we're hearing that vietnam is being considered as a state visit for kim jong—un, it is being considered might be hanoi. it looks like kim jong—un for kimjong—un, it might be hanoi. it looks like kimjong—un might be prepared to give a statement in vietnam, so that might be a clue as to where the second summons might be. —— summit. also making news today: president trump has refused to grant the use of a military plane for the speaker of the house of representatives, effectively cancelling an overseas trip for his chief political opponent. mr trump said that the democrat nancy pelosi should stay in washington because of the government shutdown. mrs pelosi had planned to visit us troops in afghanistan and meet with nato allies. a car bomb has exploded at the national police academy in the colombian capital, bogota, killing nine people. local media say at least 50 more have been injured. initial reports indicate the car was driven at speed through the gates, and then exploded in a car park. the driver is believed to have been killed. president trump has announced plans to expand america's m

look, i want the president to succeed, i want the summit to succeed, but i wish we had not given kim jong—uneps except the remains of american soldiers. that's important. we want that. but, you know, there'sjust very little movement on their part. and this is how they negotiate. i've negotiated with them for years. they want you to make the first move. they hold off, they dilly—dally, they pause, and then nothing happens. that's my worry about this summit so soon, in virtually six weeks. now, again, in your experience, of course, you've had so much experience in negotiating with the north koreans. this soft diplomacy, the showmanship, they like that. so maybe — who knows — maybe donald trump is doing the right thing. well, the north koreans love it because for years, the north koreans have said "we're the big players in asia." here." —— "you, the united states, and us — we should negotiate everything here." and kim jong—un can say to his people "i'm in summits with the president of the united states, i'm on the world stage. i'm a big shot." "yes, we have sanctions and a lot of countries are

according to the korean state news agency or the north korean state news agency beijing had invited kim jong un to beijing for these talks and it seems like kim jong un wants to include china now in its diplomatic offensive last year we saw north korea open up in an unprecedented way this year kim as you said in this new year's speech had extended yet another all of branch or a step towards peace two words the united states saying that they're willing to continue with talks they're willing to denuclearize nuclearize watts with conditions. interesting that before these. visits to china and the six years since kim jong un had been in power there were no visits as a whole and he is saying the right things about involving china in any talks on denuclearize ation so what volcker is china looking to play here. well china of course wants to be front and center with any moves between north korea and the us china has always been north korea's international face has always represented or been key to any negotiations with north korea so being left out in the cold last year was definitely something that fr

north korea, kim jong—un, have parts of it differently. a, kimjong—un, have been saying thatitis korea, kimjong—un, have been saying that it is time for the us to offer sanctions and the us have been saying no, no, we need concrete proposals for you to be getting rid of your nuclear weapons. so there has been this 12 —— seven—month stare down when neither side has offered concessions. we'll have to wait and see what happens this weekend and if indeed, any second summit is to take place, what details they managed to pin down and stop right thank you very much for that. —— thank you very much for that. president trump has said he plans to expand missile defences in the us, including, he's suggested, creating a layer of sensors in space. his goal, he says, is to shield every american city from all types of missile attacks. we will terminate any missile launches from hostile powers, 01’ even from powers that make a mistake. it won't happen, regardless of the missile type or geographic origins of the attack. we will ensure that any missiles no c

trump met kim jong—un in singapore.ry large letter that he handed over from the north korean leader to the us president, so it may well be that these talks taking place in washington over the next couple of days are all about laying the groundwork for a second summit. we are also aware that there are talks taking place between the united states and north korea in sweden, so after a seven—month stalemate, there is now this kind of flurry of diplomatic activity. you're in the south korean capital, of course. this is not a man the south koreans are much going to want to see, is it? a controversialfigure. kim yong—chol is the former spymaster from pyongyang, and certainly, he is is thought to have ordered the torpedoing of a south korean warship. he is certainly a very controversial figure for the south koreans, but he has seemed to have emerged as this controversial figure when it comes to these talks over north korea's nuclear weapons, so yes, he is one of those figures where here in south korea they do raise eyebrows, al

