by his excellency yoon suk-yeol, president of the republic of korea, only the doors immediately opposite the speaker and those immediately to his left and right will be open. no one will be allowed on the floor of the house who does not have the privilege of the floor of the house. due to the large attendance that is anticipated, the rule regarding the privilege of the floor must be strictly enforced. children of members will not be permitted on the floor. the cooperation of all members is requested. the practice of reserving seats prior to the joint meeting by place cards will not be allowed. members may reserve their seats by physical presence only following the security sweep of the chamber. pursuant to the order of the house of monday, april 17, 2023, the house stands in recess subject to the call of the chair.

they will come back for a joint meeting with the leader of south korea. joining us on "washington journal" is gene lee with the woodrow wilson center for korean history and public policy. she is a fellow there a former journalist who worked in south korea for this associated press. how significant is it that the white house invited the leader of south korea for this official visit? guest: hugely significant. a milestone for south korea u.s. relations. a reminder it is only the second state visit during the biden presidency. might be an interesting choice. why south korea? also, the first time in a dozen years that a south korean president has been invited or been able to visit washington

d.c. on a state visit. i hope we talk about how different things are for south korea in 2023 versus 12 years ago. host: why now? guest: very significant timing. 70th anniversary of the alliance between south korea and the united states. that was a relationship force on the battlefield during the korean war. broke out in 1950. the united states led the u.s. forces in helping to dissent -- defend not from north korea and china. millions of koreans of course, they have found a cease-fire with china and north korea and this year july, 27 marked the 70th anniversary. it is a key anniversary in the alliance between united states

and south korea. i will also mention that this comes not long after north korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile. one that is designed to strike us here in washington dc and also, designed for north koreans to launch quickly and without much notice. this visit is coming on the heels of an unprecedented campaign by north korea to test his arsenal, expand its arsenal. for all those reasons as well as the gao -- political issues when it comes to china, ukraine, semiconductors, global supply chain, all these issues come at an opportune time for the united states and south korea. to both honor their relationship and also show how it is involved. host: does this visit do anything to harm north korea?

does it have impact on u.s. efforts to try to get north korea to not keep testing these weapons or potentially attack south korea or the united states? guest: i do think there will be criticism from progressive quarters in south korea because we are under the previous president with the much more engagement, focus on let's try to find a way to talk to north korea and the same with the previous president in united states held several summers with the north korean leader. however, i think the focus with this administration in the white house and in south korea is undeterred. not to let north korea to get to a point where the program is beyond constraint and may have reached that point already. the point is to try to stop the development of the program. not to give north korea concessions and to stop the

trial flow -- try a flow of money into the program. i do think in the short term will probably get a provocative response from north korea following this agreement between the two leaders. we might get -- we had a harsh statement from the chinese foreign ministry overnight as well. i do think we will see a rise in tensions. in whether it harms north korea, i think it will make a different -- difficult for negotiations that take place but the goal is to try to stop that program, stop the threat or at least slow it. host: what is the agreement announce yesterday? guest: the -- it is a joint statement that addresses the nuclear aspect of this diet -- this threat and an agreement for the united states to promise to

extend its nuclear umbrella over the korean -- over south korea and to come to south korea defense in the case of a nuclear attack from north korea. also to involve south korea as a partner in those discussions. we are going to see regular consultations between south korea and the united states on planning for possible nuclear war or other type of military act. the other thing it does is south korea has promised not to build its own nuclear weapons as a part of the agreement and i think that a significant because there has been growing because in south korea for their own nuclear weapons. south koreans are feeling very nervous about threats from north korea. have been wondering whether it united states would come to his defense. there are been calls for their own weapons. that will be a violation for the nuclear treaty. but this -- the agreement

assures south koreans that the united states has its back and they are promising not to violate the agreement they signed. host: at our table this morning jean lee who spent time in south korea reporting for the associated press. she is also has a podcast about the money that goes into north korea. it is called the lazarus heist on bbc platform. she is here to take your questions or comments about north korea and south korea and our policy towards those two's countries. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. you can text us at 202-748-8003. let's talk about our economic ties with south korea. what are they like right now?

