i want to introduce you to a different side of mike pence that you may not know. years, people in indiana heard his conservative commentary on his radio show, we called him rush limbaugh on decaf. [laughter] mrs. pence: and then for 12 years, on the floor of the united states congress, he fought for conservative principles. [applause] mrs. pence: yeah. [applause] mrs. pence: next, he governed as a conservative governor in our home state of indiana. [cheers] mrs. pence: and today, he will speak to you as vice president, but that mike pence you already know. i did -- i would like to take this opportunity to pull back the curtain and show you the mike pence that i know. i would like you to see this man that i have been married to for 32 years. [applause] mrs. pence: thank you. a man who has supported me as a teacher. he actually would come to my back-to-school nights. he also supported me as a stay-at-home mom, when i wanted to be home. [applause] mrs. pence: yes. and i used to do these watercolor fairs and he would come to my booth and help sell the watercolors. and

but that mike pence you already know. like to take this opportunity to pull back the curtain and show you the mike pence that i know. i'd like you to see this man that i'd been married to for 32 years. a man -- a man who has supported me as a teacher. he actually would come to my back to school nights. he also supported me as a stay-at-home mom when i wanted to be home. and i used to do these water color fairs and i would come to my booth and help sell the water colors. and now he firmly supports my initiative of art therapy. but i want you to see a little more about him. here we go. five facts you need to know about mike pence. don't you love those? number one, if it's friday night, we better be having pizza for dinner, supreme thin crust with ao doul's. every friday night. number two, this is a good one for you to hear about. the feedback that he respects the most comes from his three kids, all three of them. we raised them to be independent thinkers, to climb their own mountains and to not be afraid to speak up and dis

that brings us to our dear friend, vice president mike pence. >> [applause] speaker ryan: when you think about all we had worked on, and all we had done over the past year, only achieved for the country, the glue that kept us together, your mind runs right to mike pence. he has served in such an important irreplaceable role to making sure that we do the things that we need to do to help the people we represent. here to introduce mike pence is our great senate majority leader, senator mitch mcconnell. >> [applause] senator mcconnell: thank you

when vice president mike pence left south korea on air force two, when vice president mike pence leftorce two, he had a direct conversation with this reporter who says that, in a series of meetings, mike pence has nutted out this strategy with south korea's president moonjae—in out this strategy with south korea's president moon jae—in and out this strategy with south korea's president moonjae—in and according to this report, it is moon's suggestion of the way forward which has been the crucial breakthrough. so, mike pence first met with moon jae—in blue house, the presidential blue house, and then there was a second meeting and then president moon, of course, met with the north korean, including the north korean leader's sister, kim yojong, also at the blue house, and then a second meeting took place between noon and mike pence while they were watching the speed skating and apparently during the meeting he told mike pence that he had been —— he should open a dialogue with the united states. but the crucial change in all of this came when mike pence reportedly asked moon because up un

the vice president of the united states, mike pence. >> [applause]

in an interview with the washington post, mike pence said the policy of maximum pressure and sanctionstinue. but he also said, if north korea wished to talk, the us would listen. our correspondent steve mcdonell is in seoul. he says the diplomatic situation seems to have changed significantly injust21i hours. could the united states now be considering unconditional initial talks with north korea? if this washington post reported to be believed, then at least it is on the table it seems that this plan has been hatched by us vice president mike pence in discussions with south korea's resident moonjae—in. the other sequences kind of importance. mike pence means with moonjae—in in seoul and president moon says he will meet the north korean delegation and i is the one who is reassuring the united states that we will keep the sanctions pressure on north korea, wejust want will keep the sanctions pressure on north korea, we just want to talk. 0k, north korea, we just want to talk. ok, the moon jae—in north korea, we just want to talk. ok, the moonjae—in has his meeting with the north korean d

