korea and the unification of korea? because it comes from our basic values. this ought not to be a partisan matter in any sense. the discussion we have had, when you think about it, it is easy enough for somebody to say, "oh, north korea, that's too bad. well, in this slave state, he is treating them early. that's too bad." but now he has built this nuclear missile capacity and now he is touting it to the iranians, the pakistanis, to the syrians, and inevitably to terrorists, and he is also developing now literally the capacity to hit the western part of the united states. so, what may seem like a kind of idealistic pursuit of human rights for people far away from us is not only directly related to what we are in our hearts as the americans, but it is also related to our security. i think that's why we have achieved bipartisanship on this matter. why it is so important we go forward. havet cap one more word -- one more word going forward. we are at the change of an administration in washington. this is an administration

they miraculously arrived in seoul, korea. -- south korea. overwhelmed with joy and thankful, they donated all of the money in their position to a local church and started their lives over from the bottom. they faced many challenges that -- they faced many challenges. they would have been inspired by the following words from mrs. bush. literacy builds the foundation from freedom of poverty, freedom of disease, and freedom from oppression. my grandmother self-taught how to read and lead. she saw opportunities and became a professor of nursing, serving countless children, students, patients, and elderly citizens. in doing so, they also provided me and my brother with a foundation for freedom from poverty, disease, and oppression. it has been my honor and joy to have been part of the conversation with the wonderful staff at the bush institute in -- and also like-minded koreans and other americans in helping our north korean friends build the same foundation for freedoms that would unleash their own opportunities, dreams, and potential. to that e

korea is around 600,000 or so. the army of north korea is a million or more. in terms of readiness, the north koreans have negative growth and have had real problems with their military, not a military that has the resources to practice and exercise and do everything that a modern military such as the south has been doing for a long time. long areshows just how border it is between china and north korea. border with a long china. interest todeep north korea's future. it is not interested in having sanctions succeed to the extent that they might cause pain to bring down the regime. they do not wish to see the instability in northeast asia that would follow from the collapse of the government in pyongyang. caller: good morning. my comment is an extension of an earlier caller from georgia who spoke about cooler heads. reality inre is a our current situation that is and not considered or discussed. trump isecause unbalanced, unstable personality to does not react normally situations in terms of interacting with others, in terms of interacting with policy, in terms

north korea called him "human scum", and that's because he was so central to north korea's diplomatico him in a moment. he lived in london with his family and the families of two other north korean diplomats in the embassy. 0utwardly a bourgeois suburban house. thae yong—ho escorted kim jong—un's brother to a rock concert in the royal albert hall. he was the voice of north korea to british left—wing groups, singing the praises of socialism. hello. and now, in south korea, where i met him. he won't say how he got here, if the secret services of the united states or britain, or south korea, helped. so how are you getting on in seoul? are you enjoying it? but he did talk about how his family turned him against the regime in pyongyang. me and my family, and my sons and my wife, did not come to that kind of conclusion just on one day. at the first stage, there is a kind of ideological debate inside the family, especially between me and my sons, when my sons entered uk university, the education they received was quite different to what they got in north korea. it was something totally diffe

korea. >> let's bring in fred pleitgen. he is live from moscow. good to see you. u.s. officials say digital fingerprints indicate russia was behind u.s. election cyberattacks, but donald trump is still skeptical. somehow that being received across russia? >> reporter: well, certainly, if you look at russian official media, you look at the government-run television networks and news agencies, they mirror and echo those doubts by the trump administration saying, look, it seems as though there is somewhat of a discord within u.s. politics, on the one side, the obama administration saying they are certain russia was behind these atax whi tattacks incoming trump administration is casting doubt on that. that is playing very big here in russia. it's interesting to see that source has now told cnn that they are pretty certain that they can trace the hacks back to a cyrillic keyboards, because that is something that would certainly cast a light on at least a source somewhere speaking russian, possibl

