one other example, refugees, north korean refugees across from the north korean final border they usuallyarty country before if they're lucky they make it to a safe haven in south korea, the u.s., sometimes uk. this is primarily seen as a human rights issues because refugees are affected under refugee law, and should be allowed safe traverse without being interrupted. but it's also international security interest for this to happen, north korea is an isolated closed off place for targeting information. these refugees have on the fact experience and often times when it comes to their debriefed by national intelligence services both in south korea and the u.s. the higher up you go and you got somebody like Ãbyou got people closer in access to the decision-making. you got better intel. saving north korean refugees is it just good for human rights it's also national security interest. a couple things that i didn't mention you may notice, are related to the most egregious violations in north korea. those are related to the massive political prison camps, arbitrary executions, detentions, firin

so, you're a bad korean. >> roy choi: i'm a bad korean. chef. >> anthony: according to who? >> roy choi: according to korean culture. >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: according to korean uncles and aunts. and it's just, it doesn't register that that is a profession. you know? i wouldn't have to explain myself if i just said i was a cpa. >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: never. you know, that's, that's, that's weird -- shit. >> anthony: i know. you still got some 'splaining to do. >> roy choi: still. to just get it across that i, that i cook, and that there was this phenomenon that happened on the streets of l.a. that changed and opened up korean culture to, to the world. >> anthony: what does it mean to be korean american? does one create one's own world? i don't know that i'm any smarter about that now than when i first came to k-town in the middle of the night and discovered a strange and fabulous and delicious slice of america i'd never known was there. but i'm trying to figure it out. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it imp

those south korean athletes were not allowed to wear their south korean flag shoulder patches. only one of the members of the south korean delegation that traveled to pyongyang to the summit meeting wore a south korean flag lapel bing that was none other than vi jaeyun. it was clearly sacrificed for the sake of the pyongyang olympics. a lot of compromises were made. one example, kim's sister and the issue by the own department of treasury in the state department for a simple reason. she's a senior official of the propaganda and agitation department and in that position she is responsible for punishing those seeking to access information from the outside world. north korean people have been killed and sent to political prison camps and an exemption was granted. i've never been able to find out the second time she stepped on south korean soil when she came over for the summit meeting in april, it's not very clear whether this was the second exemption or whether this was an extension of the first exemption or whether this is somewhere in a gray zone and the exemption is indefinite

for south korean men. of the. shows like love unification the young north korean women are paired with south korean men who proceed to instruct them on the ways of the modern developed country in which they now live the message in there is less than subtle little forms to the south korea nationalistic narrative that north korea is the weaker female nation. that needs protecting by the stronger more muscular in sag harbor. the concern is that such a calicut showed him a chore and objectified image of these women is then extended to all north korean defectors and to the north korean population in general. so south koreans may end up looking down the north koreans are thinking we can treat them carelessly that engrosses wouldn't pay that. this is another issue that doesn't help with the perception of north koreans on occasion some defectors testimonies have been sketchy and inconsistent parky on me is a defector who became a celebrity after a run are now on my way to meet you her story is attracted a lot of a

for south korean men. of the. shows like love unification the young north korean women are paired with south korean men who proceed to instruct them on the ways of the modern developed country in which they now live the message in there is less than subtle little forms to the south korea nationalistic narrative that north korea is the weaker female nation. that needs protecting by the stronger more muscular in sag harbor. the concern is that such a catholic a church him a chore and objectified image of these women is then extended to all north korean defectors and to the north korean population in general. so south koreans may end up looking down the north koreans are thinking we can treat them carelessly and that in gaza. there's another issue that doesn't help with the perception of north koreans on occasion some defectors testimonies have been sketchy and inconsistent parky on me is a defector who became a celebrity after a run on now on my way to meet you his stories attracted a lot of attention one of

