And the travel show heads to australias northern territory. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Many federal Government Services across the United States have shut down after politicians failed to pass a spending bill. Hundreds of thousands of workers employed by federal agencies are being sent home until a compromise can be found. However, essential Services IncludingNational Security and air Traffic Control will continue. The last Government Shutdown in 2013 lasted 16 days. Sarah corker reports. Its a Government Shutdown nobody wanted. It went to the wire but there was no last minute deal. As democrats rallied on capitol hill, inside the senate, Republican Leaders couldnt secure enough votes to pass a spending bill to extend the funding of federal agencies. On this vote, the ayes are 50, nays are 49. The motion is not agreed. Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. Now the Trump Administration faces an embarrassing shutdown. What we have just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by Senate Democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games. The Government Shutdown was 100 avoidable. President trump, if you are listening, i am urging you, please take yes for an answer. The way things went today, the way you turned from a bipartisan deal, its almost as if you were rooting for a shutdown. At the centre of all of this, a row over immigration and the so called dreamers. Democrats had demanded the bill included protection from deportation for 700,000 young, undocumented immigrants who came to the us as children. After the senate vote, the white house released this strongly worded statement we will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. This is the behaviour of obstructionist losers, not legislators. The last Government Shutdown was in 2013 and lasted 16 days. It means federal offices and services will close and thousands of staff placed on temporary unpaid leave as early as monday. Military operations, though, will continue. Republicans and democrats have traded blame for this crisis. Neither side wants to be held accountable for closing the government, but a financial shutdown begins on the First Anniversary of Donald Trumps inauguration as president. Sarah corker, bbc news. I am joined now by professor sir mallory factor, an academic and commentator. Good to have you with us again. Let me ask you first, its not the happiest First Anniversary for President Trump. No, it isnt, a Government Shutdown is never a happy thing to have happened, but it may injure him to the dis benefit of the democrats. In what way . A major democrat up for re election characterised the shutdown as people running for president all trying to find their bases. She went on to say that if they believe that they sell out the dreamers, hispanic voters might be less energised to turn out to bars and 18. This is all about 2018. The midterm elections. The third of the senators up and all of the house seats up. 34 senate seats will be up, and eight of them that are up will be up, and eight of them that are up our will be up, and eight of them that are up our republican seats, 26 are independent democrats. In a sense it isa independent democrats. In a sense it is a tougher election for the democrats in terms of numbers but obviously coming halfway through the president s term, the party often gets a bit of a kicking. The interesting thing about this shutdown is it is happening when republicans, at least in theory, are in control of the white house, the senate and the house. Thats not true. The numbers are there. You need 60 votes in the Senate Republicans only have 51. At, five of them voted with the democrats, they didnt vote with the republicans and five democrats voted with the republicans. But it didnt matter, that still wasnt 60. You could have still got the majority. Usa you could not have overridden . Thats the problem, it is a 60 vote majority it takes. Nonetheless, for all of that detail, is that howard will be perceived among American Voters . Will be perceived among American Voters . Some of the polls coming just before the shutdown were saying actually, the majority appeared to put the blame as Chuck Schumer, the minority leader of the democrats in the senate overnight on the president s shoulders. Obviously Chuck Schumer will try and put it on the president s shoulders and the president is going to try and put it on the democrats. Trump is calling it the Chuck Schumer shutdown and Chuck Schumer is calling it the trump shutdown. I think thats pretty much open. I will tell you that whats important to know is all of the essential services will continue, and thats important. But i have a question that im trying to deal with. Why is the government doing nonessential services to begin with . Thats a question for them they will have to answer in the morning maybe with a bit of a hangover after the list, late night they have, not suggesting they were drinking, they didnt get enough sleep. You raised the question of the dreamers, people who came to the United States, their parents probably came illegally and they didnt have documentation and they have now grown up. Didnt have documentation and they have now grown up. President 0bama gave them a hell mary pass and said we wa nt gave them a hell mary pass and said we want you to have the opportunity to be able to stay here to study, to live the american dream, hence the phrase the dreamers. President trump ended that. Isnt that the consequence of that decision . Having ended it at a