what investments are we making as you respective countries? guest: a part of what this visit does is show how this relationship has evolved. i want to remind you that south korea, 70 years ago, was obliterated. one of the poorest countries in the world. 70 years later it is the 10th largest economy in the world. we take it for granted because we see south korea everywhere. we are familiar with samsung. we drive hyundai cars. but for me, as a korean american going up to watch that evolution , i do know for my parents as well when i see pictures, they are survivors of the ward. when i see pictures of their childhood in south korea, it blows my mind.

the united states is south korea's largest -- second largest trading partner and i believe south korea is united states six largest trading partner. we are seeing more of an emphasis on not just with their the ship today, not just on the protection the u.s. has provided over the years and support, which i think we will see in congress when the president a addresses joint congress, but also an acknowledgment of the evolution of the relationship and the importance as far as a trading partner now and into the future. in that time south korea has become a leader in -- we know about the cars, but electronics, semiconductors, which if you're paying attention to geopolitics it is going to be a key piece of the trade wars going forward. clean energy.

climate change. anything related to science and technology, south korea has excelled and i think we are starting to see united states saying we help you grow, we help you flourish, we also need your help now. there -- president yoon came with a huge delegation of south korean business leaders. they're going to come home with bigger deals as well. investment goes both ways. host: you will likely hear about our economic ties with south korea when the leader addresses the joint meeting of this congress at 11:00 a.m. eastern time and we will have coverage here on c-span, on our website

c-span.org and our free mobile app, c-span now. south korea's economy with north korea is comedy. why is it like if you live there? guest: in addition to covering south korea for many years, i also opened an office in north korea. spent many years traveling from north korea and i can tell you -- journalists have not been there in years. they shut the border at the beginning of the pandemic. that very few people and goods in which means -- let very few people and goods in which means this economy has been suffering. i want to give you comparisons. until the early 1970's, north korea was a stronger economy of the two koreas which is hard to believe. today, south korea has a per

capita gdp that is above 40,000. it is among the wealthiest of country. north korea, we do not know exactly what their economy is because they do not public figures about the central bank of korea estimates as a per capita gdp of $1300. there's a huge contrast. we are not there right now and i'm not been there since 2017 but life is incredibly grueling. they do not have heat. they do not have electricity. they do not have roads, medicine, clean water because the resources they have are pumped into nuclear weapons. it was heartbreaking for me to go between north korea and south korea as the ap bureau chief, as a journalists. in a matter of a day and to see -- to go from a country that

looks almost worse during the war to a country like south korea vibrant, thriving. he realized north korea took a turn -- you realized north korea took a turn and i would argue a wrong turn people are suffering. because a desperation, they are going to hold the pencil hostage. they're going to find a way to use blackmail diplomacy to try to wrest concessions by using threats against south korea and his neighbors. host: how did they get their money? guest: when it comes north korea we could not get in but i notice when i was there in north korea, detail and -- was an investment in science and technology.

it was fascinating and i thought this mean they're going to open up to us. are they going to allow the people to use internet? i also wondered why is it there a darker side to this investment -- i also wonder is there a darker side to this investment and we are seeing this play out. north korea is looking at how do we create a cyber army that can do our work on behalf of the country to only engage in warfare through cyber attacks, but to also still money we need so as we test and sanctions get tougher, we do not need to rely on trade. we can find a way around it. cyberspace is a whole new frontier. the north koreans are the most prolific hackers out there. this hard for us to imagine because the country so isolated, disconnected they have invested in group of men -- small group of men hacking. host: who are they stealing

money from? guest: all of us. they invested in figuring out cryptocurrency. there still an -- they have stolen billions in the past few years alone. a few billion dollars may not seem like a much -- a lot in the context of north koreans economy it is a significant chunk. we can assume it goes into the weapons program. host: they are selling from individuals -- they are stealing from individuals, companies? guest: all of it. there's a small scaled staff. what we have been seeing, the history of the moneymaking. it starts with super dollars per unit they used to make all kinds of illicit ways to make money. also what we chart as the fbi

