next stop, kaesong, the north korean city closest to the dmz.t is it like to 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 an

we're live at the dmz. >> touchdown. alabama wins! >> and an instant classic in the college football national championship game. it was a bold move by nick who helped bring the title back to bama. overtime thriller. just ended a short time ago. most of you have not seen the thrilling conclusion. we had a sloto sleep through it >> it is tuesday, january 9. it is 6:00 p.m. in the korean dmz. >>> let's talk about immigration. the president will meet with lawmakers from both parties focused on daca. >> if they cannot debragree, th federal government could shut down next week. rare for a chief of staff to get the assignment. sources say he got the job because immigration is the most important issue for trump's base. >> one person directly involved says, quote, it's a mess. for the latest, we turn to cnn's reporter on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. a big meeting over at the white house today, a group of lawmakers will head over to meet with trump to find a way forward on tadaca and the big deadline. lawmakers are at a real impasse

stephen: this is the dmz behind me.his is the reunification bridge, the joint security area that is demilitarized and jointly controlled by north and south. village,at is bps where they will have 0-- the peace village, where they will have these talks that have started, or should have started at the top of the hour. this is the first talks they have had in december of 2015. this direction takes you across the bridge into the dmz. group, they have been coming by consistently for seeing the dmz. these talks will involve a range regarding peace on the korean peninsula. agenda, butn ended at the top is the possibility, and all the branch, for the south to allow the north to compete the olympics as one korean team. it is not set in stone. that at least is a way to get the two sides to talk and have this openness in the months running up to the games, which start one month from today. the south koreans say they will discuss issues related to improving inter-korean relations. that is open ended. one other possibility is the re

dmz, which meant they were essentially the tripwire force. any invasion by the north would mean almost dmz, which immediatd by the americans. the dynamics have changed. one reason they wanted to do that is they wanted to narrow the american footprint, concentrate the americans into one zone, and get them out of the center of seoul. garrison when it was originally constructed was outside of seoul. it has grown so rapidly that it is now in the center. this is a minor irritant for the koreans, and would be for any people to have a foreign garrison stationed right in your capital. support a foreign presence? mr. fields: they do. in a perfect world, the south koreans would wish the united states was not there. they wish they could manage their security affairs on their own. it is a wide view that it is needed to balance the competing interests of china and north korea. the south koreans would like to live in a world where the americans could be gone. there is a tension of needing the americans but not necessarily wanting them. host: you said it's

south korea proposed a meeting next week at the dmz. kim jong un's regime hasn't accepted yet but it sounds positive about the talks and not just about the olympics. >> translator: this will be a meaningful start for improving north-south relations in the current situation. >> and a visit to the dmz in november, bret baier got a sense of how officially under used the there are. including the peace house which might be the scene of next week's meeting. >> one was the last time the north koreans were in here. >> for this meeting it was may 2009. the north koreans are in here every day of five or six days a week with tours. cigarettes for communications, and other military hotline, different than the one activated today has also been little used. >> we have a hotline. it is a ring down phone. it works and we have tested it four times a day. >> you pick it up, it rings there. >> yes, sir. they are not answering right no now. [line ringing] no answer. >> if things are getting better connected between north and south korea, the gap between py

it was the communication hot line at the dmz. we've had a readout of what was said. the names have been taken out for security reasons and it is very short. north korea phoned south korea at 1:30 a.m. eastern time. a south korean official said this is x and the north korean official said this is x. and they checked the technicalities to make sure the commune kwags line was still working. there was no more. they have been waiting for a second phone call from north korea. it's now 7:00 p.m. in the evening. they could potentially have to wait until tomorrow to find out if north korea is going to say yes to their suggestion. they have suggested that next tuesday, january 9th, they should meet at the dmz for high level talks to talk about the fact that kim jong-un wants to send a delegation to the pyeongchang winter olympics. now, as for that tweet from the u.s. president, we're not going to get an official response from that from south korea. certainly not from the president moon who has welcomed the new year's day suggestions of peace between north and south korea, but

