u.s. companies literally helped indo-pacific partner nations reach for the stars. space spacex launched one of bangladesh's satellites. the u.s. government doesn't tell american companies what to do, but we help build environments that help foster good capitalism. we help american firms succeed so that local communities can flourish and bilateral partnerships can grow. that's why the united states supports educational efforts such as bo bright university vietnam and young south asian leaders initiative. this is the same commitment we helped to establish the first indian institute of technology along with 14 engineering colleges and eight agricultural universities all across india. development of finance is important. our overseas private investment corporation portfolio of 3.9 billion invested in the indo indo-pacific along with firms from energy to health care to banking. for every dollar that opec has invested, the private sector has invested $2.76. in indonesia, with usaid and re renewable to develop the first utility scale wind farms for clean power to 75,000 in

u.s. pacific command put out the following statement. "the united states is through the u.s. pacific command has sent a search and rescue time to assist in locating the group. the team arrived in northern thailand june 29. the u.s. team consists of a survival specialist and para rescue men trained in rescue, recovery techniques." the thai military has been in the lead. the boys are still trapped but there's good news after ten days of parents and loved ones fearing the worst. shepard? >> shepard: unthinkable that this has happened. live pictures now. this is from the rescue scene again. it's just after -- 7 minutes after 2:00 a.m. on a tuesday morning there. we just heard from the rescue workers. hundreds of them, we're told. they're saying they're going to do everything they can to get if kids out. a lot has to do with the tide. we'll have the live pictures up and available. should there be any developments, we'll go live. at home, president trump's search for a new supreme court justice. the president says he started interviewing candidates today and plans to meet with a few

u.s. pacific command that is based in okinawa japan that were here as consultants we have heard that the chinese were here. an undisclosed number but it must have been quite high there were they are experts in mapping so they have done their share in sort of laying out the lay of this paper which was very crucial also for this rescue mission. will be a new ship in northern thailand thank you very much for that update. but not been your visit with some other stories making news around the wild jeremy hunt has been named the new british foreign minister after barres johnson's resignation the u.k.'s brags that negotiated david davis also left his post on monday the critic in protest of a prime minister to resign missed plans to maintain will debut as close ties with the european union off to the u.k. leaves the bloc. us president doesn't trump is nominated conservative judge a brit kavanagh to fill the vacancy on the supreme court is confirmed the fifty three rules catholic is expected to be less receptive to abortion and gay rights than his predecessor the nomination sets up a confirmation battle

u.s. pacific command. i've seen north korea do this we petedl -- repeatedly.y disturbing story. it's showing that north korea always intended to deceive our president. they want to hide nuclear facilities and nuclear weapons. another story says they're wrapping up nuclear fuel production. if these stories are true, then i call on the president to resume u.s. military readiness exercises. >> so this is how the president's national security adviser sees it. listen. >> there's nobody involved in this discussion with north korea in the administration who is overburdened by naivety. we've seen how the north koreans have behaved before. the president has been very clear he's not going to make the mistakes of prior administrations. we're going to pursue this and see what happens. that's the next step in the discussions. >> all right. so congressman, john bolton acknowled acknowledges what you just acknowledged. perhaps they would go back on their word. what does this mean when the national security adviser reiterates that today? >> it means that the u.s. should not c

u.s. once again pam pacific games this summer and world championships of next year. i know it sounds like a harsh penalty for something unintentional and i didn't put anything prohibited in my body but a role as a rule and i accept that there is a technical violation and i will have to do this consequences. now same sixteen at the tour de france was temporarily halted after riders were overcome by pepper spray from police they were being targeted intentionally the police had been trying to break up a protest by farmers who blocked the road with hay bales police haven't factored in the wind when the they use the spray which blew into the eyes of the passing peloton yellow jersey holder thomas was among a number of riders who needed medical attention when the race was stopped for around fifteen minutes this is the first of three stages in the pyrenees now while you might think the tour de france is tough it's nothing compared to the translight being extreme cycle race which started in moscow on tuesday the race is three times longer than the tour de france covering a t

