Good evening. I'm Amman Avaz. And I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight. The threat of mass firings loom on this second day of the government shutdown with no signs of a potential deal.

Millions of senior citizens lose access to telehealth services in the wake of that shutdown.

And our ongoing look at those caught up in the president's immigration crackdown.

A refugee living in the U.S. since childhood describes being detained during a routine check-in.

Just in the blink of an eye, I lost everything just not knowing what's going to happen next, not knowing

what's going to happen to my life, my family, my kids.

Welcome to the News Hour.

There were no signs of progress among lawmakers today in Washington,

and that ensures the government will stay shut down for another day as Democrats dig in on protections to health care.

President Trump is also digging in and warning of far-reaching consequences, firing federal

workers and targeting Democratic states with a wave of cuts to federal projects.

He even invoked the name of a policy blueprint he once distanced himself from on the campaign

trail.

That's Project 2025.

White House correspondent Liz Landers begins our coverage.

Day two of the government shutdown and the White House is turning up the temperature on its threats to permanently layoff workers.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt alluded to unprecedented mass layoffs that are, quote, likely going to be in the thousands.

Plus, drastic cuts to so-called Democrat agencies, but gave no indication of which those might be.

Look, we're going to look at agencies that don't align with the administration's values that we feel are a waste of the taxpayer dollar.

And look, unfortunately, these conversations are happening because

we don't have any money coming into the federal government right now. President Trump today,

sitting down with his budget director Russ vote to lay out options. Mr. Trump on social media,

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