and north korea are at an impasse. has been no dialogue for the last several years, since the collapse of the hanoi summit the situation has. rated -- has deteriorated. north koreans are expanding their nuclear arsenal, had some 70 missile tests last year. they are modernizing their arsenal. there is no talk between the u.s. and north korea. i am not sure how it will unfold >> on the question of dialogue, the pentagon says it is in contact with its counterparts in north korea. what kind of dialogue does exist for a scenario like this? >> i am sure it is from military to military. it is hard to know. since the biden administration has refused to have a conversation, i do not know exactly what communication is open. during the mindin administration, there was a hotline for now conversation has been frozen. it is unusual. what if this american soldier does not want to come back? this is also propaganda for north korea to be able to say an american soldier defecd. this makes north korea great. we are a socialist system. it

/north korea relations during that time? how have things in north korea changed? e point, very bad relations and then things and then bad relations again. and we've had with north koreans regular meetings with the u.s. and military officers, these types of things that are handled very differently but now, the situation is kind of back to where it was in the '80s where is essence, a freeze, in these regulations and that is going to complicate the ability to get this person back. and it's going to make it a bit more difficult to find out, in some ways, what happened. but john's exactly right, we're going to see what this person is in the military, what he was doing in the military? what the specialty was. what kind of access they have and that could lead to, perhaps, some more theories to what happened here. >> john miller, we only have about 30 seconds left. how quickly, it seems given the amount of surveillance in that area, u.s. focus in that area, it's fairly easy to determine what happened here. am i overstating things? >> no phil, i think you've got that right.

and north korea, military tensions.s negotiations over returning american citizens from north korea have tended to happen either when relations were getting better or as part of a bigger negotiation in terms of talking about peace treaties and getting rid of the north korean nuclear program. we have not had any ctact with north korea now for some time. they have been resisting communications and have not been responding, even before this happened. it is not surprising they are not responding immediately now. helena: it is interesting you touch on the political climate and when negotiations could get underway. based on the current political climate we are seeing right now, are you saying that perhaps this is the moment curry a -- north korea would be willing to talk to washington? >> it is difficult to see how this situation would be prodding the north koreans to reach out to us. in a way, someone voluntarily coming to north korea does pose more leverage for north korea than it does the u.s. in this situation as far as n

so we have really an unclear picture of what happened in north korea and geo is really left north korea early on in the kobe $819.00 pandemic. at the same time, the north korean government used, you know, the pen demik and so to speak as a, as a way of consolidating power. much like, you know, for example, the victory, the celebrations that, that are taking place in north korea today to show that the public in north korea, that the king dynasty and leader kim jong and is in control. their journalist, frank smith, of joining us from sol. thank you so much. i. its wildfires have left a trail of scorched earth across the mediterranean croatia, portugal turkey and spain's canary islands have all suffered the worst. death told however, is in algeria their fires have claimed at least 34 lives. thousands of fires are also burning across southern italy, including the island of sicily, or temperatures have exceeded $47.00 degrees celsius. and new fires have broken out on mainland greece, adding to those already burning for days on several islands on roads. thousands of peoples have been, people

yes and es. find in north korea? yes and yes- common _ find in north korea? yes and yes.s. common motivation, travis king is not the first soldier to become disenchanted with the us army, for whatever reason. charles jenkins many years us army, for whatever reason. charlesjenkins many years ago got drunk one day and did much the same. he was actually trying to avoid a deployment to vietnam. but there, the similarities end. north korea now is a very different kind of place from the north korea to which charlesjenkins defected, different atmosphere and a different atmosphere and a different leader. and of course, there is a lot of tension around between north korea and the united states right now. charlesjenkins, sergeant right now. charles jenkins, sergeantjenkins right now. charlesjenkins, sergeantjenkins as it was, spent many, many years in north korea and ended up marrying a japanese abductee. it was only released a few years ago. it's not at all clear that the same is going to happen to private king. the north koreans may decide to hold him for a long time or they may

i was like, did i somehow go back to north korea? literally this is the exact same thing that i was in north korean classroom. my schoolteachers taught me that all the problems that we had in the world and the only solution for all the problems was a communist revolution. i was my at columbia university repeating exact same thing to me. so let's talk about how utopia socialist paradise looked like. and i often tell people i was born the darkest place in world and if you actually see the satellite of north korea nighttime, it is really the darkest place because. they don't have electricity. i have so many climate change activist friends in new york city. i tell them, please go to north korea because we have all every day. we don't have any pollution. we have an energy consumption. it is a literally utopia. they can imagine. so you will impact on nature. boring that country. the very thing that my mom told me as a young girl, don't even whisper. she said, because birds and mice. could you hear me? she said, the most thing that i had in