u.s. and indo-pacific businesses. this will be a look at -- with energy secretary rick perry and also one of the co-founders of the carlisle group. introductions are under way now. >> they're going to have, what i can promise you, is a very lively discussion. if you've ever seen either one of them, you know that to be true. you put them together, and we may have a molotov cocktail here. so let me just set the frame for this discussion that they're going to delve into. and i would like to take us to the year 2050 and talk about what the world is going to look like and what our relationship with this region means going out that far. so in 2050, the world's gdp is going to have grown by about 250%. we're going to have added 2 billion, with a b, people to this planet. and 7 of those 9 billion people are going to live in cities. energy intensive cities. cities that need a lot of energy. people that need a lot of jobs that require a lot of energy. and while the demand for energy in 2050 is hard to forecast, and i can tell y

u.s. once again at pan pacific games this summer and world championships of next year. i know it sounds like a harsh penalty for something unintentional and where i didn't put anything prohibited in my body but a rule as a rule and i accept that there is a technical violation and i will have to do those consequences. tennis world number two roger federer has withdrawn from next month's tournament in toronto as part of the strategy to prolong his career the thirty six year old has played seven singles events so far this year he became a twenty time grand slam champion after he's australian open triumph this year but the swiss lost in the finals at indian wells and helen and was beaten in a dramatic wimbledon quarter final by eventual finalist kevin anderson to matters on the court and there was a huge shock exit in the first round of the german open spanish veteran then clay court specialist the average fare was knocked out by seventeen year old wild card rudolph monaco and subsequently won the biggest match of his career mollica who only turned pro in twenty seventeen w

today the pacific has assumed an enormous importance in u.s. policy come in global trade. we talk about the importance of the pacific rim. haveis why i am glad we the road to tokyo exhibit in the world war ii museum. ie market i want -- nugget want people to take away is the human cost paid when nations go to war. could the united states has avoided this war in the pacific? once you made that decision to go to war, there will never be an easy way to end it. and personnel are going to pay the price. that is what we want people to take away from these exhibits. ♪ >> they are at mardi gras world in new orleans, where work is underway for next year's mardi gras float. every year, mardi gras world makes hundreds of floats all over the city. we speak with the mayor about how his family has been in the business for generations. [horns] ♪ hail citizens of new orleans. welcome to carnival. ♪ >> [whistles] mardi gras is a celebration that actually predates christianity. it came to new orleans and has been in new orleans at the beginning. when i say christianity that you have the paga

u.s. could provide material help to its allies. plan b, propose a defensive posture in the atlantic but a full offensive against japan in the pacific and the u.s. would rely on the british to hold their own in atlantic indefinitely. plan c, this was the nightmare scenario. the u.s. would wage offensive wars on two fronts, the atlantic and the pacific but stark emphasized that a two of ocean war would disperse forces and preclude operations in either theater. the last scenario was planned d, the united states would direct all efforts to strong offenses in the atlantic as ally of britain with the goal of defeating germany while maintaining only a defensive position against japan in the pacific. stark firmly recommended that the roosevelt administration adopt plan d. he rejected the other options as counterproductive and he layed out the logic of his argument. first, the security of britain and empire as well as the strength of its navy would greatly ensure the security of the united states and the western hemisphere. second, it was germany and not japan that most seriously threatened britain's security and even its survival. third, t

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u.s. once again pan pacific games this summer and world championships of next year. i know it sounds like a harsh penalty for something unintentionally and where i didn't put anything prohibited in my body but a role as a rule and i said that there is a technical violation i don't or have to do just consequences and finally a polish ski has entered the record books as the first person to ski down from the top of k two in the himalayas. had to first summit the world's second largest mountain which stands at eight thousand six hundred eleven meters it's one of the most difficult mountains in the world to climb the first year old then descended to base camp on his skis avoiding huge ridges of ice i'm crassus along the way and that is always cool for now it's back to barbara in london good grief jo those pictures are amazing joe thank you and that is it for this news hour remember you can get more on the web site the address al jazeera dot com or you can just stay with us through the mcdonald's we'll have more news for you in just a few minutes thanks for watching i'll s

