with china as north korea's patron as a world where north korea isolates itself, where north korea doesn't have enough money why again would they be doing this? wouldn't they be wanting to say to china you're our oanld friend, let's keeonly friend,le? >> north korea a pretty self-centered isolated place, china needs north korea for its own stability. they know that china cares in fact about north korean stability and they're betting that that desire to see north korea as a buffer, as a security buffer for china, will be sufficient to keep china in line and not be willing to do anything that would pull the plug on north korea. >> china's sowrchina's support h korea militarily, financially, has helped keep the kim family in power despite overwhelming international criticism. but it doesn't need -- you were just describing what north korea might think china needs from it, but for economic reasons, china's trade with south korea is 296 billion as compared to $6 trillion. >> for china to come to the recognition that north korea engaging these kinds of provocative nuclear tests is actually takin

our troops in south korea are there to defend south korea from north korea. we could offer north korea a package of aid, that has been done before but a nonaggression pact that they had asked for and we refuse to provide. because dick cheney imagined invasion. or at least did not want to give up that opportunity sometime in the future. but the most important thing we need to do, and the thing we are least likely to do, is to make it clear to china that their access to u.s. markets depends upon them getting tough with north korea. wall street would be aghast if we actually did it, so we won't. we are likely to continue this current circumstance, china is in deed miffed by what north korea has done but is unwilling to change its policy. of course china has been miffed by north korea many times in the past. china will not change its policy unless the reality changes. the current reality is they haven't free access to u.s. markets and that won't be changed if they choose to continue the policy that they have continued throughout the century. that is to subsidize n

korea. it contains information about separated family members compiled by the red cross of north korea at the request of south korean families. inquiries were made to north koreaegarding 250 families. many of the family members were either already deceased or their status could not be confirmed. even so, members of 120 families were confirmed to be still alive. the korean red cross contacted those families to gauge their intere intent to meet with their families and make sure they were healthy enough to make the trip. in the end 90 families from south korea say they will cross the border to meet their relatives. the north/south division dates back to the end of world war ii. in august 1945, japan's 36-year rule of the korean peninsula came to a close with japan's defeat. quickly thereafter, united states forces occupied the territory south of the 38th parallel. soviet forces occupied the territory to the north. in 1948, the territory south of the 38th parallel became the republic of korea and was followed by the founding of the democratic people's republic of korea to the north. the two countries became fierce adversaries. the korean war erupted two years late

our troops in south korea are there to defend south korea from north korea. we could offer north korea a package of aid. that's been done before but a nonaggression pact that they've asked for and we refused to provide. because dick cheney imagined invasion, please didn't want to give up that opportunity sometime in the future. but the most important thing we need to do everything we are least likely to do is to make it clear to china that the access to u.s. markets depends upon them getting tough with north korea. wall street would be a cast if we actually did it, so we won't. the we are likely to continue with the current circumstance. china is indeed missed by what north korea has done but is unwilling to change its policy and, of course, china has been miffed by north korea many times in the past. china will not change its policy of is the policy changes. they prevailed is about we ask access to u.s. markets and that will not be changed if they choose to continue the policy that it continued throughout this century, which is to subsidize north korea. so if

that north korea needs to get away from this military business and reform itself are essentially asking north korea to become irrelevant, to become a kind of second-rate version of south koreand that is just not viable for the regime. rishaad: brian myers, thank you for joining us in south korea. >> the stories making headlines. iran says it is ready for talks with saudi arabia to defuse growing diplomatic fight. the president says they want good relations with all neighbors and that riyadh should end its anti-iran rhetoric. relations were strained after the embassy in toronto was set on fire after the execution of a prominent shia -- shiite cleric. they cut ties with iran as a result. sweden, and germany discuss border controls as thousands of migrants had to europe from the middle east. the talks produce no agreements. germany is blaming weak policing. peoplean one million reached germany last year, the largest human migration since world war ii. the country say they are overwhelmed. denmark and sweden have started checking ids of the border. president obama's health insurance -- with the house voting to repeal the affordable care act. it has been under fire from the star

