this is what korean people know all too well. a foundation for growth and development of korea was laid by the united states. a treasured ally we're grateful to. likewise, korea is an important ally for the united states, played a role in the u.s. leadership in the asia-pacific and its prosperity. that alliance progressed and expanded. many people in our two countries came to interact, influencing each other in diverse fields, ranging from religion, culture, to academic disciplines. a soldier who guarded the strong hold in the battle of the reservoir and a crewman who sailed the victory are in one way or another connected to my life today. just as so, the relations between korea and the united states are connected not only between our two countries and governments, but between our eople. ladies and gentlemen, there is a saying in korea, a deeply rooted tree never sways in the wind, and deep spring water never runs dry. this speaks volumeses about our bilateral relationship. over the course of time, we have formed our friendship a

to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the korean war. a beautiful ceremony. we will never forget that americans and koreans bravely fought and died together for a free korea. to the korean and american veterans of that war, great people, we are eternally grateful for your service and for your sacrifice. more than six decades after our partnership was forged in the fires of war, the alliance between the united states and south korea is a cornerstone of peace and security in a very, very dangerous part of the world. the link between our countries, cemented in battle, is now also ied together by culture, commerce and common values. together we are facing the threat of the reckless and brutal regime in north korea, the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined esponse. the north korean dictatorship has no regard for the safety and security of its people or its neighbors and has no respect for uman life. and that's been proven over and ver again. millions of north korea's own citizens have suffered and starved

he actually asking me to talk about the south korean perspective on the north korean nuclear issues, but unfortunately, i'm not a government official. but anyway, i know a lot of people inside of korean government. i have many friends inside the new south korean government. moon jae-in. so i think i think very well about the new south korean government and new york policy. basically, i think that i believe that as most of us do that moon jae-in the government north korea policy is you know somewhat different from the those of the previous back and park you know hey because the moon jae-in government, basically emphasize the importance or inter-korean relation including the economic comp ration and also the social and the cultural exchanges between the two koreas. so i think the moon government will start with the north korean policy. the cultural or the social approach rather than the political or the military one. but seems to me that however, i think that it's very difficult to say the new government moon jay government, the real north korea policy would be the completely and funda

i'm korean. and that's where the whole number one korean comes from.: marc is what's called "gyopo." meaning "korean who's lived abroad." as things get better and brighter over here, more and more people are, like marc, moving back home for the ever more numerous opportunities. >> marc: when i came here, it just felt right for me. i was like, "i'm here! these are my people!" it's like, "this is what i've been missing!" but i was considered not really korean, i guess, you know? i was considered an outsider in my own country. i had, like, this thing going on because it was like, "okay, am i not korean enough if i don't do this? or if i don't drink this? or if i don't eat this?" but there's a certain sense of, "well i want to learn this." if that makes me feel more korean. >> anthony: nice. best part's skin. is this so hard? walk in and eat delicious food and get hammered in the street? being korean is pretty awesome! >> marc: last one? >> anthony: yeah. >> anthony: nighttime in seoul. and everywhere you go, it seems, food and drink. this is what they cal

>> north koreans stiffed me. they never said yes.i was back in north korea myself last september. driving two hours south, we arrive at the demilitarized zone. so, here's the line. on the other side is south korea? >> i met with the director general, high ranking official who told me americans like otto will be treated as prisoners of war. >> they began calling the americans that they had in custody prisoners of war. all belts were off in terms of the -- the rules that they were required to follow. >> reporter: back in ohio, the family was running out of patience. while otto's friends prayed for his survival. if anyone can fight through it, it's otto. he had the courage and bravery to do it. >> thank you. >> reporter: then, in november, the u.s. selected a new president. and the clash of the titans began. both leaders are unpredictable. >> right. >> reporter: both trump and kim jong-un. >> right. >> reporter: in february, the new president directed secretary of state rex tillerson to take all appropriate measures to bring otto home.

