we don't have that problem with north korea and south korea. we can open in a busy in pyongyang if we chose to and they could open an embassy in washington. you would still have an armistice agreement or a peace agreement. in other words, there are whole series of steps that could be taken. i won't called him steps, trying to stay away from that. there are number of stages you can both through and trying to work your way, but the idea is you need to show enough progress to sustain what you are trying to do, which is get to ap of mutual confidence efficient so that north korea can actually considered denuclearization as a realistic prospect. now i am surprised that people do not seem to understand this. how many americans think that with china building up its naval and missile capabilities in the western pacific that we should start trying down our military forces in the pacific because we can trust china? that it won't try to abuse its power position? but north korea spends how many years developing nuclear weapons in order to fend off a potent

are they still in north korea? north korea won't say. most of the north korean kidnappings that have been documented took place during the 1970's and the 1980's. do not, however, make the mistake of thinking that north korea's history of kidnapping people in foreign countries is a relic of the past. now, as then, north korea has no respect for the sovereignty of other countries, the rule of law or for the sanctity of human life. in recent years, north korea's kidnappers have turned their attention to china where they have kidnapped chinese and south korean citizens and taken them to north korea. these people were targeted because of their work helping north korean escapees who are hiding in china. a chicago area pastor was kidnapped and taken to north korea, where he died. this pastor carried south korean citizenship but was a green card holder in the united states. since kim jong-un took power at the end of 2011, the focus of north korea's kidnapping operations has been on its own citizens who are living abroad. in 2014, north korean ag

been south korea . the efforts continue and certainly on the agenda any south korean government. >> back to the audience for questions. in the back with the blue shirt. >> as clearly stated he would like to hold a summit with kim jong un but my question is, does kim jong un have any interest in meeting with the prime minister , does he offer anything incentivized with the summit? thank you. >> i did want to ask about the economic growth that came up in the last question. the trump administration seems to be pushing the idea perhaps as a carrot or more of a fleshed out idea of making north korea into more of an economic economically developed country. is there possibility for cooperation from china on this? could chop china possibly get interested in this idea as well? thank you. >> i have two questions. what role does the u.s. and china in terms of peace agreement -- second question focuses on the denuclearization in north korea . how -- in order to -- north korea without -- in the u.s.? how do -- trust

korea. michael, whose brother david was kidnapped by north korea 15 years ago. two-year-old who had his father kidnapped. , profound and unimaginable personal pain is something you folks live with everyday and it is very much on our minds. today and at every moment when there is a critical period of negotiation between north korea and the west, we have seen two summits recently concluded. without much progress, it should be noted. the question is can we see concrete progress on the abduction issue and on japanese-north korean relations, on u.s.-north korean relations and beyond, which are central. how central is it to moving forward and progress in the negotiations? ithout any further ado, am pleased to turn it over to greg. >> good morning. i am greg, the executive director of the community test forittee for -- committee human rights in north korea. it is an honor and privilege to together with our colleagues at the hudson institute and with the government of japan. our organization is humb

soldiers that died in korea.ng that he can relate to. >> that's absolutely right and he said that not long agatha this issue has bp very much on his mind he actually promised to bring home the abducted citizens from north korea. >> all right. we're having problem with the audio there. jeffrey, i want to come to you with the same question as i was asking pamela. this is an issue that was on donald trump's radar. >> absolutely. this is a signature policy for prime minister abe. this is the issue that catapu catapulted him into power and it's a matter of his personal commitment and he's convinced trump to go to bat for japan but for abe it's also critical for him to try to have a dialogue directly with kim and he has offered to meet him unconditionally. so resolving the fate of the missing abductees is critically important for abe but the rest of the world is more worried about the nuclear weapons program and how to dismantle that. >> could this issue be rolled into a grander bargain on north korea nuclear missiles

korea adds that the way it's. so we don't have to publicly acknowledge north korea as a nuclear state but we just move on in. the denuclearization you seem for but more important than. the expansion need deep rooted not renewed ration over nuclear capability is just said in court so are we should move on to non rich ration edge of the nuclear is a should indicate show north korea certainly very troubling a worrying situation and one that we will watch very closely here at al-jazeera that's all we have time for thanks very much to all i guess to one park to get a rebel and agent force to counter and thank you to you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website our desert dot com and for further discussion just go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com ford slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is at a.j. inside story for me nick clark and the whole team here it's by phone up. up. big stories generate thousands of headlights with different a

