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In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life. Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show, Sources and Methods. NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people, helping you understand why distant events matter here at home. Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jail 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. Details on a potential guard deployment remain unclear, although the White House this weekend confirmed plans to send 300 guard troops to the city. A 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 K-E-R-A, Priscilla Rice reports. The vigil included remarks from community activists, a prayer, and candles to honor the victims. Norland Guzman Fuentes from El Salvador died in the attack, and Miguel Angel Garcia Hernandez from Mexico died almost a week later from his injuries. Immigration attorney Eric Sedillo represents Garcia's wife. He told the audience much of the focus following the shooting has been on law enforcement. But the reality of this shooting was that the victims are the names right over there and the families that they've left behind. A third man, Jose Andres Bordonez Molina of Venezuela, was injured in the shooting and moved to a detention center after his release from

the hospital. For NPR news, I'm Priscilla Rice in Dallas. towards a peace agreement, there is cautious optimism that the Trump administration's proposal could finally bring an end to the war. But conditions in Gaza remain desperate, as MPRs Michael Leff Levitt reports. Humanitarian organizations say that the need for aid corridors to the besieged territory remains urgent. It's been over a month since famine was declared in Gaza. UNICEF spokesperson James Elder says the need goes beyond food supplies. He spoke to NPR from Gaza, where he has been visiting hospitals. Pain killers have not been allowed in.

Or it's hygiene kits or it's, you know, hygiene pads for girls, or it's incubators. And I just was at a hospital two days ago. You're talking about three premature babies on a bed sharing oxygen. And what possible reason is there to deny incubators? Elder says there is hope among Palestinians amid news of progress on a peace deal. Hope, he says, is literally all they have. Michael Levitt, NPR News. This is NPR News.

The Prime Minister of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia is accusing protesters of trying to topple the government, and he's accusing the European Union of meddling in Georgian politics. Police in the capital of Tbilisi used water cannon and pepper sprays Saturday to drive demonstrators away from the presidential palace. At least five people were detained. The demonstration was attended by thousands as Georgia held local elections. China's bracing for the arrival of a typhoon which struck the Philippines on Friday. Michael Sullivan reports. Matmos strengthened after leaving the Philippines with sustained wind speeds nearing 100 miles per hour

as it neared southern Guangdong province, according to China's National Meteorological Center. That prompted authorities to issue a red-level typhoon warning, the nation's highest, and to evacuate more than 150,000 people in the typhoon's path. Hanan province, which is also in the pathway of the storm, canceled flights and shut down public transport and businesses starting Saturday in preparation for Montmo's arrival. China's Yunnan province and parts of northern Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand are also expecting heavy rain as the storm moves inland.

For NPR news, I'm Michael Sullivan in Shanghai. Tropical storm Priscilla is off the Pacific coast of Mexico this morning and the National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is slowly gaining strength. Forecaster say Priscilla will likely become a hurricane by early tomorrow. A tropical storm watches an effect for part of the southwestern Mexican coast. I'm Trial Snyder. This is NPR News.