shades, the u.s. chased to track them down and try to stop. it is a kind of a cat and mouse game. if you pay attention to the fbi and justice department, they recognize the traditional die you in has imposed over many years are not effective -- the un has imposed over many years are not effective. the u.s. government is going after the technology not korea is using distilled cryptocurrency. i find it fascinating to look at the fbi and doj chase. host: why call it lazarus heist? guest: the cybersecurity has different names for the different state-supported hacking groups. one of them calls them the lazarus groups. a biblical figure who came back from the dead and that is why

call it like a mill. once you think you have the north koreans, they come back. host: james in arkansas, a republican. good morning to you. caller: good morning. ms. lee, i am worried about south korea. i think you guys really ought to develop your own nuclear arsenal. with what is going on between china and president biden, i do not know how you can trust him. will those submarines really be there to defend you? my goodness. i would like to hear what you think about that. guest: that is an interesting point. i do think a part of what we saw with the declaration was

washington trying to assure south korea they have south korea's bag. there will be a part of a process to get those strategic assets to south korea when necessary. it sounds like you are skeptical. i have to say somebody who has spent a lot of time in asia. i am a bit terrified by this growing nuclear arms race. years ago there were suggestions about countries like south korea seeking their own nuclear weapons. but that is a terrifying prospect because a south korea were to go that route what it would stop japan from saying we need to beef up our military arsenal? that has historical ramifications. i do think there is a question about proliferation we have to be concerned about. i would not want to be living in south korea with all these nuclear weapons at the ready without much assurance they are going to be monitored or

controlled. it is an interesting point. i think we have to wait to see whether this agreement, the declaration, will build trust in the nuclear umbrella the united states has in the region. host: let's listen to the two readers at their joint news conference talking about this agreement. >> the implementation and the response at this level has never thus far been as strong. this is a new level of deterrence much stronger that i can say with confidence. >> the response i would give you is that the deterrence means we are having more consultation with whatever actions need to be taken. we made it clear commitment to

the treaty and the washington declaration is a proven step in deterrence in response to advancing nuclear threat. nuclear attack by north korea against the united states or its allies or partners is unacceptable and will result in the end of whatever regime that would take such an action. it is about strengthening deterrence. in dealing with complete consultation. the idea that i have absolute authority as commander in chief. the declaration means we're going to make every effort to consult with our allies when it is appropriate if any action is so-called for. host: anything to add there?

guest: i do think that one thing that was missing from that declaration was any discussions about diplomacy. i would've liked to see others a bit more discussion about diplomacy. i understand the importance of deterrence, but i would also like for us to see a way out of this and to find a way in a patent strategy -- in a path and strategy for negotiations with lou correa -- with north korea. for going to have peace it has to include north koreans, chinese, and russians. i'm hoping we hear more about that later today. that was one piece that was missing from this discussion. host: mike in kansas. why items manufactured strictly state made in korea yet we always see north and south? how does south korea refer to themselves?

guest: one of the things i discovered when i went to north korea as they call themselves korea as well. they refer to themselves as korea. they say we are korea. it is the same thing in south korea. you see people refer to south korea as korea. it is a semantic issues. when it comes to that label, i spent time in this landmark project between north and south koreans which has since been dismantled but south koreans business owners who have products made with the label of north korean workers literally put a made in korea tag because for them it was a product made at the border, bite north koreans and distributed by south koreans. it is a really good point. south koreans call themselves koreans and north koreans call them south koreans. i personally wrote prior to them as south koreans or north koreans.

we korean-american say karine crean -- korean korean. host: you mentioned your parents came to the net essays. but they were turned? tell us why they made that decision. guest: for korean americans like me to see the two flags was moving. i sunk along with the both anthems. i grew up as a american born in minnesota. i went to preschool on saturdays. i had to sink the korean anthem as well. i know it just as well as the star-spangled banner. my parents came here as students many years ago. after 30 years in the united states as american citizens,

when back to work in south korea. i think this is an interesting point because of this occasion, 70 years later reminds me how intertwined our lives are as korean-american's, south koreans, americans because of that history, the korean war history. i did write an essay a couple of years ago when the anniversary of the outbreak of the war of what the day was like for my family, my parents when the war broke out and what it meant for us to have this intertwined history. there were some adorable korean-american case sinking a folksong that i had to sing in enough korea -- korea all the time. i used to be a cultural ambassador as a kid. these kids to do that on the stage at the white house for these two's president is a

