Hello im rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes u. S. Senators approved funding to end three days of Government Shutdown after reaching a deal. Turkey intensifies its military operation in northwest syria and opens a new front in the town of a free. I go in the knesset supper all over the u. S. Vice president s of reassertion of jerusalem as the capital of israel. And from the football pitch to the political playground george weah was sworn in as liberias new president. I three day u. S. Government shutdown is about to end after senators approved legislation to extend funding into next month the bill is expected to be passed quickly by the house of represent. Gives before being signed off by President Donald Trump please a live picture is on the vote right now but immigration disputes that was at the center of the crisis is still far from resolved to the deal reached before the vote democrats agreed to block the bill allowing government funding to continue until february eighth and return republicans said they would continue talks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u. S. As children also known as dreamers now in response President Donald Trump tweeted that democrats had come to their senses he also said he was open to an immigration deal but only if it was good enough for the country heidi jocasta is live for us in washington d. C. Heidi unpick this for you for us if you would what is the deal that theyve done. Well rob this compromise was negotiated by a group of bipartisan moderate senators and the compromise is this the democrats in the senate have agreed to reopen the u. S. Federal government with funding through february eighth that is a concession on on on the democrats part because he sensually they are giving up leverage on what they really want which is a solution to this immigration problem to resolve the immigration status of these socalled dreamers that is what they had demanded from day one to be part of this budget bill it was not included in essentially democrats backed down and said we agree to reopen the federal government but republicans have made the promise that once that the theory a deadline approaches that Republican Leaders in the senate will bring this immigration issue to a vote on the senate floor that is the promise made by Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell earlier in the day and these are the words he used when the senate did pass this compromise measure. All our board and work for the American People to put on hold while this manufactured crisis. We made no. Progress at all want to. Negotiations. Fall issues. Border Security Health care defense spending and many other matters so im glad were going to get back to work here ok i do so they are back to what we just saw some live pictures of the vote going ahead there but in practical terms what happens now. Well the house should be wrapping up this vote momentarily the measure is expected to pass with strong support as it did in the senate hours ago then the bill is delivered to the white house and President Donald Trump is expected to sign it now trump himself though he is the source of mistrust from both sides in these negotiations as democrats have pointed repeatedly in the last few days President Trump in earlier days had said he would he would support some sort of measure to protect these dreamers but then upon the advice of his more right wing advisers in most recent days has reversed that position leading to this mistrust on both sides so once this bill is delivered to trumps desk he is expected to sign it but even if the u. S. Government reopens choosing morning as all hope that is still just the beginning of these negotiations and as you heard from Mitch Mcconnell there is not one inch of progress he said that both sides have moved on in resolving this very contentious immigration battle heidi for now thanks very much indeed lets speak to david good friend whos a former staff secretary to president bill clinton hes also served on the stuff of senators charles rangle and how cole is joining us live from washington d. C. We appreciate your time sir given the limited amount of leverage that the democrats have the moment did the use this wisely in this debate. Well its funny to hear all these people talk about the democrats it is the republicans who run the white house the house of representatives the United States senate so i still wonder what the president from thinks he cheats politically by giving the democrats so much credit for having said that lets remember that as your correspondent went out the Funding Agreement thats been reached last a few days into early february and then were right back where we were yesterday if the democrats are not satisfied that the daca or immigration issue has been resolved it seems to me as though the republicans have painted themselves into yet another corner where the again be forced to deal with an issue that they dont like very much in order to keep the government operating i think it stretches credulity just a little bit if i can say this as a partisan democrat former president trying to say this is all about democrats because it was he President Trump who took the precipitating action on dhaka by ending the program that president obama had placed that is what created this Immigration Crisis it was working fine for he got here and once again he was faced with a bipartisan resolution then when senator schumer the democrat and senator mcconnell the republican got together and offer him a compromise he didnt reject it he also said to senator schumer democratic