korea. iran remains in the nonproliferation treaty and north korea is out. iran's claims that the nuclear program is for civilian purposes and north korea says it is to destroy allies. iran has not exploded a nuclear korea has done for. you would think we would have more pressure on north korea, but we have not. tore are perhaps concerns as how north korea will respond if we impose additional measures, i do not think that we should be hesitant to enforce our laws because of the concerns of what they will do if we enforce them. and how will china respond? when i advocated additional measures against north korea, i have said, let us let the law enforcement people go where evidence takes them. somebody commented, so you want to sacrifice the u.s.-china relationship. i said, no, i do not want to give them immunity because they are china. we should go where the evidence takes us, we should sanction whatever entities are violating international law, not because they are chinese but because they are violating laws and resolutions. i think that your answer dovetails with the opening statement. mr. chairman: these comments have a lot of bearing on going forward. i th

korea. korea.9 on your side's ashley zilka is live at the school with the latest. otto warmbier graduated from wyoming high school in 2013. now governor kasich and other politicians are advocating for the 21 year old on social media. a trip to north korea with a chinese tour group has turned warmbier.north korea says the 21 year old was arrested for acting to bring down the regime quote "at the tactit connivance of the u.s. government."there's been an outcry of support for warmbier on social media.governor john kasich tweeted "north korea's arrest of an ohio college student is inexcusable & he should be released & returned immediately."congressman brad wenstrup said "our office is reaching out to the state dept this morning through multiple channels to assist however possible in getting mr. warmbier home." warmbier is a student at the university of virginia. back here at home- he was a standout student at wyoming...a star athlete and homecoming king.a spokesperson for wyoming schools says the district is following state department protocol and not talking out of respect for the family. right now- otto's family is not commenting.half a dozen u.s. citizens have been detained and then released by north korea over just the past 5 years.rep

korea, and also the commander of the u.s. forces here in korea. so they will be discussing what has happened. remember, there are close to 30,000 u.s. troops here in south korea. south korea defense ministry saying they are on a high state of alert. john? >> more from the breaking news in the korean peninsula. thank you. we cannot confirm these claims at this time, we condemn any violation of the unfc resolutions and again call on north korea to abide by its international obligations and commitments. the statement went on, we will continue to protect and defend our allies in the region, including the republic of korea, which is south korea, and will respond appropriately to any and all north korean provocations. we would like to bring in phillip yuung now. phillip, again, thank you for joining us. there is no independent verification of the north korean claims. we have the u.s. geological survey and others detecting the 5.1 tremor which is a seismic event. we have the claim by the north koreans. so with that in mind, though, let's talk about what the hydroghydr hydrobomb can do. what sort of damage in terms of weapon, if you like, is a hydrogen bomb cared to

be doing anything about north korea from a coalitional point of view. >> the biggest problem is north korea doesn't want to deal with us. the six power countries, south koreajapan that have been engaged in peace talks with them over the years. north korea is in a period of stefl isolation and don't respond in wanting to negotiate. we are saying, "look, we are ready to talk to you but you've got to curve your nuclear weapons." and north korea are saying, "no, we will not curve our nuclear weapons, we will increase our nuclear weapons." there's a deal in exchange of food, fool, economic assistance, whipping of sanctions. i any the powers in the region need to engage north korea and we are ignoring it. >> we would ward that horrific behavior, right if that's what ends up happening. >> look, well, i don't see it that way. i see what you want to do is you want to make a situation better that is slowly deteriorating. we can continue to keep our head in the sand with china and south korea and ignore these guys but what if they do develop a hydrogen bomb? we've got our troops there. we don't want a conflict between south and north korea. here is a role with china

korea. they decided to resume the propaganda broadcasts on the border. this is a loudspeaker which booms out k-pop songs and talking about how wonderful south korea is and how dreadful north korea is effectively. it does annoy north korea. they denounce the loud speakers. we can expect tensions to rise in the next few days. >> thank you, paula. >>> one year to the day after the attacks at "charlie hebdo," that magazine still provocative. the latest special edition featured a blood stain gun-toting god on the cover. this has drawn an angry response from the vatican. it is a week of remembrance starting with president hollande. >>> president obama facing a tall task as he tries to sell critics on his executive actions on guns. a town hall meeting hours away on cnn. we will have a preview. >>> we are counting down the hours to president obama's live town hall on gun control tonight at 8:00 eastern p.m. on cnn. his political nemesis of the gun battle will not be there tonight. we get more from jim acosta. >> reporter: president obama will sit down with supporters and opponents on executive action on gun control with the town hall on cnn with anderson coop cooper. the nra has declin

