address thea to threat that makes this necessary, the escalating threat from north korea. the united states alliance with south korea is not built only on security, but commitment to our core principles that have enabled the success of our nations, a strong economic partnership, people to people ties, and democratic values. i am encouraged by our productive discussions and pledged continuing american support for the security and prosperity of our two nations. thank you. minister yun: i want to open the floor to two members of the press from each country. first, the korean media. >> i would like to propose this question to secretary tillerson. are you saying that we need a new up roach to north -- new approach to north korea? i know to solve this nuclear program problem, china needs to play a more active part. in the toolkitls exhausted? what more specific actions can we take in your opinion. and according to a press statement by the state department, i wonder going forward, what will be the korean government's position on this new approach? i pose this question to foreign m

member states to increase their strength and what they will do in terms of getting the attention of north korea as we go forward. in terms of south korea, tell me why we would not do the fat in light of 24 ballistic missiles? in light of two nuclear test? knowing that we'll will protect our allies, will not leave south korea standing there with the threat of north korea facing them. and not help. so that is the reason for thad is because of the actions of north korea. we have not seen any good will come from north korea. i appreciate my counterparts wanted to talk about talks and negotiations. we are not dealing with a rational person. if this was any other country, we would be talking about that and it would not be an issue. this is not a rational person who is not thinking clearly. what i can tell you the stance of the united states is that we are reevaluating how we will handle north korea going forward. we are making those decisions now and will act accordingly. i will turn it over to my friend from japan. >> thank you nikki. and thank you for joining us. first of all, i would like would li

is not the time for us to talk about freezing or dialogue with north korea. all kinds of options have been exhausted so far. so the only available means to change the north korean behavior fundamentally is to continue to keep up the pressure and sanctions on north korea. this is not the time to talk about a freeze. >> ambassador haley, i'm from reuters. a question to you. you mentioned the u.s. reevaluating its approach to north korea. can you tell some of the options that the u.s. is now considering? >> i think all options are on the table now. >> is the u.s. planning on taking any unilateral action? >> the united states has a very -- has been very firm and strong on the fact that we absolutely see no place for chemical weapons in any situation whatsoever. it's incredibly disturbing, not only how this was done, the manner that it was done and the intent in which it was carried out. it is one more factor to consider and we know it's an issue as we are dealing with how to possibly move forward with north korea. >> ambassador, according to this u.s. officials ha

that being escalating threat from north korea. host: that is the antimissile deployments in south korea by u.s. troops. here is the headline in "the military action against north korea in option. tokyo the first of three stops, friday in tokyo, and beijing and seoul, south korea. linda from texas, democrat line. good morning. caller: i think that tillerson and from need to keep in mind there dealing with a teenager -- and trump need to keep in mind there dealing with teenager as the leader of the country. and the people at their blind devotion to him have about three cans short of a sixpack in terms of following whatever he wants to do. they need to be a little bit more diplomatic and a little less on the war channel. berry, he was 90 years old and some of his paraphernalia on display at the museum of african american history and washington, d.c. this is the headline from the sunday "l.a. times." steve in missouri, democrat line. the morning. caller: good morning. thanks for letting me take my call. i would like to comment on korea

should deal with north korea a new rocket test. ok place yesterday confirmed by the north korean government and by u.s. officials in south korea and japan monitoring north korea. we will go to jerry in north carolina, democrats line. good morning. caller: gary. host: go ahead. caller: i think did we have any trouble with north korea, it will be a mass surrender. we probably zeroed in on every bunkerndocket or whatever they got. we can take them o in the first day. that is not the right call. they moved all of these sporting events out of here. they moved from greensboro to greenville, south carolina. there would have been a home game for us in greensboro. now they moved us to greenville. int: i am going to jump because that is a completely different topic to this network. we want to focus on the situation in north korea. alan from east chicago, indiana. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span and for taking my call. wecomment is i believe should totally and completely ignore him. we should not make the mistake that

china's trade with north korea between 80% and 90% of all north korea's trade. north korea has been trying to limit that economic leverage. we have seen in recent years them trying to reach out to of the countries to establish bilateral trade relations and it has been successful as an attempt to minimize that dependence on china. this really goes back to a long-term strategy that they have had. they never fully integrated into any international system, including throughout the cold war, they never integrated into the economic trades or trade for economic assistance. they feared that in doing so, they would become overly on their former communist allies and they would lose their freedom of action to be told what to develop and what not to develop an want to export and not export, and they want to told the timing relations, so they benefited through the network within the communist bloc and establish the hub and spoke economic relations but never fully integrated. receipt continuation of policy today, where they try to establish relations with other countries in a