north korea will respond, if at all, and you shouldn't assume that north korea is going to respond onts own good time. they are in no rush. why should they be? they will want, firstly, to make absolutely sure that travis king was not some kind of american attempt to probe the north korean defences. remember that hejumped across actually at the joint security area, where the north koreans have been pulling back troops for some time, largely because of quarantine, to do with the covid pandemic. they will also want to get senior leader guidance on how they are going to handle this. now, this is a private second class. he is unlikely to be a huge intelligence value for the north koreans, they will be assessing whether they can use him for propaganda value. all of this will take time, a lot of consultations, a lot of discussions, probably at quite senior level in north korea, during which they were simply not respond to any us approach. and how do you think they will go about making those assessments about private travis king? you are one of the few rare people, an outsider, who has lived

north korea more flexibility and makes it harder for south north korea more flexibility and makes itn, the united states, to detect these missile launches, so that could be another significant development. we are going to have to wait and see what analysts say. the last couple of years we have seen dozens and dozens of launches by the north koreans, artillery shells, short—range missiles, long—range missiles, a whole series of them, and it gives you an indication that they are determined to pursue their weapons and their nuclear weapons programmes and their rocket programmes and their rocket programmes into the future. the south korean president, who is in he vilnius at the nato semi today, he has met, or he is meeting the japanese prime minister. he is also meeting other regional leaders. he has tried to emphasise that what north korea is doing is notjust a problem for east asia, it is a problem for east asia, it is a problem for east asia, it is a problem for the world. he pointed out that these long—range missiles could even reach capitals in europe, as well as continental america

.— is in north korea.rth korea. there have been past defections - is in north korea. there have been past defections or- been past defections or abductions of american citizens, can you talk us through some examples and will happen to them?— through some examples and will happen to them? yes, during the korean war. _ happen to them? yes, during the korean war, right _ happen to them? yes, during the korean war, right after— happen to them? yes, during the korean war, right after the - korean war, right after the korean war, right after the korean war, right after the korean war there were some american servicemembers who defected in the years after, there were some who crossed the border into north korea. the situation with these defectors is normally they stay there for a while foot of some died under some uncertain circumstances. most of them did not actually come by. in addition to american defectors, there are those american citizens who were abducted. several sad cases of abductions, most of them even

are volunteers , what do they call them, this is the most important thing, what they need from north koreaom north korean sanctions? exactly how. it is still unknown whether he will return home with an impressive delegation of north korean volunteers , well, god willing, and with this, too, a famous korean will turn out to be an officer general. ah, the combat experience of contemporary people is in this war, so if they will accumulate this experience on the right front, 100,000 volunteers, remember our volunteers , remember, there are live ones in north korea and chinese volunteers, i will come here volunteers i think that this will be a good solution well , a good solution is to go to the sheikh with the arabs in north korea otake and why is it even surprising that in all the large spaces of russia there are not enough people in north korea, there are more of them strange story but nevertheless, she is the same. see you next week. headache bothers me. there are 15% discounts on kopacil in pharmacies . traveller, save hemorrhoids. phlebodia 600. pink french pills for hemorrhoids. vitaly p

to send signals, to send contacts to north korea. but our understanding is, those haven't been hot channel that have been active over the course of the last few years with u.s. officials saying they haven't received substantive responses from the north korean side as they have reached out to engage saying there would be no preconditions. they wouldn't be asking north korea to do anything to partake in initial conversations, but the north koreans just haven't done so. even with this incident, we're still waiting to learn more details. all we know right now is that according to the u.n. command it preserves the establishment of the korean peninsula, this american crossed over the demarcation line from south korea to north korea, and do so without authorization. we're waiting to learn a little bit more about what that means. was the person aggressively crossing over as we've heard from experts. i myself have been to the area. it's pretty hard to cross over in an accidental way. because these tours are not done to be provocative. these to

