kim jong-un has said that he now wa nts here. has said that he now wants to shift to pursue economic development. it is really important to keep in mind that actually, human rights are a very important part of economic development because of unease, the international community thomas cannot invest in north korea if north korea continues to conduct these kinds of human rights violations. so, for it to have opening and economic development, it is going to have to change and stop its human rights abuses. does it also tell us that we are not really go to see progress with relations between north korea and the us if donald trump and kim jong—un operate ona donald trump and kim jong—un operate on a warm level, but the senate and government on a different level is not wanting to move forward because of the issues you mention?” not wanting to move forward because of the issues you mention? i think our government does want to move forward , our government does want to move forward, i think the senate and i think the state department, ever

what's the cost for kim jong-un to walk in and say i want more. your nukes off the peninsula. what's the downside? i don't see it. >> the administration, the trump white house will say there haven't been any missile tests in the last year no, nuclear tests in the last year. is that something that the north koreans have given up, or is that nothing really comparatively to what the u.s. could or should have gotten? >> let me tell you what we've seen over the past 20 years. president have tried to control the north koreans. they have developed missiles and nukes. they have evidently a usable nuclear arsenal and usable weapons, ballistic missiles. it's not like we're in the same place as ten years ago. they can threaten up. one thing to look for as they develop the capabilities will they ever give us a verifiable list of what they have, until you see that list, it's all nonsense. >> secretary of state mike pompeo part of the negotiations, he was asked today if the u.s. is in a better position now with respect to north korea than the u.s. was a year ag

i think i have a relationship with kim jong-un.e said you and i have to take a picture together because i'm going to take it back to north korea and tell my hardliners you are not up a bad guy. gerry: did you tell him the same thing? >> sure. if the north koreans follow through on the commitments they made in singapore. the president will deserve the nobel peace prize. he opened the door and they have to walk through it. gerry: but they haven't so far. >> they have not lived up to the commitment so far. that's why the president thinks another summit will be productive. gerry: even if they haven't shown any indication of keeping their commitments to denuclearize. >> they will have a discussion how they will accomplish those commitments. until that happens there won't be a release of the economic sanctions. gerry: russia, russia continues its aggression, i think most of people would agree, against ukraine. we saw the seizure last week of ukrainian vessels. this continuing war going on, russia is continuing to provoke and continuing t

i think i have a relationship with kim jong-un, he said at the lunch we had at singapore you

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a top adviser says president trump thinks he should hold a second face-to-face meeting with kim jong-un, because the north korean leader isn't living up to commitments he made during their first summit. why is the president rewarding kim's bad behavior? >>> and final salute. in a moving tribute, 95-year-old former senator bob dole is helped from his wheelchair to salute his long-time friend and fellow veteran, the late president george h.w. bush. tonight, new details of president trump's private meeting with the bush family ahead of tomorrow's state funeral. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news this hour. president trump facing fury from fellow republicans for failing to hold the saudi crown prince accountable for the murder of "washington post" columnist, jamal khashoggi. after a briefing on the killing by the cia director, gina haspel, top gop senators say they're convinced prince mohamed bin salman ordered the gruesome killing, which happened inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, two months ago. i'll discuss

on state tv because today marks the anniversary of the death of kim —— kimjong il, the father of kim jong—un—— kimjong il, the father of kim jong-un. given what you are telling us, that this statement is not as strong as it habs was in past times, what is tell us habs was in past times, what is tell us about relations are with north korea and the united states? well, in terms of north korea, some a nalysts say in terms of north korea, some analysts say north korea is still hesitant about what move it should make afterwards, after the singapore summit, after the dmc summit, all those high profile summit, afterwards, where should we go? it also has to do some work within the state, persuading its people of the moves it may take afterwards, which may mean that the tory moves between washington and seoul really have to happen. so kim jong—un washington and seoul really have to happen. so kimjong—un really has to convince his own people that the next moves are really important for the state, and that might take months according to some analysts. thank you very much. in sapporo, in northern japan,

