deterrence can prevent north korea's nuclear provocation? can the united states consider the possibility of allowing tactical nuclear weapons in south korea as another way to challenge north korea nuclear threat? general ryder: our policy hasn't changed when it comes to the denuclearization of the korean pens lasm. reporter: the korean president has proposed to north koreans, kim jeong uni, apertured north korean soldiers and ukraine soldiers in russia. what is the united states position? general ryder: that question for president zelenskyy. i'd refer you to him for questions about potential prisoner exchanges. reporter: regarding active duty assets currently on standby to assist with the california wildfire situation, do you have a sense of how long d.o.d. is willing to wait on standby? and should the call never come, who has the authority to say, this this isn't happening, time to pack it in. general ryder: we'll be ready as long as we need to be. the u.s. command working with fema, they're making an hour-by-hour, day-by-day determination i

is saying deterrence can prevent north korea's nuclear provocation. what can the united states consider the possibility of allowing it to challenge a nuclear threat? maj. gen. ryder: our policy hasn't changed when it comes to denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> a prisoner exchange has been proposed for captured north korean soldiers and ukrainian soldiers detained in russia. maj. gen. ryder: that's really a question for president zelenskyy. i would refer you to him for any questions about prisoner exchanges. >> regarding the active-duty assets to potentially assist with the wildfires, do you have a sense of how long they're willing to wait on standby and should the call never come one will they say this is probably not happening, time to folded up? maj. gen. ryder: i think we will be ready as long as we need to be ready to support that. u.s. northern command working very closely with agencies, they are making hour-by-hour, day by day interpretations. i don't want to speculate about what the future could look like other than to say we understa

but characterize a bit the threats we face with north korea and iran. obviously very different ones. >> they are very different and here, at the basic level is with your most different. north korea is a nuclear power, and they view nuclear weapons as the best deterrent to regime change. nuclear weapons are how they're going to maintain control internal in their own country and to fend off of the world powers like the united states and remain relevant. iran doesn't have that. they aspire to be a world, i mean a nuclear power. we all have the capability to stop one of those two countries from getting a nuclear weapon, and that's iran. the thing about iran response in the intelligence community is i mentioned north korea using nuclear weapons as a deterrent as we maintaining power. we don't know what the iranians would use a nuclear, a deliverable nuclear weapon for. when you before a effect or for an offensive effect? talk about a regime that is based on religious zealotry and is essentially a terrorist nation, a terrorist designated state, the concern is

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side, for example, north korea is having its assets in russian banks that were frozen under u.n. security council resolution direction, being unfrozen, a diplomatic lifeline being thrown to the north koreans where previously china had the prerogative there. and so you see each of these countries becoming potentially more dangerous than they would be on their own because of the support they can rely on from the other members, and then again in this broader sense, you see a place for other rejectionist countries to defect to. so if you don't like the way the world is ordered now, for many years you could sort of shake your fist at the world or become something of a rogue state, but there wasn't this sort of viable alternative to it. and now these four countries plus others are trying to construct what they believe to be a viable alternative to it and that's one to which other dissatisfied countries could add weight. bay: yeah, that's really interesting. ambassador blackwill, can you speak more about the alliance on the economic front and what the implications are for u.s. policy in

north korea is a major culprit of cybersecurity and cybercrimes as well. to devise strategies to address these challenges and threats in cyberspace, we must better understand them. and that's what we're doing here today. our witnesses will provide the insights we need to think critically about tackling current and emerging cyber threats to our homeland. all witnesses are private sector leaders, three of whom bring key insights from their government experience. thank you all for being here to set the scene for us as we dive into the 119th congress. i look forward to the discussion and to a productive congress of enhancing our cybersecurity posture. i now recognize the ranking member for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. today marks the committee's first hearing, as you've already indicated, of the 119th congress, and the first hearing the committee will hold during the new trump administration. i'm encouraged by the chairman's interest in devoting more of the committee's time to cybersecurity, this congress. that said, i'd be remi

