though sanctions will put economic pressure on north korea. china has significantly ramped up its affective sanctions against north korea. bankingarly the sanctions. those need to be continued. that pressure needs to be continued on. the president saying cut off all trade, all economic activity with north korea is not going to happen. it would clearly lead to an economic collapse in north korea . china is very concerned about that. they know that that would cause a very significant problem on their border, which is a very long border with north korea. host: if you want to ask our guests questions, 202-748-8000 democrats. for republicans. the chair from the president in the united states while in asia addressing the south korean leadership in the government talking about them. the regime has: interpreted america's past restraint as weakness. fatalould be a miscalculation. this is a very different administration in the united states -- administration been in theted states has had past. today as pay cannot only for our countries, but for all civilized

not us present dollar trump says he handled the latest ballistic missile test fired by north korea china has voiced grave concern and says talks should be held to resolve the issue through peaceful means of pyongyang claims the latest test launches a new type of missile and some experts believe it could be capable of hitting any city in the united states. north korea triumphantly claims it has become a global nuclear power after a lot of over two months it has fired another intercontinental ballistic missile this one flew much higher than previous ones before landing in the sea of japan. state media announced the news in a special broadcast it said the launch was a complete success and that the new missile represented a giant leap forward. and well pyongyang frames this brings the whole u.s. mainland within its reach a direct challenge to president on the tramp but this time his reaction was more muted than before after meeting with his secretary of defense trump refrained this time from issuing threats. you know what we tell you that will take care of it when you have general most of th

it may be possible to we open the door for a better relationship between the foley pins and china or north korea i think that china will not do more cannot do more probably because their biggest priority is that north korea stays on the map they don't want an implosion of north korea they don't want the millions of refugees that come with that and they don't want a reunited korean peninsula with american troops at the chinese border that's very priority so on the south china sea i think it will depend on what donald trump will say i will stations of his trip i mean he will go also to vietnam to the apec summit and it is room of that there will be a speech about open and free oceans so there will be some announcement of the concerning the indo-pacific and for the chinese the word in the pacific alone is a no go where they talk of the pacific ocean and the indian ocean but not of both as a connected thing so i think there will be some counter movements led by japan australia india and the united states and so i don't see that the facts on the ground will change and i ask lord is it possible that i

we know china is the strongest country to deal with north korea. it is in their best interest and in their backyard. yet we are sending satellite photographs after the u.n. sanctions were voted on, defying boats goingons, back and forth between china and north korea. so that has not had a lot of impact. let me commend you for your courage coming here today, in light of the dangers and the obvious risks you are taking. i think you are a courageous individual. but they are almost deified, this dynasty. how do we change that, first question. if the military option is on the table and secretary mattis has warned against it, if that happened, what with the the peninsula look like? what would be the aftermath of the military option? mr. thae: the first, i think, many people do not understand why the north korean regime believes that nuclear weapons can solve their problems, and why kim jong-un's regime is so much obsessed with this kind of nuclear weapons program, which can do nothing about all those sanction. from the perspective of the north korean regi

north korea. on one hand, china is keeping its obligation with united nations sanctions. but on the other hand, it is opening the possibilities for north korea to fund its program by importing a lot of north korean laborers to their country. smuggling, private traders, small companies, do you have an idea of who they are and how we can in the u.s. policy, impact that i -- that activity? mr. thae: that is a matter of a chinese decision. we should continue to tell the chinese government that the north korean nuclear threat is not only a threat to america, but it can be a threat to china. we should continue to convince the chinese government to cooperate to stop north korea's nuclearization. convinced, they will take effective measures to stop and crackdown on the smuggling network. chairman royce: your time has expired. we have to go to joe wilson of south carolina. representative wilson: thank you, mr. thae, i appreciate your courage. i represent many constituents who served in korea. they have a great affection for korean families. my dad served in the flying tigers in wor

