center of beijing now talks between the two presidents are set to focus on trade and north korea the u.s. hopes that china will ramp up economic pressure on its ally to abandon its nuclear ambitions. north korea was also the focal point of trump's last stop south korea before leaving seoul delivered a stark warning to be young in a speech to south korea lawmakers listen that the regime has interpreted america's past restraint as weakness this would be a fatal miscalculation this is a very different administration than the united states has had in the past today i hope i speak not only for our countries. but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try. and turn more mathias poland or your correspondent is standing by with the latest from beijing hello mathias as we just heard there are big issues on the agenda for trump in china north korea trade as well what more do we know about the focus of the fifth it. this visit it's going to be a visit that has a lot of symbolism a lot of beautiful images as we have seen the visit to the to the forbidden city it's clearly

even though china claims that those trucks were exported to north korea for industry, but it is -- north korea actually using all those china made trucks for icbm deployment. another thing, it is true that in 60s and 70s the basic technology of north korea and submarine were imported from china, and hundreds of chinese technicians help north korea to build the first class of submarines. >> i do want to get to submarines in the moment, but as part of the whole idea of nuclear triad, before asked the question, to your knowledge has north korea had a desire to or actually engaged in sharing their advancements with iran? >> in the past, whenever north korea pass those satellites, iranian scientists were invited to the site. and it is the common fact that during the war between iraq and iran, north korea supported the iranian side by supplying the military equipment to and after that ended, because of that there was strong cooperation between iran and north korea on all military terms. but in terms of nuclear cooperation, i do not have any clear information in that regard. >> north korea is n

it may be possible to we open the door for a better relationship between the foley pins and china or north korea i think that china will not do more cannot do more probably because their biggest priority is that north korea stays on the map they don't want an implosion of north korea they don't want the millions of refugees that come with that and they don't want a reunited korean peninsula with american troops at the chinese border that's very priority so on the south china sea i think it will depend on what donald trump will say i will stations of his trip i mean he will go also to vietnam to the apec summit and it is room of that there will be a speech about open and free oceans so there will be some announcement of the concerning the indo-pacific and for the chinese the word in the pacific alone is a no go where they talk of the pacific ocean and the indian ocean but not of both as a connected thing so i think there will be some counter movements led by japan australia india and the united states and so i don't see that the facts on the ground will change and i ask lord is it possible that i

north korea. on one hand, china is keeping its obligation with united nations sanctions. but on the other hand, it is opening the possibilities for north korea to fund its program by importing a lot of north korean laborers to their country. smuggling, private traders, small companies, do you have an idea of who they are and how we can in the u.s. policy, impact that i -- that activity? mr. thae: that is a matter of a chinese decision. we should continue to tell the chinese government that the north korean nuclear threat is not only a threat to america, but it can be a threat to china. we should continue to convince the chinese government to cooperate to stop north korea's nuclearization. convinced, they will take effective measures to stop and crackdown on the smuggling network. chairman royce: your time has expired. we have to go to joe wilson of south carolina. representative wilson: thank you, mr. thae, i appreciate your courage. i represent many constituents who served in korea. they have a great affection for korean families. my dad served in the flying tigers in wor

so i think north korea depends mostly on china. >> one last question for you. >> many deck 8 cents north and south korea have basic been two separate nations. supposing that the north korean government crumbled. do you believe that north korea and south korea being apart now for so longve could realisticaly be enough i? >> yes, i think so. they have the same culture and korea has been divided only for 70 years. before ivi learned after my arrival to south korea aren't they have so many things in common. i think it will be very easy process to accommodate north and south korea if the two koreas are reunified. >> my comment from the beginning i think this debate over whether we should have taken military action in north korea earlier perhaps a decade ago really underlines the mistake of the iraq war. we went to the iraq war believing saddam hussein was developing nuclear capabilities and north korea was developing that we took no action there. without making a judgment about whether we should or should not have taken military action th

we know china is the strongest country to deal with north korea. it is in their best interest and in their backyard. yet we are sending satellite photographs after the u.n. sanctions were voted on, defying boats goingons, back and forth between china and north korea. so that has not had a lot of impact. let me commend you for your courage coming here today, in light of the dangers and the obvious risks you are taking. i think you are a courageous individual. but they are almost deified, this dynasty. how do we change that, first question. if the military option is on the table and secretary mattis has warned against it, if that happened, what with the the peninsula look like? what would be the aftermath of the military option? mr. thae: the first, i think, many people do not understand why the north korean regime believes that nuclear weapons can solve their problems, and why kim jong-un's regime is so much obsessed with this kind of nuclear weapons program, which can do nothing about all those sanction. from the perspective of the north korean regi

