Welcome to meet the press now.

I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where we're following multiple developments surrounding the nationwide backlash over the Trump administration's deadly immigration enforcement

operation in Minneapolis, including from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, where a dispute over ice funding

could lead to a government shutdown tomorrow. That comes as White House border czar, Tom Homan,

who is now in charge of ice operations in Minneapolis, is trying to turn down the temperature, acknowledging

there are issues on the ground that need to be fixed. And as the president held a cabinet meeting

today, but made no mention of Minnesota or his immigration enforcement operations, Homeland Security

Secretary Kristi Nome was not among those cabinet members. The president called on to speak,

but the president did say he's working with Democrats to strike a deal to keep the government open,

even as Democrats voted to block a package of government funding bills in protest of ICE tactics.

Take a listen.

Hopefully we won't have a shutdown. We're working on that right now.

I think we're getting close.

The Democrats, I don't believe, want to see it either.

So we'll work in a very bipartisan way.

I believe not to have a shutdown.

We don't want a shutdown.

Senate Democrats are demanding changes to DHS and ICE in the wake of the killing of Alex

Pretti by a federal agent last weekend.

Meanwhile, Tom Homan today saying he's working on a drawdown plan for the Border Patrol

and ICE agents in Minneapolis and saying progress is being made.

Everybody I thought to agree on what's a community safety is paramount.

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