for south korean men. of the. shows like love unification the young north korean women are paired with south korean men who proceed to instruct them on the ways of the modern developed country in which they now live the message in there is less than subtle little forms to the south korea nationalistic narrative that north korea is the weaker female nation. that needs protecting by the stronger more muscular in sag harbor. the concern is that such a catholic a church him a chore and objectified image of these women is then extended to all north korean defectors and to the north korean population in general. so south koreans may end up looking down the north koreans are thinking we can treat them careless when that engrosses done and by that. there's another issue that doesn't help with the perception of north koreans on occasion some defectors testimonies have been sketchy and inconsistent parky on me is a defector who became a celebrity after a run on now on my way to meet you his stories attracted a lot o

the north korean people. on north korea later in the programme. also making news this hour: rallies have been held across iran denouncing sweeping us sanctions due to come into force on monday. the demonstrations have been taking place on the 39th anniversary of the occupation of the us embassy in tehran. earlier this year president trump decided to pull out of the international nuclear deal with iran. the italian authorities say that 29 people have lost their lives in fierce storms that have battered the country. in the past 2a hours, 12 people, including nine from the same family, have died in floods on the southern island of sicily. in the uk the pro—brexit businessman, arron banks, has insisted that all the money he provided to the campaign to leave the eu — amounting to millions of pounds ahead of the referendum came from his uk companies. he's facing a police investigation into claims that he was not the true source of the funding. the main tamil political grouping in sri lanka has urged president siris

president injuly june received the south korean president in july he june received the south koreannce again. he sent a special envoy to bill clinton and visits china again. we saw this dramatic mood change in the past, this kind of post provocation piece boy. north korea has ensnared the trump administration into perhaps a never—ending, definitely drawnout negotiation process as opposed to a genuine new killer ice age and or denuclearisation resolution. so i think north korea has been successful in buying time and money with which to do what it the widget to further in hand its legality. and theissue to further in hand its legality. and the issue of sanctions, of course, north korea said that they are still quite angered by them. you see any movement in terms of the us changing it position on that? it is a sublime mystery to me that north korea insists that sanctions have no impact on them are vociferously calls to their suspension and termination. many people around the world have the misconception that us sanctions against north korea have a lwa ys sanctions against north korea h

government would like to see the south korean government do as far as coordinating their inter-korean efforts and the denuclearization efforts? secretary pompeo: so i think there's complete agreement between the south koreans and us with respect to how this should proceed. we now have a working group that formalizes those processes so that we can be sure that we don't talk past each other, that we don't take an action or the south koreans don't take an action that the other is unaware of or hasn't had a chance to comment on or provide their thoughts. and that's the purpose of the working group that's being led on our side by stephen biegun. we have made clear to the republic of korea that we do want to make sure that peace on the peninsula and the denuclearization of north korea aren't lagging behind the increase in the amount of inter-relationship between the two koreas. we view them as tandem, as moving forward together. we view them as important parallel processes, and that working group is designed to make sure they continue to remain that way. >> and a final question, cnn. >> hi.

now the south korean officials and inspectors on the train will be joined with their north korean counterparts for the next eighteen days to inspect railways along the eastern and western coast of north korea now this is the first time for south korean carriages to cross their korean border in ten years and also what's more remarkable is that this will be the first time for south korean train to run along the railways along the eastern coast of north korea ever since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago the two sides initially wanted to hold this joint inspection back in july but were stalled for a few months because of global sanctions imposed on north korea just last week the un security council lifted the sanctions allowing the south korean carriages to carry fifty five thousand liters of diesel fuel on this train to north korea this shows the international community's backing of the joint inspection between the two koreas this is also symbolic of the progress being made. that were made between the two koreas this year amid a flurry of mates and high level meetings the disarming o

