back or -- one of the first questions that north korean guards always ask, north koreans who try to escape, did you talk to south korean? they're deathly afraid of that information about the south getting into the north. whereas for the south, we won, you know, sure, i'd like unification, but in the long term, maybe after i'm dead. that's the attitude. >> host: so south korea has moved on. north korea can't let it go. >> guest: can't let it go. north korea they're still fighting, still in the war, and the warrer is still part of their psyche, and i think the south -- the war was part of their psyche until they won it, when its became obvious that no longer was the driving force. what is interesting the korean was in a sense a huge driving force for south korea's economic development. constantly used the north korean threat to suppress dissents and also to put forth this economic security policies. north koreans were portrayed as the devil and then then 1990s, a completely different -- north koreans, we embrace them as brothers and that became part of the dissension policy, and when

are constant border skirmishes between north and cap -- north and south korea. south korea thinks north korea is illegitimate and fisa bursa. -- and vice versa. it was a war that has international dimensions. south korea probably would not have looked the way that it did. similarly i do not think that north korea would have looked the way it did by 1950 if the soviet union had not played such a significant role in bringing kim il-sung to power and giving north korea different kinds of aid and support. there is a combination of civil war and a combination of civil war and international conflict elements in the korean case. host: parallel to said -- to syria? guest: i think the dimensions were very different. i the time you get to 1950 and the united states intervenes you are dealing with two separate states. i think the dimensions of it are quite different to that regard. host: here is john from massachusetts. the key for holding on.-- thank you for holding on. go ahead. guest: i was curious if you had seen oliver stone's "a history of the united states." korea w

what is the north's strategy? >> well, for north korea this was an opportunity to convey policies directly to the six party countries including the united states, japan and south korea. north korean foreign minister actually blamed the united states for tension on the korean peninsula. as long as the u.s. is in possession of nuclear weapons, the north also needs them for its own self-defense. the north is sticking to what has been its long term position. it has made no concessions. so north koreans seem to want to give the impression that it's open to dialogue and it is actually u.s., japan and south korea who are standing in the way. >> what can we expect from pyongyang? >> for the north, the ultimate goal seems to be direct talks with the united states. it seems willing to start with multilateral talks. actually made clear today after the session of the meetings. >> translator: we have already proposed bilateral talks with the u.s. it totally depends on them. >> is there any possibility that dialogue between nor

can we do it in north korea? and they are doing it in north korea. there's a twin labs relationship between the maxwell school and kim university in pyongyang. we have trained north koreans in i.t. techniques in beijing. they're almost as good as it as the south koreans are and why do we do it? we do it because we feel the more information that comes into north korea, the more easily they will adapt to the fact that they have to join the family of the world and begin to treat their own people with respect that they deserve. >> that's very good. i'm afraid we run out of time. we could spend all evening talking about this fascinating subject but governor bill richardson, ambassador don gregg, thank you very much indeed. [applause] >> thank you. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs, featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. at night watch key public policy events and every weekend the latest non-fiction authors and books on "book tv." get our past programs and get our skied us at our website. and join in the conversation on soci

do about north korea? way, innt and by the the very nice introduction, you can see i talked to some of the people of the world like saddam hussein and castro and north koreans. president clinton used to say, let's send richardson, bad people like him. , it i am trying to say is is important nonetheless to engage bad people. do it right. don't necessarily offer concessions just because you're meeting. i do think engagement is better than isolation. isolated north korea is not working. it is not going to work area it takes two to tango. when north korea does not respond, it makes it hard to have a concrete six party policy , and asian policy, korea policy. i will conclude with this. what are the main entities and actors that we need with north korea? we need out-of-the-box diplomacy. envoys.perhaps, special perhaps, sports diplomacy. i am one of those who do not begrudge the dennis rodman and others who might be able to open up a nation. donald p. gregg bross the philharmonic orchestra -- brought the philhar