south korea's president says trump asked him to pass along that very message to kim jong-un. talking about the timing of a second possible face-to-face summit with kim. michelle kaczynski has the latest from the state department. i wonder how state department officials are justifying a second face-to-face when there's been no concrete action along the lines of what this administration demanded, that irreversible, verifiable dismantling of north korea's nuclear program. >> remember before the first summit, there were demands and lines seemingly drawn as to what the u.s. would like to see even before there could be a summit. but then those degraded down to the point that we knew that each side just wanted to have this summit to get that out there and see what came from it. and now we're not hearing similar demands leading up to a second summit. the state department and the white house keep talking about the fact that there is progress, but when you ask what that progress is, they tend to focus on the fact that north korea has not tested missiles. that there hasn't been provocati

condoleezza: when i first saw the president had on the spot accepted kim jong-un's invitation, at first i thought all my god, what is he doing. but then i thought nothing else has worked, so why not? david: on the iranian agreement. condoleezza: i did not support that agreement. david: let's talk about vladimir putin. condoleezza: i know him well. he liked me. david: what are the qualities you think great leaders have? condoleezza: a sense of humility about what they can achieve. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? if president trump called you and said "i really need you to come in and help your country," what would you say? condoleezza: i would say, mr. president, there are so many wonderful people who can

so what's that about, kim jong-un no longer being a nuclear threat? >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead and the phrase likely hanging over a few people in washington right now, substantial assistance to the government. that's how special counsel robert mueller described the information that lieutenant general michael flynn, president trump's former national security adviser, has provided to his team over 19 separate interviews over the course of the last year. 19. think about how few people in your world you have met with 19 times in the last 12 months. much of the information provided is so sensitive, the six-page document contained 65 lines of text that are partially or fully redacted. but attempting to read between the redacted lines, it is clear there is still a lot more mueller knows that we do not. the document revealing that flynn has helped the special counsel with an unknown criminal investigation, the details of which are completely redacted. but mueller says these are investigations that are ongoing.

president trump set down with north korean lead kim jong-un but hasn't been yet matched by a progressdenuclearization and china and u.s. held off on a full blown trade war for now. but at home it was another year of divisive issue and rhetoric we have a lottery contested midterm election which produced result that almost perfectly capture hads part end divide in the nation the democrats took house of representatives by comfortable margin. while republicans increase their majority in the senate. in the meantime, the fighting raged on over everything from the mueller investigation, to a supreme court nomination, to fund for wall of mexican border to gun control and host of other issues where passions run hot. we even managed to fall out over lyrics of a popular christmas melody. what will 2019 bring? welg i have no idea. butt i'll offer one hope and one fear. it will be too much to hope for an a outbreak of civility in washington in the nation at a large. but at least we can hope for continued american prosperity. the u.s. expansion ten years old next summer making it one of the longest

kim jong un kim jong un's biggest test may lie ahead.n. >> when you look back, a pretty amazing year. will he pass that test or could we face a return to the troubled relationship of the past between north and south korea and the united states? we super two smart people to discuss this. kimberly dozier from the daily beast and author of nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world. good to see you both again. >> thank you. >> kim, what should we make of this letter from kim to the south korean leader? do you think he is earnest in wanting more dialogue or could he head south to seoul or anything like that? >> i think he is earnest about building on every possible pathway around the united states to build a momentum in terms of not just what south korea sees as possible, but what the south korean people see as possible in a future relationship between the two. as that momentum builds also with china opening up a lot more trade routes quietly with north korea, but it's going to get harder and harder to build that momentum back up, that

tonight kim jong-un's regime is making an overt threat to the u.s. back on i think effort to get rid of its nuclear weapons. the north koreans accusing the state department and other u.s. government agencies of s sabotaging kim's deal with president trump. pyongyang is furious over new sanctions on three top officials close to kim for their human rights violations, kim's regime saying in a new statement those sanctions could, quote, block the path to denuclearization on the korean peninsula forever. >> it is typical north korean negotiating behavior. they want a door prize before they come into the negotiating room or they send a signal as to what they want. it is trying to put pressure on the u.s. to reduce pressure or provide benefits if we want the process to continue. >> reporter: experts say kim jong-un badly wants a second summit with president trump. they say the dictator likely feels he can get more concessions from trump in a one-on-one meeting, and the north koreans are trying to drive a wedge between trump and his own diplomats, saying tha