center of beijing now talks between these two presidents are set to focus on trade and north korea the u.s. hopes that china will ramp up economic pressure on its ally to abandon its nuclear ambitions north korea was also the focal point of trump's last stop south korea before leaving seoul trump delivered a stark warning to be on yang in a speech to south korean lawmakers listen at the regime as interpreted america's past restraint as we can this. this would be a fatal miscalculation this is a very different administration than the united states has had in the past today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try. and amend that strong language china's president xi jinping has showered trump with a lavish and warm welcome but that tone could soon change still ahead a full day of talks between two superpowers over eight host of divisive issues have a listen. more than a night at the opera president trump's asia trip brings him to china where his key themes trade and north korea converge china is one of america's larg

china. on north korea i think china , will not do more. do more probably, because their biggest priority is north korea stays on the map. they do not want an implosion of north korea, they do not want the millions of refugees that come with it and they do not want a reunited korea peninsula with american troops at the chinese border. that is their priority. so on the south china sea, i think it will depend on what donald trump will say in other stations of his trip. i mean, he will go also to vietnam, to the apex summit, and it is rumored there will be a speech about open and free oceans. so there will be some announcement of, or concerning the indo pacific. and for the chinese, the word indo pacific alone is a no go. they talk of the pacific ocean and the indian ocean, but not of both as a connected think. -- thing. i think there will be counter movements led by japan, australia, india, and the united states. so i do not see that the facts on the ground will change. melinda: is it possible, that if donald trump does not get at least the a

hopes china well ramp up economic pressure on north korea in an attempt to stop john yang's nuclear ambitions. more than a night at the opera president trump's asia trip brings him to china where his key themes trade and north korea converge china is one of america's largest trading partners and north korea's major sponsor. competing for global commerce but also partners in it part of trump's trip includes a signing ceremony for commercial deals between the two countries worth about nine billion dollars. trade is tricky business trade imbalance is a big issue for trump he even said it got him elected one year ago and it's really big with china. the u.s. a leader in services enjoys service trade surpluses with china and many other countries however trade in goods easily wipes out these gains in two thousand and sixteen that left the u.s. in a three hundred ten billion dollar hole with china which trump is keen to climb out of. two of the world's most powerful leaders haven't always seen eye to eye but there may be room for common ground trump as a business person you know i mean. you know his

north korea. on the other hand, china says they are doing more than anyone else. l resolutions, they have cut off seafood and coal. we are really putting pressure on north korea by turning down the screws. donald trump would like them to cut oil, for example, to really try and bring the economy to its knees. as we had earlier in the programme, there is no way that beijing wants a regime to collapse because even though they wa nt to collapse because even though they want them to give up nuclear weapons, what they fear more than thatis weapons, what they fear more than that is a collapsed at eunos —— north korea, with us troops on its border as a unified country. china will not do anything that would lead to that happening. china is a huge trade partnerfor north korea but the us and china, it is all about trade as well. we expect a big ceremony at the great hall of the people but we also see a signing ceremony in the great hall of the people, 19 deals worth $9 billion? yes. that was the first round of deals that we heard about on day one. apparently on day two there

north korea. the president also wants china to take further steps, cutting off oil supplies to north korea, freezing the bank accounts of some north korean individuals, as united states treasury department has. and taking all of the north korean workers who are here in china and sending them home. what's not clear at this point, shannon, is whether or not xi jinping has the influence over kim jong un to get him to rein in his nuclear program and b, how much influence xi jinping wants to wield. he appreciates the fact that north korea is a real cultural and political buffer between the u.s. allied south korea and china. he is looking, because they look in terms of 20 and 50 year plans and china as opposed to three and five weeks as we do in the states. he is looking way down the road to safely get rid of north korea's nuclear program and career unifies under the terms of the south, i'm going to have basically the united states on my border and i'm not sure that's particularly a good thing to have happen. he's got a difficult calculation. the president has a difficult calculation as well. we will see