time when he said i think these people are often good people. First of all, not to disagree with you, but he has not ended it, it will continue on until march the 7th, so there is still plenty of time. But his intention is to do that. His intention is to do something else, i dont know what that something is. He has not told anyone. It has not expired yet. Again, this is a political play on both sides. He cant afford to lose the hispanic vote anymore than the democrats can, can he . People like jeb bush, when running for the republican nomination, he said the hispanic vote is the beautiful stop people like you, with great respect, White American anglo saxon protesta nt, White American anglo saxon protestant, what they used to call the wasps, will be the minority in the wasps, will be the minority in the not too distant future. You are absolutely right, but he got quite a bit of the hispanic vote and quite a bit of the hispanic vote and quite a bit of the women vote, which eve ryo ne bit of the women vote, which everyone thought he wouldnt get. He w011 everyone thought he wouldnt get. He won 306 232, an overwhelming winner. If the senate you quoted, claire mccaskill, would be right and the hispanic vote would be less likely to turn out for the republicans if they fail to protect the dreamers, wouldnt they be less likely to vote for the republicans . They are losing the vote from the core constituencies in the Battle Ground states, that union worker, that middle class person. There is a famous political consultant called pat kay dell, the political co nsulta nt pat kay dell, the political consultant of the president ial candidate George Mcgavin and the president jimmy carter, democrat tried and true and he said he will a lwa ys tried and true and he said he will always be a democrat, however the Democratic Party has left him. That is what Ronald Reagan used to say. Patrick caddell. When the new deal people like him had not left the democrats, they said the democrats had changed. You think thats happening again . M democrats had changed. You think thats happening again . It is happening for a segment and if the democrats are going to win in two and three quarters years from now, the presidency, which i dont think they will, they will have to get that group. But right now its trying to see who can be as far left as possible. They want to go to the left of corbyn here, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. I can go on and on. Lemmy ask you finally briefly, if you can command had we not been overshadowed by the shutdown im sure we would have been talking about an assessment of trumps first year let me ask you. How do you thing he has done in summary . He has offended an enormous amount of people. He has gotten a lot of people. He has gotten a lot of people very angry at him but he has passed and signed an enormous amount of legislation. That is what he will be judged by ultimately. People say he is not president ial but the point is he is the president and maybe president ial is changing under him. I will give you a quick reference, couple of things i willjust rattle off. The National Wildlife reserve drilling, keystone pipeline, paris agreement, which he is getting us out of, nafta, tra ns pacific partnership, and 19judges nafta, tra ns pacific partnership, and 19 judges confirmed to the Appeals Court where 0bama and bush had three and five. Thats huge. A lot of people dont like what he did, thats the problem. Elections have consequences. Indeed they do and in this case it will be a big one. Former republican activist and 110w one. Former republican activist and now academic in the uk, great to have you with us. Thank you very much. British tourists injamaica are being advised not to leave their resorts unsupervised, after a state of emergency was declared in the area around the montego bay. Its one of the islands most popular tourist destinations but theres been a recent rise in violent crime. Nick davis reports. For a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaicas biggest resort, isnt ideal, but the government says it is something that needs to be done. The Security Forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect and protect the dignity and safety of all. Most of the tourists who visit montego bay and much of the north coast stay in gated or guarded all inclusive hotels. But crime in the city has spiked. Last year saw the 1,600 people murdered in jamaica. 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. Most of the crime is gang related and focused in a small number of communities. The Foreign Office has advised holidaymakers that they should only travel to and from the airport to their hotels and when they do take excursions to make sure they are arranged by official tour reps. The Authorities Say there will be more roadblocks and vehicle searches as they go after the gangs and their guns. A similar state of emergency in 2010, in kingston, saw the murder rate drop to its lowest levels in years, a statistic that meant lives saved. In montego bay its hoped the same will happen again. Nick davies, bbc news, jamaica. Hes normally here with us in london but today simon calder has deserted us but today simon calder has deserted us for the delights of salford. Simon, good morning to you, always a pleasure to speak to you, simon is the travel editor for the independent and a regular commentator on travel news. First of all, what you make of the advice from the Foreign Office . Really unusual. Normally the Foreign Office either says we