south korea's president has received a letter from the north korean leader kim jong il asking for talks in the new year president moon jane's office says kim was sorry he couldn't make a planned visit to the south before the end of twenty eighteen kim and moon met three times a c. and it made a series of goodwill gestures the south koreans say kim was asked to meet several times next year robin wright joins us live now from the south korean capital rob so why is kim jong un saying this now and how significant is it i think a south korean officials here are somewhat relieved they're saying this is a very positive sign indeed president in a south korea is just responded darron on social media thanking kim personally for the letter believing that this is a sincere approach that kim jong un is still very much committed to this whole process of course it does go some way to easing the disappointment that south korea did not play host to kim joining this year that was the stated intention when the two leaders met in pyongyang in september for their third summit of the year that kim jong un in

that's why they have identified these three officials, one of them an assistant to kim jong—un.he north koreans have reacted very angrily. saying this is a great miscalculation by the americans and that it will block the path to denuclearisation forever. they've play off the state department versus the us president. they've credited donald trump for reaching out and trying to improve relations, but said the state department seems to be trying to turn back the clock to a time when there was an "exchange of fire", referring to the regular missile tests that were happening untill about a year ago. there was supposed to be a meeting between the secretary of state and a senior north korean diplomat last month. that has been delayed. the north koreans have been angered by the us military restarting exercises with the south korean military. and there are questions about how this now proceeds into the new year, whether there will be further progress. things seemed to have slowed down since donald trump met kim jong—un in singapore, six months ago. but the president is referring to the n

. >>> itstates and north korea has filed a bid since president trump met with kim jong-un, but u.s. officials are awaiting arrest speech by kim jong-un to see which direction things may go as we begin and new year. >>> the two leaders met in june at a summit in singer poor. the -- sing a poor -- singapore, and north korea refuses to dismantle the weapons until the united states stops the threat it poses to north korea and we are talking about easing sanctions but administration officials are not doing. >> the huwogh nighted in enforcing and implementing you nations sanctions until the fully verified denuclearization of north korea. >>> they're waiting on kim jong- un's speech to get an indication on where north carolina korea stands on this issue. >>> the us and nature owe forces -- nato forces celebrated in afghanistan. this took place in kabul, afghanistan, musicians played and hispanic for the soldiers. one soldier said it brings about mixed emotions being so far away on duty. >> i miss you guys so much being away from you guys so far. but, i know what i volunteered for and i'm p

indeed has responded on social media thanking kim jong un personally there had been hopes that kim jong un would be visiting south korea which would be an historic visit the first by our north korean leader indeed since the korean war and that that visit would take place during this year that was the stated intention when the two leaders met in pyongyang for their third summit in september but it wasn't to be the case even as late as last week some people were predicting that the visit might be taking place on the thirtieth and thirty first clearly that's not happening but this letter does now lead to speculation that the visit will take place possibly as early as the new year communed on to chairman kim expressed regret towards the fact that his visit to seoul did not take place as was agreed between the two leaders in pyongyang chairman kim expressed a strong willingness to visit seoul and has been monitoring the situation kim also stated that he's willing to meet often with president moon in two thousand and nineteen to divans discussions on the peace and prosperity of the korean pen

and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong un again i'm just going to say i'm absolutely shocked. and. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said behind these stories but just a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the one foreign minister said that making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue moscow maintains that the interests of all sides must be respected. so that said it all ended with. inviting came john. to russia so let's see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we're heading back to the airport in the russian foreign minister's motorcade to try and go right from inside kim jong un's residence. to increase joint patrols in an effort to get a legal immigration into the u.k. after an unexpected rise of refugees arriving across into britain over the english channel over the last two weeks and these shows sethi is a story. deeply concerning the u.k. migration minister is sounding the alarm may first recent sage in my current crossi

south korea's president has received a letter from the north korean leader kim jong il and for talks in the new year president office says that kim was sorry he couldn't make a visit to the south before the end of two thousand and eighteen came a maiden met three times this year and made a series of goodwill gestures to south korea and say kim has asked to meet me several times. from abroad has the latest now from seoul. the presidential office in seoul won't reveal too many details about the exact contents of this two page letter but it is being warmly received here by south korean officials president moon j.n. indeed has responded on social media thanking kim jong un personally there had been hopes that kim jong un would be visiting south korea it would be an historic visit the first by our north korean leader indeed since the korean war and that that visit would take place during this year that was the stated intention when the two leaders met in pyongyang for their third summit in september but it wasn't to be the case even as late as last week some people were predicting that the