so they've refused to tighten the screws on the north koreans and they could do a lot. they could close the border. they could deny them fuel oil. the chinese could really hurt the regime. the chinese have to be convinced that they now have to do whatever it takes to stop this regime and when you hear the administration say, if you won't deal with the north koreans, we will, that's the message that they're sending. now, the we will is kind of ugly because if you want to look at military options, you're looking at seoul, which is very vulnerable and very close to the border, to the doe militarized zone. the north koreans could do a lot of damage, a lot of civilian casualties, very quickly in seoul. so the options are not very good. it's complicated by the new president in south korea who is a man of the left, who has said, we ought to be negotiating with the north koreans. trust me, i've tried that, they walked away. and we are going to have to try to find a way to protect south korea, protect japan because again, no president can let the north koreans be able to reach t

side and south korean side.e're told that secretary wilbur ross brought up the issue of restrictive access to the south korean auto market for u.s. automakers the south korean president moon also spoke a little bit. we're waiting on the translation in terms of what he said with regards to the remark. the united states has trade deficits with a number of countries and they're working to fix that clearly this say president who focused very much on renegotiating the trade terms between the united states and south korea. at the same time, the united states very much needs south korea as a bull work against north korea and buttresses that peninsula. there are dynamics going on geopolitically, a very delicate dance. so what we're watching for in the joint statement are their comments giving any hint wrf they'of where they're going to land on both of those delicate issues. >> why are they going teit for tat on trade when they should be figuring out how to strategize against north korea? >> by president trump. that's an

he's speaking in korean without a translator. stephanie fortunately does speak korean. what is he saying? >> what i found interesting actually reported exclusively sort of quote unquote trade war going on inside the white house. the president trump's cabinet is really all on the same side when they look at trade and the global economy. but now we've seen a divide again with that nationalist factor. let's listen back in. >> very good answer. thank you all very much. thank you. >> and you can see there, gary cohn, jared kushner, wilbur ross. but what i found noteworthy in this internal trade battle going on within the white house, the two people who spoke after president trump, wilbur ross who has been on sort of that nationalist side and gary cohn on the globalist. president trump who had been an economic adviser during the campaign and wilbur ross -- >> who is very hawkish on china. imposing some sanctions on a chinese bank dealing with north korea, this is that nationalist side that had some advances. >> it was just a few weeks ago when the president was sort of going

north korean relationship. the lack of that relationship is caused by north korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons. they have shown zero interest to the negotiation. frankly they've shown zero interest in any serious discussion about a scuk about nuclear weapons. instead, they've wanted to talk to us as one nuclear power to another. the u.s. has worked dill jectly with china. they don't have much to show for it to be sure but i think that further, that is further exacerbated the u.s. north korea relationship. so even if they had returned otto warmbrer's, this isn't going to lead to improvement. there's a sense in the trump administration there's just nothing that can be done with north korea. i think you'll see them doubling down really on china notwithstanding the president's tweet. >> rose: david. >> i think they'll double down. i read the tweet differently than chris did. i read it that the president who had said to me in an interview last year he thought the chinese have complete control over the north koreans

koreans for what they are.t is you've got a government in there that is not understanding or not appreciating the strategic threat that this ballistic missile program and the nuclear weapons program -- >> neil: maybe they're getting used to it. these lunches have been going on. there's a history of provocative actions on their part. what worries me, commander, the message seems to be we're okay with provocations that they orchestrate, not so that we can respond to them. >> that's one of the big problems. the south korean government needs to be made to understood. the united states is going to ensure that we maintain a defensive posture against the north korean development so that they cannot have a nuclear weapon that can reach the united states. south korea may live with it first, but we're going to do what is necessary to ensure it doesn't happen. we have a strong alliance. we're defending the peninsula. we need to continue to do so and they need to get on board because this is maintained a peace on the penin