north korea is vowing quote the toughest response to the united states and south korea.s latest launch or suggest north korea is likely to continue its weapons testing. meanwhile president donald trump spoke with fox earlier this week on thursday telling sean hannity he plans to reach out to that leader of north korea. >> he happens to be a smart guy. >> no word yet when that conversation will be paid the official korean central news agency said kim jon noonan oversaw the missile test yesterday. it is described as an underwater in situ surface strategic cruise missile that traveled for around 932 miles in just over two hours before hitting its targets. that term strategic implies the missiles are nuclear capable. he was cited take north korea's war deterrence capabilities are being perfected more thoroughly and vowed to strengthen its military. meanwhile south wrist joint chief of staff have said north korea launched several cruise missiles towards western waters yesterday. it's ready to defend itself. criticize the u.s. and found the toughest response because of militar

we know that north korea sent a contingent of around 11,000 so—called storm core troops. these are, in north korean terms, elite troops. they are better than the normal north korean conscripts, but they have no battle, no combat experience. and they will be very, very doctrinal, very old fashioned doctrine. and so they were unprepared for the intensity of combat in kursk, and of the 4000 that you mention, a thousand are believed to have been killed. that is an unsustainable attrition rate. yeah. just finally and briefly, frank, will north korea send more troops to replace these or is that out of the question? and what does that mean for russia for its actions? if they don't send them, then the north korean contingent will eventually just eviscerate and it will disappear. i mean, they already are having problems with language because none of them, very few of them, almost none of them speak russian. they've got to have interpreters. they are operating in a completely different system and tactics from what they're used to, and frankly, they're being used. according to one m

we believe north korea was exaggerating the capabilities of its missile system, including the flight distance and 2nd peak. okay, according to the analysis by south korea, us and japan, the missile flew about 1100 kilometers and there was no 2nd peak. no, it wouldn't be difficult to use such systems in a relatively small territory like the korean peninsula. well, there you go. you have a couldn't a b, right? because this, this i'll actually be useless and a potential conflict. no, absolutely not. sensible. they are right. the missile won't be used in south korea . there's no reason to use the missile like us and south korea. north korea has more than enough to reach sol, which is not far from the border and reach any other point and known as the current balance. so i guess wherever comes from, particularly from the south. now, on the other hand, as a deterrent as a strategic where this is a very active, realistic weapon. this is a weapon system that can destroy, for example, the more facilities in guam and why don't we do is the main logistics space for the us military. and the wester

they are most different north korea is a nuclear power. and they view nuclear weapons as best deterrent to regime change. nuclear weapons are how they will maintain control, internally in their own country and fend off other world powers like united stateses and remain relevant. iran does not have that, they aspire to be a world -- nuclear power. we only have capability to stop one of those two from getting a nuclear weapon that is iran. and so, you know, the thing about iran that worries us and i mentioned north korea using nuclear weapons as a deter ep. deterrent, we don't knowng what iranians would use a nuclear weapon for, you talk about a terrorist nation, the concern is make shooing that regime never gains access to a deliver able d nuclear weapon, and intelligence community is clearr eyed about that. >> and -- continues to be major disrupter in middle o east. >> one of the issues, right now we have seen the abraham accords and peace agreements that is a result of iran being weaker, poorer and less influential in recent years than in

charles coast costs as the projectile has already full, and north korea has repeatedly displayed its expanding listed missile. also following a wave of missiles back in november also, well, both south korea and the us of condemned p on yang for the last 6 to states entity, blink, and sol. well, here we have to ration washington's commitment to defend his allies. you choose north korea, violating un security council resolutions will bring this visit comes at a time when americans regional allies in the middle of political turmoil off to present even sucky all was in peach for announcing martial lyn consent. that was serious concerns about some of use actions straight to soul and i speak to patrick falk, whose life was to patrick. uh, firstly uh on this uh mr. launch. any more details? interesting timing. given the the presence of blinking in the region. yeah, absolutely. this launch took place, certainly about a couple of as it goes up through the defense ministry said this was an intermediate range ballistic missile. it was fired into the seats of the piece of the korean peninsula abo

the message that china has influence on north korea. it doesn't all try. they can do a supply north korea with basic commodities to revisit folding or pods. and china's as opposed to the america's nuclear, sorry, north korea's nuclear program as any other country. so it's ability to influence kim truman is very slight. i've been recently to north korea and, but i'd like to try to use this great resentment towards them. they see that most of the trade, the cycle call me this cause that trump's going to struggle to get anything going that david long. we appreciate you being with us and i'll just, you know, giving us the benefit of your expertise of this. thank you very much. indeed. are you the is this is far, holds in gaza trucks trying desperately needed your monetary and aid are rolling into the strip. the entering through vasa in the side of the u. n. says more the 900 went into gaza on monday because he's find agreement between israel from us allows at least 600 trucks a day to enter the strip out of sentience forcibly displaced by israel returning to t