korea plays a very convenient bogeyman to justify greater militarization in the region. you know, the recent bilateral deal that recently took place between south korea and japan, i think is alarming to both north koread to china that these cold war lines are being drawn again and that, you know, the u.s. needs japan and south korea, you know, the unthinkable ship that they call japan, and the reach had that they call south korea, and its effort to contain a rising china. the timing of north korea's test i'm sure has something to do with that as they see the u.s. galvanizing its allies in its military buildup against its cold war enemies. amy: before i say goodbye to both, i want to ask a different question. christine ahn, it has to do with what happened late last month. japan and south korea reaching a deal at the so-called comfort women forced into sexual slavery by the japanese military during world war ii. the deal includes an apology from japanese prime minister shinzo abe and a more than $8 million fund for survivors. many survivals say the deal falls far short of their call for japan to admit legal responsibility and pay formal reparations. your response? >> it is a travesty. it is a travesty

. >> south korea korea i is restricting the number of workers from over the border in north korea. it comes with tensions following claims by the north that it tested hydrogen bombs. they employed 50,000 north korean workers. >>> students are protesting because hundreds of thousands of young people are denied the chance of an university education. universities say they're doing their best but there simply aren't enough places or resources. students say they want the government to do more. >> well, thousands of professors at dozens of public universities in bangladesh have gone on strike. they say is indefinitely. it's because of a long running dispute over low pay and students are gaming of poor facilities compared to private universities. we have reports. >> this professor remembers toiling in this very laboratory during his student days. the lab is cloaked in nostalgia for the head of department in the university. however his fond memories do not blind the professor from a glaring reality. >> we are always buying cheap. one of thigh students failed an experiment three times even

korea. now, they say they don't have that much power or that much control, i think they say that to taunt us because they like seeing what's china has great control over north korea. north koreawouldn't exist if it weren't for china. ave to use china and, you know, ideally they do it without any threat. they should do it for their own well being, if we have to use the threat we have as we have economic threat. >> all right. well, you talk about economic threat, the news today out of china and, you know, with what their economic situation is practically, you know, caused upheaval in every world market. china is not doing particularly well today and unfortunately it's effecting us. >> well, you know how poorly they are doing? they are going to be up about 6.5% this year. and that's more than we have gone up in decades. i mean, you look at 6.5%. so if we go 2% we're happy. they're going to be 6.5%. so china has got difficulties and i agree with that because they are sitting on a little bit of a bubble. there could be a lot of bubble. but we are sitting on a bubble, also. china is going to go up 6.5% and we are going up 2%. we are sort of satisfied at 2%. i'm not satisfied but a

with north korea and its hydrogen bomb. >> yeah. >> everyone's so excited for them, they're sending their congratulations. would you like to congratulate north korea? >> congratulations, north korea. awesome. >> congratulations, kim jong un, on everything you've done. you've done a really good job. keep it up. stay safe. good luck. >> congratulations on achieving your dream, north korea. >> congratulations, north korea. it's a high five. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have to take a break. when we come back, and all signs say we will, i'm going to teach you the hidden language of texting. this is very important. so stick around. we'll be right back. uh right now you can get 15 gigs for 100 bucks plus $15 per line that is perfect because we are about to start the whole lots of video chatting how much is that? 15 gigs, that's over 40 hours of video chatting wow whoa 40 hours, that's a lot of communication yeah yay love! get 15 gigs for 100 bucks, plus $15 per line innovative sonicare technology with up to 27% more brush movements versus oral b. get healthier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. innovation and you. philips sonicare save when you buy the most loved rechargeable toothbru