united states or britain, or south korea helped 7 hao united states or britain, or south korea helpeding on in seoul? but he did talk about how his family turned him against the regime in tom young. —— how are you getting on. me and my family, my sons and my wife, did not come to that kind of conclusion just in one day. at the first stage there is a kind of ideological debate inside the family, especially between me and my son is, when my son is entered the uk's university, the education they received was quite different to what they got in north korea. it was something totally different. so at first they started to ask me questions, why, when they learned history in high school, then my son after school he came to me and asked which is right, about the second world war, the first world war. so there was quite a different explanation about the same thing in the uk and north korea. so first of these questions started to come up to me and then these questions pushed me into a very difficult situation, e—commerce as a father i have to tell the truth. —— because asa have to tell the truth

and foreign countries for conquering the asia-pacific through south korea. >> sreenivasan: north korea has never successfully tested such a long-range missile, but it conducted two nuclear weapons tests last year. its fourth and fifth in the past decade. due to the repressive communist regime in north korea, thousands of north koreans risk their lives every year trying to defect. increasingly, as we reported in december, this happens with encouragement from media secretly smuggled into the country, including western tv and movies and other videos depicting a better life elsewhere. many north korean defectors now live in democratic south korea, which has a free market economy, and where some defectors support themselves with a niche business that's gained traction in the u.s. and around the world: food trucks. "newshour weekend" special correspondent karla murthy has the story, from seoul. >> reporter: 26-year-old park young ho runs this food truck at a horse racetrack just outside seoul, the capital of south korea. with race fans streaming in all day, he's well positioned to sell his s

the two koreas will be one. the only question is whether we do it sensibly or it happens cat some ofically. gregg: at the istanbul nightclub, 59 people murdered by what appears to be a terrorist attack. 70 people wound. does this stunned score the murderous and menacing threat isis andetter terror groups pose? and what's your take on it? >> we don't know if it's service or some other terrorist group. isis has been attacking in turkey. and it under lines why incoming president trump should follow through on another of his campaign commitments which is to destroy isis as soon as possible. as long as it has a sanctuary and can train terrorists, they remain a threat. the slow roll approach of the obama administration i think has allowed isis to continue terrorist activity in the west and the sooner its safe haven is eliminated the better. gregg: turkey is an ally of the united states. president erdogan survived a bloody coup in july. since then he has consolidated his power. will he use this event to do more? >> i t

but won't help with north korea. nice. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been looking into the latest north korea threat. >> tonight these threats are raising question of whether donald trump will be the president that has to take out north korea's nuclear program possibly with military action. that scenario poses staggering implications. north korea leader kim jong-un's new year's day message, he is almost ready to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile that someday could hit the u.s. >> translator: research and development of cutting edge arms equipment is actively progressing and intercontinental ballistic missile test launch preparation is in the last stage. >> reporter: a security challenge donald trump could face very early on. trump has made clear on the campaign trail he wants china to deal with kim. >> we have to be very vigilant on north korea. china should handle that problem. >> reporter: and offering his own blunt assessment of the north korean leader. >> you have the guy in north korea and is

what is north korea really capable of? they are capable of a nuclear strike on a city like seattle? >> they have three launches that can hit lower 48 states. they are not reliable and not accurate and don't have heat shielding. within three years i think maybe four they will be able to do that. the only question is whether we can stop it with our interceptors which are pretty elementary. >> and not been tested. >> not in a real life situation. ones that are not real ones. >> trump came out when you mentioned china. china has been taking out massive amounts of money and wealth from the u.s. but won't help with north korea trying to pressure china. does this work? >> it only works if they think trump is serious. the only way trump can stop that test of intercontinental ballistic missile is if he imposes sanctions on north korea but more important on china and on chinese financial institutions that have been handling cash for north korea's weapons programs. >>> next mariah carey's rocky new year's eve. the finger pointing is

