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

he is trying to out north korea the north koreans.re waiting to see if he was do these things. it's not just bellicosity. you said that the feeling is, within the next four yea rs, feeling is, within the next four years, they feeling is, within the next four yea rs, they really feeling is, within the next four years, they really could have a missile system with a nuclear warhead, that is within the term of the trump presidency. is it not the case that no us president can allow that to happen and if the diplomacy doesn't yield anything, beijing can't deliver on getting north korea to change tack over the next year or two, there will have to be an american military intervention, wouldn't it? it's quite possible that here is a scenario. you launch a pre—emptive strike against the north korean nuclear facilities a pre—emptive strike against the north korean nuclearfacilities and then the north koreans retaliate by launching artillery to the south koreans who live within artillery range of north korea. 0nce koreans who live within artiller

by north korea. who could stop the development by north korea and the ultimate goal of north korea is to maintain kim junge unregime by the -- kim jong un regime by the holding of the nuclear weapon that we tried to warn against the united states and tried to preserve their regime. so nuclear development and the regime are inseparateable so in exchange of -- insap rable so in exchange of position and life as they are acting and they are almost -- come jong un is almost stepping on the tail of japan and i do not believe there is no chance for making progress in the negotiation. on the short-term basis, for a while they may refrain from nuclear tests and missile launches. however, on the long-term basis, it's possible they develop nuclear missile which could reach the main land of japan. hat would increase the threat. they were to give up or abannedon of the nuclear development of -- abandon of the nuclear development of the weapon that would lead to the collapse of the regime so that probably would no

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

korea is as north korea itself. in confronting the reckless north korean regime, it's critical we're guided by a strong sense of resolve, both privately and publicly, both diplomatically and militarily. as president trump and secretary mattis have made clear, all options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong-un to his senses and not to his knees. we're also challenged in the indo asia pacific by an aggressive china. china continues a methodical strategy to control the south china sea. i testified last year that china was militarized in this critical international waterway and the air space above it by building air and naval bases on seven chinese man made islands. despite subsequent chinese assurances at the highest levels that they would not militarize these bases, today they support long-range weapons and placements, fighter aircraft hangars, red arrow towers and barracks for their troops. china's militarization of the south china sea is real. i'm also not taking my eyes off of russia. which just last week f

if we're in a situation such as north and south korea, the north koreans would have a strong incentive before south korea developed the nuclear weapons to try and destroy them even if they both had them there is a strong incentive to use first and there are other challenges, the small size of the countries, the costs and so on. the public opinion in south korea is strong support for that option. among likely people who will win the presidential election tomorrow, they will not pursue nuclear weapons independently. so far we haven't had to face that dilemma. >> democrats line, michigan. hi there. >> hi, there. if all these countries are for peace, why do we need nuclear warheads in the first place? >> a fundamental question and we need to ask that all the time. president trump, president obama, and others, have said their goal is -- they would like to see a world without nuclear weapons. the problem is how you get there. we've never been in a situation where all the countries that have them would want to give them up because we've never been in a situation where we can be sure that they

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

so the threat from north korea -- missiles. so the threat from north korea is real. and the real threats demand real responses. we have tried various approaches in the past. we tried strategic patience during the last administration. i will tell you that i think secretary tillerson has helped device a strategy of maximum pressure -- devise a strategy of maximum pressure that makes a tremendous amount of success to me. i'll share with you why i think it is very credible. we have seen in the past, in banco delta ring asia, back when north korea was caught counterfeiting $100 u.s. bank notes, we saw at that time a strategy deployed that froze the capability of that regime. to move forward which it's nuclear weapons program. we know from talking to defectors about the impact that that had internally on north korea. because frankly these weapons programs are very expensive to run. it requires billions and billions of dollars every year. north korea doesn't really manufacture much other than some of the clandestine missile parts and so forth that they transfer overseas. an