, first of all, has powerful radar that can see into china and it is aimed at defending against north korea, could neutralize chinese missiles, they are not happy about it, and putting pressure on south korea not to accept deployment. host: jamie mcintyre talking about terminal high altitude area defense. north korean missile launches. we welcome your calls in the conversation, 202-748-8000 for democrats. all others, 202-748-8002. roll out last week of the thaad system, delivery to south korea, missile shield arrive nothing south korea. trip by the secretary of state, tillerson, travel to the region this week on trip that will include stop necessary japan, south korea and china. state department officials says the threat posed by north korea high on mr. tillerson agenda. what message will he be bringing? >> i'd be surprised if it is not the only thing on his agenda that is the issue preeminent in that area. of course he'll be talking to south korea about continuing with the thaad deployment, despite the pressure from china. china putting economic pressure on the south. the korean war didn't

right now, north korea is try not to antagonize russia and china. but i could envision down the road where the north koreans, for whatever reason, might become more unpredictable than they already are. if they did fire weapons into russia or china, i think first off you have a serious crisis and the chinese would respond if it landed in china with some troops they have right on the border. plenty of troops on the border. they would let the north koreans know in a very aggressively they will not tolerate missiles landing in their country. if was determined this was the start of some kind of serious attack on china, i think you could have a real conflict. tos is a little bit hard make a judgment on because it is so removed from where we are now and we would have to know a lot more of what is going on in the thinking of the north korean leaders if they came to that point. i am not able to do that. guest: i will just say quickly north korea has very few friends, and china is one of them. i would say it is very unlikely north korea is going to do somethin

north korea will freeze and then dismantle it's nuclear program. and our other allies will be better protected. the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. >> that all fell apart in the early 2000s. general to you, what's the lesson learned? what's the page to take from that failure? >> a lot of pages? first of all you have to continually watch this and ramp up sanctions and be very careful about taking sanctions off using the various elements of national power. not only diplomacy but military. you have to continue to try to bring people to the table. there's been a lot of changes in north korea. not just with the policies but the leadership over the last 20 years or so. over 20 years since that statement was made. you have to continually watch what was occurring and at times we took our eye off the ball because of other things going on in the world. >> also seems to be an instruction in the futility here. there was 1994. 23 years ago and we seem to be in the same situation now not only with north korea but iran as well.

on your show, but they would say by the time we could launch anything against north korea, north korea would within seconds retaliate and launch their missiles and destroy the many population centers of south korea. so this is a very, very dangerous situation. and we're just going to have to look at all different types of options, from economi and diplomatic efforts to try to get north korea to stop developing nuclear weapons. >> you've sat in on high level meetings with chinese officials. you've talked the issue of north korea. today president trump says china is doing little to help in putting an end to this situation. so what can the u.s. do with china to get china to do more in terms of what it wants to happen in north korea? >> well, china will have to try to exert diplomatic pressure on north korea. >> but what can the u.s. do to get china to do that? >> well, i think china understands just how fraught the situation is, because china also does not want the united states and its allies, whether the south koreans or the japanese, to be putting up more military options, defense shie

i presume china must have given a glim light to north korea's nuclear development. so for china participated in the un sanction but has unofficially supported the survival of the north korean regime. >> well what is your take on north korea's missile development? you just talked a bit about that. the country seems to be rushing to develop various types of missiles. >> yes, north korea has developed and accumulated various technologies. the full operation of its military forces related to testing it's nuclear war heads, preciseness of reentry, use of the fuel, extension and adjustment of missile range, et cetera. but i think sit very unlikely to be icbm this time. the missile went up to 260 kilometers and flew 1,000 kilometers. though there's facilities for centralized launch we know that they are not interested in a peaceful space development. so they shot it in 2013 and 2016. we know that their motives is not peaceful but military. >> well, what do you see then as north korea's next move? do you think the north will continue this provocative behavior? >> we can thin