here north korea's economy goes into a terrible famine. so then it is north korea and the world. the nuclear issue becomes the issue for this lady free of the war. so in this they are all linked because they are part of this. it is a legacy. so the reasons for the korean war have not really change. that is one of the second thing that we have talked about. in which there is an ongoing conflict between north and south korea for legitimacy. that is why it started in the first place. we wanted to unify the south under his control. welcome in the various phases. >> host: the war is a continuous and unfinished business between north and south korea, but in the context, there are incredible changes in the international context. >> guest: that is correct. >> host: so it's very relevant to politics. now, one thing that i find interesting is there is a huge literature on this and you have to try to cover. a lot of primary elements. one thing that i think is very interesting about the book is that you really have done a good job of capturing human elements and human voices. at the same tim

people talk about the government of north korea like the prc. it is not you like him or you're 6 feet under. if north korea took a softer stance it was because kim jong-il wanted it it was harder is because he wanted it did his generals suggest things to him? absolutely but you agree with the cheerleader or you ended up in camp 913. it is a little different now because it has to be under kim jong-un because the biggest problem is he does not know what he does not know and does not have the background or experience to make these judgments calls that the leader has to make an just doesn't have that experience or background to so i believe, they're not ordering him to do anything but he is taking a lot of advice to run the government because i think right now they're trying to help kim jong-un make the decisions even though he can't yet and if the government stabilizes over the next five years, then things may go back to the way they were. we will have to see but right now his judgment is weak because of the lack of the power base if he just doesn'

they are doing it in north korea.there is a twin labs relationship between maxwell school and the university in pyongyang. we have trained north koreans m.i.t. techniques in beijing. they are almost as good at it as the south koreans are and why do we do it? we do it because we feel the more information that comes into north korea, the more easily they will adapt to the fact that they have to join the family of the world and begin to treat their own people with the respect that they deserve. >> i am afraid we have run out of time and we could spend all evening talking about this fascinating subject but governor bill richardson at and ambassador don gregg thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] a live look at the capitol here where congress is returning today from the weekend break. later senators from both parties plan to hold a closed door joint caucus meeting in the old senate chamber to discuss changes to the voting rules for nontraditional nominees. the meeting is being held to discuss how to pro

muni owes north beach some hard facts. when the plans are available schedule a meeting with all concerned and explain what will happen during the construction. we understand there are hazardous materials at the site and want to know how they're going to be disposed safely and which streets will be used and possibly block off. to keep us in the dark any longer shows muni's contempt for the wishes and welfare of the people of north beach. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> [calling speaker names] >> good afternoon mr. wiener. >> herb art wiener impauled stakeholder. i wish you would address an atrocity. i attempted to travel to 38th and tara vel and caught a shuttle. i waited for several minutes for the 28 bus. the information panel kept fluctuating. finally the bus came. it was full and passed us by. the next bus would come in 80 minutes so i had to travel to lombard street to catch the 43 and in turn connected me to l at forest hills station and i arrived at my destination after one hour and 50 minu

i mean, obviously, it's a bad time, bad happening for north korea. as you said, north korea's trying to engage in dialogue and at the same time it confirms their rogue image. you know, transporting and spreading weapons. but however, if you look at what they have found now is that really old, obsolete defensive weapon owned by cuban government. cuban government, that's argued, trying to send these weapons for repair. and from north korean perspective, a nice cash cow engagement activities. >> that was a professor in seoul. an expert that has been following, observing north korea for years. >>> officials in south korea are becoming increasingly concerned about growing tensions on the korean peninsula. with this in mind, they've asked the united states to postpone a plan to transfer wartime operational control of military forces to the south. south korea and the u.s. had agreed to transfer the operational power currently held by their combined forces command to the south korean military in december 2015. a south korean defense ministry spokesperson say

