>> cooking korean food isn't easy.ust ask kim. he's a chef and owner of the first korean restaurant to earn a star. >> how do you write a recipe when all the ingredients are different. you've heard the taste of the hand, where it's not about specifics in korean cuisine. >> he recently visited dc to host and knows that some of the best recipes are inspired by memory. >> i remember feeling ill as a por ridge and i was like how can i recreate that? >> the chefs have seen the rise in popularity of korean flavors in the u.s. and beyond. >> everyone, you know -- >> lee is referring to the national food of korea. it's fermented cabbage. spicy, pungent and aromatic. these chefs are cooking traditional korean foods with a modern flair. >> we're still staying true to the culture and the ingredients, but you can tweak each ingredient, you know, and in different levels and different ways where you can create a whole new dish. and that to me is really exciting. >> the chefs didn't set out to cook korean food. kim worked at three di

that is the north korean. tried many times to get the north koreans to come and it has been a failure every time i have my annual review as an area to improve on. let's get serious about north korea. we have four renowned experts to address aspects of the north korean issue, starting with victor cha at csis. he's also a director of asian studies at georgetown university . from 2004-2007 he served as director for asian affairs at the white house. he is a longtime member and contributor. she was the deputy national intelligence officer for east asia at the national intelligence council. before that, she served as director for korea, japan, and oceanic affairs at the security council. earlier, she worked at the cia. i met her at a conference in philadelphia where i was impressed with her presentation. thanks for coming. he is a professor at the catholic university of america. he served in several advisory positions in the korean government including communication, preparation, and the ministry of unification. we

so, you're a bad korean. >> roy choi: i'm a bad korean.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 ons 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. ♪ >> woman: [ speaking japanese ] ♪ ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ fel

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he is trying to out north korean the north koreans. they are pretty good at bellicosity.y just say let's wait and see if he's really going to do some of these things. it's notjust bellicosity, is it? you said not so long ago, a direct quote from you, "the feeling is, within the next four years, they really could have a missile system with a nuclear warhead." within, that is, the term of the trump presidency. is it not the case that no us president can allow that to happen and if the diplomacy doesn't yield anything, beijing can't deliver on getting north korea to change tack over the next year or two, there will have to be an american military intervention, won't there? it's quite possible but here is the scenario. you launch a pre—emptive strike against the north korean nuclear facilities and then the north koreans retaliate by by launching artillery at the 20 million or so south koreans who live within artillery range of north korea. once they strike south korean civilian centres, then what does the us do? does the us then retaliate for that because the south koreans ce

and that goal is to the destruction of the south korean state, because the north koreans believe theye the right to rule the entire peninsula, and so they have the short term and long term strategies, and they think that this is the way to accomplish them. >> what do we know about the nuclear capabilities? >> well, they have detonated, and they have had five tests. they now have buried a device at their test site in northeastern north korea and they have sealed the tunnel and completed all of the the initial preparation, and the only thing that they are waiting for is kim jong-un to make a political decision of when to actually set the thing off. so at this point -- >> and let me just get that -- sorry, to interrupt you sh, butt me get that straight. are you saying that they have a nuclear weapon that is ready and set to go? >> yes. >> specifically not -- >> and yes, with the telemetry. >> and yes, it is 15 or 20 weapons at at this particular time, but we also thinkidly inc producing enriched uranium to give them perhaps two or three or fourer or five weapons a year. so they are in a

south koreans who live within artillery range of north korea. 0nce koreans who live within artilleryn what does the us do? does the us then retaliate for that because the south koreans it certainly will. and then we are into a second korean war. that's a pretty big step. that's not something you wa nt to big step. that's not something you want to bluff your way into. you wa nt to want to bluff your way into. you want to be purposeful and talk to the south koreans about it. you want to make sure there are no mixed signals. you want to talk to the japanese and oh, by the way, you wa nt to japanese and oh, by the way, you want to share it with the american people who might not quite the offer another war right now. there are a lot of things to go into his decision of whether to launch a pre—emptive strike against the north korean facilities, even if he feels it is absolutely something he has to do to protect the american people. lets change tack. if we are to avoid the missiles flying across the sky and the chinese are going to be a pretty major part of any diplomatic shift here. do you