>> the question was on north korea and north soldiers.nothing is changed from our system and which i think we gave a few weeks ago or maybe last week. approximately 1000 dprk casualties. acts of them mixup killed killed in action wounded in action. i don't have more than what we have previously given. [inaudible] >> i don't have anything on those reports and our partnership is with the fds. we work with them when itit coms to continuing to degrade isis capabilities in the region whethereg it be partner or unilateral strikes if you've seen them conduct and was most recently as in the past few weeks. and [inaudible] >> again thehe work that we do n serious in partnership with fds. it's important to remember the whole reason we are in syria to defeat isis. that is a partnership but they fds whether it be strikes our entire mission inn syria is to ensure they continue to be isis. >> a follow-up and exclusive what's going to be released tomorrow in the pda how much has been, drawn up in the 72 pda's o far roughly? i can tell you how much we ha

south korea has tried to downplay the weapons capability, countries on an inquiry what we believe north korea was exaggerating the capabilities of its missile system, including the flight distance and 2nd peak. according to the analysis by south korea, us and japan, the missile flew about 1100 kilometers and there was no 2nd peak. no, it wouldn't be difficult to use such systems in a relatively small territory, like the korean peninsula possible they are right. the missile won't be used in south korea. there's not a reason that using this like us and south korea. north korea has more than enough but to reach sol uh, which is not far from the border and reach any other point and noticed that green button. so i guess whatever comes right, i'm just gonna send this out. now, on the other hand, as a deterrent as a strategic web. this is a very active, uh, realistic weapon. this is a weapon system that can destroy, for example, the port facilities in guam in guam. it gives the main logistics space for the us military in the western pacific. uh long uh it has uh, a marine brigade station there. its

side, for example, north korea is having its assets in russian banks that were frozen under u.n. security council resolution direction, being unfrozen, a diplomatic lifeline being thrown to the north koreans where previously china had the prerogative there. and so you see each of these countries becoming potentially more dangerous than they would be on their own because of the support they can rely on from the other members, and then again in this broader sense, you see a place for other rejectionist countries to defect to. so if you don't like the way the world is ordered now, for many years you could sort of shake your fist at the world or become something of a rogue state, but there wasn't this sort of viable alternative to it. and now these four countries plus others are trying to construct what they believe to be a viable alternative to it and that's one to which other dissatisfied countries could add weight. bay: yeah, that's really interesting. ambassador blackwill, can you speak more about the alliance on the economic front and what the implications are for u.s. policy in

and a serious issue for the safety of our people. japan has lost, stood in protest against north korea, and we strongly contain such actions in united states as condemns north career off to it, fight at the ballistic massage during a visit by secretary of state and people and come to so patrick fault has the license from so the north korea's missile launches have become more frequent as tensions grow with so, but there's been a lot of activity since november before the political crisis in south korea unfolded mondays, firing of what was believed to be an intermediate range, ballistic missile coincides with what's likely to be the last international trip, but the us secretary of state anthony blinking cold yet another violation of multiple un security council resolutions by north korea. we have sought to engage the dpr k, and multiple efforts to sit down to talk without any preconditions. we communicated that on many occasions. we've done it privately. we've done it publicly us and the only response effectively we've gotten has been more and more provocative actions including missile la

and the 1st agreement with north korea was already disconcerting. of course, we don't know what kind of scope of disagreement we'll have. and we're also seeing rushes foreign policy more and more directed to the middle east and the south west asia. and that is in line of what one of the jew political scientists in russia, alexandra to be and has been writing about him at the week of the century. and he was essentially saying that our friends are not in the west. so friends are in the eastern is that's where our focus should be. and it looks like russia is now following that line of thinking, especially with what is happening in the middle east. what has recently happened in syria, and this will of course, be a great concern. the same as breaks or breaks has also been a great concern to bricks block which, which is expanding and to which iranian president muscle possess can also travel to the brick summit. last year, this will be disconcerting because this is a tonic shift in the global power relations. and so what we're seeing here essentially is an