south korea's government stressed it will work to improve ties. there's also another country south korea needs for defense cooperation. officials are worried about the alliance with the u.s. as donald trump is on the verge of assuming the presidency. he hinted during his election campaign he might withdraw american forces from south korea and talked about seoul shouldering more of the cost of hosting them. then there's another uncertain security issue and this time backlash is coming from inside south korea. people are upset about an american missile defense system called thaad that park geun-hye had agreed to set up. many people who live close to where it's planned to be set up oppose it. this is one of them. he protests the system daily. he didn't have any interest in politics but this system changed his mind. he's angry he found out about that from the media, not the government. >> translator: the park administration didn't even give us a basic explanation as to why thaad is needed in our country. >> reporter: the government has been trying to

and south korea say their countries will keep working together to deal with threats from north korea. the meeting comes days after north korea's leader declared his country is in the final stages of preparing a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. it's also at a time when the world is preparing for a donald trump inauguration as the next american president and as south korea's president is is suspend over a scandal. >> translator: it's imperative for japan, the u.s. and south korea to step up security cooperation as north korea's nuclear and missile threats have apparently reached a new level. >> i believe that any future administration, looking at the interests, looking at our commitments to our allies, commitments in our mutual interest, would continue this approach. >> translator: south korea, the united states and japan will strengthen our collaborative efforts to get the north to take the path of significant denuclearization. >> an attack on on a courthouse in turkey has left two people dead. the government said kurdish militants were responsible. a group of arme

they're going to invade south korea. the other is to shoot down the missile using our defensive systems, which we probably can do, although who knows. the democrats have a tendency to go easy on testing the defensive missiles. the third is not what trump thinks, which is economic. it's not going to work on the chinese. we have tried that. there is one thing i believe that will deter them. we announce that we look favorably on japan and south korea acquiring defensive nukes. that will scare the hill out of the chinese commanded might move them to do something. >> china is the key. >> it always has been. i think charles is right to throw out that option. the old do it with sanctions hasn't worked. the unpredictability might be in his favor. >> bret: next uppppp >> bret: finally, tonight, there are usually some funny moments as families gather for their ceremonial pictures of loved ones getting it sworn in and the senate and the house. this new congress delivered, as well. >> there you go. >> can you get this? can you get t

has over 20,000 troops based in korea.ul, the capital and largest city in korea is only 30 miles from north korean territory. 24 million people live in seoul. there's a belief that north korea has enough artillery they could kill tens of thousands of people within minutes. and the only option to sort of stop the north korean preparation is some preemptive u.s. military strike. china doesn't want that. south korea may not want that. so again, it's foreign policy by twitter. maybe the intimidation -- >> some americans may be thinking it's easy. just impose more sanctions on north korea. like starve the nation. what's he going to do? >> well, there is very tough sanctions. and north korea is being more aggressive. there were 20 ballistic missile tests by north korea in 2016. the sanctions aren't working. this all comes back to china. can we work with china to contain north korea? lighthizer, the new trade representative is a china trade hawk. what's our message to china? is it we'll have a trade war with you? we'll confront y

but won't help with north korea. nice.his as new video obtained by cnn shows trump from his new year's eve party at mar-a-lago speaking to the crowd of 800 wealthy revelers. >> the ones that i really care about the member, i don't give a [ bleep ] out there -- >> reporter: trump lavishing praise with his dubai business partner. >> hussein and whole family from the most beautiful people, from dubai, are here tonight. >> reporter: despite pledging to step away from his business and address glaring conflicts of interest, a top adviser spring to trump's defense. >> this man is allowed to have a new year's eve celebration with his friends and his business partners. the idea that he's giving a speech recognizing a friend and his beautiful wife and people are just going to twist that around to somehow it's a business favor, i mean, we've got to get ahold of ourselves here. >> reporter: all the while trump continuing to cast doubt on the u.s. intelligence community's conclusions on russian hacking. the president-elect cryptically

