U. S. Sees its first Government Shutdown in years. Im sam is a band this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkeys president claims military action in Northern Syria is on the way signs on the ground are often clear that. Egypts president says hes going to run for a second term as his main rival calls for a level playing field. And pope francis makes a plea to protect the amazon and its people. Don trump is blaming u. S. Democrats for the first shutdown of the federal government since twenty Thirteen Senate negotiations went late into friday night but were unable to of the shutdown which is now in effect across the country and then Early Morning twenty eight the u. S. President said democrats were more concerned with Illegal Immigrants than the military or safety at the border with mexico particle higher of course from washington. This is not the end of verse or any leader wants to have it was exactly one year ago when donald trump made this promise and became president we will face challenges we will confront hardships but we will get the job done he vowed government would work again its clear with this. It isnt republicans who control the congress and the white house lost four of their own members but picked up five democrats still not enough to pass the bill that means many nonessential Government Employees wont be coming to work on monday without a deal although most essential federal services will continue the employees just wont get paid until its over it came down to this a program that was in place to protect children brought into this country without documentation President Trump threw it out and said congress should fix it he promised to help if we do this properly dr you know its so far away from comprehensive Immigration Reform and if you want to take that further step ill take the heat i dont care i dont care ill take all the heat you want to get. They brought him a bipartisan deal and he refused to sign it so democrats refused to help pass the budget now the white house is saying they still have the weekend to work out a deal i think youll be taking care of the money i can thats why i just said i think i really think theres a really difficult to. Fix the problem for the office of the future for now it is a standoff a functioning government held hostage while two parties wait to see which side the public will blame for the very dysfunction that trump promised to end exactly one year ago what weve just witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by Senate Democrats or shovel. Millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political gash a Government Shutdown was one hundred percent avoidable this will be called the trump shutdown because there is no one no one who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than President Trump. Aljazeera washington. Well heres what happens now the u. S. Government has officially shut down hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be affected but its impact will vary across departments more than ninety five percent of employees at the Environmental Protection agency and Housing Department will be out of work that compares with about fifty percent of workers at the treasury the u. S. Defense secretary says training maintenance and intelligence operations will be impacted about half of the Defense Department seven hundred forty thousand civilian workers will have to take a leave of absence well if youre planning to visit the u. S. Landmark tourist sites like washingtons famous smithsonian museums and the national zoo will be closed but Services Like border and Airport Security as well as air Traffic Control will continue the state Department Also says Visa Services u. S. Embassies will remain as long as funding remains our White House Correspondent kimberly how it joins us live now from washington d. C. So theyve got what about forty eight hours anyone think they can pull it off. Well certainly congress is trying its back in session both the house of representatives and the senate on saturday trying to work out a deal there is some optimism that that can occur but at the same time the white house has drawn a line in the sand essentially saying until government funding is restored we will not address the issue thats important to democrats democrats and that is this dhaka issue or deferred action for childhood arrivals obama era protection put in place for people who were brought here illegally by their parents as children have grown up here and would like to stay because they only know the United States as their country according to the Democratic Party so the president has said that they need to go back and this is really what this shutdown is all about so the talks are continuing and both have the chambers of the u. S. Congress in the meantime though the president was hoping to be celebrating the anniversary of his inauguration today in florida at mar a lago but you have to remember he is a Government Employee and right now in a shutdown its only essential Government Employees that can be working so taking a trip to florida its become a little bit unclear whether or not that is essential or not essential considering that is what he was planning to attend this saturday evening was a fund raiser for so a political fundraiser not necessarily essential services the president frustrated taking to twitter blaming the democrats for this saying in fact this is why in the Congressional Election sam in november there need to be more republicans in the senate right now they have a majority but clearly not enough because that is why were in the situation of a shutdown right now the democrats in the senate with with you except. For yourself. Shows with politics. Thanks to the meeting with the wording of. The issues on the sets. A lot of finger pointing going on as you pointed out how is that blame game going down with the american public. Over the looking at some of the poll numbers sammy in the last couple of hours that as americans were preparing for this and really particularly in washington there is an individual that wont be affected by this but its going to affect broader america in a number of respects you outlined the bottom line is that there is according to most polls quite a bit of sympathy for those who were brought here is Illegal Immigrants have grown up here there is an interest by a majority of americans to protect them but at the same time to put in Border Security so that this doesnt happen again having said that most americans are not happy with their lawmakers that they couldnt get this resolved in a shutdown the government there was a belief that should have been worked out a majority of americans pretty unhappy i can tell you too there are going to be a lot of noise making outside the white house just you know a few meters from where im standing a little bit later as those womens march and protests continue again on the anniversary of President Trumps inauguration one i dont think he anticipated he would spend quite like this all right kimberly. And im told hes president of toyotas one has told supporters of the party rally a ground operation is on the way to take it could issue controlled area of Northern SyriaTurkish Forces have been amassing on the border near the syrian district of a free its held by the kurdish y. P. Gene which ankara considers a terrorist group three units have been shelling the area for several days and while groups long time crew have been mobilizing in these syria near the town of azaz Stephanie Vaca has the latest from the border. Weve just been moved on by the military but what we saw in that location just about ten minutes from here along the border is shelling turkish tank shelling various locations also a build up of what looked like defensive materials bulldozers concrete slabs and gravel that were taken to the border wall thats a wall that you can also see behind me that white wall that turkey built along the border with syria now as the president said that this ground operation has defacto began we have seen we have heard from our sources there is a build up of Free Syrian Army fighters inside syria this is the least of athletes but we havent as yet heard of a major ground push towards the