given the north korean threat to you now, the north koreans have havenize, almost certainly nuclear tipped missiles today that can hit your country, and n the past, no meat on -- nomehun handled it. and my view, it is a question of south korea's sovereignty and national security in that if you are willing to negotiate that's what china, you're willing to negotiate anything away. south korea and the u.s. have her people he tried to offer technical briefings of beijing and they have reviews. -- refused. false,ow it is not only it is disingenuous. even the statements that he will negotiate with china about it, i think that raises some concerns. >> we agreed before that the election was basically based on domestic issues. policy, of domestic residents moon has proposed ways -- president moon has proposed ways to restructure the conglomerate. he wants to spend public funds hecreating jobs before reduces the high on unemployment in the sector, and to spend more on infrastructure to stimulate the economy. given the fact that he only has a plurality now in the national assembly, how effective do y

i have an expertise in korean affairs. the item that was touched on a little bit but we didn't talk about it a lot was the beijing -- i mean covering all of the points you guys discussed is where does repairing relations with beijing stack in his agenda? so i think in the vow of china that china will do things periodically and there will be a negative view taken by the south korean public and if they stop doing that the relationship will get better or south korea will do that. it. >> is because of your ally that is taking these offensive actions and capabilities of put in place that are threatening south korea that we are doing this. so sort of it is a national security issue. it is a matter of ksovereignty. let's talk about the range of other things. i think when we have north korea or the way it continually or threatens and stuff it sort of raises the true nature of the regime. if china continues to pursue this economic warfare then someone who i think would be more likely to be aligned with china or want to improve rela

with the south koreans around the peninsula. they get very upset with military exercises and so on. they are paying close attention and they notice what we do. the question is, how do they interpret that and does it cause them to change their behavior. i think in the short-term, probably these gestures have caused them to pull back a little bit. maybe they would have gone ahead with the test a week ago if not for all the talk of u.s. force flowing into the region. in the long-run, i'm not so sure they actually believe we are going to use those capabilities. >> i think they do have an effect on the north koreans certainly. this morning, you saw that they had a big artillery exercise, live artillery exercise. they are reactive to some of what we do. i do think, though, that the accumulation of it over time can have kind of a numbing effect on the dynamics. so they do react. it does get their attention. but they have also gotten a little bit used to some of these moves. >> dr. freedland, you made the point that the chinese have pla

we're live on c-span at the korean economic institute in washington for a look at the south korean presidential election. the new south korean president sworn in today, taking his formal oath of office and saying he would be willing to visit rival north korea under the right conditions. they will be talking about the future of u.s.-korea relations in this discussion of the korean economic institute. back to the white house for a moment. video from the oval office today. we are likely to hear more questions about the firing of james comey. we will have that would for you as well here on c-span. [indistinct crowd noise] >> here on c-span we're live in the korean economic institute in washington one day after the election of moon jae-in as the new korean president. they will be talking about the future of u.s.-korea relations. the associated press reported the new president moon jae-in said as he took the oath of office he is open to visiting rival north korea under the right conditions to talk about its aggressive pursuit of nuclear missiles. 's softer moon stance could create friction with washi

north koreans would not trust what south koreans say. even at the church, they don't trust people. is the most difficult part. it is hard for north koreans to build that trust and that his wife their relationships often fall apart. in the community, north and south koreans can get to know each other. it is the best way to overcome the prejudices that have been fostered by political interests on both sides in the north and the south. >> when i was in elementary school, we were taught that north koreans are bad and that if we see a suspicious person from the north, we need to report them to the police. that is what we were told as kids. we didn't really think of north koreans as humans. times have changed, at least in the south. >> she will be a doctor and a barber. she is a person that took care of everybody. she really looked after me. she loved me. along with many of his compatriots, he hopes that one day he can go back home and reunite with his family. >> he may have won a battle over health care but can donald trump win the war? republicans passed their plan to repeal and replac

. >> on tuesday south korean voters elected a new president, moon jae-in. our panel discusses how he'll deal with north korea. the carekorea institute hosted event. >> good afternoon. i'd like to thank you all for coming. as you know, this past fall south korea went through a process that ultimately led to early this winter the impeachment. former president park geun-hye, which led to a snap election in south korea. we've gone through that election and moon jae-in has become the president of south korea. because of the nature of this election, he has no transition period and he immediately assumes office in south korea. we are very fortunate today to talk about how this election will impact u.s. career relations, policy towards north korea, economic relations between our two countries as well as a series of other import ant issues. we're very fortunate to have knowledgeable individuals and with the "korea times" and "nikkei review" here in washington. we have bruce clinger from the heritage foundation and former assemblyman song ho-chong. for further inform

