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is set to finalize the plans for that meeting john yang is also at the top of the agenda in tokyo today where the chinese prime minister leacock shome is meeting his chinese japanese counterparts and south korea's leader again now this is the first time in nearly three years of these countries of met for talks and they want to come up with a common approach and head of that american north korean summit now in the run up to the docks japan's actions off they said his country is now ready to settle its decades old dispute with north korea that's the cause and effect upon the seeks to settle beyond fortunately what on past with the north normalise if north korea takes concrete steps to abandon the missile programs. three leaders today how to frank exchange of opinions regarding how to get north korea to change its current policy and start walking a right path to build a bright future. me out how to me that you will now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour several large explosions at the afghan capital kabul. over here in the country's interior ministry says at least s
is set to finalize the plans for that meeting john yang is also at the top of the agenda in tokyo today where the chinese prime minister leacock shome is meeting his chinese japanese counterparts and south korea's leader again now this is the first time in nearly three years of these countries of met for talks and they want to come up with a common approach and head of that american north korean summit now in the run up to the docks japan's actions off they said his country is now ready to...
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donald trump it said it would not take part if washington insists that it give up its nuclear weapons john yang has also postponed high level talks with seoul in protest at military drills between the u.s. and south korea in a patient minister back to him and said he regretted the north's live move and that it went against the spirit of a historic meeting last month between the two countries leaders. let's bring in correspondent jason strother here he's standing by force in the south korean capital seoul jason what are we looking at here is pyongyang trying to get out of talks on its nuclear program or is this just a strategic move to give it more leverage. well how well far be it for me to know what kim jong un has and has in mind but i don't think this means the end of all the peace overtures that we've seen over the past few months this is. a road bump if you will. north korea needed to stand its ground and not be. backed into a corner as it said it didn't like that the us administration was pledging financial aid in return for complete denuclearization or for that matter being compared to l
donald trump it said it would not take part if washington insists that it give up its nuclear weapons john yang has also postponed high level talks with seoul in protest at military drills between the u.s. and south korea in a patient minister back to him and said he regretted the north's live move and that it went against the spirit of a historic meeting last month between the two countries leaders. let's bring in correspondent jason strother here he's standing by force in the south korean...
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john yang reports. >> yang: on the korean peninsulg today of progress fromre both sides.st, from north korea's state news reade pyongyang announced it will re- sync its time zone with south korea's starting saturday; inne 2015 they had set clocks 30 minutes behind seoul.be and, south korea said it will remove the loudspeakers thatan blast propda into the north. this, just days after friday's historic summit between south korean president moon jae-in ann north korea's dic kim jong- un. they met on south korean zrritory, in the demilita zone that separates the two naons.or( > translated ): we should make this moment an irreversible historical moment for the korea peninsulace and prosperity. but, we have only put forwardr ourst step. ang: the two leaders als agreed to work toward a nuclear -free peninsula.ea south korean officials say kim ulld moon that pyongyang shut down its nuclear testing site. e and offered to scrap clear program entirely if the united states helps negotiate a formald o the korean war, and pledges not to attack the north today, at an afternoon press con
john yang reports. >> yang: on the korean peninsulg today of progress fromre both sides.st, from north korea's state news reade pyongyang announced it will re- sync its time zone with south korea's starting saturday; inne 2015 they had set clocks 30 minutes behind seoul.be and, south korea said it will remove the loudspeakers thatan blast propda into the north. this, just days after friday's historic summit between south korean president moon jae-in ann north korea's dic kim jong- un....
