DHS Funding Battle; GOP Presidential Race
CABRERA: Happening right now, Sun City, Arizona, the llamas have been captured. Live images right now again north of Phoenix, where you can see these authorities have moved in. They were able to during that break lasso essentially this white llama, the bigger one, and they also have captured the black llama. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, in fact, responding to this bizarre scene that's been unfolding in front of our eyes -- we have learned that this is a senior living community where they initially were spotted, a viewer apparently calling our affiliate there at KNXV. That's why the helicopter got over the scene. You can see they have this llama nearby. They have him on a rope, on a tether. They're still sort of wrestling with him to try to I guess get him into that truck perhaps is the end goal here. And the mystery remains as to, one, where they came from, and two, how they got out of wherever they came from. So still some questions to be answered in this scenario, but some good news as far as the inconvenience that these llamas have posed for a lot of people and the resources that they have pulled from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. And, again, they're still trying to figure out exactly what they're going to do. Let's show you some tape of moments ago when they were able to make the official capture. Watch. You see he just kind of lassos it almost like a cowboy and is able to just stop the animal from running. So, again, an end to this whole situation. All is well in Sun City, Arizona. The llamas have been captured. All right. Let's move on to an important story right now for our country. Less than 12 hours from now, the Department of Homeland Security could be out of money. Now, this would mean a partial shutdown of the government. In fact, tens of thousands of workers could be furloughed. Of course, the essential employees would still be having to work without pay. This is a congressional battle that's going on. And the big linchpin in all this has been that executive immigration action that the president took. And a lot of the GOP, the conservative -- really conservative branch is unhappy with this. They tried to tie the legislation together. Now, today, DHS Chief Jeh Johnson said that he sent a letter to Capitol Hill. He outlined the consequences if they all have to close up shop. And he warned that every local and state official, public safety official, that is, should be very concerned, because, of course, the local jurisdictions, local law enforcement gets money, gets funding, grants from the federal government in order to do training, to implement different programs. And all of that would cease to exist. More criticism today from the White House on how this is being handled. Listen.</s>JOSH EARNEST, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Right now, it seems to be an agreement -- a disagreement, actually, but principally between the Republican leader of the House and the Republican leader of the United States Senate. And, again, Republicans made an aggressive case over the course of last year about why the American people should entrust the United States Congress to Republican leadership. And here we are seven or eight weeks into their tenure, and they're on the precipice of falling down on the job, particularly when -- and that's notable when we're talking about something as important as funding the Department of Homeland Security. And then the question, I think, will rest with the speaker of the House. And if it's necessary for the president to speak to him directly about how important it is to fund the Department of Homeland Security, he will have that conversation. But I would anticipate that the speaker of the House understands the stakes of this action.