>> what do you expect from president moon in terms of north korean policy? what do you think he will do? >> i think he probably supports the maximum pressure and engagement. >> you don't see any clash? as scott said, that seems to be the consensus. >> it depends on how he implements the budget. both presidents have said enough things which appear to open interpretation on any number of things. on say the alliance, moon has said i am america's friend, the alliance is the bedrock of korean diplomacy or democracy and he wants to strengthen the alliance. you say that sounds like a conservative. but he has also said things like he wants to negotiate the agreement with not only the united states but china and how do you negotiate with a country that is putting frrth -- it frank he wants the transfer quickly and when that was done before it caused a great deal of angst in south korea. he wants to increase south korean's independent and having the missile defense system not integrated you can see it as maintaining a strong relationship with the united states but he

we're looking at the korean won down -- the korean yuan down about 2/10 of 1%..s falling and show youry what is going on with chinese 10 year yields. those are trading at around 22 month highs. moving further above 3.6%. while we see a decline in treasury yields luring investors, that is not the case for china. speaking of treasuries, i want to show you this next panel showing you what is going on with the vix. equities look more attractive to investors as markets are putting their faith in that global growth story, so thinks is around 1993 lows. with the concerned about the chinese market among all this complacency, chinese markets have continued their march of the virgins from global equity march of divergence from global equities -- march of divergence from global equities. thenew economy has helped china index is higher. the hate share index is by energy weighted and industrial stocks. we did see hate shares the gout ekes on much -- shares out gains on monday. betty: voting has been underway in south korea for three hours in a campaign dominated by scandals

during vietnam and the korean war we dropped bombs on the vietnamese and the north koreans , more than world war i and world war ii, without an objective. they are protecting themselves. i don't have any support for that man, but he is not jeopardizing american interests. we created a situation over the re. alienated our allies. look at pakistan. we betrayed them. we betrayed the russians after world war ii with the incompetence of truman. we betrayed the russians. they trusted us. they would do things to help win the war as long as everyone came from the table with a win. we betrayed them. we made a commitment and didn't keep it. same with the north koreans. we are clearly the bully. there's nothing they are doing -- how can they even compete with our arsenal. why would they antagonize us? there is nothing. host: leave it there, i apologize. guest: that is a misreading of history. to say the united states is a bully, i couldn't disagree more. it is ignorant of history to say the united states is a bully. we are the one country that has stood up for freedom and has defended against bul

jobs these well-educated young south koreans want to do. these are the two major issues facing the new president on the local front. >> according to the latest exit polls, victory is seen for the liberal candidate. official results still a few hours away. tensions have been escalating with north korea in recent weeks. i was the next president going to handle relations with foreign relations with the north and japan in particular? >> south korea is facing a triple threat of the genetic issues now with the united states -- can the new president get on board with the trump administration's north korea policy which is fairly opaque? he's got one thing in his favor -- he said he will like to talk to north korean leader kim jong-il a un. korea's of china, south largest trading partner, there's a diplomatic problem -- the chinese are unhappy with the south koreans and americans deploying an antimissile shield. neighbor, japan withdrew its ambassador for several months over the issue in terms ofncil -- diplomacy, the next president has a very heavy

no one wants to see war on the korean peninsula. least of all the 25 million people in seoul and the nearly 30,000 united states troops who are in pyongyang's sights every single day. so we need to remain focused with clarity of purpose, in order to get the results we all want. this bipartisan bill builds -- builds on our record in the house of grappling with this challenge. i'm glad to join with chairman royce in this effort. i fully support this bill. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. chabot, a senior member of the committee on foreign affairs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. chabot: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1644, the korean interdiction and modernization of sanctions act. kim jong un murdered his uncle, he murdered his brother, and he and his