of north korea. hopefully, the u.s. will not d o anytything dangerous in the interim. amy: professor bruce cumings, you talk about how park geun-hye rose to power, how she was also as christine was talking about, what this means for north/south korean relations and the united states? >> well, park geun-hye was the daughter of the president who was assassinated by his own 1979,igence chief in precipitating a crisis that led to another military coup. at this point, park geun-hye have been living in the blue house i think for 10 or 11 years. she went into a kind of seclusion for a long time, then came out in the 1990's as a member of the national assembly. she was elected, really, in reaction against to progressive presidents -- two progressive .residents her constituency, as you can see from the protestss in seoul in favor of her, consists of people who were still deeply anti-communist, anti-north korean. they hate the north korean. they tend to be in her 60's, 70''s, 80's. declining constituency. lost

experts have been trying to solve north korea for decades, so we need to realize that north korea is problem, it's not a specific u.s. administration. scott: president bush's administration removed north korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. bruce: correct. scott: that was in an effort to get them to play along a little bit. is it time they go back on that list? bruce: i think it is. there's actually been a really long list of actions by north korea since they were removed from the list in 2008, which i believe, qualifies them for that. there's been shipments of conventional arms to terrorist groups, hezbollah and hamas. there have been attempted assassinations or successful assassinations of north korean defectors in south korea and russia and china and now malaysia. also, you know, if we think back to when north korea conducted the cyber hack on the sony studios, not only was it the hacking, it was the threats of 9/11 style attacks on any theatre and theatre-goers that went to see the movie, "the interview." that's a threat of a terrorist act. scott: president obama r

and seek only to these -- live in peace with north korea so united states calls on north korea to abandon the ballistic missile program and in with the japanese people. thank you. translator: please come over to the microphone and state your name and affiliation and also to whom you are asking your question. please desisting to asking the question. first a reporter from the japanese side. >> at the moment the trump did ministrations and is reviewing the of policy. argue able to discuss that read you? what was the position or thinking and it is also said to be this state-sponsored of terrorism. >> i will respond first of all. this seems to be in progress in the thoughts and position and the specifics of what we have to customer will refrain from mentioning it. so this past to do with how the legislation so this is something to be decided by the u.s. government between myself and with the secretary tillerson we agree we should keep in close contact. >> with the diplomatic efforts to bring north korea to a point that failed. so we have 20 years of a failed approach. that includes

about china's ability to use economic measures against north korea. as demonstrated it will use with regard to south korea, so the kindsa because of of missile tests we saw out of north korea is interested in a deal with the u.s. to set up a missile defense shield. china does not like this. china has taken measures that have included not only the lotte stores you mentioned, but putting a crimp on chinese tourists heading to south korea, and this in turn has hurt tourism-related shares in south korea. hotel fell more than 10% on friday, down again today, and in fact, down more than 40% since the missile defense shield issue cropped up a couple of years back. thei: what are some of other broader implications for china's other trading partners? this shows the extent to which china again is willing an able to use its economic actions,a tool against diplomatic actions come up actions, security actions, and even trade ones, taken by its trading partners. we have seen this with norwegian salmon after norway gave the nobel peace prize to somebody china did not

north korea says it believes these drills prelude to an invasion, the u.s. and south korea, they're saying they're defensive and routine. george. >> serious reaction there from south korea. these missiles, again i fired into the sea of japan. will riply in tokyo this hour. will, this is certainly alarming for this nation so close to the shores what has been the reaction there? yeah, by some accounts, george, those ballistic missiles landed 200 miles from the japanese coast. obviously, any projectile that lands in the exclusive economic zone those waters close to japan is alarming. this is not the first time north korean missiles have threatened this country. there have been incidents dating back even ten years ago when missiles have flown over japan and, you know, essentially putting within striking range millions of people here in tokyo, more than 50,000 u.s. troops are stationed here in japan and so here in tokyo, the prime minister was speaking with lawmakers and he said that they believe this is a new level of danger from north korea because even though t