china? >> the chinese see north korea as their neighbors. e chinese have a pretty favorable view of people they share a border with. there is a lot of concern about all of this nuclear rhetotoric. china has said repeatedly in response to criticisms from the u.s. and other international bodies that it is completely does implement the resolutions including sanctions. the sanctions has increased in the past year. what we don't know because there are no independent checks at the border is how will china really is reinforcing these sanctions. i visiteded the border with north korea a couple of months ago and people tell me they still get gold and silver from north korea, even though it has been long band in the u.n. sanctions. if you ask ago, i would do some north korean restaurants in beijing and asked about their business. they said every day they get food imports. that is also against sanctions. itit is unclear how well chinese and forcing, but definitely china is doing all they can. there t tone is they shshould ne thehe ones who shoulder all

it was reported in this "new york times" article that north korea may now be exporting less to china,but north korea may also be receiving trade credits from china, to finance continued imports, and of course these trade credits will help nullify north korea were having trouble coming up with hard currency. so if chinese entities including banks are -- shouldn't the treasury be designating them? >> that's a great point and i think we are seeing, as they evolve in response to u.n. security council resolutions, a constant effort to evade sanctions and barter is one of the ways they're -- so trade credits or maybe just plain old barter is another way they're trying to evade the effect of the financial hammer lock that we're endeavoring to put on them. so we're tracking that and if you trade with north korea, i don't care whether you're trading in dollars or yuan or whatever, any barter relationship exposes you to u.s. sanctions. >> thank you, chairman, i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back and there's one minute left remaining from the gentleman's time, if i could ask one question o

made it possible to we open the door for a better relationship between the philippines and china or north korea i think that china will not do more cannot do more probably because their biggest priority is north korea stays on the map they don't want an implosion of north korea they don't want the millions of refugees that come with that and they don't want a real knighted korean peninsula with american troops at the chinese border that's priority so on the south china sea i think it will depend on what donald trump will say i will stations of his trip i mean he will go also to vietnam to the apec summit and this room of that there will be a speech about open and free. so there will be some announcement of the concerning the in the pacific and for the chinese the word in the pacific alone is a no go where they talk of the pacific ocean and the indian ocean but not of both as a connected thing so i think there will be some counter movements led by japan australia india and the united states and so i don't see that the facts on the ground will change and i was clued is it possible that if donald

point in the speech that he doesn't think there should be any form of support from north korea and it is mostly chinaooses to support north korea at the moment. latest round of un sanctions, there was pressure to stop oil imports, china didn't want that and they've been restricted by some 70%. so digs at china. there was also a direct message to kim jong—un, the leader of north korea. he made it clear and said, i address this message to kim jong—un. he made it clear and said, i address this message to kimjong—un. he he made it clear and said, i address this message to kim jong—un. he said the country created by your grandfather is a hell and the weapons programme you are creating is putting you in more danger instead of guaranteeing your security. he talked about a way out, a path to peace. he said, you must stop the weapons programme, the nuclear is and that must be verifiable. so the tone was different, there were no off—the—cuff comments, apart from a few mentions about golf and a few mentions about his victory in the election year ago, which is exactly today, but it was far more measured, bertone

it is often hard to tell what is being moved between china and north korea in the trucks. it is strictly enforcing all united nations sanctions. those now include a ban on exports of north korean coal, iron and textiles. but in august, china purchased 1.6 million tons of north korean coal, worth nearly $140 million. days before the sanctions went into effect. overall the chinese government claims its trade with north korea has dropped significantly. but china still refuses to cut north korea off at the knees because it fears if the regime collapses, refugees from here in north korea, will stream across the border, here into china. and worse yet they will see the u.s. military just across this ridge. some chinese traders may be violating the sanctions including ban on north korean seafood. off camera this woman at dandong fish market admitted some fish came from north korea. when we turned the camera on, she said it was china. >> reporter: none of this fish from north korea? >> no, she says, nobody would dare sell any. >> this chinese seafood trader asked to us conceal his i

