taliban at this time on al jazeera. this is held the most dangerous most vicious where the slightest error means a one way ticket over the. realities that men are coming back to more of all those men not to meet on children braving tough conditions facing death at every turn. to exist here trailers out here though gamble with their lives just took on an if risking it all on al-jazeera. we have yet to reach an agreement on a path forward that would be acceptable for both sides of votes to end the us government shutdown is delayed after bible senators failed to reach a compromise. over

america this is a live from also coming up. he's president promises to crush kurdish fighters in his military continues and ground operation in northern syria. u.s. vice president mike pence arrives in tel aviv on his first visit to the tunnel top recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and tensions rise as tens of thousands of ranger refugees assets be repatriated to me and from bangladesh. so u.s. government shutdown is set to continue on monday as republican and democrat centers struggle to end the stalemate over funding a vote on the government spending bill has been delayed after the two sides failed to reach any compromise the republican controlled senate is now expected to hold

a vote later on monday money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday affecting a range of departments including passport and visa services immigration is at the heart of the dispute democrats want funding tied to protection for undocumented migrants who entered the u.s. as children republicans and democrats up blaming each other for the. joins us now live from washington d.c. so why do you want to happened in the senate why is this vote been delayed. well laura as everyone was watching the senate floor with bated breath hoping that this vote would occur overnight that glimmer of hope was dashed just about an hour ago when it was announced by the senate democratic leader that still democrats saw no path forward in a compromise to reopen the u.s. federal government so what that means as you mention is that this government shutdown wells will stretch into the third day with the new deadline of nuna monday

set for when a compromise vote might be held now that's a big question mark whether that will happen because the steel is still yet to be reached a group of bipartisan senators moderates have been working behind closed doors throughout the day trying to work on an agreement that both sides can support that would include opening the government with temporary funding until february eighth and the assurances of republican leadership that immigration would then be the next order of business to discuss as you mentioned immigration and the fate of these so-called dreamers those young undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as children and are still not legalized that is the point that the stalemate is revolving around democrats say they must find a solution for giving these young people a chance to work a chance to become u.s. citizens eventual lee the u.s. president donald trump once had said he would support

a path toward some form of legalization for these dreamers but in recent days has gone back sending mixed messages to congress leaving us at this moment with still get an elusive compromise to be reached or ok. what's the impact of this shutdown as it and is the start of the working week. that's right the hope had been that come nine am monday morning when federal workers typically go back to their offices everything would return to normal that obviously will not be the case which means federal office buildings here in washington d.c. as well as around the country some of those doors will be shuttered it means that passport applications in these applications may experience delays and the greatest concern that congress has been discussing is the impact on u.s. military readiness this means there will be u.s. planes in the military that cannot take off this means that there will be soldiers

who cannot continue training now essential personnel will still remain on the job though remains to be seen whether they'll be paid for it that includes u.s. soldiers who must continue their duty for those essential tasks but without a paycheck i do want everybody hearing from president trump during all of this very little by way of bringing the two sides together now we have been hearing him reading his comments on twitter throughout the day where he has been continually casting blame on senate democrats for the shutdown saying that this was an orchestrated attempt at bad publicity on the eve of his first year anniversary as president both sides have pointed to the president as being a force that's driven things further apart rather than bring together first by making these promises that he has sense on and now by pointing fingers ok thanks very much for the update from washington d.c. d.c.

. she's in new york is a professor of political science at iona college we just heard our correspondent. say look we've had very little from president during this. leadership do we need to see from the president at times like. well this is a similar it's thing that president obama learned in two thousand and thirteen is that unfortunately for presidents there's not an awful lot they can do once the government shuts down they can't issue an executive order they have to wait for congress to send them a bill so we really haven't seen the president much for the last three days and as heidi just mentioned the most we've heard of him is tweeting about potentially getting rid of you know moving the senate down to a fifty percent something that all the senators have pretty much roundly rejected beyond that there's not much the president can do except use his bully pulpit to try to convince either the american people to convince their senators or the

