Michael Barbaro

If this shutdown of DHS becomes something like that, a messaging win without policy changes that you're asking for, would you be satisfied with that?

So even if you don't win these reforms, you may win the argument.

And winning the argument might then mean winning the election.

And then you can, in your mind, change the way this administration operates when it comes to immigration enforcement.

Let's say for a moment that you do end up getting what you want at some point from the administration.

You do end up with some understanding that the masks might come off these agents, that they're going to be using warrants and they're going to be identifying themselves, you know, with badges as they go about their work.

Even if you get all that with agencies like ICE and with Border Patrol agents,

given the way they have operated, and given the rhetoric from the president, given the conduct that you have described as heinous, you've called some of these folks thugs, even if you get these reforms, will these be agencies and agents that you can have faith in?

Or is the problem here a lot bigger than

Senator, how does this shutdown come to an end?

Or does it not come to an end until after the midterms?

if the administration isn't really going to negotiate.

Well, Senator, thank you very much for your time.

We really appreciate it.

On Wednesday afternoon, Democratic leaders in Congress chastised both President Trump and congressional Republicans for failing to act with urgency to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

During a news conference, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that his party's proposal for ending the shutdown was in the hands of the White House, but that he was still waiting for their response.

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The avalanche now ranks as one of the deadliest in the state's modern history.

The skiers were part of a group of 15, including four guides, on a three-day backcountry expedition near Lake Tahoe.

Six of those who were caught in the avalanche were rescued after they used a combination of emergency beacons and their iPhones to share their location.