A high level delegation from pyongyang touches down in south korea ahead of the Winter Olympics bringing the sister of north Korean Leader kim jong un plus our forces have the inherent right to self defense washington deny is accusing us of war crimes in syria after a u. S. Airstrike kills almost one hundred pro assad fights and. What the miramar government didnt want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalists who revealed it are in jail. But first the u. S. Is heading for its second Government Shutdown within a month thats after the senate adjourned without holding a vote to pass a budget deal the midnight deadline has just. Asked the agreement struck by republican and Democratic Leaders in the senate has faced stiff resistance from both camps that what was being proposed was a two year deal which would have increased spending on both defense and domestic programs to the tune of three hundred billion dollars more than half of that would be for the military alone on the domestic front health care and education would receive more cash which satisfies Many Democrats but not all of them happy the democrats leader in the Lower Chamber the house of representatives nancy pelosi refuses to vote yes because theres no provision for young immigrants who entered the u. S. Illegally as children socalled dreamers is also opposition from some republicans budget hawks like senator paul from kentucky who are simply against increased Government Spending live now to christen salumi who is in washington d. C. Watching all of this for us and chris and so the deadline has passed there is no deal. No it and earlier in the day it looked like this was going to move forward everyone was confident there be a vote in the senate and Senate Leaders still believe that they have the simple majority they need to pass this massive spending package but theyve been hung up on a procedural issue and one senator rand paul of kentucky a conservative republican who on a procedural matter has refused to let this vote go to the floor they need all one hundred senators to agree to take it to a vote and he has refused speaking for hours in the Senate Chamber about his opposition to this package which is based on the cost the three hundred billion dollar increase over two years coming after a tax cut that was passed in the last month which will reduce revenues for the government combined will put the National Debt over a trillion dollars the National Deficit over a trillion dollars and he says that is something that he cannot. Vote for and that hes going to not only not vote for it but hes going to fight to prevent it from getting to a vote he wanted to have an amendment voted on to reduce the cost impact of this bill but the senate is reconvening now basically they have to wait until after midnight to vote to end the debate and then they can take this up so the senate is still optimistic that they are going to pass this legislation this massive spending package but its not soon enough to beat the deadline of. Right ok thank you for that so christen salumi as our correspondent hes going to be watching as the senate the Senate Reconvenes in the meantime lets talk to Peter Matthews is professor of Political Science at the Cypress College hes joining us from l. A. What happened to that that bipartisan ship that was being announced so loftily by the leadership of the senate. Its certain dissipated for a little while here and insists the way the system is set up you know the us doesnt have a parliamentary system as a british do for example other countries where the Majority Party has they stick together and they vote in one direction and the leadership of the Prime Minister here there is a three branches of government and the parties are all factionalized there are republicans who are traditional republicans who want to balance the budget more others who are deficit hawks who would not confidence any kind of deficit and others who dont mind spending more than what theyre taking in just to invest as trump wants to do infrastructure which really is not nearly enough but the problem is the math all they have to do is stop these unfair unnecessary budget cuts the president pushed through one point five trillion dollars worth of mostly in the super wealthy and use that might have brought bring the deficit down and bring the debt down because the debt is twenty trillion dollars and thats why many different factions are against passing this budget and dont forget the democrats who are for the dreamers in the house and the Senate Democrats want to make sure the dreamers a little Young Children who were brought here by their parents. Illegally from across the border many cases dont have a chance to become citizens unless this is settled and the democrats gave up on that a few weeks ago hoping they can get it done now lets see what leverage they have it ok will probably i understand that ideologically you have those who are pro spending and those who are more pro sterrett and i get that but what about the politics of the situation the the administration the white house surely wouldve worked out whether or not they have the numbers in their favor before introducing the legislation well because clearly theyve got it wrong. Absolutely correct thats an organized white house who knows what theyre doing and whos had experience in politics but look at the people in the white house look at the president sell no experience in negotiating anything on the political