we know that north korea have sent a contingent of around 11,000 troops and these are in north koreany have no battle experience and they will be very old—fashioned and are unprepared for the intensity of combat in kursk. 0f unprepared for the intensity of combat in kursk. of the 4000 you mentioned 1000 are believed to have been killed. that is an unsustainable attrition rate. will north korea send more troops to replace these orders fell out of the question on what does it mean for russia? if they don't send them the north korean contingent will eventually eviscerate and disappear. they are already having problems with language because none of them speak russian. we have to have interpreters. they are operating in a completely different system and tactics from what they are used to and frankly they are being used according to one military expert as cannon fodder. they are being thrown into the meat grinder and being mown down by first person view drums. it's a tough time for them. will they be replaced? probably. there are plenty more where they came from. but it begs the question wh

japan's coast guard also said north korea fired what could be a ballistic missile.e keeping track of this development. kimjoon—hyung is an opposition mp from the rebuilding korea party. he told me what his party has been trying to do during this month of turmoil in south korea. we're trying to monitor how police arrest the president. we are actually sending letters to the cio and to get there and participating and watching over the rest of the day's events, so w are trying everything to do. ——so we are trying everything to do. the arrest warrant will expire today, though an exemption has been requested. the cio — corruption investigation office — has transferred obligation to make the arrest to the police. what do you make of that and why is it so difficult for the rest to be carried out? you summarised it well in the beginning, yes. the cio is a new agency created by the moon government. it is not really well staffed. they were outnumbered by security services, presidential security service and actually helped by the military. so, police, there's more members to do

now, president donald trump says that he plans to reach out to the leader of north korea, and all eyes will be on that, of course. the north korean central news agency said kim jong un oversaw the missile test the on saturday, describing it as an underwater sea to surface strategic cruise missile that traveled around 932 miles in just over 2 hours before hitting its targets. the term strategic implies the missiles are nuclear-capable, and kim was cited saying north korea's war deterrence capabilities are being perfected more thoroughly and vowed the strengthen its military. many expert perts say kim likely thinks he has bargaining power because of deepening ties with russia. south korea's joint chiefs of staff, however, have said north korea actually launched several cruise missiles toward western waters yesterday, and they're ready to defend themselves. today north korea's foreign ministry criticized the u.s. and vowed the toughest response because of the military alliance and joint drills between south korea and the u.s. they described it as alleged invasion rehearsals although, of c

it's versus china, iran, north korea.nd so information sharing is really the essential building block of how we secure our infrastructure. >> thank you. thank you so very much. i yield back. >> the gentlelady yields. i know recognize the gentlelady from georgia, ms. greene, for 5 minutes of questioning. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i get into some questions, i'd just like to point out that mr. wales, in your testimony you talked about iran's cyber hacking attempts against president trump's campaign this past election cycle aimed at undermining president trump's candidacy and sowing discord within the united states electoral process. so thank you for pointing that out. while cyber threats from our foreign adversaries must absolutely be protected against. we also can't forget that our own independent cybersecurity agency cisa was more focused on conducting its own large scale election interference campaign through its censorship laundering complex against our own people, rather than bolstering our cybersecurity effort

to. >> come to north korea. >> i think he's not going to leave the country.hink he would expect trump to visit pyongyang or his massive new resort facility. in wonsan that, incidentally, features state function level facilities. >> after more than 24 hours of waiting at this luxury resort for senior north korean military officials. i was in wonsan when kim's beachfront luxury hotels were still under construction. trump even floated the idea of developing property there at their first summit in singapore in 2018. >> they have great beaches. i said, boy, look at that breeze. wouldn't that make a great condo? >> ras baraka critics mocked that idea, underscoring trump's transactional approach to diplomacy with north korea. despite three face to face meetings and a flurry of so-called love letters. >> i just got a great letter from kim jong un diplomacy. >> during trump's first term fell apart. today, north korea's nuclear program is arguably stronger than ever, and kim is arguably closer than ever to russian president vladimir putin, even supplying thousands of n