and to clean pet messes, tensions between south korea and north korea are delevoping this morning. media in seoul reports, south korea fired warning shots at a drone from north korea after it crossed the border. south korea's president urged china, who is north korea's only major ally, to help punish the country for its recent nulcear test. lawmakers in washington are trying to help. republicans and democrats in the house overwhelmingly approved sanctions yesterday against north korea. mexico's government is making sure a drug kingpin does not escape prison. crews are constantly moving joaquin guzman, also known as "el chapo," from cell to cell. a goverment spokesman said guzman has moved eight times since police recaptured him friday. you're looking at a new mug shot prison officials released yesterday. it shows the drug lord with his head shaven and wearing a gray prison shirt. of iran where officials are holding 10 u-s sailors. rico bush has details on when they could be released, and the issue that put the sailors in iranian territory. plus, tonight someone could be 1- point-5 billion dollars richer. :11 - :16 "t

korea. we're really spanning the globe rth korea. you would think that the idea that north korea might have a hydrogen bomb would be somewhat who are here on the west coast. but we went out on the street today and it seems like if you ask people a question in a cheerful enough manner, we will -- we americans will offerjust about >> north korea announced that successfully detonate a hydrogen bomb. the world is excited. people are sending their congratulations. >> would you like to congratulate north korea? >> congratulations, north korea. finally. i mean, it's about time, you know? >> would you like to say congratulations to north korea?ment for them? >> you know, i think that, you know, i think if you do believe that one day you can -- dreams hink. it's definitely a disney, you know, thing to do. >> would you say this is a great example of if you can dream it you can achieve it? then you can achieve it. >> and north korea has done that with the hydrogen bomb. >> and that's good for them. >> yeah, you know, you just got s and you know, anything can come true. yeah. so you know, we

korea? >> i think they are going to be extremely negative. they must find it important to continue with the nuclear program despite repercussions, the talks are going to end between south korea and north koreang to cut off aid, japan is going to cut off any type of aid and any type of reaching out to north koreans that are living in japan and, of course, the united states is likely to increase sanctions that are already in existence. so that means the north koreans made the conscious decision to make thistist, which tells me they're probably thinking of proliferating this to iran for not millions but billions of dollars and also probably testing this weapon that we saw today so that it can be placed in a war head on a missile that has icbm capability and, of course, that means the capability to hit the united states. >> do we know dr. bechtol if iran was present during the testing? >> that's a very good question. that's something we don't know yet, there's been no information on it. as you probably know, in 2013 the iranians were present, the highest ranking nuclear specialist who overseas their entire enriched uranium program was present at the test, we have seen nothing in present reports

with north korea and its hydrogen bomb. >> yeah. >> everyone's so excited for them, they're sending their congratulations. would you like to congratulate north korea? >> congratulations, north korea. awesome. >> congratulations, kim jong-un, on everything you've done. you've done a really good job. keep it up. stay safe. good luck. >> congratulations on achieving your dream, north korea. >> congratulations, north korea. it's a high five. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have to take a break. when we come back, and all signs say we will, i'm going to teach you the hidden language of texting. this is very important. so stick around. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] straight talk's bring your own phone plan saves me a lot of money. to prove it, by popping a sim card into my phone. now it's a straight talk phone. and i get to keep my same number and network for half the cost. that's money we can put toward your college fund. oh, i'm not going to college. i want to be...a magician. invisibility, now! i can still see you... your phone your network half the cost. unlimited talk, text and data is just $45 a month. straight talk wireless. crawfish shorts i like your style

south korea resumed propaganda brad casts into north korea after north korea resumed hydrogen bomb tests this week. >> it's called an act are war, exactly at mid-day friday, south korea restarted its loud speaker propaganda broadcasts. a former north carolinaen military officer defected to the south 10 years ago. she said the broadcasts are effective. >> there are people who defect after listening to the broadcasting. it's the soldiers who are at the front lines listening to those loud speakers. soldiers equipped with fully armed weapons. these soldiers get education and now are exposed to the propaganda broadcasting. >> those aren't just anti north korean government. they include global news, weather, even popular music from south korea. there are more than 10 speaker locations and some are mobile. the south korean government here says the broadcasts will continue indefinitely. british fortune as he can urged south korea to show restraint and said the broadcasts are simply rising to the bait. it's not clear how north korea might react. >> the north might take hostages towards tourists o