north kr north korea has a diplomatic initiative about two weeks, about one week old where they are tryingget the u.n. to lift the sanction, and the u.s. to lift sanctions, and longer term, the goal of north korea has remained unchanged. and that goal is to the destruction of the south korean state, because the north koreans believe they have the right to rule the entire peninsula, and so they have the short term and long term strategies, and they think that this is the way to accomplish them. >> what do we know about the nuclear capabilities? >> well, they have detonated, and they have had five tests. they now have buried a device at their test site in northeastern north korea and they have sealed the tunnel and completed all of the the initial preparation, and the only thing that they are waiting for is kim jong-un to make a political decision of when to actually set the thing off. so at this point -- >> and let me just get that -- sorry, to interrupt you sh, butt me get that straight. are you saying that they have a nuclear weapon that is ready and set to go? >> yes. >> specifically not

we are north carolina.tay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: performing at washington square park in new york city in celebration of may day. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the capital of north carolina in raleigh. we are turning out look at the increasing power of states in the south to shape national politics list of our guest,, chris kromm, writes in hihis latest fees, the southern ststas gave 160 electoral college votes toto trump, more than half of te 306 total he needed to become president. with this victory, he goes on to write -- john "southern republicans have emerged as key figures in the new administration and the gop controlled congress. giving southern states growing influencnce and shaping the natition's political agendada." many republicans from the south have been confirmed in senior cabinet positions, including south carolina's mick mulvaney as director of the office of management and budget. as energy from texas secr

north korea is one of them. qaddafi gave up his nukes and you see what they did to qaddafi it and libya. they just destroyed them. the united states is partly responsible for that refugee crisis. host: let's be clear on your point here it north korea be allowed to have nuclear weapons? if israel can have nukes, then north korea should be able to have nukes. india,ia, china, pakistan, united states can have nukes, then north korea should be able to have nukes. host: that doesn't bother you based on the unpredictably of kim jong in? caller: what about the predictability of the north -- u.s. government? north korea has never overthrow the government. they have not dropped an atomic bomb on anybody. the u.s. has. host: we will go next to texas. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. thank you for everything you do. i wanted to make a suggestion that instead of dividing your callers this morning on this issue by party, you divided by geographical region in the united states. i don't think people in flori

north korea is a serial proliferator. every weapon system they have ever developed they've sold. >> and the real nightmare is nonstate actors obtaining nuclear weapons for whom deterrence would not work. >> that's absolutely right. that's absolutely correct. and the second concern is because if deterrence holds at the nuclear rung of the ladder, there's also the possibility that north korea will feel the united states is deterred, therefore it can actually coerce more at the conventional level, something that's known as the stability/instability paradox. and so i think there's a lot of concern that north korea even if it's deterred will actually feel like it has more reasons to take actions. coerce others. >> you all have testified about the consequences of some kind of preemptive strike in terms of -- and i think it's important to realize that seoul is about as far from the dmz as we are from baltimore. we're not talking about nuclear strike. we're talking about artillery. but let me ask the question another way and perh

in one he is willing to meet with the north korean leader, in another he isa the north korean leader,r he is a threat. absolutely, and we are seeing a variety of different approaches to the problems posed by north korea from the trump administration. they have been looking to work with china, to get it to use its leveraged in regards to north korea. also working with united nations, and in a separate move they have sent an aircraft carrier group to the region. now, the latest prong of action, if you like, in regards to north korea, a sort of charm offensive on the part of donald trump, who yesterday described the leader there, kim jong—un, isa described the leader there, kim jong—un, is a smart cookie, as he put it. and now saying that he would be willing to meet with kim jong—un if the circumstances were right, even going as far as to say that he would be honoured so to do. well, the white house very swift to play down any suggestion that any sort of meeting might be imminent between the two man. and meanwhile there are those who are saying that this is just a sign of and incoherent

in north man chest -- arena. police are skouerring apartment that he rented weeks before the attack. many of the arrests have happened here in south manchester where he lived. two years ago, he said he was another friendly face in the neighborhood and something changed. >> every time i see a picture of him on facebook, i think, i still don't understand how. he was the most like laughable person two years ago. how did he just switch like in two seconds. i don't know. this is all confusing to me. we still chilled together and he kind of left the site because he was -- he was like going to be religious. >> part of south manchester are known to be rough, gang land. but it's also the kind of place everyone knows each other. and the attack and its aftermath has hit the community hard. >> i even cried because i found out it was someone i know that done that, someone that done such a bad thing like that is someone i know. so i even ended up crying in my bedroom. i was like what's going on here, like what's happening. peo

