you have firing at the dmz. even if the north korean and south korean soldiers aren't firing directly at each other, it is not what you want at this very tense border. so, what happened, according to south korean military, is that a north korean soldier came across the border about 8:00 a.m. this morning, just after. an hour and a half later, the south koreans saw north korean soldiers coming towards the border, clearing trying to find this defector. they then fired 20 warning shots in that direction, and they say that about 40 minutes later, they heard shots from north korea, but they didn't land in south korea. so a very tense time. what we know about this defector, he's young, late teens, early 20s. he was a soldier. he was armed, but there was no trouble as he came across. he's now in custody, being investigated as to why exactly he defected. but this happened last month. there was a very dramatic defection across the dmz and a hail of bullets from the north korean side as this defector was shot four times.

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then the north korean soldier started charging across the dmz. reportedly warning shots fired. they held up. this comes just after the last month high profile defection by another north korean soldier. he was actually shot at and was injured and recovering. all told there have been 15 direct defections this year from the north to the south involving four soldiers. last year there were only five total defections. it does have people wondering that this might be an indication of harteder more desperate times up in the north. >> dana: u.s. and south korea military are holding more military drills. what's going on there? >> there are a lot of drills, as your viewers know, involving u.s. and south korean military. but this one's got a little bit of an edge. it was run last week just south of the dmz by u.s. and south korean soldiers. they were practicing, according to reports, infiltrating north korea and then removing weapons of mass destruction from there. in fact, this kind of aggressive style has been shown also in the rhetoric coming from the tru

. >> ho chi minh has become a focal point for heavy fighting along the dmz, a lightning rod across the border and closer vietnam war has come to being conventional. >> the marines are holding a half dozen outposts and base camps just south of the dmz from the laos border and along route 9 and of the south, and to the north of what is called leather neck square. they provide the marines with observation posts overlooking the narrow valleys and plains that they use to move the troops south. also staging bases for operations. they are connected by a six mile strip of bulldozed land cleared to give them a better view and becoming a more elaborate barrier from the south chinese sea 40 miles to the border. work has stopped on the strip. vegetation is growing back and does not appear to do the job without many more marines to protect the engineers. above the ben high river, north vietnamese introduced heavy military, pounding them with 152 millimeter shells as often as 1,000 a day. a marine who was there the in the month of september had a 50/50 chance of being hit. there were 600 casualties

next stop, kaesong, the north korean city closest to the dmz.o be so close to south korea but you're not able to go? >> translator: it hurts. and you've been asking about south korea a lot. it's a place i want to go. >> we are so close to seoul, south korea. thriving economy, modern skyline. do you ever ask yourself why you don't have that here? >> translator: we have pyongyang. it's been built with our own power, our own technology, our own independent economy. how can seoul compete with that? >> i can't help but wonder what would his life be like if his family ended up just a few miles south after the korean war. driving back to pyongyang, i have no idea we're about to experience one of the strangest days i've ever had in north korea. it begins like every other morning in pyongyang. ♪ this music is the city's alarm clock, played every day beginning at 5:00 a.m. to commemorate the sacrifices of north korea's leaders. we head to the pyongyang international airport for the arrival of a vip. dennis rodman has been invited back for another round of

this is just before the winter olympics near the dmz.he fear is north korea will try to disrupt the games. thousands of security is being mobilized. greg palkot. fox news. >>> close to 100 people are hitting the road this weekend. millions more are shuffling through security lines at airports. we have the busiest travel times on bay area roads and our three international airports. good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. today, the holiday travel really kicked into high gear. a lot of people taking the long weekend hitting the road tonight. this is a live look at some of the travel conditions on 24 in walnut creek. those headlights are heading towards 680, concord, walnut creek, and pleasant hill. and here's a live look at 101 in san francisco. the headlights there are heading towards downtown san francisco and the bay bridge. that is very heavy. that's the commute direction. but the other direction looks heavy, going towards 280 and potentially the airport. speaking of the airport, the today is expected to be the bus

the dmz. >> my tour guide. >> when you live here, does it feel tense?you are on the brink of war? >> i think it's not an exaggeration to say we are living at the brink of war given thatty woo are constantly receiving threats of war. >> they are staring down the soldiers and vice-versa. they called it the demilitarized zone, but it's the exact opposite. both sides have soldiers up and down this heavily fortified border pointing weapons at each other. it is one of the most dangerous flash points in the world. >> and it's getting worse. a lot as changed. more nuclear tests and dozens of missile launches. >> does it feel more tense now? >> yes. we can say the state of affair is more tense, but rather the united states continued hostile policy against north korea reaching its peak. >> if you got the order, what would the military do? >> as soon as we received the order from the commander, we will liberate south korea and turn the u.s. mainland into a sea of fire. >> maybe it's time to change the subject. the lieutenant colonel and i are both the same age, 36