north korea's sort of slowly being obtained in a sense by north korea eventually.i don't think it's happening rapidly and then of course the new conflict between south korea and china occurring. but what is interesting when you talk about the legitimacy context and the fact that south korea knows it has one for legitimacy war with the north, what it has occurred is a strange kind of indifference towards north korea and a lot of people like that. this past spring when we had north koreans threatening war and the armistice and all this incredible rhetoric, in south korea it was almost a difference. people were highly paying attention to it and that extends to human rights issues in north korea. there is a minority of -- of the conservatives in the south but for the most part, a strange kind of indifference towards the fate of north korea and human rights issues and really again reflected in the polls, not a particularly strong desire to unify with north korea. and i think it's a generational issue but it has definitely become less and less and less. while the north i

over north korean policy. third, by having, if it's possible and successful by having dialogue talk with the united states north korea can get what it wants from the united states, such as food supply or other humanitarian assistance from the united states. i think one possibility i strongly believe is that maybe north korea is going to reveal their new weapon system such as intercontinental ballistic missile as they did in previous year. maybe they claim it's a more capable and more reliable deterrent weapon system they have. so it is intended to consolidate kim jong-un's leadership domestically and send signal to outside the world it is rather capable of deterring hostile war against north korea. >>> time for the latest in business news. economists knew the day was near. the consumer price index a key gauge of inflation is in positive territory here in japan for the first time in more than a year. ai uchida joins us now from the business desk with more on that. ai? >> catherine you know who must be excited a

dispute over north korean policy. third, by having if possible and successful by having a dialogue with the united states north korea can get what it wants from the united states such as food supplies or other humanitarian assistance from the united states. i think one possibility i strongly believe is that maybe north korea is going to wield a new weapons system such as intercontinental ballistic missile as they did in previous years that they claim is a more capable and reliable system than they have. this is a comment made by kim jong un. it is intended to further consolidate kim jong un's leadership and to signal outside the world it is rather capable of deterring hostile war against north korea. >>> let's take a look at the market figures now. >>> emensching economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence, the push for peace, the shadow of conflict. get news and ib sight on south and southeast asia every weekday "live from bangkok" only on nhk w

new urged the north koreans to offer up some solutions. he said south korean officials will have to make grave decision if leaders in pyongyang fail to respond to their proposals. but he said the south koreans will continue to provide humanitarian aid despite the stalemate. >>> japanese government officials are condemning the action of a group of soccer fans in south korea, the fans took a jab at japan on sunday. at a match in seoul, displaying a banner that read "people who forget history have no future." japanese officials say they violated international rules that forbid the expression of political view at games. the fans put up the banner at a men's east asia cup match between japan and south korea. they stopped cheering after they were forced to take it down during halftime. fans raised another banner that featured an image of an activist who resisted japanese rule a century ago. he assassinated japan's resident general of korea in 1909. he is still praised as a hero in south korea. japanese chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga cond

the arms were headed to the north for repair. a british expert gives us insight. the philippines takes a dispute to the hague and china says that's out of line. >>> and japan's prime minister is aiming to amend the passivist core of the constitution if he expands his power. we'll look at what is at stake. >> cuban officials admit a stash of weapons came from their country but they say the soviet era arms were being sent to the north for repair. authorities policing the panama canal discover the weapons hidden in a shipment of sugar. in a statement released late tuesday, they confirmed that the cargo ship detained by p panamanian authorities -- soviet missile parts needed to be repaired. they indicated it was not in any way of breach of u.n. security council sanctions. the news of tthe seizure was announced by panama's president and what he found sophisticated missile equipment. investigators have detained them. they said the ship's captain tried to commit suicide. defense consultants with intelligence analyze military hardware id

