gonzalez. this is in his district. we'll get his reaction and his thoughts on this happening there, erica. >>> new this morning, the u.nbout u.s. army private travis king. king of course, crossed into the country last week and hasn't been seen or heard from since. >> the conversation has commenced with the kpa through the mechanisms of the agreement. >> cnn's priscilla alvarez is at the white house. these conversations need to happen. when and how would the white house be involved at all? >> reporter: erica, we don't know if the white house is involved in the conversation that you heard there, but it would be the start of trying to get some information about travis king. recall he crossed into north korea last tuesday and we have not publicly seen or heard from him and north korea has not acknowledged that he is in their custody. so there has been no information so far about him and his condition. now the united nations command is a multinational military force that includes the u.s., and it controls the south korean side of the joint security area which king along with others was touring last week, but again, we have