half is in north korea, halve is in south korea. the table is the middle. e talking they would sit at the table. one would sit on the north side. one would sit on the south side. that's how they communicated and the signed the armistice that put the korean war on pause but never initially ended the korean war. that's one of the contentious issues still facing the two koreas to this day. so for somebody to actually walk across, it's not actually -- it's not a very long distance they would have to travel. you're talking about a matter of a few footsteps. now there are armed soldiers that are there. this is called -- this is called the demilitarized zone. but dmz is anything but demilitarized. it's a very dangerous area if you step off course, there's mines. the of course the soldiers carry weapons. there are sniper towers. this is not a place somebody would want to casually walk around. americans have tried to claim refuge inside north korea before. i remember interviewing a new york university college student who landed on a tourist trip in north korea back w

so visiting north korea as part of the 7th. yes. anniversary of the korean war armistice. this last sermon is also being held in south korea on the occasion. let's no go live to florence. maybe she's in the sun for us now. phones. what more do we know about this set north tray, a visit? well this visit by the chinese and russian delegation in a way. it is also intended for a north korean domestic audience. it is kim jones and the to of north korea's way of saying to his people, look how important this country our country is. we have phone delegation visiting, but it's also, it's meant to send a message to the international community. and the chinese delegation was led to by a public bureau member, mid ranking official. the north korean stage media made it a point to say that he came battering a letter from chinese premier from chinese president, she's in pain. now russia isn't a much more senior official defense minister. so game show you do. and he is the 1st russian defense minister to visit. no, chris is the full of the soviet union. now, like his chinese, like chinese d

korea from 1945 to 1948. kim il-sung emerges as the leader in the north. the u.s. installs the president of south korea. t period -- this is where bruce is very helpful. most of the official narrative is that the korean war began on june 20 5, 1950, when the north koreans crossed over into south korea across the 38th parallel. but what bruce and other historians have found is that there were incursions back and forth for a long period of time. it was at that moment, when the north koreans crossed into south korea, that the united states, under president truman, basically called for not authorization to go to war, but limited action, went to the security council, got overwhelming vote in support of the u.s. intervening under what is called the u.s. command. it is not a united nations command, as the ruse is. it is a unified command. but they still use the u.n. flag. that is basically the beginning of the korean war. amy: i want to turn to a clip of the documentary "crossings" now streaming on pbs world channel. this is ree oak hee testifying at the women's peace symposium in pyongyang about her experience

florence because most of believe this is the 1st visit by a russian defense minister to north korea since the full soviet union. that's right. and these visits are really they have the intended messages are really for 2 audiences. one is for the domestic north korean audience. it's kim jong, wouldn't lead of north korea's way of showing his people that north korea is important . it's receiving important visitors from abroad. and there's also a message that to be sent to the international community. he wants to highlight his country's close ties with russia and china. now the chinese delegation is being led to by a public bureau member. it's not particularly seen yet, but he came with a letter from chinese president susan payne, which was handed to one which was addressed to him. the russian delegation was led to by more senior official. the defense minister, as you mentioned, is the 1st visit by a russian defense minister since the fall of the soviet union down. he also came with a letter from russian president vladimir putin addressed to kim jong. and this really is to serve to hig

, has been detained by north korea and authorities. american officials say the soldier had been in south korea facing disciplinary action and decided to flee to the north while on his way to the airport to be repacked created the heavy b for defy demilitarized zone on the border between the 2 courtyards. and this has to be at the us soldier, identified as private jarvis king was on a board to do a right. he crossed into north korea. and i would have said he heard the soldiers laughing loudly before making her gun. but that dashed has spunk, diplomatic study, the us and not go to, i do not have offices relations. us committed to a part of dc. they're working with a down to boston, north korea to dissolve the incident that we're still trying to learn. but what we do know is that one of our service members who was on a tour will slowly and without authorization cross the military demarcation line. we believe that he is in the b r k custody. and so we're closely monitoring and investigating the situation and working to notify the soldiers n

north korea q is washington a flying spike, plains and it's exclusive economic zone and condemned the sending of a nuclear submarine to side korea. tensions in the pacific region, helping rising for some time. still 5 visits of high level us delegations to tie one washington also held. busy hard steel exercises with the philippines before announcing the relocation of one of its nuclear submarines to south korea. all that coming against the background of north korea, increasing the number of its missile launches over the past 2 years. that's across live now to former us marine on geo political level as brian for electric for his take on this morning to you, brian japan called the war games a response to north korea's miss. i launch. even though japan's may not lie to us has been wrapping up it's activities in the region as well. how do you assess the reasoning behind those drills? this is a very familiar formula that we've seen the united states and its allies use all around the globe. a create a security crisis and then they respond to the. ready provocation, they themselves have crea