in north carolina to vote for him. here he is as a candidate. >> if you're elected governor, what further restrictions on abortion would you agree to sign? start with you, mr. mccrory. >> none. >> all right. can't really ask -- can't really do a follow-up with that one. >> that was a pretty clear answer, but that was candidate mccrory. this is governor pat mccrory after having won that election. sb-353 there is the abortion bill with the traffic provisions. regulations so strict it is impossibly expensive for abortion clinics to comply, so they have to shut down. that's the whole point of t.r.a.p. laws. that's the point of this one. no matter how many times they want to put the words help and safety into these bills, they are about shutting clinics down. this bill will probably shut down 15 of the 16 clinics in the state, leaving just one abortion clinic left in the entire state of north carolina. governor mccrory said last year he would not sign a bill like this, and then a few hours ago, well, he did. opponents of th

look at north to carolina.eeks, thousands have been gathering at the north carolina legislative building for the tokly moral monday protest protest the agenda of the republican-led state legislature. 700 people have been arrested over the past 10 weeks. in a moment, we will be joined by one of the leaders of the more ominous protests, president of the north carolina naacp, reverend william barber. hirst, these are some of the voices who spoke out before they were arrested. >> many of our legislators think bought and paid their positions and they don't have to listen to us anymore. i'm here to tell them, this is not their house, this is our house. >> just take a look around you. they have not divided us, but united us. >> their day of recall will come read i hope you show them the same attitude at the voting polls that they have shown us here in north carolina. >> we stand today for what is right because it is right. actions speak louder than words. it is time for all good women to stand up, to speak up. >> some

can we do anytime north korea? they are doing it in north korea. there is a twin lab relationship between the university and pyongyang. we have trained technicians in beijing. they are almost as good at it as the south koreans are. why do we do it? we feel the more information that comes into north korea, the more easily they will adapt to the fact they have to join the family of the world and begin to treat their own people with the respect that they deserve. >> i'm afraid we've run out of time. we could spend all evening talking about this fascinating subject but governor richard san and ambassador gregg thank you very much. [applause] redit credit >> next a house hearing looks into iran's influence in latin america. then a proposal to change senate rules on filibuster on executive branch nominations. then another chance to see the asia society discussion about relations with north korea. >> earlier someone touched upon the idea that women could not really predict their role in entering into the white house. but i did find one political observer

they run factories there that use north korean labor.ust last april, the north korean government shut down that industrial center because of a crisis in relations with south korea and much of the international community. and that just goes to show that even now economics takes a back seat to politics in north korea. ivan watson, cnn, pyongyang. >>> coming up on a brand-new "your money," the american energy boom. it was supposed to put money in your wallet. instead the money is going right out your car's tail pipe and escaping out the windows of your home. i will tell you why. . >>> the u.s. prepares for its own tribute to the veterans of the forgotten war. we will take you live to the ceremonies. >> the behavior i have engaged in over many years is wrong. >> another day, another apology. but the san diego mayor facing sexual harassment charges refuses to step down. you will hear his solution and one of his

north 101, the crash at oakland road. let me show you north of 680. traffic is moving better than we saw it just at the top of the show. about eight minutes ago. let's look at the map. we'll see how slow it is heading up to the scene. up date two minutes ago, they're waiting for a tow truck to arrive but that may have arrived in the last couple. i see live shot moving better. there's the backup from tully road and building coming north from capital expressway. slowing and slamming down at tully. 280 north and north 87 is your way around the backup. i have not seen a lot of slowing there but that's the ripple you might see. again, hoping the movement that we saw in the live camera does mean the tow truck has arrived but i'll call chp once we get off of the report. the rest of the south looks nice. my mind on 101 and the weekend. tri-valley, slower speeds from grant line, double interchange. at grant line a crash, may be block one lane. that could folks coming from the altamont. a live look at bay bridge, metering lights are on. back up past 880 yellow