kim jong-un seems to see progress not progressing much since that june summit last year in singapore.an interesting speech from kim jong-un to the domestic audience. it sent mixed messages. he did warn donald trump that the north koreans are losing patience and that they might seek another path if the united states does not relax those economic sanctions. and does not live up to the promises that apparently donald trump has made to kim jong-un at that summit. donald trump, this is an encouraging sign. he took the positive side were kim jong-un was pledging he still wants to meet donald trump , perhaps as early as the beginning part of this year. this is the tweet from president trump in the last hour, citing pbs newshour. saying that kim jong-un is saying that north korea will not make or test nuclear weapons or give them to others. he is ready to meet him again anytime. he also goes on to say, i look forward to meeting with chairman kim who realizes that north korea possesses great economic potential. the was a mixed signal coming from kim jong-un. he said if the u.s. does not we wil

china inviting kim jong—un jong—un for that fourth summit.iting kimjong—un to come to see president xijinping. so lies pictures there this imminent visit. this will be a three—day visit and he will be arriving on board his arm and train, apparently, accompanied by officials and also his wife. of course, there is a lot of speculation as to whether this will bea speculation as to whether this will be a prelude to the summit that will be a prelude to the summit that will be taking place donald trump, and yes, a lot of talk where that summit will be. —— armoured. we are expecting kim jong—un to arrive in beijing shortly. actor kevin spacey appeared in court on the island of nantucket today, charged with sexually assaulting an 18—year—old man in a bar there in 2016. the oscar winner and house of cards star said nothing but was given bail, and lawyers entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant was in the courtroom, and has this report. this was a journey kevin spacey didn't want to make. touching down on

kim jong-un and his wife were shown boarding their bulletproon traiyongyang, accompanied by the usualng state media inmmentary. they arrived in beon mr. kim's birthday. china is unlikely to give him .any unpleasant surprises >> china won't encourage north korea to give up nuclear weapons. not necessarily sh north korea into a corner. john: why? >> because in the past year, china believed if the pressure is too high, that will be counterproductive. john: the u.s. has no such jalms. so kg-un's fourth visit to china sends a message -- it underlines the strength of the bond and shows that if the nuclear diplomacy with america uils, he has other options. preparations are nerway for a second trump-kim summit. mr. kim has made so far made few real concessions. north korea has long used its nuclear weapons to play big powers off against each other, precisely the reason, some argue, it is unlikely to ever give them up. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. laura: for more on kim's visite i sprlier with bruce klingner, former cia deputy korea who is now at the heritage foundation. kim jong-un is ge

in some measures it was all quite measured words from kim jong un compared to some of the statements that have come out of north korea in the recent years so how serious would you take these warnings. well this is these warning must be seen in this plot a context i mean let's face it never before have you seen more career been warming up to south korea to such an extent i mean it to size on improving their relationships building up their view of egypt by leaps and bounds and both economically and also culturally and also easing because of the structure and so on people to people contacts so these are very very positive signs but on the other hand this report was supposed to as a step towards the nuclear isolation in exchange for easing of sanctions but as far as the american politics been so in the north koreans it's not seeing any color easy on the sessions but here lies that the dilemma because for the trouble in this situation they want to see concrete and even versatile in the their isolation before they can he's the sentients but i'm also curious where that would be giving up th

like to see some tangible steps towards denuclearization, kim jong-un needs sanctions relief. >> reporters believe kim is simply stalling, buying time to further develop his weapons program. >> if kim jong-un were serious about denuclearizing, he could have taken steps since the june summit, dismantled missiles, war heads, and he's not doing that. what we see now is that the north koreans are playing the united states. >> reporter: the key question, what does the personal dynamic lead to? >> either encouragement or a breakup. if there's a breakup, i think basically kim jong-un turns to another suitor. >> reporter: experts say that would leave president trump and his team without many options for how to deal with kim's threat. one option could be to simply keep up the sanctions pressure, the other would be the unpalatable option of considering possible military action, where we were almost two years ago. wolf. >> brian todd with that report. thank you very much. >>> coming up, the breaking news. two weeks into the government shutdown, president trump warns congressional leaders it could go

we made a lot of progress with north korea and kim jong-un. had -- we established a very good relationship. a lot of good things are happening. >> it's unclear when or where the president and kim jong-un will meet again, if they meet again. they last met in june at the summit in singapore where they agreed to the broad outlines of a way to get north korea to give up their nuclear weapons program. implementing that has been a challenge as north korea has not shown any significant sign that they're dismantling their nuclear program and ballistic missile program. officials do point out though that over the past year in fact longer than that north korea has refrained from launching missiles or exploding nuclear weapons. the south korean government says it also received a letter from kim jong-un, the president there, and the two want more meetings in 2019, trace. >> trace: rich, kim jong-un has a habit of sending mixed messages and he's still committed to his agreement with the president, right? >> that's right. he says in this address that kim jon

