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the u.s. federal reserve says it is holding interest rate steady with the u.s. economy now expanding at a moderate pace. said chairwoman janet yellen says two interest rate increases look likely later in the year. anchor: my name is christopher, thank you for joining us. president barack obama has nominated merrick garland to be the next supreme court justice. the vacancy on the supreme court follows the death of the conservative justice, antonin scalia, last month. but republicans controlling the senate say they will block a vote on anyone obama nominates. they want to prevent him from moving the court to the left before he leaves office. for many, it would be a crowning moment in a judicial career, standing at the president s side as a supreme court nominee. less so, for merrick garland. his a is as good as block. president obama has laid out his case, anyway. i have selected a nominee widely recognized as one of america s sharpest legal minds, and someone who b ....
west coast. in the ocean, scuba divers are hard at the water here is 5 meters deep. a diver swims near a lar steel frame. the frame carries an electric current designed to speed up corral growth. the divers are growing coral due to the danger of the white sands disappearing. around ten years ago, the waves gan to wa began to wash away the sands during the rainy season. what we are selling is our pristine white sand and the crystal blue water, so if it s gone, then there will be no island. there will be no tourist destination. from 2012, work began with the cooperation of japanese researchers, to analyze the cause of the sand loss. based on the results of that study, local people are trying to take action. for me, it s a challenge. it s a beautiful place. no doubt about it. very beautiful. not just the sand, but the under water. it s a challenge, because there are so many problems that somehow erode the benefits from the resources. can the island protect its whit ....
excuse to crack down on free speech. a historic summit on the korean peninsula the south is preparing to welcome north korean leader kim jong un for talks about peace and nuclear disarmament he was the first north korean leader to set foot on south korean soil in more than fifty years the bensouda has seen some dramatic diplomatic strides in recent weeks and expectations are high they come a step closer to ending the decades of hostility. pinning messages of hope to the fence dividing the two nations it s here in the border village of panmunjom that kim jong un will make history on friday. when he crosses this border markets with ten b. into korean summit he ll be the first north korean leader to set first on south korean soil since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago it s a significant location inside the demilitarized zone straddling the border to north korea that pyongyang has promised to end nuclear and missile tests hoping for a lifting of sanctions in e ....
illegal today ireland votes on whether to remove any antique lots of new laws that even the catholic church says it s possible obsolete. or not. i m sorry kelly welcome to the program a coast to coast manhunt is underway in the united states as authorities hunt for the creator and center of a series of pipe bombs investigators are now focusing on a postal center near miami florida officials say that they believe some of the packages were mailed from there the devices were addressed to prominent democratic politicians and critics of president tunnel trump police have seized ten devices and warned that more could be out there with just two weeks before the midterm elections a debate has over roughed it over who is to blame for the country s dangerous political climate. it s called the t.c. v. a total containment vehicle this fearful chamber is designed to contain the blast of a. the t.c.b. has seen a lot of action in the past few days as one pipe bomb after another is dis ....
(1st UPDATE) Other Southeast Asian countries have brought in millions of Chinese tourists after waiving visa requirements. But political tensions and a wary local populace might prevent the Philippines from taking the same step. ....