senators themselves to get the government open and the president i think is feeling a bit of frustration because if you recall in two thousand and thirteen he roundly criticized president obama for not having the skills and the leadership to strike a deal to bring people together and strike a deal well it's easier said than done as he's finding out today you've got both sides blaming equally it does seem extraordinary that the situation allows said this is to hold the country hostage like this. yeah absolutely i mean this is the way that the system works i mean so the fact that we have a divided system with a huge division between the executive in the senate and in the house means that congress can absolutely hold the country hostage brooke publicans did it over obamacare in two thousand and thirteen it had been done previously during the clinton administration and it's being done now and i think you know depending on where you sit you may think that dach is such an important issue that the democrats

are right to do this other people thought obamacare was such an important issue and should be repealed that the republicans were right so it's really a question comes down to where you sit on the partisan spectrum as to whether you think this kind of tactic is worth it or not and democrats certainly feel that dhaka is such a key emotional issue and that there is so much support even amongst republicans for making sure that these quote unquote dreamers who are brought here as children are protected that they feel that they're in the right to do this and they're unwilling to go along with republicans opening the government and then saying we'll deal with dhaka later ok we will have to leave it in new york thanks very much for joining us the u.s. is. restraint in this operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria or soldiers of ends of the enclave of the fault of an assault to drive out kurdish peoples protection units or why p g to his presence is vowing to crush the group

which he views as a terrorist organization seventy deca reports. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish present dredger type edges defiant as he addressed a march crowd in the city of. jugglers. this is a national struggle and then this national struggle will crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to rid of the y.p. g. kurdish fighters that i'm pro considers terrorists but they're also the u.s. is best ally on the ground in fighting isis regardless of international complications turkey is fully committed to this offensive we're in turkey's border with africa and throughout the day we've heard the sound of jets in the sky also

intense artillery and machine gun fire outgoing from a turkish base behind that mountain although why p.g. are extremely well trained they know the terrain in turkey has superiority when it comes to the skies and that gives it a huge advantage. belligerence here heard the airstrikes late on saturday as turkey started its offensive and they are a little uneasy. or. here we are right next to the action with planes flying over our heads and there's a lot of shelling of course we are confident that at the end of the day anything can happen shells have already fallen in turkey so we are worried this could happen here. turkey says it will continue its operation until it's pushed the y. p.g. away from its borders no one knows how long that will take what the implications may be stephanie decker al jazeera on the turkey syria border. u.s. vice president mike pence is that part of his middle east tour where prime is

a benjamin netanyahu has called him a great friend. places visit to jordan and egypt and spence and that he until it was king abdullah agreed to disagree on donald trump does this and december to recognize two islam as a vast capital i thought at a point from occupied east jerusalem. on the second leg of his regional visit the us vice president was keen to offer assurances to a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries and final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i think clearly you are the president make clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two state solution through the arab world's public outrage with a recognition by u.s. president donald trump object to slim is israel's capital the jordanian king

offered a conciliatory tone your visits here i'm sure is to be built of trust and confidence in not only how we move forward with two state solution on us drew forth like sixty seven lice and east jerusalem as a capital of an independent palestinian state but living side by side with a secure recognizes rather quotas for internationals peace and that's far from the line being taken by the palestinian leadership its president mahmoud abbas declaring that the us had given it the slap of the century reiterating his position that the u.s. could no longer be involved in the peace process the u.s. vice president isn't meeting the palestinians but he does have a message publicly apparently tailored towards them reiterating u.s. support for a two state solution if that's what both sides agreed to of course for the palestinians that message is entirely overshadowed by what donald trump said over a month ago declaring that the u.s. view jerusalem as israel's capital. but many the messenger himself is part of the