south korea has said we want to talk at the dmz with north korea as early as next week. they are waiting for a response from north korea. with us now is paula hancocks in seoul, south korea. this would be monumental and significant if this meeting did happen next week. >> absolutely, poppy. if south korea has anything to do with it, then it will happen. there really is a flurry of positive statements from different ministries here in south korea. the president, moon jae-in, certainly has said consistently that he wants negotiations, dialog, engagement with north korea at some point. it's the ticket that he ran on to gain the presidency. he's also said he wants north korea to be part of the winter olympics which start next month. this is really what this is focused on at this point, the potential that sports could help the politics. now the unification ministry heres a suggested next tuesday, so january 9th, at the dmz at the border village, which is in north korea and in south korea, right on the border. as you say they haven't had a response yet from north korea, but th

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we don't want to be on the dmz. we don't want to be on the river either.ant to be on fore future. but the main threat remains the north korea nuclear program and there's nothing that's going to stop it at this point -- lou: ambassador, we're way over. john: -- other than the use of force. lou: john boll o bolton, good au with us. >>> heavy rain rains triggering deadly mudslides in california, 13 people have been killed in santa barbara country. those hills were ravaged by last month eats wildfires stripping them and of course no way to stop the deluge of rain and the mudslides that result >>> up next, they're out of viable presidential candidates so they're looking to oprah to save their party in 2020. there's an interesting idea. but as they say, be careful what you wish for. we take that up with charlie kirk straight ahead. stay with building a website in under an hour is easy with gocentral... ...from godaddy! in fact, 68% of people who have built their... ...website using gocentral, did it in under an hour, and you can too. build a better website - in

we have reports from capitol hill, dmz, college football. it is 5:31 eastern time.time ends at 11 and 11:30 the consequential meeting. >> 31 minutes past the hour this morning. and that meeting at 11:30, immigration tops the agenda as lawmakers try to avoid a many looing government shutdown. the president will meet with lawmakers on both parties, focussed on daca. >> if republicans and democrats can't agree, the federal government could shut down at the end of next week. the president has assigned his chief of staff, john kelly to guide the immigration proposals through congress, rare for a chief of staff to get such a specific assignment. sources tell us he got the job because immigration is the most important issue for trum trump's base. >> there isn't much time left and the talks have a long way to go. for the latest, we turn to cnn's sunlen serfaty on capitol hill. >>reporter: good morning, david and christine. a big meeting today. a group of lawmakers will head over to the white house to meet with president trump to find a way forward on daca and the deadline t

previously they were stationed around the dmz which means they were a trip wire force. any invasion of the south by the north would mean the immediate shedding of american blood which would guarantee american entrance into the war. that would still happen, but the dynamics have changed. they want to narrow the american footprint in south korea, concentrate the americans into one zone and get them out of the center of seoul. previously the largest base has ended up being right in the middle of seoul. when it was originally constructed it was outside, but seoul has grown so rapidly that the base is now in the center. and fora minor curator the koreans to have a large garrison of foreign troops stationed in your capital. >> does the south korean government support the u.s. presence? >> it certainly does. in a perfect world, the koreans would wish the united states was not there. they would wish they could manage their own security on their own. view thatdely held the u.s. presence is needed but now the competing interests of china and north korea, formerly of the soviet un

commanders on the peninsula, people who have stared down the north korea threat at the dmz and people have prepared plans at the pentagon. a growing chorus of them are warning about potentially horrific levels of civilian casualties in the event of a first strike. tonight warnings are intensifying against the idea of a first strike by the u.s. against kim jong un's regime, after president trump bragged that his nuclear button was bigger than kim jong un's, and a north korean newspaper said that president trump's statement was "the spasm of a lunatic." officials say the administration is considering a limited first strike on north korea to send a signal to kim that there's a price to play for building his missile and nuclear programs. the former commander's warnings are stark. what do you think the response from the north would be? what kind of casualties are we talking about? >> we're talking about hundreds of thousands of potential casualties in seoul, north korea. the north koreans have a range of artillery available to them that they can immediately respond before there's anything

