Government shutdown: Congress seeks a deal in flurry of negotiations -- live updates

House and Senate lawmakers engaged in another round of negotiations to end the government shutdown as the impasse continued into the second day, with both chambers reconvening with the goal of striking a deal on spending and immigration that would reopen federal agencies ahead of the work week.

The prospects of an agreement seemed slightly less daunting Sunday morning as the fragile outlines of a potential deal began to take shape.

On CBS News' "Face the Nation," House Speaker Paul Ryan said the lower chamber has agreed to accept a short-term deal that would fund the government through Feb. 8 if the Senate is able to pass such a bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the Senate will vote on a Feb. 8 bill at 1 a.m. Monday.

Senate Democrats are unlikely to support a revised bill without concessions on immigration from the GOP. On Saturday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina hinted at one possibility: a bill that would fund the government in exchange for a commitment to move onto immigration after Feb. 8.

Where things stand on Day 2

• Ryan says House would support short-term deal
• House and Senate to reconvene in rare Sunday session
• Trump calls on Senate to abolish filibuster
• McConnell schedules Senate vote for 1 a.m. on continuing resolution

"After extensive discussions with Senators, on both sides of the aisle, I believe such a proposal would pass if it was understood that after February 8, the Senate would move to an immigration debate with an open amendment process if no agreement has been reached with the White House and House of Representatives," Graham said in a statement Saturday afternoon. 

Graham predicted that a "breakthrough" would happen Sunday night as moderate lawmakers met with GOP leaders to discuss the impasse.

On Saturday, Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement as federal agencies began implementing shutdown procedures. McConnell told reporters that lawmakers would be "right back at it" for "as long as it takes."

"We will keep at this until Democrats end their extraordinary filibuster of government funding and children's healthcare, and allow a bipartisan majority of Senators to reopen the federal government for all Americans and get Congress back on track," McConnell said Saturday on the Senate floor. Senate Democrats say they will not support a funding resolution that does not include protections for immigrants brought to the U.S. as children under the DACA program and spending for disaster relief.A

Follow along below for updates on the shutdown. All times Eastern unless otherwise noted.

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3:17 p.m.: Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Shutdown gets "more serious" on Monday

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters that he's hoping the Senate will move something forward today because the shutdown becomes more serious Monday. "We're just hoping that calmer heads prevail, that in the Senate they see the action and move forward," he said.

He added, "If they take a week off the continuing resolution, we'll take that. And keep the government working, make sure Monday morning everything is up and running."

With regards to immigration talks, McCarthy said that negotiations could continue once the government reopens.

"We were having great meetings prior but unfortunately, the government got shut down. As soon as it opens, we'll go right back to our meetings," he said.

3:00 p.m.: Lawmakers talk shutdown negotiations 

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, told reporters on Capitol Hill that he's "optimistic" about current negotiations over the funding of the federal government, but conceded that there's a "long way to go before we get there." 

Meanwhile, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, said that lawmakers were "so close, it's ridiculous."

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, said a shutdown "should never ever be used as a bargaining chip for any issue period," and denounced it as "chemical warfare" that should be "banned."

"It hurts taxpayers, it hurts the military, it hurts our country."

Alexander said that there were a number of lawmakers who are "ready to go to work on funding for the military over two years, funding for the National Institutes of Health. We're close to agreement on that."

"The Alexander-Murray proposal to reduce insurance rates to children's health insurance plan, DACA, disaster aid. That's all there. We're on the 10 yard line," he added.

1:56 p.m.: Graham says Stephen Miller to blame for stalemate

Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill that he thinks Mr. Trump has his "heart right" on the issue of immigration reform, but says "every time we have a proposal it is only yanked back by staff members." 

"As long as Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration we are going nowhere. He's been an outlier for years," added Graham, referring to the White House senior policy adviser, an immigration hardliner. Graham predicted that "there will be a breakthrough tonight, if there's going to be a one it will be tonight."

1:35 p.m.: Democrats hold press conference on status of shutdown

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that Democrats could sign onto an agreement "in an hour," calling on the president to come to the negotiating table to resolve the shutdown. Democrats said they were committed to do what they can to ensure military members receive their paychecks during the government shutdown. 

Government shutdown: Congress seeks a deal in flurry of negotiations -- live updates

Video shows Puerto Rico school going wild as lights come back on after months of blackouts

Staff and pupils went wild with joy when the lights came back on in a Puerto Rico school after months without power, video shows.

The Academia Bautista de Puerto Nuevo said it had gone 112 days without electricity after Hurricane Maria tore through the US territory last September.