hopes china well ramp up economic pressure on north korea in an attempt to stop john yang's nuclear ambitions. more than a night at the opera president trump's asia trip brings him to china where his key themes trade and north korea converge china is one of america's largest trading partners and north korea's major sponsor. competing for global commerce but also partners in it part of trump's trip includes a signing ceremony for commercial deals between the two countries worth about nine billion dollars. trade is tricky business trade imbalance is a big issue for trump he even said it got him elected one year ago and it's really big with china. the u.s. a leader in services enjoys service trade surpluses with china and many other countries however trade in goods easily wipes out these gains in two thousand and sixteen that left the u.s. in a three hundred ten billion dollar hole with china which trump is keen to climb out of. two of the world's most powerful leaders haven't always seen eye to eye but there may be room for common ground trump as a business person you know i mean. you know his

even though china claims that those trucks were exported to north korea for industry, but it is -- north korea actually using all those china made trucks for icbm deployment. another thing, it is true that in 60s and 70s the basic technology of north korea and submarine were imported from china, and hundreds of chinese technicians help north korea to build the first class of submarines. >> i do want to get to submarines in the moment, but as part of the whole idea of nuclear triad, before asked the question, to your knowledge has north korea had a desire to or actually engaged in sharing their advancements with iran? >> in the past, whenever north korea pass those satellites, iranian scientists were invited to the site. and it is the common fact that during the war between iraq and iran, north korea supported the iranian side by supplying the military equipment to and after that ended, because of that there was strong cooperation between iran and north korea on all military terms. but in terms of nuclear cooperation, i do not have any clear information in that regard. >> north korea is n

china. on north korea i think china , will not do more. do more probably, because their biggest priority is north korea stays on the map. they do not want an implosion of north korea, they do not want the millions of refugees that come with it and they do not want a reunited korea peninsula with american troops at the chinese border. that is their priority. so on the south china sea, i think it will depend on what donald trump will say in other stations of his trip. i mean, he will go also to vietnam, to the apex summit, and it is rumored there will be a speech about open and free oceans. so there will be some announcement of, or concerning the indo pacific. and for the chinese, the word indo pacific alone is a no go. they talk of the pacific ocean and the indian ocean, but not of both as a connected think. -- thing. i think there will be counter movements led by japan, australia, india, and the united states. so i do not see that the facts on the ground will change. melinda: is it possible, that if donald trump does not get at least the a

so i think north korea depends mostly on china. >> one last question for you. >> many deck 8 cents north and south korea have basic been two separate nations. supposing that the north korean government crumbled. do you believe that north korea and south korea being apart now for so longve could realisticaly be enough i? >> yes, i think so. they have the same culture and korea has been divided only for 70 years. before ivi learned after my arrival to south korea aren't they have so many things in common. i think it will be very easy process to accommodate north and south korea if the two koreas are reunified. >> my comment from the beginning i think this debate over whether we should have taken military action in north korea earlier perhaps a decade ago really underlines the mistake of the iraq war. we went to the iraq war believing saddam hussein was developing nuclear capabilities and north korea was developing that we took no action there. without making a judgment about whether we should or should not have taken military action th

north korea. on the other hand, china says they are doing more than anyone else. l resolutions, they have cut off seafood and coal. we are really putting pressure on north korea by turning down the screws. donald trump would like them to cut oil, for example, to really try and bring the economy to its knees. as we had earlier in the programme, there is no way that beijing wants a regime to collapse because even though they wa nt to collapse because even though they want them to give up nuclear weapons, what they fear more than thatis weapons, what they fear more than that is a collapsed at eunos —— north korea, with us troops on its border as a unified country. china will not do anything that would lead to that happening. china is a huge trade partnerfor north korea but the us and china, it is all about trade as well. we expect a big ceremony at the great hall of the people but we also see a signing ceremony in the great hall of the people, 19 deals worth $9 billion? yes. that was the first round of deals that we heard about on day one. apparently on day two there