in north carolina, there's the little matter of governor. the governor is a republican, and he is an anti-abortion republican. last year when he was running to become governor of north carolina, pat mccrory pledged that he would not sign new restrictions on abortion in his state. >> if you're elected governor, what further restrictions on abortion would you agree to sign. let's start with you. >> none. >> all right. can't really -- >> none. none. that was very clear. that is what the man who is now governor said in the fall. will he keep that promise? will he buck his own party in order to keep his promise? if the new republican north carolina abortion ban passes the legislature which would shut 35 of 36 clinics in the state, will pat mccrory veto it? today he put out a statement criticizing the way the republicans in the legislature have done it. he criticized the surprise attack way they brought it up. north carolina republicans could in theory vote on their new abortion restrictions as early as friday. the day after tomorrow. july 5th, wh

about the north's relations with cuba. a north korean military delegation went to cuba last month. some expert assist the two countries may have arranged the weapons shipment during the visit. on july 11th, the pain mainian authorities stopped the freighter and found the missile components on board. north korean foreign minister officials say the seized cargo was only aging weapons being sent for repairs. they say these would have been returned to cuba under a legitimate contract. north korea has urged panama to release the freighter and crew without delay, but some experts think north korean military officials arranged the weapons shipment during their recent visit to cuba. the delegation headed by kim kyok sik was in cuba until july 1st. they have ties with raul castro among other delegates. the state-run news agency said that the north focus on other ways to develop military and civilian relation. >>> hitachi has received orders from the british government for over 800 train kaerjs. officials from hitachi say they've wo

. >>> a north korean military delegation went to cuba last month. some experts think the two countries may have arranged a weapons shipment during the visit. >>> nelson mandela reaches a milestone, his 95th birthday, and people around the world celebrate doing good deeds in his name. >> and assessing abenomics as japanese prepare to vote in a national election. one of the top issues they'll be considering prime minister shinzo abe's economic policy. >>> the discovery of a cache of missile parts on a north korean ship is raising suspicions about the north's relations with cuba. a north korean military delegation went to cuba last month. some experts say the two countries may have arranged the weapons shipment during the visit. on july 11th, the panamanian authorities stopped the freighter and found the missile components on board. north korean foreign ministry officials say the seized cargo was only aging weapons being sent for repairs. they say these would have been returned to cuba under a legitimate contract. north korea urged panama to release th

asyou know that north korea well as anyone can. do you think that they will be shamefaced about this at all? >> no, they will not the shamefaced. there was fierce resistance. the captain had a heart attack first. then, he tried to kill himself. the crew knew they were going to pay a penalty for letting this be seized. you keep raising the cost as much as possible. this is how international cooperation we have in restricting any kind of proliferation violations from this regime. >> pretty risky. let's get some other news. russian authorities say that the former u.s. spy agency ever snowed and has applied for a edward snowden has applied for temporary asylum in russia. he revealed details of american government surveillance programs. unions in greece are increasing the pressure on the government as they continue to try to head off the latest unpopular reforms. transport and public services were brought to a near halt as the two main unions went on strike. municipal workers are already out on a strike would started yesterday. athens h

their country but they say the soviet era arms were being sent to the north to be repaired. authorities policing the panama canal discovered the weapons last week hidden amidst sacks of sugar. the foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that the ship was carrying weapons bound for north korea. the spokesperson says the soviet era missile parts needed to be repaired. they said the shipment was not a breach of u.n. security council sanctions. the crew of the freighter was trying to return home from cuba through the canal. the 35 crew members resisted efforts to redirect the ship into port. investigators detained them. spokesperson for north korea's foreign ministry says the ship was transporting the weapons for return to cuba as part of a legitimate contract. ministry officials are demanding that authorities in panama release the ship and its crew. >>> earlier gene otani spoke with an expert about the discovery. neil ashdon is an analyst covering the asia-pacific for ihs country risk, a think tank based in london. >> neil, you identify the cargo as a surface to air radar mis

