Telethon. And millions are heading to the path of totality to view the total eclipse, the first total eclipse seen in america since 1 1979. Well have more on this cosmic event on this monday, august21st. From achbc news, this is world news now. We want to get started with the breaking news from southeast asia. Ten american sailors missing after their vessel collided with a tanker. Injures are not believed to be life threatening. The damaged warship is heading back to port on its own power as search and rescue efforts continue. President trump initially responded by saying thats too bad. A couple hours later he tweeted thoughts and prayers were with the sailors. And john mccain followed with a tweet. This follows a collision of the uss fitzgerald. President trump is set to unveil his longawaited plan for afghanistan from ft. Meyer, virginia. The backlash continues over his response to the violence in charlottesville. We get more from abcs david wright. Reporter President Trump returns t
We can say good morning. Hopefully, you have yourady for. Im kendis gibson. And im lynda lopez. The search for american sailers after the second collision in two months between a navy and a commercial ship. You can see the damage. The sleeping quarters, were told, among the places that were flooded with seawater. It happened overnight in the waters overnight near singapore. Several sailors were airlifted to the hospital. Arlette sainz joins us from washington. Reporter good morning. Ten u. S. Sailors are missing and five injured at the u. S. S. John s. Mccain collided with a vessel off the coast of singapore. The second incident in the summer where a u. S. Destroyer has collided with a mer chant ship. To focus on the search and rescue effort. Reporter the search and rescue operation is under way for ten sailers missing after the u. S. S. John mccain collided with an oil tanker. The navy says the collision occurred as the guided missile destroyer was headed towards singapore for a routi
Pretty strong. Tough to follow that act. Like to start by acknowledging the presence of mrs. Bush. Thank you very much for being here. Pplause] pres. Bush actually, i was that. Ed to do i was going to ask about your parents. How are they doing . Res. Bush i hate these tough questions. Thank you for asking. I old tuncer dibirdik that was going to be on stage with bill and that you were the moderator. What did he say . Surprised. He was [laughter] okay. Surprised couldnt do anybody better . Pres. Bush theyre doing well. Thank you very much. Im really fortunate to be the only president with both parents alive after the presidency. A blessing day is to have your mom and dad alive, and theyre doing well, 93 and thank you for nd asking. Ill tell him you asked. Okay. How is hillary doing . Pres. Clinton good. You knew our grandkids, youd know shes good. Hes doing really well, been working on her book, and we spent every available hour with grandchildren and my grandson turned a year old on fa
Twostate solution. There has been much criticism justified after all its been more than half century and for a large portion of the state, the twostate solution has been the stated objective of the United States and israeli leaders and palestinians leaders, it hasnt been achieved. Many people feel that its not a viable solution. Host hold that thought because i want to brag about you in a minute. I didnt get to that yet. I was georgia to say we were catching up on our experiences before congress and after congress. Now its going to be in the middle east bc and ad, before the election, be and ae, this election being as as consequential as it is. Along my career before congress, b. C. , i worked in the Carter White House and people used to joyce that jimmy carter used the white house as a steppingstone for a serious career. And what i want to say about you is you had a serious career in the United States senate for 15 years and then you used the United States senate as a stepping tone to
This weekend on the presidency, author sen. Warren bingham discusses his new book, George Washingtons 1791 southern tour. It was nearly 1900 miles and it took nearly three. 5 months. Three and a half months. The capital was in philadelphia, and washington held district to the west because he knew it was , and alsohallenging because they were the most reluctant to join the union. They didnt really want to commit to the union, or the confederacy. Northolina and carolina has a history of wanting to be off to themselves. We had the shadow of virginia and South Carolina surrounding us, and those states poked fun at us. We were slow to move. We were not a united state in north carolina. We were slow to join the union, but we signed the constitution in november 1789, and were then cleared by washington to come see the southern states. Carolinas,ginia, the and georgia. Program hereentire on American History tv, only on sees and three. Cspan3. Coming up next on American History tv, rush loving,