history delayed north korean leader kim jong un says his trip to seoul will happen just not this year as planned. and later in sport we'll hear from the woman who has just made history in the ultimate fighting championship . more than two hundred palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers in months of protests at the gaza border fence thousands more have been injured but now the new york times is raising questions on the israeli military's use of live fire against protesters a new report focuses on the death of twenty year old medic. who was killed by gunfire during a protest in june after analyzing over a thousand photos videos the times concluded the job did not pose any security threat and was standing on one hundred meters away from the border fence when she was killed by a sniper the israeli military says it is investigating the death joining us now is one of the journalist behind the investigation david how the new york times jerusalem bureau chief thanks very much for being with us so i want to ask you first of all what gave you the idea of of looking into this whole thi

i think i have a relationship with kim jong un. he said it at lunch, you and i have to take a picture together because i'm going to take it back to north korea and show it to my hardliners and tell them you're not such a bad guy. so you know -- >> did you say the same thing to him that you would take picture back to here? >> sure. [laughter] >> so look, we are going to pursue this if the north koreans follow through, president trump will deserve the nobel peace prize and opened the door for them. now they have to walk-through it. that's what we hope to make progress on h in the next meeting. >> but they haven't so far? >> they have not lived up to the commitments to far, that's why i think the president thinks another summit is likely to be productive. >> so there will be another summit even if they haven't shown any indication of meeting the commitments to denuclearize? >> they are going to discuss this and look at the commitments that were made in singapore and have discussion about how they will accomplish those commitments and

and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong un again i'm just going to say i'm absolutely shocked. and. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said behind these stories but just a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the russian foreign minister said making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue maintains that the interests of all sides must be respected. so that said it all ended with. russia. let's see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we're heading back to the airport in the russian foreign minister's motorcade to try and go right from inside kim jong il's residence in pyongyang. right that's it for me and the team for now we'll update you we're going to just have wherever you're watching have a safe and happy new year. seems wrong. but all roads just don't call. me. yet to stamp out these days to come to africa and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome to

and president trump no longer ridiculing kim jong-un, instead praises their rapport. >> we fell in love. okay? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters, and they're great letters. we fell in love. >> reporter: but the hype of their historic meeting in singapore last june, quickly fizzled to stalemate. both sides expecting the other to make a first move. north korea wanting sanctions relief, the u.s. unwilling to give it. months later there's been so little progress toward denuclearization that negotiators appointed to hammer out a time line have yet to even meet. with talks stalled, the two sides are again trading threats. though north korea appears to be holding off on criticizing president trump himself. yet a second meeting with kim is in the works. president trump pofting a christmas eve tweet from a briefing with north korean advisers saying he was looking forward to it. >> this is going to be a negotiation of two people, kim jong-un and donald trump. and i have my concerns that donald trump really understands the issues and understands what our red lines are. >> reporter: and whi

(ken) this despite president trump's claims that his negotiations with north korean leader kim jong un alex marquardt reports. it's nestled deep in north korea's mountainous interior, right up against the border with china.seen clearly in these satellite images obtained by c-n-n from the middlebury institute.a new - or expanded - base, just seven miles from the well-known yeongjeo-dong missile base. this new - previously unreported - construction evidence of the north's continuous expansion and upgrading of long-range missile facilities that could be nuclear-ready.even as president trump has long claimed that the denuclearizing of north korea is on track.president trump: "we're very happy how it's going with north korea. we think it's going fine. we're in no rush. we're in no hurry. the sanctions are on." the imagery shows a new headquarters, tunneling and bunkersas well as a massive underground facility.all of it - rebukes to the president who was told by kim jong un at the singapore summit this past june ....he pledged to "work toward complete denuclearizati on" of the korean peninsu

well north korea dominated headlines throughout much of the year president trump and kim jong un the exchange threats and then the two met and apparently mellowed any of strength i got the chance to visit the new. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind and now they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this just to keep our men one photographer and myself following a lot of state in. this area is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fold. the groups. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks to be area where it came john will be. and the reason why i think so is because just through this door i saw came john wayne sr and she was having some sort of conversation with the guards but nobody speaks english here hello. and as far as i understand this is. i believe this is a bit of a historic moment. sergey lavrov and kim jong moon are talking behind this small we were asked to wait in this