and south koreans to stop the annual military exercises. important is that to the north koreans and do you think that's a good idea? >> north koreans have said frequently that they are very unhappy about the u.s. rok military exercises, and i do believe they run happy about them. >> brangham: you recently had meeting with north korean officials and heard this issue. >> it was the first thing on their agenda they were most concerned about. what's interesting is, from our perspective, the alliance between the united states and north korea is key to our country's security and the strength to that alliance are those military exercises so that's not high on our agenda to give up easily. is that something that could be on the table along with a nuclear weapons program with the north koreans, plausibly, but that's down the road. i wouldn't imagine negotiations would begin there. they would begin with talks about talks without pre-conditions. >> brangham: do you think the trump administration has any interest in any of the things you're taking abou

flew two b 1 bombers over the korean peninsula. next week, south korea's new president, will travel to the white house, for talks on de-escalating the north's nuclear threat. norah o'donnell spoke with him today in seoul. good evening, from seoul. there is a lot to discuss at the white house. next week. including, president moon's proposal for a step by step process. that includes, dialogue that ultimately leads to a dismantling of north korea's nuclear weapons program. why would kim jong-un, ever agree to freeze his nuclear weapons program. what are you going to give him? >> kim jong-un has blind faith his nuclear and missile program and his regime. we must show and teach north korea that this belief is incorrect. if north korea gives up its nuclear program and missile programs and wants to start a dialogue, then i believe we can send a message that we will not threaten, the regime and we can provide assistance to them. that is why i fully agree with president trump. we need stronger sanctions and pressure on north korea to the le

-north korean relationship. lack of that relationship is caused by north korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons. they've shown zero interest in negotiations. they've shown zero interest in any serious discussion about a discussion about nuclear weapons. instead, they've wanted to talk to us as one nuclear power to another, a nonstarter, if you will. in the meantime the u.s. has , worked very diligently with china. doesn't have much to show for it to be sure, but i think that is -- has further exacerbated the u.s.-north korea relationship. even if they had returned otto warmbier in good condition, i don't think that would have had any affect. and certainly this is obviously not going to lead to any improvement. quite to the contrary, there's a sense in the trump administration that there is nothing that can be done with north korea. i think you will see them doubling down on china, notwithstanding with the president's tweet. charlie: david? david: i think they will double down. i read the tweet a little bit different

the north koreans called that a mugging. they say they initiated the confrontation. >> all right, thank you, brian todd reporting fors us. new reaction tonight from president trump to the death of oto warmbier. let's bring in senior white house reporter jim accosta. the president has just reacted. >> that's right, wolf. the president just reacted a few minutes ago. he reacted to the passing of oto warmbier, he made the comments on camera a short while ago. here's what he had to say. >> pass on word that oto warmbier has just passed away. he spent a year and a half in north korea, a lot of bad things happened. but at least we got him home to be with his parents. they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough condition, but he just passed away a little while ago. it's a brutal regime, and we'll be able to 457handle it. >> we should also point out the president offered his condolences to the family of oto warmbier. at the end of that statement the president uses tough language saying it deepened my determinatio

disinclined to remove the north korean problem.s other issue is for china as they rested up sections on north korea, the increase the floods of refugees across the border into china which is a problem for china. not only does it serve their interests to enable kim jong un, it also causes great problems for them if they lean too heavily. host: of the four strategic options that you laid out, one of them, decapitation, would involve seeking out john own. .- seeking out kim jong un if that were to happen, who would fill that leadership? guest: that is a great question, kimberly. that is why decapitation is itself a bad option, because we would be rolling the dice. we don't know who would replace him. we may well end up with someone worse and also, i think given the reverence accorded kim in that country, a direct attack on him weibel trigger -- may will trigger the massive response that it would be designed to avoid. host: livingston is calling from cambridge, massachusetts. -- america is the only country that would use nuclear weapon

companies have to the korean market. goods and -- there is no domestic market for goods and korea, everything they make is for export. a lot of that is chinese steel coming back to the u.s. in oil fields. there are a lot of specific problems and i think the way to address it is to deal product byproduct with what we can do to change the export side and what we can do to reduce the bad influence aside. >> thank you very much. perhaps gary: could say a few words also about trade? you, mr. president. as you know, much of our biggest problem has to do with our economic relationship with china. we have maintained a very large trade deficit with china and it continues to grow. as wilbur said, china has many predatory practices in the way they deal with us in make actual property, trade barriers for us, we are forced to transfer technology into china. we have terrorist and non-terrorist of barriers unable to own companies in china as well, and we are dealing with all of their policies. at some point we would be interested to he