about missile test, about nuclear developments and about an american citizen in north korea. . past defections — korea. there have been past defections or _ korea. there have been past defections or abductions - korea. there have been past defections or abductions of l defections or abductions of american citizens, can you talk us through examples and what happened?— happened? during the korean war, happened? during the korean war. right _ happened? during the korean war, right after _ happened? during the korean war, right after the _ happened? during the korean war, right after the korean i war, right after the korean war, right after the korean war, there were american service members who defected in years after and crossed the border into north korea was up the situation with defectors is normally the stay there for it while. some died under uncertain circumstances, and most did not come back. in addition to american defectors, there are american citizens who were abducted, several cited cases of abductions, most of them eventually did come back. the united states sent very

volunteers, what do they call them, that's the most important thing that they need from the north does moscow allow koreaot authorized. it will turn out to be a cheese korean as an officer general. i think that pozrest needs modern combat experience in this modern war, so if they are going to accumulate this experience on the right front , 100,000 volunteers will remember our volunteers, eh, alive valya there are volunteers in north korea and china. i will come and these volunteers will come. i think that this will be a good solution. well, a good solution is to go to the sheikh with the arabs in north korea. oh, and why is that? well, it even turns out amazingly for everyone. there are not enough people in the vast expanses of russia, there are more people in north korea, there are more of them. it’s a strange story, but nevertheless, it’s like this. see you next week, friends . greetings. we constantly talk about the influence of russia on various cultural international platforms and we talk about various film festivals , and unfortunately we have to state that the game of dispute with this influence i

we should all remember in 2022 north korea conducted a record number of missile tests. sign to target south korea and japan. just last week they tested icbm successfully with an eye towards being able to target the u.s. homeland. so a nuclear test would certainly fall along them don'tn own pattern of escalating in order to get what he wants from the united states he is building leverage. arthel: is north korea a bona fide nuclear threats? and if so to whom dan? >> definitely north korea is a threat to the region. now they are a threat beyond. look, the biden ministration is offered talks without preconditions but north korea is not going to agree to that. they note russia and china are absently not going to be involved whatsoever in helping the united states pressured north korea to come to the tocsin. what i think him john own once is he wants north korea to be recognized as a nuclear armed state pretty was to transition from d nuclear rising two arms control and in return for that, he wants sanctions release so he can feed its people but that is the game he is playing.

so the missile testing was to send this message that north korea is not very happy about the nato summit and also nuclear consultation group meeting between south korea and the united states. >> well, you mentioned sending a message to the leaders who gathered at the summit. north korea says it set a new record for the missile in terms of maximum speed and flight distance. what do you make of the technical purpose of the launch? >> the missile flew over 1,000 kilometers, and the maximum altitude was around 6,000 kilometers. the last time they test fired it was april this year, exactly three months ago. the missile flew over the same 1,000 kilometers, but the maximum altitude was only 3,000 kilometers. that's why the flying time was longer this time. and if you fire this on a normal trajectory it is estimated to flyover 150,000 kilometer, and this is enough distance to cover the entire american territory. that's why north korea is saying they made big progress in terms of missile technology. >> and what do you think about the prospect of north korea's military action in the future? >> i t

this comes at a time typically high tension from north korea launching missiles and works on its nuclear arsenal. the biden administration is unsuccessful making headway with pyongyang. u.n. officials say they're working with the north to try to resolve this incident. it has been several hours now and i can't figure out quite how it could be resolved quickly. we've been to that spot in the dmz. communications between the north and south is very sparse and the crossing very difficult. why this guy did it according to u.n. security forces he did voluntarily cross the line. we don't know that either. another headache for the white house. back to you. >> sandra: we're watching. >> bill: a lot of theories now. don't know facts. dan hoffman former station chief fox news contributor. good morning to you. i don't know what you've been able to piece together. cbs news has this report calling him as part of a tourist group that was visiting the dmz and apparently he was with a bunch of other tourists at the time. they have all been questioned and some of them apparently said the man gave out a lou