korea. china is exerting more economic influence in south korea, as well as military influence in north korearessman kim byeong-gi: china and north korea has developed a strategic partnership, and if china really thinks that we are good friends, china should make their bad friend do the right things. sharyl: is chinaxe prof. ra chong-il: china is a big political and economic power and growing sort of a military power, as well. sharyl: political science professor ra chong-il was a campaign adviser to south korean president moon jae-in, who was elected in may. in the end, he suspects china's one belt, one road is less about spreading prosperity and more about china trying to build a more dominant role on the world stage. prof. ra chong-il: china is just beginning to throw its weight about to its neighbors. i think it is just the beginning. sharyl: in china, president trump was offered lavish treatment, full of pomp and ceremony, but few commitments. of the competition for southeast asia, president xi simply said, "the pacific is big enough to accommodate both china and the united states." ahead

china and north korea. with china president trump wants to review what he calls unfair trade practices. he wants to combat recent agrees in the chinese sea. and with north korea he wants to talk about the nuclear programs. president trump is going to attempt to raleigh support from the leaders of these countries, especially china, to put even more pressure on north korea. will we hear the same inflammatory language, the fire and furry we have heard on twitter. will he use that language overseas close to the border with north korea. yesterday the national security adviser said president trump will use whatever language he wants. >> i don't think the president modulates his language. you have noticed he does that. he has been very clear about it. i am aware of the discussions of his inflammatory. what is inflammatory is the nortnorth korean regime and howy have threatened the world. >> two questions. one, will president trump visit the pugh mz, the border of north korea and south korea. the white house says he

korea during the korean war from the advancing american army relations aren't quite as close as they used to be of course china is north korea's biggest benefactor much of its oil supplies come from china but that doesn't mean that beijing is ready to turn off the tap so to speak. final korea has been completely. by sanctions as the deal the outrage why. right well you know they feed into north korea's world view actually i mean any resolution or sanctions at the u.n. security council just reinforces young's. ideology that it is alone in the world that hostile enemy nations are out to get it in particular the united states and it only causes the north korean regime to. make more inroads with its own people it gives the regime legitimacy to have sanctions placed on it so what was said at the u.n. security council does not mean that it will bring north korea back to any negotiating table and to its latest myside don't want to move to be the most advanced so far what all the options from washington to deal with what many of you as a major security threat and north korea's always been described as the land of bad options a

of north korea's crude imports come from china however there is perhaps a false belief that china has some sort of magic pill that will resolve the whole problem with north korea. has shown many times that it will not do as beijing once it to do of course beijing has numerous times condemned north korea's provocations whether it be missile launches or nuclear tests but that has not deterred the kim jong un regime and at the end of the day china does not want a collapsing north korea it wouldn't want to see a south korea backed by american forces on its border so there's a limit to how much china is willing to do ok well the u.s. is warning that if china does not cut off its oil supplies to north korea that it might take matters into its own hands now what might washington be talking about what are its options right now. well i think this is a game that the trump administration has been playing all along it always raises the stakes without being too explicit about what it might actually be talking about whether it's trump saying that you know the u.s. will handle north korea's recent i

without china, north korea would likely collapse. ade with kim jong un's isolated regime, and some of the money china has spent on things like north korean clothing, north korean coal likely helped pay for the company's nuclear program. now there's evidence china is becoming a less generous neighbor. this is what trade between china and north korea looks like. trucks loaded with goods passing over this single-lane bridge spanning the yalu river. chinese visitors flock here to get a glimpse of their neighbor. journalists are less welcome. less than ten minutes after we arrived on a street lined with business we were stopped by the police station. the police deleted our video of goods sent to north korea, so we used an iphone to shoot this footage from a building nearby. we saw what appeared to be construction materials and heavy machinery heading towards the bridge. it is hard to tell what is moved between china and north korea in these trucks. the chinese government says it is strictly enforcing all united nations sanctions. those now

president donald trump has called on china to increase economic pressure on north korea to end its nuclear weapons program is meeting his chinese counterpart is using ping in beijing as part of his first tour of asia china's grand display of friendship appears to have softened mr trump stance on the country's trite practices and other contentious issues rather than i problem president trump not pissed a few china as one of the world's great problem solvers. the second day of u.s. president donald trump's visit in china began with pomp and ceremony. chinese president xi jinping once again pulled out all the stops. but behind closed doors the two leaders were faced with thorny issues among them the increasing threat from north korea a strong young's closest ally beijing is seen as a best bet to rein in an increasingly defiant north korea. with the menace of north korea and. we've had some tremendous discussions in there today and i think things will happen i believe things will happen. the positive tone taken by trump marks a departure from his previous criticism of china. in september north