sergey lavrov and kim jong talking behind this small we were asked to wait in this room so let's just have a walk around and take a look at what they. to all. dark north korean chocolate i can tell you that it tastes just like any other. anywhere around the world. so this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice at the rooms residence. i can barely remember being given such. locations around the world we were just told. the president which is just outside the doors. of the city. and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong un the moon again i'm just going to say absolutely shocked. and. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said behind these stories but just a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the one foreign minister said in making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue maintains that the interests of all sides must be respected. so that said it all ended with. russia so let's see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we'r

right from inside kim jong un's residence in pyongyang. talking up the twenty that's the way look from moscow this wherever you're tuning in thanks for watching and i wish you a safe and peaceful and easy. welcome to the crystal ball edition of crosstalk what can we expect in the new year we have a great lineup of guests telling us they think. time after time to know what you're going on the ground while we're away for christmas we're screening some of your favorite episodes of this season coming up in this we speak to sheffield florida man majid majid about the u.k. government hostile foreign policy and hostile environment from libya and yemen egypt all grieve and as the trades union congress celebrates its one hundred fiftieth anniversary today we go to the site of the battle of all green where ten thousand of office goggles and u.n. miners were attacked by thousands of police following the lord mayor's appeal to home secretary sajid javid we speak to the general secretary of the a new m. and a minor arrested on that day. that's all comi

perhaps more diplomatic maneuvering by kim jong-un's government.dia, while criticizing the u.s., has praised president trump, blaming trump's opponents for the breakdown in denuclearization talks, a move experts say could be an attempt to play to the president's ego in hopes of getting a better deal if that second summit ever happens. >> and whether it will happen is still very much an open question. there is still no location, no date set for it, and there are a lot of questions about whether the two sides will even be able to come together given how far apart they are on this issue of denuclearization. jim. >> and they are far apart. will ripley, thank you very much. >> breaking news next. new video from president trump's surprise visit to u.s. troops in iraq and his comments defending the u.s. pullout from syria. welcome to the place where people go to learn about their medicare options... before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! well, you've come to the right place. it's al

south korea's president has received a letter from north korean leader kim jong un not asking for talks in the new year president moon in his office says came also expressed regret he was unable to visit the south before the end of twenty eighteen the mother of a got a moslem boy who died while in u.s. custody says his son was healthy when he left home eight year old felipe gomez along so died on december twenty fourth after being detained by border agents while trying to cross from mexico to the u.s. speaking from a village in guatemala his mother says he reported as you well every time his father called hung jury metric as you headlines racing in cocaine valley is coming up next. on counting the cost the economic factors to watch his be ringing in the new year why economists are predicting a rocky ride for the global economy and from china to the middle east find out why and where financial storms could be proved. counting the cost on al-jazeera. follow. what i don't. care about. nor growth there enough for us to get the. solo but oh. well i don't know mary is. so useful no really has

there were high hopes for an historic breakthrough following the meeting between donald trump and kim jong un to this is back in june i mean you know the the leader of the united states and north korea had never met especially there in asia i mean kind of on kim jong un's doorstep if you will why has this momentum this strong momentum been lost. well what we had is we had john bolton come into the national security position with an attitude about ending north korea if you will that it is attitude for decades now and so you have some different interests in the white house in the revolving door of. diplomatic positions and military positions in the white house which doesn't make it easy but those positions have taken a hard line which is. to put down those weapons and then we'll look at peace and it doesn't work that way now what we could have if the u.s. wanted to talk more on equal terms is a commitment in these coming meetings that we hope will take place because there was success there was a deep using of conflict but what we want to see in the next step of this is a signing a peace trea

now, these threats and warnings shouldn' come as much of a surprise because those talks that kim jongeld, those historic talks that kim jong un held with president trump didn't really yield many results beyond a vaguely worded statement between the two of them and not much has happened since. nd that's why these new round of sanctions shouldn't come as a huge surprise. the u.s. has always mailained it weep ratcheting up the pressure until results are produced. nor should north korea's reaction be a surprise. they said in a statement that the state department was bent on bringing dprk and u.s. relations back to the status of last yeard which was mary exchanges of fire. a referenceo the kore ballistic missile launches, nuclear tests, not to mention angry verbalxchanges between two countries' leaders. now, eve though north korea said this pressure was a grave mitt cculation by the u.s., there was some praise for the president, saying that donald trump had shown willingness to improve relations. t no two sides were meant to meet in new york in september. that didn't take place. and they h

