d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i ve set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of america s greatest generation led to the downfall of hitler s naz
Made on thursday. Welcome to daybreak asia. Im paul allen. Im betty liu in new york. Story in thejor markets. In the very early morning, leading up to the meeting and digesting everything janet yellen was saying. He bump up in growth. This forecast and Economic Growth here. The job market is still continuing to kind of slug along percenting that three forecast for 2018. A lot of scratching the heads as well. We have strong broad jobs growth. And theres Janet Yellens legacy to think about as well. I have a wonderful piece of trivia for you here. Finalll have the lowest Unemployment Rate of any fed chair since William Martin of 1970. We can have a newfound knowledge of said history. Fed history. I found that out from someone else, by the way. Weve been trading for a couple hours now. Slightly weaker, up. 2 , the kiwi dollar breaking above . 70. Trading in australia just getting underway. It is difficult to get a gauge on how the asx is performing because we have the staggered open here.
Mr. Thae chairman royce, Ranking Member engel, distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. First, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and gave me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on foreign affairs. As you are all aware, i worked at the front line of north korean diplomacy until i defected to south korea in summer of 2016. But my story is quite different from other defectors who may have experienced political oppression, Inhumane Treatment in prison camps, or to avoid hunger and other difficulties. Economic difficulties. Rather, today i would like to tell you about my life as a north korean diplomat, why i defected to the free world, why kim jongun is developing nuclear and icbm programs, and how best to deal with the north korean regime. I went through causes in north korea, which cannot be dreamed by ordinary citi
Some good news in australia, the . X up 1 3 of 1 thailand has just come online. Pretty flat. It was growing by 2. 8 in the second quarter, pretty much bang on estimates. I will get to currencies in just a moment. Witness coming through the rest of the asian region. Weaknessdown 1. 5 coming through the rest of the asian region. Malaysia down 1. 5 . The shanghai composite down by 3 4 of 1 . The only sector higher in that market is health care stocks. Most of the weakness is moving in following the gains we saw on the shanghai composite on friday. Lets have a quick look at the malaysian ringgit, tingling its slide against the u. S. Continuing its slide against the u. S. Dollar. Its at the 17year low, levels we havent seen his 1998. Other currencies under pressure seen since 1998. Other currencies under pressure. The socalled troubled five could become the troubled 10. The south korean won is down. The thai baht also falling. Those currencies doing a woozy. Chinas economy could be growing
Will hand back control of the gaza strip to fatah. And brexit negotiater, barnier, says talks are deadlocked and he will not ask next weeks eu summit to begin on the future relationship with britain. We get reaction from brussels and london. Brent im brent goff. Good to have a with us. Too expensive and antiisrael, the two reasons the u. S. Is giving for its withdrawal from unesco, the Cultural Organization created by the u. S. More than 70 years ago. The u. S. State department pointing to unpaid dues, a need for reform, and what it says is the Organizations Co ntinuing israel bias. Now israel says it will leave unesco. Unesco promotes peace and his were known for its World Heritage program, protecting cultural sites such as the statue of liberty, and the city of venice. We go to our correspondents, tania kramer and carolina chimoy. Caret li na carolina, how big of a loss is this for unesco . Carolina i would like to point out that six years ago under the obama administration, the u. S