john north korea room not just a one to economic prosperity it wants socially it's a north korea kind of you cannot meet chris spirity who will rule the sea but what china really help in depth regard and was probably going to come in the. well they have a service that one could say i mean it's an incredibly difficult situation it's. that must be a way i mean you can how it's coming to what point can i pick up on as i said before a sensible communist regimes as in china and vietnam you know you can have you can keep political control i mean whether or not one likes that system a different talking about and i think is that we shouldn't say north korea when we mean the kim family regime they keep who have got the rest of the country in their grip threats that we're talking about in other socialist countries they've dad to try it you know that and they've got very china has become a great try to was very impoverished under mao and much nastier it is now china is now well how about doing sensible things economically you can do sensible things economically and a communist party can keep up

korea adds that they're way yates. so we don't have to publicly acknowledge north korea as a nuclear state but we just moved on. the denuclearization is important but more aimed or. expansion need deep rooted not renewed ration over nuclear capability is just said is important so are we should want to non ration edge of the nuclear it's asian it indicates north korea certainly a very troubling a worrying situation and one that we will watch very closely here at al-jazeera that's all we have time for thanks very much to all i guess to one park to get a rebel and agent foster carter and thank you to you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website our desert dot com and for further discussion just go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com ford slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story for me nick clark and the whole team here it's to buy the not. in an ordinary week doctor event atar at the heart a sajan are the only funct

between north korea and south korea. the u.s. scrambling to calm tensions that are playing out in the middle east. let's first talk about the situation in north korea. new weapons test has put relations in jeopardy. south cokorea is urging north korea to put down the weapons. >> there's also been a massive flare-up of violence between israel and gaza militants. they've been trading fire with deaths reported on both sides. the white house says the president's son-in-law is working on a peace plan but many fear the jared kushner approach will not be enough. >> let's start in israel. our oren lieberman is on the story. we know that one man has died in the most recent rocket attacks by gaza militants. what is behind the latest attacks? >> reporter: george and natalie, we've been standing along the israel/gaza border. at any point if you stood here for 10 or 15 minutes, you would see a barrage of rocket fire or an israeli airstrike. this now, the past hour or so, hour and a half, is the first time in the last 24 hours i will stand her

president, a follow up on north korea. you tweeted about north korea yesterday.o you believe that they violated u.n. resolutions with the short-range missile launch? and does it give you pause at all to be -- appearing to side with a brutal dictator instead of with a fellow american, the form vice president joe biden? >> kim jong-un made a statement that joe biden is a low iq individual. he probably is based on his record. i think i agree with him on that. but at the same time, my people think it could have been a violation, as you know. i view it differently. i view it as a man, perhaps he wants to get attention, and perhaps not. who knows? it doesn't matter. all i know is that there have been no nuclear tests. there have been no ballistic missiles going out. there have been no long-range missiles going out. and i think that some day we'll have a deal. i'm not in a rush. tremendous sanctions being put on the country of north korea, and, again, kim jong-un understands the unbelievable economic potential that country has. it's located between russia and china on o

. >>> also, this morning, on the korean peninsula, south korea urging north korea to stop raising tensions after they detected several projectiles fired from north korea's eastern coast. were they missiles? were they rockets? were they something else? japan and the u.s. are now working with south korea to make that determination. >> let's start with jacksonville and get more for you where that military charter jet skidded off the runway. we have with us there, natasha chen live from jacksonville. natasha, what are you learning, first, about this ntsb team and about this crash? >> reporter: right. well, i just spoke to an ntsb public affairs officer who says there is a team of 16 people coming to investigate what exactly happened with this crash landing. now, as far as we know, this flight was taking off from naval air station guantanamo bay yesterday. and came to naval air station jacksonville where we are. right behind the gates, the tarmac, where it apparently skidded at about 9:40 last night eastern time. now, this ntsb team is taking off from d.c. at 9:00 a.m. they'll get here to jacks