u.s. indo pacific council.i think we've had a really impactful and consequential set of discussions and remarks so far. and we've got really good conversations up ahead of us. but let me just take a moment first to thank our sponsors today. the albright stonebridge group for making this possible. i wanted to thank the diplomatic that has come out in force. we have 14 ambassadors and nearly 20 embassies present here today, and i want to thank all of them for coming. in the interest of time, i won't go through and name every ambassador. i know your time is precious, and we are really grateful for your presence. and also your perspectives as we heard from the australian ambassador and we'll hear in the afternoon panel. i also want to shine some attention on some of the announcements that are being made today. this afternoon, tda, the u.s. trade and development agency will sign a grant agreement with india's ilfs energy development company and this will fund technical assistance to advance plan 1,000 megawatt renew

u.s. session they were up by about .9% there. so we will see if that continues today in the asia-pacific. the u.s. 10 year and two year yield, you can see investors yieldg and pulling the down to 2.83 and 2.52% respectively. haidi: it's looking mixed here in asia. the questions whether that pullback and risk sentiment was on account of going into the public holiday in conjunction with the trade viewed playing out. , we're in new zealand seeing a little bit of downside, about .24% lower. property price inflation came in weaker than expected, the lowest in about eight months. some questions over the strength of the home price market there in new zealand. the kiwi dollar trading pretty much flat at the moment. the bloomberg dollar index g10ing against all of its peers overnight. sydney futures looking fairly negative, .4% lower going into that open, and the aussie dollar fell to the weakest in more than he year earlier this week and that's in the wake of the rba keeping rates unchanged, unmoved since august 2016. taking a look at the other major story in the markets, a tale of the chinese yua

u.s. the thirteenth pacific alliance summit comes ahead of more talks over the future of the nafta trade deal between mexico the u.s. and canada john holmes has more from the summit import of outer. this loose coalition of chile peru mexico and colombia has been meeting for the last seven years and it is important this is a coalition that between them the countries have about a third of the g.d.p. of latin america that's attracted quite a lot of observer countries more than fifty including australia canada and the united states that want in some way to participate in these summits but this year in particular in this summit it does seem to be a little bit more buzz perhaps a little bit more momentum and that analysts say is perhaps being caused by president trumps of ministration in the united states who have adopted a much more protectionist tone since he came to power and they say there is an opportunity here for these countries to sort of take the reins to bruce to provide some sort of trading and economic energy for this region and really make themselves the center of that now how optimist

pacific. air force f u.s. assets. fifth ave over 100 generation fighters, the f-35 and f-22s. we'll have over a hundred, f-35s of ng in the next couple years. there is no place on planet had those fighters. we'll have those because we're so strategically important and a expeditionary forces. units, active duty serve units that can deploy on a moment's notice anywhere in the world. the first strike brigade up in fairbanks, the fourth brigade of infantry division. brigade team rne in the eastern pacific. they just got back from afghanistan. a couple of soldiers. sacrifice is still on-going. so those are the three pillars. a great and growing coast guard presence, down in just had alaska, and i an opportunity to bring ecretary mattis up to alaska recently. we were at the air force base, fort greeley. he saw it. if you saw the press conference, he gets it. gets cretary of defense how important alaska is, and i always say, we have three there is a fourth pillar. we have the strongest support from the military in our community. the alaskan supports our military in ways i'm convinced

u.s. trade and development agency announced an agreement with japan's ministry of economy, trade, and industry to support lng infrastructure development in the indo-pacific region. that includes a reverse trade mission for public-private sector leaders of japan to visit the u.s. and meet with u.s. suppliers of lng, equipment and services. finally, on october 1 through the third, mark peters, the head lab, hedaho national will be chairing the pacific race and nuclear conference in san francisco. this will be in a slot opportunity to discuss the development and planning of nuclear energy in countries across the pacific rim. they will hear a lot about small monitor reactors in that conversation. we are really here to work with folks in that region. this is an extraordinary opportunity that we have. by expanding our presence in the indo-pacific energy sector, we will support and enhance our nation's long commitment to regional peace and prosperity while guarding against those who would use energy for coercive ends. we will also be offering the citizens of those nations the freedom and opportunity to create their own success, and the key to all of this, wheth

