Government is officially closed the senate is couldnt reach a compromise over a short term funding deal we will tell you how its all happened who is affected and about the furious reaction from the white house which puts the blame squarely at the door of the democrats its all overshadowing what President Donald Trump it would be a day of celebration as he months one year in office for now he is staying in washington instead of heading to florida while the crowds are gathering across the country for a replay of the massive womens march almost one year ago and did other news well thats just it facebook wants to know what you think i. Amongst all the news you see on your feet of snow other attempts to we down socalled flight you question is will the publics help in a world of such varying opinions. And im lee harvey a hospital in kenya is under investigation after women went on facebook say may been abused while they were patients there the government is now involved trying to address the allegations as a conversation continues to grow online. If youre in nairobi you want to hear from you connected at. All with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com we will get to all of those stories in a moment but first some breaking news out of syria turkeys Prime Minister says jets have conducted air strikes on the syrian on klav of three in a targeted kurdish why p. G. Positions and also were hearing from the Free Syrian Army which is confirming they have now started a ground offensive as well evening pictures coming through from the air as well quite dramatic of those plumes of smoke going up in the distance from what we assume are the air strikes were going to get the latest from antakya now with Stephanie Decker whos following this one stephanie. Thats right when its been a week in the in the making come all and it seems it is now under way really what was the Sticking Point was negotiating with russia when it comes to the air space and this is what the big question mark was and just about an hour ago that air campaign started announced by the Prime Minister as you said we still some jets in the skies we were driving back from the border because the military had made us move away from where we had been throughout the day theyve been shelling not much i have to say but certainly now jets in the sky bombing certain areas in a foot in the turkish army says that this is only targeting what it calls terrorists this is of course the why p. G. Group and not civilians but certainly it will be terrifying for the civilians inside that area because they are surrounded as you mentioned the Free Syrian Army these are Turkish Backed rebels or theyve been amassing over the last couple of days to the east of inside syria we spoke to an f. S. A. Commander just a little while ago he told us yes they are now starting to move towards that area so it is just to highlight the complexity of this work a mile you now have a nato ally bombing a group that the United States calls its best ally when it was fighting eisel on the ground and still continues to do so so incredibly complicated and certainly concerning for the civilians inside that area turkey fly a door of this up earlier in the wake and talked about if i remember correctly no turning back to suggest were looking at a pretty big operation to come here. Well i think you know anything with syria we have to wait and see but yes the language certainly the political language coming from from all the top levels of politics here is that theyre not going to stop until its cleared of what it calls terrorists which is the why p. G. Which is the armed wing of the party that controls not just after being but also the other kurdish cantons in the language coming from the turks have always been like this is going to be the start theyre going to then going to move into members and then all the way to the iraqi border now just briefly members for example is a town still west of the euphrates the why p. G. Remain there turkey has always wanted the y. P. To move east of the euphrates the last time there was a confrontation there between the two sides the americans moved in with troops and vehicles to calm that down so it just gives you a sense of all the sides here and what turkey wants what others will not want but certainly now i think the focus on africa is just in the first hour of this air campaign and were going to have to wait and see how this unfolds with with Ground Troops moving in as well ok stephanie deck is on top here the latest on this offensive beginning on a friend well just have a quick look at some more live pictures see what weve got there more of those plumes of smoke going up off in the distance as the light fades and there is a fresh explosion you would think tamar discerning in on that one as well we will keep a close eye on this one lots of news happening today on the grid but obviously this is a developing story which we will be keeping an eye on. Meanwhile is a little after ten am in washington d. C. The u. S. Government is officially in shutdown only essential offices and services will remain open after a senate vote fails to fund federal agencies for another month this is the first time the u. S. Government is shut down while the white house the senate and the house of representatives have all been controlled by the one party but predictably both republicans and democrats blaming each other heres that tweet you just saw remember to go case in point from president dont trump tweeting around six thirty in the morning this is the one Year Anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice present hash tag democrat shutdown that stop with this report from particle hey. This is not the anniversary 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 he said congress should fix it he promised to help if we do this properly dr you know its 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 officers for the future for now it is a standoff a functioning government held hostage while 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 cynical decision by Senate Democrats or shovel. Millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gash 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 pedicle hain aljazeera washington now it is very easy to talk about a court and court Government Shutdown but here is what it actually means hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be affected but it will vary for example more than ninety five percent of employees at the e. P. A. The Environmental Protection agency and the Housing Department will be out of work at the. Maintenance and intelligence operations will be impacted and about half of the Defense Department seven hundred forty thousand civilian workers will also take a leave of absence tourism takes a hit because places like washingtons famous smithsonian museums and the national zoo will be closed but border and Airport Security and air Traffic Control will continue they have to say while the state Department SaysVisa Services at u. S. Embassies will remain as long as funding remains we go to washington here as kimberly how could our White House Correspondent kimberly whats the latest youve got from there because i mean the government shuts down but presumably going to try and get it open again. Thats right and i was speaking to a white house official in the last hour or so who told me the president is particularly frustrated because it really is in the hands of congress at this moment where they have returned to work to try and break the standoff that continues in the meantime the president has been tweeting as you pointed out rather vigorously in the last couple of hours on social media five that ive counted the latest coming forty one minutes ago saying democrats are holding our