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: after weeks of threats, president trump now says he'd be honoured to meet and have talks with north korea's leader under the right circumstances. if the circumstances present themselves, we are prepared to, but they are clearly not at this time. violent scenes on the streets of paris, as the city's traditional mayday march becomes a protest against marine le pen. they can't even agree to disagree. britain and eu leaders offer rival explanations for what happened at a downing street dinner. after months of demonstrations, venezuela's president says he's creating a new citizens assembly which could give him much greater power. and the faces of war. a new exhibition focuses on the americans who fought in iraq and afghanistan. president trump has now said he would be willing to meet the north korean leader, despite weeks of tough talk against the pyongyang regime. in an interview with bloomberg, mr trump said he would be honoured to meet kim jung—on

with north korea's aggression, we need to have all of our allies on the same page encountering northnd stopping them from bad behavior which is endangering asia and the rest of the world. laura: one of the things we've been looking at with visiting pope francis is the president's trip and pope francis views. >> i think this is a work in progress. the president and the pope couldn't have two more divergent views. that being said, for the president of the united states not to have a harmonious relationship with the pope. [inaudible] >> we can't envision the being combative. it will be a decent visit. >> i think the president, one of his strengths, when he is one-on-one with someone in a room, he is much better than he is in a crowd. i think pope francis, the two of them know they will disagree but i think they will find common ground. i think they can work together and have a constructive dialogue so they can work together in the future to tackle the major problems of the world and have an effective relationship. laura: this visit kicks off on friday. i want to talk about the firing of

i have been to harbin, which is north of north korea, it's an agriculture region of china. and we need their cooperation. we need their assistance in peacefully dealing with this and changing this dangerous direction of north korea at this time. >> thank you, governor. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator portman. >> thank you mr. chairman. governor, thank you for coming by to visit. 24 years as governor. >> i probably won't serve out the full 24 years if you confirm me. >> only 23 1/2? >> 23 sessions. >> you've done a great job. and you've shown today that you've got a grasp of what's going on over in china and i appreciate that. it's a tough job. i knew sandy pretty well and was over there with him several times. a china expert. i know you go into this with your eyes wide open. despite your relationship with president xi going back to his days as head of a livestock association, they're tough negotiators. when was u.n. trade negotiator i had an opportunity to negotiate with them quite a bit. we do have a better relationship now at the presidential level than i b

now about north korea is importing -- china has stopped import of coal from north korea. but there are many other things that china can do. so we would like to have to encourage china to properly execute its responsibility, and we are watching closely. and the missile with the launch by north korea recently, this is a very high level launch. it has -- for the first time reached altitude of 2,000 kilometers and have the warhead, what is happening on the missile is to be assessed. i believe that was the purpose of the experiment this time. that is how we assess the situation. so the technology of it i -- the missile has progressed and i would like to share this concern so we can exert pressure on north korea and when and if nuclear test is conducted then we need to have additional pressures to be applied through the united nations security council. on this count as well, china should properly take actions and china should understand fully and between united states and china through the summit meeting i understand that there were other talks on this. >> do you think china wi