it possible to really open the door for a better relationship between the philippines and china or north korea i think that china will not do more cannot do more probably because their biggest priority is that north korea stays on the map they don't want an implosion of north korea they don't want the millions of refugees that come with that and they don't want a real knighted korean peninsula with american troops at the chinese border that's priority so on the south china sea i think it will depend on what donald trump will say will stations of his trip i mean he will go also to vietnam to the apec summit and this room of that there will be a speech about open and free. so there will be some announcement of the concerning the indo-pacific and for the chinese the word in the pacific a loan is a no go where they talk of the pacific ocean and the indian ocean but not of both as a connected thing so i think there will be some counter movements led by japan australia india and the united states and so i don't see that the facts on the ground will change and i was cleared is it possible that if don

north korea. congressman kim byeong-gi: china and north korea has developed a strategic partnership, and if chinay thinks that we are good friends, china should make their bad friend do the right things. sharyl: is chinaxe prof. ra chong-il: china is a big political and economic power and growing sort of a military power, as well. sharyl: political science professor ra chong-il was a campaign adviser to south korean president moon jae-in, who was elected in may. in the end, he suspects china's one belt, one road is less about spreading prosperity and more about china trying to build a more dominant role on the world stage. prof. ra chong-il: china is just beginning to throw its weight about to its neighbors. i think it is just the beginning. sharyl: in china, president trump was offered lavish treatment, full of pomp and ceremony, but few commitments. of the competition for southeast asia, president xi simply said, "the pacific is big enough to accommodate both china and the united states." ahead on "full measure" -- looking for cheap airline flights? we'll tell you how to find them. problem is,

north korea when they do that? my second question is can you please articulate to me the difference between going to war with north korea and china? i have been having a hard time trying to understand the difference. that he so much -- thank you so much, c-span. guest: the ballistic missile threat, whether it is from north korea, china, russia, anybody with the ability to range the net's sake becomes the most serious concern the federal government has. we do have ballistic missile capabilities, usually they are located along the most likely trajectories from the logic country against the united states. we have tested that several times. the results of in pretty good. the ability of an incoming missile to dispense decoys or maneuver in flight complicates the intercept problem that the u.s. government is aware of that. the air force and others are working to make sure we have the best solution possible. then it goes to a type of launch and where the hydrogen bomb, a thermonuclear device is detonated. if it was a fight against the u.s. or territories or estate, hawaii or marching eastward to the continental u.s., that would be an ac

north korea. the president also wants china to take further steps, cutting off oil supplies to north korea, freezing the bank accounts of some north korean individuals, as united states treasury department has. and taking all of the north korean workers who are here in china and sending them home. what's not clear at this point, shannon, is whether or not xi jinping has the influence over kim jong un to get him to rein in his nuclear program and b, how much influence xi jinping wants to wield. he appreciates the fact that north korea is a real cultural and political buffer between the u.s. allied south korea and china. he is looking, because they look in terms of 20 and 50 year plans and china as opposed to three and five weeks as we do in the states. he is looking way down the road to safely get rid of north korea's nuclear program and career unifies under the terms of the south, i'm going to have basically the united states on my border and i'm not sure that's particularly a good thing to have happen. he's got a difficult calculation. the president has a difficult calculation as well. we will see

north korea. >> laura: linked with south koreaa's trade deficit. >> we will see. we have one big problem. north korea. china has been helpful. we are talking trade with china. >> laura: it's complicated. >> and most people have said whether it's cutting the banking system or the oil to north korea. i must tell you north korea is a thing they think we will solve. if we don't solve it, it won't be very pleasant for them. it won't be very pleasant for anybody, but china is helping us. >> laura: japan is worried. >> of course they are worried. >> laura: they want a nuclear pledge from the united states. >> japan is a warrior nation. i tell china and everyone else you will be have a big problem with japan if you allow this to continue with north korea. >> laura: are you making any pledges to japan? >> they are an ally. the prime tickminister is close me and i have been close to the president of china. this is a very important trip. >> laura: you don't like traveling? >> i don't love it, but it's important. i am going to china and japan and south koreaa and vietnam. we are doing well in draft. nafta is a disaster

