Weve just witnessed on the floor. Of democrats. Will be called the trump shutdown. For the u. S. President complaints a year in office with a Government Shutdown. The turkish army shells kurdish positions in syria as forces backed by and for a pair for an offensive. Egypts president says hes going to run for a second term as his main rival calls for a level playing field. Pope francis makes a play to protect the amazon and its people during a trip to peru. And on fire a small have the latest from the Australian Open as womens world number one simona halep survives an epic one hundred and forty two minute final sack to reach the fourth round in melbourne. Obstructionist losers thats what the Trump Administration is calling us democrats after the senate rejected a last minute vote to avoid a federal Government Shutdown its now in effect across the country with only essential offices and services staying functional negotiations broke down over a deadlock on the status of young undocumented immigrants known as the dreamers how to call home reports from washington d. C. This is not the end of verse or any leader wants to have it was exactly one year ago when donald trump made this promise and became president. We will face challenges we will confront hardships but we will get the job done he vowed government would work again its clear with this it isnt republicans who control the congress and the white house lost four of their own members but picked up five democrats still not enough to pass the bill that means many nonessential Government Employees wont be coming to work on monday without a deal although most essential federal services will continue the employees just wont get paid until its over it came down to this a program that was in place to protect children brought into this country without documentation President Trump threw it out and said congress should fix it he promised to help if we do this properly docket you not so far away from comprehensive Immigration Reform and if you want to take that further step ill take the heat i dont care i dont care ill take all the heat you want to get. They brought him a bipartisan deal and he refused to sign it so democrats refused to help pass the budget now the white house is saying they still have the weekend to work out a deal i think it will be taken care of the money i can thats why i just said i think i have to you think theres a really difficult to. Fix the problem for the office of the future for now it is a standoff a functioning government held hostage well two parties wait to see which side the public will blame for the very dysfunction that trump promised to end exactly one year ago what weve just witnessed on the floor was a stunning call decision by Senate Democrats or shovel. Millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games a Government Shutdown was one hundred percent avoidable this will be called the trump shutdown because there is no one no one. Who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than President Trump. Aljazeera washington. Or heres what happens now u. S. Government has officially shut down hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be affected but its impact will be felt various the differently rather across different departments more than ninety five percent of employees at the Environmental Protection agency and Housing Department will be out of work that compares to about fifty percent of workers at the treasury the u. S. Defense secretary says training maintenance and intelligence operations will be impacted about half of the Defense Department seven hundred forty thousand civilian workers will have to take a leave of absence now if youre planning on visiting the u. S. Landmark tourist sites like washingtons famous smithsonian museums and the national zoo will be closed but Services Like border and Airport Security as well as air Traffic Control will work the state Department Also says Visa Services at u. S. Embassies will remain as long as funding remains scott lucas is a professor of american and International Studies at the university of birmingham he joins us now by skype from birmingham good to have you with us how much of an embarrassment is this for the man who prides himself as an artist in deal making a person who blamed previous shutdowns on previous president s. It was not good but of course donald trump and the republicans today will say its not their fault theyll say its entirely those democrats who have blocked this and as you heard in the clip harmed millions of americans theres two essential pieces of information behind this the first is which has not really been mention is that were in this position because the Trump Administration has not passed the federal government budget after one year in office it doesnt even have one ready to present so thats the core issue where its had to go again and again back to congress on this occasion for a fourth time to get supplemental funding and then as you highlighted very well the issue on top of that is that the trumpet ministration is threatening to deport almost eight hundred thousand young immigrants the dreamers and the democrats finally said look if you want to keep the funding go when youve got to live the threat of deportation you said in september that you work with us on a deal now do it but trump in the hardline republicans are demanding conditions on top of this theyre saying no no no we wont work with you unless we get full funding for the war with mexico we want to to end all immigrants bring in relatives to the United States and so you go