problem the shift in u.s. policy will. which pence was closely associated was welcomed by his evangelical christian base many of whom believe the return of the jews to the holy land is a precursor to jesus' second coming. and that is extremist fundamentalist literalist christian absolutist idiology which goes against all the believes and commitments of the arab and palestinian christians and particular and they feel that they have been betrayed by somebody who is kneeling. to mend this injustice. as a justification for israelis it's a different picture hence represents the u.s. administration to recognize what they see as an uncontroversial reality jerusalem status is the capital of yemen a great friend of the state of israel arrives here this evening a true friend united states vice president mike pence we welcome him here and i'm

looking forward to our discussions we will discuss the trumpet ministrations efforts to hold iran's aggression the iranian nuclear program and ways to advance peace and security in the region. before leaving jordan for israel pence visited u.s. troops than undisclosed location on the syrian border telling them the president had their back and that isis would be driven from the earth very soon his next speech will be to the israeli parliament the knesset on monday israeli palestinian representatives a valve to boycott the event on mass was it how does era occupied east jerusalem. still ahead here on al-jazeera violence breaks out during anti-government protests in the democratic republic of congo class. i robot prided on the whole province with the solar panels that are helping china floats to the top of the green digitally.

hello there we've got an awful lot of wintery weather across the us at the moment it's all thanks to this weather system here galloping its way towards the east but if it does so strongly up a lot of mild air ahead of it so here we're seeing a lot of rain rather than snow and so any snow that's on the ground will melt and things will get a little bit waterlogged in places the northern edge of this system though that's still going to be giving us some snow until eventually begins to move away towards the north so for toronto we'll see things turn will slushy and then to rain as we head into choose day towards the west we've got another weather system there that's piling into the northwest impulse the states and the southwest in parts of canada bit further towards the south as for some of us a pretty wet over parts of cuba and across the bahamas lots of rain recently that are always breaking up so more dry weather to be found on monday and tuesday instead the wetter weather will be stretching through parts of mexico and all the

way down towards panama and some heavy showers likely here before the south has certainly been some heavy showers here for resistance here in the northern parts of argentina we've seen a lot of wet weather it has been raining very very heavily and it looks like that what weather hasn't moved away just yet that system is just edging a little bit further towards a still very heavy downpours here to the south it's sunny at least importance our youth. when diplomacy fields and fear sweep then the borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists reproving the barriers are built to impose division regional defectives instead of being an obstacle to dole wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame at this time on

al-jazeera. there again you're watching us there has a reminder of our top stories the u.s. government shutdown will continue on monday after a senate vote on the government spending bill was delayed by several hours of money for federal agency was cost agencies was cut off after the bill failed to pass on saturday. u.s. as a turkey to use restraint in this operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria type of soldiers have entered the enclave of offering to drive out fighters from kurdish peoples protection units known as the white chief. and u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in israel the latest stop on his tour of the

region it's the highest level u.s. visit since president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in december and jordan agreed to disagree with king abdullah over the jerusalem decision at least seven people have been killed in clashes with security forces in ethiopia the violence broke out during religious celebrations in the heart region well i suppose i said to a fault with security officers during a procession for the christian festival of the epiphany. at least six people have been killed and several injured following clashes between police and protesters in the democratic republic of congo the anti-government demonstrations were organized by lists of the catholic church in the country angry at the delay in holding a presidential election after president joseph kabila is final time expired in twenty sixteen catherine sawyer reports. after a morning mass at the main catholic church in kinshasa washy players begin their latest protest march current tweeks their rosaries and by polls they are angry that

a charge broke a political deal between the ruling and opposition parties that could have seen a presidential election held last december has not been on that they did not go far police had blocked the route refusing to allow them to move forward and when the marches stood their ground this happened. police and presidential guards against stone throwing protest us several people were killed others injured some with gunshot wounds to the obviously we have the right to much we were following the instructions. it was a piece of protest but the police would not let us. in the east of the country police gas inside this church the service had just ended and the faithful were about to start their part has several people here also injured oh i do not want to go nobody i don't respect people's rights. is even throwing tear gas into the