also agreed today that the people from the north would come across the dmz just north of seoul. the south korean president moon visiting today an olympic training center calling the idea of a unified team a historic moment and great start to resolving issues. it's also thought it might be a good way to prevent north korea from acting up during the games. just to be sure, apparently, the u.s. flexing its military muscle. at the u.s. air base on the island territory of guam for the first time in three years, all three u.s. strategic bombers have been deployed. the b1, b2, and the b-52. the last two nuclear-capable. international olympic committee will meet with both north and south korea officials on saturday to work out the final details of the game. greg palkot, fox news. >>> a fremont police detective injured while investigating a stolen vehicle in hayward two female suspects are in custody tonight and the detective has been taken to a hospital. good evening, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. skyfox was over the incident. the injured detective was sitting

what they've agree suddd is tha north koreans will across the land border, the dmz, to come to the south. although the south still has to agree to that. they'll have a 230-person cheering squad. but what we're hearing from canada is a very different tune. even allies of south korea, even though they're interested in what is going on the peninsula at this point are saying there are concerns that they should be cautious in talking to north korea. japan's foreign minister saying the international community needs to be clear. saying the motivations of north korea behind the talks is not clear at this point, but it has to be thought about saying it's not the time to ease off the pressure of north korea. a similar thing from the u.s. secretary of state, rex tillerson. although he also said that potentially it is time to talk. north korea needs to show that they are ready to talk, needs to take steps in that direction. china and russia are not at the 20-country summit in vancouver. clearly they are two pivotal players in the korean peninsula in resolving the nuclear crisis. we did hear from chi

we go to the unification bridge on the south side of the dmz.gation passed by you not to long ago. -- not too long ago. >> that's right. they drove up from seoul, past m unification bridge that heads into the joint security area between north and south korea. that is the south side of the thezone, that separates koreans since the armistice was signed in 1953. this is a signpost of the cold war. it has warmed up a little bit. the sun is out now. want tohe table, we know when they meet and start talking. the first direct talks between north and south korea is december of 2015. pursuit to join the south korean olympic team, high on the agenda. that is the backdrop for these talks. the olympic the -- the olympics begin exactly one month from today. the north would like to participate. have to north korea and figure skaters that have qualified for the olympics. but the ioc says they will get a grace period to allow them. they welcome north korean person -- precipitation if they agree to join the south koreans. the other thing that can be discussed in

this is important because previously they were stationed around the dmz. of the south by the north meant almost immediate shedding of american blood. they'll probably still happen, but the dynamics have changed. one of the reasons they wanted to do that, was they wanted to narrow the american footprints in south korea. when it was originally constructed, it was outside of soul. soul has grown so rapidly that the space is now in the very center. as the south korean government support the u.s. presence still go >> it certainly does. world, the koreans would wish the u.s. was not there. they would wish that they could manage their own security affairs on their own. is a widely held view that the u.s. presence is needed to balance the competing , north korea,hina formally of the soviet union. the koreans would certainly like to live in a world where the americans could be gone. there is that tension of meeting -- meeting -- needing the americans but not necessarily wanting them. >> you said it is impossible as long as the kim regime is in power. give us a hist

. >>> and on the korean peninsula, south korea offering to meet with north korea next week in the dmz after kim jong-un expressed an interest in sending a delegation to the winter olympics. could this drive a wedge between the u.s. and south korea? >>> two months ago the president claimed pakistan was finally respecting the u.s. in his first tweet of the new year, the president says pakistan has given the u.s. nothing but lies and deceit, claiming they give safe haven to terrorists. the white house withholding millions in military assistance. where does this feud go? also on the president's domestic plate, a daunting legislative agenda, immigration plan for d.r.e.a.m.ers. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, john. the president back here at the white house after the long holiday break. his administration and the congress now confronting all the domestic issues they had to put aside in order to hit the road in december, but it is the international issue so far that have dominated the president's twitter feed during this new year. president trump returning to washington with a