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for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in kansas city, missouri. >> woodruff: e.p.a.inistrator scott pruitt has been under heavy scrutiny for the way he has spent money on travel, s for staff.pay raises he'facing at least 11 investigations related to a number of such matters. ow, as william brangham tells us, pruitt's in the spotlight yet again, this time over a trip t>o morocco. > brangham: the "washington post" and others reported that pruitt's trip to north africa last december was arranged in part by his longtime friend, former comcast lobbyist, richard smotkin. a few months after the trip, according to the post, smotkin was awarded a $40,000-a-month contract with the moroccan government. federal laws prohibit public officials from using government resources to financially befit their friends. but the e.p.a. has insisted the trip was proper and that pruitt dw id not fully kout smotkin's ties to the moroccan government. the purpose of the trip hy been publiestioned by some lawmakers, and so was its cost, which reptedly topped $100,000. juliet eilperin of thst "wash
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i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight: >> rudy knows it's a witch hunt. he starteyeerday. he'll get his facts straight. >> yang: president trump's new lawyer, rudy giuliani, tries to clear up contradictory statements around hush money given to adult film star ephanie clifford. also ahead, growing russian influence and a surge in nationalism spark tensions in bosnia. why many fear the country could be sliding back towards war. >> it's not far when we will have a military police instead of a civil police. so that's the prefix to war. >> yang: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are re. we discuss rudy giuliani's bombshell-filled week, and the sheup in the president's legal team. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newsho. bs>> major funding for the newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> consumer cellular understands that not everyone needs an unlimited wireleou plan. u.s.-based customer service reps can help you choose a
i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight: >> rudy knows it's a witch hunt. he starteyeerday. he'll get his facts straight. >> yang: president trump's new lawyer, rudy giuliani, tries to clear up contradictory statements around hush money given to adult film star ephanie clifford. also ahead, growing russian influence and a surge in nationalism spark tensions in bosnia. why many fear the country could be sliding back towards war. >> it's not far when...
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captioning sponsored by newsur productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight, settind the date: prt trump says his meeting with north korean leader kim jong un will take place in singapore in june. also, israeli warplanes strike dozens of iranian targets in syria amid rising tensions inas the middle et. plus, investigating american- deaths in nigee pentagon details what went wrong during an ambush that killed four american soldiers. and, culture at risk: the environmental and historical stakes of the president's decision to rink utah's bears nurs national monument. >> bears ears the nt' is the headline, but the fight itself goes far bend just monuments. it goes to the relationship of the united states government with federally recognized tribes and treaty rights which existed long before some of the states did. >> yang: all that and more onto ght's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like
captioning sponsored by newsur productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight, settind the date: prt trump says his meeting with north korean leader kim jong un will take place in singapore in june. also, israeli warplanes strike dozens of iranian targets in syria amid rising tensions inas the middle et. plus, investigating american- deaths in nigee pentagon details what went wrong during an ambush that killed four american...
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for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in chicago. >> woodruff: now, to immigration.you might have seen the headlines, but we want to take a moment to drill down on what we know about current policy and who is being effected. amna nawaz explains the situation for children trying to >> nawaz: last month, attorney general jeff sessions announced his justice department, specifically prosecutors in the southwest, would take a "zero tolerance" policy and pursue more criminal prosecutions, instead of civil proceedings, against migrants crossing the border illegally. >> if you cross the border unlawfully, even a first offense, then we're going to prosecute you. >> nawaz: but those prosecutions in general have consequences for the migrants' children. when a parent is taken into custody to face prosecution, any children with them, by law, are placed in the care of a federal agency: the u.s. department of health and human services, or h.h.s., which houses them in temporary shelters. >> if you don't want your child to be separated, then don't bring them across the border illegal
for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang in chicago. >> woodruff: now, to immigration.you might have seen the headlines, but we want to take a moment to drill down on what we know about current policy and who is being effected. amna nawaz explains the situation for children trying to >> nawaz: last month, attorney general jeff sessions announced his justice department, specifically prosecutors in the southwest, would take a "zero tolerance" policy and pursue more criminal...
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as john yang reports, plea bargains can have long-lasting consequences. this story was produced by students at the university of maryland's capital news service in collaboration with injustice watch of chicago. >> this is the block i grew up on. >> yang: juan johnson is back in his old northwest chicago neighborhood. >> and this is the home right here is where i grew up at. >> yang: where he and older brother, henry, were raised. >> where i was weak he was strong. where i was strong he was weak. >> yang: by all accounts, juan was the better student; henry, the better athlete. and when juan got involved in a gang, henry followed. >> he was always the good guy, not me. i wasn't a murderer but i was no angel. >> yang: they both dropped out of school and started families, but stayed close to home, until the police arrested them. after leaving this house, juan and henry would soon again be living under one roof: a maximum security state prison. they'd been convicted of the same crime that they didn't commit. their story is the tale of how, 30 years after being
as john yang reports, plea bargains can have long-lasting consequences. this story was produced by students at the university of maryland's capital news service in collaboration with injustice watch of chicago. >> this is the block i grew up on. >> yang: juan johnson is back in his old northwest chicago neighborhood. >> and this is the home right here is where i grew up at. >> yang: where he and older brother, henry, were raised. >> where i was weak he was strong....
