The busiest days we have had in a while. Extending declines at the end of the week, said to be dominated by the central bankers. We are seeing persistent, low inflation. The dollaryen and gold are train lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter off the coast of singapore, 10 sailors have been injured and search and rescue efforts are underway after the uss john mccain collided with a cargo ship. Significant damage to the hull triggered this. South korea begin their military drills today, actions that could lead to war. This follows weeks of heightened tensions, including kim jong guam. Hreat to attack the u. S. , mexico and canada have ended the first run of talks on the north american trade agreement, saying commitment to wrapping up the negotiations with a farreaching deal. The next out of talks is scheduled for the start of next month in mexico. A then moved to canada later in september and back to the u. S. In october. Additional rounds are being planned for the
Education secretary betty devos and Alexander Acosta recently held a briefing on efforts to improve education and Workforce Development training. From bridgewater, new jersey, this is 15 minutes. At afternoon, everyone. Today secretary of labor alex acosta a secretary of education, betty devos gave the president enacted on the the Trump Administration Workforce Development policies and Apprenticeship Initiative paid secretaries will each give the discussion with the president and will then take a few questions. Please take your questions related to todays discussion on Workforce Development and apprenticeships. But that time i turn it over to secretary acosta. Thank you in good afternoon. So let me just say its a pleasure to be here to update President Trump on the optimistic outlook of the workforce. Today we specifically discussed our process implementing executive order and apprenticeships. The president s top priority in labor is jobs, more jobs and even more jobs. And the departme
Nafta. Former mexican trade officials talked about the likelihood of an agreement eating reached and how much Bargaining Power mexico has based on its trade deals with other countries. From the wilson center, this is two hours. Mr. Wood good morning. Will you come down and take a seat here. If youre looking for a place, we are willing to sell these place at an inflated price. There are scalpers outside. Do not use them. Just give the money directly to me. Welcome to the wilson center. Thank you for being here. When we talked about the event, a little voice inside my head said you are crazy, its washington, no one will come. They said maybe the nafta is important enough, maybe our existential questions will attract an audience, and then we came up on bright idea of asking mexicos chief negotiator to participate. Ken said yes, and this is going to happen. It is extraordinary. And then ken said, no, i can do it. So i apologize for misleading you. It was not intentional. But we got a panel
Trade rumors with the picture is not much brighter. Tac down half of 1 ahead of the European Central bank later this week. Want south in south korea in south korea the cost to slightly lower as the u. S. And south korea begin joint military exercises today. Lauren tatar eclipse glasses ready if you can find them. The nation prepares for a total eclipse the sun on the ground along the path of totality. Fbn am starts right now. Cheryl is 5 01 a. M. In new york trade monday, august 21st. Good morning, everybody. Cheryl casone. Solar eclipse day. Lauren welcome back. I come everybody. Thank you for joining. Train children to be connected up for classes. I was out of luck. Youre saving the day today. We are starting with some rough news. We are getting this morning off the coast of singapore. Theres been another accident at sea. The u. S. Navy confirming this morning 10 american sailors are missing after the u. S. John mccain missile destroyer collided with the pictures we are getting them
Wherever youre going. Man on camera nebraska. Man on camera wyoming, i think. Dont expect to be the only people there. Oregon saw some huge traffic delays this weekend, as people tried to be the first in the path of totality. And because the eclipse isnt happening in one specific place, cities like idaho falls have had a hard time planning for it. Kerry hammon, idaho falls Public Information officer this challenge, because were expecting far more people, and theyre not going to just one location. Theyre expected to be going all over. And so planning those resources when you. Theres just so many unknowns. According to a cnn poll, about half of americans have plans to watch the Solar Eclipse on monday. Im andrew spencer, kron4 news. jr stone mondays eclipse will be whats called an annular eclipse. That means the moon will be blocking out most of the sun, but not all of it. The outside edge of the sun will still be visible. It is expected to look like a ring of fire in the sky. Take a loo