he doesn't like conservative governments in south korea. they are anti-north korea. liberal government that comes in here with a liberal president is likely to reach out for dialogue to the north and that's what kim wants, once he's kept the country from becoming a new state. >> we're about to get a new president, so we'll have to wait and see what donald trump's tactics are toward the north. thank you so much, sima. >>> india police had to detain a cap pain after a ferry fire killed 23. the boat reportedly caught fire after a sort circuit in the generator. hundreds of people were headed to jakarta at the time. here's how one survivor described the chaos. >> translator: thick smoke suddenly emerged, blanketing the cabin. all passengers panicked and ran up to the deck to throw floats in the water. in a split second, the fire became bigger. it was coming from where the fuel is stored. >> authorities say 17 people are still missing. >>> and still to come here on "cnn newsroom," more than two dozen russian diplomats are back home after being expelled from the united stat

he could also take anti-north korea regime information operations, telling the north korea people the things really are in ways that our government has not been prepared to do in the past. >> is it also possible that the u.s., or donald trump, could order a military strike on north korean nuclear facilities? >> interestingly, in 2006 we had an op-ed from former secretary of defense william perry and the current secretary of defense ash carter saying that we should do exactly that if we saw an icbm on a launch pad. so it is conceivable. but the problem is, if we were to do that, north korea would likely open up artillery fire on seoul or some such threat. >> right. and seoul with millions of residents and tens of thousands of u.s. forces there. donald trump on the campaign trail, at least, suggested the idea of giving nuclear arms to u.s. allies in the region, south korea and japan. how would that change the dynamic? >> i don't think we want to do that. i don't think that's in u.s. interest. in fact, i seem to see him backing away from that statement. the problem is, if for them to hav

south korea. thank you for your reporting. >>> a visit from the prime minister of the taiwan is prompting prompting this. if trump renigs on a one-china policy after taking office, the chinese people will demand the government to take revenge. there is no room for bar gainga. >>> moving on to israel. a truck rammed through a crowd of people. it happened sunday in jerusalem. and there is surveillance video to show you, but we to want to give you a moment, warn you going into this, this video is disturbing. it shows israeli soldiers, you see them here getting ready to get on a bus, and hook in the background, this truck that plowed right through the people there. one officer and three cadets died. israeli police shot and killed the driver of the truck. our oren liebermann picks up the story. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu visiting the scene of the attack minutes after it happened. there are end cations that the driver was a supporter of isis. in the ensuing investigation, police say

china should go into north korea. china is totally powerful as it relates to north korea. china has total control, believe me. they shay they don't. they have total control over north korea. and china should solve that problem. china has control, absolute control of north korea. they don't say it, but they do. i would make it disappear. >> how? >> heard worse things, frankly. >> what do you say there? is the obama administration partly to blame for not getting china to act? >> china has been acting and china has been supporting sanctions regime particularly this last one that had been in place. they voted for it. they said publicly that they would implement that. it is true, erin, that in the past there has not been uniform enforcement of sanctions going forward. and some of that has fallen on to china. we know that. we have said they will implement it, they will enforce that, and they have incredible influence in pyongyang, more than probably any other country. i think to say they can control pyongyang is not supported by the facts. the fact is that china itself has been

>> a north korea that is not too far down the path from getting an icbm. sharyl: c.i.a. director john brennan agrees trump's greatest direct challenge is posed by north korea's ruler, kim jong-un. john brennan: the record that he and north korea has, and has this type of capability, i think it presents a direct threat to the united states national security. sharyl: what could a cyber threat lead to? david shedd: it would have a fundamental life-changing impact on our, on our country. lisa fletcher: coal has fueled the economy of southwestern pennsylvania for more than a century. >> for generations, our families have been provided for. lisa: coal country is now trump country. donald trump: we're going to put miners back to work. lisa: do you worry about how are hanging their future on his words though? >> the economy doesn't support what's being said. they're in for just another hit. darrell issa: president obama is not going softly into the night. sharyl: like the post-election retaliation against russia, the obama administration is also holding open the gates of gitmo ,

