federal workers. steve handelsman with the late night maneuvering on capitol hill. >> reporter: the senate okayed one week of dhs funding by voice vote. >> ayes appear to have it. >> reporter: it avoids furloughs for 30,000 dhs workers like most at the national cyber security center. and avoids tsa workers and coast guard, 200,000 essential dhs employees, having to work without a paycheck. but house speaker john boehner had a bad day pushing for three weeks of funding without defunding president obama's executive order on immigration that conservatives hate. >> that took the power of congress away from us. >> reporter: and 51 house republicans said no to the boehner plan to send a message. >> you can't keep bypassing the constitution and bypassing congress. >> reporter: president obama gathered his dhs team tonight and urged congress to avoid any dhs disruption. >> there will be within seven days full funding for the department of homeland security. >> reporter: but that's not up to the democrats. the republicans who run congress have a week to find a way to weaken the obama order o

. steve handelsman isive th the latest on the effort to break the stalemate in our next half hour. >>> police in ryay shooting near arundel mills mall appears to have come out of nowhere and it doesn't look like the victim and shooter knew each other. this happened just before 8:00 a.m. outside the costco. we're overhead at arundel mills boulevard. a police spokesman says the victim had just filled up his tank with gas when another car pulled up and shots ranged out. the victim was either gratzed by a bullet or hurt by shattered glass. no one has been arrested. >>> we're following that developing story out of southern california where authorities are questioning a truck driver involved in a crash with a commuter train early this morning that injured 28 people. for reasons still unclear, the truck was sitting on the tracks at a marked crossing. now, the metro link train tried to slow down but then slammed into it. three train cars overturned and the truck burst into flames. the truck driver ran off but was found several mimes away and taken into custody. federal investigato a n hea

jail tonigh r steve handelsman on capitol with the lathis. steve? >> jime t arrests com tt continues on capitol hill over funding for the u.s. depart of homeland security. but today's apparently succes operation was by a difft depart justice and the fbi. >> one suspe was arrested in new at the airport headed to turkey. a second suspect planning to foll him from istanbul to syria said u.s. officials to fight for isis. or if ordered by isis to launch attas in the united states. >> we all take the threat of isis very seriously. arrested in new york whe, were juraboev and saidak. >> hab was a arrested in florid >> juraboev and saidakhmetov wanted to join isis or launch terror attacks in the u.s. he offered to kill president a said juraboev. monito a pro-isis website, fedel officials detected the still in the talking stages. in washington -- >> on this -- >> the senate took a step toward funding the department of homela security. but so sti refuse unless the obama immin ord is defunded. >> illegal aliens are undeg national security. a new york republica is outrag i can see no reason at all w

germany. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with more. hi steve. >> reporter: hi doreen. republican critics are charging our commander in chief is weak and endangering the united states. but this was one of america's closest allies today backing the obama approach. president obama and german chancellor angela merkel agree on ukraine. more russian troops are reportedly crossing the boarder into that nation and arming pro-russian separatists. western sanctions have not forced vladimir putin out of ukraine. but they still might, said both leaders. >> we continue to encourage a diplomatic resolution to this issue. >> translator: i've always said i don't see a military solution to this conflict. >> reporter: but republicans who have been to the region are reing the president to send more weapons to the ukrainian army. >> how could we not allow them support to defend themselves? >> reporter: on iran and nuclear weapons there is a similar dispute. merkel and mr. obama want to give talks more time. >> it does not make sense to sour the negotiations a month or two before they're

congress and corporate america in that battle. steve handelsman is live with more on the story. hi steve. >> reporter: hi doreen. thanks. some megaonline companies like facebook are not jumping to join this presidential initiative. they're upset a lot of their data which is actually our data that they have was taken by the nsa with the president's permission. but everybody agrees that hacking to steal has got to stop. at the big bear cafe in d.c. most of the coffee drinkers were online and worried about having their identity stolen. >> yeah, you definitely see and hear more on the news and read nor in p papers about incidents. >> i also don't feel like my habits have changed that much because i don't really know what i'm supposed to do. >> reporter: it's government and industry that need to do more said president obama at the cyber summit in silicon valley. he signed an executive order urging companies to join in hubs for joint cyber defense. >> it can help make it easier for companies to get the classified cyber security threat information they need to protect their companies. >>