so thank you for letting me introduce my husband, vice president mike pence. pplause] [cheers] ♪ [applause] [cheers] [audience chanting] >> usa, usa, usa. cpac!res. pence: hello, thank you to my wonderful wife, is issue something? -- isn't she something? a teacher, an artist, and marine corps mom, and the second lady of the united states. plays give her another applause for all she does for this country. [applause] it is great to be back at cpac 2018, the largest gathering of conservatives in america every single year -- thank you all for being here. [applause] begin to talk about the progress we have made, allow me to take a moment to address what i know is on all of our hearts this morning. claimedible attack that the lives of 17 americans and injured more last week in parkland, florida. in america, we mourn with those who mourn and grieve with those who grieve. and yesterday, the president and i met with the family of meadow pollack and other students and families reeling from the attack in parkland. we also met in the white house with families from other co

that's out of mike pence's control.e people listen to his mantra of the brutal north korean regime. they are a brutal and evil regime. you don't make peace with your friends. you have to make peace with your enemies. bouncing those two ideas in your head at once this is a terrible regime and we should remember that. we have to talk to them unless we want to go to war. that is the delicate balance. >> fascinating. come back. thanks, josh. >>> 19 minutes past the hour. two american snowboarding members taking home gold for the team usa. we have coy wire in pyeongchang with the bleacher report. i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ this is what it sounds like ♪ ♪ whoa-oh-oh, i'm alive ♪ ♪ alive! gives you more vitamins and minerals than leading brands. ♪ i'm alive, i'm alive ♪ ♪ because when you start with more, you own the morning. alive! feel that tingle of a cold sore only abreva can heal it in as little as two and a half days when used at the first sign. abreva starts to work immedi

the vice president of the united states, mike pence. >> [applause] v.p. e: leader mcconnell, speaker mcconnell, speaker ryan, members of the house and senate, and your families, it is a joy for karen and i to be back, to the house and senate retreat, this congressional institute gathering with the men and women mostelped make 2017 the accomplished year for the conservative agenda in 30 years. >> [applause] v.p. pence: it is a joy to be with you all tonight. thanks for making us so welcome. let me reflect on the events of today. i know in speaking with many of ryanspeaking with paul train site over the phone, i know it has been a harrowing day for all of you that have been involved in today's train accident. i was in the oval office with informeddent when we occurred.d occurred.or frankly, for me, and i know for the president, we were both deeply troubled that the initial reports. but quickly releasedreports. but quickly released -- quickly relieved that the scope of the accident was not larger. reports. but quickly released -- quickly relieved that the sco

not to be echoed, "the new york times" writes "kim jong un's sister turns on therm charm, taking mike pence'stlight."ew "the new york times" tweets, "without a word, only flashing smiles, kim jong un's sister outflanked mike president mike pence and diplomacy."he "the washington post" called kim kim yo jong the ivanka trump of north korea. the glowing coverage continued on tv. >> athletes from the north and south korea marching on the same team, weaving reunification flags. more history, just a few seats away. kim jong un's sister right there behind the vice president. she's on hand for the olympics as well. >> and a r historic moment, south korean president shook band of kim yo jong, the sister of north korean leader kim jong un. >> the sister of kim jong un shook hands warmly with the south korean president at the veal vip box. >> north korea iss stealing much of the limelight. kim jong un's sister landed at the airport earlier today. >>'s three days of the world's media running after the sister of north korean leader kim jong un. still, we know very little about the woman who has stolen th

this is mike pence. >> let me say that i have had a chance to see the memo. and our administration believes the memo raises serious concerns about the integrity of decisions that were made at the highest level of the department of justice and the fbi.

