Transcript for The Senate has advanced a resolution to end US military involvement in Yemen

I'm counterfeiting and reporting from the State Department historic vote on Capitol Hill and a slap in the face or president trump. The senate voted by a wide margin today to advance a resolution that would withdraw US military support for the study led coalition in Yemen. It's the first time congress has taken any step to pull US support. Any comes just hours after secretary of state Mike Pompeo. And Defense Secretary James Mattis brief senators and urge them to vote the measure down but congress is furious over how the administration has responded to the saudis killing of Washington Post columnist Joseph Marcus Harvey in particular that doubt that they've cast on the involvement of crown prince. Mohammed bin Sul Mon. Despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing senators wanted to ask the agency's director Gina houseful about that. But she did not attend the briefing. The vote today was just a procedural one and debate will begin in earnest next week. I'm Connor for any gain in your watching ABC news lives.

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