a us soldier has been detained in north korea after crossing the borderfrom south korea into the northes. live now to our correspondent sean dilley who is at the pentagon. what have the americans been saying about the supper? i know we are expecting some sort of briefing in the next few minutes?— expecting some sort of briefing in the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, _ the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, the _ the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, the challenge - the next few minutes? that's right, and xp minutes, the challenge of l and xp minutes, the challenge of the joint chief of staff will be up on stage here, theoretically another to do with ukraine, that will be a hot topic here, the us army have confirmed or the military and north korea have a nice time 15 minutes that us service member has crossed without authorisation and without authorisation into the military line. our respondents in the us have said that they have been going on between buildings and laughing and details are meant to be announced by chart leak and including the i

now he's in north korea.al communication happening between the united states and north korea, which means only backchannels will solve this. it could be quite a long time or could be quick. we just have no way to know. >> will ripley on the scene for us, thank you very much. private king isn't the first american citizen to be detained by the north korean regime. and if previous experiences are a hint of what he might be going through right now, he could be in for a rather long and harsh stay. cnn's brian todd is joining us. he's got the story. >> reporter: the accounts of americans being detained in north korea go back more than half a century. they are filled with tales of intrigue, harsh treatment, and dramatic attempts to extract them. tonight, army private travis king joins a growing list of americans who've been held by the oppressive kim regime in north korea. one of the best known among them, college student otto warmbier, arrested in 2016 while on a tour of north korea for trying to steal a propaganda

so scree wants to see, especially china pressure north korea into reining in. it's a missile, a nuclear programs, china, however, and, and russia represent kind of traditional allies. most of the north prius trade is with china. it received significant aid from china, as well as diplomatic cover from china add, for example, the united nations security council. in terms of russia, we have the visit that you, that was mentioned of a russian defense minister, saturday show ego. he visited a, a defense exhibition where he was shown around by the north korean leader, kim jong. good. and this is troubling in terms of potential cooperation that's been reported over the past year in terms of north korea supplying russia with arms or, or emulation potentially for it's a war and ukraine. so that was an interview that i conducted earlier. meantime, taiwanda annual military drills epic on this. you're simulating a response to a possible attack by neighboring china. the week long exercises are taking place and mid rising tension in the region. beijing has held its own milita

people who are volunteers, what do they call them, the most important thing is what they need from north korea . does moscow allow north korean sanctions to be lifted? an impressive delegation of north korean volunteers, god willing, and with this, too, it will turn out a famous korean as an officer general. i think that pozarest needs modern and combat experience in this modern war, so if they here, uh, they will accumulate this experience on the right front floor of 100,000 a volunteers, how are our volunteers, remember, eh, valya is alive there in north korea, and there are chinese volunteers , and these volunteers will come. i think that this will be a good solution. by the arabs to north korea otake and why so well that it is even amazingly revealed in all the large spaces of russia there are not enough people in north korea there are more of them strange story well but nevertheless it is otake see you next week pain may become an obstacle not with my knees from pain in the knees try dolegit cream dolegit cream relieves pain, reduces swelling and improves joint mobility, you can even walk

it is kim junglin leader of north korea's way of showing his people that north korea is important. it's receiving important visitors from abroad. and there's also a message that to be sent to the international community. he wants to highlight his country's close ties with russia and china. now the chinese delegation is being led to by a public bureau member. it's not particularly seen yet, but he came with a letter from chinese presidents, asian pain, which was handed to one which was addressed to him. now the russian delegation was led to by more senior official. the defense minister is the 1st visit by a russian defense minister since the full of the soviet union. now, he also came with a letter from russian president vladimir putin addressed to kim jong. and this really is to serve to highlight just how close ties are between china, russia and north korea. now, the russian defense minister, visiting an exhibition wet band, ballistic missiles, will in display let's say this is pretty significant because it seems to suggest that russia accepts north korea's nuclear program. now th

does travis king even want to leave north korea and return? bier? north korea and return? north korea and return? very interesting. thank— north korea and return? very interesting. thank you. - russia says it is now treating all ships travelling to ukrainian ports as potential military targets. moscow had signed deal that guaranteed safe passage for vessels carrying grain, but did not extend its participation when it expired earlier this week. russian president vladimir putin accused western countries of using the agreement to "profiteer shamelessly". but he said he was prepared to return to the accord immediately if certain conditions were met. they include reconnecting russia's agricultural bank to a global payment system. speaking in kyiv, the head of the us agency for international development, samantha power, said every country should join the us in condemning the move. two thirds of the wheat that came out of the black sea green initiative export channel went to developing countries. —— grain initiative. i saw in lebanon and kenya just how dependent those economies a

