korea terminating its exercises. why is the focus on the u.s. and south korean exercises? we are talking with bruce bennett of the rand corporation about the joint military exercises taking place this week between the u.s. and south korea. -- host: give us an idea of what drills, whats -- are they testing out? guest: we're working with the basic concept of dealing with the north korean invasion of the south or other north korean provocations. train andrying to prepare people to coordinate and also, it is a test of the concepts they have laid out in planning. those are the things they are trying to do with the exercises and have enduring frack -- for decades. a call from chuck, you are on with bruce been, good morning. -- bruce bennett, good morning. caller: i have a question. given the high level of threats forth, wouldn't it be wise to postpone his military until the rhetoric owned down for a while? the difficulty is several cases. you postpone an exercise in the again and again and it never happens. that is what happened back in the 1990's. it is regular exercise and nort

u.s. and south korea have done over the years. they had been a bargaining chip, meaning that in times of good faith the u.s. has canceled temporarily these, we have reduced the figures of troops that are involved. in some sense, it is always a negotiation about whether and how to do these wargames. the extent to which it is salt in the wound is really a question of what north korea wants us to think. brent: what about china in all of this? china again today said that the u.s. and south korea should stop these wargames, and if they do that, north korea should stop its nuclear weapons program. why does china continue to treat those two issues as equals in some type of bargain? david: yeah, i mean, china's role -- china typically plays the role of trying to keep both the american and south korean side and the north korean side a little calmer. china usually tries to play as the go-between between these two sides. and their latest proposal has an been freeze for freeze. i don't think it is an equal type of freeze but this is what they

south korea alliance is pretty clear and they work very closely together the u.s. and south korea will be starting routine joint military exercises on the twenty first and in the past looking at times of heightened tension on the korean peninsula often the u.s. south korea have both played the role of the break against one another before moving towards conflict so you believe even if america does want conflict it will be south korea that has the final say. well i think the u.s. has to balance its need to reassure its allies including japan also that it is committed to holding the security alliance while also threatening p.r. nyang to make it very clear that if north korea were to attack the united states for example by targeting one that would be considered an act of war. just over the last day or so north korea has hinted that you know it's looking perhaps for karm it's toned down its rhetoric interests here where the north korean leader actually said listen just listen to this alison the united states which was the first to bring numerous strategic nuclear equipments near

u.s.' top commander in south korea. s leading exercises that are almost entirely computer simulations, as seen here in the 2013 version. it doesn't look like much, but the exercises allow the u.s. and south korea militaries to test their communication in case of war. >> command, and being in readiness to fight tonight if we have to, is what we do. >> reporter: but exercises the u.s. calls defensive north korea calls provocative. today state tv showed a smiling kim jong un ordering the production of more rocket warheads and engines. and a not so subtle hint on the poster that north korea is developing a new missile design. north korea said the exercises were driving the peninsula to war, and vowed to respond. >> ( translated ): u.s. warmongers ignored our warning that they should act cautiously and instead made a dangerous military provocation. they will not be able to avoid merciless retaliation and unsparing punishment. >> to say these defensive, deterrence exercises are the cause of north korea's insecurity simply have

u.s. military drills with south korea as the u.s. and south korea continue joint military drills to deter provocations from north korea the message from pyongyang is that these drills do the opposite. as u.s. war mongers eight nor dar warning that they should cautiously act and make a right decision in this situation and made a dangerous military provocation they will not be able to avoid a merciless retaliation and on sparing punishment by our could do revolutionary forces a new video released by north korea or new threats against guam showing ballistic missiles targeting the u.s. territory and it depicts u.s. leaders ingolf inflamed. in my opinion we should really teach them a lesson not just that we should bomb mainland america to make the maximum sense. and newly released photos of north korean leader kim jong un visiting the chemical material institute appear to show the progress of pyongyang's solid fuel missile program solid fuel missiles are faster to deploy giving north korea the ability to launch without much warning south o

u.s. and its are taking part in military drills over in south korea? lls them were games, an annual military exercise that takes part between the u.s. and south korea. particularly tense time. we'll know has responded to north korea with his infamous words fire and fury and there is a lot of regulation about how north korea will react to the military exercises. the south korean newspaper here says it could be a watershed moment in the crisis -- the fact that the top u.s. brass are there shows how tense the situation is, especially given north korea has already demanded that drills not take place. clearly the u.s. is not heeding that call. >> now, another phenomenon taking these today, the eclipse, the moon will be covering the sun on monday. >> that strike, it takes place a lot but this is one time when lives of people will be able to witness it. it has been compared to the super bowl in terms of how many will he watching it -- >> millions, apparently -- >> yes, because of this planetary event, it basically happens when the moon passes between the net -