level ever in his life just out of the deal in business and his cabinet members are all from the business sector have had no political experience basically so how do they negotiate and be sure of their votes they have to understand the system works and they just dont understand the clearly in this is a major problem for our country right now it is going to cost a lot of money to have the Government Shutdown as it did in the past Peter Matthew thank you very much indeed for that now lets talk to financial more street for a fifth time in six days and now trading ten percent lower than the all time highs that was set on january the twenty sixth the dow fell by more than a thousand points after large gains in the first weeks of twenty eighteen they started to drop a week ago the Labor Department said workers salaries were rising at a faster rate in january so thats a good for the overall economy but investors worry that higher wages will eat at corporate profits and probably the Federal Reserve to raise Interest Rates faster. Stock markets in asia have also been plunging as nervous investors react to wall street hong kongs hang seng loss three percent japans nikkei tumbled three percent putting the index on track for a weekly loss of more than eight percent. The loop i. I. A high level north korean delegation to the pier on china lympics has just touched down at inchy an airport in south korea now this allegation includes kim jong uns younger sister her name is kim jong and her arrival marks the first time an immediate member of north koreas ruling family has crossed the border since the korean war natasha good name is our correspondent she joins us now from new young so this is history in the making really to have a member such a close intimate member of the kim family crossing the border to the south. Indeed martine and this historic arrival gives you a sense of why the South Koreans have now dubbed the pyongyang winter games as the peace a limb picks there is a lot of optimism and hope here among South Koreans that with this high ranking delegations arrival it will lay a foundation of re conciliation between the two koreas after years of tension between the two countries and after a particularly tense year on the Korean Peninsula jimmy old young as you mentioned is kim. Young whose younger sister she holds a high ranking position within the ruling party shes considered a very close adviser of his and vice stepping foot on south korean soil she is the first one of the ruling kim family to be in south korea since the korean war shes not the only first among this delegation the ceremonial head of state is also the most senior Ranking Member of the north korean government to step foot on south korean soil among this delegation there are twenty two members of this delegation there are Committee Chairman of the Sports Committee and the Reunification Committee there are people who are facing sanction kim jong un sr is facing un sanctions for Human Rights Violations connected to censorship and that sports Committee Chairman was actually facing a un travel ban due to u. N. Sanctions imposed last year after north koreas bola sic missile tests now at the request of the south korean government that man was given an exemption and allowed to travel to south korea the president moon j. In is very keen to seize this political opportunity moon is the son of refugee parents he has always been pro engagement and is very much hoping to advance the relationship between the two koreas during this a lympics. He will be meeting with the delegation on saturday its unclear if theyll be any major diplomatic breakthroughs but of course the south korean media is a frenzy with speculation there is hope that perhaps kim jong sr will be carrying a letter from him inviting president moon to north korea for discussions but for now the spotlight is on the pyongyang Winter Olympics and the delegations arrival the first step will be to attend the Opening Ceremony this evening theres been some discussion about how there may be an awkward encounter because among that group of v. I. P. s at the Opening Ceremony will also be american Vice President mike pence as you know theres been a huge war of words between the two countries in the last year and just this week pence said that a tough very aggressive round of sanctions economic sanctions is coming to north korea and that they plan the United States plans on exerting maximum pressure on north korea to get it to denuclearize north korea for its part has said quote weve never begged for dialogue with the United States and that will be the case in the future in the trash a good name thank you all right now we can speak to. His professor of korean studies at Cookman University hes joining us live now from seoul how how significant a moment would you say this is then to have a very Senior Member of the kim family crossing the border for the First Time Since nine hundred fifty three well in those days of maybe ourself optimism i hate to Say Something skeptical but i would say its not very significant. Because everybody expects that for a vial for a few weeks during their in big games and many many and maybe a Paralympic Games relations between two korean states veal imports and the level of tensions will go down as the problem is however that the mission issue or has not been resolved and there are virtually zero chances for them a huge issue is going to be sought any time so what do you think this issue does