Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. Today, the United States air force sent planes into e pentagon says the b1 just bombers from guam, along with f15 fighter jets based in okinawa, japan, went farther north of the korean peninsulas Demilitarized Zone than any u. S. Aircraft this century. The show of force follows President Trumps comments last night, telling an audience in alabama the u. S. Is protected from any threats north korea poses. At the rally, mr. Trump also suggested the obama, clinton and both bush administrations failed to contain north korean we
And on the day storm 0rphelia hits the uk, 30 years ago the country was reeling from the impact of the great storm of 1987. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three people have died as the worst storm for 50 years hits ireland, parts of the uk are affected too. Storm 0phelia has brought gusts of nearly a hundred miles an hour, damage to buildings and there are flood warnings in place along much of the west coastline of britain. The centre of the storm hit the south coast of ireland late this morning and moved up the country with the west coast bearing the brunt. Its now over the north coast heading to scotland where it will gradually weaken before finally passing the uk tomorrow afternoon. 360,000 homes and businesses have lost power. In ireland, around 170 flights have been cancelled with flights and ferries also called off in parts of scotland. From the atlantic 0phelia arrived in force. No longer a hurricane, but a storm still determined to show her power. That was seen on irelan
Id be honored to be considered trump releasing a statement saying hes been unbelievably impressed with him and his phenomenal record but sessions could face a challenging confirmation in the senate in 1986 he was blocked from becoming a district judge over racially charged comments. Matt dowd the country is very concerned about diversity and how the appeals are made and what happened in the campaign and again senator sessions could have real problem getting approval by the senate. Another appointee facing resistance . Leuitenit gener National Security advisor. Michael flynn its going really well and its a great transition. At the Republican National convention flynn incited the infamous lock her up chant against Hillary Clinton. And in his book, field of fight, flynn wrote i dont believe all cultures are morally equivalenta top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says hes deeply concerned with flynns inflammatory remarks and the Transition Team has filled one more spot pompeo
A boo for pro athletes. Reporter not this time for kevin durant who wants to win an elusive championship on a team seen here on a photo shopped tweet full of all stars. So 17 million he will pay in taxes he didnt have to pay in oklahoma say, you fell bad for the guy . He is making half a Million Dollars a year. Harrison barnes no long we are the warriors he signed with dallas he wont be paying seals tax but making money sales tax but making money there. Andrew traded to the Dallas Mavericks to make room for durant. Team coverage and it is going to effect the team. It is they are going to lose some no strength in numbers they have to say goodbye to some good war years. Harrison barnes is expected to join him in dallas with a mavericks. 1 11 million salary goes to dallas and barnes deal is 4 years 94 million. Back up center, now becomes an unrestrictive free agent one player coming back is back up point guard Sean Livingstone who had his options for next season picked up by the team. Two
Course. The feds ability to predict where rates will go is limited, because she says disturbances continues to buffer the economy. Yellen adds the federal funds in the longer3 run. That is higher than most people would put it. Much of the rest of the speeches on the fed policy actions and how they have actions and recovery. Yellen goes on to say that at this point we need those tools going forward, although she says the fed is not at this moment studying the idea of targeting higher inflation or nominal gdp. She goes on to talk about the need for some fiscal policy going forward, but doesnt make a big deal of it. Yellen says in the future, the economy should grow. Interestingly, the fed chair also makes a defense of the ability to respond to the next recession, even with low Interest Rates. She says in the past Interest Rates has started with the fed higher than it should be. Interest rates so low, that is not going to be a problem. Vonnie we have seen the twoyear Interest Rates rise.