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u.s.-south korea military drills now underway, and north korea warning of a merciless strike, you said thisthey see the drills for preparation for a u.s.-led invasion, should we be concerned with what north korea is saying now. >> yes. that means we should not let them deploy a nuclear icbm that can strike the united states or guam. they are still in the development and testing areas we must not let that happen. we should start building up our forces to counter that. i -- we can't walk away from this, liz. >> general tom mcnerney good to see you. >> thank you. liz: thank you for your service, next up, president trump addressing nation tonight to announce his new afghanistan policy, fox business will begin coverage with a special edition of coast on coast, with neil cavuto beginning 8 p.m. eastern time. next up a look at defense stokes, raytheon closes day in red, lockheed-martin with a more than 400 million dollar u.s. defense contract, according to pentagon. l3 technology ending in the green. it president trump announces he is send morgue troops to afghanistan -- sending more troops to afg

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around. >> chuck todd, thank you. >>> there are ominous, new warnings from north korea tonight in response to the u.s. and south's planned military drills this week. nbc's bill neely has the latest from seoul. >> reporter: stunning new images tonight from kim jong-un's north korea. propaganda posters that show the u.s. capital crumbling, destroyed by missiles. >> we never know which way he's going to turn. he's not irrational, but he is unpredictable. >> reporter: that unpredictability is being tested again tonight, as u.s. forces prepare exercises on the korean peninsula this week. these in april. tensions still high after threats from president trump and from north korea. the military exercises that start off south korea are loathed over there in the north, where they watch u.s. troops practicing to kill their leader. this week, though the exercises are different, not live fire, mostly underground computer simulations involving 17,000 u.s. troops and 50,000 south korean, but no b-1 bomber overflights. defensive, says the u.s., provocative says north korea. u.s. officials do expect some response to the new dri

korea has sent a letter to the u.n. security council protesting this week's joint u.s u.s.-south korean military drills. ple of days after the kim jong-un regime launched three missiles and days before a u.s. ban on travel to north korea takes effect. let's go to cnn's will ripley. the only western television correspondent in north korea since the latest escalation in tension. bring us up to speed, will. >> reporter: north korean officials said that this country tends to be infuriated over the joint military exercises that have entered the second week. we saw north korea attempt to launch the three ballistic missiles over the weekend. we also saw kim jong-un, the north korean leader, presiding over a special forces operation with commandos simulating an attack on south korean islands. now within the last hour, new information about a possible, potentially important development here in north korea yet to be confirmed by officials here in pyongyang. south korean intelligence officers believe that north korea may be making preparations right now for another nuclear test at the test site after spotting activ

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korea have these military exercises the north koreans are very irate about it and want the u.s., south korea, to stop. the u.s. and south korea never do stop. will ripley in beijing for us. thanks very much. >>> there's much more we're following. coming up, more on this developing story, including what the former national security adviser to president obama, susan rice, says would be a foolish and catastrophic move by the white house on north korea. stay with us. y! this is lloyd. to prove to you that the better choice for him is aleve. he's agreed to give it up. ok, but i have 30 acres to cover by sundown. we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. yeah, i was ok, but after lunch my knee started hurting again so... more pills. yep... another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? for my pain... i want my aleve. get all day minor arthritis pain relief with an easy open cap. no splashing! wait so you got rid of verizon, just like that? uh-huh. i switched to t-mobile, kept my phone-everything on it- -oh, they even paid it off! wow! yeah. it's nice that every bad decision doe