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captioning sponsoredy newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight, setting the date: president trump says his meeting with north korean leader k jong un will take place in singapore in june. also, israeli warplanes strike dozens of iranian targets in syria amid rising tensions in the middle east. plus, investigating american deaths in niger-- the pentagon w details wht wrong during an ambush that killed four american soldiers. and, culture at risk: the environmental and historicalpr stakes of the esident's decision to shrink utah's bears rs national monument. >> bears ears the monument' is the heline, but the fight itself goes far beyond just monuments. it goes to the relationship of the united states government
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on g.w. a group of foreign journalists has arrived in north korea to witness the destruction of john yang's nuclear test site it's being billed as a goodwill gesture by him john one out of an historic summit with the u.s. but critics say it is largely symbolic. thank you for watching g.w. please stay with us. for our. culture. hair. style are gone. let a. large starlet. once again see brian on germany's challenge and this time in iraq. was possibly a muslim mosque. but that home kind of chopped them back on the tracks. celts. think citing bundled legal fees in the electric live sixty minutes d w. global inequality. what does inequality mean in a global economic team well. known to the media. joining to. die chimelis global media following trends. long. live the why childless ground is shaking. the bulk of your favor to. look to the to link between them and turkey to your politics to the entire country champion free and fearless for the last sixty years. before minds. want to welcome to another week of your remarks i'm your host meghan lee from royal weddings to regal roses we have lots in s
on g.w. a group of foreign journalists has arrived in north korea to witness the destruction of john yang's nuclear test site it's being billed as a goodwill gesture by him john one out of an historic summit with the u.s. but critics say it is largely symbolic. thank you for watching g.w. please stay with us. for our. culture. hair. style are gone. let a. large starlet. once again see brian on germany's challenge and this time in iraq. was possibly a muslim mosque. but that home kind of chopped...
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i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight: >> rudy knows it's a witch hunt. he starteyeerday. he'll get his facts straight. >> yang: president trump's new lawyer, rudy giuliani, tries to clear up contradictory statements around hush money given to adult film star ephanie clifford. also ahead, growing russian influence and a surge in nationalism spark tensions in bosnia. why many fear the country could be sliding back towards war. >> it's not far when we will have a military police instead of a civil police. so that's the prefix to war. >> yang: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are re. we discuss rudy giuliani's bombshell-filled week, and thak
i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight: >> rudy knows it's a witch hunt. he starteyeerday. he'll get his facts straight. >> yang: president trump's new lawyer, rudy giuliani, tries to clear up contradictory statements around hush money given to adult film star ephanie clifford. also ahead, growing russian influence and a surge in nationalism spark tensions in bosnia. why many fear the country could be sliding back towards war. >> it's not far when...
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now just hours before trump gave notice of the cancellation on white house stationery john yang called vice president pence a quote political dummy and threaten to pull out of the summit first after several weeks of goodwill gestures and hopes of a diplomatic miracle it appears the devil and a ghost both got in the way the devil in the details over just what trump and kim mean when they say denuclearization trump says it's all or nothing jim says he'll have nothing of that and it appears recent comparisons between kim jong un and the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi spooked the north korean leader trumps national security advisor john bolton said that libya could be a model for a north korean nuclear deal the libyan model in some circles you may recall is considered proof that dictators fearful of regime change should never give up their nuclear weapons which could offer you did in two thousand and three take a listen now to trump and his vice president well the libyan model isn't a model that we have at all. well we're thinking of north korea in libya we decimated that country tha
now just hours before trump gave notice of the cancellation on white house stationery john yang called vice president pence a quote political dummy and threaten to pull out of the summit first after several weeks of goodwill gestures and hopes of a diplomatic miracle it appears the devil and a ghost both got in the way the devil in the details over just what trump and kim mean when they say denuclearization trump says it's all or nothing jim says he'll have nothing of that and it appears recent...