think it is ok to go somewhere, or we think it is too dangerous, dont go there. What they have said is you can go to the montego bay area but you can only do that if you stay in your gated compound, or if you are travelling to and from the airport, or on an excursion as the report said, with official providers. Something organised by your tour operator, by your hotel. Its important to say that it only applies to that specific district of saint james, montego bay city area and the resorts around it. It doesnt apply to negril in the west for places in the east but people will fly into montego bay and so it will apply them, but very unusual. Lets talk about the practicalities of this for two categories. We will deal with people due to travel to jamaica, but for those people already there in practical terms what do they have to do to ensure. 0bviously they need to observe local rules and what the police are saying and the rest of it but in terms of making sure they are covered if something happens to them in terms of being attacked, or having stuff stolen, that they dont effectively invalidate their insurance . Ive talked to the association of british insurers, and they say even if you go against this advice, and say if you do wander off on your own, if you get, sadly, injured, you would be covered, but thats with the caveat that you are at all times expected to behave in a responsible way. For example, in the case of montego bay you have a road called hip strip, unofficial name gloucester avenue, which has lots of bars, cafes, hotels and restaurants arent talking to people who have just returned it seems as busy as normal, but certainly straying into some of the more troubled areas of montego bay, i think that would class as being very, very irresponsible. Most of the people who go to jamaica are on Package Holidays there. There are a number of independent travellers. But i dont think the insurance would be too much of a concern for them, bearing in mind the Foreign Office also warns about the very high level of crime and has a very good list of precautions to advise on how to avoid it. And to be fair, has often issued that kind of advice about jamaica, lots of travel companies do the same. Loss of the independent travellers you talk about will be residents in the uk but may have family injamaica, so may feel more co mforta ble family injamaica, so may feel more comfortable in responding to this kind of announcements rather than tourists who dont really know the island. What about those people who are about to travel . Canvey and should they still travel . They are expected still to travel can they and should they . Flight arrived from gatwick last night in montego bay, the biggest Holiday Company in britain, tui, is selling holidays from gatwick to montego bay and manchester, people who have booked are expected to turn up as normal. The Foreign Office have not said they advise against travel, they have specified what you should do when you get there. Its possible some tour operators say ok, we understand your concerns, lets talk about switching destinations, but that would be then making a special exception for you. Certainly, the rules as normally applies, if you decide not to travel then you will lose some or all of your money. Having said that, of course, jamaica has long been known as a wonderful destination with a terrible crime problem and the murder rate there last year was 50 times the rate in the uk per population, and is ten times worse than in the us. People who have booked holidays there, it was going to be a dangerous place all along, so im afraid you can talk to your travel agent but at the moment i cant see much chance of Holiday Companies varying their terms and conditions. Simon calder, travel editor at the independent, pleasure to speak to you. Thank you for being with us. Police in sheffield are appealing for information to help find two children missing since last night. 13 year old marcela menyhartova, and Marcel Menyhart whos 12, were last seen at an ice skating arena near the suburb of attercliffe, at around eight oclock yesterday evening. Police are asking anyone with information to Call South Yorkshire Police on 101. That is the nonemergency number, 101, take a look at their faces and if you recognise them and if you have seen them please contact South Yorkshire police. Youre watching bbc news. These are the headlines at 10 17am. Many Government Services in america have shut down after politicians fail to pass a spending bill. Essential Services IncludingNational Security and air Traffic Control will continue. British tourists injamaica are advised not to leave their results unsupervised in montego bay. The recent increase in violence on the streets has led to a state of emergency being declared in the area around it. President ed has told the uk it might get its own bespoke trade deal but the french president said the uk would have to abide by the rules of the eu Single Market president macron. A man who knows about all the rules in so man who knows about all the rules in so many different sports and activities is mike bushell. Good morning. Hopefully, thanks, good morning starting with tennis, two former champions who have fallen down the rankings in recent times took the stage in melbourne this morning and it was one sided as Angelique Kerber not at maria sharapova, a straight sets win for the german in just over an hour. It means Angelique Kerber, the us open champion two years ago, is the only grand slam champion left in the womens draw. T