u.s. rescue helpers from the pacific command based in okinawa they sent consultants and also divers there were experts from china were experienced with imaging they mapped out the caves there were people from nearby myanma and laos who knew the region who had been looking for alternative routes into the caves now that didn't turn out successful but nevertheless they were part of this rescue effort so it was people from all around the world basically that not only watched but took part in this rescue mission that now. came to successful ends. jordan and i'm sure there's a huge. it's a great deal of kind of relief and elation and euphoria that the entire teenage football team and they could have been risky due to the efforts of this international team thank you very much for monitoring the situation for us and we of course talk to you when who comes if the two on the condition of the boys on the field that. moving along the video of the chinese nobel peace prize winner and szabo has left china to start a new life in europe she's expected to arrive in but in this evening you have been kept o

u.s. companies sell over 100 billion of products to the indo-pacific region. so it's a very, very important economic factor for us. exports to the region grew by 10% last year, which is a pretty good performance for any region. and perhaps most importantly of all, the brookings institution believes that of the next billion people to come into middle class economic status, 88% will be in the indo-pacific region. secretary gutierrez: absolutely, absolutely. i think, as secretary pompeo was saying, its the largest and fastest growing. so pretty special. so, many of us in the business community had quite a bit of anxiety when we pulled out of tpp and were left with three trade agreements in the area, in the region. does this commercial strategy as part of the indo-pacific strategy, does that substitute for what would have been tpp? is there another way of thinking about our commercial strategy going forward? secretary ross: well, when we withdrew from tpp, we withdrew from a potential agreement with which we disagreed. it was not a withdrawal from the region. to t

u.s. government discretionary spending. in addition, russia must defend a vast territory from the baltic to the pacific. the u.s. is north gnat -- fortunate in having mexico and canada as neighbors. russia has north korea, china, middle east, and nato to watch. as with its naval force, russia's armies are far too apart to lend support. two vulnerable rail lines are russia's main land link between european russia and pacific far east. trump's extra supplemental military budget boost this year $54 billion, is almost as charge as russia's entire 2018 military budget. as for trump's claim that europe is not paying its fair share of nato expenses, note that britain and france combined together spend more on their military forces than russia. in europe, it's hard to find many people who still consider russia a serious threat except for some dipsy danes, right wing swedes, and east europeans. the main fear of russia seems concentrated in the minds of american neoconservatives, media, and victims of the bizarre anti-russian hysteria that has gripped the u.s. mr. speaker, that's from the margolis column. i hope that memb

u.s. transparency pacific partnership, it's hard to hear the united states open when it d out of tpp whenpposed to tighten trade alliance. dagen: right or wrong, he's been focused on doing what he said in the campaign, he's been focused, if i said i'm going to do it. jon: doesn't like up with what pompeo said. he's following through on what he said he was going to do on the campaign trail but that -- that means actually pushing some of our allies -- >> things like that, but when it comes to america first idea, he's been very consistent the entire time. dagen: he has. i want to get your read, we are going to talk about it later, i will tease morgan stanley clients to prepare for biggest stock market selloff in months, hold that, you will have to wait, i don't know when i will get to ask him about that, meantime president trump he tweets this, the globalist koch brothers who have become a total joke in republican circles are against strong borders and powerful trade, i never sought their support because they don't need their money or bad ideas, they love my tax and regulation tax, judicial

u.s. allies, including pakistan. the trump administration has put the focus of their agenda in the region on a free and open and the pacificillions of dollars in security assistance to pakistan. where does a relationship stand with the u.s.? for more, we welcome the pakistan ambassador to the u.s., ali jehangir siddiqui, who is joining us from washington. have you had conversations with the white house recently on military aid for pakistan? amb. siddiqui: thank you very much. have not had specific conversations on military aid. but we have had a series of aboutsations corporations. as you may know, pakistan's relationship with the u.s. is 70 years old. we have had a very close relationship. pakistan is a major non-nato ally. in that light, we have a big agenda that we and the u.s. are working on together which is to achieve peace. we have had a series of discussions around that. both countries are committed to finding a solution as well as the afghan government. finally, we have had discussions around economic and trade matters. in particular, pakistan is on its way to becoming one of the world's largest gas importers. the

