The island was the site of a fierce battle between japanese and u. S. Soldiers during world war ii. Palaus president , tommy hemengesau, says residents are looking forward to their arrival. We are very honored and very appreciative of the now planned visit of the emperor and the empress to visit palau as we remember the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. Remengesau says palau and japan must console the spirits of the dead. He says the anniversary is an important occasion to mourn those who died and to pray for peace. Palau was under japanese control for about three decades until the end of the war. Remengesau says he hopes the visit will allow the people of japan to learn more about palau. Now, people in palau are getting ready to host the imperial couple. Senator mark rudimu has fond memories of meeting them more than three decades ago. He traveled to japan as part of a School Exchange between the two countries. He visited the palace and met the couple, who were then the cro
Policies brought stability to the economy five years after the financial crisis and progress is being me. We will stick to this economy this morning and get your Economic Situation five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent market crash. What is the economy like for you . You can send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook and you can also email us. We will begin with Financial Times this morning and their story. They say this is the Washington Times this morning. Host president obama was interviewed on George Stephanopoulos show this week and he was asked about the situation five years after the financial crisis. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] thing lets think about what we were. The economy was on the verge of a great depression. In some respects, the Economic Data and the collapse of the economy was worse than what happened in the 1930s. In, stabilize the situation. We have now had 42 straight months of growth. Seven and a half million new jo
Downgrade. Fwu given all of that, take a look at the futures right now. You may not surprised to know we have some green arrows across the board. S p 500 up about 6. 5 points and the nasdaq up about 8 points on an expectation that a deal does get done today. But, boy, things could turn around. We will see what happens. Over, over to you. I know youre waiting. I know. Were watching and waiting. I know were news people. Come this afternoon, if we dont have anything andrew, when they said two weeks ago that these things will converge, the debt ceiling and the government shut down will converge, wa did everyone say . Theyll probably wait until the 17th to do it. Today is the 16th. But tonight, its midnight tonight is the no, i know. You know that theres the slightest bit of breathing room. You know that. I think theres a decent chance we get to tomorrow and maybe the house votes tomorrow. Look, and yesterday, once again, was humiliating for boehner. Remind he me of do you remember plan b .
Francis. Check her out for the very first time, a girl pitcher throws a shutout winning in round 1 of the Little League world series. You go, girl. Does [ good morning and welcome. Live from new york city. I am Morgan Radford. Another chaotic night in ferguson, missouri where a peaceful protest over the Police Shooting of an 18yearold Michael Brown turns into looting. The table turns so dramatically that some of the protesters even started protecting the very businesses that were being targeted. But then yesterday, Police Released video showing Michael Brown right there stealing cigars from a liquor store and even getting into an argument with that store other than. They say the officer who shot brown just moments later didnt actually know he was a suspect in that robbery when he shot him. Al jazeeras asher cuellar eshi found this report from the middle of the chaos. Protesters were standing with a line of Armored Police vehicles on this street right here. They backed up all of these p
The United States has launched more airstrikes to try to drive back Islamic State rebels from north earn iraq. Fighter planes pounded targets close torages largest damn seized earlier this month. More than eighty people were killed and hundreds of women taken prirningz in a village southwest of sinjar. The Islamic State group controls 90 of the area. Zeina hodr as more from erbil. Reporter u. S. Military strikes targeted islamic straight group positions in sinjar as well as around the mosul dam. The Islamic State group still controls that territory. We understand that up to 15 fighters were killed in those attacks. But the Peshmerga Forces on the ground have not been able to advance to recapture this territory. This is not going to be an easy fight. The Islamic State group is we will armed and we will trained and the u. S. Air strikes really, the objective is to weaken the group, to defend the kurdish region as well as to protect minorities, not to defeat them. This is going to require