north korea. mr. trump is going to north korea and china. -- going to korea and china. what is the significance of this bilateral summit meeting when north korea is fixing its altitude, not respond together relinquishing nukor development. what is necessary to avoid military confrontation? >> while japan-u.s. alliance being the foundation of the regional peace and prosperity. when japan. u.s. partner strongly the peace of this region becomes unshakeable. from that perspective i consider we were able to affirm strong bonds between the u.s. and japan. this was quite significance for the regional peace. on the north korean situation between president trump and myself. we confirmed we are together 100%. we'll enhance the pressure the e even the international community has working towards north korea and russia. north korea continues its provocation towards the international community so we need to cooperate. we must exercise our policy pap we'll change our policy. so please come talk to us. i think this is what most of important that we have a complete agreement with preside

center of beijing now talks between these two presidents are set to focus on trade and north korea the u.s. hopes that china will ramp up economic pressure on its ally to abandon its nuclear ambitions north korea was also the focal point of trump's last stop south korea before leaving seoul trump delivered a stark warning to be on yang in a speech to south korean lawmakers listen at the regime as interpreted america's past restraint as we can this. this would be a fatal miscalculation this is a very different administration than the united states has had in the past today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try. and amend that strong language china's president xi jinping has showered trump with a lavish and warm welcome but that tone could soon change still ahead a full day of talks between two superpowers over eight host of divisive issues have a listen. more than a night at the opera president trump's asia trip brings him to china where his key themes trade and north korea converge china is one of america's larg

forces seize north korea if the regime were to fall so china is trying to really play all sides here right jason strother in so thank you very much for that thank you meanwhile here in genii the government is strongly condemned north korea's latest ballistic missile launch by the regime that lets that are going to get some of the stories making news around the wild. the u.n. criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia is handing down its last judgment on an appeal by six bosnian croat leaders convicted of crimes including murdering muslims it would be the court's last verdict for war crimes committed during the violent break up of the former yugoslavia. bali's international airport is set to reopen today after an erupting volcano left tens of thousands of travelers stranded for two days mount are gone has been spewing ash and smoke for more than seven thousand meters into the air flights were cancelled amid concerns the cloud posed a threat to flight safety. bolivia's top court has struck down constitutional limits on reelection paving the way for president evo morales to run for a fo

china? >> the chinese see north korea as their neighbors. e chinese have a pretty favorable view of people they share a border with. there is a lot of concern about all of this nuclear rhetotoric. china has said repeatedly in response to criticisms from the u.s. and other international bodies that it is completely does implement the resolutions including sanctions. the sanctions has increased in the past year. what we don't know because there are no independent checks at the border is how will china really is reinforcing these sanctions. i visiteded the border with north korea a couple of months ago and people tell me they still get gold and silver from north korea, even though it has been long band in the u.n. sanctions. if you ask ago, i would do some north korean restaurants in beijing and asked about their business. they said every day they get food imports. that is also against sanctions. itit is unclear how well chinese and forcing, but definitely china is doing all they can. there t tone is they shshould ne thehe ones who shoulder all

previous administrations the obama administration had really wanted to work with china more closely and was afraid of north korea and saying since taking a toll on the u.s. china relationship and so they have held back on some of the secondary sanctions but we see the trumpet ministration really getting rid of that hesitation liza collins with the center for strategic and international studies joining us tonight lisa thank you very much. well leaders from across europe in africa have pledged to do more to tackle illegal migration amid an international outcry over migrant slave markets in libya and germany's chancellor angela merkel and some eighty other european and african leaders are taking part in a two day summit in ivory coast tackling the root causes of migration is a top priority as is promoting stability and more jobs for africa's young people and the rapidly growing population. well corresponding next hoffman is after some joins us now from ivory coast good evening to you max why is europe suddenly so interested in africa's young people. you just said it brant because the population is rapidly rising it

