federal reserve chairman sharon powell has given no indication of any change to interest rate policy in his speech to the u.s. central bank's annual gathering in jackson hole wyoming pressure has been building on powell to lower interest rates not least from the u.s. president on a tramp who has regularly targeted power on twitter a power said only that the fed would act as appropriate to sustain the expansion it did have some strong words on global trade though saying that the fed found itself in and quote unprecedented situation due to the on. in the us china conflict. trade conflicts climate change geopolitical tensions now these are among the many major problems world leaders have to deal with these days and there's often little time left to tackle individual regional challenges so it's down to the locals themselves to come up with solutions next report takes us to senegal where reform we now provide shelter and sustainable steady income. for the senegalese farmers clearing out wheat has become a lifeline for. g.b. dionne your harvests the time for plant you know order to provide

powel policy study director. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] we have author interviews on words and the book heartbeat of wounded knee sharon robinson child of the ream and the british are coming. and thomas meteorology founding center of the m.i.t. collective after intelligen-- intelligence. hat is saturday on back tv on c-span 2. our live coverage for wednesday on c-span. a discussion on the importance of the u.s.a., japan soccer -- security alliance. sunday night on q&a. university of pennsylvania law on free ofessor expression on college campuses collect surrounded a piece she co-authored in the inquirer.ia not all cultures are alike. we are trying to tap this code suited functional and o our society and comparing it to other cultures which are not as functional. we gave examples and that caused firestorm. >> that is sunday night 8:00 q&a.eastern on next a look at the role of china and obal health industries how that impacts the u.s.