hockey team is playing want to the mood like well we hear that president moon himself as well as kim yong naam who is north korea's head of state here in south korea right now will be attending the match this is one of the big stories coming out of the olympics that only a few weeks ago these north korean athletes joined the south korean players but i think what we can expect leading up to the game is a show by south koreans who are in favor of the unified team as well as a very vocal group of protesters who will demonstrate at any effort by seoul to engage north korea tell us jason stearns time in south korea thank you for talking to us thank you. and the winter games and john are underway with five medal decisions on saturday the first gold of the games went to cross-country skier charlotte scala this week powered her way to the finish line in the fifteen kilometer scattered on to see off the rest of the competition meanwhile norway's marred barragan how to settle for a silver but made history in the process american won her eleventh matter overall and becomes the most decorated has seen the

hockey team is playing want to the mood like well we hear that president moon himself as well as kim yong naam who is north korea's head of state here in south korea right now will be attending the match this is one of the big stories coming out of the olympics that only a few weeks ago these north korean athletes joined the south korean players but i think what we can expect leading up to the game is a show by south koreans who are in favor of the unified team as well as a very vocal group of protesters who will demonstrate at any effort by seoul to engage north korea tell us jason stearns and the and killing time in south korea thank you for talking to us thank you. a rapidly escalating situation in the middle east and israeli fighter jets has gone down and in the country's north syria claims to have shut down israel's military ses its jets were carrying action offensive on iranian targets in syria it says they were doing so after a rainy and drone entered israeli air space israel says one pious was seriously injured when the f. sixteen fighter jet crashed debris from the plane has been sigh

north korea's ceremonial leader will travel to pee on chang this week for the winter olympics kim yong naam will be the most senior official to ever visit south korea as hopes grow for high level into korean talks during the games that began in four days. south african president jacob zuma has come under renewed pressure to resign top officials from the ruling a.n.c. party met with him sunday to persuade him to step down his term expires next year but the party's popularity has fallen amid claims of corruption linked to the president. israel has begun serving deportation notices to tens of thousands of eritreans and sudanese who have been seeking asylum there hundred stood in line outside the immigration authority offices on sunday seeking to renew their views says but the israeli government wants them to leave and is offering them money and plane tickets to an unnamed african destination now if they stay they face imprisonment. kramer sent us this report. to keep this home country every twenty or more than twelve years ago and sought asylum in israel now his future is once again uncertain