leader i will support myself daca before he clip up once again and change his mind i dont think the American People are persuaded that this is democrats causing a problem i think rather when the party that has this much political power is this inept at governing the voters see this were already starting to see that just recently just today it was revealed in some polling that generic Democratic Candidates for congress are up twelve Percentage Points over incumbent republicans in house and senate races that is staggering it just to put that in perspective when Newt Gingrich in one thousand. Led a republican takeover of congress from the democrats republicans were out plus two points in order to cop it so the debit or ten points more in favor ability raise going into these midterm elections this year i dont think the republicans did anything spoken last few hours if were facing this debate again in a few weeks time are we going to see a very different type of fight do you think i do i mean i think that criticisms from the far left of the democrats acquiescing to quickly be taken to heart in a repeat of this dynamic to the point where Democratic Leaders would feel compelled not to be burned again i think theres an awful lot of pressure on republicans to come up with a deal whereby they can get the votes necessary in the senate they would explain what i teach a class a Georgetown Law School or anywhere else the rules of the senate grant the minority a certain amount of rights in this case sixty votes a super majority are wired to pass legislation that means that when the republicans only have fifty one votes they need nine additional votes from democrats and that requires bipartisanship that requires compromise the pressure is on republicans to deliver in a few days when were back in this situation again really interesting to get your views on this david good friend thank you very much for your time thanks for having turkish troops on there syrian rebel allies are closing in on Kurdish Forces and their fight to secure the border area the operation to push out the syrian kodesh why p. G. Is intensifying and president bush up typo to one insists it will succeed the white house has been more cautious and says turkey must exercise restraint stephanie deca reports from the turkey syria border. Its almost becoming routine shelling and heavy artillery fired by the turkish army into syria. The monday border new development with turkey opening a new front in the ground offensive Free Syrian Army fighters will now move towards africa and from the us. In this day the f. S. A. Forces entered syria through turkey from its west and Northern Borders and after the airstrikes and heavy shelling helped pave the way in the first twenty four hours turkey says it is targeting y p g fighters a Kurdish Group it says is a terrorist organization which also happens to be americas strongest ally in fighting isis and in syria as ever complicated web of regional and international allegiances enter russia key to allowing turkey to operate in a free in something many already knew but the turkeys president admitted to on monday for the first time. We will handle a free theres no stepping back from a free we discussed this with our russian friends we have an agreement with them turkeys top military officials and intelligence chief or in moscow in the run up to the offensive russia had military personnel in africa in which it has now pulled out the people of africa and weve spoken to feel a sense of abandonment a feeling of betrayal echoed in a News Conference by the Syrian Democratic forces further east of a free in the group backed by the u. S. To fight eisel with the bulk of its fighters from the y. P. G. Turkey would not have dared to shell our cities or villages or commit crimes against our children without russia violating their ethical obligation towards us and giving the green light to turkey to fly their jet fighters over offer in skies therefore russia is required to provide an explanation of the circumstances around the turkish aggression against our people. An explanation may be hard to come by the politics of syrias war are being played out behind closed doors the war however is as active as ever its been really difficult to get information out of a free because the columns have been so bad but we have managed to speak to some sources who tell us that life inside the city of offering itself is pretty normal they say the y. P. G. Is adamant that they are not going to give up the city or the region they do tell us however that from the border villages the people who live there many have moved further into because of turkeys relentless shelling and that is something that weve been hearing here intensively throughout the day. Theres been a steady stream of military hardware heading to the border turkey says it will not stop its offensive until it is pushed the wipe away from its borders further complicating syrias almost seven year long war Stephanie Decker zero on the turkey syria border mohammed i dont takes a look at the key players in the battle for what could happen next turkey has always been an easy with cutlash control of areas on the other side of its border with syria its now engaged in a massive assault on the cut his forces more most peoples four units or why puji in a free and district. Turkey considers the u. S. Backed y p d an extension of the kurdish rebel group p k k that it has fought for decades and korea has been angered by the y. P. S. Expansion in more than syria after the us backed into the group and the fight against all but of the Washington