in a significant shift to the position of the us, vice president mike pence has said he is ready to talk and sanctions would continue. the british foreign secretary boris johnson has told the leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, that there needs to be a full and independent investigation into violence in the state of rakhine. during talks in the burmese capital, naypyidaw, mrjohnson also urged her to create the right conditions for rohingya muslims, many of whom have fled to neighbouring bangladesh to be allowed to return home safely. three british aid workers have filmed their efforts to help some of the hundreds of thousands of muslim rohingya. the bbc‘s chris rogers has been looking at the charities' footage, piecing together their mission. a warning, you may find some images distressing. the world's largest refugee camp, this is home to more than 800,000 rohingya muslim refugees escaping persecution in buddhist—dominated myanmar. dr ramiz momeni, genevieve jones—hernandez and sarah wade have travelled the world helping refugees. but nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead. their

mike pence's former press secretary set on fox news to his knowledge she never spent any significantth him. >> let's move on to bernie sanders who might be running for president again. >> people are wondering. he is headed to iowa, set to appear at a rally in iowa for congressional candidates pete alessandro. this could be a sign he is running in 2020. one twitter user says if you can't get enough, do it again. some conservatives pretty excited about this news and scott says i hope he runs again. he did such a good time for us last time. >> worked for his campaign last time around. >> a great hat. peyton manning driving the daytona 500, very exciting news, it was announced by daytona international speedway, peyton manning will be the honorary driver for the daytona 500, many have reacted, saying serving as monetary pace car driver will be a unique and exciting experience. i am looking forward to race day. the daytona 500, already that time of year is on sunday. >> i covered that couple years ago and -- one of the big ones. thank you, appreciate it to talk about it being valentine's d

just didn't pop in the vetting process when they were deciding who should fly mike pence and a whole bunch of beloved reporters around the country. and that was the month before -- they found out about that because of the press. they had to fire that guy the month before they ended up with a crew that overshot the runway, chewed up the asphalt, shut down laguardia airport. man, i mean, whoever was running the trump presidential campaign air fleet, that guy has a lot to answer for. turns out he has landed on his feet. axios.com first to report today they are likely to nominate -- to be nominated to run the federal federal aviation administration in the actual u.s. government. for all of us. presumably only because the guy who ran over the other guy three times in his car isn't available. maybe he will be secretary of transportation. and this is kind of a theme in the trump republican era. and there are a lot of scandals in this presidency and it is sometimes hard to focus on all the themes, but donald trump's golf caddie is the white house director of social media now. his longtime bo

kim jong un's sister outflanks vice president mike pence in diplomacy.re is this desire to just worship the propaganda minister of mostly cloudy with their horrific human rights record? i thought the left cared about human rights. >> only when it suits them. and, you know, it's more than the bias. it's their incompetence. it's their lack of knowledge, their unwillingness to look. their lack of appreciation for the fact that the north korean propaganda machine has done this all before. they have unified teams march in three tierous olympics. interest in interkorean summits in 2000 and 2007. all of which propaganda in which the current olympic charade is a part did absolutely nothing to slow down the north korean nuclear weapons in ballistic missile programs. that's what the current charade is doing. the media are stenographers for the north koreans and their lack of historical knowledge or appreciation shows they have the attention span of fruit flies. >> sean: i still for the life of me have a hard time understanding why people think people that threaten

mike: the motorcycle comes in in 2025? vice pres. pence: we're working on it. puppy first, harley second. mike: thank you for the conversation. [laughter] [applause] mike: mr. vice president, thank you for a great conversation. i would like to thank all of you for coming out in the middle of the day. thanks to c-span for making this available to so many people. thanks to bank of america for making these conversations possible. my amazing axios colleagues and all of my colleagues here, thank you very much. we will see you on axios.com. ♪ vice president mike pence visited the texas-mexico border wall friday. this is his first visit to the area as vice president. he took a tour of the border and learned more about the technology behind the border wall. he also met with local law enforcement. here is a look at his visit yesterday. [inaudible] >> tonight on c-span, secret service director randolph pales on efforts to fight financial crimes, they fry, crypto fraud, cryptoank currency. here is a preview. >> the secret service is working actively with partners on crypto