that's where the u.s., japan and south korea are working together to find out exactly what north korea launched. >> meantime, u.s. national security officials meet to figure out what to do, president trump says he still has faith in north korea's leader. we learn more about that from boris sanchez. >> reporter: a stunning response from the white house especially when you consider the way that president trump had previously responded to provocations from north korea. a little rocket man and fire and fury the likes of which the world had never seen. this is a much more subdued response from the white house. part of it is that the president wants to maintain a good personal working relationship with kim jong-un. he believes that by charming him personally with the promise of economic prosperity for north korea he can sway kim to abandon this generations long quest to arm north korea with nuclear weapons. some experts believe that is unlikely. the president is making a personal appeal to kim jong-un on twitter. he wrote, quote, anything in this very interesting world is possible but i beli

and north korea. the truce village of pam and john separating the two koreas has a new look just reopened to visiting tool groups the soldiers from both sides no longer wear helmets all carry guns and i think that what you'll see here is a place that can foster trust building in confidence to hope we can spread across the korean peninsula the chance to stroll along the footbridge where the leaders of the two koreas match during their landmark first summit just over a year ago. and friendly waves from the tall groups on the northern side. but there's also a growing awareness that the attitude of the north korean leadership has recently become a lot cooler towards the south and the towards the u.s. there's been a return to some of the outright hostility of the past. that supported by saturday's weapons test with south korea calling on its northern neighbor to stop activities that could escalate military tensions. join into this holiday is tainted with uneasiness about what's to come. up mcbride al-jazee

indeed have the news asia coming up on the program most of all rattling from north korea conducts three missile tests within a week can draw on all those his military on to full combat. efforts for peace on the peninsula and. on top of these upon others are on high alert following the terror attacks in sri lanka we talk about the increased terror threat in south asia and the spread of extremism in the region. i'm british managing welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump says nobody's happy why north korea says it's learned about various long range strike means all comments to do with north korea's latest missile and launches three in the last five days the launches have drawn international criticism the u.n. warned against talking regional tensions often launched two short range missiles on saturday south korea's president. says the latest missile launch was to protest the famed talks in hanoi with donald trump. pyongyang seems to be quite dissatisfied that it couldn't reach a deal at the second north korean u.s. summit in hanoi. to put the question

and north korea. the truce village of pam and john separating the two koreas has a new look just reopened to visiting tool groups the soldiers from both sides no longer wear helmets or carry guns and i think that what you'll see here is a place that can foster trust building in confidence i hope we can spread across the korean peninsula the chance to stroll along the foot bridge where the leaders of the two koreas match during their landmark first summit just over a year ago. and friendly waves from the tall groups on the northern side. but there's also a growing awareness that the attitude of the north korean leadership has recently become a lot cooler towards the south and the towards the u.s. there's been a return to some of the outright hostility of the past. that supported by saturday's weapons test with south korea calling on its northern neighbor to stop activities that could escalate military tensions. join into this holiday is tainted with uneasiness about what's to come. bride al jazeera so.

between north korea and the united states. at least twelve people have been killed in bangladesh after cycling phony early on saturday more than two million people are being moved to higher ground the storm has now weaken though it blew in from india where at least sixteen people were killed. as. a trail of destruction along india's eastern coast. and winds of around two hundred kilometers per hour have devastated odisha state cycling phoney ripped apart homes toppled power lines and left up to trees on the streets. walkway to one quarter i was really afraid when the storm hit us we were lucky that we were all downstairs if my children were up stairs they wouldn't have survived all our belongings our money everything is gone. the storm has weakened since. making landfall on friday but now neighboring bangladesh is bracing itself nearly two million people have been moved to shelters and. we have ninety nine cyclon shelters in this area each one can accommodate about five hundred people which means we can give shelter to about f