as president trump is set to meet again with kim jong-un. ere is a plan to send the dictator a sharp message. otto warmbier officials and his family say was beaten and tortured by kim jong-un's thugs. >> otto warmbier was a young man who went on a trip overseas. that's something that's typical in this country. al one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees. what's in your wallet? .. (rain and thunder) need a change of scenery? kayak searches hundreds of travel sites and lets you filter by take-off time, layovers and more, so you can be confident you're getting the right flight at the best price. ♪ kayak. search one and done. reach her health goals! i'm in! but first... shelfie! the great-tasting nutrition of ensure. with up to 30 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals! ensure. for strength and energy. arthel: a stalemate over new caravan heading toward the u.s. after hundreds of central american migrants entered mexico from

had said that they wanted concrete actions then in recent weeks kim jong un had said that they would start we started their new nuclear program because they weren't seeing enough of an overture from the united states but then on january first and germans near days.

president trump waves what he calls a great letter from kim jong-un, saying he has a great relationship with the north korean dictator, even as kim issues a new threat to the united states. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news with the government shutdown now in its 12th day and in a new year, the president has just met with congressional leaders over at the white house. democrats emerged moments ago, saying he refused to support measures to open the government, vowing to move ahead on their own. that comes after the president took a tough line at an earlier cabinet meeting, saying he would keep the government closed for as long as it takes without saying what it would take for him to budge on funding for his border wall. i'll speak with senator chris coons of the judiciary and foreign relations committees, and our correspondents and analysts have full coverage of the day's top stories. first, let's go straight to our white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. the president talking tough as he met with congressional leaders.

zero in life for my headquarters in doha but me and it's ron i'm also ahead north korean leader kim jong un travels to beijing ahead of a possible second summit with president trump. turkey's president says the white house has made a serious mistake suggesting it will protect the kurds after a syria also by the u.s. on board toss with resolve in the blockade of qatar has resigned. u.s. president dollar trump has made his first oval office address to the nation it was a harsh leewood a speech criticizing democrats for failing to fund the war he wants to build along the us mexico border and painting illegal immigration as an almost existential threat to the united states let's go now to our correspondent mike hanna he's joining us live from washington d.c. there was a lot of attention on this mike being trans first oval office address to the nation it was billed as a big deal did it live up to those expectations. well most observers believe that it did not leave president trump out of that within the last half hour he has been tweeting self-congratulatory tweets he says thank you so many nice

and i mean this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up in the program north korean leader kim jong un wraps up a visit to china that was seen as preparation for his next summit with donald trump . an opposition leader in the democratic republic of congo demands the results of the presidential election be published after another delay. and from flexible t.v. screens to intelligent household devices we check out the latest patch to the consumer electronics show. so then president donald trump has put his case for a border wall directly to the american people in a televised address the democrats in congress to approve funding for the project and end the standoff which is shut down parts of the government for almost three weeks mike hanna has more now from washington. the deadlock between congress and the white house continues democrats refusing to provide funding for a wall on the southern border president trump adamant he will not accept any budget bill that doesn't this is a humanitarian crisis a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul the facts though do not support the contentio

the number of times i was on your programme speculating as to where the summit might be between kim jong—unand where the summit might be between kim jong—un and donald trump and indeed it was going to go ahead. we are not quite sure and getting various reports from south korean newspapers who say they have sources telling them it may be in hanoi. others say mongolia or perhaps here at the demilitarised zone that kim jong—un met president moonjae—in, various locations being touted. the main thing will be what progress can be made with a second summit and where is the current progress? some people will say we've gotten everywhere in the last year. kim jong—un has met with moonjae—in and donald trump and president xi, he stepped onto the global platform and engaging with the international community but it depends where you put that progress gauge. no nuclear weapons have changed hands, there is know that north korea is going to give up any of its nuclear weapons and it seems to be dictating the terms by which to negotiate. if you are looking at that site —— that site in the united states said