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second, has north korea's weaponry become more advanced? picture the north koreans released of the launch. many experts believe the missiles are likely to have been medium range, which wouldn't suggest north korea has advanced its capabilities. but all four were fired at the same time. according to mark fitzpatrick from the international institute of strategic studies, that is significant. the latest tests yesterday weren't a new system. they we re yesterday weren't a new system. they were a well tested system. but the fa ct were a well tested system. but the fact that they fired a salvo of four at once shows a good skill at combination firing. and that they we re combination firing. and that they were directed against japan, combination firing. and that they were directed againstjapan, into japan's exclusive economic zone. what they even said that they were directed against american bases in japan. that's pretty threatening. i'd say that's a lightening of the threat, yes. it appears the military threat, yes. it appears the military threat

towards north korea have not worked and a % way forward towards north korea have not worked and a demwards north korea have not worked and a new way forward was neededm the face of this ever escalating threat it is clear and different approach is required. part of my purpose to the region is to exchange views on a new approach stop the foreign minister and i had a very open and candid discussion around a different approach and we will have further discussions with prime minister and further discussions with prime ministerand in further discussions with prime minister and in seoul as well. some of the days are the news. let's have a look at these spectacular images. amazing but also very dangerous. mt etna bursting into life and spitting lava 200 metres into the air above sigilg the lava 200 metres into the air above sicilé, the scale of lava 200 metres into the air above fl the scale of the lava 200 metres into the air above sicilé, the scale of the eruption sicily. the scale of the eruption was an expert on —— unexpected and ten people were injured. among them was our very corresponde

china is a major source of economic trade and activity with north korea. china has long stated their policy that they too want to denuclearize north korea. china has voted in fair -- favor of the u.n. resolutions. we look to china to fulfill it's obligations and fully implemented the sanctions called for in the u.n. resolutions. >> kishida also did not waste time reaffirming japan's position on the senkaku islands in the east china sea. japan controls the islands. china and taiwan claim them. >> translator: i explained japan's basic stance, aiming to improve ties with china. at the same time, i expressed appreciation for the u.s.'s strong commitment on the senkaku islands. >> we affirmed that article 5 of the 1960 u.s./japan treaty covers the senkaku islands. we oppose any unilateral action that seeks to undermine japan's administration criminal of the senkakus. >> the security of state heads to south korea and china after leaving japan on friday. tillerson. >>> as we've heard, north korea's missile and nuclear advances were a major topic of discussion. no

the second notion was north korea. and the tensions on the korean peninsula, he had conversations and meetings with a foreign minister, and he dialback language from the earlier regional visit. he talked about not ruling out a preemptive strike of north korea. you did not hear that language here. he would make every effort to avoid conflict. but he managed to do it seemed is a minor concession from the chinese. he said the chinese would be considering approaching the north koreans to steer them off the path of the nuclear program. the chinese see this as more of a initiative for washington and pyongyang. they want them to have a dialogue. the u.s. say that will not happen until north korea moves away from their nuclear program. that looks unlikely because the program is central to change on -- kim jong-un's self-styled mission statement. you have a coalescing around the idea that china could approach the north koreans. china to take a stronger action and use it economic and trade leverage off the north koreans. then ti

it really is a response to china's inability to manage north korea which is an ally of china that theited states is deploying the missile defense systems to japan and south korea. charles: so lea, it's a powder keg, they're building islands, militarized the islands, they've been belligerent, maybe they want north korea to do. this they want north korea to be provocative. it seems inevitable something ugly has to happen there. i don't see what's going to curb the testing of the new administration, testing of the world. >> i don't think china actually wants north korea testing ballistic missiles. i think they want them to have their cake and eat it, too. china wants to maintain a relationship with north korea. does not want the regime to fall in north korea because then china would not have the buffer with the west that they have right now in north korea. they don't want reunification, they don't want refugees flooding over into north korea. but at the same time, they don't want to push it too far. charles: got to leave it there. lou dobbs next. lou: good evening, everybody. a conservat

and that north korea's leader kim jong-un was behaving very, very badly. this was the end of a three-country trip for the secretary of state, it started in japan, went to south korea and ended in beijing. the secretary of state is on the way back. that the meeting, it started in south korea where the secretary of state talked a little more publicly how the u.s. and partners would try to counter north korea. he said basically that all options are on the table. he said the idea told fox exclusively the demilitarized zone, that the world should not allow japan and south korea to develop their own and obtain their own nuclear weapons to counter north korea is something that would be on the table. he also mentioned that perhaps military action is something that the united states and its allies could pursue, if the north korea weapon program reached a point but refused to expand what the conditions would be. following the meeting with president xi, the state department said secretary tillerson mentioned that president trump would like to meet directly with presid