it was one of the most anticipated meetings of the year, the summit between president trump and kim jong-unsed to kick off a new era between these two countries and help dial back tensions over pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. so, where does that stand now? nbc's janis mackey frayer takes a look. >> reporter: the missile tests and threats of nuclear war have given way to diplomacy and handshakes, and president trump no longer ridiculing kim jong-un, instead praises their rapport. >> we fell in love, okay? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters, and they're great letters. we fell in love. >> reporter: but the hype of their historic meeting in singapore last june quickly fizzled to stalemate. both sides expecting the other to make a first move. north korea wanting sanctions relief, the u.s. unwilling to give it. months later, there has been so little progress toward denuclearization that negotiators appointed to hammer out a timeline have yet to even meet. with talks stalled, the two sides are again trading threats, though north korea appears to be holding off on criticizing president trump

north korean leader kim jong un says his trip to seoul will happen just not this year as planned more in that stay with us. hello again it's good to have you back where across china we are looking at some quite conditions across much of the area we have some clouds here across much of the central area some clouds also off the coast before hong kong a mostly cloudy departed cloud today for you on monday temps about seventeen degrees shanghai some clouds in your forecast that you get a little bit better by the time get to tuesday maybe eight degrees there in taipei just a couple showers just to the east of you with the tempter they have about eighteen degrees well as we make our way over here towards india looking quite nice for much of the area the problem areas going to be the north we are dealing with very cold temperatures also some very dense fog across much of that area as well as some haze causing some pollution in those regions so for new delhi twenty one degrees is going to be a high down towards the south a few passing clouds maybe a few intermittent showers for colombo with a

indeed has responded on social media thanking kim jong un personally there had been hopes that kim jong un would be visiting south korea it would be an historic visit the first by our north korean leader indeed since the korean war and that that visit would take place during this year that was the stated intention when the two leaders met in pyongyang for their third summit in september but it wasn't to be the case even as late as last week some people were predicting that the visit might be taking place on the thirtieth and thirty first clearly that's not happening but this letter does now lead to speculation that the visit will take place possibly as early as the new year communed on. chairman kim expressed regret towards the fact that his visit to seoul did not take place as was agreed between the two leaders in pyongyang chairman kim expressed a strong willingness to visit seoul and has been monitoring the situation kim also stated that he's willing to meet often with president moon in two thousand and nineteen to divans discussions on the peace and prosperity of the korean peninsul

for joining us from colombo north korea has used its seventh anniversary of the death of leader kim jong il to turn the latest u.s. sanctions the troubled ministration is punishing three north korean leaders of human rights abuses state television says america's actions would block the path to denuclearize ation forever progress has been slow since donald trump a north korean leader kim jong un had their singapore summit in june an indian politician has been jailed for life for his involvement in riots in the nineteen eighties opposition congress leader was convicted of killing five family and setting fire to a sikh temple three others were also given life terms riots followed the assassination of the van prime minister indira gandhi by her sikh bodyguards and that followed her decision to send soldiers into the sikh's holiest temple in its are to hunt up separatists. russia says it's deploying ten fighter jets to the crimean peninsula in the wake of last month's naval incident with ukraine in the black sea the defense ministry says it's made the move because ukraine is preparing a provo

diplomacy has not done anything to stop kim jong-un. the latest, let's bring in will ripley who has reported from pyongyang. he is live for us in hong kong. what do these images tell you, will? >> reporter: what they tell us is kim jong-un is doing exactly what he said he would do on new year's day of this year. he would mass produce nukes and bolster the nuclear program. he is not in violation of the agreement with the united states or south korea by expanding these missile sites. we are talking about one site which has been known to the u.s. intelligence. the missile base and the new unreported site seven miles an wach -- miles away. this could be equipped with nuclear warheads to target the u.s. you have long narrow valleys and tunnels to hide the missile launchers. it is obviously a site which is concerning to the united states. the work began in 2017 at the height of tensions. you know, after singapore, two months after singapore, the work was continuing at the missile bases. if you think about it from kim jong-un's perspective, wh