i suppose it may be significant that kim jong—un has gone into celebrities but they. ing their strategy. kim jong-un paying homage to the chinese leader. summoned to the capital. more accurately, intentionally or not, this signals to the united states. as it has a lwa ys to the united states. as it has always been, a question of trying debate and interests. and at the moment, of course, washington wants something of both beijing and pyongyang. china and north korea have shown how their interests are intertwined, the more their diplomatic leverage rises. washington knows in its trade dispute with china, it needs to take regard to china's influence over north korea. in terms of pressuring pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons, taking into accountjust how big and important and allied beijing is. thank you very much. what are you drawing from all of this? the united states knows how close north korea is. he is beneath to meet donald trump, those lower level meetings between state department officials, it'sjust level meetings between state department officials, it's just

seventeen in the stress of war from both pyongyang and washington but many others given the emphasis to kim jong un has placed on economic development more growth for his country see it as likely that. north korean leader kim jong un is basically setting the stage to blame washington for any failure of the ration the new thriller to say should cox and this allows him basically to turn to partners like russia or china or even south korea and potentially bring them on board as a major part first should things fall through with washington so has anything concrete unmeasurable been achieved since kim jong un and donald trump's historic summit last june. well we've seen a fair amount of injured korean projects between north and south korea going forward there's been far less progress between the united states and company several high level talks been cancelled and yet to be rescheduled in his speech kim as you mentioned says that he wants to meet we don't trump again in the new year and trump has said that he is also interested in that and so what this what many will be looking for out of that summit wi

kim jong-un needs sanctions relief. >> reporter: but some analysts believe kim is simply stalling, buying time to further develop his weapons program. >> if kim jong-un were serious about denuclearizing, he could have taken some steps since the june summit, dismantled warheads. he's not doing that. i think we're seeing the north koreans really playing the united states. >> reporter: the key question now, what does this personal dynamic between the two men lead to? >> it's either going to be an engagement or a breakup. so we're either going to make progress together or we're not. if we're not and there's a breakup, then i think basically kim jong-un turns to another suitor. >> reporter: experts say that would leave president trump and his team without many options for how to deal with kim's threat. one option could be simply to keep up the sanctions pressure. the other would be that unpalatable option of considering possible military action. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> and the u.s. government shutdown hits the heartland. coming up, a look at how the government shutdown is having an ef

they could not make that happen, partially because of the distance and the fact that kim jong-un was e about the criticism he received for borrowing a chinese plane to travel to singapore for that summit. the optics so crucial to kim jong-un. >> brian todd, thank you. >>> coming up, the breaking news. with shutdown negotiations in a state of collapse, president trump heads back from the border ready to declare a national emergency to get his wall built. as the president's former lawyer michael cohen agrees to testify publically, the white house prepares for a fight over robert mueller's report. can it keep the public from seeing it? ♪ ♪ the unknown beyond the horizon. that was once our frontier. but today, a new frontier has risen. and this is the vehicle crafted to conquer it. introducing the first-of-its-kind lexus ux and ux f sport, also available in hybrid all-wheel drive. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. at to cover the essentialsyou have in retirement, as well as all the things you want to do. because when you're ready for what comes next, the only direction is forward.

of south korea and the increasing speculation that we are about to witness this visit by kim jong un indeed the first by north korean leader to south korea since the and. of the korean war he also spoke about and use spirit on the korean peninsula a new sense of trust and the feeling that if the peoples of korea both north and south wanted to move towards reunification then nothing he said in the world would stop them the saudi you eat coalition and heathy rebels in yemen both being accused of stealing food aid the un food agency is threatening to suspend some aid shipments unless more is done to stop corruption the world food program says about two thirds of a delivered to who see controlled strongholds such as sana and saddam is being stolen by armed groups associated press also saw documents suggesting that russians intended for families and ties being stolen by arms units working with the saudi iraqi coalition forces or someone else or is the chairperson of yemen a to us an organization that provides humanitarian assistance yemeni people see things aid agencies should adjust thei

this sequence of diplomatic events does seem to follow a pattern kim jong un meeting she possibly as a show of deference to the more important neighbor possibly getting guidance on how to deal with the u.s. then to be followed soon after by a meeting between president trump of the united states and kim jong un everybody has been expecting a second summit between the two leaders and it's led to all sorts of speculation that we might be having an announcement imminently viet-nam has been mentioned as a possible location for a second summit it's been reported that u.s. officials have been in the country looking at possible locations for longer odds then people have also mentioned the possibility of bangkok and even hawaii as a possible locations it's also led to speculation in south korea about what all of this means for a possible fourth summit between the korean leaders of the two koreas it was widely anticipated that kim jong un would travel to south korea in the last month it seems to have been delayed and that there is speculation that that is because both leaders of north and sout