he's going to probably push for further clampdowns north korea also accesses the global internet largely through north korea in. largely through china's internet and cable structure so it's possible that he may also push to have trying to clamp down on north korea's ability to access the global internet what about china what are they going to want it's not every day the u.s. president comes to town what's their agenda here why i think one of the most important things is they would like to figure out is mr trump going to work on imposing tariffs and sanctions on chinese products the u.s. is one of the key economic partners for china and what can china do to avoid that whether it's making some concessions in areas such as steel were promising to pay better attention to things like protecting intellectual property rights they would also of course dearly love to get a clarification on america's position on taiwan under the trump administration and also on the south china sea all right there seems to be friction between trump and his own state department when it comes to north korea we've seen secretary of state rex tillerson at times maki

they have been playing a very two-faced game when it comes to north korea, china has a plan, they are not a good actor. but when it comes to north korea, they are key because north korea depends upon china for its survival.t. >> sean: this speech is going to start momentarily. we just saw sarah sanders and jared kushner being seated.>> i want to look at two deals, and i want to make a comparison, because when you have somebody that is seemingly as unstable as kim jong un, ambassador, then you watch the united states, bill clinton told the american people, this is a good deal for the american people, and he assured us they would give up their nuclear ambitions when he was dealing with kim jong un's father. we gave them the money, we gave them the energy sources, we gave them everything they wanted and they ended up building nuclear weapons anyway.y now they are getting the icbm capability, which means they could reach the continental united states.g then you got obama's worst deal with iran.co what part of you cannot buy off a dictatorship, or extremist with american tax dollars do the

rob: how much of what north korea gets supported by and what they live on is coming from china? critical are they to north korea's survival? >> china provides an umbilical cord, food and energy, china has the capability to shut that off, the problem from china's perspective, instability in north korea, instability is not in china's interests. rob: hopefully the relationship with president xi jinping continues to be strong, sound like we will need their help, thanks for coming on, appreciate it, 20 minutes after the hour, dramatic theme on the runway, shocking moment the engine of a passenger plane burst into flames. remember when chris christie fired back at a voter over the scandal on a private beach, just shot down one more voter before leaving office. >> serving folks like you with the unique choice. rob: carly shimkus with reaction online. ♪ we do? i took the trash out. i know - and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medi

china has a lot of fla k the china case, china has a lot of flak from north the china case, china has a lot of flakfrom north korea has a lot of flak from north korea for supporting un sanctions against pyongyang over the last few years. so there is a need to pivot away from that position to find an amiable solution. the truth of the matter is that entire east asian region, asean countries, a lot of countries stand to suffer. in all of the other issues like climate and trade are lost in the broader debate about north korea. and that's what the financial times points out in its editorial comment on this trip. so looking at china daily, the state—sponsored, that will be one angle on it, but the international press really focused on this key issue. interesting, though, as well, in that press conference they talked about so many other things. they did. some things i didn't expect like tackling drug addiction, for example. it goes to show the potential synergy that exist to boost relations between both countries. china and the us, like it or not, still important partners with each other. if you just look at trade, in t

before the latest missile was launched but it is not surprising because of late october both china and north koreang of thais. they had been put —— deadlocked previously. —— china and south korea had signalled a warming of thais. at sta ke, had signalled a warming of thais. at stake, millions and millions of chinese tourists. last year alone 8 million, making up around half of all tourist arrivals to south korea. that makes it the second most popular destination after thailand and ahead ofjapan, interestingly. this amounts to a lot of lost revenue, about $6.5 billion worth because the number of tourist to the first nine months has been cut in half and it is notjust tourism, it is cars, cosmetics, conglomerates such as hyundai. and supermarket chains, for example. lotte had to shut a lot of supermarkets. businesses have been affected across the ball but i am sure the chinese wa nted the ball but i am sure the chinese wanted a dose of kapok? it is popular in china but the tours has been cancelled and music videos have not been streamed and that includes south korean drama and film as well. south kor