you know, donald trump has accused china of not doing enough with north korea. would think, is indicating that it shows the limits of their influence there. as to whether these two have come to some sort of breakthrough deal, or anything like that, there's no indication of that publicly. you know, these meetings are kind of a show, really. however, on the sidelines, imagine the officials who set these meetings up, they‘ re having their own little discussions on this and that, and, you know, maybe there are things we're not privy to, discussions that have been had between officials from washington you know, maybe they're there, but certainly nothing's been announced that would give us any indication that there is such a process under way, not officially at least. and stephen, you mentioned these kind of meetings are a show, and even though china and the united states have their differences, you have president xijingping having warm words for the us secretary of state? thick skin. it's amazing, the capacity... president donald trump, he belittles china on these of

there's been a development into the investigation of the killing of the half brother of north korea's leader. one of the suspects is to be deported. there's a lack of evidence linking him to the incident. malaysia's attorney general said the north korean will be released friday and he will be deported because he has been staying in malaysia illegally. he was not captured at security cameras at the airport. police were not able to establish any link to the two women charged with murder over the case. police believe they smeared a toxic nerve agent on kim's face. they say the four other suspects are from north korea and have returned home. they have demanded they hand them over. north korea denied involvement in the death and haven't accepted the body as kim's. malaysia is reviewing it's diplomatic relationship with north korea. >> translator: starting from monday all north korean nationals that want to travel to malaysia will need a visa. >> the deputy prime minister says the move is to protect the safety of his people. people in malaysia have mixed feelings about the tightening of rul

on top of that, the new york times is running a story about cyber attacks north korea. es that the us might have infiltrated, at some stage, the north korean computer system. and actually caused those dubbed launches that i talked about. so there will be an audible —— an awful lot of talk in washington and debate in washington, but the options for doing anything about it remain as limited fort donald trump as they did for barack obama. —— north korean. and time has moved on. could there be any significance that this launch has ta ken there be any significance that this launch has taken place on the second day of the chinese national people's congress. china is indeed an ally of the north koreans. could the chinese ta ke the north koreans. could the chinese take a tougher stand on pyongyang?” don't know, is the answer. and nobody knows outside ofjohn yang and beijing. but i would be surprised. china has indicated proper displeasure with north korea over the alleged murder of one of its residents in malaysia. —— pyongyang. and did that by stopping coal imports for the year

sort of understandable because a policy on north korea is not just about north korea.is also about iran, pakistan, and of course, china, because these countries cooperate on ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons technology. this is a hard issue for the united states. tillerson -- part of his brief from the white house is to find out what the chinese position really is and how far they can be pushed, and of course he talks about the military option but that is not going to happen, because there are 25 million south koreans who live in in seoul, 30 kilometers from the demilitarized zone that separates the 2 koreas. and north korea's fourth-largest army has 60% of its forces forward to deployed on the dmz. jane: if the military option is not an option, what is? gordon: he did talk about arming south korea and japan with the world's most dangerous weapons. i don't think that will happen because that is ditching seven decades of proliferation policy. the one thing he can do, which administrations in the past have not tried -- the only thing they have not tried -- is to imp

they are not one of the un officially recognised refugee groups known for bringing refugees from north koreagn government or any ngo that we know. my government or any ngo that we know. my personal theory is maybe kim han—sol himself is behind this group, because it has a bit of a whimsical name, he is a year—old young man. it is named after a mythical horselike creature known in korean and chinese culture for travelling far distances. he is very isolated and i guess he is also in danger? it is agreed that he is in a lot of danger. even before his father was killed it was quite clear that that family was targeted. they areafamily that that family was targeted. they are a family of immense interest because, really, if the current north korean regime falls, if kim jong un for whatever reason is taken out of power, this branch of the kim family are the natural ones to sleep in. kimjong—nam family are the natural ones to sleep in. kim jong—nam before family are the natural ones to sleep in. kimjong—nam before he was killed was the eldest son of kim jong un, in korean culture that place in the fa

it is good to see north korea do that. north korea will not do anything without china's blessing. [applause] >> greg: i assume it was well said. cat, the problem i think is when threats have a comical nature to them, like the fact that the north korea punchline and artificial intelligence is fictionally more exciting than it should be. so entertainment make something less dangerously seeming that it is, i don't think that is right. >> i don't either. i do like sending outlook a great were question it and we could crush you, missile thing. it's like if you're fighting with a boyfriend any post pictures of you and your friends looking really good, i feel like i'm not going to do it yet, not to find someone else yet, but look at me, i could. behave yourself. sure enough strength is very effective. i'm glad were doing it. >> greg: lauren, should be we be worried about a war with north korea? >> there's saying this is an exercise, and they call a trilateral missile warning information exercise. >> the people who exercise in public are trying to prove something. >> greg: that's true. >>