military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration cant let that happen the bottom line in all of this is that democrats say were not going to approve any sort of funding deal unless there is the unaddressed issue of illegal immigration but the white house on the other hand has drawn a line in the sand saying were not going to talk about immigration at all until there is this issue resolved of the government funding so its hard to see how this impasse is going to be broken in the meantime as you point out this Government Shutdown is starting to take a fact the last one nearly five years ago lasted sixteen days one of the mechanics of it from now kimberly who brings this back to the senate does it have to go back through the house how does it actually work from. Well the bottom line is there is something that has been passed in the house the senate tried to pass it in terms of you need to have a passage in both chambers the signed into law by the president there could be all kinds of combinations its really hard to speculate what could happen but what is essentially the problem here for both parties as they do this finger pointing is that the public is watching all of this and there is going to be some political blame and fall out in an Election Year so this is a risky calculation for not just republicans but also democrats because well a majority of americans according to most polls do support this effort to find a solution to illegal immigration and those who have been living here in the shadows illegally sometimes for multiple decades at the same time a jordi of americans also to support this Government Shutdown of this ongoing dysfunction so certainly it is the people that will weigh in on all of this ultimately in november but for now i can safely say that there is general frustration across the board here in washington and in the United States just to confirm kimberly as you know what donald trump is in the house behind you but is still planning to go to florida at some point. Well i asked him we still dont have clarification on that it may come down to the fact that the president is also now a federal employee and only in a Government Shutdown can essential work be taken can can essential work be conducted donald trump was planned to go to florida for a political fundraiser not exactly considered an essential service and so may actually under the terms of a shutdown be illegal for the president to travel right now thats still being worked out so for now he remains behind me here very interesting well catch up with you again later in the day kimberly how kids at the white house thank you here with me shut down shut down shut down shut up shut your sister in there i mean its just going crazy to what is an ant really tell from this pictures that thats a map of the world behind but its the whole world and we have this literally what everyones talking about it is the biggest conversation worldwide more than a million tweets and counting so far but who shutdown is it if us twitter its a split vote the republicans are calling it a schumer shutdown referencing the Senate Minority leader the press secretary posting the official white house statement posting it here on the matter it reads this is the behavior of obstructionist losers not legislators when democrats start painting our armed forces and First Responders we will reopen negotiations on Immigration Reform during this politically manufactured schumer shutdown the president will fight for and protect the American People now on the other side of the twitter aisle you have folks calling it the trump shutdown blaming the president for not being able to pass a budget even when the Party Majority in the house and the Senate SenatorChuck Schumer himself responded on line with this video from the Democratic Party so tell me if you were president what would you do. Well very simply you have to get everybody in a room you have to be a leader the president has to lead here the democrats are going to be blamed and the republicans are going to be blamed i actually think the president would be blamed if there is a shutdown i think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States hes the one that has to get people together and im going to be talking to the head of the house was the head of the senate whos running things in washington so i really think the pressure is on the president. Interesting there are now trumps all tweets are popping up again too in this case theyre being used against him like in two thousand and thirteen when he tweeted just shows that you can have all the cards and lose if you dont know what youre doing and he also tweeted saying that leadership he defines it as whatever happens youre responsible if it doesnt happen youre responsible if youre impacted by the shutdown in any way whether youre a tourist wanting to visit the monuments or a Government Employee want to hear from you you can write me directly at leo harding a. J. C. Or user hash tag right there hash tag a jane is good thanks leah and weve got a guest coming up in about will form a six minutes time to talk about the shutdown and Donald Trumps first year when you send in your questions for that hash tag a. J. Newsgroup as twitter as twitter says as leah says on to it it is at a. J. English you can reply to the tweets and pop them in the thread there at facebook dot com slash on to zero the live stream you can comment as you go there are producers looking for your questions on the whats at line is open plus nine seven four five zero one triple one four nine your comments your questions your contributions thank you for both now obviously a Government Shutdown is not what people want today and youd think its complete with saying donald trump especially given saturday is this one Year Anniversary of him taking office now there are any number of things we could talk about from this past year but were going to focus on america as a whole well maybe its the divided states of america because rarely in recent years has the u. S. Appeared so polarized on fundamental issues like race gender and prosperity correspondent alan fischer traveled to a state trump unexpectedly won in twenty six and pennsylvania to see how deep the divide really runs. Americas political waters have not run smoothly over the past twelve months the separation the divisions are very obvious some find it hard to clear the support for the president but even with a badge with his name i will wear to events you know republican events but to wear it out you know people sometimes treat you a little different weve spoken with many on stans a few times over the past year and early trump supporter she Still Believes hes doing a great job all we did was campaign and he told people what he wanted to do some people didnt like what he wanted to do and you know everyone expected that hillary was going to win and it was a shock to everyone that she didnt win so i think this was a much harder part of loss and i think thats why you know there is more of a divide when you pull published to mark one year since the inauguration shows the problem of one nation under trump divided three in four americans say the country is clearly divided six in ten say they dont have trust in the political system and six in ten say racial tensions have increased the divide is most notable with women tend to vote democratic among people of color theyre less likely to support trump but Bitter Division is nothing new i generally point to the election of eight hundred which i think is perhaps the most contentious of of all of our elections i think with perhaps. Some of the harshest dialogue and discourse that weve ever had in a president ial campaign we definitely have these periods of a real polarization and and and then we do we are able to come back from that are you find