you can understand why he would be so concerned about wanting to deal with mike pence.he competes, he told me this on the 17th, he would certainly be willing to entertain a conversation with the vice president. >> and the vice president did try to clean this up to a certain extent. i want you to know we are for you. don't let fake news distract you. i'm proud of you and all of our great athletes. and my only hope for you and all of team usa is to bring home the gold. go get 'em. it would be nice if there could have been a clean breaks between the politics and the olympics. thank you for reporting it. it should be just about the olympics, but it never is. thank you for being with us this morning. enjoy it. i look forward to your coverage >> reporter: chris, thanks so much. take care. thank you. >> i think the fake news moniker loses some of its punch when you use it every day and you use it wrong. >> that's the hope. >>> philadelphia getting ready to celebrate their champion eagles today with a parade. the "bleacher report" next. don't we need to run? nope. it just explo

mike: mr. vice president, welcome back. vice pres. pence: thank you. mike: you were just telling us that a given fix you realized wintere that it to sports, sweating and skiing. "big picture" if i i get off thece: slopes without anything more than sweat at the gold medal. mike: you used to call yourself rush limbaugh on decaf. [laughter] mike: do you ever think to yourself that this would be so awesome if you are still on radio? vice pres. pence: how do know that was where i started out? it was a little radio station in indiana. i did a washington update on wednesday nights. into a daily radio program that i thought might actually be my career in broadcasting. but the opportunity came along to run for congress one more time. i had the great privilege of serving for 12 years and now i am sitting with you as vice president of the united dates. it is all very humbling to me. mike: regina wednesday morning update. on air force two on the way home, you said you had conversations with south korea about further engagement with north korea. is the u.s. stance f

vice president mike pence overseas watching the opening ceremonies of the olympics.t a few feet from the north korean dictator kim jong-un's sister. details of that unique moment coming up.

i see mike pence everywhere. he is in south korea, the next week back in washington he is down in florida, he is all over the country and by the president's side. what has he meant to this administration through the first 13 months do you believe? what has he brought president trump, maybe that's a better way to ask that question. >> first of all, other than president trump he is the hardest working man in the administration. and those two are working 24 hours a day seven days a week to make american great again. that is why you see vice president pence all over the world representing this great nation. whether it is at home or abroad and being a forward-looking face of what we can do as americans together. he talks about his faith, he talks about his family. he talks about the important issues of the day wherever he is in such a reflective way. it is incredibly uplifting to somebody like me who i consider him a friend of mine but it's an honor and privilege to know him and work near him during the campaign. i ha

this story of mike pence and the sister of kimjong—un, kim yo—jong.nd the scenes for them to meet and the north koreans pulled out at the last minute. i think washington has released details because it is trying to counter the criticism that mike pence came here and didn't reach out to the north koreans, that this was a wasted opportunity and he could have spoken to them. if the white house version of events is correct, it means he was sitting there in the main stadium at the opening ceremony in front of the north korean leader's sister, within handshakes distance and didn't even say something like see you tomorrow. at that point he still thought the meeting was on. it turns out the next day they were going to meet at the blue house, a delegation from the north korean side and the us side, but at the dying moments, within hours before the meeting was supposed to take place, the north koreans pulled out. this is on the same day that the invitation came from kim jong—un via his sisterfor invitation came from kim jong—un via his sister for south korea's

mike pence is leading the u.s.elegation attending the opening ceremony in pyeongchang in a couple days. he is stopping in alaska. he is stopping in japan first. it is in alaska where he pete d repeated this message of highlighting the dismal rights record and challenge that north korea testing before the winter olympics. he is bringing with him the father of the american university student otto warmbier who died after more than a year in custody in north korea with his parents accusing the north koreans of torturing him to death. interestingly, he did leave open the possibility of talking to the north koreans all othough t u.s. side has not asked for meetings. as mike pence is arriving here, the north koreans are arriving. the agenthletes are already her. the ferry boat is carrying an art troupe performing here. 280 north koreans believing to be arriving tomorrow by land. they will include cheerleaders and a tae kwon do group. media has fired back against criticism from washington. a lot of insults against presiden