but suggesting that north korea should call off its nuclear activity and that in exchange the u.s. could agree to suspend the joint military drills that they do. these are two-month long exercises that annually rankle north korea. kim jong-un perceives these. and parties agreeing that they will proceed with those joint military drills despite north korea's continued objections to them. the north korean 38 certainly again raising tension here in the region. it is something that the u.s. secretary of state will be addressing in his first official visit to the region. that is now scheduled for next week. he'll be visiting tokyo, beijing and seoul. a major discussion and missile threat it continues to pose to other countries, dave. >> alexandra field live in seoul. thank you. >>> breaking news, a deadly attack at a military hospital in afghanistan. this came near kabul. the attack included at least one explosion and gunfire. i want to bring in cnn international correspondent nick paton walsh. he's been following the developments from beirut. good morning. >> this is an attack right at t

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betty: we are getting breaking news the ballistic missile reportedly fired by north korea. a saying they will hold a security message on the north korean ballistic missile. they will hold this at 9:00 a.m. local time. this is according to the acting president. saying in the text message, they in holding security meeting response to the ballistic missile fired by north korea. yvonne: we will count down to that meeting, less than 20 minutes away. and let's look at asian markets so far. sophie kamaruddin has more. we are watching stocks. sophie: a little bit of ground, but markets, given south korea's upcoming national security meeting, we had janet yellen also pushing the case for a fed meeting. take a look at the nikkei futures up. this is despite the yen trading at the 114 mark. the kospi also higher. out of take in that south korea regarding response to the alleged ballistic missile launch by north korea, and after the gathering on sunday, shares in china and hong kong pointing to a higher open. the fed goes into a quiet time, we have an r&b meeting on the agenda. consensus

one of the challenges is what do you do about north korea? north korea has several weapons and it is quick to developing ballistic missiles that could take them over significant distances with quite accuracy. it is quite possible if nothing is done, sometime in the next four years while mr. trump is president, you will have a north korea that could launch a nuclear missile that could deliver a nuclear weapon against the continental united states. if we don't want that reality to come to pass the question is how do you head it off? one approach is through diplomacy and sanctions and that is the one we have been trying for decades. in my view, there is nothing wrong with trying it but i don't see reason to expect we will succeed. at the other end of the spectrum is to live with a north korea that could do this saying if they ever did anything we would obliterate them but that doesn't necessary fill us with comfort given how erratic and even reckless north korea leadership is. the question is can you use military force or cyber to disrupt what i

let's talk more about the rising tension over north korea. i want to bring in belina. cial adviser on christopher hill. when the secretary of state tillerson was in south korea, he said, quote, the policy of strategic patience end quote with north korea was over. so what's the message received when translated? >> well, the policy of strategic patience, the obama administration has consistently said that was actually not their official policy. of course, that is essentially the outcome. i think it's actually very good that secretary tillerson was setting a very clear tone and message about what this administration is thinking and what future policy is going to bring. unfortunately, it was a little bit misleading because the idea that use of force is not off the table or it's on the table, that has always been the case. in fact, u.s. policy towards north korea has been remarkably consistent ever since 1953 with the armistice. i fear that unfortunately in south korea, which is undergoing political turbulence right now, that perhaps this might send the wrong message of anxi

but more importantly, information seeps into north korea, and there must be a question in the regime'swhat ordinary north koreans make of the allegation that the leadership had a rival to the leadership assassinated. so there is a propaganda game going on here. as you say, steve, a game going on, and certainly the blame game is rife here. but where are we exactly into the investigation of kim jong—nam's death, which occurred on 13 february? we are still at the situation where he has been identified by the malaysian authorities, on the basis largely, apparently, according to the malaysian press, of information which came from japan. kim jong—nam, bizarrely, tried to visitjapan in 2001 to go to disneyland there on a false passport, and was caught at it. and from that moment he fell out of favour in the north and lived in exile, presumably under chinese protection. the japanese authorities, apparently, have given information, mainly fingerprint information, but certainly information, about the moles on his face, for example. but what the malaysian authorities don't seem to have yet is wat