north korea time.35 miles, which would case a successful launch. the national security council says president trump has been briefed. we are awaiting a response from the white house. meanwhile, the president gave his first commencement address since taking the presidency, in virginia today he called the graduates quote the next generation of american leaders and shared lessons he has learned since becoming president. and back in washington. it's been busy. the administration wasting no time in the search for a new chief of the country's top law enforcement agency. at least six candidates to lead the fbi visited the justice department today for interviews as the administration looks to replace james comey, fired suddenly by the president this week. president trump says the white house could name comey's successor as early as friday. speaking of james comey, it was a one-topic of a wide ranging discussion between judge jenin piro and president trump. they sat down at the white house for a conversation th

that particular word, david, dealings with north korea., david, does the north korean leader who starved and imprisoned thousands of his own people, threatened to destroy the united states, now president trump is honoured to met him, or would be. it is only fair to point out that if barack 0bama had used that phrase, he would be under a republican onslaught for kind of humiliating the us, wouldn't he? absolutely, and you know what? it is controversial language and it has attracted criticism. also, in another interview with fox news network, president trump said that nobody was safe, as he put it, from the threat posed by north korea. he was referring to the united states particularly, and he said it is very unsettling. the north korean regime poses, as he put it, a big threat to the world. but as far as the red line, as it were, is concerned, mike, he refused to directly answer that question or to define what would constitute a red line as far as the north korean actions are concerned. he said as he has said before that he doesn't choose t

been to harbin, north of north korea, agriculture region of china. we need their cooperation and assistance in peacefully dealing with this. and changing this dangerous direction of north korea at this time. >> thank you governor. mr. chairman. >> senator portman. >> thank you mr. chairman. governor good to see you, thanks for coming by to visit. 24 years as governor -- >> probably won't serve out full 24 years if you confirm me but in 23. >> 23 1/2? >> 23 sessions. >> you've done a great job and shown today that you've got a grasp of of what is going on over in china. appreciate that. it's a tough job. i knew sandy rant pretty well and over there with him many times who was china expert. i know you're going in with eyes wide open. despite your relationship with president xi going back to his days as head of livestock association, they're tough negotiators, when had opportunity to negotiate with them quite a bit -- and we do have a better relationship at presidential level i believe than in a long time but so many issues. over there on congressional

we don't want a bunch of refugees i had been there which is north of north korea.it is an agricultural region in china. and we need their cooperation. we need their assistance in dealing with this in changing this dangerous direction of north korea at this time. >> thank you mister chairman and governor. good to see you. twenty-four years as governor i probably won't serve out the full 24 years if you can for me. you have done a great job. and you have shown today that you have a grasp of what's going on over and in china. it's a tough job. i was over there with him a number of times. i know you're going into this with your eyes wide open. despite your relationship with the president going back to his days as had the livestock association they are tough negotiators. we do have a better relationship. i was over there on congressional delegation a couple weeks ago. and they talked about the issues that have been raised today. including the south china sea. the initial property issues. as well as the overcapacity. we also talked about the issue that my colleague from

as to north korea supporting and opening up, basically it would be a dialogue with north korea and one way of having a dialogue with this measure is this what the result of the alliance and problems would be dealt with, so any opening a steady had after. i think it is time now to open the floor for questions and i think we have people carrying around microphones, so you can wait and raise your hand and wait until the person with a microphone comes and identify yourself. the gentleman in the front. >> excellent discussion. the points discussed or where does repairing relations with beijing stack up in the agenda. their relationship with china is critical and it's deteriorated in the last number of months for the threats of diplomatic and military actions, so to the point that it's lower given the history issues is saying something. this is a cynical view that china will do things periodically and there will be a view taken by the public and then either if china stops doing that the relationship will get better or they will see that economic relations were so strongly aligned with china

high pressure is to the north of us.h the exception of a few showers for east anglia and south—east england, there will be a lot of dry weather to come. not good news if you want something for the garden. coolest in the east. it will be warmest across western parts of the uk. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines: prime minister theresa may has dismissed an account published in a german newspaper of a difficult dinner last week with the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, as "brussels gossip". police say the burglars who shot dead dorset homeowner guy hedger wore balaclavas, were armed with a shotgun and stole jewellery in a pre—planned raid. three police officers have been injured in clashes with masked demonstrators in the centre of paris. the violence erupted during a may day march led by trade unions and anti—racism campaigners. three women are arrested on suspicion of terror offences in raids linked to a police operation in north london on thursday in which a woman was shot and in

