from the rebel-held capital, sana'a, special correspondent jane ferguson reports. >> reporter: as theter sun ris over yemen's ancient capital, sana'a, boys at this orphanagplay soccer while they wait for their breakfast. when it comes, it's a humble meal, just lentils and bread. but it's hot, and they are happh toe it. the littlest boys eat separately, one of them sent to collect the bread each morning. the children break the breador together bit gets cooked on an outside stove with milk. it's not much, but in this city many children have mucless. dar riayat al aytam is the oldest orphanage in the middle east. it opened its doors to orphaned cys in 1925, and moved from sana'a's ancient oy to this spot in the 70s. now, around 400 boys call it home. some sent here by extended family, others abandoned by their destitute taken in from the streets. little mohsin douma's father was killed i brutal civil war. he is 12-years-old and arrived with two older brothers. >> ( translated ): my grandpa and uncle brought us here to study. they told us that we have to study here until we finish high sc

for th"pbs newshour," i'm jane ferguson, in sana'a, yemen. >> nawaz: and back in this country, todayday 17 of the government shutdown, with neither side showing signs of backing down. john yang has more on where things stand and the new faces influencing negotiations. >> reporter: amna, a new nmngress is at work even if some of the federal govt isn't. and the new members include some progressive democrats who are lling for big changes. to break all this down, i'm joined by our politics monday team. that's amy walter of the "cook political report" and tamara keith of npr the shutdown is in day 17. we're essentially where we were on day one. tam, let me start with you. the president, for twars of his administration, has been rier, hee wants this bar wants this wall on the border, but he' s signedspending bills without any money for the wall, until now. why is ihe digginow? >> there are a lot of reasons why he might be diging in no. the official reason that we got from vice prident pence today is that this is a crisis along the bored that didn't exist earlier, that it is re of a crisis,