we have never seen this kind of action across the dmz before.s a sign of how desperate these soldiers are, because they are, as your last interviewee said, gambling with their lives, a very high risk of being shot. >> i was recently in south korea and we took this black hawk helicopter and watching the sunset over from above. the beautiful mountains that is north korea. and i couldn't help but think of the hell that lies be night. what is life like for north koreans and these soldiers? >> very hungry. we keep hearing about how much they are investing in their military. but that is going into nuclear mass destruction. the rank and file soldiers are not well-fed. and that's what's a parent in this case. i've spoken to many north koreans, like north korean mom's. >> who say what? >> they are terrified whether their sons go into the military. because they are in for ten years and often come out half star inc. starving if they don't die. they have tuberculosis, hepatitis. and this soldier that defected in november has been -- >> pictures of the paras

those games being run maybe only 50, 60 miles south of that dmz. is the north might try to disrupt those games. there are thousands and thousands of security forces that have been deployed just in case. a lot of fingers crossed in that region right now. >> laura: indeed. greg palkot in london. >> bill: president trump keeping his promise to america delivering major tax reform. white house press secretary sarah sanders in on stand by. we'll talk to her about that and a long list of things coming up in a moment. >> laura: apple admits to slowing down your old iphones but not for the reasons you might think. ♪ psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me. ♪ i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ♪ think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it... they're moving forward with cosentyx®. it's a different kind of targeted biologic. it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. don't use if you are allergic to cosenty

it's already one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, with 7.2 travel in the dmz alone. we are monitoring how it could affect your travel plans. we will have a live report coming up at 6:30. adrianna: take a good look at this sketch, here. this is a man who raped a woman in a popular arlington neighborhood. she was attacked back on november 2. police say that he sexually assaulted her and then took off. take another good look at this composite sketch. if you recognize this person, be sure to give police a call. we are learning more this morning about the d.c. a commissioner who used foul language, urinated on the floor, -- barricadedve himself in the bathroom while the police were recording. >> go get your supervisor. >> sir, don't make me come inside there. >>[bleep] adrianna: abc seven a different version of what happened. he says the details that the police got wrong and why he plans to sue them. that's in our next half hour. larry: stick around for that. an 11-year-old home from the holidays after eating accidentally shot by a neighbor in his home. he spent the last

. >> becoming a focal point of heavy fighting along the dmz. a lightning rod for north vietnamese artillery across the border and closest the war has come to being conventional. the marines are holding a half dozen outposts and base camps. from camp carol along route 9. to the south and to the north of what is called leather neck square. they provide the marines with observation posts overlooking the narrow mountain valleys and open coastal plains the north vietnamese use to move their troops south. they're also staging bases for patrols and operations. they are connected by bulldozed land cleared to give the marines a better view and becoming a longer elaborate barrier from the south china sea to the border. work has stopped on the strip. vegetation is growing back and does not appear possible to resume the job without many more marines to protect the engineers. above the ben high river the north vietnamese introduced heavy artillery this summer pounding 152 millimeter shells as often as 1,000 a day. a marine there in the month of september ha

garden, eelgales nest, up by the rock pile in the dmz, vandagriffe, the marine base. the marines built vand griffe in the valley and the mountains on both sides were own fwhied bad guys. so whenever we landed there, we took fire. but it was very fulfilling job. i enjoyed doing it and i was extremely lucky. i was pretty good. i openinly g shot down one time but we made it through, went back and got another helicopter and took off again. so it's about our day there and i ended up with about 950 combat hours. >> thank you, jerry. [ applause ] jerry 950 hours. i think it average helicopter pilot in vietnam probably flew a thousand hours and that is a lot of time. that is a lot of time in a year and it's all pretty much combat. from the time you lifted off you, could be shot anytime. so think that was the average time that the pilots flew over for. and when i introduced ed, when i first looked through their bios, i saw where ed hughes flew. he was in vietnam in 1971 and he participated in lam som 719 and i don't know if you know the history of vietnam war but lam som 719 w