tobe this is a good way pursue my goal is a dentist and once north korea and south korea get united or the north korean regime falls, maybe there's a andce to go to north korea help a lot of elders and children to avoid all of that pain. that is my current goal. [applause] >> thank you for your service. really want to thank joseph and grace for your grace, for your example and courage and pursuit of freedom. it is really inspiring. thank you so much. [applause] >> some of the lowest paid workers in 19 states get a pay raise starting today. arizona plus minimum wage goes up by nearly two dollars. the minimum wages in colorado in maine grow by smaller margins but wind up at $12 an hour by 2020. washington state voters passed an initiative to raise the minimum wage 1350 an hour. other states like alaska, missouri, ohio, montana, south dakota and new jersey are raising minimum wages by $.10 hour or less. president obama and the first family are wrapping up their final christmas vacation in hawaii. this vacation has been like previous ones -- lots of golf, family outings and dinner with fri

affairs told me america can't stop north korea. american nuclear weapons, he says, with our own. north korea, he warned, is ready to test launch its first long-range missile. is the launch imminent? it'll be carried out at any time, he says. before taking office, president trump tweeted, it won't happen. if it does, it would be another step towards north korea's goal of building a nuclear weapon able to hit the u.s. west coast. a former north korean diplomat who defected to the south says kim jong-un must go and the u.s. shouldn't make any missile deal or cancel exercises. >> that is really a trap, you know, which kim jong-un, you know, wants. >> reporter: north korea carried out two dozen missile tests and two nuclear tests last year. there is no sign that that intensity of testing will end this year. and that is a test for president trump. north korea has challenged a new president before, test firing a missile soon after president obama took office. here in north korea, the regime says it will judge president trump by what he do

>> well, the thing that we know is that north korea -- north korea has chemical and biological weapons and short and long range missiles, they can take out any city they want. when people start talking about the casualties from the war they're talk hundreds of thousands and that's why war is the last option. the one policy we haven't pursued is imposing costs on china. we know chinese have been selling hexafluoride to them and we stand back and don't do anything about it. this has to change and it will. the end of the obama administration we started to see the first sanctions on china. i'm sure trump will continue on that path. >> thanks very much. appreciate your expertise. coming up next, the republicans of the house nearly gutted the watchdogs keeping them and the democrats honest and where house speaker ryan stood on the move and from admitted influence peddler jack abramof joins us ahead. with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it of

a madman with a tweet like this. >> north korea. >> north korea performed fourth nuclear test they aretting better. >> christopher hill former ambassador, also with us barbara demic la times she author of nothing to envy. how alarm should we be that they are going to test an icbm? >> they are testing program continued preach unapated. it's going on for years. they are testing our politician as they are testing military equipment. so when kim jong-un i think we should take it seriously. when president-elect trump tweets that it won't happen. he better be prepared to back up that statement. >> barbara you have been to north korea a number of times, do you think that the kim jong-un and leadership that they have any sort of sense of donald trump or what they expect when he become president? >> i think like the rest of us, there are confused. they're used to predictable american policy towards north korea and donald trump comes off as crazy. i don't mean disrespect to the president. that maybe a good thing in this respect, the crazy once have to be saying who are we deal with. in a way his

north korea, this is from the president—elect, north korea to stated it is in the final stages of developinghe us. it won't happen. those three words. mr trump could mean he doesn't think the technological progress will be made. he could be indicating he thinks the regime will collapse. before the election. he indicated he might sit down with kim jong—un over a burger and the two could agree for kim jong—un to give a burger and the two could agree for kimjong—un to give up on nuclear ambitions. we simply don't know which of those it is. or, in might think this is a pretty clear message, it won't happen because we are going to stop it happening. in which case, that prompts the question, how might you do that? could it be through military means? if you don't talk to experts on these beings, us experts, they say military options are pretty limited. bunker buster bombs or special forces operations could not be guaranteed to do the job. so it is policy—making by tweet, raising a lot of questions, but very, very blind. it won't happen! pretty clear words. —— very clear. blind. it won't happen! pre