from north korea. conducts three missile tests within a week. twenty three. feet on the peninsula. following the terror attacks in sri lanka we talk about the increased. spread of extremism in the region. welcome to. it's good to have you with us u.s. president. nobody's happy while north korea says its learned about various long range strike needs all comments to do with north korea's latest missile launches three in the last five days the launches have drawn international criticism the u.n. was again stoking regional tensions launched two short range missiles on saturday south korea's president. says the latest missile launch was to protest the failed the talks in hanoi with donald trump. pyongyang seems to be quite dissatisfied that it couldn't reach a deal at the second north korean u.s. summit in hanoi. or there will be no event. the missiles don't seem to directly threaten the united states japan or south korea so they appear to be taking care not to break down the dialogue at a point so at the same time they would definitely expressing an opinion. it is however an opinion at

really fall into north korea's track —— kimjong—un. really fall into north korea's track -- kim jong-une to evade the sanctions unless there was a failure, presumably, on the part of other nations and financial institutions to properly enforce the sanctions. sure, sure. so the issue of sanctions enforcement is that, as you point out, all countries have to play a part. and from the perspective of the united states, we are trying to enforce tougher measures on north korea for its violation of un sanctions, but key member countries, that's banking institutions, governments, they also need to hold themselves accountable for enforcing these measures from beginning to end and, as in the case of the recent story about the united states seizing the north korean ship today, this was an indonesian shipping company that was caught in this and was impounded in indonesian waters and the united states decided at this point to seize the ship for further investigation. and that was soo kim speaking to ben bland a little earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: as a u

and north korea. this could well be, is being seen as a message to washington, to remind them what they could go back to if they don't go back to talks. >> north korea, as you pointed out, warned america that they needed to change the attitude. what is it that north korea wants from the united states? >> north korea want sanctions to be lifted. they believe they have done enough to warrant sanctions to be lifted. according to the president president trump, north korea wants all sanctions to be lifted. we heard later from north korean officials that they only asked for some of the sanctions to be lifted. we believe they were the most recent and the most hea heavy-hitting, when it comes to affecting north korea's economy. kim jong-un said he felt that he had done enough nuclear and missile testing. he said he was going to focus on the economy. what north korea wants is an easing in the financial sanctions. something that china and russia have called for. something that south korea would sign on to. alth

and me the issues of the sanctions on north korea and north korea really remain a major stumbling block in the negotiations between the u.s. and north korea so whether that changes you know also remains to be seen as you know it's interesting because i think one of the reasons i in my estimation of this is you know it's possible that he's launching these rockets because as you mentioned earlier we have these food shortages that are about to become true but how you get we've got to get back to the table where everybody looked at me i'm still here we've got to figure this out is there any idea what comes next out of this you know kim jong un is now met with the chinese leaders from china you know met with vladimir putin in russia u.s. leaders you know what is next is there going to be anything in the horizon the we're hearing over that you can see. well it's a great question you know and there is the dynamic going on between not only king john and the united states but also with his relationship. now with a lot of with south korean leaders with chinese officials all of whom have had meeti

from north korea. that they will push towards denuclearization. george. >> paula hancocks following the story live for us in seoul. paula, thank you. >>> we also have breaking news to tell you about in the middle east. israel's military says gaza militants fired about 90 rockets towards israel saturday morning. israeli defense forces add that its iron dome aerial defense system intercepted many of the incoming rockets. its aircraft also targeted a pair of rocket launchers near the gaza strip. those strikes killed one person and injured others. >>> in a u.s. state of florida, a plane slid off the runway friday night. this happened at the jacksonville air station. the boeing 737 coming from guantanamo bay, cuba, ended up in the st. johns river. 136 passengers and 7 crew members were rescued from the wing. passenger cheryl borman tells cnn she has nothing but praise for a flight crew that handled a very scary situation. listen. >> they're flying through a lightning and thunderstorm. and i was in an aisle

>> north korea needs president trump more than president trump needs north korea and i think we understand that north korea being an isolated nation, you know, their last survival strategy is to use nuclear weapons or nuclear weapons development to get the attention of the united states because nuclear weapon proliferation is one of the united states key goal in ending and trump understands that war with north korea not a good thing and not a good thing for his presidency or the country. bernie sanders on abc news doesn't fault president trump for his handling of north korea. i think it's a complex issue and senator sanders understands that. with respect to trying to go down the diplomatic route is probably meeting beyond the expectations that many trump detractors and including myself who has been critical of the trump administration, have expected this president will go in terms of going the diplomatic route instead of shouting more insults and threatening nuclear war. >> there are several democrats who have supported the diplomatic gating, the conversation, the summits with kim and expe