are all part of the same threat. steve handelsman is live with the latest on all this. steve? >> reporter: pretty terrible in libya, a lot like civil war, isis exploding there, could be a lot more than 56 egyptians killed most of them christian, seen as infidels by the fanatics of isis. now, it's 2,000 miles from denmark to libya, but both those countries now are in the forefront of this fight against this fanatic organization that's centered now in syria but is spreading. egyptian warplanes this morning flew not east to syria but 1,300 miles west to strike isis forces in their newest nation libya. in copenhagen a gathering to show the same threat of islamic extremism metastasizeing across the middle east. in this video, isis advertised its expansion to libya by bia mass beheading on the beach. the victims were egyptian christians working in libya. there's grief and rage back in egypt, where arab christians are 10% of the population. egyptian officials vowing to fight the isis threat. >> that is coming closer to home and by home i mean not only egypt but also europe. >> repor

handelsman news 4. >>> steve, thank you. there's a l link now to this week's molly incident up at wesleyan university. they're facing criminal charges. zachary kramer and rah ma -- of luthervill in baltimore county were arraigned today on drug charges. both are neuroscience students accordg to statements in court. 11 wesleyan students endee h after getting a bad batch of molly, also known as mdma. two students are still in the hospital> t to the winter storm we're expecting. veronica who is going to get hammer and who will be inconven? >> this time the south will get a lot of snow. virginia area they could see 6 to 8 inches of snow. for us moderate to major impact because of the time that it will hit. like saturday it falls, it will stick right away. no we're not going to get the amount of snow that we did get on saturday. that system will be shutting off after a couple of inches. let's talk about the snow impact forecast on area roads. what to expect here. from no problem all the way over to treacherous this bar goes. when it falls it's going to stick. starting at 10:00 p.m. this

just a short-term fix and it's not a done deal. news4's steve handelsman live now on capitol hill with these late details. steve? >> reporter: right, jim. thanks. we have about eight minutes on capitol hill or a lit more if this three-week funding passes. a lot of lawmakers on both sides in both houses hate the idea. it could fail in the house and dhs funding could run out at midnight. the senate voted to fund dhs till september, but tsa screeners, border guards and coast guardsmen, 200,000 on the front lines of homeland security still faced working without pay starting tomorrow. >> some say, oh they'll get paid later. that's not the way it works. they have mortgages or rent, car payments. >> reporter: but speaker john boehner agreed the house would fund dhs with no link to immigration. but it's just for three weeks. so republicans can hammer president obama on his executive order granting work permits and force democrats to vote on that. >> our enemies will know that we take homeland security seriously but we also take immigration seriously. >> reporter: but across town at the conserv

republican critics in an uproar. news4's steve handelsman live on capitol hill with more on these developments. steve? >> reporter: jim, thanks. senior republicans on the hill are demanding that president obama say our enemies are islamic terrorists but he's refusing saying to use that term would help isis in its recruiting. under fire, president obama doubled down. >> the notion that the west is at war with islamists is not -- all of us have the responsibility to refute the notion that groups like isil somehow represent islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative. >> reporter: ameris rushed to praise the president. >> we will defeat the ideology of brutes like isis together and railly wanted to commend him for making this big step and for calling us his partners. >> reporter: but after isis beheaded christians in libya and isil sympathizers murdered jews in france and in denmark, critics charge not calling that islamic terror means president obama is weak and has his head in the sand. former new york mayor ruld rudedy giulia said "i do not believe tha

for war powers is meeting resistance from both republicans and democrats. steve handelsman on capitol hill now with more on that. steve? >> reporter: the request that president obama sent to the hill strikes a middle ground. he wants a limited number of u.s. ground troops to go for a limited time. his problem is a lot of lawmakers are okay with a lot more u.s. troops going. others want none to go no matter how barbaric isis is. >>> many in congress agree isis is a threat to america. >> we're either going to fight them there or we're going to fight them here. >> reporter: but despite the deaths of four americans held by isis kayla mueller's made public this week congress might not okay the obama plan to send american combat forces. many democrats fear that will not be limited as the president promises. >> ground troops, if necessary, to take territory will be necessary to hold the territory. >> reporter: look at iraq, they say. isis took over cities soon after u.s. forces left. president obama acknowledged what iraq has already cost our nation at an event today to try to reduce the rat