the first formal high-level negotiations in over two years will be held in panmunjom on the dmz. aimed at discussing north korea's participation in next month winter olympics in south korea. seoul hopes they go beyond. >> translator: we expect the discussions to focus on mutual interests of improving north-south relations. >> kim jong un does too. new year's message, he's been talking up closer ties with the south. while keeping his missiles trained on the u.s. some fear the north is trying to drive a wedge between the south and the u.s. or that seoul could give away too much. still, the pentagon delayed u.s.-south korean joint military exercises until after the olympics as requested by the south. president trump's references to the talks have been generally positive. >> opening up a channel could have positive indirect effects to make it easier for the americans to start talking to the north koreans. >> the caveat for talks is a halted nuclear and missile testing by the north. french president macron is pushing negotiations. he visited with chinese president xi while in beijing.

some 44 hours, nearly two days. >> in favor of armed intervention -- >> reporter: to understand the dmz we need to go back to the end of world war ii. the soviets and americans divided korea just like they did germany. most historians say the communist north tried to get it all by invading the south. the north says it was the other way around. technically, the war never ended. an armistice agreement put both koreas back on their side of the dividing line, a standoff nearly 65 years and counting. today north korea is facing its toughest sanctions ever over leader kim jong un's rapidly advancing nuclear program. >> for the north koreans, the motivations to take part in these talks is undoubtedly due to the pressure building up on the country. >> reporter: pressure that only stands to increase in 2018 unless both sides find a diplomatic path, a path that begins here in panmunjom, a painful reminder of the region's violent pass tense present, and uncertain future. incidentally, today is north korean leader kim jong un's birthday. he is believed to be in his early to mid-30s though his exact

this is important because previously they were stationed around the dmz, which means they were a trip wire force. any invasion of the south by the north would mean the immediate shedding of american blood which would guarantee american entrance into the war. that would probably still happen, but the dynamics have changed. one of the reasons they wanted to do that was too narrow the american footprint in south korea, concentrate the americans into one zone and get them out of the center of seoul. previously the largest base has ended up being right in the middle of seoul. when it was originally constructed it was outside, but seoul has grown so rapidly that the base is now in the very center. this is a minor irritant for the koreans to have a large garrison , of foreign troops stationed in your capital. >> does the south korean government support the u.s. presence? >> it certainly does. it certainly does. now in a perfect world, the , koreans would wish the united states was not there. they would wish they could manage their own security on their own. but i think it is a widely held vi

some 44 hours, nearly two days. >> in favor of armed intervention -- >> reporter: to understand the dmzeed to go back to the end of world war ii, the soviets and americans divided korea just like they did germany. most historians say that communist north tried to goelt it all by invading the south. the north says it was the other way around. technically the war never ended. armist disagreement put both koreas back on their side of the dividing line. a stand off nearly 65 years and counting. today, north korea is facing it's toughest sanctions ever, over leader kim jong-un's rapidly advancing nuclear program. >> for the north koreans the motivation to take part in these talks is undoubtedly due to the pressure that is building up on the country. >> reporter: pressure that only stands to increase in 2018 unless both sides find a diplomatic path. a path that begins here, at painful reminder of the violence past, tense, present, and uncertain future. will ripley, cnn, seoul. >>> when we come back, the president is calling the author of in a new tell-all about his administration a fraud and

will ripley is live near the korean dmz. high-level delegation. in any stretch of the imagination, could that mean the leader, kim jong-un? >> reporter: no. that's very unlikely to happen. because to get kim jong-un to south korea is a whole other matter, something that would likely happen way down the road if there were ever a presidential summit between moon jae-in and kim jong-un. tae kwon do athletes and sizeable delegation. fourth and final round is under way right now, a few minutes from where we are here near the demilitarized zone that separates the north and the south. if you think about this, it is pretty remarkable what's transpired here. 24 hours ago very few people would have guessed that north korea would agree to send this delegation to the olympics, float around the idea of possibly restarting the family reunions, divided families on the korean peninsula. that could happen as soon as next month and reactivated a long dormant military hotline. it appears that north korea came to the table willing to make a deal and in the short term