to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the korean war. it's a beautiful ceremony. we will never forget that americans and koreans bravely fought and died together for a free korea. to the korean and american veterans of that war, great people. we are eternally grateful for your service and for your sacrifice. more than six decades after our partnership was forged in the fires of war, the alliance between the united states and south korea is a cornerstone in peace and security in a very, very dangerous part of the worl world. the link between our countries cemented in battle is now also tied together by culture, commerce, and common values. together we are facing the threat of the reckless and brutal regime and north korea, the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response. the north korean dictatorship has no regard for the safety and security of its people or its neighbors, and has no respect for human life, and that's been proven over and over again. millions of north koreans own citizens have suffe

if it comes to some kind of military action they need the south koreans and 20 million south koreansive within range of north korean artillery so any type of decision to move mullet early would probably involve some kind of civilian evacuations and it is not clear that the south koreans are prepared for these kind of steps as yet. what is important about this meeting is if they are going to have to establish a good relationship with south korean want to show they can manage the american relationship but also wants to appoint the americans with some of their special problems that are different with the problems that are different with the problems of the us several thousand miles away. it was just last week president trump tweeted: does that suggest that the president has a different strategy, that he has a different strategy, that he has pitched the idea that chinese could be the way to tame north korea? it is premature to say that. he is trying to respond to criticism especially within the republican party that somehow he has been duped by the chinese. he wants to be able to say i a

no matter what the south koreans do, rick, the japanese are deathly afraid north koreans get a missilehey put on a nuke and take out part of japan of the japanese will not sit around waiting, are they. >> no they're not. this is priority for them and priority for the united states. make no mistake too, this is priority for the south koreans. they want to figure out how to solve this what donald trump has to do, when he is negotiating with the south koreans, do exactly what he did with chinese. say to them, if you want a really good trade deal, help us out on north korea. because, we, we have a president of the united states that's willing to use all of the tools of the united states government, rather than just make some moral argument of what we're supposed to do or what the world community wants you to do. i love the fact that donald trump says things like, you want a good trade deal? then help us out on our priority foreign policy issues. david: he follow through on his commitments as well unlike the previous administration. next week the president is going to be meeting with a lot

right now, you have the chinese, the south koreans and even the north koreans singing notes from thelk about a freeze on north korean capabilities, not the elimination. what do the north koreans want? they want security assurances from the united states. they want that manifested in a freeze on u.s. and south korean joint military exercises on their border. the question is, is the u.s. willing to do that? >> victor, i'm going to assume you're going to say we tried that in 2005, they were made a kind offer and during the clinton years and it didn't work. >> yeah. the north koreans have been given on numerous occasions security assurances, even negative security assurance in the six-party talks, which the united states said on paper we will not attack with north korea with nuclear conventional weapons. you know, i'm all in favor of a freeze as well. i do believe that the north korean, the chinese and the south koreans are moving towards a poogs whesition where the uni states needs to stop military exercises with the south koreans in return for a freeze. i don't think that's a particula

the most troubling thing is thee north koreans. it's the north koreans feel strong enough but they don't even want to talk to the chinese because that speaks to seans of isolation. >> goldberg: we conclude with the comedian actor aziz ansari. he spoke to charlie last week about his popular series "master of none" which premiered on netflix last mon >> as you get, even in our '30s, we feel like how many more times will i feel that strong connection with someone? even with these dating apps and all this stuff, you feel, like, how many times am i going to feel that maverick? >> rose: politics and aziz ansari when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: goo >> goldberg: good evening, charlie is traveling. i'm jeff goldberg with the drank. we begin with politics. president trump's numbers drift down

