Deadlock in washington. And in sport, a moment to reflect on the life of Cyrille Regis the former england player described as a trailblazer for black players in modern football at stadiums across the country. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shut down, a year to the day after Donald Trump Took Office as president. Senators had failed to agree a stop gap budget amid a bitter dispute President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. The impasse will affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but essential Government Services will carry on. The recriminations have already begun. David willis reports from washington. The ayes 50, the nays are 49. The vote to keep funding the federal government was well short of the majority needed, the last hope of avoiding an embarrassing government shut down had failed. Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative
The Us National Government has officially shut down after senators failed to agree a stop gap budget. It follows a bitter row between President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. Senators are tonight trying to broker a deal to get the Us Government working again. It comes as thousands of women joined protest marches across the country on the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration. David willis reports from washington. Marking the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration, protesters took to the streets in washington and across the country as the government of the largest economy in the world went into shutdown. The ayes are 50 and the noes are 49. A stop gap funding measure came up ten votes short after the democrat leader in the senate met with President Trump. Progress was made he said, before the deal maker in chief changed his mind. Negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jello its next to im
Hello and welcome to sportsday with Karthi Gna Nasegaram and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening a record Equalling Goalfrom rooney as Manchester United move into the fourth round of the fa cup. Millwall capitalise on a much changed bournemouth side to dump the Top Tier Team out of the cup. Stourbridge were seven minutes from the fourth round draw but the lowest side in the compeition bow out. Well round up all of the days fa cup action. Also coming up in the programme setting up the season with a stunning three setter. Murrays winning run is brought to an end by djokovic as the serb retains his doha title. And farah finishes in seventh as he starts his season at the great Edinburgh Cross country. It has been an incredibly busy day. And this afternoon couldnt have gone much better for Manchester United. Current fa cup holders, they beat reading 4 0 at old trafford in the third round, with one of their goals coming from wayne rooney. It was his 249th goal for united, Equalling
Hello and welcome to sportsday with Karthi Gna Nasegaram and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening a record Equalling Goalfrom rooney as Manchester United move into the fourth round of the fa cup. Millwall capitalise on a much changed bournemouth side to dump the Top Tier Team out of the cup. Stourbridge were seven minutes from the fourth round draw but the lowest side in the compeition bow out. Well round up all of the days fa cup action. Also coming up in the programme setting up the season with a stunning three setter. Murrays winning run is brought to an end by djokovic as the serb retains his doha title. And farah finishes in seventh as he starts his season at the great Edinburgh Cross country. It has been an incredibly busy day. And this afternoon couldnt have gone much better for Manchester United. Current fa cup holders, they beat reading 4 0 at old trafford in the third round, with one of their goals coming from wayne rooney. It was his 249th goal for united, Equalling
It. All of it as we get on when the 11th hour on a wednesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 1,084 of the trump administration. And notably, 300 days now until the 2020 president ial election. Today we saw trump take a step back from the brink of a wider and quickly escalating conflict with iran. Hours after the iranian Ballistic Missile volley aimed at american bases in iraq. No americans were harmed in last nights attack by the iranian regime. We suffered no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe. And only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases. Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. The civilized world must send a clear and unified message to the iranian regime. Your campaign of terror, murder, mayhem, will not be tolerated any longer. He said he will increase economic sanctions on iran, said hes asked nato for its help in the middle east.