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s problem to travel to john yang ahead of an historic summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong un pompei it was said to finalize plans for the meeting there and going yang is also at the top of the agenda in tokyo where the chinese premier is meeting his a japanese counterpart shinzo ave and south korea's leader mungy him it is the first time in nearly three years at these countries have met for talks now they're aiming to come up with a common position ahead of the u.s. north korean summit and a move in that direction japan's as it is now ready to settle its decades old dispute with north korea. cut. the seeks to settle beyond fortunately want on past with the north normalize if north korea takes concrete steps to abandon the missile programs. call three leaders today how to frank exchange of opinions regarding how to get north korea to change its current policy and start walking a runt policy about to build a bright future. i mean how do you mean i you know a guy. now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour donald trump's lawyer michael cohe
s problem to travel to john yang ahead of an historic summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong un pompei it was said to finalize plans for the meeting there and going yang is also at the top of the agenda in tokyo where the chinese premier is meeting his a japanese counterpart shinzo ave and south korea's leader mungy him it is the first time in nearly three years at these countries have met for talks now they're aiming to come up with a common position ahead of the u.s....
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north korea is up in arms over joint military exercises underway between south korea and the us john yang canceled high level talks with south korea and threatened to do the same to a summit next month with u.s. president donald trump and executive u.-turn that the white house tried to play down today as reporters asked is trump now the one being played after applauding goodwill gestures and pushing hopes higher for a negotiated end to north korea's nuclear ambitions the u.s. president is seeing publicly and in real time how quickly that honorable leader can change his mood and the message. history being written only a few weeks ago at a summit of the north and south korean leaders. where pyongyang said it was prepared to denuclearize. but now north korea has put on the brakes. in a possible sign of growing problems the north postponed a summit scheduled with south korea. the reason these annual us south korea joint military exercises that are currently taking place. on south korea expressed surprise and disappointment at the news. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilater
north korea is up in arms over joint military exercises underway between south korea and the us john yang canceled high level talks with south korea and threatened to do the same to a summit next month with u.s. president donald trump and executive u.-turn that the white house tried to play down today as reporters asked is trump now the one being played after applauding goodwill gestures and pushing hopes higher for a negotiated end to north korea's nuclear ambitions the u.s. president is...
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with north korea will still go ahead washington acknowledged that the talks are likely to be tough john yangcanceled high level talks with seoul and threaten to pull out of a meeting where president chavez the u.s. insists it must get rid of its nuclear weapons. on little rock and brolin you're watching news the news continues at the top of the hour see you back . tempo technique. the rhythm of the mock. mental blocking well. we're in a bit of well maybe your business magazine with next on d w. enter the conflict zone. this when you come think sony is installing a debut munich to engage because she is a member of the you feel column one for bavarians conservative christian social you it has a ton of growing divisions in europe over religion unlike gratian. politicians love field voting religious issues conflicts folks in sixty minutes t.w. folks. count the germans came together in one nation from shanghai money to chancellor o'toole from bismarck. the history of the germans has been shaped by great rulers. nice well formed ways to bring my royal college of bass to protect christendom and spr
with north korea will still go ahead washington acknowledged that the talks are likely to be tough john yangcanceled high level talks with seoul and threaten to pull out of a meeting where president chavez the u.s. insists it must get rid of its nuclear weapons. on little rock and brolin you're watching news the news continues at the top of the hour see you back . tempo technique. the rhythm of the mock. mental blocking well. we're in a bit of well maybe your business magazine with next on d w....
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the military drills in the region recently canceling a meeting with the south over them despite john yang threatening to pull the plug on a summit with the u.s. as well the pentagon insists the war games will continue and the director of the nuclear studies institute at the american university peter because next things this could easily sabotage the summit is a real possibility the june twelfth summit meeting might be canceled drills had been planned long in advance of the summit however it was a mistake for the trumpet ministration to stage these kinds of drills on this scale at this point this current round of war games these military exercises going on between the united states and south korea so that seems another major provocation to north korea and the hard line statements by john bolton were enough to fuel to actually give more leverage to the hawks in north korea now he said that could be not only depots but also killed in the same way that gadhafi was and so there are people in north korea who don't want to see him negotiate with the united states don't want to see these kinds of
the military drills in the region recently canceling a meeting with the south over them despite john yang threatening to pull the plug on a summit with the u.s. as well the pentagon insists the war games will continue and the director of the nuclear studies institute at the american university peter because next things this could easily sabotage the summit is a real possibility the june twelfth summit meeting might be canceled drills had been planned long in advance of the summit however it was...