perhaps, trying to assassinate the north korean leader. pre-emptively destroying the missiles on the ground before they're used and so on. the advantage of course of missile defense is that it is les provocative than some of the other options but you certainly need to consider all of the options when faced with our threat. the president is currently undergoing that review but they said that they cannot get pressure on china and north korea, they will consider other options. >> when you see north korea launch these missiles is this saber rattling? is this an indication that their technology is advancing? >> all the stuff about destroying the united states is saber rattling. but what is new, they are increasing their capabilities. they are testing the ability to launch longer-range systems. the ability to launch them from submarines, launch them from missiles. so far their tests have been mixed. they sometimes succeed, but they tested a lot more frequently, particularly last year. they tested about 20 times, and more than ever before. they'v

korean.rt to sideline and isolate that regime. but let's be honest, the philippines is not a key player in that battle. china is and some countries, have been flaunt and nonproliferation on sanctions to bomb north korea, should be dealt with, not just china, but countries like malaysia, countries which have been too friendly with north korea, by all means reach out and deal with them. but don't invite them to the white house. but don't reach out to the philippines either because ate es's not an important country. they're with their the chair on the committee. the commissioner who dealing with north korea, it's not worth the price to invite him all the way to washington simply for his support. >> this invitation, certainly getting push back for people who see it differently. john, thank you so much for your insight. >> thank you. >> we'll take a short break here on "cnn newsroom." venezuelaen president has raised the minimum wage for the 15th time, trying to ease the country's economic crisis.

>> remember the key objective is to bring about a change in north korean behavior. everything else is a sound and light show. the bottom line is what can you do to bring about a change in behavior. the outcome of the mar-a-lago meeting was for the two sides to work on a common diplomatic strategy to bring about that change in north korea. so far, without result as you've just discussed with the most recent missile test, but from china's perspective, this missile test by the north korean is the least welcomed development. it sends a direct signal to the newly elected president of south korea less than a week ago that the north koreans are in a belligerent mood. from china's perspective in beijing, it was a major global conference hosted here yesterday on a big infrastructure conference. who upsets the party but the guy next door. he doesn't do a lot in terms of improving china's sense of humor about what the north korean leader is up too. >> president trump has been calling for even stronger sanctions and even though the u.s. is applying pressure, we have north korea

of korean businesses breeding life into the city. so big that the state of maryland reentdly designated a whole stretch of road korean way. cake, cake, more cake, don't have to look too hard to see yourself in this child. >> tangerine, remember? >> reporter: yes, i do. these cakes bread personally takes this one back to growing up sweet and very soft. >> reporter: daniel kim says everything comes from south korea and it's what people want, especially around here. >> you will see more and more korean business the cities. >> reporter: kim's bakery is one of 170 korean-owned businesses breathing new life into a stretch of howard county. now there's doctor offices, hair salons, clothing stores, major supermarkets right across from one another. big revitalization followed by rare recognition. recently maryland officially named a good part of route 40 korean way. across the street, at bonnchon. they could tell you every detail about double fried chicken. >> delicious. >> reporter: but can't recall one time business has really slowed. >> it

finally, let's take you live to the south korean capital where a new president hasjust been south koreanwhere a new president hasjust been sworn in. he has just won 40% of the vote, almost double his nearest competitor. it was the highest election turnout in many years, the start of a new political era. after almost a decade of almost conservative rule, moon jae—in faces multiple challenges from the aftermath of the corruption scandal that toppled his predecessor and the tensions with north korea. it is expected he will take a much less confrontational approach with the north. he is a human rights lawyer. president moonjae—in, just taken office as the new south korean president. much more any time on all the news on the bbc website and you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. and for watching. hi there. we had some glorious sunshine yesterday across western parts of the country once again. these were the clear skies in abersock, north—west wales. we have had a lot of sunshine over the last few days across western parts of the country. but if i run through the last few days in th

i think the strikes for the north koreans and the new south korean government that is much more liberaln the congress with which he is working. it's a phenomenal period in u.s. foreign policy frankly. tom: is this new leader going to not ruin but certainly diminish the efforts as you describe what donald trump has done in the first 100 days has been absolutely amazing. is it all going to be forgotten with the south korean leader saying let's be friends? >> i don't think so because as we will talk about president trump's embarking on his first foreign policy venture abroad to talk about what he means by america first and how it affects the rest of the world. he is building allies in a way that general mcmaster describes on his upcoming trip. i thought he spoke to the attempt by this administration to not tie itself to any one nation but to build a broad base and diverse coalition of states that want to bring tolerance and corporation. south korea won't be able test the united states in this effort that is incredibly ambitious and will further isolate north korea i think coming on the hee