south korean president moon has been very focused on inter-korean ties and making sure that we have aeduction of military tension in the region. the u.s. and the trump administration and previous administrations, while they have clashed with the government on many instances, that is to be expected. within to make sure that the alliance is flexible enough that address various priorities. the moon administration has been prioritizing more and more the inter-korean ties and engagement with north korea, whereas the u.s. administration has been looking at sanctions and making sure we keep on the pressure, even as we talk about diplomacy. so there is a lot of space for conflict but as well for cooperation. let's air on the side of corporation all that issue. jung pak, guest is she served in the obama administration as the deputy national intelligence officer on the korean peninsula. leo is next from the bronx. democrats line, good morning. caller: hi. good morning. your speaker is really astute. thank you for having her on. whenever kims jong-un travels outside of north korea, the media rep

the north korean leader has reportedly observed the successful testing of a high tech tactical weapon that's according to state media no specific details were given as to the type of weapon that kim jong un was said to be very satisfied with the results. this result today is a justification of the party's policy focused on defense science and technology and the display of all rapidly growing defense capabilities to the whole region and a groundbreaking change in strengthening our military's combat capabilities. that's why news of the military test the u.s. says that remains confident or commitments made at the singapore summit back in gene this in donald trump in conjunction would be fulfilled the new test came as peace talks between the countries remain stalled earlier this month the u.s. state secretary canceled a meeting with north korea's top officials washington blamed sched jelling issues pyongyang recently warned that it could restart its military development if sanctions imposed over its nuclear program were not lifted. a spring in a sort of good now he's an asia pacific strat

forces right because the north korean artillery on the south koreans are really worried that if there's a war the north koreans would shell soul which is very close to the d.m.z. so that's really the big one but that's probably a couple years away so just broadly speaking then is all of this going to make a difference in terms of getting north korea to give up its nuclear weapons program because if you talk to people on the conservative. opposition politicians in south korea for example they will say that this this is basically the only card that north korea has and they will never give up their nuclear weapons. yeah i actually accept that analysis myself i think it's highly unlikely that north korea will denuclearized we can probably kept them where they are all male demand some kind of payment or concession for that and then maybe we can get them to hold back a little bit maybe cut back you know terror twenty percent of their warhead stockpile but i'm not going to go to zero i mean i doubt that i think really is a myth that they'll completely new grads this is a separate track the con

government would like to see the south korean government do as well as coordinating their inter-korean efforts and the denuclearization efforts? secretary pompeo: there is agreement between the south koreans and us with respect to how this should proceed. we now have a working group that formalizes those processes so we can be sure that we do not talk past each other, that we do not take actions that the other has not been aware of, and that is the purpose of the group that is led on our side. we have made clear to the republic of korea that we want and thesure that peace denuclearization of north korea are not lagging behind increase in the amount of interrelationship between the two. we believe they are 10 that. together, we view them as parallel processes, and the group is designed to make sure they continue that way. , does thery to president's statement mean that the fact-finding segment is overcome and have you seen the assessment that you expect to get today? secretary pompeo: i cannot -- i cannot comment on intelligence matters. directoryou to the dni or the cia to talk about t

forces right because the north korean artillery on the south koreans are really worried that if there's a war the north koreans would shell soul which is very close to the d.m.z. so that's really the big one but that's probably a couple years away bangladesh's main opposition coalition says it will contest the upcoming general election even though the ruling party refused to agree to a series of demands about the vote the leading party in that coalition the bangladesh nationalist party has boycotted two previous campaigns but says it will now take part in the election on december twenty third the ruling awami league rejected the opposition's demands to put a neutral government in place before the vote. with more from dr. a major breakthrough in de there's a sigh of relief among the mass population in bangladesh there's a lot of uncertainty whether they lection we're told they have now this announcement coming from the grand alliance along with the main opposition party bangladesh nationalist party would actually be a positive news for the population they want to have their choice of vot