go beyond brushing with act®. >>> north korea ramping up the rhetoric again in response to military exercises by the u.s. and southhose exercises beginning today. the kim jong-un regime threatening a "merciless strike." the official government newspaper warning the joint exercises are "driving the situation into the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war." u.s. officials say the ten-day military drills are proceeding as scheduled. cnn's paula hancocks live in seoul with the latest. maybe the imagery of these routine exercises will bea -- will be a little bit different this time. >> reporter: absolutely. these are very different drills from what we saw in the springtime where you saw massive live fire drills. you saw thousands of u.s. troops landing on a south korean beach. this time around, this freedom guardian, they are computer simulated for the most part. working on communication, on command posts to make sure that everyone can get to where they need to and communicate with weather they need to. there's -- communicate where they need to. there's a different feel to this, you're not going to find the pictures th

korea up. policy institute about the significance of these war games only look at the coming over to rex for sizes that are raised between the u.s. and south korea these are the largest in the world they involve the wind be their aircraft carrier simulating invasion a preemptive strike on earth and that would add to capital it's regime and so you know i don't think that north korea is paranoia is not justified it is because they feel that their regime and their country sovereignty is a threat and so i think that's where the conversation needs to go is what are we going to do to assuage the reality that the u.s. is truly not about regime change. for more on this let's go now to. he's a senior asia pacific international relations policy specialist at the institute for china america studies there rob good to see you today just as we thought the volatile rhetoric was calming down we thought quiet for the last week or so now north korea has unveiled this incendiary video along with more threatening rhetoric out of pyongyang this of course right on the heels of the start of the u.s. south korean military drills how serious are these threats from

in south korea the cost to slightly lower as the u.s. d south korea begin joint military exercises today. lauren: tatar eclipse glasses ready if you can find them. the nation prepares for a total eclipse the sun on the ground along the path of totality. "fbn:am" starts right now. cheryl: is 5:01 a.m. in new york trade monday, august 21st. good morning, everybody. cheryl casone. solar eclipse day. lauren: welcome back. i come everybody. thank you for joining. train children to be connected up for classes. i was out of luck. you're saving the day today. we are starting with some rough news. we are getting this morning off the coast of singapore. there's been another accident at sea. the u.s. navy confirming this morning 10 american sailors are missing after the u.s. john mccain missile destroyer collided with the pictures we are getting them for you. five sailors heard, for evacuated by helicopter for non-life-threatening injuries. a massive search and rescue operation is underway right now. the uss mccain is named after john mccain's fathe

u.s. general landed in south korea. the u.s. d south korea are planning to start military drills next week while the u.s. says those drills focus on defense. the north believes that it is in preparation for an invasion. josh; we're still looking at a calm evening, just 76 degrees, staying warm and muggy. the big picture, cloud cover still in place, hanging around most of the day tomorrow. to getery pretty morning started, but not going to see a ton of rain. developing to the southwest, some of that tries to move in. at this point, just a few light showers in frederick, carroll county, but most of the area drive. rain overnight and a few lingering showers tomorrow morning. better weather late tuesday into wednesday. more on that and the weekend update coming up. alison: meanwhile, new details about the closure of the maternity ward at the united medical center. washington post said it was closed because of dangerous mistakes made by staff. in one case, the post said that staff members do not take steps to prevent hiv from being tr

u.s., south korea, japanese military aircraft conducting aggressive drills, including live fire bombingorth korean targets. u.s. pacific mandt announcing the exercises are in direct response to north korea's launch of a ballistic missile over japan earlier this week. will any of this change north korea's defiant behavior? we have never seen this type of in-your-face military exercises and we also displayed yesterday taking down of a missile. this is as close as you can get without hitting them. >> kat: i don't think it's going to change their behavior. i think they are going to retaliate. it's what they do, it's what they've been doing. it ratchets up and it's entering a dangerous area, that's for sure. i don't think -- we talked about fire and fury, is it going to stop them? every time you think maybe this will them, i had to be pessimistic but i don't think so. >> brian: sergey lavrov said to rex tillerson no more sanctions. it's only going to make things worse. just calm down. don't worry. >> eboni: we are going to take our national security advice from him. i agree with kat, i don't

