, without any evidence of a crime. Hi again, everybody. It's now

five o'clock in New York. To be commander in chief, one of the most lethal fighting forces on the planet,

it is to be the most powerful person alive. But it's what Donald Trump is doing with that unique

power, that fighting force that is drawing such sharp criticism and condemnation, even from his

own party, from elements inside his own political coalition.

It starts but doesn't end with what Senator Rand Paul there is talking about.

A series of strikes, at least seven so far that we know about, dating back to early September,

on suspected drug smugglers at sea.

Military actions devoid of any due process that more closely resemble targeted acts of war than they do the policing of criminals. It's not how we typically, as a government, go after drugs. We heard

about the latest such instance just a few hours after Senator Rand Paul made those comments.

Defense Secretary Pete Higgseth revealed that on Friday, the U.S. military conducted an operation that resulted in the

destruction of another boat. It's suspected, without evidence, again, of smuggling narcotics in the

Caribbean, and the deaths of three men alleged to have been affiliated with a Colombian rebel group.

On Saturday, that country's president accused the United States of America of murdering an innocent

fishermen in a separate strike last month. Donald Trump responded yesterday by insisting his counterpart

wasn't doing enough to stem the production of drugs in Colombia. And for that reason, Trump said, the U.S. was cutting off foreign aid and increasing tariffs.

When it comes to these strikes, which seem to be increasing in frequency, being conducted by the United States military,

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