tensions between the two koreas are escalating, following north korea's nuclear test last week... south korea fired 20 warning shots at a drone from the north, and an emergency meeting is being held... with representitives from japan, south korea and the u.s. trying to re-start six-party talks. greg palkot has more relations between the koreas continue to deteriorate following pyongyang's nuclear test... on wednesday - the south korean military fired warning shots at a drone from the north that had crossed the d-m-z... the incident comes following the resumption of propaganda broadcasts by south korea - aimed at the north. park says: "the government will continue to make efforts in telling the truth to north korean citizens." but south korea's military said today - the north is countering with a propaganda war of its own: jeon says: "today north korean military leaflets were found in south korea. it was identified that the leaflets were scattered from the north." the increased tensions have lawmakers on capitol hill asking hard questions about america's response to the nuclear test... and how

forces detected an unidentified vehicle heading from north korea to south korea, understood to be a drone, an unmanned vehicle. south korearoadcast warning measures, and fired shots arod the demarcation line that separates within the zone. it's understood to have turned around and headed back into north korean territory. president park geun-hye in her speech used a third of it to address the issue, reacting to the nuclear test, saying it was a fundamentally different security situation here in north-east asia than it was before that test had been carried out, and it was required that the international community undertook a response. heion a lot of spotlight on the role of china, saying they needed to back up its words in recent months or years, saying not to carry on with the programme or test. with a in the u.s. security council. they expected to bring up the role, it ensure tougher sanctions. >>> u.s. president obama attempted to paints an optimistic vision of the future during the final state of union address, and sought to defend the economy. and fight terrorism without discriminating against muslims. >> president of

korea's claim it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the white house called the test a provocation and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon said it was a clear violation of international law. north korea's announcement caught its neighbors off guard and left them angry. tonight, both japan and south korea are vowing to make north korea pay for its actions. with the announcement came a good deal of skepticism. united states has doubts that north korea has the ability to detonate a hydrogen bomb. jamie mcintire has the story. >> exactly about what north korea debt inflated in that underground explosion unofficially the verdict is in. while the blast was big enough to register as an earthquake it was way too small to be an h bomb. the boastful announcement on north korean television claimed an ominous technological achievement. a successful test of not just a nuclear device but a thermonuclear device. a miniaturized hydrogen bomb potentially an order of magnitude more powerful than any of north korea's three previous nuclear tests. it did not take long for the official scoffing from washington to begin. >> the initial analysis that's been conducted of the eeft evens reported overnight is not consistent with a north korean nuclear test. nothing to change our assessment military capabilitie

korea's universal advancement. but sanctions alone are not going to solve the north korea nuclear problem. north korea needs to be persuaded to give up its arsenal. but north korea isn't going to do that unless it's persuaded that it's regime won't survive. regime stability is the ultimate goal for north korea, so there needs to be some inducements that united states, south korea, others in the region won't threaten the kim regime. >> thank you for joining us. >>> now the mayor of the german city of cologne has sparked anger by saying that women should adopt a code of conduct, including staying arm's length away from strangers to avoid attack. earlier about 100 protesters gathered outside of the main train station to demonstrate against violence. an investigation tried to find out if it's part of a criminal network. >> all of a sudden these men around us began groping us. they touched our behinds and grabbed between our legs. they touched us everywhere. my girlfriend wanted to get out of the crowd. when i turned around one man grabbed my bag and ripped it off my body. i thought they could kill us. the

korea to pursue its nuclear aspirations. north korea has obviously defied that aspiration so there is a schism between north korea and china and now north korea is isolated. it's really isolated itself from the international community, including china. now, as we look forward, what we can look to is how does this play out in terms of military alliances. what china does not want is for the united states and its allies to continue to build up its own military presence in the asia pacific region but given the circumstances in north korea today, that is probably most likely going to be the case. ben: what about the united states? you're sitting there in washington. what sort of pressure can it bear? shihoko: the united states, president obama and john kerry in particular, has already come out with a statement strongly condemning the activities of north korea, is actually in the united nations as i speak trying to come up with a united front on this, as well. we will see coordination, as stated at the beginning, there had been coordinated efforts in the form of the six-party talk but that has been in the wayside the last few years.