in the big question mark here is the russian factor russia controls the skies and has troops on the ground we know senior officials are still talking in sochi in russia the turkish and russian so the big question mark will be what turkey will say because many people will tell you that without russian consent a Turkish Operation will be very very difficult russia is accusing the u. S. Of trying to undermine efforts to end the war in syria washington had denied something awful for so long the turkey syria border made up of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic forces but turkey is not satisfied vivier shorten says its warning it could cause irreversible damage to relations now so again lavrov is weighing in on your list that the city using human rights for you is so trying to alternative bodies of authority on the parts of the syrian territories that is a fact and that does contradict they are an obligation. Now they have even more far reaching plans and well have to keep that in mind and try to find ways that look of pain came from undercutting the sovereignty of the syrian state. Of the u. S. Defense secretary says the focus for his nations security has moved away from terrorism onto the competition between the great powers james mattis the focus would be on countering chinas expanding military and an increasingly aggressive russia its the latest sign of shifting priorities in americas Defense Strategy egyptian president of the fatah has sisi has announced hell run for a second term the elections are set to take place in march sisi rose to power in two thousand and thirteen after ousting his predecessor the countrys first democratically elected president in a military coup one hundred jump june reports the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president was picked as sisi has made it official and instead of going to have voted for equality today as i remember the size of moments we have gone through and think about the serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my National Conscious as i speak to you with the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you will accept me for the presidency of the republic. Analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power this way or that way i think of the elections as one source of energy to see your facade of this committee. Would say that he won the elections fair and square and he has significant popular support. C. C. Who swept to power in two thousand and thirteen after a military coup against former president Mohammed Morsi obtained ninety seven percent of the vote in the two thousand and fourteen Election International observers question the credibility of the results saying the election fell short of international standards. Campaign promises included rebuilding egypt reviving the countrys economy and raising Living Conditions. But almost four years into his presidency many egyptians are disillusioned with his rule concern has grown that it has brought with it a return to the authoritarian Security State that prevailed under former president Hosni Mubarak rendering the hater square revolution only a brief experiment in democracy. Real opposition to sisi in the march election is likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy blocked some have blamed an atmosphere of fear observers say ccs tactic is a recognizable one in the region of the mubarak and the helplessness absence of themselves the agent has used it before they would tell the International Indonesian community that they won with ninety percent or ninety nine percent whatever the percentage by the same time there are no consequences for that so on one end it bolster that eames that intimacy of the genes on one end and the other and you know there are no consequences for that actions. Rule has been marked by a brutal crackdown on freedom of expression and Civil Liberties economic turbulence and increasing attacks by armed groups human Rights Groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced. His allies however dismiss accusations of abuses saying his tactics are needed for security in the face of an insurgency in the north sinai region that has expanded to include civilian targets mohammed does it. Former armed forces chief of staff sami annan says hell also run and called for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates of the im a warlock with arsenal if i am elected to this historic position to save egypt that belongs to the people i call on all citizens to do their part in their responsibility to the nation. I can the countrys institutions both private and military to remain neutral towards all who have announcer candidacy and to not take sides of the current president this is against our constitution he is merely a candidate among other candidates or still the common aljazeera indonesia steps up its response to a Health Crisis and papa province. 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Hello there the clouds are gathering for the southeastern parts of china at the moment so were going to see a little bit of whether there as we head through the day on sunday but i think overnight on sunday and into monday that cloud will disintegrate most of us will have a dry day by the time we get to monday still going to be quite mild as well shanghai there at twelve degrees and for hong kong will be up at around twenty four meanwhile towards the west and for many of us across pakistan and india at the moment the weather is fine and dry is just in the far south weve got one or two showers drifting their way across us also theyre acting as in sri lanka as well heavy downpours out of the showers so although theyre fairly well broken up if you catch one you will know about it further north fine and dry but still a problem with small visibility so twenty two degrees their maximum there in new delhi bit further towards the west and those temperatures are fairly similar here in doha were around twenty one or twenty two at the moment the winds still drifting down from the northwest and no huge changes for us as we head through the next day or so its towards the north where weve got slightly more mobile weather but one weather system thats pushing eastwards at the moment thats easing off so its just bringing nothing more than a few outbreaks of rain there as we head through the day but further west you see more cloud piling and rather an intense storm making its way into turkey there for monday. Welcome back youre watching out there are time to recap our headlines down trump is blaming us democrats for the First FederalGovernment Shutdown since two thousand and Thirteen Senate negotiations went into friday night but was unable to avert the shutdown which is now in effect across the country turkeys president says a military operation to take the syrian town of a frame from kurdish y. P. G. Forces is on the way to the shammy has intensified its shelling on the area in recent days and warned an offensive is imminent egypts president different than sisi has announced hes running for a second term ccs main challenger will be former armed forces chief of staff. U. S. Vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the American Embassy in israel to jerusalem pence will go to egypt jordan and spend two days in israel where he will address parliament the palestinians have made it clear hes not welcome with them alan fischer reports from washington d. C. Americas Vice President flies to the middle east with the country still facing International Anger over its controversial decision to declare jerusalem israels capital and all the protests may not be is furious or widespread mike pence will find there is still deep seated resentment at the american position typically these trips are about. Trying to demonstrate support for u. S. Priorities and prerogatives in the region and you know demonstrate how close we are with our allies and demonstrate how close we are with israel and demonstrate that we can come to some kind of compromise with the palestinians its a big show these trips are ostentatious for a reason. But the practical kind of nuts and bolts of the trump ministrations approach on this issue is a known failure donald trump made his contr