the question of what to do about north korea remains its toughest diplomatic test. 0ur north americamore on donald trump's latest interview and the possibility of a new "special relationship" with china. i think the have to accept is that with president donald trump, you can go in and and out of favour quite fast. during the campaign, president xijinping was fast. during the campaign, president xi jinping was responsible for the terrible trade deals that were hitting america. he was responsible for manipulating chinese currency to the disadvantage of the americans, but now he is seen as a needed ally in the attempts to rein in north korea and their nuclear programme. you see lavish praise being heaped upon president xi jinping you see lavish praise being heaped upon president xijinping by donald trump. something else came out over the weekend that i thought was interesting. he put out a tweet saying that kim jong—un had shown disrespect to president xi jinping by trying to hold another missile test. and i thought that spoke to one thing, he wants to hold president xijinping close. it

next week, it is a north south split.idge where one of the biggest debates of this election campaign has just taken place, with exchanges on immigration, security and the future of public services. the debate included labour's jeremy corbyn and featured repeated attacks on the prime minister for refusing to take part. she was represented by amber rudd. some of the clashes were over stagnating wages and austerity. amber rudd seems so confident that this is a country at ease with itself. have you been to a food bank? have you seen people sleeping around our stations? have you seen... applause. ijust have to take on some ofjeremy corbyn's fantasy economics. i mean, he has this money tree wish list in his manifesto. and the prime minister, campaigning in the west country today, defended her decision not to be in cambridge for tonight's debate. i think debates where the politicians are squabbling among themselves doesn't do anything for the process of electioneering.

the japan times front page reports on the views of some academics who study north korea and say northea is increasingly turning to russia for support as the us and china work together to reduce tensions in the region. the ft reports on social media giant facebook who is hiring 3,000 people to help stop hate speech and self—harm being broadcast on the site. co—founder marc zuckerberg said the new team willjoin four —— 4,500 others who already checking the social media network for reports of inappropriate material. and finally, also in the ft, the paper looks at technology giant apple and its refusal to reveal sales figures for the apple watch. some commentators believe the accessory is a clunky dud while ceo tim cook has hinted apple's wearable division is worth between $5—6 billion. what you writing? i love chris. i love working with chris. wishful thinking. with us is maike currie who's investment director at fidelity personal investing 0bviously obviously the french newspapers make fascinating reading if you can read french. luckily savvy can do a bit. they are focusing on the presi

a north korean missile test.tons of cargo six times a month. early booking is advised. 60 tourists from china have already bought their tickets for the next boat. you've been watching newsday. stay with us. hello. well, the rain arrived earlier than forecast across the south—east of england during thursday afternoon and has continued to move slowly northwards. but brought a very wet night for the south—east of england, east anglia, the east midlands, and getting in towards the north—east of england by friday morning. further west, though, it's clearer skies. showers died away. a touch of frost in one or two places. less cold in the south—east because of cloud cover. first thing friday, then, it's a lovely bright start in many northern and western areas. showers are never too far away from the north and west and outer hebrides, but an area of low pressure. but the bulk of scotland and northern ireland will be bright. a chilly start, but bright. lots of sunshine. the same for the far north—west of england and wales

of course, china repeatedly said they don't want north korea with nuclear weapons and asked the northeans to stop, but that's just being ignored in recent years, rosemary. >> thanks, mckenzie joining us live from beijing, where it's nearly 2:30 in reaction expect to get a china from us. president is on his way to israel right now from saudi arabia. he said he's getting a middle east peace deal that may not be as difficult that some may have thought. let's take a look at what his visit may achieve as newsroom continues. ugh, no bars. oh no, looks like somebody needs a new network. when i got this unlimited plan they told me they were all the same. they're not. verizon has the largest, most-reliable 4g lte network in america. it's basically made for places like this. honey, what if it was just us out here? right. so, i ordered you a car. thank you. you don't want to be out here at night 'cause of the, uh, coyotes. ok, thanks, bud. bye. be nice to have your car for some shelter. bye. when it really, really matters, you need the best network and the best unlimited. just $45 per line for f