worked hard behind th scenes for her release co not contain his emotion today. our steve handelsman on capil hill now with more on this story. steve? >> reportha one of kayla's home state senators john mccain. he was furio on the senate floor todaa choking up. back home in arizona, the muellers touch with isis, trying to get their loved one free, get her back home. the u.s. milita last summer staged a raid on an isis site where kayla apparently had be held bul oue strands of her hair reportedly. nothing worked to get her free. kayla mus famy got the news over weend in an e-mail with a photo of her body. analysis confirmed kayla had died. her aunts spoke for the family in arizona. >> kayla has touched the heart of the wor. the rlgrwi us. the world mourns with us. >> report: kayla mueller was only 24 when she went to syria to help the victims of that civil war. she was captured by isis. her family kept that secret from the public but president obama knew and got regular briefings. "no matter how long it takes the unitedt will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsibleor

terror threat against one of the nation's busiest malls. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with more on this. steve? >> jim, thanks. here on the hill at this moment the senate is voting they're almost done it looks like for the fourth time in a row democrats will block the republican plan to link funding for the department of homeland to killing the obama immigration executive orders. in this fight that so far democrats seem to be winning, the president and his democrats are taking advantage of the terror concern in at the huge mall of america in minneapolis, crowds were light and there were lockdown drills. but these two -- >> i think people are wanting to stand up against this. >> reporter: officials say there's no credible threat but they raised an alarm when al shabab the isis-like group based in somalia, put out a video urging muslims to attack mall of america. >> the threat is a inspired by this c attack to pick up they can get at an. >> reporter: an al in a mall in kenya than 60 people in . thousands of somal minnesota. a few have left to shabab. secretary of homel jeh jo

limbo. steve handelsman with the latest. >> this was not a ruling against the obama plan, just a delay until the case can be heard and the president himself is out of town today. he plans to win and a lot of affected immigrants in this area say they're still optimistic. they came from mexico without papers but hope to stay in the u.s. legally because their daughter heather was born here. but that plan the obama plan, is the one that's been blocked. the executive action is not dead, says jose. but maiya is feeling down worried about heather's future. the ruling delays the implementation of president obama's executive order that 4 million to 5 million people without proper papers can stay in the u.s. and work. in texas, a federal judge, andrew hanen, warned the genie would be impossible to put back in the bottle if the obama plan took effect before a court could rule on it. 26 states sued mr. obama. >> in texas, we will not sit idly by while the president ignores the law and fails to secure the border. >> reporter: he says he has the power to do what he did and the obligation. >> we shou

and terrorism together. a steve handelsman is live on capitol hill. the strongest criticism seems to be coming from rudy giuliani. >> reporter: definitely doreen. right. and rudy made it personal. here on capitol hill senior republicans are demanding that president obama say that our enemies are islamic terrorists. but he's refusing saying that to use that terminology would help isis in its recruitment. under fire president obama doubled down. >> the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. >> reporter: for a second day at his summit on violent extremism, the president argued the problem is not islamic terror. >> and all of us have a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like isil somehow represent islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative. >> reporter: american muslims rushed to praise the president. >> we will defeat the ideology of groups like isis together and railly wanted to commend him for making this big step and for calling us his partners. >> reporter: but after isis beheaded christians in libya and isis sympathiz

steve handelsman, nbc news washington. >>> "nbc nightly news" will go more in depth on the president's plan to stop isis tonight at 6:30 right after "nbc10 news" at 6:00. >>> the grand traverse bay in michigan is completely frozen over. >> tonight there are concerns for those who want to explore the iced over water and for wildlife. ice covers the surface of the bay but that doesn't mean it's all solid ice and safe to be on. cracks and open water can still form. the frozen bay can impact wildlife too. the michigan watershed says if the bay stays frozen for too long, it can hurt some fish and animals. >> animals that either use the water for either resting or feeding, when those areas are frozen over it affects the animals in different ways. >> experts say the longer the bay stays frozen the bigger the effect on wildlife. for right now, though they say the animals are used to it. >>> to another frozen lake in the midwest. check this out. this is a photo of lake erie, the biggest of all the great lakes and it's about 95% iced over. 95%. nasa satellite captured this view over the weekend.