. >> earmarks have hooked us up here in the dmz. >> the argument is that even though air marks help. >> right when you have the powerful people in your area. >> thank you. >>> today ecuador granted julian julian. he's currently wanted for jumping bail in britain authorities insist he leave the embassy to face justice. >> so maryland school officials are considering a new ban. parents , students, and community leaders spoke in favor of the ban in a night. according to the caro county times the board is looking to take legal action. that's when he left med star at washington hospital >>> tonight a lot of ts in a dog we first told you about yesterday. a 1-year-old retriever. police suspect the owner abandoned him and left him for dead. max is making a terrific recovery and someone out there will be able to adopt him. it was about a month ago that somebody in centerville called police. he was in real bad shape. >> he was dehydrated had a really hor and he was unable to move. >> now look at it. money. once max is 100% he will be placed for adoption. >>> across the country more and more pe

my colleague ivan watson and there they'll be -- i believe it will be in the peace house along the dmzwe've seen the pictures before. take us inside, what should one expect from these talks. >> well, they're scheduled to begin a little bit more than four hours from now, brooke, and it will be five-mand delegation meeting in this peace house along the very heavily fortified demilitarized zone and sitting down at a table there where similar negotiations have been held in the past. you've got a top official from what south korea calls its unification ministry and his equivalent counterpart on the north korean side are accompanied by officials from each other's sporting agencies as well as their olympic committees and that highlights what the main thrust of the talks are. they're supposed to be talking about trying to pave the way for a north korean delegation to attend the winter olympics which will kick off here in south korea in about a month's time, but the south koreans have also made clear that they'd like to kind of lay the groundwork for other discussions, as well, including allowi

base inl have a large seoul, this is important because previously they were stationed around the dmz. any invasion of the south by the north meant almost immediate shedding of american blood. that would guarantee an american entrance into the war. that would probably still happen but the dynamics of it have changed. one of the reasons they wanted to do that, was they wanted to narrow the american footprints in south korea. they wanted to concentrate them in one zone and get them out of the center of the city. seoul has grown so rapidly that the space is now in the very center. this is a minor irritant for the koreans. >> does the south korean government present -- respect the presence of u.s. troops? >> it certainly does. in a perfect world, the koreans would wish the u.s. was not there. they would wish that they could manage their own security affairs on their own. i think it is a widely held view that the u.s. presence is needed to balance the competing interests of china, north korea, formally of the soviet union. the koreans would certainly like to live in a world where the americ

the two sides have wrapped up the day and will issue a joint statement shortly about the talks at the dmzthey met at the peace housethe t statement shortly in the border between the two koreas. information trickled out as the day went along. north korea said it accepted and agreed to the proposal to send a delegation to the winter olympics in pyeongchang. who want to send athletes qualify. they would like to send a high-level delegation. they would like to send a cheerleading squad as well. saidhole group as they before in previous games, they will do the same for pyeongchang. ththe south did not just stick o the olympics for the scope of the talks, they expanded. encourage reconciliation along the lines of family rereunions, reuniting koreanans separated by militaryn war and talks to ease tensions. those were alslso discussed. we will l find out shohortly wht they ultimately y agreed to inin their statement that t ll be out ththis evening. are extrememelyalks rare. ththe first ones betweenen themn over two years. what did i it take t to get evee back around the table? bruce: number one,