The 20 September storm knocked out the island's power grid, leaving all 3.4 million residents without electricity, and disrupted the water supply.

In video posted to Facebook, pupils can be seen dancing in their classrooms as teachers come out into the halls to film the scene.

Singing, cheering and even bell-ringing erupt as the school celebrates in the clip posted on 11 January.

On Facebook, bosses said: "We are grateful to all the parents, students and staff who have stayed with us and continued to support us in this situation."

Local officials have warned that Puerto Rico's power and water and sewer companies will run out of money this month.

Both firms say their funds have dwindled since the Category 4 storm caused up to an estimated $95bn (£68bn) in damage, knocking out power to the entire island.

Nearly 40 per cent of power customers remain in the dark.

Last week the island's governor, Ricardo Rossello, criticised the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria and said residents of the island - who are US citizens - are being treated like "second-class citizens". 

Mr Rossello and other critics have complained that federal aid given to Puerto Rico after its worst natural disaster has not been equal to that given to Florida, Texas and California after similar catastrophes. 

A billion-dollar emergency loan approved by Congress to help Puerto Rico deal with the effects of the hurricane has been temporarily withheld by federal officials who said the US territory is not in fact facing the cash shortage it has repeatedly warned of in recent months.

The island central cash balance exceeded $1.5bn in the nearly four months since Maria struck, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said, noting the local government released documents in late December showing it had nearly $7bn available in cash.

Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities can separately apply for loans, FEMA said.

Additional reporting by agencies

Jon Sharman
Video shows Puerto Rico school going wild as lights come back on after months of blackouts

Puerto Rico Fast Facts

Here's a look at the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a self-governing US territory located in the Caribbean.

About Puerto Rico:
(from the CIA World Factbook)

Area: 9,104 sq km

Population: 3,351,827 (July 2017 est.)

Median age: 41.5 years

Capital: San Juan

Religion: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%

GDP (purchasing power parity): $128.7 billion (2016 est.)

GDP per capita: $37,700 (2016 est.)

Unemployment: 11.8% (2016 est.)

Other Facts:
The people of Puerto Rico are US citizens. They vote in US presidential primaries, but not in the presidential elections.

First named San Juan Bautista by Christopher Columbus.

Ricardo Rosselló has been the governor since January 2, 2017. The governor is elected by popular vote with no term limits.

Jenniffer González has been the resident commissioner since January 3, 2017. The commissioner serves in the US House of Representatives, but has no vote, except in committees. Gonzalez is the first woman to hold this position.

It is made up of 78 municipalities.

Over 40% of the population lives in poverty, according to 2016 Census estimates.

Puerto Ricans have voted a half-dozen times on statehood, as of 2017. Ultimately, however, Congress must pass a law admitting them to the union.

In addition to becoming a state, options for Puerto Rico's future status include remaining a commonwealth, entering "free association" or becoming an independent nation. "Free association" is an official affiliation with the United States where Puerto Rico would still receive military assistance and funding.

Timeline:
1493-1898 - Puerto Rico is a Spanish colony.

July 25, 1898 - During the Spanish-American War, the United States invades Puerto Rico.

December 10, 1889 - With the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Spain cedes Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States. The island is named "Porto Rico" in the treaty.

April 12, 1900 - President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law. It designates the island an "unorganized territory," and allows for one delegate from Puerto Rico to the US House of Representatives with no voting power.

March 2, 1917 - President Woodrow Wilson signs the Jones Act into law, granting the people of Puerto Rico US citizenship.

May 1932 - Legislation changes the name of the island back to Puerto Rico.

November 1948 - The first popularly elected governor, Luis Muñoz Marín, is voted into office.

July 3, 1950 - President Harry S. Truman signs Public Law 600, giving Puerto Ricans the right to draft their own constitution.

October 1950 - In protest of Public Law 600, Puerto Rican nationalists lead armed uprisings in several Puerto Rican towns.

November 1, 1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempt to shoot their way into Blair House, where President Truman is living while the White House is being renovated. Torresola is killed by police; Collazo is arrested and sent to prison.

June 4, 1951 - In a plebiscite vote, more than three-quarters of Puerto Rican voters approve Public Law 600.

February 1952 - Delegates elected to a constitutional convention approve a draft of the constitution.

March 3, 1952 - Puerto Ricans vote in favor of the constitution.

July 25, 1952 - Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing commonwealth as the constitution is put in place. This is also the anniversary of the United States invasion of Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.

March 1, 1954 - Five members of the House of Representatives are shot on the House floor; Alvin Bentley, (R-MI), Ben Jensen (R-IA), Clifford Davis (D-TN), George Fallon (D-MD) and Kenneth Roberts (D-AL). Four Puerto Rican nationalists, Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero and Irving Flores Rodriguez, are arrested and sent to prison. President Jimmy Carter grants Cordero clemency in 1977 and commutes all four of their sentences in 1979.

July 23, 1967 - Commonwealth status is upheld via a status plebiscite.

1970 - The resident commissioner gains the right to vote in committee via an amendment to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.

September 18, 1989 - Hurricane Hugo hits the island as a Category 4 hurricane causing more than $1 billion in property damages.

November 14, 1993 - Commonwealth status is upheld via a plebiscite.

September 21, 1998 - Hurricane Georges hits the island causing close to $2 billion in damages.

August 6, 2009 - Sonia Sotomayor, who is of Puerto Rican descent, is confirmed by the US Senate (68-31). She becomes the third woman and the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

November 6, 2012 - Puerto Ricans vote for statehood via a status plebiscite. The results are deemed inconclusive.

August 3, 2015 - Puerto Rico defaults on its monthly debt for the first time in its history, paying only $628,000 toward a $58 million debt.

January 4, 2016 - Puerto Rico defaults on its debt for the second time.

May 2, 2016 - Puerto Rico defaults on a $422 million debt payment.

June 30, 2016 - President Barack Obama signs the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), a bill that establishes a seven-member board to oversee the commonwealth's finances. The following day Puerto Rico defaults on its debt payment.

January 4, 2017 - The Puerto Rico Admission Act is introduced to Congress by Rep. Gonzalez.

May 3, 2017 - Puerto Rico files for bankruptcy. It is the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.

June 5, 2017 - Puerto Rico declares its Zika epidemic is over. The Puerto Rico Department of Health has reported more than 40,000 confirmed cases of the Zika virus since the outbreak began in 2016.

June 11, 2017 - Puerto Ricans vote for statehood via a status plebiscite. Over 97% of the votes are in favor of statehood, but only 23% of eligible voters participate.

September 20, 2017 - Hurricane Maria makes landfall near Yabucoa in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. It is the strongest storm to hit the island in 85 years. The energy grid is heavily damaged, with an island-wide power outage.

September 22, 2017 - The National Weather Service recommends the evacuation of about 70,000 people living near the Guajataca River in northwest Puerto Rico because a dam is in danger of failing.

October 3, 2017 - President Donald Trump visits Puerto Rico. The trip comes after mounting frustration there with the federal response to the storm. Many residents remain without power and continue to struggle to get access to food and fuel nearly two weeks after the storm hit.

December 18, 2017 - Governor Rosselló orders a review of deaths related to Hurricane Maria as the number could be much higher than than the officially reported number. The announcement from the island's governor follows investigations from CNN and other news outlets that called into question the official death toll of 64.

Puerto Rico Fast Facts

Who closed Ahed Tamimi's Twitter account?

16-year old Ahed Tamimi's Twitter account was deleted or closed, reports say.

Filmed kicking and slapping soldiers last week, Tamimi later said she assaulted the soldier because "he had shot her cousin with a rubber bullet" and she "could not keep quiet."

Following the account closure, Tamimi's supporters immediately opened a new account demanding Twitter reopen Tamimi's original account. Though Twitter itself did not take responsibility for the act, family members hinted that the Twiiter staff was responsible for the account's closure, claiming the decision was made at "Zionists' behest."

.@Twitter suspended imprisoned Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi’s account. Was she banned at the behest of the Israeli apartheid regime? pic.twitter.com/GkVhLj38uR

— Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) December 27, 2017

I’m not sure about that & not think her father did, I expect that Twitter deleted it due to a campaign or a call by zionists to block it or delete it

— manal ✌ tamimi (@screamingtamimi) December 27, 2017

On December 18, Twitter began enforcing its new rules regarding what may and may not be posted.

In its section on "hateful conduct," Twitter bans forbids users to "promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease."

The site delineates rule regarding "hateful imagery and display names" as well, writing that "you may not use hateful images or symbols in your profile image or profile header. You also may not use your username, display name, or profile bio to engage in abusive behavior, such as targeted harassment or expressing hate towards a person, group, or protected category."

Supporters of female terrorist Ahed Tamimi claim her account was closed at 'Zionists' behest.'
Who closed Ahed Tamimi's Twitter account?