both north korean and cuban officials confirm the soviet era weapons were to be repaired in north korea and returned to cuba. united nations security officials say transporting weapons is in violation of u.n. resolutions prohibiting north korea from dealing in arms. panamanian officials say that u.n. investigators will inspect the freighter. north korean officials have called on the panama officials to release the crew members without delay. ob everybody servers say north korea will file against the charges. >>> supporters and opponents of morsi are in a stand-off raising fears of confrontation. both camps called for nationwide demonstrations to coincide with friday prayers. morsi's power base the muslim brotherhood refuses to recognize the interim government that was sworn in on tuesday. they continue sit-ins and rallies to press for his reinstatement. interim president adly mansour said in a televised speech that his government is committed to restoring security and will fight to achieve it. earlier in the week the european union foreign policy chief catherine ashton visited egypt. sh

north korea and cuban officials say they were being sent to the north for repair. they say no laws or embargoes have been broken. authorities in panama have charged north korean captain and 35 crew members with attempting to smuggle undeclared weapons through the panama canal. they asked the united nations to look into the matter. should the team confirmed the cargo violated the arms embargo, the case will likely be brought before the u.n. security council's sanctions committee. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is riding high after an election victory gave his liberal democratic party a ruli rulirule power. they control the lower house so the diet is no longer divided. abe is vowing to push ahead with his economic policies. >> translator: with this election victory, we've been able to put an end to the divided diet which caused japanese politics to stagnate for a long time. but at the same time we have to fully appreciate the responsibilities behind the number of seats we won in this election. in particular, the public wants to regain a strong economy that ca

resident of franklin county, north carolina which is one of the 40 of north carolina's 100 countiesre subject to section five of the voting rights act. she was speaking at north carolina's 11th consecutive rally this week. she's worried about signals that republicans in her state plan to push through a package of legislation aimed at restricting voting rights. including a new voter i.d. law, and measures that would put an end to early voting, sunday voting and same day registration. 1.2 million democrats in north carolina cast ballots during the 17 days of early voting in 2012. compare that to about 800,000 republicans, let's assume that a million of those democrats voted for president obama, that means early votes accounted for as much as a half of the 2 million votes obama got in north carolina in 2012. this is what republicans in north carolina are pushing for to get rid of that practice, now that they control both the state legislature and the governor's mansion. joining me here at the table is ari berman and hurting donkeys, the fight to rebuild the democratic party. joining me

joining me from north carolina tonight, democratic north carolina state senator angela bryant, reverend william barber, president of the north carolina state conference of the naacp, who has been leading the moral monday protests, and representative larry hall, democratic leader in the north carolina house of representatives. thank you, all, for joining us. reverend, i want to begin with you. republicans of your state, the governor, governor mccrory, the republican leadership, right now if they're watching this broadcast, they're thinking to themselves, we got these bills signed, we pushed through our agenda. sure, we took hits in the press for us. sure, there are these people squawking on our lawn, but we win and they lose. why are they not right about that? >> they're on the wrong side of history. since we've been gathered these 13 moral mondays, less than one out of five north carolinians now agree with them. the numbers have plummeted. the government's numbers have plummeted. they have been labeled as immoral. they're not even republicans. these are not moderate republicans. they ha

so they would use north korea in that sense. lately they are somewhat of a liability because what is happen something that the paradox cal. rather than to be a sort of rogue state and keeping americans off of the base. this is causing the united states to reinforce its arm amounts in east asia and that is something that the chinl he's are not keen on. they are very much recent president obama's pivot to east asia and they are against that. reinforces it so consequently the relationship is more mixed now. so i think that at times some of them of the kmin he's officials are a little bit more wary or think that north korea has become too much of a liability for them. thomas henriksen in america and the rogue states you talk about iraq. the iraq war and away to deal with the rogue state. did the u.s. deal with iraq in your view in the correct way? >> that again is a very complex and very controversial question. people think that the war against iraq was an unnecessary war. done una false premises with no nuclear weapons found. and o