the question everybody is asking now, why are so many defector soldiers crossing the dmz.is a dangerous way to defect. you have an estimated 1 million land mines in between that border and it's one of the most difficult places to cross to get to srouth korea, and that's why it's rare in the past, but four in this year alone. >> thank you for the reporting on that this morning. >>> we are following breaking news out of melbourne, australia, where more than a dozen people were injured after this car plowed into a crowd of holiday shoppers. this happened outside of a train station. police are saying this was, indeed, a deliberate act and the motivation is unclear. police have two people in custody right now. let's go to sarah james who joins us from melbourne. they are not saying terrorism, but they are saying a deliberate act. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they are saying it was not terrorism, and the man that drove the car was a 32-year-old australian of afghan descent. he drove his suv right down the tram track next to me and plowed into a crowd of pedestrians. he was

. >>> another north korean soldier defected across the tense dmz separating north and south korea.uthorities say it was a 19- year-old north korean soldier who had spent two years in the military. he crossed a remote section of the dmz this morning and turned himself in at a south korean military outpost. south korean soldiers fired warning shots to turn back north koreans, apparently trying to track him down. last month a dramatic defection by another north korean soldier was caught on video. that escape resulted in a shootout leaving the soldier wound the. >>> all right. time to check in with chief meteorologist bill martin. and we're talking about people, pets and plants, bill. >> oh, yeah. >> bundle up tonight. >> bundle up the tender plants, for sure. urban areas will be cold tonight. freeze warnings for parts of the bay area that don't typically see freeze warnings like san jose, parts of the eastern, and southern san jose. freezing and below freezing temperatures. so yes, pets, elderly, homeless, just take care of stuff tonight. it's definitely going to be cold. today's high

but every christmas for four years he would fly are it way up to the dmz, the dividing line between north and south vietnam and have christmas dinner with the marines and then of course -- and remember that these marines and soldiers, they were draftees. they weren't there because they volunteered. mainly 18/19-year-old kids. i've seen those pictures. they're just beautiful. and he would come back very happy and restored from that experience. and so it was very -- he was very cognizant of the fact that it north vietnamese were -- valued my presence and as you know, there's so many stories we could tell but they offered me a chance to be released. but our code of conduct says sick and injured and by order of capture. i knew why they were offering me release. if my name had been smith but saying no wasn't the easiest thing to say. and i don't nene bounce around but three years after i had refused on christmas eve, cold christmas eve in hanoi i was in solitary confinement. every cell had a loud speaker and they were playing christmas music. i still remember that one of the songs was i'll be

they were just south of the dmz, and near laos. it is difficult to help guys in the field when you are getting [indiscernible] that was there a problem for the marines. withof the argument vietnam, it is not a binary situation. or --, itinsurgents is both. that was the crux of the problem. >> another aspect deals with the level of manpower. i think there was a slight up earlier.- slide up manpower was a was going to be a problem. number one, getting enough of them. but number two, getting and not -- getting the right person. you had to have the right mindset, focus and lingwood skills, right attitude -- and language skills, right attitude. despite the large group there. >> good evening, i will not make a speech, just ask a question. the question i have come i have done a lot of reading on the vietnam war and do not have your experience, but i'm curious to about theve not read quality of the military campaign on behalf of the north vietnamese. the quality of the military officers in north vietnamese, and also, the quality of the ind

some areas of the dmz could get up to three inches or more. >>> i'll tell you what you step outside. my dad taught me this you can actually smell snow it smells much differentain. we have expanded winter weather advisories now see the white there that's a winter storm warning into southern maryland. down into the northern neck. kind of unusual but you folks are going to be the bulls eye with this particular system. notice how we're kind of running from southwest to northeast. we're looking at most precipitation on the east side of populations will creep north ward as we go through the nighttime hours and really you're okay in terms of date night until about midnight and then i would get inside. we have a little bit of video for you and again, the snow's getting closer to us. this is down into southern maryland and lenardtown and you can see the roads look wet but, you know, okay. i want to emphasize a couple of things. the snow bands tomorrow will be heavy enough to overcome the melting. especially we'll come back and talk about tomorrow night and just how cold it will be in the wake

