israel s security american security? how embarrassing would that be for the united states? that s a question i think that republicans are probably talking about right now, as are democrats. i would think the democrats have made their political point. they played their political game. maybe now they can convince a couple dozen members on both sides to do something to fund the department of homeland security. they have six hours and 38 minutes left before funding for the department of homeland security runs out. michelle kosinski are you still with us at the white house? reporter: yes. let s talk about, i don t know if the president is getting ready to make a statement, if he is going to come into the briefing room is he going to address this issue. jeh johnson, secretary of homeland security we invited him to join us to hear what he has to say, because the ramifications of no funding will be enormous. first of all, hundreds of thousands of employees potentially won t get paid many