this was kim jong-un's top representative in italy. >> he was. cular position in rome he was one of the top diplomats anywhere. we have new information on this case and the repercussions for kim's regime. it's an italian mystery with international implications. a top diplomat vanishes into thin air without clues and without a search for months to find him. cnn has learned the most powerful official at north korea's embassy in italy disappeared in early november along with his wife. tonight a prominent north korean super bowl reports jo had sought asylum in the west and the italian officials are protecting him. they said they're not aware of any request. >> i would say this is a defection is quite significant. >> reporter: he would have been taken an enormous risk and not just with his own security. >> to try todiplomats, one or mf their children have to be left behind as a hostage. >> what do they do to those anchor children in a diplomat defects? >> family members left behind were punished harshly. they were sent to political prison camps. soc so

kim jong-un is looking very forward to it, and so am i.ve made a lot of progress that has not been reported by the media but we made a lot of progress. >> cnn's will ripley is in beijing. will, president trump not saying the location of this next summit yet. only that it has been chosen. we know the first meeting, the first summit was in singapore, what are your sources telling you about where and why is the location important? >> there were three locations that sources were telling us were kind of being tossed around by the united states. hawaii, i could rule that out almost completely. the north koreans would not agree to that. bangkok was thrown out as another possibility. but i'm being told the most likely scenario is vietnam. the reason for that close to north korea and a relatively short trip for kim jong-un and vietnam is a war that fought a war with the united states and rose from the ashes and a potential model for north korea if they decide to open up their economy which is something that kim jong-un has stated he wants to do. we

white house has announced a second summit between president trump and the north korean leader, kim jong—unwill take place at the end of february. it follows talks in washington between the president and one of mr kim's most trusted envoys, kim yong—chol. the new summit follows last year's historic meeting in singapore. the new location is yet to be announced, but one option could be vietnam. lastjune, president trump and kimjong—un agreed a vague statement about denuclearisation, but there has been little movement since. pyongyang also wants relief from punishing sanctions. as well as meeting president trump, special envoy kim yong—chol also met the us secretary of state, mike pompeo. our correspondent barbara plett usher has been following developments in washington. the white house said the summit would take place near the end of february, but it didn't say where, although vietnam seems to be at the top of the list of possible locations, according to multiple reports. the announcement was made after a series of meetings with the north korean envoy, kim yong—chol, beginning with his secre

president donald trump and kim jong un over the next few months now it's unclear whether kim jong un's train will return straight to pyongyang or whether he'll be stopping by another chinese city but what is clear is that this trip has been very positive optics for both north korea and china for north korea they've been able to show the world that they have a very powerful friend in china and kim jong il has been able to demonstrate himself as a more confident statesman than he was last year and for china well they've been able to show the world that they have very strong influence when it comes to pyongyang this is kim to wounds fourth trip to china in just under a year and this relationship is very important especially when you consider china's relationship with the u.s. china is currently embroiled in some very tense trade negotiations with washington and they're wanting to do what ever they can to improve their position in those talks and certainly leveraging this relationship with pyongyang is one of those ways more than a dozen consulates and embassies in australia had been evacu

i think the thing that is been most lacking is any communication between kim jong un and washington except through the press. there needs to be some kind of process, as seen from what i can read that the response lies mostly on kim jong un where they, held back in engaging that way. think we really need to deepen the process, and also with others in the region. kim jong un is going to china as a reminder that china has both equity and influence in this. i am not here to advocate a return to six party talks, but this is a regional issue and u.s. diplomacy works best when we work together with our allies and partners, but also with the others that you can bring influence to their. i think there is not enough attention to that as well. >> i don't have the same level of expertise is my colleagues here, but i fully agree the process has been lacking, and that is a real concern. secondly, there seems to be this dancing around about the sequencing in this definition of denuclearization that is not been addressed, and until that is worked out, i think this is not going to lead to any kind of a goo