countless north korean provocations since the end of the korean war more than sixty years ago. there has never been a single instance all few s. lead or south korean add milk three retaliation against north korea we don't want escalation we don't want to provoke north korea into. adventurism and invasion of the south and another korean war that would be self defeating for all parties concerned. that those who leave. some non military measures and for the united states the us is uniquely positioned to exercise its tremendous financial leverage against north kore. follow the money trail go after north korea's illicit activities weapons proliferation money laundering activities and also penalize north korea's enabler switch on mainly. chinese state owned enterprises and banks and i think the signals coming out of the trump administration is that it is moving in that direction. but is all this tough talk a problem for south korea. it is. it's no secret that the current south korean administration. its north korea policy and views stands at considerable variance from that of the tru

to them that's a good idea i think it's a good idea because we don't want to give the north koreans any more bargaining chips and also the usual the more use for me tourism for their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons program because money is fungible so every time you see a north korean missile towards a cigar that is tourist dollars at work all right gordon i'll be calling you on july seventeenth about what we did with that devil at a preceded they thank you so much for joining us thank you very thank you for joining me on this edition of politicking and thank you to larry king for letting me sit in this chair it's an honor remember we love hearing from you join the conversation on larry's facebook page and as always you can share your thoughts on twitter by tweeting at kings things and using the politicking hash tag i also got you to join me on twitter at real amy holmes that's all for this edition of politicking. about your sudden passing i phone lee just learned you worry yourself and taken your last turn. your act right up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i c

regime you know is not a monolith it's a composite of various elements like the security services korean people's army criminal records of. the guard even more complicated and then you have kim family members who are also part of the regime it's a balancing effort on the part of a north korean leader kim jong il and has not only tried to consolidate his own position by putting his own people in place he's also change the composition of the regime moving it away from the military first policy of his father towards one where the korean workers party is dominant and so that's why there's been so many deaths and that's why i think the regime his own state. out forces that might be opposing his changes and he's killing anybody who might actually be a threat to him and so in the middle of january this year be demoted and detained as minister of state security general could warhol a very important figure then there was the execution of five of general coombs senior associates then there was the execution or the assassination of kim jong il couple weeks after that there are all sorts of things t

-- i'm sorry, the student who died in north korea north korean -- after north korean mistreatment and thoughts. senator john mccain with his back and just a moment >> jon: beckman to senator john mccain, republican of arizona, member of the armed services committee. do you and know enough about the health care bill to tell us whether you would vote for it or against? >> no, i don't. sorry. >> jon: how much time i need to make the determination? >> i would like to see a vigorous debate and amendments on the floor of the senate, i would like to have been more involved in shaping it. i think we need to have vigorous debate and amendments on the floor of the senate. that's what we're supposed to be all about. >> jon: obviously, you spent a lot of time in a north vietnamese prison. otto warmbier was imprisoned in north korea for 17 months, came back in a coma and recently died. what should be the u.s. respons response? >> we need to examine all of our options. this inhumane treatment is obviously something that cannot go and responded to. i think we have to be careful, i think we have to b

the strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many years it has failed and frankly, that patients is over. a gunman has opened fire at a hospital in new york city, killing himself and one other person. several others injured. iraq says they have —— will recapture mosul. just a few metres in this direction, the area that the militant occupy is getting smaller. a carnival atmosphere in canada as the country celebrates 150 years. we look at what sets it apart and why not everybody is in on the party. hello, and welcome. the time for strategic patience is over, that was the message donald trump had fall north korea is east and side—by—side with the south korean president. mr trump called for a determined response of the threat posed by north korea but he also took aim at seoul overtrading and sharing the cost of defence. this was the visit of a strong and his doric ally at a time of uncertainty, with the recently elected leader and an unpredictable one. “— elected leader and an unpredictable one. —— historic. elected leader and an un