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the clocks are changing in john yang, it's overseeing a lot of symbolic gestures with the panel press we can discuss how real they might be and what they might be leading to come if anything, at all. i have with me doctor sue mi terry who has been an analyst at the cia, senior analyst on the korean issues and director for korea at the nsc under both george w. bush and the obama administration. she got csis. mr. wataru sawamura who is washington, d.c. bureau chief at asahi shimbun who's going to talk a little bit about the japanese public sees the dimensions of so-called recent developments and doctor kongdan oh, katie, who senior asia specialist at the institute for defense analyses, who has lots of interesting things to say as well, particularly regarding the recent summit. i think we'll take each of you in order for a few minutes maybe to live how you see things and then i'll ask you a few questions, and finally we will throw it open to the floor at the end. please do catch my eye at any moment if you might have a question. doctor sue, perhaps we can start by asking you if this summ
the clocks are changing in john yang, it's overseeing a lot of symbolic gestures with the panel press we can discuss how real they might be and what they might be leading to come if anything, at all. i have with me doctor sue mi terry who has been an analyst at the cia, senior analyst on the korean issues and director for korea at the nsc under both george w. bush and the obama administration. she got csis. mr. wataru sawamura who is washington, d.c. bureau chief at asahi shimbun who's going to...
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as john yang tells us, less than three hours later, he resigned. a warning: theiolent nature of this story may make it unsuitable for some viewers. >> yang: william, the four women whose experiences were reported by the new yorker all had romantic relationships or encounters with schneiderman. all told of abusive or controlling behavior, including being slapped-- some so hard they sought medical attention. ronan farrow, who won a pulitzer prize earlier this year for exposing the decades-long predatory behavior of movie producer harvey weinstein, broke this story, along with his "new yorker" colleague jane mayer. ronan, thanks for joining us. the headline in the "new yorker" article was "physical abuse," but it was more than that. tell us what these women were saying their experiences were. >> it's good to be here. these allegations are incdiy serious, john. we're talking about women independently of each other recounting nearly identical patterns of slapping, hitting, choking. of course, eric schneiderman specifically targeting choking. and these w
as john yang tells us, less than three hours later, he resigned. a warning: theiolent nature of this story may make it unsuitable for some viewers. >> yang: william, the four women whose experiences were reported by the new yorker all had romantic relationships or encounters with schneiderman. all told of abusive or controlling behavior, including being slapped-- some so hard they sought medical attention. ronan farrow, who won a pulitzer prize earlier this year for exposing the...
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but as john yang reports, therem wadiate criticism that he hacked off what would be the most significantes yang: in the rose garden, ident trump revealed his blueprint to lower prescription dr prices, as he railedag ainst the pharmaceutical industry for making them unaffordable. >> we're ao increasing competition and reducing regulatory burdens, so drugs can be gotten to the market quicker and cheaper. we're very much eliminating the middlemen. e drug lobby is making an absolute fortune, at the expense of american consumers. >> yan called "american patients first," the president proposed to increase competition by making it eier for cheaper generic drugs to enter the market. bring down drug prices by inquiring drug makers to list prices in advert use trade deals to force foreign governments to pay more for prescription drugs. the president argues that would lead to lower prices here. >> in some cases, medicines that cost a few dollars in a foreign country cost hundreds of dollars in america, for the same pill with the same ingredients, for the same package made in the same plant. it's unfa
but as john yang reports, therem wadiate criticism that he hacked off what would be the most significantes yang: in the rose garden, ident trump revealed his blueprint to lower prescription dr prices, as he railedag ainst the pharmaceutical industry for making them unaffordable. >> we're ao increasing competition and reducing regulatory burdens, so drugs can be gotten to the market quicker and cheaper. we're very much eliminating the middlemen. e drug lobby is making an absolute fortune,...
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president came out today with his most extensive list yet of ideas to deal with the issue.bu as john yangorts, there was immediate criticism that he backed off what would be the most significant changes. ve yang: in the rose garden, president trump reed his blueprint to lower prescription drug prices, as he railed against the pharmaceutical indust for making them unaffordable. >> we're also increasing competition and reducing regulatory burdens, so drugs can be gotten to the market quicker and cheaper.e wery much eliminating the middlemen. the drug lobby is making anne absolute forat the expense of american consumers. >> yang: called "ame patients first," the president proposed to increase competition by making it easier for cheaper generic drugs to enter the market bring down drug prices by requiring drug makers to list i pricadvertising. use trade deals to force foreign governments to pay more fo prescription drugs. the president argues that would lead to lower prices here. >> in some cases, medicines th cost a few dollars in a foreign country cost hundreds of dollars in america, for th
president came out today with his most extensive list yet of ideas to deal with the issue.bu as john yangorts, there was immediate criticism that he backed off what would be the most significant changes. ve yang: in the rose garden, president trump reed his blueprint to lower prescription drug prices, as he railed against the pharmaceutical indust for making them unaffordable. >> we're also increasing competition and reducing regulatory burdens, so drugs can be gotten to the market...
