this is t w news live from berlin the u.s. government shuts down the senate failing to agree on a new spending plan as the republicans and democrats blame each other thousands are taking to the streets to protest the election of donald trump exactly a year since he took office we'll have the latest for you from washington. and a move that's threatening to inflame the syrian conflict turkey launches a ground and air operation inside syria as it steps up efforts to oust kurdish fighters from the north of the country russia and the united states are calling for restraint.

crist of a spring thanks for joining us a year into donald trump's presidency of the united states remains a country racked by political division on the very day marking the first anniversary of trump's swearing in ceremony the federal government has shut down after congress failed to reach a last minute deal on spending it means government workers will be staying at home halting all but the most essential of operations recriminations have already begun . it was a night of partisan politics at the capitol despite hours of debate and last minute deal making there was no agreement on a government funding deal the user fifty lives or forty nine. the motion is not agreed the republican leadership couldn't find the sixty votes needed to keep the government open the government shutdown means hundreds of thousands of public

servants night have to stay home. following the senate vote the white house said the democrats were behaving like obstructionist loses its words were echoed by the republican senate laid out what we've just witnessed on the floor was a sign a call decision out of democrats or a shovel. millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games a government shutdown was one hundred percent of all double the democratic senate lead that chuck schumer said he tried his utmost to give the republicans what they wanted he was prepared to offer donald trump money for his border wall if the president would soften his hard line on immigration no one who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than president trump he walked away from two bipartisan deals including one today in which i even put the border wall on the

table ultimately dog the democrats wouldn't back down on one key demand they wanted guarantees on the future of hundred thousand undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. is children republican side that's holding ordinary people hostage but with most americans supporting a deal on the children democrats are calculating the voters will back them. well while politicians in washington are scrambling to find a solution to this latest shutdown crisis thousands have taken to the streets of major u.s. cities for the second so-called women's mob should be you know you may remember since the first women's march. so people around the world demonstrating against donald trump selection for demonstrations aimed at raising awareness about sexism and minority rights something protesters say hasn't improved in the first year of trump's ministration. alexandr phenomenon is that

women's march in washington. promising a year ago to bring america together it seems the country is divided as ever what are you hearing from the demonstrators around you. that's exactly what i'm hearing from protesters here as you can see behind me the demonstration that has already started but people are still arriving and when we look at the picture behind me you can see the dads the numbers are lower that the picture is different that what we sold last year after president strums integration when people were mad shocked the spirit that presidents trump was elected as the president of the united states i talked to a couple of people here women and they told me that some of them are more optimistic hoping that democrats are going to win a lot of seats in the house during the midterm elections but some of them also

told me that they are more pessimistic because they have to to deal with presidents try with this unconventional presidents on their day to day. alexander trump himself is dealing with a government shutdown. at the moment on the anniversary of his inauguration are there any signs anything you're hearing that suggests that the government may find a way out of this gridlock. well what we're hearing is that there is a lot going on on capitol hill that democrats and republicans are working on a possibility to have and this shutdown by monday and to give themselves a couple of days maybe on till the seventh of february to negotiate on issues like immigration what we saw in the report and border security and when you listen to white house officials they are quite confident that

a deal can be reached although that we can't but of course we have to wait and see whether it's possible. xander just briefly trumps first year overshadowed of course by a number of scandals how has that affected his popularity. well his approval rating is that record low his core supporters support him. he is according to different polls he's a pro the rating is about twenty five twenty c. percent ok alexander many thanks for that there's alexander phenomenon reporting from washington. we're going to catch up now and some of the other stories making news around the world veteran irish politician gerry adams has handed to the leadership of the nationalization fein party to may remove mcdonalds lead the party for thirty four years and was known around the world as the political face of the

irish republican movement which are now violent back in two thousand and five. celebrated french chef paul bocuse his age of ninety one often referred to as the pope of french cooking he was an early exponent of the movie crazy in which focused on fresh ingredients rather than heavy sources crews had been suffering from parkinson's disease. the family of us rock star tom petty say the musician died of what they're describing as an accidental drug overdose but he was found unconscious in his home last october the medical examination found that a toxic mix of prescribed medication had led to multiple organ failure. turkey has launched a ground to air offensive against kurdish militia in the syrian region of the operation opening a new front in syria's civil war the syrian government has warned against any