today, north korea's nuclear program is. arguably stronger than ever, and kim is arguably closer than ever to russian president vladimir putin, even supplying thousands of north korean. soldiers for putin's war in ukraine, and perhaps more to come, especially given everything we've seen with this pivot to russia and putin. how does trump and the u.s. still have value for the north koreans? >> because if you are kim jong un, you're never going to get an opportunity. like this, probably. >> for a very long time, to have a leader. >> like trump north korea has. >> long been known for playing foreign powers. >> against each other. >> we've seen that with russia and china, and we know this war in ukraine. >> won't last forever. >> so for kim, having another option for diplomacy, including a u.s. president willing to engage directly like president trump, strategically pretty valuable, potentially in the future. >> kate. >> here we go again. well, it's good to see you. thank you so much. outfront next, we're going to take you to wa

that really hasn't been an awful lot of miss all activities from north korea. and you know, this is important also because north korea has been relatively quiet since this vertical crisis is unfolded. it's important because of the context of the declaration of the martial law or the by present june. remember, he says that there are communist forces that are working against the states and the government. and this is something that is supported by his supporters that have been asked and force over the weekends. and they are claiming that there was a lecture for that have taken place in the parliamentary elections and they are strongly suggesting that this was the work of north korean forces. so, you know, since then young young perhaps is wanted to stay quiet and not wants to play, play to the hands of these claims until now. so it had allowed to 0. i am, i'm going to be and i do. there's no toys what our military offensive, i guess i'm groups to rising communities of the region is putting them on the wrong treasure from the sky. meet you and hundreds and surely

and yet another violation of multiple un security council resolutions by north korea. we have sought to engage the dpr k, and multiple efforts to sit down to talk without any free conditions. we communicated that on many occasions. we've done it privately. we've done it publicly. and the only response effectively we've gotten has been more and more provocative actions including missile launches, blankets visit is primarily to reaffirm the alliance that's been built up during jo biden's thomas president. he says it's been a priority of administration to revitalized partnerships with countries including south korea. but the trips being complicated by the crisis here after president gets a gills failed of martial law or the last month and his subsequent impeachment of a view in a press briefing south chris 4 minutes to face an uncomfortable question. comparing president young's actions to those of an autocratic leader, we known in south korea is often seen as a model case for achieving rapid democratization and driving economic growth in a short period. and we have, i bel

it's not only what russia is getting from russia but what -- from north korea but what north korea is getting from russia. iran has also benefited from this relationship. china is also part of this mix but in a slightly different place because it is so much more connected and in ways interdependent with the world that it does have to ask itself what the reputation all costs of this kind of alignment is and what consequences will be if it goes too far. we are seeing that play out in ways we very much -- but most of these are marriages of convenience, not marriages of conviction but that does not make them any less dangerous. thing about it this way. you now have an ongoing aggression by russia against ukraine and the primary drivers of that, it is sustaining it is actually north korea with missiles and troops in china with its contributions. this has greeted an awakening among europeans at what is happening halfway around the world in the into pacific matters to them just as we are seeing an awakening among countries that what is happening in europe actually matters to them. we built b

reporter: on north korea and the ukraine, on north korea, there was new middle range -- and kim jong un said it could affect the barrier and turn on the enemy and the u.s. territory as a target in case of contingency. what's the pentagon's reaction on this? secretary singh: we're aware of north korea's launch of a ballistic missile. as always we conduct closely with our allies in the region. we condemn these actions, and would continue to urge the dprk from further unlawful and destabilizing acts. we've seen this type of behavior bofer. while we don't assess that it presents a threat to u.s. forces, we're going to continue to monitor the situation. reporter: violation of the -- secretary singh: i think you've heard us say that previously many times before. it's something we've seen the dprk do in the past, we take this seriously and will continue to consult with our allies in the region. reporter: ukrainian said to negotiate an end to the war with russia, guarantees made for ukraine. how would you characterize this? secretary singh: i'll let president zelenskyy's words speak for them