and to some extent we have not done that with north korea. with china with respect to north korea.rried about their trade surpluses, are we worried about the south china seas, tibet, what are we worried about with china? i think we have so set priorities with them and then try to do a deep dive. the situation is pretty tough. a lot of nationalism in china. the chinese government is not handling things well internally. they also have been pretty belligerent on the south china sea. so we have some issues. then i think trying to put the one-china policy back on the table, i don't think that's a dog that's going to hunt. >> let me go back, though, to north korea and ask you this sort of fundamental question. when we took out the iraqis when they tried to start a nuke -- we knew they were going to try to start a nuclear weapons program. got to it early. how did -- how did this get this far with north korea? >> well, it's been going on for a long time. it didn't just start when george w. bush called them a member of the axis of evil and somehow hurt their feelings. they've been working o

bill neely is in korea's warning to the u.s.eporter: from kim jong-un's defiant and unpredictable regime, a direct challenge tonight to president trump. cancel your military exercises on our doorstep. they are the root cause of tension on the korean peninsula, he says. the joint u.s./south korean exercises are due to begin in weeks. in a rare interview with this secretive regime, the man who deals with u.s. affairs told me america can't stop north korea. we will match american nuclear weapons, he says, with our own. north korea, he warned, is ready to test launch its first long-range missile. is the launch imminent? it'll be carried out at any time, he says. before taking office, president trump tweeted, it won't happen. if it does, it would be another step towards north korea's goal of building a nuclear weapon able to hit the u.es a former north korean diplomat who defected to the south says kim jong-un must go and the u.s. shouldn't make any missile deal or cancel exercises. >> that is really a trap, you know, which kim jong-

david: there is no way north korea could survive a prolonged conflict with south korea and north koreand others involved. the blaze of glory for 24 hours would have extraordinarily high fatalities. ofrlie: what are the natures our defenses. wheneverdent told me they make an attempt and fail they learn something. but he said don't forget that we also have nuclear shield. david: we have short range missile defenses, including one we're trying to put in south korea. but it is not there yet. it was approved by president park who is undergoing on impeachment. her successor, if she does not survive that impeachment, is not as likely to be as friendly as having that missile there. we have pretty good systems that run off of the coast of south korea but that would not help you much against an icbm if that came along. it is pretty effective against short range missiles. then we have a missile defense system that is in alaska and california. we have three dozen or more missiles whose reliability are not that great. i do not think anybody wants to be fully dependent on that. charlie: it's unlikel

north korea has five tests. if they can put a nuclear tip on those missiles, they can deter us from taking military action against them. what they're trying to do is hit the continental united states, much tougher, much more difficult. we believe he's going to test something that's called a kno8, a missile we have seen in parades but not yet tested. will it work the first time? probably not but if you keep working at it, it's likely they'll have the capability to hit los angeles, san francisco or new york. >> how should one take these threats? how serious are they? this guy at one level seems crazy. at another level seems crazy enough to do something like this. >> i think we have to take him very seriously. i know there is a tendency to ridicule the north korean leadership and to look at what they say and just think of them as meaningless boasts, but as joe said, the level of testing we have seen over the last eight years have been incredible. they have done 65 missile and nuclear tests over the last eight years

they came about that close, the clinton administration, to getting into a preemptive war with north korea based on what they perceived the progress to have been at that time, which led to the 20 haven't plus years of failed negotiations we've had since. and if it did come to a conflict with north korea over this, you couldn't say that the united states hasn't given diplomacy a chance. it's been tried and hasn't worked for over 20 years. >> bret: both parties administrations running the white house. if you look around the world, syria, or iran, what's happening all over the middle east, do you see north korea as the biggest threat x neck >> it's a threat to the actual existence of san francisco. syria is an issue but it's not a threat to the lives of a million americans. this regime is completely unpredictable. our inability to predict nuclear stuff is terrible. we did not predict the russians