so he apparently bolted across there was arrested by north korea again, highly unusual move. uh, and this is going to be very difficult for the us because the us north through relations are at one of its lowest points in its history. and the us has a policy when it comes to people overseas that they believe them and taken hosted. they don't actually believe that they need to negotiate with hostage takers. now that said they will engage in trying to do some sort of prisoner swap if that's a possibility. but it's just as north korea is going to be looking for concessions for hep sanctions relief, that's not something the us is going to want to even consider. because of the precedent it could set. so this is going to be a very tricky diplomatic, back and forth to try and get him back. but the us military says they are talking to their north granite counter purse. they say this uh entry was not authorized. and behind the scenes are saying it was very ill advised. how's it going? hey, you know, i've been in washington dc with that top date for us. thank you. major salvage operation

soldier who crossed into north korea is unclear.show of force in the north korean capital. pyongyang marking 70 years since the end of the korean war. a time for north korean leader kim jong un to project nuclear power, with a powerful patron-signaling support. china setting its highest-level delegations in north korea since 2019, the first since covid restrictions plunged the secretive state into near total isolation, led by a senior communist party official with close ties to president xi jinping. russian president vladimir putin sending his defense minister to north korea, a visit to strengthen russian/north korean military ties, the ministry says. two high-level visits by russia and china coming at a crucial time for kim's regime, rapidly rising tensions with the u.s., north korea's longest-ever icbm test. a barrage of ballistic and cruise missile launches. a rare stopover in south korea by a nuclear-capable u.s. submarine. and one week ago an american soldier's surprise sprint into north korea. u.s. army private travis king, th

we start in north korea. the country is marking the 70th anniversary of the korean war armistice, but ts year pyeongyang has something new. yes, russian defense minister se sergei shoigu is one of several. north korean media report a personal letter from russian president vladimir putin to the country's leader kim jong-un. they discuss shared views on national security. the north's ruling party newspaper reported shoigu attended a defense exhibition with kim on wednesday. they were pictured examining north korean weaponry including its new solid fueled intercontinental ballistic missile. the paper also published photos of what appears to be a new unmanned aircraft. the news agency reports it resembles the u.s. global hawk drone designed for high altitude surveillance. shoigu is not the only official from pyeongyang. they too reportedly delivered a letter to kim. theirs was written by chinese president xi jinping. south korean officials say north korea is expected to hold a massive military parade thursday nigh

you can look through binoculars at the southern part of north korea. ildings set up not occupied. entirely fake what you are watching there. apparently this gentleman, was one of these americans who was there in seoul, south korea. moments away on that and moments away on this. ron desantis is in south carolina today taking the stage there in a matter of minutes. the florida governor will be the first republican candidate to file paperwork in that state's presidential primary. that comes number three now, right? after iowa, maybe four, iowa, new hampshire, nevada, south carolina. will it be enough to boost his enthusiasm and donations for his white house ambitions? we'll take you there live coming up in a moment. but at the end of the day, you know you have a team behind you that can help you. not having to worry about the future makes it possible to make the present as best as it can be for everybody. [city ambience sounds] [car screech] [car door slam] [camera shutter sfx] introducing ned's plaque psoriasis. [camera shutter sfx] he thinks his flaky, r

north korea said the deployment of a u.s. capable submarine to south korea as a provocation that could meet its criteria for its own use of nuclear weapons. the defense minister has said they would be used in case nuclear attack is launched against it. what's your response to that? >> thanks for having me on today. we do not seek conflict with the dprk. our alliance with the republic of korea is defensive in nature. the arril of this submarine is part of the washington declaration of the president discussed. this is about deepening our military cooperation. we don't seek conflict. this is about our military strength together and a commitment that the submarine would visit the sport. >> we are seeing these threats from north korea. do you think this is an attempt to get concessions from the u.s. on its nuclear program or do you think these are serious threats? >> it's hard to get in the mind of what north korea is thinking. all i can really say is our representation and our partnership with south korea. this is an ironclad all