he warned of the deepening relationship between russia in north korea. >> it comes as thousands of north korean troops joined russia on the battlefield in ukraine. now we have reason to believe that moscow intends to share that space. >> and satellite technology is appealing both republicans and democrats in congress say the alliance of these 2 adversaries is concerning both koreas invading europe right now, which is a testament to this axis of authoritarianism. massachusetts democrat jay caulking class as the u.s. should support ukraine and allies facing threats globally. >> he says he's concerned about that under president-elect donald trump that requires an america strong approach with our allies on america. first approach that retreats behind a protective walls. but republican congressman like michigan's tim walberg say they trust the incoming president's foreign policy. the leadership of this incoming administration will establish the course. georgia's buddy carter says the global threats only add urgency to confirming president-elect trump's cabinet picks. the longer it takes to ha

russia is turning into a version of north korea. a country where human life means nothing. but they have nuclear weapons and a burning desire to make their neighbors' lives miserable. even though russia's overall economic potential is smaller than europe's, it produces several times more military equipment than all of europe combined. that's exactly the path of wars moscow chooses to take. putin signed a new strategic deal with iran. he already has a comprehensive treaty with north korea. who do they make such deals against? against you, against us, against europe, against america. we must not forget about it. it's not by chance these are there strategic priorities and our priorities must match the challenge in politics, in defense and in the economy. such threats can only be counted together. even when it comes to army size, russia can fill 1.3 million troops. we have more than 800,000 in our military. second after us comes france with over 200,000. then, germany, italy and u.k. everyone else has less. this is not a situation where one country can secure itself alone. that

we appreciate _ china, north korea. we appreciate your - china, north korea.rmoil in south korea. let's now turn our attention to canada. lcal media are reporting that prime ministerjustin trudeau could step down in the coming days. the globe and mail quoting sources close to the matter said mr trudeau may resign as leader of the liberals ahead of a party meeting on wednesday. it follows months of pressure to resign, including from more than 20 members of his own party. we shall keep a very close eye on that and update you on any new developments. awards season is getting under way in hollywood with the 82nd golden globes ceremony kicking things off in beverly hills. stars including ariana grande, first—time winner demi moore and british star kate winslet took to the red carpet ahead of the ceremony. nikki glaser hosted the awards, celebrating both film and tv, and are widely seen as the first big awards ceremony of the season. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. he has been watching it all for us. peter, tell us all the top line from t

he warned of the deepening relationship between russia in north korea. >> it comes as thousands of north korean troops joined russia on the battlefield in ukraine. now we have reason to believe that moscow intends to share space. >> and satellite technology showing both republicans and democrats in congress say the alliance of these 2 adversaries is concerning both koreas invading europe right now, which is a testament to this axis of authoritarianism. massachusetts democrat jay caulking class as the u.s. should support ukraine and allies facing threats globally. >> he says he's concerned about that under president elect donald trump that requires in america. >> strong approach with our allies on america. first approach that retreats behind a protective walls. but republican congressman like michigan's tim walberg say they trust the incoming president's foreign policy. the leadership of this incoming administration will establish the course. georgia's buddy carter says the global threats only add urgency to confirming president-elect trump's cabinet picks. the longer it takes to have the

a treaty between washington and north korea last year as us rights to their own security. i think that the, the conference or nations are they are looking at such partnership as a threat. they, they see the word dissolute, can narrow and bias less 1st and most importantly, because eh, they disagree to do the rights of the citizens of these countries who have endured on just the corner. they could locate for years, just because these nations have made silver and decisions. it's applied for the words to follow according to the award the best order was ultimately serving the interest of a specific could. nations why the great things they need to else of interest and the interest of others? these agreements are wise as the reaction to their hostile actions toward russia, to the right and get security and borders the so we need to as expansion with your crane beings, almost as a vivid example of these policies. i'm not sure i agree with their 100 percent here because i think uh, the russian leadership, at least on many occasions, stressed that the reason why the primary reason

as people have pointed out, they have tried to put both north korea into a war in order to justify this martial law in position. according to bilateral treaty of south korea and united states in time, a more united states. as soon as operational control of the south korean military, so there's no way that the south korean military would have done this on their own use. their intended purpose was to provoke a conflict. there's no way they would not have done. they would have done this without informing and getting go ahead and approval from united states. this then, and from what we have, i have observed to us. they had been very silent about president your school. only see, they say it was they, we are firms are higher in clack, committed to south korea. next he's been cold, bloody blink, and i'm the secretary of genocide and his speech outlining a post full time. so dawes, are the outgoing us secretary of state was repeatedly heckled uninterrupted. we strengthened americans, over entourage and delivered on the present funds. the thank you, i respect your views. please allow me to share