forces in korea and would command korean troops in the event of a war. a citadel on critical high- ground at the end of a road lined with land mines. we were the first american news crew allowed in. this was no cold war theme park. body armor was required and artillery was on standby in the event we came under fire. general vincent brooks has commanded u.s. forces fighting in iraq and afghanistan. i don't think people at home know how tense this line is. >> vincent brooks: what it takes to go from the condition we're in at this moment to hostilities again, is literally the matter of a decision on north korea's side to say "fire." and on top of this, we have the missile capability that's been developed, over 120 missiles fired just in the time of kim jong-un alone. >> whitaker: so now they're talking about i.c.b.m.s that might be able to reach the west coast of the united states. how do you stop them from taking that next step? >> brooks: north korea's responsible for the direction that the region is going. it is responsible for the conditions of instabil

patience with the north korean regime is over. he used that word "over." what do you think he means why in? more sanctions? possible military actions? what options does the united states really have? >> well i think the president was trying to say all options are on the table. and that we're living in a, in a new world, and i think that's the correct move. i think the treasury sanctions against the chirnese banese ban yesterday is also the right move. as the previous panel was talking, with 90% of the north korean economy dependent upon china, the fact their nuclear weapons program is using loopholes in the tax code and being able to put that continued pressure on china is important and the chinese need to realize that the strategic interests of the u.s. and china is actually aligned when it comes to north korea, and i think also the north koreans need to realize that maybe their only way out of this is to engage with the south koreans. we know the south korean president is willing to have talks with north korea. i think this may be an opportunity for the

south korean president moon has said something similar. so i think the task now at hand is to find out what those right conditions are in the best way to do this of course, the only way to do is to dialogue. so what is needed now is what i would call aggressive diplomacy. backed up by all the leverage that the maximum pressure that i just talked about brings. now, when we talk with a diplomatic approach, i do think there are some lessons to be learned from the iran deal that might be worth considering for negotiating with north korea. of course both cases are completely different. i have traveled to both countries have experienced this first hand, the biggest differences of course north korea has nuclear weapons, iran has never possessed a nuclear weapon and, of course, i ran is a member of the npt. the differences go on and on and on. so i'm not advocating that the jcpoa is a model for north korea. it's technically quite different but it do think the process of diplomacy that the u.s. pursued with iran could offer some insights on how to

peninsula and the north korean policy review. that president trump has just completed. >> 'sover north korea watchers, when he 17 has been an interesting year. the president trump decided to review policy for north korea shortly after his inauguration and he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engagement but there has been signals on what exactly the united states let me looking for from north korea before entering into negotiations. south korea also has a new president. he has expressed an interest in talking to the north koreans but again, under what conditions still remains somewhat an open-ended question and of course in north korea we've seen a number of ballistic missile tests already in 2017 including some new systems. and all of this is leading up to the summit that trump and moon j in will hold in washington dc later this month so to help make sense of all these developments, i am fortunate to have with us today michael ellman and suzanne dimaggio. going to start today with mike ellerman, mike is

the south korean leader is not keen sanctions.to host some of the winter olympic events that south korea will be hosting. how weird could that get? anyway to rebecca henrichs. >> you know, we have to squeeze the chinese if we're going to get the north koreans to stop this missile program, this nuclear program. this is the way to go. the south, new south korean president wants a similar more gentle approach like the obama administration took, which is strategic patience. but for the trump administration, patience has run out. we cannot allow the north koreans to have a nuclear missile program. my recommendation would be for the south koreans to let the united states handle it. >> neil: the south korean president has talked about overtures to the north which is word since they lob missiles in their direction. but they have indicated when they host the winter olympics, i couldn't believe this, having north korea having some events hosted during that time. how likely is that? >> it's not likely. it's a pipe dream. it's bizarre, too, e

companies have to the korean market. we have a separate problem with oil field tubular goods and other steel products. there is no domestic market for tubular goods in korea. everything they make is exported. we have recent trade cases demonstrating a lot of that is in chinese field coming as oil and coming to the u.s.'s autofield. the amount of specific problem and the way to address it is product by product and what we can do to change the export side and what we can do to reduce the bad influence. >> thank you very much. you can stay for this, also. perhaps gary cohen could say a few words about trade. >> yes, thank you mr. president. as you know, much of our biggest problem on trade has to do with our economic relationship with china and we have maintained a very large trade deficit with china. it continues to grow. as wilbur said, china has many predatory practices involved in the way they deal with intellectual property, trade barriers for us. we are forced to transfer technology into china, forced to have joint ve

