coming up, john ryding, adam posen and david folkerts-landau. stay with us. : friday's jobs reports, will bring independence day for janet yellen? in this hour, david folkerts-landau. tweeting about it won't help. how does the president respond to a north korean missile that could hit alaska? this morning, the yen weakens. and 10 years on, where is the putting green? we consider monetary policy gulf. in this hour is at imposing. am tom keene. in london, looking towards berlin is francine lacqua. g-20ine: underpinning the is the political tension that you are alluding to. it is also clear that if there is one person who may be could get china on board, it could be angela merkel. i was struck that the chancellor an opinion -- in piece. whether that was domestic politics or whether it means something different. tom: absolutely extraordinary. he would have thought it would be quiet. but forget about that. let's get you up to speed with the first word news with taylor riggs. taylor: a pointed response to north korea's announcement it has used an intercontinental ba