historical moment as he south korea u.s. relations and for me as a korean-american with ties to both countries. host: describe who got the invitation to the south lawn and what was it like. guest: it was a party. it was a reunion of everybody in my korea world. i would say i rented two friends who are of indian heritage -- ran into friends who are of indian heritage. people of all walks of life. we will hear thinking the war veterans for fighting to defend south korea. it was a real party. flags everywhere. just a really beautiful day to be out there to celebrate this relationship. host: we talked about the festivities. where are the two countries on china? guest: china is for years has

been talking with south koreans about how to deal with u.s. policy around countering china. we have to remember korea has a long relationship, over thousands of years, with china as its biggest neighbor. south koreans say we cannot completely oppose china. they are our biggest trade partner. we need to find a way to live with them. that has been a difficult position for south korea. i do think that also be a part of the discussions. how united states and south korea can work together to deal with that growing threat and for south korea to position itself as a strategic fighter in u.s. effort to rally allies to counter china. host: china is the leading customer of south korean computer chip? guest: yes.

host: and the u.s. wants them to decouple from china? guest: they do not want south korea to invest more in china. i do think that is about the supply chain. the meeting we are going to see today's about reinforcing the importance of the relationship beyond just trade and treating it as a geopolitical issue as well. making sure south korea is on board. you're going to see effort, discussion about semi conductors because that is such a huge integral part of electronics and that is the future technology. and wars will be fought over technology. they did not want to see more money pumped -- more south korea money pumped into china. they like to see the money pumped into the u.s. host: jackie, democratic caller. caller: my question is, i have seen documentaries on the korea

and i was wondering when trump went to north korea, did he get anything accomplished? what is the main goal of north korea at this point? i'm going to hang up. guest: very good question. that is the big question is what is his objective. i do think with the summit between the president trump and kim there was a sensitive nuclear deal on the table. one of the things we may not have probably estimated it was how big a deal this was. having spent so much time i can tell you is i described how desperate, how port north korea is, we have to understand that kim jong un putting nuclear

weapons at the center of his policy. the nuclear weapons are a part of it. he has a young man who wants to roll north korea for a long time. he wants to keep his family in power and told his people of north korea it will only exist with north korea -- his family in power. to prove he is a military commander who can defend. he is invested in that. there is another side of it though. he recognizes it is only nuclear weapons that is going to make the world sit up and pay attention. he wants it to pay off in the long run. when he sat down for the negotiations with president trump, he had a lot he wanted to get out of the nuclear weapons. i personally do not think he is going to give up nuclear weapons. but he may be willing to

negotiate a price of his arsenal in exchange. -- parts of is optional -- parts of his arsenal in exchange. president trump was really steadfast in his decision. there were not able to come up with a deal. i am hoping that at some point north korea, kim jong un put a site he has done enough and it is time to turn back to negotiations. where in -- north korea in the middle of propaganda campaign that is designed to make him look like he is powerful, he can defend his people, and this will go on for a couple of more months until that july anniversary. we call it a cease fire anniversary. they call it victory day in north korea. i used to ask, why do you call it victory day when it was a cease fire?

they say to get the powerful united states to agree to a cease-fire is a victory. they are primary for the victory day celebration. we will see a lot of what the -- a lot of weapons testing and all of what we are seeing right now is going to be an opportunity for him to continue testing. i do hope was he decide he has done enough, we start to see signs he will open up to the world again and open up to diplomacy. host: for those who want to listen to the podcast, lazarus heights. guest: it is on where every you get your podcast, apple, spotify. you can go straight on bbc. easy to find. i go into a lot of the issues we talk about today in trying to unpack the motivations for kim jong un and history of north korea. host: you can also follow gently

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your mind. we started with campaign 2024. another republican entered the race. former congressman and arkansas governor asa hutchinson announced his bid for the president. >> here on the steps 30 years ago i announced my run for the united states senate. at that time arkansas was a blue state and republican party was pretty much nonexistent. i stepped up to take on federal spending, to fight for a strong national defense, to support the lives of unborn children, and to unleash the private sector of our economy. i've ran as a conservative republican when being a republican it was like having a career ending handicap. lawyers told me that. i continued to fight the establishment and over time, guess what?