couple from the area said they have seen more snow today in south carolina than they've seen in the dmz this week. >>> and we return to a local neighborhood >>> falling into water during freezing temperatures can be deadly. today first responders in montgomery county trained how to save people who fall into icy waters. they have special equipment and gear and techniques to keep them safe. they say the ice in the area doesn't freeze like states in the north and no way to tell if the ice is safe. >> hypothermia sets in and gets to the point and the person above the ice shelf might not be able to hang on anymore.>> they say the best thing you can do is stay off of ice. if you see someone fall in, call 911 first, get help on the way and then try to find something like a rope to throw into the water for help. >> a leak neighborhood for 2 years and it's a sheet of ice. it has lasted this long because no one knows who to blame. >> d.c. water says not our problem and meanwhile it's only gotten worse. >> reporter: i drove up to this intersection and could not believe it myself. the situation has

also agreed today that the people from the north would come across the dmz just north of seoul.an olympic training center calling the idea of a unified team a historic moment and great start to resolving issues. it's also thought it might be a good way to prevent north korea from acting up during the games. just to be sure, apparently, the u.s. flexing its military muscle. at the u.s. air base on the island territory of guam for the first time in three years, all three u.s. strategic bombers have been deployed. the b1, b2, and the b-52. the last two nuclear-capable. international olympic committee will meet with both north and south korea officials on saturday to work out the final details of the game. greg palkot, fox news. ♪[ music ] >>> a serious crash in the east bay sends three people to the hospital including two young children. sheriff's deputies say the driver of a stolen pickup was trying to evade officers when the truck rammed into another pickup. two children and an adult rushed to the hospital. good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the people h

a north korean spokesman announced on state tv that a hotline in korea's dmz was restored for the first time in nearly two years. the offer came after kim jong- un said that he was open to sending a delegation to next month's winter olympics down in south korea. but the white house is opposed to the talks unless north korea first abandons its nuclear program. >> kim jong-un may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations, between our nation and the republic of korea. i can assure you that that will not happen. >> the u.s. could seek even more economic sanctions against north korea if they go through with another missile test in violation of u.n. resolutions. and late breaking this morning, the president bashing former ally steve bannon after excerpts of his new went public. the president said bannon has lost his mind. we'll have that tonight at 5:00. >>> lawmakers are running out of time to pass new protections for "dreamers" after the president's decision to end the daca program. jackie ward joins us now from the newsroom with the latest on the negotiations. jackie.

and seeing the flame by the dmz is an incredible sight. >> it's amazing. the olympics and the world comes together. >>> we got business to take care of. it's washington that leads the newscast this morning. is the government just hours away from shutting down? lawmakers on capitol hill, racing against a midnight deadline. and the senate is bracing for a bitter showdown. we got two reports, including what it all means for you. let's start with nbc national correspondent, peter alexander, on the politics. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. little room for optimism. to be clear, there isn't a vote scheduled in the senate. here's the bottom line -- it is the last day of president trump's first year in office. and the country is barreling towards a different "s" word -- shutdown. this morning, the clock is racing towards a possible government shutdown, with a stalemate in the senate, where democrats are poised to block a short-term spending bill to keep the government running. >> in another month we'll be right back here in this moment, with the sa

in the dmz,e bridge about five miles from here, is where they have been holding daylong talks. was a lot to gain on both sides. the north would obviously like to participate in the upcoming winter olympics here in south korea one month from today. didn't want the specter of war hanging over winterwo weeks or so of festivities, which should be a celebration of brotherhood and peace on earth. they both at least achieved those goals today. however, going by -- beyond the olympic games is a big question, whether the tension will be ratcheted up again when the u.s. and south korea maintain drills in april. matt: does this give the u.s. an in to sit down for talks, as well? didn't catch the question, but going forward is what we are looking for after the olympic games are over in march, april, may. willthe tension resume or this lead to further talks on the nuclear's asian -- denuclearization? when the south brought that up today, there was no reaction from the north koreans, when they said they would like to restart those talks. thanks very much for your time. we will get more quest