mike pence wants to make it clear.nnot divide south korea and the united states with the military posture when the olympics are done. >> paula, thanks. >>> 18 minutes past the hour. u.s. military strikes killed 100 pro regime fighters in syria. they launched air and military strikes in the unprovoked attack on the troops at the headquarters of the syrian democratic forces delegation. some 500 troops carried out the attack with mortar fire and russian tanks. no coalition or u.s. personnel were hurt in the fighting. >>> just when you were ready to give up on lebron and the cavaliers, king james is stepping up big. andy scholes with the great finish in the bleacher report next. remember our special night? abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. you've tried over-the-counter treatments and lifestyle changes, but ibs-d can be really frustrating. talk t

mike pence, the vice president, may be all the way over there in the olympics, but when he comes out and vouches for kelly in this way, that means they're closing ranks. this is a president who doesn't mind letting someone he's upset with know because they leaked a fact that he's talking to other people about potentially replacing him. maybe that was him firing a shot across. i thought jim said something that's important. abby, you know this covering the white house day in and day out. you have to ask yourself what's worse than chipping away at this story through multiple versions of the story. somebody's got to come out and clean up and say, look, this was a great guy, we loved him, we didn't realize this was going on, we screwed this up, and it was out of an abundance of giving him a fair shake and our belief in him, but we got to focus on these women and this was just horribly done. somebody's got to own that. the president has only made things worse and continues to do that by just staying away from it. >> in a lot of ways what we're seeing from john kelly is something we often s

state department says north korean officials decided at the last minute not to meet vice president mike pence during his visit to south korea washington says pence seeing right here sitting in front of the north korean leader kim jong un sister had been willing to hold a meeting with her and other officials from pyongyang they were in the south korean county of pyongyang for the opening ceremony of the winter olympics the meeting would have been the first between senior officials from the two countries name has more from seoul. this aborted meeting was two weeks in the making the cia got word that the north koreans wanted to meet the south koreans were to be the intermediary we do know that vice president mike pence attended the v.i.p. reception for the opening ceremony sat within an arm's length of kim jong un sister kim yo jiang and the ceremonial head of state and there was much comments made about the. lack of interaction between the two sides but in any event this meeting was supposed to take place the following day in seoul at the presidential blue house only the united states and north

when was she around mike pence though? >> well, obviously she was around him.hen you have a mike pence that now sort of puts this religious veneer on things and calls people values voters, i think we're in a dangerous situation. look, i'm catholic. i'm a faithful person. >> but i don't know that i want my vice president, you know, speaking in tongues and having -- >> like i said before. i don't know if i want that. >> one thing to talk to jesus. it's another thing when jesus talks to you. >> exactly. [laughter] >> that's different. [laughter] >> that's called mental illness, if i'm not correct. hearing voices. >> my question is can he talk to mary magdalene without his wife in the room? i don't know. >> sean: here with reaction co-host of the five and host of jesse's world and jessica tarlov. jesse world and even though i'm on the road today and we all live in it? >> can i still feel it. >> sean: jessica, let me start with you, why over the years we watch and hear this all the time compulsion by some on the left, not all of them, but many to insult and demean p

says north korea called off the meeting with vice president mike pence during his visit to the winter olympics plus. in bangkok where the buddhist leadership some nine decades ago banned female monks there's no movement going around the system and they're gaining support. there's been no letup in the syrian government's assault on eastern despite a growing international outcry syrian forces are backed by their allies russia bombs rockets and shells have killed at least two hundred fifty people since sunday and the last rebel stronghold near damascus activists are describing the death toll in the last forty eight hours as a massacre and say it's the highest since a two thousand and thirteen chemical attack in that area eastern gooda has been besieged by the government since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people are estimated to be trapped in that rebel held enclave eastern good is only a few kilometers away from the government center of power of the presidential palace and central damascus there are fears the bombardment could lead to a larger ground operation as in a