. ♪ rishaad: asia-pacific markets despite lingering trade returns oil is rebounding. u.s. talked grinding to a halt with few signs of resumption per beijing saying washington's attitude is "cata strophic" for the world trade prayer and. it is hard to see a policy designed to harm america. in hong kong, i'm rishaad salamat. this is bloomberg markets. ♪ rishaad: just over an hour ago the bank of korea came out and did a broadly expected, leaving unchanged. he interest rate unchanged, 1.5%. employment conditions remaining sluggish and they will carefully see whether they need to adjust policy any further. inflation and 2% target is the cpi read anyway. growth will be below that forecast back in april. nevertheless, that is korea. trading day getting underway. haidi: indonesian stocks looking to buck the regional trend. falling for the first day and four. the king at the broader market session, stocks recovering. the nikkei and the yen further spread.

pacific. australia congratulated the u.s. on president trump's recent summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> the united states and australia speak with one voice in calling for fully verified denuclearized north korea as agreed to by chairman kim. >> reporter: outside of the building, people gathered with signs to protest the trump administration. i would say there were roughly two dozen people gathered outside of the building. the crowd was not too big. and they have remained peaceful and there hasn't been much activity. everything remaining peaceful. mike pompeo is scheduled to testify in front of the senate on the meeting between president trump and putin. what went on between the two. and pompeo looks forward to testifying. we'll have more on that coming up on the four on two. >>> the trump administration is preparing to send $12 million in emergency aid caught in the middle of the trade war with china. the ag department announced a plan that includes direct assistance and temporary relief for farmers. they have

u.s. military personnel, most of it from the pacific command, which is the command that oversees u.s.ces in the region, and that includes 12 research and rescue divers. we are told the u.s. divers were not directly participating in the initial stages of this rescue effort. we are being told that was led by thai divers. but we do know that u.s. divers and other u.s. officials helped brief this really risky rescue plan to thai officials when it was first proposed. this is kind of a buddy dive that some more experienced divers would go into the cave and take the boys with them as they swam out. it was considered risky but the best option given the challenges of the cave. u.s. divers did not participate but they were in a support advisory role, and we do know there is a significant u.s. presence. it remains to be seen whether they will participate in future dives as they seek to evacuate the other children in addition to the four that have already been rescued. >> ryan brown, thank you for that update. i want to go directly to thailand, the press conference. [ speaking foreign language ]

of state mike pompeo and congress secretary wilbur ross as they participate in an endo pacific forum hosted by the u.s. chamber of commerce live at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. later today on c-span, members of congress take part in an event honoring whistle blower day. the event hosted by the whistle blower center and it starts live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and taking a look at congress this week, the house begins its summer district work period. members hold brief pro-for ma sessions on tuesday and friday with legislative work re juming on september 4th. the senate returns today at 3:00 p.m. eastern to consider the nomination of birth grant to be a nomination for the circuit court. miss grant is a support for bret cavanaugh and on president trump's list to replace retiring justice anthony kennedy. a vote is set for 5:30 p.m. eastern. live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. . >> american history tv on c-span3 is in prime time this week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tonight ronald reagan and the cold war with highlights of the president's 1987 trip to west berlin. tuesday night ora

pacific. it was an interesting day in the u.s. market because there was not actually anything happening at least in terms of u.s.-china trade tensions. guide the market was earnings. for example, in financials, as well as some surprising news coming out of saudi arabia that space hurt the commodity with oil falling by 4% both on the wti as well as brent crude front. .nteresting difference headwinds pushing the markets as well as commodities around today, yvonne. yvonne: despite the geopolitical tensions around helsinki, it seems that was nothing. is the imf worrying about complacency when it comes to the risks to a trade war and when it comes to netflix and the miss on earnings, certainly going to be eating headwinds as we wake up its morning. ramy: that did happen after hours. the nasdaq falling a little bit further. let's get to the u.s. close at least to show you how we ended the day. made a mix in terms of stocks. the dow up by the .2%, the highest in the month. the s&p pulling back from that 2800 mark we just hit in the nasda