guest: couple people crossing dmz is not much military sense of defections, these all the time. that they had north korea doing anything in to u.s. pressure that will serve our interests. f anything, he has turned to south korea and taken more moderate stand because he knows like to rnment would have the option of negotiating, improving relations with north korea and needs it because of olympics and the desire to have secure sort of during the time this is being held. a signal of north korea korea moderation. f anything, there are some signals that north korea even more committed to nuclear weapons and missiles than in the past. host: such as? guest: there is a recent uncertain way they have had more chinese even more committed to nuclear weapons and missiles than wethe had previously thought and there also are indications they are still able to get oil indirectly russia in spite of the pledges they made to the .n. host: center for strategic and international studies is online t csis.org, anthony cordesman is the chair in strategy at csis. georgetown, indiana, line for democrats

tonight, tensions between north and south korea seeming to decrease, the two bitter enemies talking on a dmz hot line for the first time in two years, but president trump now raising that temperature in a fiery tweet after kim jong-un threatened he had a nuclear button and the u.s. in his range. president trump writing, will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him that i, too, have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works. the tweet sending shock waves including from former vice president joe biden. >> the only war that's worse than one that's intended is one that's unintended. this is not a game. it's not presidential. >> reporter: former national security officials say tone matters. >> the danger with bellicose language or imprecise language via tweet or otherwise is that you run the risk of escalation, you run the risk of miscalculation and at a time of tension with north korea can be very dangerous. >> reporter: tonight, defending the tweet, the white house questioning the, quote, mental fitness of the north

. >> we saw for the first time in years north korea and south korea down along the dmz and they had aiscussion. it was supposed to center primarily around the olympics. it started a week ago when kim jong-un gave his new year's day speech and made an overture to the south and said he was interested in talking to them about sending a delegation to the olympics. so far only two north korean athletes have qualified to go, some figure skaters. but south korea septd almost immediately the next day. they got into negotiations how they were going to do it. they set the date for january 9th. and discussions occurred. they happened this week. they seem to have been relatively successful. north korea is now sending a delegation to south korea that will include cheerleaders and some media and the athletes themselves. and they have talked about continuing discussions now. they vice president set any dates for it. they haven't set any specific conditions. they have opened the door now for military discussions. it is is the first overture, the first little window into the potential for reducing the

that is good because it reduces the probability that something extraneous, like an incident on the dmz, or the sinking of a ship, like the chonan of a few years ago, will lead everybody inadvertently into war. but it's not going to do anything about changing north korea's behavior fundamentally, only the united states, i think can do that. >> just a quick thing about the olympics, apparently -- intelligence has seen plans, maybe afoot, in pyongyang, or somewhere there for a big military parade on the eve of the olympics, which is sort of pyongyang speaking out of both sides of its face. would you be surprised? >> no, i wouldn't be surprised at all. they will use this as the best theater they can. on the one handsh making nice to seoul, and on the other hand, standing strong, including to the united states. that is entirely predictable. that doesn't make it a bad thing that north and south are dealing with each other. but at the end of the day, the only thing that has worked historically, and this has been only for short times, but it has worked for short times over history, has been wh

the last was in 2015 after a series of incidents along the dmz, which were cut out after south korea extended proliferation against an industrial complex. there were talks prior to the 1988 olympics, the last time the olympics were held in south korea. there were also talks before other olympics. in fact, the north korean and south korean teams walks ceremonies opening both in sydney and in athens. venueympics has been a for inter-korean dialogue before , but there is a great deal of isertainty as this dialogue related to the missile program. host: what can we expect out of these talks? what is the best case scenario that will come out of the? guest: the best case scenario is they will create a gap for it to happen without a problem for created aa while also space for diplomacy to occur on the broader issues affecting north and south korea, and potentially even giving a window for north korea and the united states to actually talk about the key issues -- the nuclear program and the mitchell program -- missile program. host: what things could possibly go wrong? the model of u.s. force