skeptical but for different reasons. steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: president obama here at the white house today insisted this will not lead to another war like the iraq war that you'll recall he campaigned against to win his job as commander in chief. president obama says he does not need the approval of congress, but, to widen the war against isis beyond air strikes, he wants formal authorization. >> i'm optimistic that it can win strong bipartisan support and we can show our troops and the world that americans are united in this mission. >> reporter: citing the deaths of the four u.s. hostages, the day after kayla mueller's tragedy was revealed mr. obama spelled out his proposal, a three-year time limit but no geographic limitations. so u.s. ground forces could fight in syria or other nations on rescue missions or to target isis leaders. but no enduring offensive ground combat operations. >> it is not the authorization of another ground war like afghanistan or iraq. >> reporter: mr. obama's outlined his limits what he will not do but republicans want to know what he will do

senators who worked the hardest to win her freedom. news4's steve handelsman joins us live with details. >> reporter: john mccain of arizona very upset, a lot of senators bot parties upset for obvious reasons. it's just such an outrage in the opinion of virtually every american. kayla mueller's family or loved onn communicating wh isis to try to get her home. last summer the u.s. raided a site where she'd apaerptly been held. strands of her hair were found there, but nothi worked to get her free. kayla mueller's family got the news over the weekend in an e-mail with a photo of her body. analysis confirmed kayla had died daughter," the family said. kayla muelr was only 24 when she went to syria to help the victims of that civil war. she was captured by isis. her family kept that secret from the public but president obama knew and got regular briefings. "no matter how long it takes, the united states will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for kayla's captivity and death." >> i want to express the deepest condolence to kayla's parents, marsha and carl mueller. >>

steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with more details. >> this is not a ruling against the obama plan. it's a delay until the case could be heard. the president says he plans to win when that happens and insists he does have the power to do what he did. they came from mexico without papers but hope to stay in the u.s. legally because their daughter heather was born here. but that plan, the obama plan, is the one that's been blocked. the exec tiffutive action is not dead says jose but maiya is feeling down, worry about heather's future. ruling delays the implementation of president obama's executive order that 4 million to 5 million people without proper papers can stay in the u.s. and work. in texas, federal judge andrew hanen warned the genie would be impossible to put back in the bottle if the obama plan took fekt e fekt before a court could rule on it. governor is celebrating. >> in texas, we will not sit idly by while the president ignores the law and fails to secure the border. >> reporter: led by texas, 26 states sued mr. obama. >> he doesn't have the authority to giv

words and with weapons. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: as president obama convened his summit on extremist violence, an alarm bell was ringing on the isis video of christians beheaded in video. analysts say they hear the isis spokesman ranting in what sounds like an american accent. >> and today we are on the south of rome on the land of this mountain. >> reporter: there's a rush to identify him and other possible americans in isis. >> probably the greater threat are those who have not been identified or can't be because they don't appear in a video. they can come back home with a greater anonymity. >> reporter: terror back home was the summit's focus. after the attacks in denmark and in france. but president obama said don't call it islamic terror. that plays into the claim that isis fight forz all muslims. >> it is a lie. nor should we grant these terrorists the religious legitimacy they seek. they are not religious leaders. they're terrorists. >> reporter: at the summit were minnesotans trying to counter recruiting videos from the isis-like group al shabab aimed at somalis in

correspondent steve handelsman has the story about how her family learned of the tragedy. snoou. >> reporter: kayla mueller's family got the news over the weekend in an e-mail with a photo of her body. analysis confirmed kayla had died. her aunts spoke for the family in arizona. >> kayla has touched the heart of the world. the world grieves with us. the world mourns with us. >> reporter: kayla mueller was only 24 when she went to syria to help the victims of that civil war. she was captured by isis. her family kept that secret from the public but president obama knew and had gotten regular briefings. no matter how long it takes he said in a statement, the united states will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for kayla's captivity and death. >> i want to express the deepest condolences to kayla's parents marsha and karl mueller. >> reporter: there's outrage on capitol hill where the president wants congress to formally authorize his war against isis which has now killed four americans. >> i hope it strengthens the international resolve. >> reporter: afte

handelsman is live with details. steve? >> reporter: some megaonline companies like facebook are not jumping aboard this presidential initiative. they're upset that a lot of their data which is actually our data that they have was grabbed by the nsa. but everybody agrees that hacking to steal has got to be stopped. at the big bear cafe in d.c. most of the coffee drinkers were online and worried about having their identity stolen. >> yeah, you definitely hear more on the news and read more in the papers about incidents. >> i also don't feel like my habits have changed that much because i don't really know what i'm supposed to do. >> reporter: it's government and industry that need to do more said president obama at a cyber summit in silicon valley. he signed an executive order urging companies to join in hubs for joint cyber defense. >> kit help make it easier for companies to get the classified cyber security threat information they need to protect their companies. >> reporter: hack attacks set a record last year. sony picture, home depot, anthem medical, major credit cards. hackers

handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest now. steve? >> reporter: hi jim. not just government workers. national security government workers. president obama warned today we can't play politics with our national security but it's his side now taking advantage of the terror concerns in minnesota. at the huge mall of america near minneapolis, the crowds were light and in case of trouble there were lockdown drills. but michael and felicia shopped. >> i think the time for nervousness is over. people are wanting to stand up against this. >> reporter: officials say there's no credible threat but they raised an alarm when al shabab, the isis-like group based in somalia put out a video urging muslims to attack mall of america. >> the threat is a lone wolf inspired by this call for an attack to pick up a weapon that they can get at any gun show. >> reporter: an al shabab team in a mall in kenya killed more than 60 people in 2013. thousands of somalis live in minnesota. a few have left to join al shabab. secretary of homeland security jeh johnson's urging caution at e mall and on capitol

national correspondent steve handelsman has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: at the big bear cafe in d.c. most of the coffee drinkers were online and worried about having their identity stolen. >> yeah, you definitely hear more on the news and read more in the papers about incidents. >> i also don't feel like my habits have changed that much because i don't really know what i'm supposed to do. >> reporter: it's government and industry that need to do more said president obama at a cyber summit in silicon valley. he signed an executive order urging companies to join in hubs or joint cyber defense. >> it can help make it easier for companies to get the classified cyber security threat information they need to protect their companies. >> reporter: hack attacks set a record last year. sony pictures home depot, anthem medical, major credit cards, hackers stole at least $85 million private records. congress complains outdated rules keep them from warning customers. >> we're not allowed to send fraud alerts via text. >> reporter: tim cook joined president obama. >> we shouldn't have

congress are critical of the president's new plan. steve handelsman has the latest from capitol hill. >>> many in congress agree isis is a threat to america. >> we're either going fight them there or we're going to fight them here. >> reporter: but despite the deaths of four americans held by isis kayla mueller's made public this week congress might not okay the obama plan to send american combat forces. many democrats fear that will not be limited as the president promises. >> ground troops if necessary, to take territory will be necessary to hold the territory. >> reporter: look at iraq they say. isis took over cities soon after u.s. forces left. president obama acknowledged what iraq has cost our nation at an event today to try to reduce the rate of veterans taking their own lives. >> every community, every american can reach out and do more with and for our veterans. this has to be a national mission. >> reporter: but some democrats will not vote to send more americans. >> we have the soldiers coming back committing suicide and for what? >> the administration says the burden will

worried it goes too far. namely with boots on the ground. news4's steve handelsman is tracking the debate on capitol hill. steve? >> reporter: pat, thanks. president obama's request for war powers to fight isis that he sent up here at capitol hill strikes a middle ground. he wants limited use of american ground forces for a limited time. his problem is a lot of lawmakers up here want less than that or more. many in congress agree isis is a threat to america. >> we're either going to fight them there or we're going fight them here. >> reporter: but despite the deaths of four americans held by i isis kayla mueller's made public this week, congress might not okay the obama plan to send american combat forces. many democrats fear that will not be limited as the president promises. >> ground troops if necessary, to take territory will be necessary to hold the territory. >> reporter: look at iraq they say. isis took over cities soon after u.s. forces left. president obama acknowledged what iraq has already cost our nation at an event today to try to reduce the rate of veterans taking the

security. >> news4's steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with more on this. steve? >> pat a jim, thanks. u.s. and british intelligence have know t guy's true name for months and no doubt hoping he didn't know they knew. they tried to use the name mohammed eaz gain insight into isis. but now the name's gone public. when the left-handed killer beheaded americ journalist james foley in a video released by isis in august and in later videos, h spoke in british. >> we are a estate. >> reporte n u.s. intelligen confirms the terrorist once known as jihadi john has identified as mohammed wao ewp a lived in london. emwazi apparently beheaded at least five amer hostages includingca steven sotloff. >> knew he couldn't hide forever. >> rorr: oth isis fighters with westn passports have gone home bucks so far no problems in the u.s. the two men charged yesterday in new york planning pro-isis attacks ght syria. the fbi says the pair got hooked online by isis. >> they're putting out a very effectivega message through so media, through lots of platforms, saying, hey, if you can't come to syria d