State it will train an army to patrol the border region with the wipe india as a key component tuckey responded with its own military. Offensive airstrikes and ground up tucks potentially puts turkey in conflict with its nato ally and. Expand its operation in mosul in syria to the city of mumbai each after our freedom has been cleared the task of taking of a member it will fall off auction of the Free Syrian Army thats allied to the Syrian Government whether the us will try to convince turkey from taking mumble as its done in the past is unclear at this stage russia syrias ally says it will not interfere in the conflict but it does control over enclaves airspace which means turkish air strikes that began on twenty january must have had russian clearance if are free in and none bridgwater for Turkish Backed forces will control a two hundred kilometer continuous threat of serious muslim border was to of the euphrates protect his main aim is to create a thirty kilometer saves all along its border which means the rest of the territory could be hundred over to the Syrian Government operation opens a new front in the near seven year long city and war which activists say has already claimed more than three hundred forty thousand lives a city of our friend could also have said fear humanitarian consequences. The opening date for the u. S. Embassy which is moving from tel aviv to jerusalem has been brought forward to the end of twenty nineteen u. S. Vice president mike pence made the announcement in israel but was briefly interrupted by protesting Israeli Palestinian politicians how the faucet has more from west jerusalem. On the day he would become the first u. S. Vice president to address Israels Parliament the knesset mike pence was greeted with almost president ial ceremony by israels Prime Minister it didnt take long to return the favor by great our. President stays to be. Israels capital jerusalem. It was a description of jerusalem that pence would repeat three times during his set piece a vent. To go before he was interrupted by Israeli Palestinian members of the knesset decrying the u. S. Position and any prospect of u. S. Involvement in the Peace Process there in force departure cleared the way for pens to speak to two other audiences israelis and u. S. Evangelical christians for whom the jerusalem declaration was a Major Campaign pledge in the weeks ahead our administration will advance its plan to open the United States embassy in jerusalem and that United States embassy will open before the end of next year pences said that his faith largely determines his longstanding backing for israel this speech fused that religiosity with as offered the near total Political Support of the trumpet ministration for the government of the watching Benjamin Netanyahu including its position on iran i have a solemn promise to israel to all the middle east and to the world. The United States of america will never allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. He said the u. S. Would back a two state solution if both israelis and palestinians agreed and Israel Security could be guaranteed and put the onus on the palestinians to come to the table is the time and gave them jerusalem i mean what an honest broker that is once the deal of the century in which jerusalem plays a major role above all this speech through into sharp relief the different realities which the United States and israel on one side and the palestinian leadership on the other and are operating in the palestinians this was further damage after Donald Trumps december declaration further evidence the United States could not be an honest broker for israeli ministers they were calling it emotional inspiring even zionist netanyahu later added his voice calling it a magnificent speech in particular complimenting its focus on what he called the evil regime in iran it was a powerful explosion of the enduring bond between our two countries and of your personal commitment to israel the commitment of President Trump and your entire delegation on the first full day of his visit mike pence is earned the fulsome praise of his hosts the have a stronger rejection by the palestinian leadership of any u. S. Role in the resolution of this conflict that aljazeera western. The palestinian president has been in brussels with the e. U. Has reassured him it supports his ambition to have easter loosen them as the capital of a palestinian state now it has been holding talks with e. U. Foreign policy chief said that he come on honey and european Foreign Ministers here june opinion in nations to recognize the state of palestine. We pay all due respect to the positions of the European Union we truly consider the e. U. As a partner and friend and therefore we call its Member States to swiftly recognize the state of palestine and we confirm that there is no contradiction between recognition and the resumption of negotiations businesses across gaza have gone on strike in protest at the failing economy shops factories restaurants and hotels all closed for six hours israels blockade in the palestinian territory is now in its eleventh year and unemployment is at a record high economists are calling on palestinians living abroad to send money to their families in the hope of reviving the economy. Plenty more ahead in the news hour including. On the search families of one hundred forty three mentally ill patients who died under the botched government policy speak of their anger. And find out how greek scientists have given a new face to ancient history. And in sports chiles striker Alexis Sanchez completes his transfe