these days to see it koreans say they don't eat dog. and growing numbers are engaging to rick battle against the dog meat industry. like activist. desperate to save dogs from slaughter. so when he hears about a struggling dog farm he steps into. somebody in the. i don't think i'm the. top it's because she muddies the million that i don't think the headlines of three new are going to kendal john come on i want to know what i was about wes all all. of you get all. the body could make it up or mushy psychology good or just bumps on the general's office. at first the family won't let that camera inside. i've walked in and out a couple of times what i can tell you is that there is rats and maybe everywhere flies. and a lot of other good dogs. the family finally lets me in once i agree not to identify him. over the problem. it's easy to see this family's business is on the skids. the cheerleaders on the flight. here noted for the good you should in the form. this place like many small farms can't afford to meet strict government regulations a

young reports from the south korean capital seoul. there were two rulings by south korea's top court on thursday both ordering japan's i mean to be she had the industries to pay a total of twenty eight south korean laborers who were forced to work on the company's promises during the second world war and i want to be she will have to pay a minimum of seventy one thousand u.s. dollars to the individual plaintiffs and their families who are mostly in their eighty's and ninety's and many of them have already passed away now this was a ruling watch closely by both japan and south korea as if all those the last months a landmark ruling by south korea's top court ordered another japanese company to compensate south koreans for the same reason now japan's foreign minister was quick to respond on thursday calling the court's decision extremely regrettable and totally unacceptable and he also said that it quote fundamentally overturns a legal basis for friendly tines between japan and south korea and its abuse she also commented calling the co

the korean war. i'm sure some of the veterans in this war, thank you for your service during that conflict. war started. everything gets put on the shelf. they take care of the war. 1953 is done. the veterans say, all right, we're done. we need to do this, and congress said, you're right, we're going to do it, but we're going to do a double internment. so the logical challenges were still there. you had to find candidate soldiers, much like was done in 1921, in both the pacific and europe kwan theaters. at some point we're going to have to find a way to bring them together and make a final selection. they went through roughly the same process, cemeteries in france and throughout the european theater, selected soldiers that they could not identify, except for the fact that they were american and they died in combat. they made a selection. for the transatlantic. they did the same thing in hawaii for the trans-pacific. within days, they also did the same thing for the korean war unknown soldier. that wa

forces right because the north korean artillery on the south koreans are really worried that if there's a war the north koreans would shell soul which is very close to the d.m.z. so that's really the big one but that's probably a couple years away. to stay with us on al-jazeera i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with another full of thank you for watching. for nine hundred forty six to nine hundred fifty eight the united states detonated dozens of atomic bombs in the marshall islands when the u.s. was getting ready to clean up and leave in the one nine hundred seventy s. they picked the pit that had been left by one of those fall or atomic explosions and dumped a lot of this to tony i'm another radioactive waste into the pit the bottom of the dome it's permeable soil there was no effort to line it and therefore the seawater is is inside the dome when the stone was built there was no factoring in sea level rises caused by climate change now every day when the tide rolls out ready zero active isotopes from underneath the die roll out with it if it really they we're not talking just

and also north koreans coming to south korea to hold this festival together. or believe there is no better sport to unite our hearts. with. those careers have made several efforts in recent years to end hostilities their joint bid to unesco for the sport to be recognized is the latest step on the road to reconciliation on the korean peninsula. it is highly symbolic and it reminds us of the power of cultural heritage for that earth and for peace sharon's inclusion on unesco's intangible cultural heritage list has been warmly welcomed on the korean peninsula and is a reminder of the power of sport in building relationships. the man who set out to become the first person to swim across the pacific ocean has been ports to abandon his attempt fifty one year old ben they call called off the vicious endeavor after a storm broke the main sail of his support ship he had swam almost three thousand kilometers about a third of the planned distance the frenchman was attempting to raise awareness of marine pollution by swimming through the so-called great pacific garbage pa

and also north koreans coming to south korea to hold this festival together. with believe there is no better sport to unite our hearts. and give them. both careers have made several efforts in recent years to end hostilities their joint bid to unesco for the sport to be recognized is the latest step on the road to reconciliation on the korean peninsula. it is highly symbolic and it reminds us of the power of cultural heritage for that earth and for peace. sharon's inclusion on unesco's intangible cultural heritage list has been warmly welcomed on the korean peninsula and is a reminder of the power of sport and building relationships. well here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you ukraine's parliament has voted to impose martial wall after russia's seized three ukrainian ships off the disputed the in financial of ukraine's president poroshenko has said it's a new phase of aggression while the u.s. has accused russia of an outrageous and violation of ukraine's sovereignty. you're watching the w. news wire from berlin after a short break i'll be