side, i'm sorry, the north korean side i don't think they are figured yet to have a dialogue. they basically got a military man whose life has been spent thinking about hurting south korea in charge of the south korean policy. so that's going to be interesting to see how north korea responds whether they can open some space. but if they do i think of a dialogue, i think they will start with humanitarian issues and maybe focus on some of the family reunions and kind of build up from there. there's ambiguity i think that is related to the denuclearization issue. it is an essential objective as far as i can tell, but it may or may not be a precondition. and i think that a lot of the advisers seem to want to get back to simultaneous action, which of course north korea is the one that stepped away from simultaneous action when they left the six party framework. then there's also the challenge of north korea wants to talk to the nuclearization with the united states and get i think over the course of the past decade, the denuclearization has become an issue that south koreans broadl

there is no indication that the north koreans have the slightest interest in denuclearization. i think kim jungun's father did and certainly cared what the chinese thought. but kim jung undoesn't seem to care at all what kinda things, what we think, what any of the other six party participates think. they seem to want to have talks with us as one nuclear power to another. >> sreenivasan: president trump has said he would be honored to meet with kim jungun on the right circumstances. just that kind of a statement alone, could you have imagined your boss at the time, president bush making it or president obama making it and does it 3at sner. >> i can't imagine anyone using a formlation like that but let's understand, our president, all of these kinds of issues are new to him. and i think he was probably trying to say to the chinese look, i'm willing to be polite to these guys but they have to come forward. so i think it was probably if the context of trying to show the chinese yes, we'll give it the college try on having talks. >> sreenivasan: former u.s. ambassador to south kore

>> remember the key objective is to bring about a change in north korean behavior. everything else is a sound and light show. the bottom line is what can you do to bring about a change in behavior. the outcome of the mar-a-lago meeting was for the two sides to work on a common diplomatic strategy to bring about that change in north korea. so far, without result as you've just discussed with the most recent missile test, but from china's perspective, this missile test by the north korean is the least welcomed development. it sends a direct signal to the newly elected president of south korea less than a week ago that the north koreans are in a belligerent mood. from china's perspective in beijing, it was a major global conference hosted here yesterday on a big infrastructure conference. who upsets the party but the guy next door. he doesn't do a lot in terms of improving china's sense of humor about what the north korean leader is up too. >> president trump has been calling for even stronger sanctions and even though the u.s. is applying pressure, we have north korea

i think the strikes for the north koreans and the new south korean government that is much more liberalshows both sides theirs was often the trump administration and in the congress with which he is working. it's a phenomenal period in u.s. foreign policy frankly. tom: is this new leader going to not ruin but certainly diminish the efforts as you describe what donald trump has done in the first 100 days has been absolutely amazing. is it all going to be forgotten with the south korean leader saying let's be friends? >> i don't think so because as we will talk about president trump's embarking on his first foreign policy venture abroad to talk about what he means by america first and how it affects the rest of the world. he is building allies in a way that general mcmaster describes on his upcoming trip. i thought he spoke to the attempt by this administration to not tie itself to any one nation but to build a broad base and diverse coalition of states that want to bring tolerance and corporation. south korea won't be able test the united states in this effort that is incredibly ambitiou

north korean slave labor that benefits the regime and north korean shipping.cretary of state rex tillerson chaired a special meeting friday. the point of that was to get u.s. allies and other partner nations to get them to come along to try to isolate north korea further. >> and the administration says china has the power to confront north korea. >> it is. when you look at the relationship there, china is their most powerful ally. what the administration is saying they need to implement sanctions north to convince north korea to move along. that's what analysts are saying and the most effective way to curb their aggression. >> i think the north koreans have seen so many sanctions imposed on them by the u.n. they're blase by now. but if china enforces them, they sit up and take notice. that would be new. >> china has responded that they don't hold the key to this issue on the north korean peninsula. with that, as for how long the administration is willing to wait this out and just use sanctions, the state department says in the coming months, they want to see a