north korea is the major issue that's testing u.s. chinese relations and it will top the agenda of trump's visit china remains north korea's closest ally the u.s. has increased pressure on beijing to rein in pyongyang but china is reluctant to become directly involved in the escalating conflict. the u.s. is china's biggest trading partner but it imports much more from china than it sells there and trump has threatened hefty tariffs on chinese goods. china's plans to build in the disputed waters of the south china sea have angered washington's allies in east asia. while the u.s. navy's continued patrols and what china considers its territory have riled beijing . these contentious issues remain unresolved but one thing has already become clear trump's isolationist policies have played into president she's hands trump turned his back on the world she has cast himself as an advocate of globalization opening the doors for china to gain more influence in the world. so materials as we saw there are donald trump paying these are two very different leaders donald trump says they have been able to found a real friendship together but how well do

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though sanctions will put economic pressure on north korea. china has significantly ramped up its affective sanctions against north korea. bankingarly the sanctions. those need to be continued. that pressure needs to be continued on. the president saying cut off all trade, all economic activity with north korea is not going to happen. it would clearly lead to an economic collapse in north korea . china is very concerned about that. they know that that would cause a very significant problem on their border, which is a very long border with north korea. host: if you want to ask our guests questions, 202-748-8000 democrats. for republicans. the chair from the president in the united states while in asia addressing the south korean leadership in the government talking about them. the regime has: interpreted america's past restraint as weakness. fatalould be a miscalculation. this is a very different administration in the united states -- administration been in theted states has had past. today as pay cannot only for our countries, but for all civilized

without china, north korea korea would likely collapse. that's because china trades. inas that spent on north korea clothing and cole has likely paid for that country's weapons program, but now there is evidence that china is becoming a less generous neighbor. this is what trade between china and north korea looks like. trucks loaded with goods passing over this single-lane bridge spanning the yalu river. >> we can't shoot on this street? journalists are less welcome. ten minutes after we arrived on a street with north korean businesses, we were stopped by chinese police. >> they want to take you to the police station. >> the police deleted our video so we used an iphone to shoot this footage from nearby. we saw what appeared to be construction materials and heavy machinery heading toward the bridge. it's often hard to tell what's being move tweend china and north korea in these trucks. the chinese government says they're strictly enforcing that. they now include ban of coal, iron, and tex tooils but in august china purchased 1.6 million tons of north korean coal worth

they want to get china on the same page with north korea. china is basically north korea's only friend and so the u.s. would like to see china get north korea to back off hostilities. also they want to get greater access to chinese markets for u.s. companies and ease some regulations that require u.s. companies to partner with chinese companies to do business there. >>> president trump and the first lady are dining with china's president in the forbidden city. how important is the significance of that dinner? >> reporter: this is very important for both china and the u.s. donald trump becomes the first foreign leader to ever dine in the forbidden city in modern chinese history. they also saw an operaer finished up there. it's a huge honor according to the chinese ambassador, something to show the importance of this u.s. visit and possibly to get donald trump or to try to impress donald trump a little bit and from trump's standpoint to try and show that he is able to meet eye to eye with the chinese and be able to talk with them and get a deal

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he's going to probably push for further clampdowns north korea also accesses the global internet largely through north korea in. largely through china's internet and cable structure so it's possible that he may also push to have trying to clamp down on north korea's ability to access the global internet what about china what are they going to want it's not every day the u.s. president comes to town what's their agenda here why i think one of the most important things is they would like to figure out is mr trump going to work on imposing tariffs and sanctions on chinese products the u.s. is one of the key economic partners for china and what can china do to avoid that whether it's making some concessions in areas such as steel were promising to pay better attention to things like protecting intellectual property rights they would also of course dearly love to get a clarification on america's position on taiwan under the trump administration and also on the south china sea all right there seems to be friction between trump and his own state department when it comes to north korea we've seen secretary of state rex tillerson at times maki

carolina -- north korea's biggest friend. china sees north korea as a buffer. that is important to china in a big way. in this speech in seoul, president trump called out china saying cut the cash flow to kim jong-un and his regime. john roberts is travelling with the president and live in beijing tonight. john? >> more on that to come later on today when the president meets with president xi. the president arrived late afternoon beijing time, early in the morning in new york. the first part of the visit given over to ceremony. the president having tea with president chi and watching the opera at the forbidden city and then having dinner. before leaving seoul south korea, he gave the speech at the national assembly. at the same time, he played good cop and bad cop and laying out an extensive indictment of what he portrayed kim jong-un's criminal behavior and ruthless dictator ship there, warning him in stark terms not to mess with the united states and its allies by continuing to develop a nuclear weapons program. let's listen to m