it's very worrying for south korea to present moon j.n. has been working very hard to be a mediator i mean it was he who brought them together to make this all possible last year and now kim jong un is dissing him for medals for mediation which i must say seems extremely unkind somebody needs to find a positive way forward out of this otherwise i fair where it will go. robert kerry is a third summit possible given all this that's going on. yeah i think so i think the president still is hoping for some kind of deal some kind of victory you know get his nobel prize or something like that he has invested a fair amount of effort in this you know less recently but he has put in some right what does he have to lose he's not going to prepare for the way he didn't prepare for the last two it doesn't make any difference amy just gets on a plane and flies to wherever it is and i think can i do genuinely think that cam is looking for a deal also i mean he does keep trying and he wants a deal on his own terms but i do think he's at least open to it in

is prepared to do that already for the $8000000.00 but south korea can send rice and their. humanitarian assistance directly across the border and china can do or likewise so i think it is showing or shafilea soon not include the. sanction in due in d.c. equation because political sanction india aereo through again humanitarian necessity mount to weapons. against the country to very very serious weapon ok to me to think you think that a sanctions a weapon izing the issue of food will come on to the geopolitics more just a moment but enforce a kind of i could bring you in from a store in the u.k. . they say the climate change is to blame for this lack of snow during the winter leaving crops exposed to freezing temperatures as well as prolonged dry spells due to rainfall that's less than than predictable and less predictable to what degree 1st will before going to a port is to what degree can north korea prepare for such events as this and deal with them without outside help. the north korean government could do a great deal more than it to us it could do here's an example we

south korea is concerned by the latest weapons tests in north korea have saved media says kim jong un watched rocket launches on saturday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that kim doesn't want to break his promise on denuclearization. taliban fighters have attacked a police headquarters in northern afghanistan a suicide bomber blew his vehicle up in the city of political money in buckland province and other fighters opened fire on security forces. to us africa no one an unidentified body has been found in been enough to two french tourists and their guide were reported missing on wednesday the disappeared in the punjab a national park in the north near the border with brooke in a fossil the french government has warned citizens against traveling to the area because of groups linked to iso and al qaida operating in the area meanwhile security forces are out in heavy numbers in billings economic capital cotonou after two days of election protests soldiers broke up demonstrations with gunfire after the opposition called for the an element of last sunday's parliamentary election all of

and north korea?g, the president often seemed to operate on blind faith with respect to north korea. he's sort of suggested that the threat is over. he said so explicitly. he's sometimes seemed to trust kim jong-un that these missile tests are over completely, the threat is over. actually, what happened is kim jong-un voluntarily paused longer range intermediate and intercontinental range tests. there was never an agreement done to set expectations of what could be tested and what couldn't. there's always been a risk if they test something ambiguous or shorter range. they are not defining their commitment to the united states. a great deal rests on the president's reaction. >> does it warrant some sort of action from the president? what we have seen this morning? >> certainly doesn't warrant military response, certainly not military signaling. the key is to send a signal to create this breakthrough in talks and put a proposal on the table. today, the united nations said after the worst harvest in a de

aggression between the us and north korea.can authorities announcing they seized a north korean cargo ship for breaking sanctions, using it to illegally and secretly transport coal after north korea and the us test firing missiles within 10 minutes of each other. today the two suspects in the deadly colorado shooting are back in court. devon erickson and a juvenile suspect expected to be formally charged for murder and attended murder. kendrick losing his life while taking down one of those suspects. the us increased tariffs to 25% on chinese goods. the president ratcheting the pressure threatening fresh levies on $325 billion in goods after beijing made last-minute changes to a trade deal. talks continue today. police in delphi, indiana receiving 42,000 tips about the murders of abigail williams on our taping trip in 2017. a surge of information coming since releasing does the invest stand? public information officer sergeant kim riley joins me with more. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me.