even sorry sorry to interrupt you but what do you think the ultimate objective is then on the part of pyongyang by sending a fairly well nominally a senior delegation the sister as well as Kim Jong Young nam whos president of the Supreme Peoples Assembly i mean whats the ultimate objective then on the part of pyongyang if not to give the impression that perhaps reunification is something that they would look favorably upon. Phil everybody understands theyre not looking favorably on unification and they see him as a prick about of south korea frankly its a bit naive to talk about unification to take all this official propaganda seriously from war sites its not something which is going to be discussed not only in our but in the next few decades its about unification and reconciliation as something more realistic by the problem is that mosque audience i determined to hear from Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles capable to heating of heating United States these Nuclear Warheads and they are not going to compromise and americans are not going to allow us to have such missiles in their not willing to compromise and sell scary here if they can get some concessions from the United States right now but basically sol stating it cannot challenge airlines is the United States because if somebody is of the Caesars Alliance as the foundation of their security and the americans are deadly against any serious concessions to north korea or sours kerry as can be nice for a while but they cannot give a comic assistance they cannot make any serious concessions because it would basically drive washington met and washington believes that its time to exercise maximum pressure on north korea saw some thriving and trying to address of h. Between washington and solve this is what advise they are doing it and they also want to reduce tensions because they see is that a military strike by the United States is increasingly possible and this is not what the want so they want to look nice for a while they want to drive severe should be. United states and for a few weeks it might walk but not more than for few weeks right there is a very difficult very dangerous situation all right talking bottom line there and a lank of talking to us live from seoul thank you very much. Now an appeal by forty seven russian athletes to take part in the pure on chang games has been rejected the court of arbitration for sport dismissed their case the russians had appealed against their exclusion by the International Olympic committee over the twenty fourteen day playing scandal at the sochi games almost one hundred seventy russian athletes have been cleared to compete. Still to come here it algy. Protests demanding a dash out to the former Prime Minister how leaders here is sentenced to five years in jail for investment. However weve got more clout spilling into the east the side of the mediterranean over the next day or so you can already see the clap starting to show its had nothing to watch the levant say it should be too bad in terms of what weather as we go on through friday but the twenty four celsius there was some hazy sunshine full by rate twenty two degrees in jerusalem as we go on and see where saturday will similar values on this time which is the cloud and the rain not too far away i think that right at this stage affecting greece and west and keep it for the most part it stays fine interact was a good area of the middle east actually thats in the case across syrian peninsula twenty five celsius here in doha when starting to ease off so all the way of warmth to our sunshine she settled and sunny then over the coming days i think i will start to lose a son shot across the western side of south africa the western cape in full some welcome rainfall as we go through friday night into saturday you can see the cloud of right just offshore there heading towards cape town twenty two celsius here on friday come saturday it makes its way through were looking at maybe ten fifteen millimeters of rain we could always do a little more than that but at least were going to see some nevertheless nineteen celsius in capetown further north an ace the showers continue. A young so molly refugee thrilled to gain u. S. Residency in twenty sixteen. That was a lucky too good to hear i was a really really good downside my grad but with anti immigrant sentiment under the Trump Presidency aljazeera well to ask sally was whether his American Dream is still alive. In america at this time on aljazeera. Time to take a look at the top stories the u. S. Government has now officially shutdown for the second time in three weeks thats after the senator journey without holding a vote to pass a budget. A high level north korean delegation to the pure. Touched down at an airport in south korea it includes leader kim jong uns younger sister kim jong il marks the first time a member of the north korean ruling family has crossed the border since the korean war. Nervous investors in asia have reacted to the wall street. Hong kongs hang seng loss three percent if anything. Japans nikkei also lost three percent putting the index on track for a weekly loss of more than eight percent. Now the Reuters News Agency says it has evidence of a massacre of ranger men in me and carried out last september and it was done by Security Forces with the help of buddhist villages now this is the first time such an account has been backed up by witness statements from buddhist villages and Se