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. And on dateline london, janel hill and her panel of guests examine uk french relations and why iran has upset russians. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. 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,
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
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
Mrs. Ernst mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mrs. Ernst mr. President , i rise today to urge Senate Democratic leadership to end their reckless Government Shutdown. Its no secret that over the years ive made clear that i dont like funding our government from one shortsided bandaid bill to another. We must establish a path forward to responsibly fund our government for the long term. Its responsible and right thing to do for our military, for future generations, for our veterans, and for the American People. But rather than finding a longterm funding solution to ensure stability in our military, the Senate Democratic leadership has decided to shut down the government. So what does that mean for our military . Well, for starters, critical defense projects have come to a halt. We can also see delays in maintenance of our critical aircraft, ships, our weapon systems at a time when our adversaries are becoming more aggressive and more advanced. And our Service Memb
That is the headline of a new article about escalating crashes clashes on syrian soil. We will speak with the author, New York Times Beirut Bureau chief and with canadian a canadian researcher. As the deadly flu sweeps across the United States, will go to austin, texas, to speak with austin city Councilmember Gregorio Casar where the council is set to vote on an historic ordinance for mandated paid sick leave. The infection rate has decreased by 6 or 7 . Getare twice as likely to everybody else sick. Workers fromnt having six sick leave. Amy can they overcome the opposition of a Koch Brothers based lobbying group . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump unveiled his 4. 4 trillion budget plan monday, proposing deep cuts to education, healthcare, and social safety net programs, while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Trumps plan would slash the department of educations budget by more th