we worked anywhere from the dmz south to kurrahee, eagles nest, up by the rock pile, and the dmz, vandergriff, which is the marine base. always interesting going there because the marines dug vandergriff in the valley, and the mountains on both sides are owned by both guys. -- by the bad guys. whenever we landed there, we took fire. but it was a very fulfilling job. i enjoyed doing it. i was extremely lucky. i was pretty good. i only got shot down one time. we made it through, went back, got another helicopter, and took off again. our day there, i ended up in about 950 combat hours. dwayne: thank you, jerry. [applause] dwayne: 950 hours. i think the average helicopter pilot in the amount probably flew 1000 hours. that is a lot of time. that is a lot of time in a year. it is all pretty much combat, from the time you lifted off. you could be shot anytime. i think that was the average time that the pilots flew over there. and when i introduced ed, when i first looked through their bios, i saw where ed flew in vietnam in 1971 and he participated in 719. i do not know if you know the history of th

thisser ' set to start in february which is 50 miles away from the dmz with the north. south korean president moon jay in said visitors concerns. he doesn't think north korea will try to disrupt the games. north korea south korea is sending a full set. tensions between the us and north korea continue to rise over blame for a cyber attack. this was a careless and reckless attack. it affected industry and the government. the consequences were beyond economic. the commuters computers effected badly in the uk and their healthcare system put lives at risk, not just money. after careful investigation, the united states is investigating the cyber attacks in north korea. we do not make this allegation lightly . we do so with evidence and we do with partners. the uk , australia and new disee land all share the same conclusion that north korea was around the cyber attack. computers running windows were targeted and demand ing ransom in the f 150 nations and was stopped after a 22 year old user allow ing him to disable mal \wear\ware good big questions about the big news from yest

we do not seek to march across the dmz.e seek is peace, and, for us to have that peace, we must obtain denuclearization of north korea. >> there are a lot of mixed messages in the public domain. don't you have rehearsals for the assassination of kim jong-un? >> having contingency plans and having military options is one thing. how do you put all together in support of a diplomatic solution is another. >> do you ever worry about blundering into, you know, the worst possible outcome, which is war? >> well, i think that is precisely why we really need to show that we do have the defense posture, that we have a robust military preparedness, just in case anything happens, and we need to send a clear message to north korea. their dream of becoming and being acknowledged as a nuclear power is just a misguided notion that the international community will never accept. >> so, south korea is adamant, saying the world will never accept a nuclear north korea, but some feel that ship has already sailed. the former cia director, michael

the games are in february, about 50 miles south of the dmz.>>> the new fbi director grilled on capitolill today. his pushback against the presidents twitter assessment of the bureau.>> lawmakers questioning the new fbi director wanted to know what he thought about a recent tweet from president trump.>> we respond to the tweet, is the fbi's reputation in tatters? >> the fbi that i see is tens of thousands of agents and analysts and staff working their tails off to keep americans safe. >> president trump picked christopher wray to be the director after firing james comey. he has been on the job since august and republicans grilled him about their concerns with recent and ongoing investigations.>> at the very least, the fbi's reputation has impartial, nonpolitical agency has been called into question back peter strauch was recently removed from special counsel robert mueller's investigation after sending anti-trump text messages to another fbi employee. strauch also worked on the hillary clinton email investigation and is now been reassigned to the agencies human resources department. bac

a low ranking northern soldier walked across the dmz. south korean soldiers fired some warning shots. and then some north korean soldiers appeared with their own fire. this latest defection comes about five weeks after another north korean soldier was shot by his colleagues and his own harrowing defection caught on tape that man survived after several rounds of surgery in a south korean hospital. thursday's defection was the fourth by a north korean soldier this year. >>> a funeral is being held today in vatican city for cardinal bernard law. the former archbishop of boston died in rome at the age of 86. 15 years after he was forced to resign over the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the catholic church. a "boston globe" investigation revealed law had covered for pedophile priests in the boston arc d arc die sis. survivors of clergy sexual abuse are outraged. anne thompson explains. >> reporter: in death as in life, cardinal bernard law challenging the catholic tenet of forgiveness. >> i hope the gates of hell are opened wide to welcome

that is why they built the industrial complex over there right at the border of the dmz. during thatpened time when kim jong-il passed away and kim jong-un came in, we see the escalation of the nuclear threat with the six nuclear bombs that he has done needed since he has been in office. a 17 nuclear -- icbms he has launched to date, just the seer. working with them to try to build that reunification, what we are seeing is kim jong-un is going down the path of nuclear armament. this is something that we have to bring. again, the world community together. we talk about reunification. of southa group koreans that believe in reunification. i asked the question when i was over there with moon jae-in. do you see north korea becoming more like south korea in unification? he says no. does that mean south korea has to become more like north korea? where do you have a trade-off? where do you get to a point where you can agree we will have this form of lifestyle. kim jong-un is a dictator, very 143 topas killed over level people, including his own uncle. we saw what he did to auto