u.s. and china finding and offramp from the trade war? 0.2% on the msci asia-pacific. k markets in the u.s., and a lot of the weakness came through on oil prices and oil stocks. wtis in twodrop in years. has the selling been overdone? low. record more fashion breaking news. ,anus: a little more fashion this time, third-quarter aheading, that is quite of what the market had estimated. -- that is the nine months in japan, the nine months overseas profitability year on year is up by 65%. this this is the nine-month report for uniqlo in japan. the full-year guidance coming in at a profit of side, fastion retailing delivering. let's get to juliette saly in singapore. officials have raised the prospect of resuming talks about trade after donald trump announced a new round of potential tariffs. list washington unveiled a , beijing called on america to resolve the conflict. the white house has signaled. in brussels, at the nato summit, trump is continuing his offensive against america's allies. paul ryan called the organization indefensible, but added the president's right to p

u.s. technology trump told fox news on sunday he did not want to focus pacifically on china the european union is possibly as bad as china just smaller ok it's terrible what they did to us european union take a look at the car situation they send the mercedes in we can send our cars and look what they do to our farmers they don't want to farm products you know in all fairness they have their farmers so they want to protect their farmers but we don't protect ours and they protect here's trump has rejected criticism of his tariffs but his trade dispute is already costing u.s. jobs and american manufacturers including harley-davidson motorcycles are exploring options to go off shore. and joins us now from singapore. how patriotic ah the chinese will they boycott american products. well that seems to be the general consensus ben a lot of american goods and services face the threat of things like customs delays and other restrictions that the chinese have put across in previous disputes with south korea and japan they could also lower the yuan the chinese currency which will then make the u.s. inte

u.s. driven protectionism the ministers from sixteen asia pacific nations have agreed to speed up negotiations for a propose free trade agreement and the meeting in tokyo will be holding further talks in singapore later this year to reach a basic conclusion the regional comprehensive economic partnership includes china india japan australia and southeast asian countries where the big question is whether host nation japan can achieve progress in the talks as the trumpet ministration imposes trade tariffs on allies and rivals alike of course trumpet instruction they're trying to protect american industry one of trump's targets is china which has slashed tariffs on imports from many asian countries and a move that could strengthen its defenses in any trade war with the u.s. more on that in a moment but first let's hear now from daniel lak encounter where a territory tariffs against the u.s. are now taking effect. among the millions of products canada gets from the us most of it's recreational boats but summer fun afloat will be more costly now as the tariff on imported yachts takes effect a respo

u.s. we have got some shower activity meanwhile pacific northwest looking good sunshine in seattle highs going up to twenty seven degrees as we head on through into thursday down into central parts of america and the remnants of what was hurricane beryl are just now an area of showers across the island of hispaniola so we could well see some very heavy rain here and general disturbed weather conditions across the bahamas and also parts of cuba meanwhile up through the isthmus panama costa rica nicaragua looking at heavy showers further north just a scattering of showers likely into mexico city for south america heavy showers in the north and try conditions now expected in the south and temperatures recovering in point as areas highs here of fourteen. every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking story this happened was in the truck didn't happen and a boy told through the eyes of the world journalists the images matter a lot international politics the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most basic service someone

u.s. policy to the asia pacific region. mr. fuchs has previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state for the east asian and pacific affairs. we thank you both very much for being here. your patience in waiting. and senator menendez, i don't know if you want to welcome them. go ahead and summarize your comments at about five minutes, any written materials you have will be entered into the record. with that, if you would begin, we would appreciate it. again, thanks for being here. >> thank you, chairman corker. >> mike. >> thank you, chairman corker. senator menendez, other members of the committee, thank you for holding this hearing and for inviting me to testify on behalf of business roundtable. business roundtable is an association of chief executive officers of leading u.s. companies. our ceos are today overwhelmingly bullish about the american economy. thanks in large part to tax reform and ongoing regulatory reform. our overriding concern now is that those gains will be entirely reversed by major missteps in u.s.

