Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shutdown, year to the day after Donald Trump Took Office as president. Senators failed to agree a stopgap budget and there was bitter dispute between republicans and democrats over immigration and security. This report from washington. With the midnight deadline looming they came up well short of the 60 votes needed. Without a Funding Agreement in place, the government of the largest economy in the world was now only minutes away from shutdown. Youll actually chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not passed. The way things turned today and the way you turned from a bipartisan deal, it is almost as if you were rooting for a shutdown, and how you were rooting for a shutdown, and now we will have one, and the blame should crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. The white house ina trumps shoulders. The white house in a statement branded the democrats obstructionist losers. What we have just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by democrats to shove aside millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games. The Government Shutdown was 100 avoidable. As the vote collapsed, outside on the steps of the capitol where the people whose fate democrats want to tie to this Funding Agreement, the so called dreamers, people brought into the United States illegally who President Trump is threatening to deport in a few weeks time. Many republicans support legitimising their status but they wanted to be pa rt their status but they wanted to be part ofan their status but they wanted to be part of an immigration bill that would also provide funds for a wall along the mexican border, a pet project of President Trump. President trump was hitting the hash jihad this morning. This is the one Year Anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice present. The last Government Shutdown here in 2013 cause the closure of Many National parks and monuments, and led to cause the closure of Many National parks and monuments, blamed to senator Chuck Schumer blamed republicans in the white house and said trump was next to impossible to negotiate with. We can do big things, but the president needs to step up and lead. The republicans control the presidency, the senate and the house. They know whos responsible. American people know that the republicans control the presidency, the sennett and that house, and they know whos responsible america knows. America knows this is the trump shutdown. 0nly knows this is the trump shutdown. Only the president can end it. We democrats are at the table. Were ready to negotiate. 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Thousands of women are protesting in cities across the United States to mark the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration. In washington hundreds gathered and speeches were heard by a number of politicians, including Hillary Clintons running mate tim kaine. There was a march in new york, as we said, but the total number of participants was much lower than the estimated 5 million who marched onjanuary the 1st last year, one of the largest protests in american history. We can speak now to one of the organisers of todays marches, joined by webcam from las vegas. What are you trying to achieve . Your very much one of the organisers of the whole thing. What is thy dear . What is the idea . The big focus in the us is the mid term elections so we have until november to make sure we are getting people ready to vote, doing voter registration, making sure people formerly incarcerated know they have the right to vote, people who are going to be a team, that they know the process and can get all setup. We will be targeting mostly red states with low voter turnout and really trying to do some on the ground building and making sure we get those people to the polls. Ground building and making sure we get those people to the pollsm ground building and making sure we get those people to the polls. It is all about protesting against your president , really, isnt it . The white house is a mess right now. |j have been watching the news between yesterday and today, but the reality, and we said this last year, theseissues reality, and we said this last year, these issues are not going away. If this man is in office or not, these are things that have just been toxic in our country for the past decade, the past few decades, so it is really about us trying to make sure that we really connect with people on the ground and that we are doing that on the ground building and trying to work with different groups to partner with them, making sure we area to partner with them, making sure we are a united front and that we can actually get some stuff done this year. Do you take from the Trump Presidency any positives at all . 0r do you see at all as a negative . |j mean, do you see at all as a negative . mean, for me the positive is that he definitely really walk people up. We have been saying that a lot of women, especially white women, were not paying attention until donald trump was elected as our president , and sometimes it is a harsh reality to think, wow, this is where we are at right now, and make sure it is so important for people to be paying attention, especially in local elections, mid term elections, because those are the things that shape president ial elections, so really to just be engaging people all year round, every day, what is happening locally, it is notjust about engaging every four years. Well we are speaking to you we are able to show pictures from new york of what is going on there, and it looks to me like a fairly big procession, a march calling on the whilst we are speaking to. But the word is not as many people turning out as they did a year ago. And las vegas right now. Ive been watching the marchers on tv. It seems like theres a lot of people. Im seeing aerial views and i know central park, and looking at las vegas, it is huge. It is not about numbers. It is just another narrative that is pretty toxic, to say, well, you didnt get as many people marching on the streets are therefore it is not successful or having an impact. Thatsjust therefore it is not successful or having an impact. Thats just not true. The reality is i have been to protests that have 10 15 people and if they can make policy change then it is successful. It is really if we are able to inspire one person to really make a difference in their community or get their friends to register to vote or whatever, whatever it is. What is so inspiring as well as so many people are marching for different issues. Again, just like last year. Right 110w again, just like last year. Right now the big talk in the states is what will happen with these 800,000 kids, beiseker, who have lived here their whole lives, really fighting for them and making sure kids, basically, whove lived here their whole lives. Breanne butler, march organiser there in las vegas, thank you very much indeed. Thank you. 0ur correspondent sally nabil is in washington. Shejoins us now. We can she joins us now. We can see some people in the background there, a march going on. How do you rate the strength of the protest where you are . Actually theyjust started marching a few minutes ago and there are thousands of them. It is a big march, but not as big as the one that was held last year and drew nearly half a Million People in dc alone, not to mention the rest of the us. But the people here were quite critical of the us president and the us administration. One lady here told me, i want to apologise to the rest of the world, because oui to the rest of the world, because our administration misrepresents the