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A furloughed dhs employee expressed serious concerns that the department has insufficient staffing levels to sufficiently manage the security needs. pelosi was asked further about the motivation behind her request yesterday by msnbc's garrett haake. >> do you hope he sees this as a consequence of the government shutdown? >> no, this is a housekeeping matter in the congress of the united states so that we can honor the responsibility of the invitation we extended to the president. he can make it from the oval office if he wants. >> you know, eugene scott, i was wondering if this shutdown contin...

It does have the security funding for month by month that they had asked for pretty much in the neighborhood originally. so it's a few months through february of the billion dollars -- more than a billion dollars that they had asked for for security, which was for other security needs and fencing and repairs and personnel and things like that. so that's in there, but clearly, no, it does not have the wall. and as speaker pelosi made clear at the meeting in the white house, they didn't have the votes in the house. the republicans didn't have the votes despite controlling the house to pass that....

No wall funding for the president, right? >> um, well, that is correct. it does have the security funding for month by month that they had asked for pretty much in the neighborhood originally. so it's a few months through february of the billion dollars -- more than a billion dollars that they had asked for for security, which was for other security needs and fencing and repairs and personnel and things like that. so that's in there, but clearly, no, it does not have the wall. and as speaker pelosi made clear at the meeting in the white house, they didn't have the votes in the house. the repub...

Arabia's role in the yemen. and because you're on the armed services committee, are you going to vote in favor with the same type measure. >> one resolution that the senate passed is condemning crown prince mohammed bin salman's role in the killing of khashoggi. >> i agree with that and our security needs in the middle east. keep in mind when it comes to yemen we need to counter iran in the arabian peninsula. i chaired the emerging threats submarine committee focused on our counterterrorism and those alliances with gulf states are incredibly important. so i think in the next congress you will ...

Strong, that the united states is committed to it, and that it will continue to provide the security needs for the world. he didn't have to go in and do the attacks that he did yesterday, which undermines the main story line. he had to come pack today back e could put that story line together again. if you're a president that's trying to pay attention to how you can best present the position of the united states, you could have done a hell of a better job by beginning with a victory speech rather than trying to attack our allies. >> bob costa. >> secretary panetta, what do you believe the russ...