the goal here is the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. what a heard from president moon and what i head from prime minister abe is that really the world is united behind that commitment. we're going to keep the pressure on. we're going to keep the sanctions in place. president trump continues to be very hopeful that in that next summit we'll come out for a plan for actually implementing and achieving denuclearization. >> he said he had fallen in love with kim jong-un. yet there are still plenty of reasons to be skeptical of where north korea is in these negotiations. if i may, have you fallen in love with kim jong-un? >> what the president has said is that there's a good relationship there. president trump made his feelings about north korea known before the world, even before the united nations, if you'll recall. he spoke in language that kim jong-un understood clearly, that the days of threats against united states, the days of developing ballistic missiles with nuclear weapons that would threaten our people and our allies in the region

they have returned american remains from the korean war. >> how does it feel to be home?ome americans who were detained in north korea. they have destroyed a missile engine test facility, blown up the entrances to their nuclear bomb testing site. but experts say some of those moves are cosmetic. >> it in no way impedes the development and expansion of their nuclear arsenal. >> still, the north koreans believe these have been uneven trades and they want the trump administration to ratchet back crippling sanctions before the regime scales back its program. but secretary pompeo is resolute. >> stray voltage happens to be all around us. we're very focused. we know with who we're negotiating, we know what their positions are and president trump has made his position clear. no economic relieve until we achieved our objective. >> president trump had gotten credit from north korean experts for meeting with kim jong-un and getting the north koreans more analyzed in dialogue. analysts are split on whether that's falling apart. >> we're about as far apart as you can get. five months

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forces right because the north korean artillery on the south koreans are really worried that if there's a war the north koreans would shell soul which is very close to the d.m.z. so that's really the big one but that's probably a couple years away representatives from the polish government are holding a joint to march with far right groups to celebrate the country's independence the procession marks the first time polish officials will attend the so-called independence march in the past this event has featured racist anti immigrant homophobic white supremacist slogans and wednesday the mayor of wolf said he would ban them off for security reasons however president on they do the confirmed to the much would go ahead. firefighters in california say they are up against some of the toughest conditions they have ever faced as wildfires continue across the state the death toll it's now twenty five and hundreds of thousands more people have been forced to leave their homes rob reynolds and with the support now from. at least two hundred thousand people in southern california have been evacuate

now the south korean officials and inspectors on the train will be joined with their north korean counterparts for the next eighteen days to inspect railways along the eastern and western coast of north korea and this is the first time for south korean carriages to cross their korean border in ten years and also what's more remarkable is that this will be the first time for south korean train to run along the railways along the eastern coast of north korea ever since the korean war ended more than sixty years ago the two sides initially wanted to hold this joint inspection back in july but was told for a few months because of global sanctions imposed on north korea just last week the un security council lifted the sanctions allowing the south korean characters to carry fifty five thousand liters of diesel fuel on this train to north korea this shows the international community's backing of the joint inspection between the two koreas this is also symbolic of the progress being made. that were made between the two koreas this year amid a flurry of some high level meetings the disarming of the. v

korean soldiers.an interview with the japanese newspaper, he said he doesn't hold a grudge against his north korean pursuer it. quote, if they don't shoot, they will be severely punished. if i were in their position, i would have shot me too. >> they incur discipline that is beyond belief. intelligence community has said that it is one of the more draconian armies in the world in terms of punishment of soldiers for what they do and don't do with regard to their duties. >> reporter: the young former soldier who almost died from his wounds then was discovered to have parasites in his body. he said hunger is at dangerous levels in north korea, telling the newspaper, quote, if you don't have money or power, you die in a ditch. experts who study the isolated country say life is the same for soldiers and civilians alike. >> you have to live on scraps. ordinary people are left to fend for themselves. they must find means to survive. >> reporter: now, that former soldier said average north koreans have been l