a north korean missile test.200 passengers and 1000 tons of cargo six times a month. early booking is advised. 60 tourists from china have already bought their tickets for the next boat. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the greatest show on earth is coming to an end. we're there as the ringling brothers circus gets ready to close. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. the polling stations are all prepared for what will be the first truly free elections in romania's history. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far, but suddenly these police are teargassing the crowd, we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here, helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor

north korea is aware of that.they're also aware of the transition that's taking place in south korea with a new president. does all that play into this? >> i think it does. it's an understudied and underrecognized fact that china and north korea have been signaling to each other with their militaries for several months now and several years now. it is a relationship that is not comfortable. they're not on as good of terms as they have been in the past. president xi jinping has never met kim jong-un, who has never left his own country. it's a relationship that's strained. hopefully the similymbolism is lost on china. they should understand that their economic development and regional prosperity will be at risk as long as north korea is allowed to continue its activities. >> but again, south korea bringing in a new president, who is open to more dialogue with north korea, a very big change from what we've seen over the past decade or so. so does it matter that, you know, they know that there is a possibility for mor

and as he north korea as a market. that's also an area in which there is potential for contradiction between the pressure-led strategy of the united states and a possible emphasis on economic engagement with north korea. isally i think of thes point these are issues that will have to be discussed between leaders of u.s. and south korea. there is probably a way of sequencing a lot of the elements of the strategy the trump administration has laid out together with the approach that sizingesidency is in the -- emphasizing in ways we can move forward. think we should automatically presume we are on a collision course. the fact of the matter is that this is in the concept of alliance. this is a family matter. within families you have to work through these issues in order to be able to move forward. as long as both leaders respect the fact that we are bound by the alliance, i am optimistic we will be able to move forward in a positive way. expect, mr.you song, from mr. moon in terms of north korea policy? i think -- >> do yo

third, the lawsuits are being brought by north carolina lawyers based in thousand, north carolina, andt importantly, the attempt here is not to drive this industry out of north carolina. agriculture has been and will continue to be an important part of our economy. however, no industry is w worth the impacts on public health and the environment that we've seen in this industry. not tottempt here isis believe thatat industry dry, but instead to make sure that industry is conducted, that these operations energy waste in way that does not harm their neighbors. amy: i want to go to another clip from mark devries' investigation into smithfield foods factory farms. this is steve wing, associate professor r epidemiolology at e universisity of north carolina's giddings school of public health. >> i i think he and very correcy be called environmental racism or envnvironmental injustice tht people of color, low income people bear the brunt of these practices. , thiso, will hendrick was passed by both houses of the north carolina legislature. it now goes to be signed by the new democratic governo

north korea has accused the north korean and suffering spy agencies of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on kim jong-un. they planned to attack him during a public event. just as north korea's production of itself to the world, life under north korea's dictatorship remains tightly controlled. hundreds of citizens risked their lives to escape and many are just children. for them, adjusting to a new life in south korea is a difficult and confusing process. our reporter has the story on initiatives to help them integrate. >> they may not show it but many people here have lived through a nightmare. most worshipers at this service are originally from north korea. defectors as they are called who have risked their lives to play hardship and profession. a former businessman has made it his mission in life to help north koreans escape. he has paid for this commitment with time in jail in china. his organization also aims to help north koreans once they reach south korea. many of the community members here are minors. >> it has been years since he got out of north korea. the 13-year-old s