korea. the move the u.s. and south korea just made hoping to show some force. >>> good morning everyone. i'm kristin wright. thanks for waking up with us. also ahead this morning -- ♪ ♪ >>> you know him, you love him but does america? the latest on prince george's county choir quest to winnow owe. >> to the latest on harvey headed our way. take a look at storm team radar. you can see it's on the move and could impact your labor day weekend plans. let get to chuck with a look at that. good morning, chuck. >> hey, good morning, we're having what we would call a computer restart issue in the weather department. what's left of harvey is bringing heavy rains to parts of arkansas, mississippi, louisiana and all that moisture will eventually find its way into our backyards over the next 48 hours or so. for now, off to a quiet start this morning. temperatures mostly 50s and 60s. afternoon highs today will be a sunny and nice day to be outside. highs today mid-80s. 85 and sunshine here today. we're tracking the impacts of harvey. we'll give everything the reboot and turn it off and back on again,

u.s.-south korea drills on the way. the u.s.aritime area at any given time. of thoseknow what each ships is doing at a particular time, but we have a general idea , helping to patrol this sensitive maritime area, the south china sea, where there are chinese ships always on patrol. military built up assets in the area. an area of great contention between the u.s., china, and some of the other countries in this neighborhood, so what those u.s. ships are doing, we are not sure, but they are always on patrol and doing these freedom of navigation operations in an effort to ofntain and ensure that all the commercial traffic in this area goes on unhindered by any attempts by china to claim the south china sea has its own territory. the usswe can assume john mccain is just part of those regular maritime operations in the south china sea. involvedther they are in the military drills starting today in south korea, it is too early to speculate. it would not appear so given the distance from singapore to the waters off korea. rishaad: thank

u.s. b-1 lancer bombers that have been flying training missions over south korea. we've just received pictures of the u.s. pacific air force jets from south korea. take a look at these. near from south dakota. they have arrived in guam to conduct training operations with the japanese and south korean air forces. this is -- these are the pictures of the planes that are flying over there now. we've also heard from president trump today, whose is tweeting about the power of u.s. nuclear weapons saying, with quote, my first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. it is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before. hopeful the we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world. we'll talk about it later, but it actually wasn't his first act as president. this happened before president trump came to office. listen, we've got a lot to get through this afternoon. let's begin with nbc news chief global correspondent bill kneely from sole. bill, south korea is akufrmd

u.s. and south korea ended. that timing is significant because we are now in week two of the joint military exercises between south korea and the u.s. they're happening just miles from where i'm standing here in pyongyang in south korea. we had a meeting with government officials this afternoon. they reiterated that the north is incredibly furious about these ongoing exercises, as they always are. we saw north korea attempt to launch three ballistic missiles believed to be scud missiles. we saw kim jong-un presiding over special forces operation where commandos were simulating attacks on south korean islands. the message we got in pyongyang from officials is that north korea is not done with trying to prove to the united states that they are serious when they say they will not tolerate these regularly scheduled, perfectly legal, joint exercises between the u.s. and south korea. now word from south korea that perhaps preparations are underway in the north for another nuclear test. although keep in mind, dave, we s

south korea president. the south koreans no doubt looking for reassurance that the u.s. will consult with them first before any possible military action on the korean peninsula. we heard today for the first time from the south korean president, the u.s. and south korea are on the same page, warning north korea against making any new threats and also saying about the u.s. and south korea want the nuclear situation to be resolved peacefully. north korea also speaking out today in the form of another editorial titled, does the u.s. want its own self-destruction and also denouncing those upcoming annual military drills said to begin august 21st with the u.s. and south korea. north korea has said its plans for launching missiles toward guam will be in place by mid-month. that's just a day or two away. the question now, will kim jong-un act on them? >> announcer: now your nbc10 first alert weather. >> and today we're looking at clouds starting to take over the region. here's a view from easton, pennsylvania. you still the bright areas of thinner spots in the clouds and even pee

korea that would result in eventually the u.s. abandonment of south korea as an ally. so all this is part of what is going on behind. the sanctions are not going to be effective because china doesn't want to bring north korea to the breaking point. >> shelby holiday is business and politics reporter with the "wall street journal." she joins me now. and i understand you actually had a conversation with leon panetta about this and other things last week. what did he tell you? >> yeah, he emphasized over and over the fact that we still have general john kelly, the new chief of staff, and he said i cannot emphasize enough that there has to be a thought process behind some of the president's tweets. he retweeted something about north korea. and these twhooeets are very dangerous. kim jong-un is not a rational actor. and when you provoke him on twitterer, we don't know where that would lead. so second retary panetta has gr in john kelly. he's hopeful that the president will take his advice. but we talk about the biggest threats and certainly the one coming