United States. Our administration misrepresents the United States. Another our administration misrepresents the United States. Another man told me he isa United States. Another man told me he is a teacher in a Public School in dc and he has so many students from ethiopia, el salvador, and he believes that they do love america more than the average person, according to his own words. So some people here have been telling me as well that they see the president as racist and incompetent, and they wa nt racist and incompetent, and they want change and this is why they showed up here today. There was this little girl holding a sign saying, build your wall but my generation is going to tear it down. So everybody has been quite critical of the republicans and of President Donald Trump and they say it is time for a change and this is why todays rally, it encourages women to register for votes, especially with an upcoming mid term election next november, and they are also calling on women to run for office because they need to seek more female voices taking part in american politics. Indeed, and of course in the background, sally, deadlock. The Us Government is shut down. Yes, this is true, and the people here are also quite unhappy about that. One of them told me this proves the fact that the Current Administration can get nothing right. They are not good at anything, and given the fact that people here our opponents to President Trump, they put all the blame on the republicans and they do support what the democrats are trying to do to secure Legal Protection for more than 700,000 immigrants who came to the us as children, and they are currently involved in the programme which is going to expire next march, and the us president has decided to end it. Indeed. Sally nabil there in washington, thank you very much indeed. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30 and 11 30 this evening in the papers. Our guestsjoining me tonight are kate andrews, news editor at the institute of Economic Affairs and sebastian payne, whos political leader writer at the ft. There have been reports of a suspected militant attack on a large hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. Several gunmen are reported to have entered the Intercontinental Hotel and opened fire on guests inside. Its unclear if there are casualties. The bbcs Zia Shahreyar is in kabul. Can you hear me . I cant hear you. Can you hear me . I cant hear you. Can you hear me . I cant hear you. Can you hear me now . Couldnt hear the first part of the question but i gather you were asking about the Intercontinental Hotel attack in kabul. The Police Officials in kabul, if you can hear me, they say they have killed, or specialforces have killed, two of the assailants, and they have cleared the first floor of the hotel, but the clashes are going on on the second, third and fourth floor of the flaws of the hotel. There are no match official figures on casualties so far on the floor of the hotel. We can see that the local tv press have been speaking to some eyewitnesses from there, who have managed to flee the hotel, and they are saying they have seen dead bodies and injured people from the guests bodies and injured people from the gu ests of bodies and injured people from the guests of the hotel and that the assa ila nts guests of the hotel and that the assailants have opened fire towards the guests. There are also reports that foreign guests have been staying in the hotel and were not sure if they have been injured or harmed in the attack. And also the police are saying that they are trying to clear other floors of the hotel and the attack has been going on, or the clashes have been going on, or the clashes have been going on, for the last three and a half hours. The attacks the hotel around nine oclock local time. So it is a very Important Hotel in the west of kabul, and a lot of high profile guests possibly in the hotel, and so far that is pretty much what we have on there. Zia shahreyar in kabul, thank you very much indeed. And of course we will bring you more from kabul as we get further information. The time has just gone quarter past seven. Lets look at the headlines on bbc news. Many Government Services in america have shut down after politicians failed to pass a spending bill. Essential Services IncludingNational Security and air traffic as we just heard, several Gunmen Attack the Intercontinental Hotel in kabul with officials suggesting some of them included suicide bombers. Unconfirmed reports say a number of people have died and others have been taken hostage by the gunmen. Mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated turkey launches an assault on Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria, opening a new front in the conflict. Sinn fein has announced who will succeed gerry adams as its Party President. Mary lou mcdonald, a member of parliament in the irish republic, was the only candidate for the role. Mr adams emerged from Northern Irelands turbulent history to become leader more than 30 years ago. Ms mcdonald comes from a very different background. Our ireland correspondent, chris page, has been following the story, and explained how significant the appointment was. Its been thought for some years now that Mary Lou Mcdonald was the likely successor to gerry adams. Shes been a very strong presence at mr adams side at key political events recently recently. Her personal politicaljourney has been very different to her predecessor, though. Mr adams was brought up in west belfast, a working class area, the crucible of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Security sources believe he was a Senior Member of the ira, though he has always denied being in the organisation. Mary lou mcdonald grew up in a middle class suburb in dublin and shejoined sinn fein during the peace process, so today sinn fein confirmed she was only nominee to succeed mr adams as Party President , and she said that she would be putting her own stamp on the job. The truth is that no one will ever fill gerry adams shoes thats the truth. Applause. The truth is, my friends, i wont fill gerrys shoes. But the news is that i brought my own. So she will take over officially as sinn fein president at a special Party Conference in three weeks time, and it will mark something of a generational shift in the party away from people who had ira connections and towards new figures who had no direct connection with the troubles. Now, sinn feins political opponents will still continue to focus on the links to the ira, and sinn fein will indeed continue to defend the ira campaign, but these days the party prefers to talk about present day politics rather than the paramilitary violence of the past. Chris page reporting. More now on the one Year Anniversary of Donald Trumps presidency. Any celebrations he may have had planned have been somewhat marred by the shutdown on Services Announced in Congress Last night. Iamjoined by i am joined by charlie wolf, a republican commentator. It is an example, the shutdown, is it not, of extremely divided politics in washington . The last time the Government Shutdown was, the joe quaranta, at least we can get something is done, with the government out of the way the joke around town was at least we can get some things done. Even though the republicans have the house, the senate and the presidency, i think this time around as with last and it didnt bode well for the Republican Party when they shot the government down and i dont think this will bode too well for the democrats, calling it the schumer shutdown. I think if you have the title these days it is half the battle. And of course schumer says it i