north korea -- south korea and japan likely are already under a nuclear threat and north korea continueslop capabilities against the continental u.s. >> how close are they to having that ability? various predictions that they may be -- may have it now. they may not have it for many, many years. >> it's very hard to determine exactly where north korea is on the path. we know what path they're on. four u.s. four-star generals said they think north korea either already has the acapability to target the u.s. with a nuclear warhead or we must assume they do. other experts will say it may still be a few years away but certainly within mr. trump's first term. >> you're aware of mr. trump's tweets with respect to north korea. what do you think of them? is he right or partly right in the idea that china -- in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the u.s., it won't happen? it would sound as though you disagree with that. china has been taking out massive amounts of money and wealth from the u.s. in totally one-sided trade but won't help with north korea. nic

north korea says they are ready to test a ballistic missile at any time.hat was a message from kim, coming just days before donald trump takes over as the president. the current administration made it clear that a missile launched would be shot down. the reiterated they take threat seriously. stephen evans reports. >> they look fearsome, the egg missiles paraded through pyongyang. some experts believe they are more for show. now, the tone has changed. says that his country is in the final stages of an intercontinental ballistic missile able to hit u.s. cities. the message was echoed on the north korean news. the talking is getting tougher. the tweeting, too. won't trump tweeted, "it happen." the outgoing secretary of defense says that a tested icbm may be shot down. >> they are a serious threat to us and we try to stay ahead of that and we are ahead of that with our missile defenses, ,pgrading the number, the type and deploying missile defense in south korea, japan. reporter: it was sports day. workers from different industries competed and chanted that th

in a totally one-sided trade but want help with north korea, nice."hen you hear that, what you think north korea is hearing and what do you hear in general? >> north korea is hearing it because what they say, donald trump says it is not going to happen. he is not saying they cannot do it, the north koreans are saying, the united states is going to do something actively to prevent us from watching them. >> jenna: is that a good thing? >> in a sense if we back it up with action, yes, it is because is it an act of will to show not only the north koreans but the chinese and russians behind them that we are willing to defend ourselves. china when it sees these tweets from donald trump thinks there is going to be in a response, they are going to try to challenge him as well because they want to knock him off his game. if they could do that early in this administration, they set the tone for four or maybe eight years. >> jenna: oh you're watching the next several days from that particular part of the world, north korea and china. >> absolutely because this i

it has been deployed to counter missile threats from north korea and elsewhere. inada says the defense ministry will study ways to bolster systems including ways of implementing thaad. >>> residents in southern japan say they have concerns about debris from a u.s. military aircraft accident. even though american officials say the cleanup is done. an osprey crash landed off the coast of okinawa last month. on wednesday, nhk reporters took a look at the seabed where the osprey went down. they found it was strewn with objects thought to come from the accident. this resident along with friends and family have taken it upon themselves to clean up debris. >> translator: we consider this place part of our home. all we want to do is help keep it clean. >> he says it may take months before cleanup is complete. u.s. military personnel has since come to retrieve some of the debris. the crash of the controversial aircraft ignited protests in okinawa. there are concerns about the osprey's safety record. there have been calls for them to be removed from the prefecture. >>> sou

from north korea. nobody knows if north korea's kim jung un has seen donald trump's latest tweet.orea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the u.s. it won't happen. and nobody knows how north korea's erratic leader will now react. >> this particular tweet is in essence telling the north koreans putting them on notice that they are going to be watched very carefully by the incoming administration and that they don't have carte blanche to go ahead and develop an inter continental ballistic missile. >> this after kim said. >> cutting arms is progressing and inter continental ballistic test launch is in its last stage. >> it's not clear how soon kim can be ready to launch a missile that could reach the u.s., but the prospect raises alarm. if a nuclear weapon exploded over a west coast population center like los angeles or san francisco, tens of thousands could be killed. even a non-nuclear north korean attack into south korea could also kill tens of thousands, including 30,000 u.s. troops based there. trump on the campa

