mr. simes: one little announcement. there will be there will be a minister's speech, formal remarks available outside. those interested, please pick up the copy and mr. minister, thank you very, very much. mr. al-thani: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] of the armsball control association will talk about north korea's ability to develop a nuclear weapon that mainland.the u.s. joining us from the american scservative union is matt hlapp. and richard cohen will talk to post's" benshington bradley. be sure to watch "washington thisal" live at 7:00 morning. join the conversation. >> outgoing federal reserve chair janet yellen talked about the state of the economy on wednesday. it could be her last appearance before congress. she recently announced that she would be removed at the end of term in january. president trump has nominated jerome powell.