in north carolina? >> the anti-abortion bill. >> the effects of this bill will close clinics. >> the enslavement and domination of me and my body and my uterus. >> a surprise move against abortion rights. >> the medical misinformation. bad public policy. new this bill does not even merit debate on this floor. >> and the process that god is here is not worthy of this body. >> began as a bill to ban al-sharia law? >> designed to shut down as many clinics as possible. >> because they don't have enough parking spaces or their awning doesn't need a certain standard. >> my faith and values are strong and valid and important. and legitimate as yours are. >> they're hiding what they're doing. >> north carolina republicans may have just picked themselves a serious fight. >> and going to get out of town before the public can react. >> that crowd is going to descend on you. >> republicans in texas, ohio, and now north carolina are trying to pass legislation that would shut down abortion clinics. today, the republi

cuba and north korea, now the u.s. believes that they were really pairing up, trying to get this radar back to north korea, possibly for an upgrade and then possibly to return it back to cuba. >> it's pretty incredible what you say. also just what happened on that ship. the captain tried to commit suicide and, you know, just how the drama of this went down. but as you say, barbara, obviously panamanian authorities seized the ship, it was in the panama canal, an incredibly narrow artery. but the u.s. military had been tracking it for several days. so how significant is this discovery for the u.s.? i mean this isn't something we hear about really ever. >> reporter: this is a very unusual circumstance. the ship was actually trying to get back into the canal to transit to go home. the panamanians clearly had been tipped off by somebody. they thought maybe there were drugs on board the ship. look, the panama canal, you know better than anybody, erin, is an economic choke point. 14,000 shipping vessels transit the canal ever

tonight he reports on what the north koreans allowed him to see. >> reporter: only in north korea etuld a flower show get this much international press, but we're guests of the government, and they select what we see. iois pyongyang flower exhibition was set up to mark 60 years since the end of the korean war. it made for an odd arrangement of missles and begonias. this guide told us she was asked to assist here. her usual day job is with the some americans would think it's odd that in a country that has trouble feeding its own people and is at the center of so many international controversies, that we're being brought to see this flower show. what did she say? >> she said it's a great t's aure to see you. >> reporter: she said it's a pleasure to meet me but did she answer my question. >> especially an american. >> reporter: but did you ask her? despite the tense situation, she old us, general kim jong un geted this exhibit to express the people's desire for peace. if that message was too subtle, the show at our next stop was not. in the games, tens of thousands of performers acted out

how north korea will react to that stance the south korea dell fwats. north korea blames south korea and the south korean media for politicizing this so having the south koreans say it was the north korean's faults and they want safe forwards to ensure they won't politicize this in the future that's a difficult one for both sides to find common ground on. around unlikely to find agreement on in this first round f talks. >> syria's on session has urged the international community to take action to protect civilians. the syrian national coalition has been meeting in istanbul where it hopes to nominate a new leader. they're calling for more assistance in its struggle against forces loyal to resident assaad. this information came to us, we're unable to independently verify, it claims troops have bombarded opposition-held areas of the city. >> the situation is dire, the destruction is great and enormous. 14 neighborhoods are under siege right now. over 5,000 families are under siege. and certainly an immediate intervention to save these civilians' lives is o

they cut off north korean supply lines.n landing the north korean occupation of south korea has ended. austrian forces has withdrawn north of the 38th parallel. the question really became whether or not american and south korean forces should advance north of the 38th parallel. isn't north and south korea technically in a state of for? guest: absolutely. there has never been a peace treaty. there has been a cease-fire but never a formal peace treaty ending the korean war. hear korean you'll talk about this as something that it wants in exchange for giving up its nuclear program. i actually think it is something the united states should consider. right now america's influence in north korea and our ability to engage is very minimal. one of the reasons for that is because we have no legitimate channels to contact them. i am not saying that if we sign this peace treaty that north korea is going to change or we are going to be able to transform it overnight, but it is something that might estimate a little bit of a dent in thei