possible safety concerns over america's participation in the games which take place just 50 miles from the dmzc's kristen welker has details. >> reporter: a game plan in question. when u.n. ambassador nikki haley seemed to suggest the u.s. may not participate in the winter olympics. >> there's an open question. it's always about how do we protect the u.s. citizens in the area. >> reporter: the olympic committee saying there hadn't been any discussions about not attending. and more confusion at the white e. decision has been made on that. >> reporter: but moments later a clarification. press secretary sarah sanders tweeting, the u.s. looks forward to participating in the winter olympics in south korea stressing safety and security. a u.s. official telling nbc news haley's comments were taken out of context. still, it all underscores the escalating tensions with north korea. with comparisons to 1980 when the u.s. joined more than 60 countries to boycott the games in moscow. the reality now the u.s. does not want to boycott an ally. >> the entire world comes together around sport. that's kind of

troops fired around 20 shots, when north koreans came close to the fence marking the boundary of the dmzpparently managed to escape when fog covered the area. he is the fourth north korean soldier to defect this year. president trump is celebrating his first major legislative win — both houses of the us congress have passed a bill bringing in the biggest changes to the tax system in three decades. the bill slashes taxes for corporations, and republicans say it will boost economic growth and create jobs, helping millions of people. democrats argue it will inflate the deficit and mainly benefit rich republican donors. polls suggest a majority of americans disapprove of the changes. we're bringing the entrepreneur back into this country. we're getting rid of all the knots and all the ties, and we're going to — you're going to see what happens. and ultimately, what does it mean? it meansjobs. jobs, jobs, jobs. democrats have called the tax bill a "heist". the leader of the party in the senate said there was nothing there for most americans to celebrate. now, we know they're popping champagne

safety concerns over america's participation in the games which are set to take place 50 miles from the dmzea. kristen welker has details for us this morning. >> reporter: a game plan in question when u.n. ambassador nikki haley seemed to suggest the winter olympics. >> there is an open question. it's always about how do we protect the u.s. citizens in the area. >> reporter: the olympic committee saying there hadn't been any discussions about not attending. and more confusion at the white house. >> no official decision has been made on that. >> reporter: but moments later, a clarification. press secretary sarah sanders tweeting the u.s. looks forward to participating in the winter olympics in south korea, stressing safety and security. a u.s. official telling nbc news haley's comments were taken out of context. still, it all underscores the escalating tensions with north korea, with comparisons to 1980 when the u.s. joined more than 60 countries to boycott the games in moscow. the reality now the u.s. does not want to boy scott cott an ally. >> the entire world comes together around sport.

the south koreans are adamantly opposed to this because seoul is about 50 miles from the border, the dmz100 miles from the capital. it's not just a nuclear threat. it's the conventional arms threat. it's all the artillery along the border. south korea would be annihilated. >> the conventional arms threat is absolutely significant. any of the scenarios that the pentagon has run before in which you begin to see either an escalation of conflict, any kind of kinetic military action there results in, at the lowest end, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. you know can go up into the millions very rapidly. not just in south korea but also our ally of japan. one of the most telling interviews was steve bannon when he left the white house. basically said, look, we're not going to kill millions of people in north korea. they have won this round. so at least there is recognition among people like bannon about the incredible potential human casualties and costs. >> it would be incredible. just incredible. thanks, steve. really appreciate it. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >>> changing gear

you see big operations near the dmz and the famous operation cedar falls of unprecedented large search and destroy mission. near saigon. to connect this back to your question about how policy makers were looking at this from washington. they saw that more and more resources were being pumped into vietnam. it was really being taken to the enemy at least in the american perception in an unprecedented entrens way. yet stalemate was the best that could be achieved. >> the reporter said they were at the demilitaryized zone. >> connect to what professor lawrence was talking about. in terms of the more conventional battle taking place in 1967. that was part of north vietnamese strategy at time. they were ready to move to big unit battle after having to assume the defensive posture. following american military intervention in 1965. and throughout 1966. this caused so many debates. because on one side some of the leaders didn't want to revert to a defensive posture. that in doing so moral of the trops would be low. that they had to wage big unit war because that was the only way to win. to main