united states and china as of course probably distance you know state is still a long way from north korea china is next door you know states may want to see the regime in pyongyang collapse whereas for china chaos in north korea is not a good thing and that's also by the way not a good thing for south korea either and so to some extent the chinese would like to calm the situation and that would of course quite likely leave commune with an in-car threat in the hope that he would agree to the very least further missile and nuclear tests where for the united states they are in a sense of play in their desire to denuclearize north korea not just to freeze it and so there is a there is a gulf between beijing and washington over what the best possible outcome is going to be over the north korean issue not what's the big u.s. leader has put pyongyang i notice he's selling arms to allies in the region what do you think you game plan is with these days it's all. well it's quite enthused on the one hand he's been much less bellicose in his rhetoric in the last few days more talking about squeezing north

it is often hard to tell what is being moved between china and north korea in the trucks. it is strictly enforcing all united nations sanctions. those now include a ban on exports of north korean coal, iron and textiles. but in august, china purchased 1.6 million tons of north korean coal, worth nearly $140 million. days before the sanctions went into effect. overall the chinese government claims its trade with north korea has dropped significantly. but china still refuses to cut north korea off at the knees because it fears if the regime collapses, refugees from here in north korea, will stream across the border, here into china. and worse yet they will see the u.s. military just across this ridge. some chinese traders may be violating the sanctions including ban on north korean seafood. off camera this woman at dandong fish market admitted some fish came from north korea. when we turned the camera on, she said it was china. >> reporter: none of this fish from north korea? >> no, she says, nobody would dare sell any. >> this chinese seafood trader asked to us conceal his i

trump say urging she to work hard to resolve the north korea conflict did it get any results well that's the idea that the trump administration has china just needs to increase pressure cut off the life minds of the north korean regime and then the north korean regime will give up its. its nuclear program the chinese government sees it differently the chinese government does not want to risk any instability in north korea so cutting off would be too risky strategy and that's why there has been very little progress in the past time and these talks also have not brought any. specific results with this issue. i want to talk a little bit more about you know results oriented discussions because we we've seen these two leaders complement each other quite a lot during the strife in fact this trip that was called a state visit plus because of just how lavish it was pictures of harmony there but you know when we get down below that was there tension between these two do you think over these issues i think at the core of the top acts there has not been made much progress nevertheless of course a good working relationship unusual sympathy can hel

point in the speech that he doesn't think there should be any form of support from north korea and it is mostly chinaooses to support north korea at the moment. latest round of un sanctions, there was pressure to stop oil imports, china didn't want that and they've been restricted by some 70%. so digs at china. there was also a direct message to kim jong—un, the leader of north korea. he made it clear and said, i address this message to kim jong—un. he made it clear and said, i address this message to kimjong—un. he he made it clear and said, i address this message to kim jong—un. he said the country created by your grandfather is a hell and the weapons programme you are creating is putting you in more danger instead of guaranteeing your security. he talked about a way out, a path to peace. he said, you must stop the weapons programme, the nuclear is and that must be verifiable. so the tone was different, there were no off—the—cuff comments, apart from a few mentions about golf and a few mentions about his victory in the election year ago, which is exactly today, but it was far more measured, bertone

of north korea's crude imports come from china however there is perhaps a false belief that china has some sort of magic pill that will resolve the whole problem with north korea. has shown many times that it will not do as beijing once it to do of course beijing has numerous times condemned north korea's provocations whether it be missile launches or nuclear tests but that has not deterred the kim jong un regime and at the end of the day china does not want a collapsing north korea it wouldn't want to see a south korea backed by american forces on its border so there's a limit to how much china is willing to do ok well the u.s. is warning that if china does not cut off its oil supplies to north korea that it might take matters into its own hands now what might washington be talking about what are its options right now. well i think this is a game that the trump administration has been playing all along it always raises the stakes without being too explicit about what it might actually be talking about whether it's trump saying that you know the u.s. will handle north korea's recent i