if we're not and there's a breakup, then i think kim jong-un turns no another suter. >> experts say that would leave president trump and his team without many options for how to deal with kim's threat. one option could to be keep up the sanctions pressure. the other would be that unpalatable option of considering possible military action. >>> democrats say the president is holding washington hostage over a border wall he claimed mexico would pay for. now president trump is suggesting workers not getting paid should negotiate their bills and rent. plus, frightening moments inside a bowling alley in california after a shooting leaves three people dead. latest on the investigation next. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. the united explorer card makes things easy. traveling lighter. taking a shortcut. woooo! taking a breather. rewarded! learn more at the explorer ca

kim jong—un says they should be lifted in phases, beginning now.at he wasn't getting anywhere with the emissaries the president was sending, so perhaps that is why he wants to speak to the man at the top himself. as for mr trump, he may also welcome the chance to have a made—for—television moment with the north korean leader to distract from his troubles at home. nancy snow is professor of public diplomacy at kyoto university of foreign studies, and joins me from tokyo. nancy, how is this news of a second summit being viewed in the region?” think it is being viewed very promising in south korea. injapan, of course, there is concern regarding the nuclear weapons programme if north korea were to agree with the united states to shut down its long—range missiles, they might say we would like to hold onto oui’ might say we would like to hold onto our intermediate and short range missiles, and of course that would be concerning the people in the region. but i think having the dialogue and moving this along, we are far removed from the singapore summit, a

warship, which killed 44 sailors, so he's quite a controversial figure, but he is a top aide of kim jong—unn the position of chief negotiator when it comes to these talks over denuclearisation. remember last time he went to washington with that extremely large letterfrom kim jong—un to donald trump, so we're wondering what message carrying this time. now what does signify is that after a near seven—month stalemate, it does seem that finally there are talks happening about future talks. we have got some kind of movement then, but we have not had much movement when it comes to the actual denuclearisation on the part of north korea? no, there has been a stalemate in the has been a stalemate for a reason. basically, north korea wants the us to act first. it says it wants sanctions or some kind of concession. united states says no, none of that is happening until north korea starts looking as if it is making concrete moves to start giving up its nuclear weapons, so that is why we have had this stalemate. the problem is the only two people who really want to talk to one another are donald trump a

kim jong-un, he's playing president trump like a fiddle right now. ng-un is doing is de facto, he is a nuclear state. north korea is a nuclear state. and every day that that goes by that that de facto situation continues he's getting closer and closer to being de jure, which is what he wants. the north koreans are not going to denuclearize. his new year's day address he laid out pretty stiff conditions before they'll consider denuclearizing. so the approach we're taking you know, not going to work and you know, if they have another summit, that's great. but kim jong-un is not term limited and he's got about 40 years of youth. >> but there be another summit because sources are telling cnn that the trump administration is scouting locations for a second one, a second summit with him. do you see any reason to hold another summit at this point? >> well, i really don't. unless it's a do-over. you know, i wish that president trump had asked kim jong-un because you know, first chance we've had in the history of the kim family in decades where we could hear f

this new year's day brinkmanship we'd all expect i suppose but what do you make of kim jong un's new year's speech will he make good on stalling the denuclearization process. well. probably angry. is that it would be. free and insistent that. the new. be or the united way the international sanctions are going on there is no discussion no promise. arrangements and certainly the you know the international community but not career to bring in who are the thing the board and the. summit. and the whole. the united states north korea. so career woman is to me happy and ready to offer a. little trump says another summit with kim could take place in february what are the chances of that going ahead and if it does what should be the priorities that. well basically there must be detail parade to work through that more concrete retells to be released and to complete details you probably have to do with some kind of state by state arrangements so that there will be profit be in mutual concessions as i was saying. the kim jong un regime certain the light too we open the cane zone industrial compl

it is hoped that chairman kim jong un's visit to china contributes to complete denuclearization and a stablish min of lasting peace on the korean peninsula in particular we hope that chairman kim's fourth visit to china becomes a stepping stone in the path to the second north korea united states summit. so what progress has been made with denuclearization of the korean peninsula since of kim jong un has has summit with us at present donald trump last june well the americans say they have made concessions by putting joint military exercises with south korea on hold but relaxing sanctions on north korea is not an option present trump insists they will remain in place until the u.s. sees positive results on the nuclear issue in his new year message kim jong un repeated his pledge that north korea will not make north test nuclear weapons but despite the deadlock in nuclear negotiations care and trump have agreed to hold a second summit this year to go poland has more now from hong kong. all these meetings are shrouded in a lot of secrecy but what's interesting about this this time is the