soldier to north korea. this image tonight of army private travis king wearing a black cap and shirt authorities say just moments before he ran across the dmz into north korea on his own. tonight his mother making a desperate plea for his return. so where is he now? and what do u.s. authorities believe is now playing out? martha raddatz in south korea tonight with what she just learned a short time ago. >> reporter: the chilling new image of that u.s. soldier, tall, dressed in black moments before he bolted across the border into north korea and was detained by the communist regime. tonight travis king's mother making a desperate plea for his safe return. >> i just want my son back. get my son home. >> reporter: the 23-year-old, his back to the camera, standing at the front of a tour group visiting the dmz, the demilitarized zone separating north and south korea. a tourist in that group describing the moment king started to run. >> one of the american soldiers shouted get him, but he was going so fast and so

we start this hour in north korea. state run media has shown how the country marks the 70th anniversary of the korean war armistice. chinese and russian dignitaries -- state run tv broadcast images thursday night. it was the military's first such parade since february. leader kim jong-un attended the event along the russian defense minister sergey shoigu and pyeongyang also showed off some of its ballistic missiles including the solid fueled that flew from a record 17 minutes july 12th. speaking at the event the defense minister said the united states would not survive a nuclear exchange with north korea. kim himself did not deliver a speech. observers say the parade also served another purpose. experts told south korea's news agency pyeongyang wants to show how china and russia tacitly approve of its nuclear and missile programs. they're banned under u.n. security council resolutions. china and russia are both permanent members of the council. north korea has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles in 2023 alone. a

is north korea. 0f if you looked at the north of south korea is north korea.here was a significant war in the 19505, you had an armistice, you don't have a piece, there was no peace agreement and it remains a very heavily militarised order between north and south korea. all kinds of weapons along that border area. the over 60, 70 years, south korea has had to be extremely well—prepared for the prospect of the major war with the country next door. i the ma'or war with the country next door. , , ,.,, the ma'or war with the country next door. , , the ma'or war with the country next door. , ., , , door. i suppose south korea's visits will be playing _ door. i suppose south korea's visits will be playing into _ door. i suppose south korea's visits will be playing into a _ door. i suppose south korea's visits will be playing into a number- door. i suppose south korea's visits will be playing into a number of - will be playing into a number of geopolitical dynamics taking place because you mention north korea, russia is an ally of north korea. perhaps they will be wa

and u.s., and north korea and south korea, and the u.s.le having the nuclear capable sub in south korea, and they were saying it is crossing a red line, so how do the politics s of all of thi play into it? >> it is unfortunate time, because we have a u.s. submarine docked in south korea for the first time in four decades and americans having a meeting in the nuclear consultive group to showcase the deterrence, and how strong they are in terms of the north korean threats, and this is what the biden administration wanted to highlight, but of course, the story got hijacked by this young man making a really big mistake. >> before i let you go, and i know that you mentioned that north korea, because he defected maybe they keep him or a propaganda tool like we have seen in the past, in order to release him, what do you think they would want? >> two scenarios, they would say, this is crazy guy, after they find out he does not provide intelligence value and say take him or keep him, because in the past when we have five or six americans who have d

it we know how he would be in north korea?— north korea? it depends because. _ north korea?pends because, again, - north korea? it depends because, again, he - north korea? it depends - because, again, he voluntarily defected. perhaps they can use them as a propaganda, to say that he may not be treated that badly as others for example because he would be able to safely goes around and says really negative things the us, they can sort of showcase him as somebody that is good for their propaganda, may they will treat him a little bit better. normally, they do not treat americans very well. we know what happened to 0tto warmbier not and this is a unusual situation and that is different from other americans who are detained in north korea. congressman seth moulton has also weighed in on the us soldier's case and emphasized the urgency here in washington to get mr king released. we should get him back. this is a soldier who had disciplinary problems to begin with. apparently that is how this all started, but this is a very, very bad thing to do. it puts at risk not only his life

private king remains in custody in north korea. uncil spokespersonjohn kirby defended the deployment of a us nuclear submarine to south korea, telling cnn: "make sure that we have in the region sufficient military capability to protect our south korea allies, and quite frankly, the 38,000 us troops and families that are on the korean peninsula." meanwhile: russia has continued to pound ukrainian grain silos for a fourth straight day, causing wheat prices to skyrocket. russia's defense ministry also says its black sea fleet has practised firing rockets at surface targets in a live fire exercise. earlier i spoke with the pentagon's deputy press secretary sabrina singh about all of this, starting with north korea. sabrina, it's great to have you back on the show. i want to start with north korea escalating its rhetoric on nuclear weapons, saying that the deployment of a us nuclear capable submarine to south korea is a provocation that could meet its criteria for its own use of nuclear weapons. and according to the state run news agency