church we will not accept kabila he must go his mandate is over. a new year's eve there was similar violent confrontations during demonstrations. this in the beginning of the. remember the killed six people in december logically people should have been afraid but it's the country that is happening now so this pressure is going to increase i don't know that the government says the protests are equal. church leaders and opposition politicians and ceased they will not give up their demand for change. this road in the city has now been cleared by police but it's still very very tense people here are very frustrated about the political situation and saying that they have lost confidence in the politicians in the political system and that's why we're looking more to the catholic church to provide guidance and leadership in this difficult political time. with

a membership of close to half of the eighty million congolese population the catholic church is hugely significant and many people hope it may be the catalyst that will finally see a free fair and credible election without president joseph kabila in the running catching saudi al-jazeera kinshasa. former football star george where is that to be sworn in as librarians president he's replacing nobel peace prize winner johnson sirleaf and let the west african nation for twelve years when it just reports from monrovia on the challenges ahead. liberia's president elect arrives a one last set of. the mood here is celebrated. but many believe it would be for long. history takes over from outgoing president ellen johnson sirleaf whose term expired a week ago. but the challenges she leaves behind

a huge unemployment it's going to be a key issue to resolve. and the conditions are not pretty it is all able to find his feet. within the first six months he will lose attention. of the international development community he'll lose attention of global capital and he will lose the interest of a largely impatient voting base. the youth form one of weir's biggest voting bloc in the last election and this group is largely unskilled and impatient for change he told us opening up the rural areas is a huge priority for. the fix.

but there are several unresolved issues that are equally picking for attention education electricity industrialization and national reconciliation ellen johnson sirleaf may have. stabilized post-war liberia but like most developing countries it still struggles with the twin problems of corruption and under development one hundred seventy years after it was founded when jordan where takes the also office of the twenty fifth president of liberia on these grounds is supporters and donors so fun sixty percent of liberia's budget will be watching closely to see how he discharges his responsibilities. the first will be who he appoints into its cabinet because mr we himself has been branded as inexperienced he needs to put his best foot forward he needs a stroll minister fayyad that can send

a message to the local and international economic players that liberia is capable of doing business in georgia where it's taking office months after international donors have started scaling down operations in liberia which means the country sees less foreign aid but some liberians say each time they take their destiny in their own hands. for now they celebrate when it's not clear how long the will last or how soon the impatience will settle. greece al-jazeera. a plan to repatriate hundreds of thousands of refugees to me is due to begin on tuesday but unless i'm in margarita sent back around seven hundred fifty thousand refugees who fled ethnic violence in the state since october twenty sixth program set to take two years i have many refugees say

they're feeling pressured to go home and i worried about their safety un says no one should be forced to return a motorcycle bomb has exploded in the market in southern thailand killing three people and injuring dozens more that happened in the southern province of yala no one has claimed responsibility it's the first track of its kind for months in a region where ethnic molay muslims have been fighting for autonomy. at least thirteen people have been injured in a train crash in the australian city of sydney the train failed to break in time and hit a barrier at the end of the line and city's northwest emergency services a no on the struck what witnesses describe the scene as chaotic a fisherman has been killed and nine others injured when a racing sailboat collided with a fishing vessel off the coast of hong kong the american danish yacht was approaching the finish line in the fourth leg of the volvo ocean race when the accident happened none of the yachts crew was injured but the boat was damaged and forced to retire from the race. now china is fast becoming

a leader of the solar energy revolution the government invests more each year in wind hydro and solar power than any other country and is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases the largest ever plan to replace carbon with when you have the energy that includes the largest floating solar farm on earth robert wright has more from and why a province. they float in the winter sunshine shimmering islands silently generating enough power for a small city on the shore new sections of solar panels are bolted together and then floated out to join the others the lake they occupy was formed by the collapse of a disused coal mine underground that would otherwise go to waste to design these sections like this especially for this area they weren't you no matter how much help the land flooded. the water helps cool the panels and keeps them free of dust