her release co not contain his emotion today. our steve handelsman on capil hill now with more on this story. steve? >> reportha one of kayla's home state senators john mccain. he was furio on the senate floor todaa choking up. back home in arizona, the muellers touch with isis, trying to get their loved one free, get her back home. the u.s. milita last summer staged a raid on an isis site where kayla apparently had be held bul oue strands of her hair reportedly. nothing worked to get her free. kayla mus famy got the news over weend in an e-mail with a photo of

from the immigration issue and hold the homeland security vote t the house. live in the hill, steve handelsman news4. >>> a bipartisan group of local members of cons introduced a bill today that would make sure all homelandri employees get back pay fl there is a department shutdown. that bill would give all dhs workers retroactive pay regardless ofer they're furloughed or forced to keep working thrgh the shutdown. >>> for the past 24 hours a local complex for senior citizens habe a crime scene. a 95-year-old former naval officer was fnd dead in his apartment. police say somebody killed him. pat collinss colesville, maryland, wh latest. pat? >> report: jim, daniel long belvin. he was a veteran. he was a retired navy officer. he was 95 years old. 95. now daniel long belvin found murdered inside his home. the body of 95-year-old daniel long belvin f dd inside his second-floor apartment. he was discovered yesterday afternoon, b they say he could have been dd y police describe it as trauma to the upper body. some sources say it was a sry scene. this is the randolph village senior living

doves in congress. news4's steve handelsman live at the white house with the details. >> reporter: no question this announcement at the white house, the president detailing his war powers proposal, the first such request to congress by any president since 2003 to wage war is going to spark opposition, even though the president in his remarks said he's optimistic this will pass in a bipartisan fashion. it looks unlikely. let me tick off the details. the president promises a three-year time limit, but he wants an okay from congress to allow no geographic limits to what u.s. forces can do. translation, he wants u.s. ground forces to be able to go into syria and for that matter other nearby nations, opponents charge any nations on earth to go after isis and allied organizations. president is promising no enduring offensive ground combat operations, but he's admitting this is going to be a tough fight. here's what he said. >> now make no mistake. this is a difficult mission and it will remain difficult for some time. it's going to take time to dislodge these terrorists especially from urba

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comes amid a terror threat against one of the nation's busiest malls. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with more on this. steve? >> jim, thanks. here on the hill at this moment the senate is voting they're almost done it looks like for the fourth time in a row democrats will block the republican plan to link funding for the department of homeland to killing the obama immigration executive orders. in this fight that so far democrats seem to be winning, the president and his democrats are taking advantage of the terror concern in

steve handelsman news4. >>> "meet the press" moderator chuck todd zwroins s joins us to explain. what does this mean? >> it's not midnight let yet. i think the house leaders have said prepare for more votes tonight. they don't have a plan c, though. plan a was to try to jam the president, that didn't work and jam the senate. plan b was the three-week extension, which i unld what boehner was trying to do buy time to find out what are the courts going to say about the executive action. you would think that he would get the trust of enough members of his own -- so not to get that is embarrassing. >> it is. >> house democrats are being gleeful and said we're not helping you, good luck buddy. two things could happen. they could bring the same three-week extension at 11:55 tonight and you suddenly see 20 more democrats say, okay we'll pass this now, and then fight you harder in three weeks. or does boehner totally cave and put up the senate bill which would be almost all democrats with a handful of republicans. the problem for baner is fe this does that tonight, i think his own job could be

amount to sendurrender. >> steve handelsman is live on capitol hill. this is embarrassing for house speaker boehner. >> reporter: huge embarrassment, 1 100% right, for the top republican in the land. it's stale fight over immigration but six hours away from impacting our department of homeland security. the senate voted to fund dhs till september, but tsa screeners, border guards and coast guardsmen, 200,000 on the front lines of homeland security still faced working without pay starting tomorrow. >> some say, oh they'll get paid later. that's not the way it works. they have mortgages or rent car payments. >> reporter: speaker john boehner agreed the house would fund dhs with no link to immigration, but just for three weeks. so republicans can hammer president obama on his executive order granting work permits. >> that took the power of congress away from us. >> reporter: but across town at the conservative cpac convention some slammed the three-week deal. >> unfortunately, republican leadership is cutting a deal with harry reid and the democrats to