he's got a history with dennis rodman and kim jong-un going back at least five years.ed into whether that connection played into spavor's detention by chinese officials. on his facebook page, michael spavor proudly displays pictures of him and kim jong-un in a friendly embrace. and chatting with kim over drinks on a boat. there's also a shot of him standing with the north korean dictator, along with the former nba star who spavor helped get into north korea. dennis rodman. tonight, michael spavor, a canadian businessman based in china, is believed to be languishing in a chinese jail after having disappeared this week. canadian officials tell cnn spavor was detained in china after being questioned at an airport there. the canadians say when they were on the phone with spavor during his interrogation, he sounded concerned about the line of questioning. >> i'm shocked he's in the situation that he is right now. i've known michael for many years now. i always knew him to be sort of like a quiet, kid-like guy. >> reporter: chris volo managed several of rodman's visits to no

. >> second summit between president trump and kim jong un could be weeks away. returning from the g-20 in a argentina, president trump told reporters the two will likely meet early next year with two locations being considered. the two met in singapore last june. we have the latest from beijing. janice, good morning. >> good morning. president trump said he actually has a very good working relationship with kim jong un, that they have agreed to work 100% towards denuclearizing north korea. he was asked if at some point kim would visit the united states and president trump said at some point, yeah. the two men met last june in singapore and at the time they signed a timeline on thisdenucle korean peninsula. very little happened since then. the korean officials and the trump administration as well. satellite imagery show missile operating bases, a suggestion that pyongyang continues to move ahead with its missile program. south korean president moon said on his way back from the g-20 president trump approached him to extend the invitation if the north korean leade

indeed has responded on social media thanking kim jong un personally there had been hopes that kim jong un would be visiting south korea which would be an historic visit the first by our north korean leader indeed since the korean war and that that visit would take place during this year that was the stated intention when the two leaders met in pyongyang for their third summit in september but it wasn't to be the case even as late as last week some people were predicting that the visit might be taking place on the thirtieth and thirty first clearly that's not happening but this letter does now lead to speculation that the visit will take place possibly as early as the new year communed on to chairman kim expressed regret towards the fact that his visit to seoul did not take place as was agreed between the two leaders in pyongyang chairman kim expressed a strong willingness to visit soln has been monitoring the situation kim also stated that he's willing to meet often with president moon in two thousand and nineteen to divans discussions on the peace and prosperity of the korean peninsul

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president trumping kim jong un series of threats when the to eventually met the things seem to fill a bit in the perry who seem to fill a bowl and in mail correspondent nipper trying to get the chance to look around the north korean leader's palace ahead of the visit by russia's foreign minister. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind and they're taking the subway. so we're here in this just to keep our men one photographer and myself holding a lot of shade. this is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fold. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks to be these and why i think so is because just through the store i saw kim john sr and she was having some sort of conversation with the guards but nobody speaks english here. and as far as i understand this is circular. i believe this is a. the historic moment. and talk and we were asked to wait in this room so let's just have a walk around t

high-level individuals name who all are very close who interact regularly with the north korean leader kim jong-une head of his state security department, organization and guidance department and the department of propaganda and agitation. which by the way his sister kim yo-jong works for. sanctioning these individuals doesn't have that big of an impact overall since there are so many sanctions already in place against north korea. it's not going to hurt much more. it's much more of a symbolic measure than anything else. but the fact that the u.s. continues to add sanctions and they bring up the issue of human rights, you know, in addition to the nuclear program, it's certainly infuriating to the north koreans and adding to their perception of an atmosphere of hostility from the united states despite the fact that there continues to be a very warm rapport between the north korean leader kim jong-un and the u.s. president donald trump. and you'll notice even in all of their criticism of the sanctions over the weekend, they never criticize president trump directly. in fact, they say that the sanctio

and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong un again i'm just going to say it absolutely shocked. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said. but just a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the russian foreign minister in making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue maintains that. must be respected. so that said it all ended with. russia see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we're heading back to the airport in the russian foreign minister's motorcade. right. and. you know one of. the more of the. reporting on that international. team working through the new year a great year. and also to india sri lanka new delhi mumbai cold cuts a bungalow welcome to your new year just happening in about two and a half minutes time this is out international. seemed wrong why don't we all just all. get to shape out just to come out of. engagement because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. all of