so i will not sit here and defend that the houthi fired missiles into -- the houthis do not have a relationship with the iranian government, this is a rebel group inside yemen and we don't have a defense agreement with the saudi arabian government. apparently if the houthis fire miles into saudi arabia, that could drag the united states into a war that could last years. >> are there votes in the senate on the republican side to -- to override anything they do here? >> i don't know. i mean, there is certainly nothing in republicans' behavior in the senate in the past to suggest that there are enough. we put forward a war powers resolution limiting the president's authority to go to war inside yemen. and we got only a handful of republican votes. we have a piece of legislation that's pretty simple that says the president can take pre-emptive military action