they believe china has the most leverage of any country in the world because it's north korea's essentially only meaningful trading partner. their trade relationship with china accounts for 70% to 90% of north korean trade. so what tillerson is going to ask the japanese is what they're willing to do, how far they are willing to go. because clearly the trump administration feels that they need to go farther to rein in kim jong-un. now what the chinese are expected to tell secretary tillerson is they think the onus is on the united states to stop provoke cacee provocative acts. it makes beijing nervous when those military exercises happen. but the u.s. is not going to be willing do that. they think the exercises are vital to keeping cooperation between those two key allies and they think that they're transparent about it unlike the north korean regime which continues to secretly launch missiles and conduct nuclear tests without any warning. >> and just to give our viewers here in the united states and around the world a little background on you and your reporting, you've traveled to north kor

north korea takes on the world.ars right now that the title is very precious because it appears that north korea is attempting to take on the world. >> it's not just south korea or the us but indeed the entire international community. north korea and missiles and the nukes are taking down the world's regime. that includes 193 countries that area member of the global pack north korea is challenging it. >> now , last week the secretary of state, >> taylor son, said we will no longer follow the strategic patients.perhaps leaving military optional on the table. is that likely with the united states having to resort to such a thing if north korea does not reducing the appetite for nuclear army itself. >> we are not going to use the military option. the reason is that there are 25 million south koreans who live in the capital. it's 30 kilometers from the zone that separates the two koreans. north korea has the fourth largest army and the deployed on the dmz. the casualties would be horrific. military options at the last t

there losing some of their influence.with north korea and north korea's going rogue. >> to a certain extent but we have to remember that china supports north korea. not because the north koreans are friendly but because the north koreans accomplished some very important strategic objectives for china in the short term. keeping us off balance and giving us an incentive to cooperate with china on other things. so although the relations are indeed much more strained than in previous years, i'm not so sure china will cut off support for north korea. >> there is another element had happened this week's that complement things. south korean president was kicked out of office. she was involved in some corruption, they had an impeachment and got rid of her. how does that complicate the whole scenario? >> there has to be an election within 60 days. i believe may 9 and they show that the so-called progressives are going to win and i can change every calculus and north asia. and shift the balance of power in weber north korea and china. after member they are very volatile and the

they have economic leverage with north korea. there are a lot of things to discuss. continues to grow and it is being felt in the region. especially in japan and south korea. right in the bull's-eye for the powerful and sophisticated weapons of north korea. >> will, thank you. >>> president trump spent much of monday tweeting about a house intelligence hearing where the fbi director said his campaign is investigated for possible ties to russia. so why did trump go con with co quiet in kentucky? plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. these types of plans have no networks, so you get to choose any doctor who accepts medicar

those first pieces are arriving certainly drawing more ire from north korea. ame time, north korean diplomatic relations reaching a new low with malaysia. north korean state news announcing all malaysian citizens in north korea will not be allowed out of the country. at the same time, malaysia saying north koreans in malaysia are not allowed out of the country. this is after the death of the half brother of kim jong-un, kim jong-nam. they say they are hiding in the embas embassy. north korea is now using leverage to ensure the security of citizens in malaysia. malaysia is doing the same thing as far as citizens in north korea are concerned. a lot of countries condemning the actions of north korea. >> alexandra field in seoul. we appreciate it. >>> back home, remember the fight over obamacare and managing to push that through? that was the big fight. now republicans have their turn. they need to muster their votes to repeal obamacare. can they do it with their replacement? how does it effect you? it's beautiful. was it a hard place to get to? (laughs) it wasn't

of course the story goes like this, the thinking is there were ever to be a preemptive strike on north korea, they could retaliate against seoul, a city with a population of 24 million people in the wider metro area. it sits within rocket range of the north korean border. certainly military conflict and military option is something no one wants to see. secretary tillerson said there are a number of steps that could be taken place. >> the policy of strategic placement has ended. we're exploring a new range of diplomatic security and economic measures. all options are on the table. >> secretary tillerson now saying that the north korean threat is no throis no longer a regional concern and and kim jong-un saying this year he wants to launch a intercontinental missile capable he says of carrying a nuclear tip warhead to the u.s. >> what the secretary of state said is brought into context in terms of what happens next. is north korea getting ready for another missile test? if so, what is going to be the response by the united states? what will be the spoens by north korea to what the secretary of