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I'm Giles Snyder with the government shutdown now in its fifth day.
Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal says Republicans know what's at stake.
The feedback from our Republican colleagues is they understand our position and some of them are very sympathetic to it
because they're hearing from their own constituents who are fearful about.
lacking health insurance going without health care.
It's a matter of life and death.
Blumenthal speaking to ABC,
Democrats are holding out for an extension of the subsidies that help people buy health insurance on the exchanges run by the Affordable Care Act.
They're set to expire at the end of the year.
Republicans say they won't negotiate on their clean bill.
A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Portland and in Chicago.
Hago details on a potential guard deployment remain unclear,
although the White House's weekend confirmed plans to send 300 guard troops to the city.
The candlelight vigil held outside of Dallas City Hall to mourn the loss of two migrants killed in last month's shooting outside the Dallas Ice Field Office from member station KERA Priscilla Rice reports.
The vigil included remarks from community activists, a prayer and candles to honor the victims.