u.s. and china starting talks up, union pacific, the railroad, and expediters, a logistics company, with a nice rally. investors positive that perhaps trade tensions will ease. the big story has been technology. today, we see a bounceback. if we go into the bloomberg that the first time, this is amazing. this is the pe, every shoe of the pe on the tech index of the s&p 500 to the s&p 500 broader pe. we see per almost the last decade, tech has been trading at a discount to the broader markets, which is extraordinary considering tech has been on a tear. last year, it traded at a premium. this year very much so as it took off. even after the recent tech wreck, technology is trading at a higher premium to the broader markets. it will be interesting to see after the bell once apple reports if that remains or if we go into a discount. some of the movers helping out the nasdaq today and the tech 10%, theuncing back, best day since 2015 after a solid quarter, qualcomm up after abandoning a bid. last week today, they started their buyback, $10 billion. and a genetics company also soaring up 10%, sh

u.s. territories in the pacific. launched the conservation initiative. three years later, his groundbreaking initiative facilitated a bipartisan dialogue with stakeholders from across the political spectrum. there resulted in three annual reports and adoption of a policy resolution and policy recommendations. this month released a discussion draft for endangered species act of 2015 based on the western association's principles and policies. earlier this year i received a support signed by the chair and vice chair, the governor of north dakota and hawaii. they commended our efforts to address this polarizing topic and an inclusive thoughtful matter. >> it off as meaningful, bipartisan solutions to be continued. the proposed bill is generally consistent with the western government association recommendation and they offer support for the portions of the bill consistent with existing governors policy. the draft was shaped by two committee hearings last year. >> we heard from a diverse bipartisan group, including former democrat governor of wyoming and fish

u.s. military personnel from bases in the region, pacific command from japan have come to thailand and providingort and helping advise the effort. it was briefed to thai official s -- officials friday. divers from the uk have also participated in this. >> one of the interesting things in the graphic you put up it says u.s. divers not expected to participate. why is that? >> again, i think the key here is to have the thai navy seals, very capable officials, feel they should be in the lead. also the language issue. and also the language issue and the ability to have seamless communication with those they are rescuing. that communication is critical because they have to introduce the boys something they have never done before which is this complex underwater dive. >> and it would be a level of trust, too, would it not, if you had british divers who maybe they speak the language but they're not necessarily as fluent as a thai diver would be. there might be a little concern or reticence with this kid who has to trust these guys to take him through water. >> it has been two weeks since the boys have b

u.s. soil in the western pacific. i close beextending my gratitude, again -- by extending my gratitude, again, to the chair and ranking member and to my colleagues and the professional staff and all who participated in producing the conference agreement. and i encourage my colleagues to support it. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back, and the gentleman from washington reserves his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished chair of the subcommittee on sea power and projection forces, the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. wittman: thank you, mr. speaker. i am proud of this conference report and the items included in it. i want to thank chairman thornberry and ranking member smith for their leadership in pushing this across the funnish line. in my subcommittee, we authorized an additional three battle force ships, including the n

u.s. military personnel there, most of them coming from pacific command, coming from japan bases in the regioney're there to support search and rescue ifrefforts. and while u.s. divers did not participate directly in the recovery of these four boys from the cave, u.s. personnel were onsite in a supporting role, prestaging equipment like tanks, as well as providing potential medical support, should anyone need it to support some of the international people that were potentially going to participate in this recovery effort. now, we're told british divers may participate in future recovery efforts. the u.s. would support them with medical support, potentially, if anything were to happen. >> right. so there was earlier reporting that the united states had helped brief initially on the way in. did that turn out to be factual? >> that is correct. so when this plan was first developed, this kind of buddy diving system where they would swim together, it was briefed first to senior members of the thai military. when that was done, u.s. and british officials, divers, participated in those abbreviation t

u.s. troops in south korea and japan have helped to keep the peace on the pacific rim for so many years, thermany has been a constant since the end of world war ii. tonight there are nearly 35,000 americans in uniform in germany and a deployment to germany has been a dependable feature for life in the u.s. army for decades, from cold war to hot and back to warm. it's why there are so many american sons and daughters of veterans who were born in germany. the russians going back to the soviets have always hated the presence of u.s. troops in germany as they hate nato which our president branded as obsolete. now comes this report saying the administration is doing a cost impact analysis of removing our troops from germany. another option is sending some of them to poland. the article says this effort follows trump's interest in removing the troops made earlier this year with the white house and military aids. trump was said to have been taken aback by the size of the u.s. presence, which includes about 35,000 active duty troops and complained that other countries were not contributing fairly to