in one-sided trade but won't help with north korea. nice. think it highlights how asia will be a big priority for the president-elect when he comes in on january 20th to the white house. it will be interesting to see how he handles relations with north korea. he lulz he always had an aggressive stance. if they retaliate, we'll be closely watching. >>> another trump transition news, a couple nominations this week will be key to the business community. trump is expected to select lawyer robert lighthizer as trade representative. he served under president ronald reagan. former georgia governor sonny purdue is the leading candidate for secretary of agriculture. p >>> in other politic news, the obama administration is finalizing a study that could lead to restrictions on chinese investments in the u.s. semiconductor sector. the "wall street journal" said obama's chief science adviser is preparing a report that will be published before the president leaves office this month. it will offer guidance to the committee of foreign investment in the u.s.

japanese government officials have been calling on south korea to remove the statue. they say it runs counter to a 2015 bilateral agreement. the agreement states that south korea will strive to resolve the conflict over a similar statue in front of the japanese embassy in seoul. japan's chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga told reporters south korea has said that there's no change to its position. it says seoul intends to carry out the agreement. they both acknowledged that the agreement would be final and irreversible. >> translator: it is extremely important that the governments of japan and south korea responsibly implement the agreement. i will continue asking south korea to do so tenaciously on every occasion. >> the japanese government will decide when to reinstate the diplomats after getting seoul's response. south korea's prime minister and acting president has told his cabinet that the 2015 agreement should be honored. he also had a word of caution for the members. >> translator: people should refrain from words or actions that could make the situation wors

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let me go to north korea. a relationship with china is good, is necessary to deal with north korea, most people say. >> st-- unfortunately t is not borne the fruit that we all hoped they haven't done-- . >> rose: even though it is in their interest. >> it is very much in their interest. this is is a little bit like some of the russian behavior. you can say what is in somebody else's interest. and i actually believe that. but they have not, that is the chinese, behaved in what i regard as chinese interests which is not having a-- a war or nuclear weapons on their immediate border. and they, you no he, the north koreans to us, all north korean children are taught that we're the enemy, the devil. so our ability to influence north korean thinking except through deterance is not great. therefore when it came to the diplomatic approach, the theory behind the so called six party talks in which china was a part is that they could use the historical and idea logical history that they have with northed korea, uniquely t

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david: there is no way north korea would survive a prolonged conflict with the west, south korea, thed states, perhaps japan all involved, but the blaze of glory for 24 hours could have extra ordinarily high casualties. charlie: what is the nature of our defenses? the president, when i talk to him in germany about this, i was raising the question of north korea, and he said every time they make an attempt, they learn something. but he said don't forget that we also have nuclear shields. david: we do it we have some short range missile defenses, including one we're trying to put in south korea. but it is not there yet. it was approved by president park, who is right now , andgoing an impeachment her successor, if she does not survive that impeachment, and it seems unlikely she would, is not as likely to be as friendly as having that missile there. so the system is not there yet. we have pretty good systems that run off of the coast of south korea, but that would not help you much against an icbm if that came along. it is pretty effective against some short range missiles. and then we h

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this has been a developing story in south korea engulfing the country and all of asia.s you can see, life pictures of waiting for him to arrive to the prosecutor's office for questioning. not a suspect yet, but coming in for questioning. it was surprising that people were expecting him to be called in for questioning, but now he's being summoned as a suspect, leaving questions about his succession plans. if he is prosecuted, what is going to happen with him? there have been years of planning to get to that spot. we will see how things go there. that hearing is underway this hour. we will get you updates later on. gettingt to the markets the japan and account balance. is settinghow asia up for the day after donald trump's remarks overnight. did not give much of a spur for the dollar. asian stocks heading for another day of gains. the dollar continuing its decline. .rude just above $52 per barrel looking at the japanese and korean markets coming online, we are seeing gains for the second day. the nikkei 225 opening lower, reversing what we saw yesterday in terms of closin