did i north korea's objective. pursuing of the objectives against us will not thatthis is the only way north korea will seek serious negotiations with the security council. some proposals for strengthening u.s.lliance, first, the needs to further materializing this bilateral responses, especially joint response to challenges. well as ensuring operational environmentin the in the medium to high and conflict should be highlighted. japan has thene, primary responsibility to deal with it. the mobile deployment of light armored units and amphibious capabilities based on the operations among the japanese coast guard, ground and air forces and the u.s. force in japan. find high-end operations. to that end, i believe it is the u.s. to, with japan joint concept of projecting power despite air challenges are a term used by u.s. strategy guidance in 2012. japan needs to dramatically increase the resiliency of defense form said assets. we should not let china neutralize the u.s. forces in the operation. measures including figh

north korea, did not become instantly dangerous on january 20. lou: no, by the way, the very bias, they love to call it bias, these are complicit journalists, they didn't say a word as president obama pursued policies that made kim jong-un's threats all the more real and all the more difficult for the succeeding president to resolve. out west, they would say damn their hides. thank you very much, appreciate it. >> thanks, lou. lou: on wall street, stocks closing lower for a second straight session. dow down 51 points, the s&p down 3. the nasdaq fell seven points. volume 3.1 billion shares. the yield on the ten-year treasury falling three basis points today, now down to 2.21%, lowest level in two weeks and that yield suggesting that the fed is moving in the opposite direction of the markets. who will prevail? >>> amazon hitting a new milestone with shares topping the $1,000 mark before closing just below it. shares of amazon up 33% so far this year, putting its market cap at almost a half trillion dollars. 478 billion. wow. a reminder to listen to

north korea has fired another ballistic missile.officials say it flew about 500 kilometers or 300 miles, that's a shorter distance than the last missile test. >> that one was launched about a week ago and was according to north korea considered a success. >>> a story we continue to follow, also the u.s. president donald trump, he has a packed schedule in saudi arabia. he is at a gathering of arab leaders in riyadh, after meeting personally with several of them. in the coming hours the president is set to five an important speech about fighting radicalism. >>> the leaders of russia and syria are congratulating iran's president on his re-election. hasan rouhani was a force with the u.s. and other partners. >>> if you are just joining us in the u.s. or around the world, there is breaking news we are following on the korean peninsula. south korean officials say north korea fired some type of ballistic missile. alexander field is following all the details. we understand now the white house is aware of what happened. what more can you tel

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

i have been north of north korea, it's anning agricultural region of china. we need their cooperation and assistance in peacefully dealing with this and changing this dangerous direction of north korea at this time. >> thank you, governor, thank you mr. chairman. >> senator portman. >> thank you mr. chairman, governor, thanks for coming to visit us. 24 years as governor. >> probably won't serve out the full 24 years if you confirm me. >> only 23 and a half? >> 23 sessions. >> you've done a great job and you've shown today that you've got a grasp of what's going on in china. i appreciate that. it's a tough job. i knew sandy rand, he was kind of a china expert. i know you're going into this with your eyes wide open. despite your relationship with president xi going back to his days as the head of the livestock associations. they're tough negotiations. i had the opportunity to negotiate with them quite a bit. we do have a better relationship now at the presidential level, i believe, than we've had in a long time. but we've got so many issues. i was over there on

on sunday north korea conducted its 7th missile test this year. analysts are describing it as pyongyang's most successful launch yet, the country's state news agency described the missile as capable of carrying a large size heavy nuclear warhead. they also reported a key united states military base in the pacific is now within reach, a massive global cyberattack also made headline this weekend, major disruptions originated in europe on friday and migrated to asia monday morning. malware has been loaded in 200,000 computers across 150 countries. russian president putin has blamed the united staights for the attack. the software implicated in the attack was originally developed by the national security agency but was later stolen and released by a group of hackers. joining me from washington is ben rhodes, he serves as the deputy national security advisor for president obama. also david sanger, the national security correspondent for "the new york times." i'm pleased to have both of them on this program. david sanger are you writing about both subje