north korea. mr. trump is going to north korea and china. -- going to korea and china. what is the significance of this bilateral summit meeting when north korea is fixing its altitude, not respond together relinquishing nukor development. what is necessary to avoid military confrontation? >> while japan-u.s. alliance being the foundation of the regional peace and prosperity. when japan. u.s. partner strongly the peace of this region becomes unshakeable. from that perspective i consider we were able to affirm strong bonds between the u.s. and japan. this was quite significance for the regional peace. on the north korean situation between president trump and myself. we confirmed we are together 100%. we'll enhance the pressure the e even the international community has working towards north korea and russia. north korea continues its provocation towards the international community so we need to cooperate. we must exercise our policy pap we'll change our policy. so please come talk to us. i think this is what most of important that we have a complete agreement with preside

north korea was huge. they could not get china on board. north korea absolutely is feeling the pinch right now.e've a dictator there that does not want to admit it but he is in a bind and hopefully he can get rid of the nukes and see this happen. has been built over decades. thank you so much for coming on. this is a story for you. on the platform by the third party sellers. the mom mom-and-pop small businesses. they want to draw more sales that price work is effectively a truth war. it will basically cover that. now listen to this amazon ceo and founder sold more than one billion dollars worth of stock. he still personally owns about 60% of amazon. about 1.4 billion dollars in 1998. worth more than $80 billion today. let's get to the story. donna brazil slamming debbie wasserman schultz in a new book. we will show you more and what happened in present trump they could shoot it out of the side. we will bring in the former u.s. army intelligence officer. he joins us next. from the very beginning ... it was always our singular focus. to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource. to fight

trump say urging she to work hard to resolve the north korea conflict did it get any results well that's the idea that the trump administration has china just needs to increase pressure cut off the life minds of the north korean regime and then the north korean regime will give up its. its nuclear program the chinese government sees it differently the chinese government does not want to risk any instability in north korea so cutting off would be too risky strategy and that's why there has been very little progress in the past time and these talks also have not brought any. specific results with this issue. i want to talk a little bit more about you know results oriented discussions because we we've seen these two leaders complement each other quite a lot during the strife in fact this trip that was called a state visit plus because of just how lavish it was pictures of harmony there but you know when we get down below that was there tension between these two do you think over these issues i think at the core of the top acts there has not been made much progress nevertheless of course a good working relationship unusual sympathy can hel

it's in their fundamental interest to pressure north korea more directly, with more urgency. keep in mind, china controls 80-90% of trade with north korea. they are the diplomatic backstop, in particular, at the u.n., and they have political pressure to apply on pyongyang. the trick here is can the u.s., in alliance with china, pressure north korea so that we can slow, if not stop and reverse the missile and nuclear program. that's the real trick here, and i think the trip will be focused on trying to achieve that. >> thank you so much for spending more saturday morning with us. >> my pleasure, thank you, dara. >>> president trump calls it a beautiful christmas president, present, rather, what's the possibility of a bill passed by then? so we know how to cover alt anything. even a swing set standoff. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ copdso to breathe better,athe. i go with anoro. ♪go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way" wit

china. >> yes, definitely yes he says. it is a very long border you can't watch everyone. >> how its north korean seafood still getting into china? >> chinese fishermen go over the border to north korea meet in international waters. >> china its helping ensure the north korean regime survives by significantly boosting its exports of grain and corn. north korea faces chronic food shortages. china is little really its life line. >>> rising political tension in saudi arabia could lead to an increase in gas prices. new video shows the some of saudi arabia's richest and most powerful people sleeping on cots with rifles behind them. they're being detained at a ritz-carlton in riyadh after being arrested in a corruption probe. reports on how the royal purge could have a global impact. >> officials say some 500 people have been detained. it is a royal purge that has roiled oil prices and threatened geopolitical stability. members of the royal family have been detained at a five star ritz-carlton in riyadh since the unprecedented weekend arrests. 32-year-old crown prince mohammad bin salmon said this is to root out corruption. >> is this a sign of major reform effort, need to be done? or shou