jane: her proximity to mike pence, does that raised security concns at all? bruce: i don't think so. clearly, both sides uld be nervous about the other, and the security service would be there, and no one expects that mike pence or kim's sister would be a closet assassin. itical.his is more p this photo will be seen around the world. who do you think will benefit the most? maye: i think north korea see it as -- they ten try to rtray any photos as a victory for them even when the outside , world was providing aida to north koring the famine and people thought this would be a victory for us because they oruld see it as from america, from the u.n., but korea turned it around and said that we forced them to give it to us. they may s this as the near-liter of the u.s. has come, and wasn't able to deter us orom our courobtaining nuclear weapons. jane: very briefly, all eyes on the olympics, but has anything changed in the relationship brtween north korea and the u.s.? e: not at all. certainly, mike pence's inclusion of the parents of otto warmbier, and visiting the

laura: mike pence itotalking abouh sanctions there. there are already strong sanctions the security council do you think that is having an impact on kim jong-un's behavior? th it is unclear. some people argu the reason north korea has done with down its actions and ted to engage the south is because the sanctions have been effective and bringing them to some degree to the table. the challenge is that the real objective of theanions is to bring them to the negotiating table to go towards the path denuclearization. north korea has made a zero indication that is a possibility. laura:t south korea is ab post the games. is the south comfortable with the aggressive rhetoric from the united states and this stance mike pence is taking going to the opening ceremony and the guest he is bringing? icially south korea is o board with the intense pressure washington has been bringing and supports the vice president and his approach. behind the scenes, there is a lot of concern that the pressure is not productive. what south korea would like to see i

vice president mike pence. it has been a bus yy few hours. he is about to start a bilateral meeting with the vice president of south korea. they will discuss nuclear security for the korean peninsula. we saw kim jong un at the microphone. they are broadcasting the parade that happened several hours ago in north korea. showing off their military prowess. kim jong un saying we have proven we have world class technology and military that is up to the task. you know, south korea wanted this to be the peace olympics. this is turning into something different. north korea rebuffing any suggestions that they will meet with vice president pence or anyone else. at the same time, south korea announcing they will meet with the north korean delegation, including kim jong un's sister the day after the opening ceremony. that will be an interesting meeting. the vice president making it very clear he is here and at every stop make it clear that north korea will not be hijacking these olympics. >> of course, he invited the father of otto warmbier. someone who

us vice president mike pence begins his journey to the winter olympics in south korea, as he seeks toounter warming ties with north korea. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. also in the programme: in 1987 she blew up a south korean plane, the bbc speaks to a former north korean spy about the country she was once prepared to kill for. the ultimate goal of north korea is to complete its nuclear programme. they have nothing on their mind but nuclear weapons. closing down 4.6% by nearly 1,200 points. it is the worst drop in points since september 2008, when a plan to rescue the us banking industry after the financial crisis was rejected and the worst single day point decline in history. with me is karishma wasvani, our business correspondent. in two trading days the fall of the dow has been more than 1800 points. what is because of this mayhem as i was talking to some traders before we we re was talking to some traders before we were meant to have this discussion on air. a lot of them we re discussion on air. a lot of them were saying to me this morning that really this is a natural reaction t

vice president mike pence warned the u.s. slated to impose another jerk only in round of -- draconian round of sanctions against north korea. pence is set to lead the u.s. delegation during today's opening ceremony and will reportedly attend the games with the father of otto warmbier, an american college student who died after being imprisoned in north korea. this is pence speaking on thursday. vice pres. pence: allow me to just assure you and the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally and permanently and irreversibly abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. amy: south korean president moon jae-in held a meeting with pence in seoul soon after he arrived in south korea. this is jae-in speaking on thursday. >> i would like to make an effort to use this opportunity as much as i can to bring north korea back to the dialogue table for the north's denuclear

