US Government Lurching Towards a Shutdown

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There's a battle in the US Senate to avert a shutdown of the federal government. Beth Ann Bovino of S&P Global Ratings tells us what impact a shutdown would have on the US economy. And as President Trump prepares to mark the first anniversary of his inauguration, we report on what voters make of the first twelve months. Also in the programme, Cape Town in South Africa is running out of water, and supplies are being strictly rationed. John Maytham is a presenter at Cape Talk radio, and explains the background. Plus we look back at the rest of the week's big business stories with Nina Trentmann of the Wall Street Journal in London, and Lisa Abramowicz of Bloomberg in New York. (Picture: The US Capitol. Picture credit: Getty Images.)