back and forth that until you give the protection for the dreamers without conditions theres a possibility that this shutdown will continue how much impact will it have i mean this is not the first shutdown is going to impact confidence in the u. S. In the u. S. Economy in the dollar etc. Well i think if you had a protracted shutdown were going weeks and months maybe but the last shutdown of two thousand and thirteen and it only after about two weeks i think a far more important issue if were talking about confidence in the economy is the lack of a budget you know how long can a federal government go without setting out its revenue and Spending Plans how long can it go without explaining how its going to pay for that one point five trillion dollar tax cut that it pushed through in december and the longer you have that uncertainty about the fundamentals of the government rather than the shutdown then thats really whats going to shake International Investment plans decisions and the military of course can go on fighting vital diplomatic operations will continue but military maintenance intelligence training things like that will be impacted so will some state Department Jobs and im wondering how much damage does that do to the prestige of the worlds only superpower do you think well you know thats the spend the the Trump Supporters are saying youre affecting our military in fact theyll be very little disruption of military Services Continue to be funded there may be some delay in payments that this goes on to troops but no americas not putting its military on standby and shutting down his Intelligence Services far more important again than this blood is the fact in the state department the trucking ministration has left hundreds of post filled that in the military it has not replaced key personnel who have departed and thats the broader issue rather than the shutdown it is that the trauma destruction at times has appeared dysfunctional in the way that its overseeing the military and Diplomatic Services all right well leave it there for now thanks for your thoughts so much scott lucas that. Your turkey is mobilizing thousands of Free Syrian Army rebels inside syria they were taken in a convoy of buses as part of a military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters known as the y p. G. In the syrian town of are fleeing in turkey calls them a terrorist group the army has intensified shelling on three and in recent days Officials Say an offensive is imminent Stephanie Decker joins us live from the turkey syria border how does the war look now. Well theres quite a bit of activity that weve seen happen here over the last hour or two bulldozers being brought in gravel also a lot of cement blocks ill just step out of the way in that jimmy will show you how close we are to syria less than a kilometer away youll probably see a slight watchtower this is along that turkey has built with syria and then that syria just further up ahead now villagers here tell us there was sporadic shelling overnight from a base just behind us but far less than has been here over the last couple of days and you did mention reinforcements also in terms of the Free Syrian Army that turkey supporting and this is some of the. Some of the cars coming back without the concrete blocks that weve seen come in so they seem to be doing some form of defensive measure at that border but yes theres also been skirmishes within syria shelling of turkish army saying they shelled from as as and modify these are areas inside syria where there is those Turkish Backed rebels they say they shelled why p. G. Positions in retaliation and selfdefense thats according to them but certainly having said all that a lot of political rhetoric sami over the last week here that this offensive is imminent as you mentioned but certainly at the moment on the side of this sporadic shelling and back and forth the real offensive hasnt started yet and that is because russia holds quite a lot of sway in africa and the turks are still talking to them to see if they can give the green light for that to go ahead and we understand some top turkish officials were in moscow and first day. At least details about how soon is it expected that a ground offensive may begin stephanie. Well this is the thing people dont really know what shape its going to take military analysts in the military you speak she will tell you that what they really need to do first if they want to minimize the casualties on the turkish army side is airstrikes and it gets complicated because russia controls the airspace over afraid so this is why you will have seen the chief of staff and the head of intelligence in moscow trying to iron out these issues and of course when it comes to syria with all the different players sami its all about what will you give me if i give you what you want so these negation negotiations are not going i suppose turkey hasnt gotten the green light yet which is why it hasnt happened despite all of this rhetoric but yes you do have the the Ground Troops that are the f. S. A. Fighters and now youll see were going to step out of some of these concrete blocks coming down from where this base is a lot of sort of defensive activity happening here but certainly when it comes to that operation being launched despite the political rhetoric that that hasnt happened yet but certainly it is a tense situation weve been speaking to the villagers here theyll tell you well at the moment it is outgoing but they are concerned of course if this escalates that the y. P. G. Would retaliate across the border