discontented it could not reach a deal at the second north korea u.s. summit in hanoi country with the cost of that or you will have on north korea fired missiles that do not directly threaten the united states japan or south korea so they appeared to be careful not to break down the dialogue but they expressed their opinion at the same time this week to robert reich to start standing by for us in seoul the more we hear about what happened on thursday. that's right their defense officials here in seoul have been briefing lawmakers and the national assembly just on what took place on thursday and as you mentioned it coincides with the release of photographs now from the state run media of north korea showing kim jong un overseeing what's described as a strike drill by a number of units using a whole array of different or weaponry according to south korea's military in addition to what's assumed to be these two short range missiles being fired in one direction in the other direction firing west into the sea on that side of the korean peninsula where a num

and we've seen a clear violation on north korea's part of the un sanctions that forbid north korea from're seeing that the violation has been taking place, has been observed, since 2018. but with this seizing of the ship, how serious an escalation is that in terms of the tension between the two countries? should we be concerned by that move? well, this marks the first time that the united states has actually seized a north korean ship for violating un sanctions. and the atmospherics of the nuclear stand—off between the two countries, that the us decided to take this step, it actually shows that the united states is not pleased with the way things are going and that it is taking retaliatory, perhaps like—for—like measures, in response to north korea's two missile tests within the span of a week. on that point about the weapons tests, that seems to point in the direction of talks looking less likely to progress than getting back on track. well, the thing is, if we were to accord north korea at this stage with another round of talks without really having a clear strategy of what we want, i

yes, we have to realise north korea is not an we have to realise north korea is notan ordinary we havee. that was professor hand park speaking to me earlier. —— han. thailand's king maha vajiralongkorn has been crowned in an elaborate ceremony to mark his accession to the throne. it's part of three days of rituals at the royal palace in bangkok, intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being. james landale reports. this is a sight that few thais have ever seen, a new king purifying himself with consecrated waters as he prepared to ascend to the throne. maha vajiralongkorn, or king rama x, as he is known more formally, became king in 2016 after the death of his father, who had reigned for 70 long years. but he's waited until now to be crowned, over three days of elaborate buddhist and hindu ceremony. to many thais, the monarch is revered as an almost godlike figure, and some were on the streets dressed in royal yellow to see their king make the transition from the human to the almost divine. and for many, this was a rare glimpse of a sovereign who spends much t

first, on north korea. the short range projectiles do not violate this self-imposed moratorium on long-range missiles and nuclear tests started in november of 2017 by kim. do you think this is a reason to act? what is your degree of concern? >> well, i have a concern that this administration is not holding a great line with north korea. instead, cozying up to its leader who only punishes and harms his people. of course a grave threat to south korea. i have great concerns and i'm hoping this administration will take this very, very seriously. unfortunately, we see the behaviors, whether it is toward north korea or toward putin, an administration who likes to cozy up with dictators. >> several months ago, around the time of the first kim/trump summit, the president called off those large-scale military drills, he called them war games with south korea. would you suggest resurrecting those? >> i know that smarter people than i believe that we should not have suspended those exercises. so, i hope that we will u

or south korea to do that. but it really depends what was tested. >> it is good to understand that distincti distinction. paula, thank you for the reporting. >>> now to the u.s. state of florida where a plane slid off the runway friday night. take a look here. luckily all 143 people board the flight made it off in one peace. the boeing 737 ended up in the st. john's river. again, no one was seriously hurt. >> i think it is a miracle, we could be talking about a different story this evening. so i think there is a lot to say about, you know, the professionalism of the folks that helped the passengers off the airplane. there is a lot to say about that because it very well could be worse. >> passenger smaller borman says that she has nothing but praise for the flight crew who handled a very scary situation. listen. >> as we went down, we had a really hard landing. and then the plane bounced and screeched and it lifted to the right and then lifted to the left. and then it sort of swerved and then it came to a comple

in south korea.ied with the state of diplomacy. this was clearly telegraphed by north korea and now we are simply seeing it happen. i was not surprised with the news emerging. what do they hope will happen now? are they trying to goad the us and the international community, trying to bring them back to the table? kim jong-un has set in place a time. he has told donald trump that by the end of the year the us needs to change its approach to north korea. something we should also keep in mind is that these type of missile tests are also intended to show stakeholders inside north korea that kim jong—un is a strong leader determined to maintain the security of the country. we have just seen to launchers in the span of two weeks. a previous weapons tests, kim jong—un was deciding how advanced the weapons were. it is about domestic as well as us. we hear about food shortages and in north korea and that cannot be going very well for kim jong—un in terms of the politics of that? that's right. we heard that na