. —— dmz.denuclearisation of not career must be complete, verifiable and irreversible and a nuclear armed north korea isn‘t a cce pta ble nuclear armed north korea isn‘t acceptable —— north korea. a real show north korea and south korea are on the same page. we haven‘t had reaction from north korea to that but when moonjae—in, the south korean president, came out after the high—level talks, the first in two yea rs, high—level talks, the first in two years, he stood there the day afterwards and he said he credited donald trump with helping to get these new talks going. that wasn‘t received very well in south korea. north korea, sorry. there have been several articles in the state run press criticising moonjae—in for saying that and saying they won‘t ta ke saying that and saying they won‘t take kindly to anyone pouring cold water on this new phase of what they‘re calling potential reconciliation. it‘s an illustration also of just how reconciliation. it‘s an illustration also ofjust how tight reco

they'll be meeting in a small building on the south side of the dmz. will ripley has been there.is reporting on this and he'll be reporting with his live from seoul. >> the truce village. >> the new tax will you will crea create $450 billion boom for wall street. that's in addition to the big cut in the tax rate. mountains of money sitting overseas. apple, google microsoft alone cold billions in cash sitting overseas stashed there to avoid a high u.s. corporate tax rate. the new law will not only lower the rate but give companies a one-time tax break to bring a billion back home. but most of it will reward shareholders. analysts predict $450 billion will be spent on stock byebac buy-backs. >> there i there is -- not incl buy-backs from slashing the corporate rate. >>> the looming buy-back bonanza is fuelling wall street. strongest first week in more than a decade. >>> is that right? >> yup. >> oprah winfrey raising political prospects with a message to young women at the golden globes. >> the new day is on the horizontal. >> and the president's tweet was like really smart. now hi

. >> this is where the talks will be held, the to the dmz which is the wall of the hatred and animosityoes back for decades. what can we expect. >> i think you can get an icebreaker conversation especially with the new president who is looking at a stronger policy. it's an important development with their relationship given a chance is a center of controversy with the demilitarized zone but a good start. think the policy of kim jong-un is to have nuclear weapons and to be respected as a nuclear state. the overall policy of denuclearization the respect for the treaty and the rule of law and international norms are part of the elements on the table. >> what are the chances of kim jong-un relying on those? the start of these talks on the narrow issue of the olympics. >> they are. as you mention, the first talk in two years. we have new political leadership in the republic of korea. also the create south korean president is reassuring those that he is looking at strengthening and he's not going in for the return to the sunshine policy. he's looking at it from a stronger position in regards

they've saying it should be at the dmz in the village which is in north and south korea along the border and it has to be soon and high level so they can talk about the olympic w i hich is o a month away. potentially he's willing to send negotiation. south korean president has welcomed this. as we know, he has been long wanting dialogue and engagement with north korea, even though he has gone on with the u.s. line of more pressure and more sanctions. >> certainly a tricky and dangerous situation as the new year dawns. >>> the trump administration refusing to release $255 million in military gaaid to pakistan. the white house first threatened to with hold it in august. in october, the president said he believed pakistan was starting to respect the u.s. again. >> but the first tweet of 2018 accuses pakistan of giving the u.s. quote nothing but lies and deceit. pakistan's defense minister accused the u.s. of giving his country nothing but invective and mistrust over the last 15 years. >> back in h washington talks on critical issues resume. tomorrow democratic and republican leaders meet wi

. >> he was transferred here from dmz area. >> reporter: he probably would have died if was not rescuedyes, that's right. >> reporter: as authorities sort everything out, experts say there are clear signs that life is getting worse in north korea under the rule of kim jong-un. >> my name is kim han-sol, from north korea, part of the kim family. >> reporter: but could this young man, the son of the murdered kim jong-nam, be the face of hope for the north? >> reporter: in this video, released not long after his father's murder, he says he's safe. >> my father has been killed a few days ago. i'm currently with my mother and my sister. >> reporter: but for how long? intelligence sources tell us he's now the target of death squads, dispatched by his ruthless uncle, forced deep into hiding under chinese government protection. >> kim han-sol obviously also poses a threat to kim jong-un, just by bloodline. so i really hope that he's in safe hands. >> reporter: today, there are many koreans hoping that the living legacy of kim jong-nam might one day come home to claim his place as the head of th

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