we won. that was the beginning and since then i have been a consistent conservative through my time as leader of the party of the united states congress and as governor. now i bring that same vigor to a fight in another battle and that battle is for the future of our country and the soul of our party. [applause] today i am announcing i am a candidate for president of the united states. host: the former arkansas governor asa hutchinson throwing his hat in the ring. you can talk about politics this morning. you can talk about public policy issues as well. they're in open forum. florida governor ron desantis is set to jump into the 2024 presidential fray in mid-may

after you heard the florida legislature will wrap up their legislative session and then issue -- you can expect to see presidential announcement from him. in the papers this morning, three of the national papers, new york times, washington post, and wall street journal. full-page ads about evan who has been detained by russia. yesterday marked four weeks he has spent detained and at the end of this ad taken out by the editors and publishers of those national newspapers is the #istandwithevan. those are in the three national papers this morning. in our first hour you may have heard throughout the morning that tucker crossan has broken his silence and put a video out

on his twitter account last night. he did not talk about what his next -- is next for him but he did talk about what has happened. writing in the wall street journal is brian, a former anchor on cnn, he writes, even carson is less powerful than fox news. he writes, i learned the friday episode of tucker carson tonight that turned out to be his last drew only 2.6 one million viewers. a measly 1% of the american adult population. but on monday, the news of his firing was one of the top stories in the country because the power of cable news is in its reach and reputation not its ratings. i learned this during my years

at a cnn when i angered an weekly program about the media and reported -- anchored it weekly program about the media and reported about the media. when you count all the people who saw him on the tv at a bar or an airport or heard radio talkshow host quote him he had a monthly audience of tens of millions. now multiply that by the dozens of other host on fox news and you can start to see the true influence of rupert murdoch media empire. nelson has a metric called kimball to viewership. fox news attracted more than 63 million viewers during the first three months of this year. fox executives have shooed the data point. but these metrics do not fully

account for the full digital reach of the stars like mr. carlsen and mr. lemon either. armando in texas, independent. go ahead. caller: how are you doing? good morning. my fellow americans, i recently had a stroke. i am 53 years old. it sucks. all these republicans they want to take my medicaid away. that is ridiculous. i'm living in the streets in my car. it feels horrible. i wish i could go a work. but i cannot do it. i worked for 20 something years

in construction shoveling dirt every day for 12 hours. these people want to cut our benefits. god bless joe biden. host: i think we are referring to the house gop yesterday approving along party lines, the proposal to raise the debt limit and cut federal spending over the next 10 years. you can talk about that debate, whether or not it should be a clean debt ceiling vote or, what spending cuts on the table between the two sides. lee in georgia, republican. hi. caller: this is an open form. i want to make some comments. i do not understand why the republicans keep pushing trump because the middle and united states which is been -- going to swing this election does not like him. that is an understatement.

those people who keep pushing this because of his base, i can understand where they're coming from, but this is a strategy and all you people out there listening, republicans, i know you hate hearing this, but the middle is going to swing this election. he is not going to get us the middle. that is all i have to say. it is just so frustrating. look at the polls. desantis beat biden over and over again. trump's nip and tuck. one is for, one is against. plus three. minus five. that kind of stuff. i do not understand why people want to support somebody who is to finish second. host: tom in florida. independent.

hi. caller: good morning. i appreciate your show. i love c-span. i will put it briefly. listen to the individual caller about health care and his age and working his whole life. i'm a product of the system. i spent 22 years in military. i spent in patient advocacy and i just got to say i was told in the 70's and early 80's it is a broken overwhelmed the system. it never gets funded property. contractors come in and have taken over. it is sad. it is a process. they just process you through. when people talk about their health care, it hits home for me, and unfortunately, it is because of the money, the greed. they refer to patients as stakeholders. when you sit in executive