u.s. and south korea. the plans for guam by the north koreans are set to be in place some time this week. the question, will kim jong un act on them? frances, back to you. >> see where we go from here. kelly, thank you. >>> the southeast is dealing with some stormy starts to the week. nbc's bill karins is joining us now. you're telling me that our drought in seattle is over -- >> it's weird. they're probably like three weeks straight. but it's all over with. we have a couple of drips in the bucket on sunday. it wasn't a lot of rainfall in seattle but it was just enough to end the record breaking streak. 0.2 inches, first measurable rain since june 17th. the longest dry streak on record ends at 56 days. almost two months. well, as far as today goes, it looks cooler in seattle but we're dry. 73 degrees. looks like our blistering heat of the summer is now over. a couple of clouds greeting you in san francisco. unfortunately. some breaks later day. toom much of the summer that had temperatures well above avera

south korea. any option that includes u.s. military action would unnerve south korea of course given it will be the one that pays dearly with its proximity to north korea. what is being said there about this discussion of war? >> it's stunning to hear a u.s. senator talking about the deaths of thousands of people in south korea especially right here in seoul. this area includes 20 million people. we're 35 miles from the dmz. you heard brian todd say that it is widely believed that if north korea were to launch an attack what they could kill thousands of people quite quickly. stunning to hear a u.s. senator talk about this. but you have government officials making a tempered response to those comments. one government official was asked about the comments today, he reiterated he feels the u.s. and south korea's positions have not changed and south korea does not wish the failure of north korea, does not wish reunification through assimilation and it is the position of the south korean government they believe that the u.s. stand h

these provocations will certainly unite south korea, japan, and the u.s. , but they are also stepping up their defense capabilities. south korea, moon had a meeting saying we need to invest more in our own defense to make sure that we are safe from these provocations that are happening more frequently. yvonne: thank you. tom sure we will come back you to monitor the developments coming out of japan and north korea. .et's take a look at the open read across the board when it comes to equity. we have red across the board. 2% for u.s. 10 year yields, treasury yields. that may not be too far fetched. still looking at a second day of losses in seoul. 1%. 5/10 of given the risk of the environment, we are seeing the yen catch a bit. a little bit weaker than what we saw initially with the early when it dropped. we are still seeing it below that 109 level. note, there is continuing pressure. we are seeing new york crude switching places here. take a look at what is going on. checking the currencies against the yen. they are all losing ground against the japanese cur

are on the same page, warning north korea against making any new threats and saying that both the u.s. and southorea want the nuclear situation to be resolved peacefully. north korea also speaking out today in the form of another editorial titled "does the u.s. want its own self-destruction," and also denouncing those upcoming annual military drills said to begin august 21st with the u.s. and south korea. north korea has said its plans for launching missiles toward guam will be in place by mid month. that's just a day or two away. the question now -- will kim jong-un act on them? kelly cobiella, nbc news, seoul. >>> back here at home, it turns out that bart has thousands of leftover preloaded quiver cards. the "mercury news" says the transit agency loaded up thousands of cards for the war the yeas are' victory parade. b.a.r.t. set up kiosks at ten stations. selling the cards at $15 apiece. the expected rush of customers did not meet the agency's expectations. now b.a.r.t. has thousands of leftover cards. the transit agency's trying to figure out what to do with the backlog. >> redeposit it? i do

that are purchased south korea's one the largest importers of weapons from the united states in the world a peaceful korea doesn't always serve the interests north south china the u.s. but let's get the international community behind president moon and his sunshine policies he's proposing that's a big step in the u.s. needs to get onboard. in his view. into the news now four suspects in thursday's barcelona target attack appeared in court on tuesday one of the lead to the salience admitted that a bigger attack was being planned and it was on the city's iconic so good out of familiar church is attacker who drove a car into pedestrians at the last of them restore a hot spot last week was found and killed on monday and this is the catalan police released footage of the raids conducted in the spanish town of ripple for the barcelona attack suspects lived overseas searched several apartments and numerous gas canisters were found two of the suspects have confirmed that a report their mom was the mastermind behind the attacks the court heard marmont planned to blow himself up with a bomb vest according to spanish media reports on his correspondent peter oliver is in the t