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john yang has that. >> yang: judy, u.s./european relations took another hit today when commerce secretary wilbur ross said the administration would impose tariffs on european steel and aluminum. this comes after president trump withdrew from the deal to contain iran's nuclear program, a deal the e.u. helped negotiate and remains committed to. to talk about this, we're joined by david o'sullivan, the european union's ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. e president of the european commission said today what the united states actions he called them pure protections, pure and simple, he said the e.u. would respond with tariffs of their on on u.s. goods. are we in a trade war? >> i don't think we're in what you could call a full-blown trade war because the volume of trade involved in this dispute compared to the global volume between the european union and the united states is still relatively small, but an important divergence of view. we believe the tariffs are unjustified and
john yang has that. >> yang: judy, u.s./european relations took another hit today when commerce secretary wilbur ross said the administration would impose tariffs on european steel and aluminum. this comes after president trump withdrew from the deal to contain iran's nuclear program, a deal the e.u. helped negotiate and remains committed to. to talk about this, we're joined by david o'sullivan, the european union's ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, thanks for joining us....
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but john yang now has the strange tale of how and why two obama administration staffers pe the pact aredenly back in focus. l 's been nearly three years since the iran ds sealed. but on saturday, the british newspaper "the guardian"ed repohat colin kahl and ben rhodes, two top obama white housnational security officials, were the subjects of elaborate efforts to delegitimize the deal last year. they were targeted by an israeli n ivate intelligence firm trying to dig up informatat might discredit both men as proponents of the iran agreement. dith me now to explain this story is "the gu's" world affairs editor, julian borger, who helped break the story. julian, thanks for being here. first off, i know you have a new story post-ed on "the guaran"'s web site. what's the latest? >> this is about the head of the national iranian american council, a fierce advocate of the iran nuclear deal, and during the transition if lae 2016, he was approached through an intermediatory with a message from u.s. intelligence warning him to look out because the trump crowd were coming after him and would seek
but john yang now has the strange tale of how and why two obama administration staffers pe the pact aredenly back in focus. l 's been nearly three years since the iran ds sealed. but on saturday, the british newspaper "the guardian"ed repohat colin kahl and ben rhodes, two top obama white housnational security officials, were the subjects of elaborate efforts to delegitimize the deal last year. they were targeted by an israeli n ivate intelligence firm trying to dig up informatat...
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allegations of sexual harassment and a longtime abuse opower by a former top anchor, and this time, as john yang explains, claims about just how much the network management knew. >> yang: judy, it was more than five months ago that charlie rose lost both his pbs interview show and his job as anchor of "cbs this morning." it came after the "washington post" reported complaints about his behavior toward women at the pbs program. today, the post reports that the incidents of rose's sexual misconduct were far more numerous than previously reported, and that cbs managers were told about them as early 1986. late today, cbs news told its employees it had hired a law firm to investigate the allegations in the post report. we're joined by one of the two "washington post" reporters who wrote both stories: amy brittain, who is on per's investigative team.y, anks for being with us. >> of course. thank you for having me. thisng: your story says was more pervasive and widespread, the complaints. how widespread? >> 27 new allegations against charlie rose, spanning 42 years ago, the oldest from 1976 and the mos
allegations of sexual harassment and a longtime abuse opower by a former top anchor, and this time, as john yang explains, claims about just how much the network management knew. >> yang: judy, it was more than five months ago that charlie rose lost both his pbs interview show and his job as anchor of "cbs this morning." it came after the "washington post" reported complaints about his behavior toward women at the pbs program. today, the post reports that the incidents...
