this policy statement late yesterday saying it objects to the detainee provisions because of, quote, serious legal and policy concerns. the senior democrat on senate intelligence is siding with the administration, defending terror suspects to military custody in every virtually every case is outside the scope of congressional authority. >> i view the detention provisions of this bill as really pernicious, as an attack on the executive power of the president and contrary to the be interests of this nation. and so i rise to express my strong opposition to these three detention provisions in the defense authorization bill. >> reporter: there's no question, bill, this may all come to a head very quickly because we're talking about the defense department's entire budget being held up because of this one issue. bill: and that would be significant. we'll see. catherine, thank you the cath catherine herridge in washington. what's coming up heather?