Days cooling trade. And the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at the rubric dot com. And now abc world news. This is bbc world news america reporting from washington im john obrien. President trump announces his strategy for afghanistan making a u. Turn and promising a stepped up military campaign. And yemens ongoing war both sides are accused of abuses the millions its a daily fight for survival when even making it to hospital holds no guarantees. Now the electricity is. All the machines are off. Will the incubators are off. Full of oxygen. Has stopped. And this happens all the time. Both smartphones a social media have many of us hooked but one will foot tells us why they could be changing teenagers lives for the works. Welcome to world news America President trump has announced his long awaited stray g. For the war in afghanistan. First new u. S. Forces will arrive there in day
Sizzle. It may have been due in part to comments made last night by the president. He says hes ready to shut down the government unless Congress Passes funding for a border wall with mexico. One analyst called the comments unsettli tt n that theyre not good for the investing environment. The deadline to pass a spending moisture is at the end of next month, while at the same time lawmakers face a deadline to raise the nations debt limit. Thats a much more serious issue for the market. Today the agency said the countrys aaa rating is at risk. The dow is down to 28,812, the nasdaq lost 19,000, the s p lost 8. Attention today also turned to jackson hole, wyoming where central bankers are getting ready to meet later this week. And the gathering comes at a critical time for investors. We explain. Reporter it was a quiet day, but the trading action could pick up later this week when the Federal Reserve meets with global central bankers for their annual jackson hole symposium. The focus will b
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The u. S. Energy center. Its track while still unpredictable could threat p onethird of u. S. Refining capacity. And some refiners began to shudder their operations, which on hurricaneof a nu harvey and its potential impact on the energy market. Tropical storm harvey is gaining steam and is expected to land in Corpus Christi tomorrow. Theres some speculation it could become a category 2, which would mean the chance frs heavy wind, flooding and damage are high. We havent seen a storm like this in that region for almost a decade, but these event tend to spike crude, gas and natural gas prices. A bad storm could shut down refineries and cut off imports and exports in the wra area. There are six main regio esz it little less than half the category 1 hits a refinery, it takes about a week to get back up. Category 2, more like two weeks. The Energy Markets are not in panic mode, but traders who recall past storms say prices will move quickly if this storm packs a bad punch. Shutting down a r
Days cooling trade. And the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at the rubric dot com. And now abc world news. This is bbc world news america reporting from washington im john obrien. Millions in texas are bracing for hurricane. Accusations are underway. Half of the worst storm to hit the us mainland in over a decade. And a strike on an apartment block in yemens capital leads to more civilian casualties in a war that is taking an increasing call. And revive the monopoly there is a new board game into. A woman from pakistan is exploring the issue of arranged marriage with every minute. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Texas is facing a potential disaster this evening as hurricane hobby barrels towards the u. S. Mainland. The storm is expected to be the biggest to hit the u. S. In over a decade. And as you can see in the screen behind me ima