u.s. and around the states will beep playing into the asia-pacific trading day.ere, the markets are closed because of the july 4 holiday. it is america's 242nd birthday. people are eating hotdogs. but things are moving in terms of currencies and commodities. we will get to those very quickly. as you can see, close here. there is some movement in futures trading. let's flip up the board and show you what's happening. the dow futures right now, looking up by about a 10th of a percent. s futures up by a third. nasdaq futures, interestingly headed south. the bloomberg dollars but is just about flat. mind you, this is in very load volume trading because most everyone is on holiday. well-deserved holiday, you could say, after the andtility in recent days weeks. with no trading in the u.s. because of the independence day holiday, a strong lead into the asian session. early session in new zealand just getting underway. a little bit of a mixed picture. quarter of 1% lower for keeley stocks. -- kiwi stocks. the aussie dollar after that jumped above 74 u.s. cents, numbers b

u.s. an x. to y. a short time later in eight hundred ninety eight. favorably positions in the pacific ocean the us set up a military base here. decades later the japanese launched a surprise attack on pearl harbor eight u.s. battleships were lost or damaged. the memorial for the sunken us s. arizona commemorates the events of that day and those who died. and. to this day the sunken ship still loses oil in the middle of hawaii. the fiftieth and youngest us state having joined the federal republic in nine hundred fifty nine. but some hawaiians like brandon feel they've been coerced into being american even though they're living in their native country. the winds are a mix of several nationalities who want the best from all of those will hit and why . but brendan wants to do that without the united states and is seeking support. you know by going out to the u.n. by having talks with other countries where establishing before relations so we are acting as a country so what we're doing is concentrating here this making this exists you know and that's how we can take on more responsibility t

u.s. it is interesting, we see asia-pacific poised to get a three-week winning treat. we haven't seen this since the correction we saw in early january. we will see if this relief rally, from earnings as well can propel forward. amazon eased those concerns. certainly, tech stocks could in focus. ramy: amazon in after-hours up 3% or 4% depending when you looked at it. show the u.s. market close. the word in my mind was messy. the dow up for 10th of 1%. the s&p 500 down one third of 1%. text was the leg or as you can see with the nasdaq. we can see what is happening in terms of currencies. the bloomberg dollar spot unchanged but it was up 6/10 of 1%. that was the biggest gain in one week. heading toward second quarter. theeuro also falling across dollar. mostly, unchanged. take a look at the bottom. --kish lira catching a bit 4.86 rising higher to a weakness because donald trump is threatening as he says, the largest sanctions if a pastor at the center of this brouhaha is not freed. yvonne: take a look at how asia is that appeared we look more positive here when it comes

u.s. we have got some shower activity meanwhile pacific northwest looking good sunshine in seattle highs goingup to twenty seven degrees as we head on through into thursday down into central parts of america and the remnants of what was hurricane beryl are just now an area of showers across the island of hispaniola so we could well see some very heavy rain here and general disturbed weather conditions across the bahamas and also parts of cuba meanwhile up through the isthmus panama costa rica nicaragua looking at heavy showers further north just a scattering of showers likely into mexico city for south america heavy showers in the north and try conditions now expected in the south and temperatures recovering in point as areas highs here of fourteen. from mother to daughter an ancient croft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. all traditions intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique into uneasy as a rich tapestry. the threads on a. every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories happen it wasn't trucked in happened a boy told through the eye

u.s. private sector investment in india and the pacific. many see it as the u.s.'s answer to china's massive overseas infrastructure program called one belt, one road i spoke with u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo about the new economic push by the state department >> is this an answer to one belt one road, what you announced today? >> we're convinced that american engagement and the i understando-pacific relationship, we want it to be free and open. we're not looking for dominance. we're looking for partnerships others choose to behave differently. we want these to be commercially viable projects led by the american private sector in a way that benefits the entire region and the world. >> there's a reason why some of these countries, though, like to get involved with the one belt one road, right? those contracts are not tra transparent. we've discovered there's a lot of corruption. autocratic countries don't like transparency how do you say that this is a better option, the way the united states does things is a better option? >> i think some of the countries wh