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john yang breaks down what we know.il >> yang:am, the payments went to the company cohen says he set pay the $130,000 hush money to adult film actress stephanie clifford. her attorney, michael avenatti, revealed the payments in a document posted online. to help us unpack all of this, here's rosalind helderman, a "washington post" political investigations reporter. rosalind, thanks so much fr joining us. of the payments you've been able to confirm, who did they from, and how much money are we talking about? >> we're talking abonk, i thi it's about $2.5 million that seems to be confirmed at this point. and they come from some maorr u.s. andeign companies. they include at&t,o nvartis-- a pharmaceutical company. they include this company columbus nova, which is a u.s.-based affiliate of a company that is owned and founded by a russian businessman. one thing that ties a number of these companies together is they had major issues pending before the u.s. government. but each of them, in turn, have essentially said that that's not mhy they hired mr. cohen, that they hired hi for various reas
john yang breaks down what we know.il >> yang:am, the payments went to the company cohen says he set pay the $130,000 hush money to adult film actress stephanie clifford. her attorney, michael avenatti, revealed the payments in a document posted online. to help us unpack all of this, here's rosalind helderman, a "washington post" political investigations reporter. rosalind, thanks so much fr joining us. of the payments you've been able to confirm, who did they from, and how much...
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john yang has more. >> yang: judy, in 1913 an onl- white jurycted johnson of violating the federal mann act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral purposes." the woman in question was johnson's girlfriend, who was white. johnson was heavyweight champ from 1908 to 191 outside the ring, he defied conventions by showing off his wealth, mocking white opponents and, perhaps most shocking for the times, dating and marrying white women. president trump signed the rdon in the oval office. >> i am taking this very righteous step, i believe, to correct a wrong that occurred in our history and to honor a truly legendary boxing champion, legendary athlete, and a person that when people got to know him, they really liked him and they really thought he was treated unfairly. >> yang: the 2004 documentary "unforgivable blackness" tells the story of jack johnson and was directed by filmmaker ken burns, who joins us now on skype. ken, thanks so much for being here. you are one of those who were adcating for thisardon. what's your reaction now that it's a fact? >> thiis
john yang has more. >> yang: judy, in 1913 an onl- white jurycted johnson of violating the federal mann act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral purposes." the woman in question was johnson's girlfriend, who was white. johnson was heavyweight champ from 1908 to 191 outside the ring, he defied conventions by showing off his wealth, mocking white opponents and, perhaps most shocking for the times, dating and marrying white women. president...
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president trump said it would not take part if washington insisted it give up its nuclear weapons john yang has also postponed high level talks with south korea unification minister beck take hewland said he regretted the north's move and that it went against the spirit of a historic meeting last month between the two countries leaders. let's go over to our correspondent jason strother standing by for us in the south korean capital seoul jason there were months of warming between north and south korea also cautious optimism of course how is this setback being taken in south korea all right why i think the announcements that north korea would call off these high level talks today and potentially call it the trump summit did take soul by surprise. the government here is issued a statement of regret however that doesn't mean that south korea and the u.s. are going to call off these military exercises there still continue to take place. tell us jason the way it looks right now with with these two summits in jeopardy or north korea relations between first of all north and south korea frozen agai
president trump said it would not take part if washington insisted it give up its nuclear weapons john yang has also postponed high level talks with south korea unification minister beck take hewland said he regretted the north's move and that it went against the spirit of a historic meeting last month between the two countries leaders. let's go over to our correspondent jason strother standing by for us in the south korean capital seoul jason there were months of warming between north and...
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in may john yang extends an olive branch and releases three american prisoners i think he did this because i really think he wants to do something. to weeks later kim jong un appears to make good on a promise detonating parts of his only known nuclear testing site then washington throws a curve ball citing his still ity in the reason north korean comments decided to terminate the plant summit in singapore in june twelfth then just one day later another turnaround the meeting is back on the table trump's explanation provided you know that back at the surprise meeting over the weekend the south korean president says the north is committed to complete denuclearization but acknowledges that kim and trump might have differing expectations of what that means. meanwhile trump is back to sending confidence signals so we're looking at june twelfth in singapore that hasn't changed. and we're along pretty well so we'll see what happens what happens next is anyone's guess back in singapore no one knows if the meeting will take place this could be the only incarnation of kim jong un ever to search for
in may john yang extends an olive branch and releases three american prisoners i think he did this because i really think he wants to do something. to weeks later kim jong un appears to make good on a promise detonating parts of his only known nuclear testing site then washington throws a curve ball citing his still ity in the reason north korean comments decided to terminate the plant summit in singapore in june twelfth then just one day later another turnaround the meeting is back on the...
