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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. It's the second day of a partial shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security after Democrats demanded changes to rein in immigration agents, requiring them to wear IDs and stop wearing masks, among other things, in order to extend funding. But Congress left without a deal and now is on a one-week recess. This after ICE shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. White House Border Czar Tom Holman.
I'll let the White House and members of Congress, you know, fight that out. But I think some of the asks are just, I think they're unreasonable because there is no racial profiling. There is identifying marks. But masks, you know, while they talk about maybe passing legislation to make it illegal to dox at agents or something like that. But the masks right now are for officer safety reasons.
speaking there on CBS's Face the Nation. He says more than 1,000 agents have left Minnesota and that more will leave soon. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on a two-day trip to Eastern Europe and is now in Hungary, where he's expected to meet with President Viktor Orban tomorrow. Empire's Michelle Kellerman reports he was asked about a report saying Russia poisoned the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Secretary Rubio is visiting Slovakia and Hungary, two European Union countries that lean toward Russia and rely on Russian energy. And it was in Slovakia where he was asked why he didn't sign on to an investigation into the Navalny poisoning by other European partners. He says the five allies came to their own conclusions based on their own intelligence reports.
We don't have any reason to question it or we're not disputing or getting into a fight with these countries over it. But it was their report and they put that out there.
Rubio says their findings were troubling. Russia has denied responsibility for Navalny's death two years ago in a Siberian prison. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Budapest.
Former President Barack Obama this weekend addressed the racist video President Trump posted on social media earlier this month. And Pierre Chandelier-Stuster has more.
Former President Obama told progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen there's, quote, this sort of clown show that's happening in social media and on television. He also said many Americans find this behavior deeply troubling.
What is true is that there doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? So that's been lost.
On the immigration crackdown and protests in Minnesota and elsewhere, Obama said there is a good number of American people saying in response, quote, we're going to live up to those values that we say we believe in. Shondalese Duster, NPR News.
Wall Street's closed tomorrow in observance of President's Day. You're listening to NPR News. The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team has won the first three games, including a win today over Germany, 5-1. And now the Americans head to the quarterfinals. NPR's Becky Sullivan has more from Milan.
Team USA came into the Olympics with eyes on a gold medal. It would be just the third ever for the Americans and the first since the Miracle on Ice team back in 1980. In the group stage, they made quick work of opponents Latvia, Denmark and Germany, outscoring them 16-5 overall. This is the first Olympics in 12 years that players from the NHL have been able to participate. Team USA captain Austin Matthews had two goals against Germany and three in the Olympics overall so far. Brady Kachuk has a pair of goals and plenty of big hits. And goaltender Connor Hellebuck, who was last year's NHL MVP, has given up just two goals in two games. The U.S. now gets to skip straight to the quarterfinals. On Wednesday, they'll face the winner of Sweden versus Latvia.
Sweden is the favorite in that game. Becky Sullivan, NPR News, Milan.
Larry the Cat, the most important feline at 10 Downing Street in London, is celebrating an anniversary today.
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