‘The Answer Is No’: CNN’s John Berman Answers Own Question After Senator Objects

EXCERPT:

BERMAN: “Can I just take this in pieces? And will you first answer my question? Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers in an overturned boat in a lake in Arkansas? Just answer that, and then I will address your question on the other thing.”

COTTON: “John, John, the premise of your question is not well-founded. Criminals in Arkansas are not foreign nationals who are affiliates of a foreign terrorist designated organization–”

BERMAN: “The answer is no, it would not be legal.”

COTTON: “It’s like–”

BERMAN: “Hang on, Senator. The answer is no, it would not be legal to kill them in a lake. But let me ask you a follow-up question. If they are terrorists, when did Congress pass the authorized use of force to attack them?”

(Via Mediaite)