it was reported in this "new york times" article that north korea may now be exporting less to china,but north korea may also be receiving trade credits from china, to finance continued imports, and of course these trade credits will help nullify north korea were having trouble coming up with hard currency. so if chinese entities including banks are -- shouldn't the treasury be designating them? >> that's a great point and i think we are seeing, as they evolve in response to u.n. security council resolutions, a constant effort to evade sanctions and barter is one of the ways they're -- so trade credits or maybe just plain old barter is another way they're trying to evade the effect of the financial hammer lock that we're endeavoring to put on them. so we're tracking that and if you trade with north korea, i don't care whether you're trading in dollars or yuan or whatever, any barter relationship exposes you to u.s. sanctions. >> thank you, chairman, i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back and there's one minute left remaining from the gentleman's time, if i could ask one question o

one of the reasons that china has found north korea to be an asset rather than reliability, it distracts u.s. and gives china a bargaining chip. we can help you in north korea, but we want concessions in the south china sea. we're going to be the power in asia and expect you to accept that. >> i thought the president's words about the south china sea and vietnam and the philippines were pretty firm. he spoke up on behalf of freedom of navigation and territorial rights and these cannot be demanded, dictated by any single country. and the pattern of the islands, that started under president obama. so, you know, it's good to have -- i agree with you on the point of follow-through, but in terms of setting principles, issuing a warning, i thought he did well. >> i think that's exactly right. and it precisely means good articulation of policy and a vision and now you need implementation and people in place to implement those policies. you have criticism from former obama people, but did nothing about china's attempts to take over international waterways and establish, nothing whatsoever, about

china and north korea. with china president trump wants to review what he calls unfair trade practices. he wants to combat recent agrees in the chinese sea. and with north korea he wants to talk about the nuclear programs. president trump is going to attempt to raleigh support from the leaders of these countries, especially china, to put even more pressure on north korea. will we hear the same inflammatory language, the fire and furry we have heard on twitter. will he use that language overseas close to the border with north korea. yesterday the national security adviser said president trump will use whatever language he wants. >> i don't think the president modulates his language. you have noticed he does that. he has been very clear about it. i am aware of the discussions of his inflammatory. what is inflammatory is the nortnorth korean regime and howy have threatened the world. >> two questions. one, will president trump visit the pugh mz, the border of north korea and south korea. the white house says he

trump has reacted to the latest north korean test missile launch saying we want and what china is voicing grave concern about the test the missiles all three north korea's most powerful today. i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks for being with us. germany is a strong country. that we have achieved so much we can do this and if something him to resign we must overcome it.

is basically north korea's only friend and so the u.s. would like to see china get north korea to back off hostilities. also they want to get greater access to chinese markets for u.s. companies and ease some regulations that require u.s. companies to partner with chinese companies to do business there. >>> president trump and the first lady are dining with china's president in the forbidden city. how important is the significance of that dinner? >> reporter: this is very important for both china and the u.s. donald trump becomes the first foreign leader to ever dine in the forbidden city in modern chinese history. they also saw an operaer finished up there. it's a huge honor according to the chinese ambassador, something to show the importance of this u.s. visit and possibly to get donald trump or to try to impress donald trump a little bit and from trump's standpoint to try and show that he is able to meet eye to eye with the chinese and be able to talk with them and get a deal out of them. >> thank you, edward. >>> we're learning new details about a domestic

north korea have a way to get around the sanctions. i know sanctions will work but russia may be working against our interests by giving north korea and out and russia sees an opportunity. of chinao in and there has been competition between the two states for decades. >> what could russia want out of north korea other than coal. what are they interested in? it is a small nation, not particularly wealthy at this point. >> it is a question of influence. of the kim jong-il and government was to go way russia would lose a lot of influence in the region and russia does not like sanctions. it is under sanctions from the us, doesn't like that and they relate to the north koreans because of our sanctions. >> we know vladimir putin likes to stir the pot anyway just to make things interesting so we will see how he responds to this and see how the meeting goes. thank you for coming on this morning, 19 minutes after the hour. windfarm theory, the plan to put windmills right on our war battlefield. daggers come out after dnc chair donna brazil reveals how much power the clintons have over the democratic party. >> we lost an election last year. many people thought we were going to win. i did