on the agreement with north korea lever of mentioned was signed last year . it was essentially a new defense packed, and one that seen at least $10000.00 north korean troops deployed to russia. this new russia iran treaty brings together 2 of the world's most heavily sanctions nations with it comes on the eve of donald trump's return to the white house next week. when i make promises, i keep them and follows new sanctions on russia's oil affected by the outgoing bite and administration. that surprised. so this is definitely a shift in policy in the last days of the buying and ministration we seeing on the market is got very use to the buyers and white house. always prioritizing, avoiding disruption to oil supplies of, uh, the of the political goals are putting pressure on russia, putting pressure on it wrong as global tensions rise, russia, iran, north korea, and china will likely continue to confront what they see as western attempts to isolate and challenge them mike, level l g 0 for the inside story. the that's bringing out guess into her on hassan. i'm it

a we can explain, or we can interpret such partnerships with the north korea and with a want as a break. and this attempts to isolate russia and putting in a, in a position that is being isolated are all the work. and then that's a and that's a and this is also we can look at the washer and also attempts to break this kind of ruling. the order was establishment, author, brakes are absolutely some of it. let me ask you about that because i know that you are a specialist on the rushes to use a soft power. and i was wondering if, by sticking to this long term detail, the greens rush, he's also trying to on essentially exemplify what kind the world daughter is, wants to seize. it wants to see if, you know something that is based on concrete agreements, where countries actually stick to that words regardless of the political occurrence . while a true design, he is a truth assigned and that it will last but you know, for the time that the, that is specified. do you think that's a form of power projection in any way? first of all, we have the to understand that soft power and means that's we a

the russians have deployed strong units to kursk with soldiers from north korea involved.owing developments from kyiv. a spokesperson said fighting was ongoing in the city and two weeks ago, ukraine announced it was withdrawing some of its units from the area to prevent them from being encircled. we didn't expect this to a certain extent. it is not a big city, largely in ruins, as are most of the towns that russia is fighting for in the east. much more important and a bigger loss for ukraine would be if russian forces were now to advance and take the key strategic hub of pokrovsk, nearby. these developments come as ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in russia's kursk region according to ukrainian and russian officials, fighting is continuing there now for a second day and pro— kremlin military bloggers who are posting on social media say that ukraine carried out a large—scale assault there but they say the russian forces so far are managing to successfully hold the ukrainians back. of course, russian forces there have been bolstered by thousands of troops from north ko

>> senator as you know the challenge with north korea is visibility. my impression from the outside, like you as a member of an oversight committee of intelligence is that we have very good collection. i'm only caveat owning it because if confirmed as dni ma habit v different viewpoint or more information to look at. i would make it a priority i think collection obviously an analysis of intelligence is what makes us the greatest intelligenceis enterprise in ths world. i will commit if we are not doing enough, senator, i will make it a high priority to improve any standards that we may need to employ. thank you, congratulations on your nomination. think that is you people watching on television can't see how far away i am. we've got to know each other a little bit over the years not in the setting of intelligence but mutual friends. i just kind of went to ask a simple and straightforward question. you have an accomplished career. you are by electoral standards in the seat that would be considered by report of the safe district. you seem to be enjoying y

>> senator as you know the challenge with north korea is visibility. my impression from the outside, like you as a member of an oversight committee of intelligence is that we have very good collection. i'm only caveat owning it because if confirmed as dni ma habit v different viewpoint or more information to look at. i would make it a priority i think collection obviously an analysis of intelligence is what makes us the greatest intelligenceis enterprise in ths world. i will commit if we are not doing enough, senator, i will make it a high priority to improve any standards that we may need to employ. thank you, congratulations on your nomination. think that is you people watching on television can't see how far away i am. we've got to know each other a little bit over the years not in the setting of intelligence but mutual friends. i just kind of went to ask a simple and straightforward question. you have an accomplished career. you are by electoral standards in the seat that would be considered by report of the safe district. you seem to be enjoying y