committees of health core organizations, the first two hours are all about money. it is all it is about. it is all it is ever going to be about. unfortunately, that is the hand we have been dealt. i do not see anything down the road. it is unfortunate. the v.a. does not see anybody. everybody since everybody downtown to contractors. it is all they do. did not do health care in the system anymore. we pay for the buildings in the v.a., the infrastructure, they do not treat them, they do not see them. they differed them and it is unfortunate. host: mason in new york. republican. caller: i was wondering why --

host: i apologize. you have to call back on the stable line. you are breaking up. tom in illinois. republican. caller: good morning. i wanted to say that i thought speaker mccarthy moved a good bill yesterday to start the process in reference to the debt ceiling. the first seven months of so -- or so the deficit has gone up $1.5 billion and we need to -- the fiscal control once again. we need to bring more fiscal control back and i think the posturing by senator schumer who has not had a budget in all of the years, lisa began the budget

process -- he needs to begin the budget process. the president seems out of touch with everything he is engaged in. i think the republicans have to make a decision here. they cannot have four more years of trump. we need to go in a different direction with ron desantis and willing to take a country in the different direction. it is not going to work with trump. they are both pretty bad. after do better as a country. you cannot continue in this cycle. host: you mentioned covid. on capitol hill yesterday, the subcommittee looking at the coronavirus pandemic high--- had a hearing. kim jordan, republican of ohio, in the american federation

weingarten. [video clip] >> you say most americans disapprove other cultural wars saturated education policy. who started the culture war? >> i know that when you have banning of bug -- books about roberto clemente, of book about ruby bridges, that is wrong. >> boy should compete against boys in sports or those who think boys should compete against girls in sports. which side to start at war? -- which side started the culture war? >> i'm talking about a book banning. i'm talking about stopping teachers from teaching. >> is a starting a cultural war if you think literature should be age-appropriate? >> i think the literature should

be age-appropriate too. host: if you missed a hearing yesterday you can go to our coverage on c-span.org. if you do not have hours to watch of the changes, if you hit the video player on our website you will see gold stars that will show you the key moments of exchanges between the american federation teacher and the lawmakers on that committee. massey in west florida, -- nancy in west florida. caller: i was curious why they hearing involving the 85,000 missing children was not sean on c-span yesterday. i am an avid viewer and was looking forward to seeing that hearing. host: hearing about unaccompanied children? caller: the whistleblower that

was talking about the children that were working in the factories. the children that were not followed through with who they were staying with. the hearing was yesterday. i saw different clips of it on different new stations but every time i saw a clip i checked c-span so i can watch you before think -- watch for the full think never founded. how are those decision is made? host: thank you for the question. there is an editorial team made up of several people who decide the day before how we are going to allocate our limited resources. we do not have enough cameras and people, etc. to cover everything that is happening on

capitol hill so we do have to make difficult decisions every day about what we cover. it sounds like that one was one we did not cover. we covered lots of other hearings every day we do that congress is holding them. go to our website c-span.org and you can see all of the different topics,, you can search by topic at the top in our video library. isaac in texas. democratic caller. hi. caller: yeah. host: mute your television, ok? caller: yeah. host: are you with us? go ahead. caller: do you have more than two lines? host: democrat, republican,

independent and all others. caller: i am a democrat then. host: you are confused because you are listening to your television. joe, republican caller. caller: good morning. i am calling about joe biden's tuesday is going to reelection for president. i used to be a democrat, but not no more. democrats have gotten way out of line. and about weingartner, that will should be fired. home security guy blinken should be fired. i am 65 years old. when i worked, if you do not get -- do your job right, they got rid of you. they're not doing their job right and they are not protecting us people. we the people on that house. they do not own that house. everybody keeps putting stuff

under trump. i'm here to say trump did a lot of things for us. our economy was great. then covid came in. joe biden came in and he said he -- he has done nothing. he has divided us. maga republicans? get that word out of your mouth. that is so sad. it keeps dividing us more and more each day. with that, i hope somebody stirs him in the right direction or get his hand out of his but acting like a puppet. that is all joe biden is. a puppet. host: thank you all for watching this morning's today's "washington journal." will be back tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. eastern time. ♪

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>> distinguished guests, the president of the and the president of the republic of korea. republic of korea. pres. biden: please be seated. president biden: mr. president, goo