what are the south koreans going to give him? what president moon said is that the north korean leader has this blind faith, that that's what's keeping his regime alive and they're going to try and make him believe through talks that they can be a stable regime without that. >> norah o'donnell in seoul. thank you so much. we'll be right back with more of her interview with president moon in our next hour, including his view of a possible preemptive american military strike on north korea. >>> the blistering heat wave in the southwest could get even worse today. record high temperatures were set yesterday in california, nevada, and arizona. phoenix hit 118 degrees. today the temperature in phoenix could reach 120. chris van klieg is at sky harbor international airport where the heat is grounding planes. >> reporter: good morning. even before the sun came up it was over 90 degrees and of course that blast furnace is only just starting to heat up. when we hit 118, some of to those small regional jets, the onious can't fit your bag i

if you could speak directly to the north korean regime or the north korean people, what would you say to them? >> i would say i'm so proud of -- what i would say to the north korean regime, i would say i'm so proud of otto, my son, who has been in a pariah regime for the last 18 months, brutalized and terrorized, and he's now home with his family, and i'm just tremendously proud of otto, his spirit is with us, and i can share my spirit with his spirit, and i'm just so happy for that. >> yes, ma'am? >> abc news. previous prisoners in north korea american prisoners have been tortured psychologically, not many of them have been beaten visibly. this seems like something different happened with otto. did something different happen? what do you think happened? >> sure. was otto treated differently? the quick answer is the results speak for themselves, and you'll hear more about it at the medical conference today. >> yes, sir? >> dan with nbc 4 in columbus. going back to the beginning of the situation, can you speak as to when you found out otto was going to north korea, or had ended up ther

it is not clear tonight where those north koreans are. homeland security officials nor the north koreans are saying anything about them. >> this came after the american college student was returned to the united states in an unresponsive state. would warmbier's case have anything to do with it. >> there is no indication he has that those two incidents are connected. but one north korean analyst says it is certainly possible that u.s. officials decided to get tough with those north koreans that night at jfk because they were upset at the condition that warmbier was brought home in. it was just a couple days after that. >> that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett out front starts right now. >> up front next breaking news, president trump about to appear life at the white house in moments. this as he tweets he has no tapes of his conversations with james comey. why did it take him 41 days to say that? >> plus, cnn has learned trump suggested two officials say there was no collusion

when you read in the newspapers that the north korean tests they're not getting very good yield, that means it's exploding prematurely, but they're betting-- getting better at it and soon they'll get it to explode when they want to and then affix it to a delivery vehicle. what's worrying people is that their delivery vehicles are getting longer in range and i don't know whether president trump is being told it's one year, or three years, or five years, my guess is someplace three to five years, he's going to be able to marry that weapon to an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the united states. now, no president of the united states is going to let a reckless, unhinged north korean leader be able to reach the united states with auc

the north koreans. and so, we followed that logic. and then at this -- there came a time where we're tired, that doesn't seem to have any impact, so we went public with an interview on "the tucker carlson show" and then did a couple written pieces, and then very quickly, we have otto home. [ inaudible question ] >> oh, never, never, absolutely not. no. no. >> yes, ma'am. >> fox news. did you still believe that otto -- [ inaudible ] can you talk about the timeline? >> well, personally, north korea is a pariah regime. they're brutal and they're terroristic. you can't believe anything -- well, it's your choice. we don't believe anything they say. we see the results of their actions with otto, so it's all speculation. >> yes, sir. >> from "voice of america." if you could speak directly to the north korean regime or north korean people, what would you say to them? >> i would say i'm so proud of -- what i would say to the north korean regime, i would say i'm so proud of otto, my son, who has been in a pariah