the us vice president, mike pence, is injapan on tuesday, where he is about to meet prime minister abe would be telling the truth about north korea at every stop. this is the start of a visit to asia that will take the vice president to south korea for the start of the winter olympics, which begin on friday. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonell is in pyeongchang ahead of the games. we asked him if mr pence's visit was being eagerly anticipated. here in the mountains of pyeongchang, people are all naturally excited about the sport getting started. you know, there's a lot of enthusiasm for the winter olympics, which will begin in the next couple of days. but, in terms of the visit from vice president mike pence, there are different views. now, of course, some people in south korea go along with this view that north korea is being rewarded too quickly by having the joint hockey team, and having a senior north korean politician visit, having the north and south korean teams marching in together. and yet others think that vice president pence saying he's going to try and, well, remind everybo

turns out mike pence did go, but it was because mike pence wanted him to go.ught it would be a good idea. donald trump actually had a scheduling conflict already. but the point is, he's actually very involved behind the scenes in some of those evangelical moves. >> all right, david brody, author of the new book "the faith of donald j. trump." thanks for joining us today. >> thanks, aaron. >>> as the nation debates the gun question after the parkland massacre, how much influence will the nra ultimately have? that's next. >>> and in you areour next hour korea's new overture for talks with the u.s. is a dialogue in the offing? -right away, i could tell his priorities were a little unorthodox. -keep going. stop. a little bit down. stop. back up again. is this adequate sunlight for a komodo dragon? -yeah. -sure, i want that discount on car insurance just for owning a home, but i'm not compromising. -you're taking a shower? -water pressure's crucial, scott! it's like they say -- location, location, koi pond. -they don't say that. this time, it's his turn. you have 4

at the opening ceremony, u-s vice president mike pence was seen sitting just feet away from the sisterkim jong un. natasha chen explains how each move - or lack thereof - played a part in diplomatic relations with the rogue regime. as pyeongchang olympic athletes prepared for the competition of their lives - a political competition brewed in the v-i-p seats.these world leaders did not follow the pre-arranged seating chart - and vice president mike pence ended up feet away from kim yo jong - the sister of north korean leader kim jong un.vice president mike pence: we'll continue to seize every opportunity to ensure that north korea does not use the powerful imagery and backdrop of the olympics to paper over an appalling record of human records.but north korea went for a propaganda victory - as kim shook hands with the leaders of south korea - before watching the two nations' athletes march under one flag.pence did not clap or react.christian whiton, former state dept. senior adviser in trump & bush administrations: it was important for him, and his party felt the same way not to be seen

us vice president mike pence arrived in japan on tuesday, where he is set to meet with prime ministerlaska, pence told reporters that he would be telling the truth about north korea at every stop. this is the start of a visit to asia that will take the vice president to south korea for the start of the winter olympics, which begin on friday. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in pyeongchang, ahead of the games. i asked him if mr pence's visit was being eagerly anticipated. here in the mountains of pyeongchang, people are all naturally excited about the sport getting started. there's a lot of enthusiasm for the winter olympics, which will begin in the next couple of days. but in terms of the visit from vice president mike pence, there are different views. of course, some people in south korea go along this view that north korea is being rewarded too quickly by having a joint hockey team and having a senior north korean politician visit, having the north and south korean teams march in together. yet others think that vice president pence saying that he is going to try and, well, remi