remember, north korea is a hostile actor when it comes to hacking. they were responsible for the sony act. >> right. >> we're not accustomed to another presidential election. he is basically saying i will side with you if you go after my political opponents. you know, today it's ageeing with a crazy editorial with the new yorken press. tomorrow it could be something much more similar with what the russians the i'd in 2016. >> i think it is about that pettiness. the president could have found. we're a long way away from sort of politics ending at the water's edge. there was a way, even if that norm has long been broken. for the president to disagree with the policy or say he's doing something that the washington establishment doesn't agree with. whether you take the side of him being right or wrong about that without going to this insult level and saying, oh, yeah, kim jong-un insults joe biden. i like that. not only when he pointed out it's his opponent. but the former vice president of the united states. >> and, sam, it sounds like forget about the

with military exercises in south korea.atisfied with the state of diplomacy. so something like this was actually pretty clearly telegraphed by north korea and now we are just simply seeing it happen. so when this news emerged today i was not very surprised. cyclone foni is bearing down on one of india's biggest cities, kolkata, after hitting the state of 0disha on friday. the storm, one of the worst in the region for years, has weakened as it heads towards bangladesh. at least eight people have died. richard forrest reports. as cyclone fani bowed up india's east coast, towns and cities further north were preparing for it to hit. in west bengal, trains were chained to the tracks as the state's rail network was closed down, causing travel misery for thousands. and at kolkata's airport, everyone hoping to travel was out of luck with every flight cancelled. i'm going to ranchi. so now our flight has been cancelled so we have to stay here with two children. i need to go to delhi and start my preparations for my exams but i'm not

president, a follow-up on north korea. you tweeted about north korea yesterday.o you believe that they violated you and resolutions with the short-range missile launch? does it give you pause at all to be appealing to side with a brutal dictator instead of with a fellow american, the former vice president, joe biden? pres. trump: well, kim jong-un made a statement that joe biden is a low iq individual. he probably is based on his record. i think i agree with him on that. but at the same time, my people think it could have been a violation, as you know. i view it differently. i view it as a man who perhaps wants to get attention. and perhaps not. who knows? it does not matter. all i know is there have been no nuclear test. there have been no ballistic missiles going out. there have been no long-range missiles going out. and i think that someday we will have a deal. i'm not in a rush. tremendous sanctions being put on the country of north korea. and again, kim jong-un understands the unbelievable economic potential that country has. it is located between russia and

and north korea and south korea in the south korean government has said as much there has been a top level meeting of the security and military officials which they've issued a statement saying that this test was inconsistent with the military agreement between north korea and south korea at the summit in pyongyang last september and calling on the north koreans to make every effort to actively participate and restart dialogue towards denuclearization so this very much seems to be placing at least some of the blame for the current stalemate on north korea's position the started a flurry of diplomatic activity. the foreign minister of south korea has been in conversation with mike pompei o of the united states and also the japanese foreign minister trying to coordinate a response on the watchword seems to be one of caution saying that they will respond but prudently everybody conscious and being wary not to escalate tensions any further john hendren is following developments in washington d.c. . the launch of a series of projectiles from north korea marked a major provocation but whet

at leeds university aides also authored several books on korea could tell you this. you missed the beginning of the discussion of the moment we're talking about president trump with an eye on reelection to what extent do you think it's in trump's interest to let the north korea situation go south for a while perhaps picking up on it at some point in the election. it is so hard to predict the irony is that in there in cliche ville the north koreans are always cold unpredictable and i would say not a bit of it they calculate every move very catholic so they chose to file these projectiles they chose to fire and not the biggest projectiles they have the one who is unpredictable as it has been said already is donald trump who knows what level of interest he will sustain in the us but the trouble is the the the firing by north korea today is a wake up call kim jong un is reminding us and i think we can all agree with him on this that the situation on the peninsula is now unstable they haue neuer debacles the second summit was clearly before i want to go into that in detai