joint chiefs chairman joseph dunfolder met with the south korea defense minister. u.s. and south korea hold joint military exercises this week. >>> a canadian with an pastor is back home in toronto after being freed from a prison in north korea. he spent two years in isolation doing grueling physical labor which put him in the hospital several times. he was sentenced to life for hard labor in pole i couldn't think courtroom for an -- pyongyang courtroom, but was released for sick bail. >> [inaudible]. >> the of 2-year-old pastor was accused of trying to use religion to destroy north korea and u.s. and south korean authorities abduct north koreaian citizens. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has n

korea known as one expert told us north korea is only reacting to the potential threat from the u.s. and south korea well i think it's very unfortunate actually u.n. security council has passed this resolution and i think it misplaces the blame for the tension on the korean peninsula. nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. talks about reckless actions but every year hundreds of thousands of south korean towns of thousands of u.s. troops participate in military maneuvers in korea that are openly aimed at regime change in north korea they're rehearsing for regime change. some are definitely seems to be sanctions season this year with venezuela also joining the restrictions club the u.s. treasuries imposing tough measures against president madeira there after his victory in a controversial referendum to create a new legislative body regarded by critics is a tool to weaken the opposition. as a result of today's sanctions all assets of subject to u.s. jurisdiction are frozen and u.s. persons are prohibited from dealing with him so now a new assembly is going to be tasked with rewriting the con

u.s. ambassador to south korea and headed the u.s. delegation in talks designed to dismantle north korea's nuclear program. he advocates a strategy combining diplomacy with sabotaging north korea's missiles. >> we do need to look at mor direct measures in that narrowing space between peace and war. i don't see how we can simply rely on china or rely on some kind of sanctions program. >> reporter: just last week, both president trump and secretary tillerson praised north korea's self-control. >> i am pleased to see that the regime in pyongyang has certainly demonstrated some level of restraint that we've not seen in the past. >> reporter: since then, north korea launched two sets of missiles. but ambassador hill says the u.s. is right to continue talking diplomacy-- it just needs to push its point more. >> diplomacy is a little like the advertising business. if you haven't said it 50 times, you haven't said it at all. >> reporter: today's launch shook the region. the u.s. is trying to reassure allies and deter north korea, which doesn'

u.s. and south korea to back down as well. they sort of blame u.s. arrogance for sort of north korea taking the steps that it's taken so far and it's the reason why we haven't gone further with regards to diplomatic talks. what's the pocket that the south koreans would back down? >> i mean, i think this is definitely a turbulent issue. we'll have to wait and see what happens. we've seen a lot of ramping up in terms of north korea, in terms of doing more tests. it's just a time we're going to have to wait and see. >> what about the thad anti-missile system there they were talking about with south korea continuing their test there as well? >> to the pentagon it has been in talks to potentially add more to the south korean peninsula. the defense department is certainly open to that. it's all a matter of what north korea wants to ask the u.s. for help to do. >> all right. jacquelin, i'm going to talk to you again in a little bit. thank you. >> thank you. >>> the trump administration says it will take the same approach to journalists who publish leaks as t

u.s. and south korea freezing or halting their exercises and you know frankly i think it's the homely you know way forward right now is to have that but so far there's been rejected by the u.s. and of course you know the press rarely talks about it at all in fact the press really doesn't talk much it at all about what north korea is actually seeking it just sort of portrays them as a sort of you know insane you know attacker of the united states whereas the u.s. is this kind of innocent bystander in korea and in the portrayal is is is completely ridiculous. it's become a caricature so what is north korea actually seeking well if you look at their if you read their statements like for example this week the foreign minister of north korea was had a meeting of foreign ministers from all over asia including secretary of state teller. it was there and he made a statement where he said you know north korea will not negotiate its nuclear weapons and missiles in till the u.s. drops its hostile policy this is a pretty standard line from from north korea but they always say that unless and until the