to make them more efficient. and hoyt like other provinces is experiencing an unusually severe winter. if it's the result of climate change it's a reminder that a country which is built its prosperity on coal must look to renewable energy for its future with its demand for energy china is still burning about half the world's coal but that is fast changing the government has promised to spend three hundred sixty billion dollars on clean energy by twenty twenty and the difference is clear to see quite literally. beijing and other cities in northern china have been enjoying blue skies this winter largely because of a restriction on coal burning it's a controversial policy that's left many people shivering without enough alternative energy sources but it's given a glimpse of a smoke free future without coal. back in nine the coal mine and power station

can be seen beyond the solar panels. juge when you're in used to work that but says the soul of fantaisie him twice as much and he's happy to work above ground. is about. my son also works in the industry it's got a job putting panels on people's roofs of. part of a huge workforce that will eventually number in the millions finding a cleaner life in green energy rob mcbride al-jazeera and whole province china. the screen actors guild awards have been handed out in hollywood in a ceremony marked by speeches about female empowerment in the face of the industry's sexual harassment scandals when presented all thirteen awards to honor the pastas acting in t.v.'s sammy was held off the days of mark has by hundreds of thousands of women across the us a correspondent bob reynolds has the latest from the shrine this hour and listen to these. this award ceremony is

a bit different from many others in that it is for actors by actors and members of the actors labor union are the ones who get to vote for their favorite actors in both the motion pictures and television series so you have categories such as best ensemble cast in a comedy television series best ensemble cast in a dramatic television series and of course best female actor and best male actor in a motion picture and to date in light of the ever increasing sexual misconduct scandal that began with revelations about the producer harvey weinstein in october all of the presenters will be female and you can be sure that people will be raising issues of the sexual harassment scandals both in entertainment politics journalism and other fields and also most

likely people commenting on the policies of the trump administration this of course comes just a few weeks after a stunning speech at the golden globes by the television host oprah winfrey had people so excited they began calling for her to be the next presidential candidate to oppose president trump in twenty twenty years we don't know if that kind of rhetoric will be here tonight but you can rest assured that there will be these issues will be both raised and addressed and commented upon in the screen actors guild. this is the top stories a u.s. government shutdown will continue on monday after a senate place on the government spending bill was delayed by several allies money from federal agencies was cut off the bill failed to pass on saturday. the u.s.

is urging to use restraint in his operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria turkish soldiers have and to be enclave of afternoon to drive out fighters from kurdish people protection units and as the y.p. gene. u.s. vice president mike pence as arrived in israel the latest stop on his tour of the region that's the highest level u.s. visit since president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in september in jordan he agreed to disagree with king abdullah over the jerusalem decision at least seven people have been killed in clashes with security forces in ethiopia the violence broke out during religious celebrations in the region where shippers are said to have fought with security officers during a procession for the christian festival of appear fanie at least six people have been killed and several injured following violence between police and protesters in the democratic republic of congo the anti-government demonstrations were organized

by local leaders of the catholic church. the delay in the presidential election and . a plan to riprap create hundreds of thousands rangar refugees to me and ma is due to begin on tuesday bangladesh in may and agreed to send back around seven hundred and fifty thousand refugees who fled ethnic violence in iraq and state since october two thousand and sixteen the program is set to take two years and many refugees say they're feeling pressured to return home and a worries about their safety united nations says no one should be forced to retire . a motorcycle bomb has exploded at a market in southern thailand killing three people and injuring dozens more it's the first attack of its kind in months in the region where ethnic molay muslims have been fighting for autonomy a train has crashed in the australian city of sydney injuring at least thirteen

people and failed to break in time and hit a barrier at the end of the line the city's northwest witnesses described the scene as chaotic. as i had lines i'm back with more news after walls of shame. asia's largest catholic country is witnessing a dramatic rise in teenage pregnancy. when used to best agaves why so many filipino children are having babies. at this time on al-jazeera. in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the good friday agreement was signed grouping a peace deal between republicans and unionists in northern ireland. nearly a decade later al-jazeera visited belfast to explore ongoing divisions in the city . the film you're about to see was first broadcast in two thousand.