squarely on the shutdown. >> this is about hundreds of people working on the security and logistic of it. most of those people are either furloughed or victims of the president's shutdown. this is house keeping matter in the congress of the united states so we can honor the responsibility and invitation we extended to the president. he can make it from the oval office if he wants. >> honestly, think about it, what does he say, the state of our union is shutdown? what do you say in the state of the union? it is, it's shutdown. the fact even though nancy pelosi framed this as a request to the president, it's really not a request to the president. here's the way this works. the house and the senate both have to pass resolutions to green light the "state of the union." nancy pelosi controls whether the house passes one. she holds all the cards here.