north korean leader kim jong un has wrapped up his visit to beijing earlier than expected the little details have been released about his trip south korean media is reporting that kim met chinese president xi jinping about. the latest round of talks between the afghan taliban and the united states have been called off the differences over including members of the afghan government separate discussions are underway in islam about to erupt just people on the pakistani. al-jazeera has been told the results of the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo could be announced within the next forty eight hours the largest opposition party has already declared its leader feelings to be at the presumed winner of last month's vote the party says it's had a transition meeting with outgoing president joseph kabila about an advice. the two could be denied that such a meeting took place one of the main observances reporting irregularities in more than half of the county centers it monitored. the latest from the capital kinshasa . shopkeeper blank knows the democratic republic of con

ever since kim jong un has brought in the country he's built a new district every year he built fifty new houses for the scientists and their families who have done a lot for the nation. for the architects it's boom time. on the streets the standard clothes of socialism have become more colorful in the past three years the mood seems almost relaxed the state still governs the nation with an iron fist even the smallest critical gesture lands you in one of the many camps the political prisoners but since kim jong un has been in power there's been a restructuring the order is to develop the economy at the same speed as the nuclear program. but on which alone we lose your to something. she's an amateur or. if. we go back to the mongols who. to the model for what i want to see you all through from good to fail to understand something you want to know see what our peril. on the world. they are going to come from his own thoughts you don't know. how they're going to actually from the phone so. it's about. time see how this will. go to him then i'm going to give you this check on what i have

chinese state media have confirmed that north korea's leader kim jong un is visiting beijing where he will meet with president xi jinping china's young yang's main diplomatic and economic ally the trip comes as camp seeks to continue and proof relations with south korea had a visit to seoul which could happen soon china has been an important link between pyongyang and other governments it's hoping to develop or rekindle relations with kim jong un visited beijing three times last year to meet the chinese president six years after coming to power it was part of what became a busy year of meetings with landmark summits also help with the south korean and u.s. presidents chems fourth visit to china may signal other high level meetings are being planned in particular a second summit with u.s. president all trump about the denuclearization of the korean peninsula christopher hill is a former u.s. ambassador to south korea he says this visit may be china's way of ensuring it remains a player in any future developments with the united states. in the past the u.s. worked very closely with chin

people hostage might stop manufacturing a crisis and must we open the government north korean leader kim jong un has wrapped up his visit to beijing earlier than expected few details have been released about his trip to south korean media is reporting that kim met chinese president xi jinping for about an hour and it's likely they discussed the possible second summit with donald trump. more than a dozen diplomatic missions in the australian cities of melbourne and have been evacuated after a suspicious packages were delivered to them samples are being tested for hazardous material but there have been no reports of home to start. the latest round of talks between the afghan taliban and the united states have been called off after differences over including members of the afghan government separate discussions are underway in islamabad however between representatives from kabul and from the pakistani government. or united states and void starts with a result in the diplomatic crisis between carter and its neighbors has resigned reports that retired general anthony zinni quits the unwillingness of

the president and kim jong-un are aiming to meet at the end of february. at the first summit last june, kim made a vague promise to denuclearize, but little has been done since then. margaret brennan has more on ceis. >> reporter: north korea's top nuclear negotiator, kim yong-chol, spent 90 minutes with president trump at the white couse this afternoon and persuaded him to hold a second summit with kim jong-un, now scheduled for late february in either vietnam or thailand. the promise of a february meeting is considered progress, and the trump administration is eager to jump start the stalled diplomatic talks. ed the united states is going to continue to keep pressure and sanctions on north korea until we see fully and verified denuclearization. >> reporter: since the president and kim jong-un met in singapore tast june, the north koreans have not delivered on what mr. trump said was an agreement to get rid of their nuclear program. their missile bases remain operational, and they continue to improve their weapons capabilities. sst yesterday, the pentagon

kim jong-un is looking very forward to it and so am i. >> reporter: sources tell cnn, vietnam is the r is what's in it for kim jong-un this time around. kim has already gotten an audience with the american president, viewed around the world, and making him look more powerful at home. he succeeded in getting the u.s. to scale back military exercises with south korea. he has gotten trump to stop talking like this. >> they will be met with fire and fury. >> reporter: got him talking like this. >> we fell in love. >> reporter: analysts caution the emboldened dictator may push the president hard for more concessions than he got in singapore. >> he is hoping for reduction in u.s. sanctions. he is also hoping to get the u.s. to sign a peace declaration formally ending the korean war and perhaps even what would be an icbm only deal where the u.s. agrees to restrictions on the missiles that can hit the american homeland but leave in place the missiles that can hit our allies and u.s. bases in asia. >> reporter: all concessions which could leave america and its allies more vulnerable if preside

my view is that kim jong-un has hinted at two things which are worthwhile.e first is completely dismantling the nuclear facility. facility. it is of course there declared nuclear facility. it probably accounts for 60, 70% of work on fissile material and producing weapon grade material. and then the second thing he said you could do in his new year's address is the idea of freezing the nuclear program, you know, which is no more production fissile material for weapons and no more production weapons. so, i mean come is that a fair swap for kaesong? maybe we should take a poll there, you know, and decide, you know? i think it is a decent swap. >> i think the other important element is this does go then to the managing the relationships in washington and seoul with an awareness that if kim jong-un is feeling mischievous by putting out kaesong is something that could be reopened, could be a way of whites driving between seoul and washington because seoul will be inclined to want to do that. washington may not. i do think washington we need to look at really what

we're getting more information about a letter that kim jong un has sent to president trump. ere is what the president revealed yesterday about getting this new letter from kim. >> just got a great letter from kim jong un, and those few people that i've shown this letter to, they've never written letters like that. this letter is a great letter. we've made a lot of progress with north korea and kim jong un. chairman kim has been -- we've had a -- we've really established a very good relationship, a lot of good things are happening. >> cnn's national security reporter kiley atwood is with me now from washington, d.c. you've been digging into this. what have you learned about why kim is sending these letters? >> reporter: brooke, as you could see in the oval office yesterday, trump was quite proud to talk about this letter that he received from kim jong un and sources have told cnn that it's similar to the past letters he's received from the north korean leader, that it was predictably effusive, offered compliments and appealed to president trump's ego. it's also important to no

donald trump loves flattery, so he thinks he's in a love affair with kim jong-un, but kim jong-un is the basic promise. that's the bottom line, but donald trump doesn't seem to care because he desperately needs some kind of foreign policy success to distract from all the troubles on the home front, whether it's the government shutdown or the mueller probe, all the rest of it. both sides are desperate for a summit because both want the pr blitz. they want the propaganda windfall that will come from a summit, but there's very little indication that there will be anything meaningful coming out of a second summit, just as there was basically nothing meaningful that came out of the first summit, other than relaxation of the international pressure on north korea, which is a bad thing. >> no rockets, though, sanctions still in place as the president points out. >> no rockets, but there were no rockets before the summit. the indications are that kim jong-un basically made a decision when he reached a certain point in his missile program at the end of last year that he didn't need to keep on

press secretary sarah sanders says the president looks forward to meeting with kim jong un at a place to be announced later. trump had his first, historic meeting with kim jong un last june in singapore. (catherine) tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now. (grant) in the east bay... a judge has banned the ghost ship warehouse fire defendants and their attorneys from talking to the media about the case. judge trina thompson granted a prosecutors request today... to silence the defendants' lawyers outside court. derick almena and max harris are charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 people who died in that oakland fire back in 2016. prosecutors argued that the gag order is necessary to prevent the defense team from influencing potential jurors. the trial is set to begin on april 2nd. (catherine) on the peninsula... police in palo alto released a sketch of one of three suspects they say robbed a pedestrian. the victim says on monday night he was being followed by three teenagers alon

so moon that wants too shovel as much money to kim jong-un's hands as possible has been doing that andiolating sanctions, too. >> heather: that's what kim jong-un, that was his message to president trump. relieve sanctions. let's move forward with denuclearization. >> yeah. one of the things about sanctions, it threatened kim jong-un's hold on power. he does have missile and nuke programs but he needs move for gift politics, buying the loyalty of senior regime personnel. he needs money for buying cars and rolexes. >> what about the potential summit with president trump? should that happen, kim jong-un coming here to america, at the white house? >> no. kim is not willing to hold meetings with secretary of state pompeo or the north korean envoy. if you can't hold working meetings, why should you have a summit? especially when the north koreans have not done anything that they said they would do. this is one of those times that we have to do the gritty work at the working level before you can have a second summit. >> heather: gordon, thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> heather: we'll see