airspace or a missile launched by north korea. "nightly news" is on right now. >>> tonight -- the dangerous and deadly heatwave that just won't go away dozens of records shattered and more expected in the south and southwest, while miami suffers through a 40th day with a heat index over 100 >>> a hiker dies in death valley where it was 121 degrees. the overnight low in phoenix 97 europe sweating it out as well. so hot that workers in greece are refusing to show up at the acropolis as wildfires spread >>> also tonight, the expanding investigation of the suspect in new york's gilgo beach killings authorities now looking at unsolved cases in three other states >>> a former trump white house aide testifies again before the grand jury investigating 2020 election interference. >>> new details about the u.s. soldier who ran into north korea why he spent time at a south korean jail. what the army secretary says about the incident >>> the washington commanders finally sold, and the huge fine the current owners will pay as one of the new in

army soldier appeared to cross willfully and voluntarily into north korea. korean counterparts according to that statement we got from u.s. forces. but it remains to be seen whether there are going to be different regulations or laws applied to him. and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff so maybe we'll get more information then. >> thank you all for being with us on that front. the breaking news out of north korea, where this u.s. soldier is in custody. obviously, much more breaking news here in the united states, where donald trump has now received a target letter. he is a target in the special counsel's investigation surrounding january 6th. this is a major development. all kinds of major implications. that's all for us today. this has been "cnn news central." "inside politics" is up next. i was told my small business wouldn't qualify for an erc tax refund. you should get a second opinion from innovation refunds at no upfront cost. sometimes you need a second opinion. [coughs] good to go. yeah, i thinkk i'll get a second opinion. all these walls gotta go

she too, decided to escape north korea and the misery of being an outcast. you feel about him now? now i respect him and try so hard to remember him. i feel different to other north korean defectors because i'm the proud daughter of a south korean war veteran. by the time lee arrived home, already an old man, his parents had passed away, believing their son had been killed in action. the absence of peace between the north and south have left lee and the families of these soldiers struggling to find peace of their own. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. i spoke to yang gyu kim, he's the principal researcher at the east asia institute. he told me the importance of the recent visits to north korea by russia and china. it proves that after the war in ukraine the north korean regime strengthen relations with like—minded groups so i think it still proves that looks like the cold war has not ended on that side. recently north korea has been testing many missiles and it has been a while since their last nuclear test but it has expanding capabilities, how concerned are

so all the international action center sarah flounder says that north korea on the us provoking north korea with the actions to the real missile launches, continually on ending li are coming from the us. and japan is actually part of these missile exercises. these what are called decapitation drills. so there's a real history behind this that would make north korea feel particularly written because july 27th is a 70 as anniversary of the pharmacists agreement. and in 70 years, no peace treaty constance on ending threats instead against the korean people, open north and sanctions, devastating sanctions, but parking a nuclear submarine in south korea is the greatest threat of a time. now a new us nuclear yourself, which is called a doomsday machine, a global death machine. every one of those nuclear subs carries $24.00 nuclear missiles that could, in one launch, launch each with multiple independently targeted war hits. that's what it is. it is really a death machine, and putting that openly in south korea inviting that dest machine into south korea, directly aimed at north korea, is a

you have thousands of war orphans in north korea and south korea.ion of infrastructure, schools, virtually everything, not only in north korea, but on both sides of the korean peninsula. host: how many american troops killed or wounded? guest: i think the estimates on the number of troops is never exact but i think the latest estimates i have heard on american troops is about 30,000 u.s. forces lost their lives in the korean theater. host: after the korean armistice was signed in 1953 the commander of u.s. forces and u.n. forces was general mark clark. [video clip] >> it will allow some of the groovy wounds of korea to hill. i am thankful. it is however only a step forward what must yet be done. the path now is up at the cease-fire agreement into full effect as quickly as we can get down to working out settlement of the korean problems. i cannot find it in me to -- in this hour, rather it is a time for prayer. we may succeed in our difficult endeavor to turn this armistice to the advantage of mankind. if we extract hope from this occasion, it must b