U.S Senator John Thune (R-SD), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Vice President Mike Pence and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise return to the West Wing after speaking to the news media after a meeting between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats about the U.S. government partial shutdown and the president's demand for a border wall in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria