and i was asking all about kim jung-un and trump. and the overarching theme i kept hearing from people is they felt like they had a sense for years of what kim jung-un wants. it was trump that no one really quite knew what he would do, what he would say. nick, thank you so much. please, please come back. >>> we are following the other big story today. stormy daniels saga, the new noor president trump's personal attorney actually used his trump organization e-mail address to arrange this payment, this $130,000 payment to the porn star days before the presidential election. that does not exactly jive with what we have been told about the deal in the past. be right back. hi. i'm the one clocking in when you're clocking out. sensing and automatically adjusting to your every move. does your bed do that? i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. and taking cared abof the boys.e zach! talk to me. it's for the house. i got a job. it's okay. dad took care of us. he's a nascar champion who's she's a world-class

and kim jung-un. in fact today the stories were circulating around anger and criticism for the latest round of sanctions which kicked in a few weeks ago. but certainly there is no indication that the north is yet broaching the subject with its people. there could be many reasons for this. one could be that if you consider the north korean population have been living pretty much on a 100% diet of anti-america, i mean it is seen as the great evil, the country that is threatening the very existence of north korea. and anyone who has been to north korea will have seen the images of its nuclear power and the evil american empire. so it may mean that it takes some time for them to soften up the populous if you like that kim jung-un is actually going to be meeting donald trump. >> i wonder, has there been any talk in south korea of where this could happen? >> reporter: well, there is speculation. the blue house here is saying nothing at all about where it could be. the speculation does seem to be it could be

why should we trust kim jung-un now?again, because the united states is going to continue that maximum pressure campaign. we are making no concessions. and we are not going to move forward until we see concrete and verified actions taking place by north korea. we are also operating from a position of strength that we haven't had in previous administrations due to the maximum pressure campaign not just by the united states. let's not forget that a lot of our partners like china, south korea, japan, have done infinitely more over the past year due to the president's leadership than they have in the previous administrations. so this is a collective effort to put that pressure on north korea. and it will continue. north korea is in a place of weakness. and that is certainly recognized by the promises that they have made through this conversation. francesca. >> he starves his own people, murdered his own people, we can say he is responsible for the death of otto warmbier. why put him on the same stage of the president? >> the

. >> kim jung-un overture to meet with president trump last thursday and the proposal, then media has mentioned nothing they have a reference to the overture and north korea would get rid of the nuclear weapons. i know you said you believe the meeting will take place but what makes you think based upon the fact that kim jung-un has not even mention this to his own people that anything of substance will come out of it? we the maximum pressure campaign is working, they have responded due to that and they have push this message through the south koreans to us. we have accepted their invitation on the three promises that they made and we will move forward in this process. >> the nuclear rise long -- a nuclear country is a point of pride we are told for the koreans so just to simply get rid of the nuclear weapons that would undercut of what kim jung-un stands for. >> that shows the effectiveness of a maximum pressure campaign one of the reasons we are not letting up on the maximum pressure campaign and will continue pushing forward. >> first following up on what john asked, we know that ki

. >>> kim jung-un see secret trip to china, we're learning new details. and uproar over a citizenship question being added to the 2020 census. the trump administration is standing by the decision while 12 states are threatening to sue. >>> plus -- >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> i've never done that before. that is actually cute. >> or maybe the military. the president is reportedly floating an idea to have the pentagon fund the border wall with mexico. a lot happening today. good morning. it is wednesday, march 28. we begin with the latest in the crisis with north korea. as the widely suspected kim jung-un visited china on sunday and left early wednesday local time, it is believed to be kim's first foreign trip since he rose to power back in 2011. his father and grandfather both made several visits to china which is easily north korea's closest and most important ally. according to chinese state media, the, quote, unofficial visit came on the invitation of president xi jinping and the two

this comes as president trump prepares for his own summit with kich kim jung-un. esident tweeting there is a good chance kim jung-un will do what is right for his people and humanity. look forward to our meeting. joining us now is heather nauert. good morning madame undersecretary. >> acting. good morning. grace to see great to see you. >> now with your promotion, i can no longer call you you heather. >> you may always call me heather. >> congratulations. let's talk about north korea. because so many interesting things are happening. so today we get this announcement that kim jung-un is going to be meeting with the president of south korea. of course this comes right on the heels of him having gone to china. meeting with president xi. so look, a lot of our foreign policy experts give of president trump big kudos for breaking all these stalemates. but is the state department now concerned that kim jung-un is somehow triangulating the united states out of these alliances and meetings? >> no, not at all. we are so closely linked up with the republic of korea. they hav

one is teeth 11 mom -- kim jung-un thinks he is in a good place and now it is time to engage he feelshe has leverage and maneuver room against all parties. second, we have driven him to the wall and the sanctions are beginning to bite and it's time to figure out a way forward. insiders will say they are both true. i think the only way we will understand the theory of the case is more interaction and through those interactions we will better be able to figure out what is the bottom line and endgame again i say this carefully, i do agree that the nuclear capability is a game changer but i will also say that the central feature of deterrence exist for almost 50 years and that has not changed. they are able with their artillery to take that unacceptable risk to the south koreans and many american and canadian live in a wall long -- and so will korea even with the removal of nuclear weapons that does not mean somehow the north korean ability to inflict unacceptable damage will go awa away. >> denuclearization should be set as the end goal. i agree it will not happen overnight but also some

and now kim jung-un, he might feel like the coolest kid in school.t got the red carpet treatment from xi jinping the chinese leader who has been declared effectively president for life. he is going to meet the south korean president in a matter of weeks. president trump has indicated that he wants to meet and he is looking forward to the meeting. the president of the international olympic committee is in pyeongchaonyongyang right now the japanese say that they too want a meeting with the north korean leader. what a difference a few months make. >> ivan watson for us in seoul. thank you very much. joining me now is democratic senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. thank you have even for being with us. we see north korea, we see kim jung-un, he will meet with the leader of south korea. he just met with xi jinping. he is going to meet with the president of the united states. possibly. the united states, president trump says this is all because of the maximum pressure campaign achieved by the united states. do you feel like the u.s. deserves credit fo

kim jung un is a vessel. china does control north korea.eally, right now, what we are seeing is the chinese telling north koreans, we got to do what we, the chinese, say. >> i'm going to be president for life, you come to me. this is a wild story. we are still wondering if this meeting with president trump will really happen. everybody freaked out when that was announced. this could be significant because it might involve the u.s. putting pressure on china tong help either smooth this ou, pave the way perhaps to a meeting, what are your thoughts? >> i think it's good the chinese have a role to play. there is h a bigger question. n is kim jung un panicking? what do they get out of a negotiation with the united states, nothing. now the trump administration is demandingg they give up nuclear weapons, john bolton has made a lot of statements, the only negotiation is how are we going to pack up your nuclear weapons and bring them back totient. i have a feeling they could be in beijing to figure out how to get out of this. >> get out of the meeti

new pictures are emerging of kim jung un meeting with the chinese president.he secret trip to beijing is his first new trip since 2011. the white house said we see this development is further evidence that our campaign of maximum pressure is creating the appropriate atmosphere for dialogue with north korea. there will be a meeting in may with north korea and south korea. >> we are continuing to look forward to the offer. we do not have a set time or date. >> relations have been attended in recent months. china supports tougher sanctions. they want kim to denuclearize his regime. >> it is a big task pulling off any type is somewhat like there. the state department is providing assistance that is needed.>> reporter: what is an president -- what is happening, we are getting confirm details of this meeting from the president. he noted he will keep the action -- maximum pressure on korea. it was the tough sanctions in the first place that brought him to the negotiation table. the state department says the idea of a timeline is still proceeding for that meeting betw

they said president donald trump had accepted an invitation to meet kim jung un. >> we appreciate it. he will meet him by me -- by may.>> reporter: now, president donald trump is going to meet with kim jung un in me, and exchange north korea will halt all nuclear missile test.>> they will make sure the mailman united states -- >> reporter: he says the timing of last month's winter olympics in south korea helped ease tensions on the korean peninsula.>> the south korean president stepping up, saying we have to stop these wargames, have to have a peaceful olympics, and we want the north koreans to be there. i think that played a huge role. >> reporter: he says north korea has been assessing president donald trump and also gained confidence from their missile tests, showing the u.s. they are growing -- their growing nuclear ability. >> for many, the news a possible talks is welcome. >> i think it is fabulous news. i am so happy to hear that. >> i think it is a welcome move.>> my hope is it will create a diplomatic solution. we all want peace and no war. >> reporter: they credit the south

thursday cams stunning news that t the president would meet with kim jung-un.es stunning news that the president would meet with kim jung-un. stunning newst the president would meet with kim jung-un. and friday we learned michael choen says he used his own home quit if i line to pay $130,000 to stormy daniels. he negotiated the settlement from his trump org e-mail account but says he never told the president. keeping up is good exhausting and sometimes misleading.d exhad sometimes misleading. exhaustin sometimes misleading. while it has been a bumpy ride, it would be a mistake to see the presidento exhausting and sometimes misleading. while it has been a bumpy ride, it would be a mistake to see the president exhausting and sometimes misleading. while it has been a bumpy ride, it would be a mistake to see the presidentexhausting and sometimes misleading. while it has been a bumpy ride, it would be a mistake to see the president only through a media lens. not while the dow is still climbing. it closed friday up 4341 points. it has gained 38% since trump took office. americans are seeing more of their paycheck due to the tax

i'm worried that kim jung-un is setting us in a trap. but i support the president. things couldn't possibly be worse in the korean peninsula right now. >> joining us now is ambassador bill richrichardson. you mentioned a trap there. spell that out more. obviously you have some worry about what this might be leading to. what could it be leading to if this weren't to go positively? >> well, my worry is that at the summit our expectations are going to be so high that we expect north korea to denucleari denuclearize. they won't do it. so i think what we have to do is be prepared. the president and his team need to be prepared. his secretary of state didn't know about the summit. the pentagon didn't know. the national security adviser apparently did. so we have to have a coherent strategy. if we don't have a coherent strategy, kim jung-un inks th t has an end game and that is to stay in power. and the will want the answers going o sanctions going off. and thirdly i think the relationship that we have with south korea, that we protect south korea from any kind of bad nego

diplomat announced that president donald trump has accepted an invitation from north korean president kim jung un to meet and discuss the nuclear tensions on the korean peninsula.>> president donald trump appreciated the meeting and said he would meet kim jung un . >> the meeting would be the first ever between a sitting u.s. president and a north korean leader. as part of the deal, they have agreed to cease all missile tests. some experts say the timing of last month's winter olympics in south korea played a major role by helping ease tensions between the north and south.>> we have to stop these wargames. we have to have a peaceful olympics and we want the north koreans to be there. i think that played a huge role.>> president donald trump that out a tweet saying that sanctions will remain in place while details of the meeting are being planned. >>> another story, president donald trump has signed orders imposing new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. he made the move despite warnings for members of his own party that he could spell trouble for the u.s. a comedy he did make some major conce

our top story: china says north korea's leader kim jung—un is ready to denuclearise and meet americanfficials. a national day of mourning and the first funerals for victims of russia's deadly shopping centre fire. and france honours the police colonel killed after he swapped places with a hostage. "the world is seeing the first movements towards a global trade war," warns the head of the wto, but he says "it can still be avoided." and as google's self—driving car unit launches its new vehicle, we'll hear from the boss about how safety is their top priority. hello. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. we are covering many stories today. tell us what you think. just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. and you can tell us what you have found on line as well. so, let's get started. chinese state media has now confirmed the ruler of north korea has made his first foreign trip as leader to beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping. there's been much speculation that kim jun

president trump thinks kim jung un will eventually do what is right for his people. ere will be no let up in sanctions. it's kim's first foreign visit since becoming leader seven years ago — he told his chinese hosts he is ready to negotiate. no let up from the lawyer representing stormy daniels. he wants a court to compel donald trump to give sworn testimony on what he knows. also on the programme. starting her legal fight against charges of rebellion in spain — the catalan politician released on bail by a court in scotland. putting a price on plastics. shoppers in england could soon feel the pinch if they don't recycle. get in touch with us using the hashtag ‘beyond—one—hundred—days'.

>>> face-to-face talks between president trump and kim jung-un. >> the president will not have the meeting without seeing con kreecht steps and concrete actions. >>> the nra is suing to block a new gun law signed by florida governor rick scott. >> governor scott is trying to look like he is taking a step in the opposite direction of the nra. >> panic at a mental health facility. >> you're scared. very anxious. >> investigators say a person armed with a rifle shot at deputies before taking three hostages. >>> haeppy saturday to you. we have a new interview with stormy daniels. she spoke with cnn last night. >> and she is continuing her tour. her lawyer is out now exposing a new e-mail that shows president trump's personal attorney michael cohen used his official trump organization e-mail account and signature while he was arranging that $130,000 payment to keep daniels quiet about an alleged affair between her and mr. trump. >> she addressed the topic last night. listen to this. >> i think it is pretty clear that with the new developments comes new interest. >> let's go to nick valencia in

what do you think the outlook is for the talks between the president and kim jung-un especially now that we have a new secretary of state? do you think that will alter some of the landscape of the talks at all? >> well, we have to fast forward. did tillerson have that much impact on the president's policies? if you look at it in a certain way, all tillerson was doing is doing signaling on one side while the president was basically having his own way. that is now gone. and the north koreans will see that there is again no daylight between the president and the secretary of state. both are speaking from the same things. possibly pompeo will be even more of an attack dog. so if the talks actually take place, you are coming in knowing that the americans are going to want to see something -- some real constructive change in behavior, in some real change on the ground before any kind of deal is possible. >> and i'm wondering if overseas they are seeing this as sort of chaos in the white house right now. all the changeover. >> yeah, but there is another way to look at this. it doesn't mean that

officials from the south have traveled to pyongyang where they've met with north korea's leader kim jung un and other senior officials while the two day visit is expected to focus on how to ease a standoff over north korea's nuclear ambitions. guatemalan president shimon alice has confirmed his country were relocated its embassy in israel to jerusalem in may just a couple of days after washington moves its diplomatic missions he told a pro israeli group the move underscores what amala support for israel us president donald trump announced last year that washington would be moving its embassy to jerusalem. for the first time since the vietnam war a u.s. navy aircraft carrier is paying a visit to a vietnamese port a ship has been accompanied by a destroyer and a cruiser the top u.s. brass have been met with even these officials as both countries work to battle china's interest in the south china sea. to syria now any relief convoy has crossed into eastern huta outside of damascus is the first humanitarian aid brought to the region since government forces stepped up their bombardment two weeks

improve that relationship just as president trump prepares for that highly anticipated meeting with kim jung-unesting that kim's visit to beijing is happening just days after president trump proposed tariffs against china. so this could strengthen his position when or if he meets president trump in may. bob woodruff, abc news, beijing. >>> the judge won't dismiss the case against the pulse night club gunman's widow despite a stunning revelation. an fbi official testified that the shooter's father was an fbi informant for more than a decade. noor salman's attorneys asked for a mistrial, but the judge ruled that it is not about salman's father-in-law but whether she aided her husband. omar mateen shot and killed 49 inside the club. >>> and eric greitens is accused of transmitting a photo of a partially nude woman without her permission. the incident allegedly took place before he was governor. the republican had asked that a judge alone decide his case. >>> philadelphia eagles defensive lineman michael bennett is free on $10,000 bond. he appeared in houston on charges he injured an elderly parapl

and south korea came to my office after having gone to north korea and seeing kim jung-un and -- no,no. after the mighting you may ini may have to do that, but now let's be nice. let's see what happens. so the south korean top people, top representatives, they walked out to a throng of these characters. big group. everybody wanted to find out what had happened. they just left north korea. and north korea is tough. they are testing nuclear weapons. they are doing a lot of -- this should have been handled by the way over the last 30 years, not now. but that's what we do. we handle things. and we did a great job on the olympics. president moon said without president trump, the olympics would have been a total failure. it is true. true. might as well say it. nobody else will say it, right? might as well say it. a little hard to celtic ketss when sell ticket when you think you will be nuked. but when north korea said we'd like to be in the olympic, everything said let's buy tickets, let's go. and it became a very successful olympics. honestly south korea did a great job and it was great t

>> i agree to make in your statement for the record that kim jung-un has attempted to reinvigorate the conventional military with the nuclear weapons development can you elaborate how they invested in modernization. >> this is focused on modernization of existing within what we see from their father is the rigor does not have the level of discipline or rigor to associate getting ready to go to war. he has taken that readiness asked beck very seriously they do not have the capability to the peninsula but with the 38 parallel in terms of the damage of conventional forces. >> and the sanctions regime has impacted north korea's effort to modernize the conventional military? >> it is starting to have an impact. >> in the general sense mac and to be in the classified session of these impacts. >> and what element what is the greatest risk to also south korea as well? >> those artillery pieces that could be fired into south korea. and to repower and attack interior and under the direction of and coordination of the russian government. we do not think they directed from what you are referencing

we have learned through south korea that the north korean leader kim jung-un himself has said that he recognizes that these drills will go on. and yet the fact that these drills are happening has not derailed the diplomatic developments that we have seen taking place since really january when this breakthrough moment arrived wherein the naekinaeorth koreans and south koreans decided that a north korean delegate would go to the olympics in south korea. what we know about the drills this year is while the u.s. is saying the scope of the exercises which they maintain are critical for their defensive capacity, outside they will be a shorter set of drills it seems. they will last just a month where last year they stretched over the course of a few months. but the u.s. is saying that they get in everything that they need tote good i to get in. but if you consider the fact that president trump has agreed to speak to kim jung-un and said that could happen in may, so when we look at the time line, it does mean that the drills would be over by the time of a potential sitdown with the u.s. presi

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degree, and we're speculating here, might be trying to persuade the president not to sit down with kim jung unor what was going to be an absolutely unprecedented meeting, the first time any american president met with a north korean leader. >> jennifer -- i think it would be hard for the president to back out of that meeting: at this point. you've heard it would be a trilateral meeting between the three countries so the south korean president would be there at the same time. but i certainly think that with john bolton advising the president that is unlikely that it will be a long diplomatic process that they would enter into. john bolton is very suspicious of that kind of long process. he's seen how that is used as a stalling mechanism by groups such as north korea. what is not clear to me is that if you let the iran deal lapse, how do you turn to the north koreans and negotiate any sort of settlement with them believing that the u.s. would, in fact, live up to an agreement, and that's going to be -- that's the biggest argument among nuclear experts as to how you go into the north korea nuclea

. >>> president trump is doubling down a plan to meet with north korea leader kim jung un. he accepted a meeting last week. many details must be worked out, including the time and place, and for months before, the two exchanged insults and threats. now the president says he's willing to extend trust to the north korean dictator. >> they're not sending missiles up, and i believe that. i really do. i think they want to make peace. i think it's time. and i think we've shown great strength. >> this potential meeting has been agreed to. there are no conditions being stipulated, but they cannot engage in missile testing, they cannot engage in missile testing, and they can't publicly reject the planned exercises. >>> separately, mr. trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum take effect in two weeks. >> your steel is coming back. >> reporter: at a rally in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, yesterday, the president promised a revival of the steel industry. his orders of steep new tariffs on steel, and aluminum imports go into effect on march 23. mexico and canada are exempt for now, but what ab

korean officials made the announcement just moments ago. iated the meeting and said he would meet kim jung un by may south korea's national security officials meeting with >> i told president trump that in our meeting north korean leader kim jong un said he is committed to denuclearization. kim pledged that north korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests. and he expressed his eagerness on meet president trump as soon as possible. president trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet kim jong un by may. long at the white hous >> south korea's national security officials meeting with administration officials all day long at the white house. the north korean dictator pledged to refrain from any further missile tests. the times of the talks are yet to be determined. >>> three weeks after the deadly mass shooting at a florida high school we're hearing some of the panicked calls from the people trapped inside as the gunman roamed the halls. >> oh, my god. i love you. i love you. >> what is she saying? what is happening? >> somebody just entered the room. >> okay. >> who

kim jung-un has taken that readiness asked specht -- aspect very seriously.here is a significant ability with at 38th parallel with the amount of damage they could do and causing conflict. >> thehe sanctions regime is impacted north korea's efforts to modernize the conventional military? >> it is starting to happen. >> in a general sense? or a specific area where they are looking at modernization? >> i will take that into a classified session. >> what element of the conventional force poses the greatest risk to south korea as well? >> the sheer number of artillery pieces and ballistic missiles into south korea. >> i am short on time but on the evening of february 7 u.s. forces repelled an attack in syria. do you believe the russian mercenary groups are acting under the coordination of the russian government? >> i cannot say that executed withit the knowledge but not that particular maneuver you are referencing. >> if i could follow up with you later i would like that. >> we have two votes coming up at 11:00 o'clock so we can work through this senator will be

for a trumpeter to know today president promised to meet north korean leader kim jung un by me. or a station of peace on the korean peninsula are beginning to be realized the call is a glimmer of hope. also coming up president trump signs off on terrorists for steel and alan minium imports despite criticism at home and abroad the growing number of countries seeking exceptions will get the view from the american chamber of commerce here in germany. president trump's surprise announcement that he will meet to north korea's leader kim jong un is being cautiously welcomed by most world leaders but just months after the two sides seemed close to confrontation over pyongyang's nuclear program many of the meeting will result in further deescalation so let's just take a look at some historical examples of high stakes face to face talks will start in one nine hundred thirty eight british prime minister. paul chamberlain came away from a meeting in munich where the german leader he declared peace in our time a year later a world war two broke out nine hundred sixty one next to the height

kim jung un could change. before they were talking about never giving up their nukes. we have to see what they are asking for. we don't want to give up our support of or allies. >> senator enhawf is committee saying we have a tough president in office now. do you think that's part of the reason they have willingness to speak? ie do. i do. i think the administration needs credit reminding north korea if they start a fight with the united states, it will end badly for them. the increasing economic pressure, there is a lot of pressure on north korea getting others to come along. i think they deserve credit. i think it's been helpful. >> the president tweeted about it this morning saying it might work. it might not. we'll see what happens at any rate. scepticism is a good plan. peter brooks from the heritage foundation. >> new developments in the hilary clinton e-mail scandal. they didn't follow up on a possible breach to the clinton serve. our coverage continues on out numbered in the next hour. >> the midwest getting slammed by snow. we're next. ready? >> we just had rou

these have had an impact it impacted kim jung-un's behavior. it impacted his conduct. >> we've got more than any previous administration. >> reporter: c.i.a. director mike pompeo delivers there has been progress but the goal is for north korea to agree to thrifiable the denuclearization soon. hey dus a fair characterization with respect to their capacity to reach the united states. >> there really is no one in the administration who has face-to- face experience talking to north koreans. >> reporter: joel witt is a state department veteran who has negotiated with the north. what is your biggest piece of advice to the president ahead of these talks? >> meet with people who have eet -to-face experience, talking to the north koreans. don't rely on people who are just reading briefing papers. b reporter: now beyond north korean talks, newly announced tariffs and legal questions nurrounding an alleged affair with a porn star president trump is focused on his re-election announcing in pennsylvania last noght his updated campaign slogan will be "keep a

you could say it's russia therefore seems a little bit disingenuous for example the brother of kim jung un the head of the north korean state was assassinated last year in kuala lumpur met malaysia with the use of a nerve gas called the x. now this was developed by the brits important down in the one nine hundred fifty s. does that automatically mean it's the brits assassinated this guy i don't think so i mean marshall thank you so much for joining us from brussels today. though joined by many of the jet ski the right of a broadcaster who has substantial experience of these matters including three years as a foreign correspondent the moscow welcome to the examiner showed me a look at the exchanges in the commons the prime minister seems pretty sure of our ground has taken the vast majority of the commons of the stronger her words the stronger the action the greater the support is going to be and i think one of the reasons for this is because people remember the alexander litvinenko killing and one of the ways they remember it which i think is not actually accurate but one of the ways they

media reports are suggesting a senior officialfrom north korea, perhaps even the leader, kim jung—un,ier this morning local time, show heavy security around the state guest house in beijing, where some high level foreign visitors stay when they visit the city. there's been no official response to the reports, and they've not been covered by chinese or north korean state media. but if a visit is under way, it would be a significant diplomatic development. a new study, backed by the un, is warning that up to 700 million people could be forced from their homes by 2050 as food demands outstrip supply. the report into land degradation says farming, mining, pollution and urban expansion is already affecting 40% of the global population and that food and water security will be seriously threatened in the coming decades. andrew plant reports. deforestation, the ever—increasing size of the world's towns and cities and mining and water pollution. for thousands of years humans have been changing the land around them. now scientists say the destruction of nature is rapidly eroding the planet's ca

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president trump held a rally there recently and a rally with the upcoming summit with reanimator kim jung-un and the stormy daniels matter the russian spy in the u.k. last week all of those we could hear could come up during the briefing that is expected to start in just a moment. live on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. sorry for the delay the white house rolled out the school safety plan this morning every student should be able to feel safe and secure at their school. no parent should have to worry if their child comes on at the and of the day. with that in mind the president's plan plan focuses on the following areas,

how significant is the meeting between kim jung un before the meeting with xi?this is very significant. >> exactly are the preconditions for talks. i think you saw the walk back on friday, the white house has said listen, there are certain things that north korea said it's going that we believe is helpful, for example, the joint military exercises will have to happen, no missile test. i want to play what mike pompeo, the cia director had to say over the last 24 hours about what north korea's willing to give in the lead up of this. >> he's allowed us to continue or kearses on the peninsula, something that's been fought over for decades. at the same time, he has greated to have a conversation about de-nuclearization. in the end what would turn out is not about words or what someone says. this administration has its eyes quite open and the whole time this takes place the pressure will continue to mount on north korea. >> let me go back to what mike pompeo said at the beginning of that statement. >> he's allowed to continue, us to continue or exercises on the penins

. >>> kim jung-un see secret trip to china, we're learning new details.r over a citizenship question being added to the 2020 census. the trump administration is standing by the decision while 12 states are threatening to sue. >>> plus -- >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> i've never done that before. that is actually cute. >> or maybe the military. the president is reportedly floating an idea to have the pentagon fund the

kim jong-un. she put a human face to this totalitarian regime. so i think in terms of kim jungn trying to have this huge makeover, she was very useful in that regard. she represented the north korean delegation going to the south korean olympics. and she was hugely popular and well received in south korea. again, she put a human face in to north korea. >> our great thanks on a friday night. we really appreciate any time we can have you both on. thank you so so much. >>> coming up nearly a week after the march for our lives, what we're learning about who was there in the march, who's become part of the movement, what it may tell us about politics n age of trump, that and more when we continue along the way. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. ♪ ♪ applebee's to go. order online and get $10 off $30. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. i had

a delegation from south korea met today with kim jung un.he first to meet him since 2011. >> angela merkel will get another term. a partnership was assembled six months after election. the democrats agreed to remain in a coalition with eric merkel conservatives. >> italy's chaos is beginning. and huge turnout by voters has taken power away from the traditional leaders. one paper put it, made italy ungovernorable. from milan tonight. >> the anti-establishment fervor wept into italy. he tells reporters he can't begin to describe his emotions. his party, the five-star moment which start out as a protest blog got more votes than the el thursday. >> you just have the lower layers of the society and which in a few years is able to take more than 30 percent of the electorate. >> still five stars wind ball of 32 percent is not enough to govern alone. a coalition needs 40 percent to create a government. the center right got 37 but the twist was the winner was in that grouping was not old-timerer about -- old-timer party. that means the elections resu

plus, trump raises expectations for his summit with kim jung un he says kim will "do what's right," suggesting peace and denuclearization is within reach? could he possibly deliver. >> >>> and trump hopes to lead republicans to victory this november by picking cultural battles. today he's fighting on two fronts, the second amendment and the border wall. finally, the return of rose anne. it was a huge hit in the ratings last night. maybe a surprise there. was that because unlike most things in the age of trump, the show is trying to reach out to both sides of the political divide. this is "hardball" where the action is. the coca-cola company believe the health of our water sources is essential to the health of our communities. which is why we're helping to replenish the mighty rio grande as well as over 30 watersheds across the country. we're also leading water projects in more than 100 communities. and for every drop we use... we're working to give one back. because our products rely on the same thing as we all do... clean water. and we care about it like our business depends on it. how'd i ge

kim jong-un. she put a human face to this totalitarian regime. so i think in terms of kim jungying to have this huge makeover, she was very useful in that regard. she represented the north korean delegation going to the south korean olympics. and she was hugely popular and well received in south korea. again, she put a human face in to north korea. >> our great thanks on good friday night. we really appreciate any time we can have you both on. thank you so so much. >>> coming up nearly a week after the march for our lives, what we've learned about who was there in the march, who's become part of the movement, what it may tell us about politics in the age of donald trump. that and more when we continue along the way. >>> just a week ago tonight we were in washington. we originated our broadcast there on the eve of what became the march for our lives. what happened that next day was beyond our ability to predict and beyond the organizers' wildest dreams. the satellite imagery of washington, d.c., those are people through the middle there, showed a crowd larger than the population

president accepted an invitation to meet kim jung-un, this in hopes of securing north korea's denuclearizationric meeting though has not been finalized. it is expected to happen by may. while those talks move ahead, u.s. and south korea are preparing for their joints military drills, an annual drill that typically provokes outrage from north korea. >> paula hancocks has reported that north korea understands these will go on. ivan watson reports from a u.s. navy ship positioned in the philippine sea. >> reporter: this is an example of how the u.s. projects military might into the asia pacific region. we're aboard the "uss watts," a uss navy ship in the philippine sea and the military is demonstrating how marines and sailors work closely together out here. we're also being shown the m-35 lightning 2, a brand new warplane that has been described as the world's most expensive weapon system. >> for our enemies, the new capabilities simply make us more lethal. we have the ability to ultimately win a combat. >> reporter: officials at the pentagon tell cnn the uss watch will be participating in annual

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they've hurled insults at each other for months.but today president trump and north korea leader kim jung unhe u-s is demanding before sanctions are lifted on the rouge nation.don't go away...kron 4 news at ten starts right after the break. after the starts right after the break. ♪ ♪ get high-speed internet from at&t $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. att.com/internet i walk by here almost every day. i've almost been run over more than one time(steve) concerned citizens...demanding action. it was this wild hit-and run crash which ended with one car on top of another...that shed light on a dangerous intersection in san francisco. (steve) tonight at ten: that driver is still on the loose. thank you for joining us tonight, im steve aveson. (vicki) and im vicki liviakis in for pam moore. ((dbl bx)) kron 4's hermela aregawi is live in san francisco tonight where she spoke to people in the area who are demanding a stop sign be installed there. hermela?- people that have lived here for years.. say over time.. this area has become increasingly congested and

around russia and that leaves aside the ability to manipulate the media to announce a summit with kim jung-un or announce steel tariffs and people forget my staff secretary allegedly abused his ex-wife. there is so muchh going on it is hard to hone in on that serious good work i tweeted at the time that nobody covered thatti campaign i would ask people about their wearing those softball questions but not katie.buhe >> but even watching your show now some have a great deal of coherence i did during the campaign sea wall to wall trump speeches. >> it was the uncomfortable mix people trying to figure out what to put on and not to put on but i do hope i didn't come onto strongly bet that juicy stuff and the dirty stuff to come to the top the dirty stuff to come to the top. >> but here is my last point social media has a lot to do with this because we live in the 2477 more more more now now now constantly and we are on the hamster wheel not just cable news you are as well. it is incumbent not just upon us but for everybody to decide what you want to payay attention to you have the ability to choos

dictator kim jung un told envoys he's willing to talk with the u.s. abandoning his country's nuclear weapons, in addition, he says his regime will halt nuclear and missile tests during diplomatic talks. president trump welcomed the possible progress on twitter writing the world is watching and wait ag, maybe false hope but the u.s. is ready to go hard in either direction. he echoed that sentiment at the white house this afternoon. >> they seem to be acting positively. we're going to see. i'm willing to go, as you probably noticed this morning, where we sent out through social media a statement willing to go either way. hopefully it's the proper way, the proper way is the way that everybody knows and everybody wants. but we are prepared to go either way. i think that their statement and the statements coming out of south korea and north korea had have been very positive. that would be a great thing for the world. >> we'll be right back after this. are defined by the things we share. and the ones we love. who never stop wondering what we'll do or where

the south koreans have delivered a letter to the trump administration from north korea's leader kim jung undball" with a live look at what happens right now. >> something big. this is "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washingtoning with breaking news out of the white house. early this evening, president trump told reporters there would be a big announcement coming on north korea at 7:00 eastern. a senior south korean official will brief reporters from the white house. this is expected to happen at any moment now. south korea's national security