more than 7 million people are hitting the roads in the dmz. p.m. travel times could triple. larry: unchartered political territory. hi. republicans challenged this win and a won the challenge so now, to determine a winner, t board of elections will pick a name out of a hat. but no date has been set for that to happen. check on the get a forecast. veronica: cold out there this morning. on the groundow there. the snow resorts are loving this temperature. good ski not be weather but by monday, it sure will be. so hold on if you plan on getting skis for christmas. could see flurries across the area. julie: we are looking at a closure here. a pedestrian was struck as a result of this crash. the cleanup continues. offloading at navy yard to break problems. andia: get your traffic weather and news updates anytime with the good morning washington mobile seven a >>> welcome back to "good morning america." we have someone hooping and hollering here. i hear a lot of whoo-hoos. adrienne, you were kicking things off with a look at a will smith and joel edg

engage in a violent provocation to disrupt the games which are being held just 50 miles south of the dmz softer targets. obviously, things that north korea might do to provoke the south koreans to attempt to cause games being shut down or events >> i think it depends on what is going on at the time. >> committees say america is planning to send athletes to the winter olympics. still there is a unique security threat at these games. the location and razor sharp tensions over missile tests have the region on edge. north korea has used tunnels to try to assert frog men into south korea for spying and assassinations and the regime has a history of violence surrounding major south korean sporting events. an airliner was blown up by two agents in 1997 with all 115 people on board killed. one of the agents was captured and said the bombing was ordered by the north's leaders to disrupt the 1988 summer olympics in seoul. and during the 2002 world cup in south korea, north korean patrol boats engaged in a skirmish with the south leaving several on both sides dead. analysts say kim has strong motiv

a stone massage with multiple locations across the dmz. caller number seven, this is yours. number to call, 703-528-7334 . good luck and relax. larry: time is running out to get that special package delivered by christmas. this is the deadline for fedex, express saver first class. ups, second day air and u.s. postal priority mail. you can drop your package at the post office on friday and pay a surcharge for priority mail express and still get your package delivered by christmas day. well, you know, the little town of bethlehem is busy gearing up for christmas. autria: but we're not talking about the actual birthplace of jesus christ, way over in the middle east. we are talking about bethlehem, maryland. so many people go there to get it postmarked with their biblical name. some were shipped as far as china and the netherlands. the united states and the world just to have a stamp saying bethlehem. autria: it's a tradition that dates back to 1939, very cool. can you believe it was 20 years ago today that ochs legend "titanic" hit theaters. december 19, 1997. winning 11 oscars

and south korean troops at yonge saint garrison, following his return from the dmz, secretary mattis made clear that the u.s. and south korea were doing everything possible to reach a diplomatic solution. our diplomatsy have to be backed up by the strength of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who enable them to speak from a position of strength, of combined strength, of alliance strength, shoulder to shoulder. south korea and the u.s. together. and in the short weeks that followed, we would demonstrate that combined strength doing in the sea exercises of japan, involving theodore roosevelt, ronald reagan and battle groups, including seven republic of korea service combatant warships, and again, exercisesnt aviation conducted just one week ago andlving more than 230 u.s. republic of korea air force aircraft. third, i would point to the strength of our economies, and to the industrial base that underpins it. the strength of the south korean economy has enabled the nation to raise the quality of life in korea while raising the quality , andrvice and its military in south korea'

that's 40 miles south of the dmz. united states to sit at the table across from them. they see themselves as equal to the united states. we've resisted that in administration after administration. is now the time to do that? >> the north koreans are wanting to talk and if they're willing to talk about a process leading to denuclearization of course. we know that a diplomatic solution is the only solution that makes any sense. >> bill: thank you, sir. >> good talking to you. >> sandra: growing criticism from lawmakers looking into the f.b.i.'s role in the 2016 presidential election. are robert mueller and his team stonewalling congress on the russia probe? >> we can't sit around and wait as the president is undermined by an investigation that i believe attorney general sessions should have ended long ago. booking a flight at the last minute doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings

some of the venues are 40 miles from the dmz.uts them well within range of an incredible amount of north korean firepower. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. left open the possibility that going there might not be a good idea. >> there is an open question. i've not heard anything about that but i know in the talks we have, it's always about, how do we protect u.s. citizens? those are conversations happening daily. >> would you feel comfortable sending family members if they were athletes? >> depends on what's going on at the time. we have to watch closely. speak on "the wall street journal" reports ticket sales are sluggish to say the least and video of u.s. war games over the korean peninsula aren't exactly what the tourism board would hope for. u.s. and south korean forces put hundreds of fighter jets together in a show of force and resolve along with stealth fighters. there was supposed to be a pair of u.s. be one bombers from gua guam. supposed to be a pair of bomber bombers. that would mean two. it turns out the show of force w