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Presidents january 29th state of the union address before congress, it has to be postponed because of the shutdown. >> our colleague dana bash did a series of bad ass women of washington. nancy pelosi was one of them she profiled. she proved it today. she surprised everybody and said, because of the national -- because this is a national special security event, you need a lot of protection and a lot of these people are on furlough. we cant guarantee that. the president can write his address or h...

Trying to shake free the current impasse and shut down negotiations and i think this is it. nancy pelosi writing the letter saying the two key agencies charged with security for the state of the union, which is a major security event that requires all government resources are the department of homeland security and the secret service. those agents are not being funded, theyre either furloughed or people arent being paid to come to work. because of that pelosi writes given the security concerns u...

Negotiating table. >> democrats have to be willing to do something. so far theyve been willing to do nothing but obstruct and thats not going to fix the problem. its not going to open the government. they claim to care about federal workers but theyve been so busy hanging out on the beaches of puerto rico at heading broadway shows. the president asked nancy pelosi directly, sheik keeps claiming you have to open the government before we can negotiate. he asked her point blank, if i open the gover...

Chamber, actually, this room, hr 5. you look back at the history of it rather than my giving it to you was turned into sort of a safe haven while they bring us down here if something happened in the chamber. this is a very big deal. it is a special security event. >> reporter: would you host him? >> that would be a security. either the secretary was exaggerating the importance of the preparation required or not. and thats a security decision which is completely out of my hands. >> reporter: do y...

>> this is -- requires hundreds of people working on the logistics and the security of it. most of those people are either furloughed or victims of the shutdown, the presidents shutdown. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake joins us life. garrett, this has been one confusing story all morning. on one hand nancy pelosi citing security concerns. we have been hearing stuff that is other than that. tell us what the story is here. >> reporter: sure, ill give you the facts and then the...

Coast guard members missed their paychecks, the first time an entire branch of the military has gone unpaid. joining me, nbcs garrett haake, fresh from chasing everyone on capitol hill, and indica. garrett, this sounds like the speaker has the power to invite or disinvite, its always been pro forma, agreeing on a date convenient for both sides, it sounds like hes disinvited from giving the state of the union unless the government reopens. >> its pretty clear thats the overarching message. it was...

Anymore. >> now president visiting troops in a war zone thats not new. in fact president bush 41, clinton, bush 43 and obama all did it. and even though vice president pence visited afghanistan last year, this is the first time for president trump. pentagon correspondent reports a trip like this is not without risk. >> for any president of the united states to make a trip into a war zone, it is a significant security event. the secret service and the military working together for weeks to plan i...

Look here. thats the scene there. gunmen on the run according to the mayor who says we dont know a motive. this is the northeastern part of france. as you can see the spot here, its -- you can see it on the border with germany. the french interior minister has called this a serious security event as the french want to do. the area is a tourist spot. millions visiting that christmas market every year. theres a sort of shelter in place order underway right now. nothing more to report. when theres ...

Court date right now. while the presidents former national security adviser michael flynn faces a deadline to make his case and stay out of prison. two chances for the united states to learn more about the special counsels russia investigation. and our reporting begins now. breaking news amid unrest in nationwide government protests in france. new reports of a shooting near a popular christmas market. several news outlets report one dead and three hurt, this is happening in strasburg in northeas...

>> shepard: continuing coverage now. lets go to the former secret service agent that protected agents clinton, bush 43 and the bombs while they were in the white house. charles marino is from opsec alliance partners, a global security firm. thanks for coming. >> thanks, shepard. >> shepard: i dont recall -- you might, if such a thing has existed, targeting of multiple presidents in such a way. do you? >> i can tell you that what youre seeing today, shepard, is an example of success regarding the...