says north korean officials decided at the last minute not to meet vice president mike pence during his visit to south korea earlier this month as you can see he sat right in front of the north korean leader kim jong un sr and washington said he'd been willing to hold a meeting with her and other officials from pyongyang as president on a trump is recommending a ban on devices that can turn semiautomatic firearms into machine guns it would include so-called bomb stocks which were used in the last vegas mass shooting in october where fifty eight people were killed and the white house says it's open to raising the minimum age for people trying to buy the type of rifle rifle that it was shoes to in last week's school shooting in florida the left seventeen people dead those are the headlines news continues keep it here on al-jazeera listening post this next. hold the benefit of saddam people so bad they see all kinds witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. feel to ask the peaceful. i'm. right now just so you know i'm not talking. point among the most closely wa

should mike pence have turned and smiled, nodded, acknowledged?i think that would have been a more elegant way to handle the situation. nobody expects north korean negotiations to start on a whim but south koreans watch the choreography very, very closely. >> reporter: should the north koreans have smiled, nodded? >> we can't expect the north koreans to reach out like that. >> reporter: but white house officials and a former trump adviser tell cnn they don't think pence should have engaged at that moment, especially with someone so closely tied to kim jong-un's brutality. >> think what pence did was right, coming after the state of the union where the president highlighted north korean human rights abuses and pence played a role in elevating that issue, it was important for him and hiss party felt the same way not to be seen smiling and shaking hands with the representative on this are yregime. >> reporter: pence met with the father of otto warmbier, the young american who died after being released from north korean captivity last year. pence had

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those days are gone. >>> mike pence meeting moments ago with japan's prime minister, vowing to stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of the north korean threat. we're live in south korea next. >>> welcome back. more than 140 people are still unaccounted for in taiwan following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake. the taiwanese news agency says at least four people have died. more than 200 injured. the quake was centered in the east china sea, some 13 miles north of the city of waleen. several buildings collapsed. others are barely standing here. the quake could be felt in the capital, 45 miles away. >>> a pennsylvania republican lawmakers wants five supreme court judges impeached over their decision to order congressional maps redrawn. state rep chris dusch circulated a memo saying the justices blatantly violated the constitution by giving judges power that he says belongs to the legislature. the letter comes one day after the supreme court refused to block the state high court order to redraw gerrymandered congressional districts. the ruling could tip the balance of power in the u.s. house.

here is her latest critique of vice president mike pence, watch. >> as bad as y'all think trump is, youbout pence. we would be begging for days of trump back if pence became president. it's scary. >> tucker: in just a moment pierce morgan joins us with a reaction to that he and omarosa competed on celebrity apprentice several years ago. she offered him sex in order to win and attacked him and his family when he turned it

the same mike pence that funded gay conversion therapy.dam is referencing a statement from his 2000 congressional campaign website that reads resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior. now before pence was vice president he was the governor of indiana. what brought him on to the national stage was his open and aggressive support of that state's religious freedom restoration act. which was a fancy way of saying allow people to use religion to avoid laws mandating equal treatment for the lgbt community. that is what it was at the time. we begged him to come on to defend it. he wouldn't. joining us now is adam's mother kelly rippon. can you hear us? >> yes, i can, chris. good morning. >> great. it is good to have you. first things first, congratulations to the family, we know you must be very nervous. we wish him well. and we are so appreciative of your son representing the country. >> well, thank you. >> because that is what this should be about. however,

vice president mike pence avoided meeting the sister of the north korean leader as the winter olympics got underway and simmered says korea's leader in did break the diplomatic ice shaking hands with kim jong il tasha game reports now from south korea. a step towards reconciliation for the first time since the korean war more than half a century ago a member of north korea's ruling family is welcomed in the south the arrival of leader kim jong sr is fascinating many south koreans jiang has quickly become a power broker in another historic moment south korean president moon j. in greeted her at the opening ceremony before she sat near u.s. vice president mike pence the two didn't appear to exchange greetings then the moment many had been waiting for north and south korean athletes marched under a unified flag as a celebration of ethnic nationalism it's the first time they've done that at an international sporting event in eleven years moon said the chain winter olympics offer a meaningful opportunity for a world divided by conflicts to unite critics say the north korean charm offensive