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well after one of these girls sang the japanese anthem in front of the japanese military koreans want to shut her down on t.v. there's even a petition for that on the president's website back to the nine hundred sixty five treaty ironically just three years ago the two countries leaders celebrated its fiftieth anniversary just so you know this woman then president. as the daughter of someone who signed the agreement is now in jail tides clearly changed. mistrust that exists between the countries and the still pain that exists throughout korea both north. for the years the brutal occupation by japan which was from one thousand nine hundred forty five still linger and a there is not trust there is concern about a lot of past grievances and issues. it's being revealed not the german government spent millions of euro to help various opposition groups in syria's province it came to light in a freedom of information request by members of the left party twenty seven million euro came from the german economy ministry ten million from the foreign ministry and roughly the same amount from priva

well after one of these girls sang the japanese anthem in front of the japanese military koreans want to shut her down on t.v. there's even a petition for that on the president's website back to the nine hundred sixty five treaty ironically just three years ago the two countries leaders celebrated its fiftieth anniversary just so you know this woman then president. as the daughter of someone who signed the agreement is now in jail tides clearly changed. mistrust that exists between the countries and the still pain that exists throughout korea both north and south for the years the brutal occupation by israel with japan which was from one thousand nine hundred forty five still linger and a there is not trust there is concern about a lot of past grievances and issues. conscription protests turned violent in a city near tel aviv in israel on thursday thirteen ultra-orthodox jews were arrested during the demonstration i am members of the religious group block traffic while police trying to disperse the crowds the military service in israel is come post story for both men and women but the

happened. >> did the north koreans give any reason for cancelling the meeting with mike pompeo?, there was no reason. the u.s. put out a statement saying it will not happen until early next year. president trump said at his contentious news conference he second the kim-trump summit to happen next year. we still have to go through the very tricky process of the two countries' representatives figuring out what they give up and how much the process unfolds. we're talking about a country that may have 30 to 60 nuclear bombs. >> and the president keeps saying the sanctions will stay in place and the north koreans are saying you have to start easing sanctions before we take some steps. >> and they stopped fighting in 1953. that would remove some. pretext for international sanctions. russia and china who border north korea are complicating process. they believe north korea should be rewarded for having agreed to give up its program, even though it hasn't yet. >> they haven't done in a long time now an actual nuclear test. they isn't launched any intercontinental ballistic missile flyin

sanctions and the into korean korean cooperation and finally i just left a meeting with turkish foreign minister shover shalit today i welcome the positive momentum in our relationship following the release of pastor brunson and urged reopening additional channels to a jewish address issues of mutual concern we are still gravely concerned about turkey's continue unjust attention of u.s. local employees staff and citizens including nasa scientists circ on go game we also discuss the showcase and the need to work together to deescalate conflict in syria support the reinvigoration of the un led peace process and achieve a peaceful lasting solution to the syrian conflict. with that i'm happy to take a few questions. secretary one of the things that the president points to in his statement is one hundred ten billion dollar arms initiative but by the state department's own record in october only fourteen point five billion has come through when do you expect to see the rest of the money from that i'm saying that. some of these contracts the defense contracts in particular are complex like the

reports from the south korean capital seoul. there were two rulings by south korea's top court on thursday both ordering japan's i mean to be she had the industries to pay a total of twenty eight south korean laborers who were forced to work on the company's promises during the second world war and i want to be she will have to pay a minimum of seventy one thousand u.s. dollars to the individual plaintiffs and their families who are mostly in their eighty's and ninety's and many of them have already passed away now this was a ruling watched closely by both japan and south korea as if all those and last months a landmark ruling by south korea's top court ordered another japanese company to compensate south koreans for the same reason now japan's foreign minister was quick to respond on thursday calling the court's decision extremely regrettable and totally unacceptable and he also said that it quote fundamentally overturns a legal basis for friendly ties between japan and south korea i mean to be she also commented calling the co