, the north koreans are just stepping up their testing program.hey are stepping it up in the most interesting way. their biggest concern is not doing something that would prompt president trump to take some kind of preemptive military action, or something that was so horrified international community that it would actually unify everybody on sanctions. that would be dropping the icbm just off of the west coast or something. instead, they are doing a series of tests that are going high up into space. this one went up 2000 kilometers, 1400 miles. then it is doing a sharp down 400 ord coming so miles from the north korean coast. that replicates the reentry of an icbm. they are putting together the component pieces of what it would take to demonstrate that they could send a missile much further without actually prompting that kind of military response. what's interesting also is what didn't happen. as we reported to months ago, the united states had a very active cyber and electronic warfare program you and i have discussed on this show before, that p

on the subject of the korean missile test, it will continue to happen. the toothpaste is out of the tube. bad people supplied them the stuff. i am finishing reading a couple of articles about the global cyber attack all over the world. a perfect storm about global attacks. that's what we should focus on. every time they want to all ahead and launch missiles, we go ahead and launch cyber attacks for intelligence. the toothpaste is of the tube. it's done. host: thanks for the call. check thes won't president, who will? that is a cover story of cq weekly. maria is joining us from south carolina. think north korea wanted a peace treaty. the north koreas don't participate in the global economy. they want some respect in the international community. aey want to sit down for peace treaty. it's time to sit down with korea like we do with china and vietnam and other countries. host: the bbc is reporting on this as well. north korea has carried out another ballistic test after the new president took office. we are getting your reaction to our phone lines. a series

a senior north korean diplomat tells a south korean news agency that the north is open to dialogue withthe united states, quote, under the right conditions. >> adam is also the former director of the north korean task force at the council on foreign relations. joining me now from washington via skype. adam, let's talk about the timing of this missile launch. china hosting a trade and infrastructure forum with major world leaders. north korea is aware of that. they're also aware of the transition that's taking place in south korea with a new president. does all that play into this? >> i think it does. it's an understudied and underrecognized fact that china and north korea have been signaling to each other with their militaries for several months now and several years now. it is a relationship that is not comfortable. they're not on as good of terms as they have been in the past. president xi jinping has never met kim jong-un, who has never left his own country. it's a relationship that's strained. hopefully the similymbolism is lost on china. they should understand that their economic d

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so this is really irked the north koreans today. they are lashing out about it. >> we know there has been huge reaction here to president trump saying he'd be honored to meet with kim jong-un. what's the reaction over there? >> no reaction at all from the north koreans. they're not talking about it. we know they haven't been open to dialogue, certainly since president trump took office. they fired off a number of missile tests since he took office. no reaction there. the south koreans are actually being pretty quiet, too. no official statement at all from them. this does sort of play into this mindset that picks up steam here, that they're getting confused messages from the administration. yesterday, a lot of the local papers, there's a lot of talk of this, of the risk of trump. the fact that with a he says and what he means may not be the same thing. confused messages. worries about is this a military buildup, a policy of containment and isolation, or is it reaching out to north korea? a confused message on the part of the south ko

and a brief time ago i discussed the north korean threat and us reaction with former state departmentre questioning whether the trump administration has been consistent on the question of north korea, especially the issues if the south koreans will have to pay for the defence, how much of a problem is that in dealing with the situation as volatile as this? is that in dealing with the situation as volatile as thi57m is that in dealing with the situation as volatile as this? it is a problem because it goes to the heart of a country's credibility. here the united states has a long—standing... here the united states has a long—standing. .. this move here the united states has a long—standing... this move to deploy the missile system, you have to get your signal straight and how to get your signal straight and how to get your talking point straight. the security adviser has said the united states will cover the cost, president trump also know south korea will pay, it is important that the south korean government who are in crisis, their president has just been impeached, that the public fe

south korean military officials saying this is a clear sign, another mess aage to north koreans to build up against further provocations. when it comes to not just deterrence but defense, we are receiving word that the controversial system is operational. you'll remember there was a bit of a back and forth about who would pay for it. the susquehanu.s. is going forw footing the bill, but the front runner is saying despite is the fact the u.s. is paying for it, he believes this is a question that could be revisited by the next president to take office and could still be reconsidered. so still a lot of debate over a system that the u.s. insists is critical to the defense of south korea and the region. >> not so subtle sub text of the politics here. thank you so much. >> another controversial strongman causing headaches for the white house. president trump's decision to invite the philippine president to washington was not expected or planned, according to senior administration officials. we're told the state department did coordinate the phone call between the two leaders and brief the pres