turkish incursion and is threatening to shoot down turkish jets that target is offering syria. the signs of war i once again echoing across the northern syrian valleys. the turkish army has been shelling kurdish positions on the other side of its border. and i'm curious says if it takes off free in its may advance further east along the kurdish covered or in northern syria. could it go to go. step by step will totally destroy this corridor or. free an operation has defacto started in the field. and binge will follow. photo the y.p. g. or people's protection units is the syrian army at the kurdistan workers' party an enemy of the turkish state for the us the why p.g. has been useful against the so-called islamic state and washington arms the kurdish

group to defeat i asked now the u.s. is calling for a border security force in syria that would include the y p g militia turkey is dead set against that plan. that turkey has run out of patience. no one should think will sit idly by to watch events unfold. turkey's government wants to prevent a kurdish zone of influence from northern iraq to the turkish syrian border which it believes kurdish militias would use to attack turkey. turkey's attack on y p g forces in the free looks to achieve that goal the campaign is turkey's next right in a long conflict against kurdish armed factions they are often supported by the us turkey's nato ally as part of a larger regional conflict involving ever shifting alliances. now here in germany the social democrats are holding a special party conference tomorrow sunday to decide whether to endorse the idea of launching full coalition talks with chancellor merkel's conservatives let me just

remind you how we got to where we are election day you may remember it was september the twenty fourth last year the social democrats suffering their worst result since one thousand nine hundred nine and this man him party leader martin shultz categorically saying the s.p.d. will now go into opposition what happened then was that chancellor merkel opened exploratory talks with the free democrats and the greens those talks however failed in late november so the focus shifted to president frank. as you can see here he urged martin short that's the back of his head there to revise his decision to go into opposition and talk instead to the conservatives about renewing a grand coalition after weeks of negotiations in january d.s.p. these leaders agreed on a preliminary agreement with the conservatives and they recommended starting full coalition talks with them now we get to tomorrow sunday that is when the s.p.d.

is holding its special party conference the rank and file voting on that recommendation from their leadership to enter full coalition talks with the conservatives the party that is deeply divided on all of this as speed the leaders have been meeting this afternoon to discuss tomorrow's vote so we're going to get the latest now from our chief political correspondent melinda crane who's been following all this for us melinda what's been happening today and what above all is the mood among the social democrats ahead of tomorrow's party conference well as you say the s.p.d. leaders have been meeting officially and in officially you can be sure there is a lot of arm twisting going on and a whole lot of nervousness not only amongst those leaders of the s.p. day but in fact germans in general. the numbers are very close almost certainly also among the chancellors conservatives because indeed the numbers are very close at the moment we're hearing one third would say yes to this position paper yes to

moving forward with cowen a coalition ago she asians one third would say under no circumstances should we pursue coalition to go she asians and we're told one third of the delegates six hundred in all are still undecided now for leaders like martin short's whom you just showed to our viewers this could be the last twenty four hours at the head of the party because heads could well roll if in fact there's a no vote now the man who's been a leading the charge against the party leadership who says absolutely no to this position paper that's been put out there is a twenty eight year old head of the party's youth wing and he says he doesn't want to see heads will but the fact is that could well be the consequence so as i said nervousness and a lot of uncertainty something's been happening in the background as well some social democrats calling on their leaders to impose conditions on the conservatives for agreeing to launch full coalition talks is that a wise move or a bit of a risky one it's

a problematic move that move comes as we are told it's not been officially put out there by the relevant state party groups but we're told that two of the most obstreperous state groups have said they want additional conditions especially saying yes we'll move forward on negotiations but not on the basis of the paper that the two parties agreed to in fact adding as it were more s.p.d. wishes to the list and their wishes that the conservatives could find it very very hard to comply with so what could that mean it could mean that if that goes through and if the party says yes to negotiations on that basis then it then gets into negotiations and the conservatives say sorry we can't go along with these wishes that would then turn out to be a problem because even if. we get agreement on a grand coalition even if we get a coalition paper that again has to be voted on by the full s.p.d. membership and they might well then say no you didn't insist on those conditions

and we don't think we see enough of our s.p.d. are really crucial key priorities in this final document that's probably going to be the next very very big hurdle just quickly about tomorrow what are you expecting yes or no i was afraid you would ask me that you know i've been expecting a yes but i would say my odds on that are shrinking i think it could be very close and i'm still going to say yes but with a real measure of of uncertainty about what comes out and frankly if in fact we do see you know where your germany goes from here is a very very difficult topic and in fact would take so long to explain to our viewers that i'll stop there ok melinda crane our chief political correspondent helping us understand everything today and you will be with us tomorrow of course to help us understand what is going to be an exciting day in politics that is your

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