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capital seoul to shed extra large helping of the korean calgary classic it's part of a charity event volunteers prepare more than one hundred tons of kimchi for the homeless koreans traditionally stock up on kimchi in autumn because the fermented cabbage keeps well in winter. it's also rich in vitamin c. and seems to help keep up your spirits through the cold months of the. all year long haul on that. if you're watching the news still to come a cheese maker and switzerland is investigating with the music can affect the taste of this cheese yeah we'll have that story and more coming up in business. news coming to you live from berlin to stay with us. what's coming up for the. the book is playing you'll have plenty to talk. to sleep every weekend here in. germany.

government said that they stand with the court's decision well japan says that the south koreans rights to get compensation was terminated when the two countries signed a treaty back in one thousand nine hundred sixty five to dorm allies diplomatic relations. weather next but still ahead on al-jazeera we'll tell you about the new deal that's given feet in india and pakistan plenty to celebrate. i'm sure one can politicians about it on whether to ban the expensive of the disputed prime minister . once again if i were to say that normal service has been resumed across the middle east you think it's going to be lousy fod in try what i mean by that says as has been the case of a pos few weeks because it will rain rolling in that's going to feed its way in from the mediterranean loss of cloud around as we go through say cyprus turkey seeing some shop showers longer spells of great some snow up towards the locus is there and that's going to make its way further basis as we go through friday but of wet weather coming through could see some rain into pushing across into armenia georgia as well

the president is at the center of what is going on with this sample the north koreans south koreans are talking to each other and that momentum is primarily they're having bilateral conversations and if you are watching the president you're watching [inaudible] and you feel legacy more of this? spirit possibly. as a practical matter the bilateral relationship is moving forward in part because the north koreans got something they valued very highly from the summit which is a sense of recognition and sense of being a figure of relevance on the world stage. i'm relatively confident in telling you that president trump when asked himself or have this question posed around the table said if those things are possible in all have to do is go to summit why not? and someone might say because of the terrible things you said on how terrible north korea was an that would be a complete abdication of the seriousness of that rhetoric. through time, then trump would say, so what? what the bigger goal? what is the larger deal? we talk to each other or not? if we have to do something to get them to talk t

bases and south korean bases and seoul and other things. >> a key question tonight, could u.s.these bases if the north koreans rolled missiles out and were ready to fire them? >> there's no question we can get lots of effect on a particular point, but the challenge is they can roll these trucks out, fire them off and roll them back in before our strike assets could get there. >> president trump is credited with at least temporarily ratcheting down the overall threat from kim, but trump's critics say the young north korean strong man has been playing the president the entire time. >> the north koreans absolutely hoodwinked president trump, it was clear from the beginning that the north koreans were not agreeing to give up their nuclear and missile programs. they were certainly happy to pause those programs, especially because they had reached a critical level of development where they could fire missiles and they had a credible nuclear threat. >> pressed by cnn for a response to the new csis report, the trump administration is maintaining its optimistic tone. a state department

a source tells cnn a south korean official that the south korean government considers this a test of long-range military weapon. this is a difference between the missiles test a year ago. sources say the south korean government does not see the test as a military provocation. it does, of course, appear to anyone watching north korea closely that north korea is flexing muscle and raising rhetoric as they reach an impasse with talks with the united states. how does that impasse break? that could be up to u.s. offici officials. in the last day they have been projecting confidence saying the two sides can work together and just in the last day, vice president mike pence saying that u.s. will not insist north korea provide disclosure as a condition of the second summit. that is something they would insist upon. creating a window for the summit to move forward in light of the developments. >> dropping that pre-condition is an important development. alexandra, thank you. >> it is. an accounting of the north korea nuclear facilities should be required before the first summit. let alone a sec