into turkey and well leave it there for now thanks so much Stephanie Decker. Russia has accused the us of trying to undermine efforts to end the war in syria washington has denied setting up a force along the turkey syria border made up of the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces turkey is not satisfied by those assurances and warned it could cause irreversible damage to relations now so veil of dr has a way then to your list that of still using your moods for you is so trying to alternative bodies of authority on the false parts of the syrian territories that is a fact and that does contradict their own obligations now they have even more far reaching plans and will have to keep that in mind and try to find ways that would prevent them from undercutting the sovereignty of the syrian state. Is a spokesman for the un secretary general and turning over terrorism is warning against increased military activity in the region weve seen the reports of shelling in africa and we reiterate our call on all concerned parties to avoid further escalation in any acts that could deepen the suffering of the Syrian People all parties must ensure protection of civilians at all times under any circumstances. Claymore still to come on the news hour including irans growing wealth divide why tens of millions of people are struggling to get by. As Donald TrumpsFirst Anniversary in the oval office nears we take a look at his record on Climate Change and le bron james. On yet another record coming up in sport. Lebanese employees this mist from the Construction Firm saudi organ or are protesting in front of the Saudi Embassy in beirut demanding unpaid salaries and compensation from the saudi government is in the hole that joins us now live from beirut so we understand the company is actually owned by the how do you why are they protesting outside the Saudi Embassy rather than the how do the residents. Well the Company Closed down in the summer of last year and these people the message that happened sation and they were not being paid their salaries for two years now the saudi government was not really paying their juice to the company this is what we understand from Company Sources the saudi government owes the company five billion dollars until that money is paid then these people are not going to receive their salaries now according to the saudi government the oshea company owes them owes the banks money so its a really a complicated case three thousand five hundred lebanese workers caught in the middle of of this case fifty two thousand employees. Employed fifty two thousand people only the french employees received payment but the lebanese and other nationalities have not received any money what so ever and weve been talking to people here and what theyve been telling us is that weve weve spent all our savings we cannot survive even one man has put his children in an orphanage because they had to leave saudi arabia with literally nothing relationship between the really is and saudi arabias been quite dramatic to say the least in the last few weeks where this relationship stand now. Well really this Case Highlights the relationship you said dramatic in november how did he resign suddenly resign from the saudi capital and the lebanese government and many in lebanon even his own supporters and aides said that he was being held against his will clearly his relationship with the new saudi leadership was not the relationship his father refused enjoyed with the Saudi Arabian government it was his father who established how the oshea and the saudi government really gave it a lot of projects and it was a very Profitable Company and people are blaming sardo how do you see as well today is lebanons Prime Minister what this case does really is he loses support he loses popularity just a few months before elections which shows that if saudi arabia really wanted to close this file and help a saddle heidi and support him the way theyve supported him in the past then they would help by you know giving these people their salaries and closing closing this case. And we would. Hold of egypts president of the fact that has sisi is announced hell run for a second term the elections are set to take place in march sisi rose to power in two thousand and thirteen after ousting his predecessor the countrys first democratically elected president in a military coup jhoom reports. The announcement was widely expected now egyptian president obama has put down his sisi has made it official and us that it got a lot of out info to quality a lot of been today as a to members of the size it moments we have gone through and think about as a serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes that we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my National Conscious as i speak to you was the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you would accept me for it is a presidency of the republic. Analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power this way that way i think of the elections as one source so it is just a missile or a facade of this committee that would say that he won the elections fed and square and he has significant book to support. Sisi who swept to power in two thousand and thirteen after a military coup against former president Mohammed Morsi obtained ninety seven percent of the vote in the two thousand and fourteen Election International observers question the credibility of the results saying the election fell short of international standards. Campaign promises included rebuilding egypt reviving the countrys eco