nasheed was ousted in 2012 and what he called an armed coup by gayoom's supporters. to see our interview, you can go to our website at democracynow.org. senate democrats have blocked a fourth republic and the to defund president obama's executive actions on immigration in exchange for continuing to , fund the department of homeland security. dhs is due to run out of money on friday unless congress passes legislation to fund it. but republicans have sought to tie the funding to a rollback of obama's plan to spare millions of immigrants from deportation. democratic senator barbara mikulski of maryland criticized the deadlock. >> the coast guard is on the job. they're working in the cold. they're working in the wind. they're breaking up ice not only in maryland, but all over to these frozen ports. and what do we say? good job, guys? there they are on tv and we love you, but we might not pay you. what is this? they are out there saving lives and we're playing parliamentary ping-pong. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has announced he will split the attempts to de