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john yang has our update. >yang: judy, tonight, mor tnthan 100 ceral american nts remain on the u.s. b, order in tijmexico. them celebrated when told that overnight u.s. oofficials admitted eightthem s an immigration checkpoint to apply for asylurring hopes that more will be allowed to follow. separately, the justice department charged 11 people believed to have been part of e group with entering t country illegally. for the latest, we're joined by npr's carrie kahn, who is back in mexico city after leaving tijuana last night. carrie, thanks for joining us. what's the latest on this group of people and how ma are being allowed into the united states to apply foasylum? >> as you said, there were eight last night, and at about noon ocal time in tijuana they let in about six more. so it's akl trof asylum claimants they're allowing into the port ofen try. >> yang: carrie, what are the conditions you saw at the port ofen try? >> you have 140-some from the carthan, mos, children, laying on blankets on the concrete w
john yang has our update. >yang: judy, tonight, mor tnthan 100 ceral american nts remain on the u.s. b, order in tijmexico. them celebrated when told that overnight u.s. oofficials admitted eightthem s an immigration checkpoint to apply for asylurring hopes that more will be allowed to follow. separately, the justice department charged 11 people believed to have been part of e group with entering t country illegally. for the latest, we're joined by npr's carrie kahn, who is back in mexico...
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the clocks are changing in john yang, it's overseeing a lot of symbolic gestures with the panel press we can discuss how real they might be and what they might be leading to come if anything, at all. i have with me doctor sue mi terry who has been an analyst at the cia, senior analyst on the korean issues and director for korea at the nsc under both george w. bush and the obama
the clocks are changing in john yang, it's overseeing a lot of symbolic gestures with the panel press we can discuss how real they might be and what they might be leading to come if anything, at all. i have with me doctor sue mi terry who has been an analyst at the cia, senior analyst on the korean issues and director for korea at the nsc under both george w. bush and the obama
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he read the situation well and offered an attractive offramp for the john chang -- peon yang olympicsnorth koreans are now saying that as a major part of the sign. he also told me -- kim johg-il they understand the process and we have control over it and unless and until they do verifiable steps towards the denuclearization, we don't have to do anything. this is and china will play, this is something that the professionals do. people who work in the negotiations and in the verification. this isn't something we have to give away before we get to the table and certainly without it being verified. >> another question. >> does the north have enough in the way of the conventional firepower to kind o of give up their ultimate bargaining chip without giving up all of their chips? >> of course they have a conventional four, 14 conventional tools fueled within 50 seconds that's why i said that preventive war wasn't catastrophic so to south korea. north korea basically lost the rivalry and every possible thing a nuclear weapon is the only thing that they have over south korea. >> [inaudible] if
he read the situation well and offered an attractive offramp for the john chang -- peon yang olympicsnorth koreans are now saying that as a major part of the sign. he also told me -- kim johg-il they understand the process and we have control over it and unless and until they do verifiable steps towards the denuclearization, we don't have to do anything. this is and china will play, this is something that the professionals do. people who work in the negotiations and in the verification. this...
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officials were stupid for suggesting john yang could face the so-called libya model of disarmament. before trump's announcement north korea said it had blown up its only known nuclear testing facility international journalists were on site but independent inspectors did not witness the demolition of kim jong un had pledged to close the test site after a historic summit between the koreas in april. as a team of investigators in the netherlands say they've identified a russian based military unit as the source of the missile that brought down the malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen nearly four years ago the passenger jet was headed from amsterdam to kuala lumpur when it was blown out of the sky over eastern ukraine all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew or killed. german chancellor angela merkel is in china for high level talks after meeting with china's leaders she said both countries believe that they should be exempt from u.s. tariffs on steel and were committed to standing by the iran nuclear deal which the u.s. has abandoned. trumps dear kim weather today the u.s. p
officials were stupid for suggesting john yang could face the so-called libya model of disarmament. before trump's announcement north korea said it had blown up its only known nuclear testing facility international journalists were on site but independent inspectors did not witness the demolition of kim jong un had pledged to close the test site after a historic summit between the koreas in april. as a team of investigators in the netherlands say they've identified a russian based military unit...