north korea's truly regrettable augments and as shown in debt multiple u.n. security council resolutions, the international community has repeatedly made clear that it did not recognize north korea as a nuclear weapons state in any case. north korea must stop provocations and sincerely return to dialogue for denuclearization. hopefully, north korea will recognize this is the only path to a stable future. thank you. namesre are no more inscribed on the list of speakers. the meeting is adjourned. [indiscernible chatter]

agreement will have the biggest blow to north korea in the sense that china used to be north korea's biggest ally and the fact that china perhaps indirectly supported north korea's nuclear program for one thing all the foreign workers in north korea that had are mostly in china the hard currency they send back pays for that nuclear program and also the fuel supplies that's a big thing because china is the main supplier of fuel to north korea and for years they haven't been transparent about how much they were actually supplying now they're agreeing to be open about how much i stand in north korea and cutting back the amount of fuel this much is a big step now china has top short of halting all fuel supplies saying that that would lead to a collapse in regime and it's something they definitely do not want as it could escalate the conflict and that is definitely something they do not want here's what the chinese ambassador to the u.n. said. on the d.p. r. k. is continuing to conduct nuclear tests and missile launches in defiance of the universal opposition by the international community the parties concerned have continued to expand military exercises and

north korean people his date of birth. nobody in north korea knows who his father is. nobody in north korea knows his half-brother. nobody in north korea knows he is the only third son of kim jong-un, kim jong-il. now kim jong-un is brainwashing the north korean population that the only bloodline. after five years of this kind of continuing brainwashing, he still cannot provide north korean population with a single photo with his grandfather kim il-sung. why? because he was the hidden boy by his father. he was kept secretly and silently in switzerland. but majority of north korean population do not know this fact. so we should disseminate this information about who he is, why even now kim jong-un cannot present even a single photo with his grandfather, because his grandfather didn't know the existence of this boy. the majority of north korean people do not know that his father kim jong-il has several ladies to live with. so we should tell north korean people that kim jong-un and his father, kim jong-il, and his grandfather, kim il-sung, the whole members of that kim dynasty -- that is the first thing that we should

korea and the president of the united states. the president of south korea comes from -- his parents were born in north korea so they were refugees from north korea. he has a much more holistic i think sense of the korean peninsula, he sees -- he's concerned about the future of the north korean people as well. so he doesn't want the obliteration of either south korea or north korea. it's a little bit at odds i think -- of course right now he's very angry about the provocations especially with the olympics coming up so he is trying to be tough but he does eventually want engagement so there's a little bit of a difference in policy and approach between the u.s. and south korea but he also wants to be at those discussions, does not want north korea to create a situation where the north koreans are only talking to the united states or the united states is only talking to north korea and not including seoul. >> anthony, do you see the united states vulnerable to a play, if you like, from pyongyang to divide us away from our allies, from the south koreans? >>, you know, i guess that's the part that surprises me the most. i would say that kim jong

i've been hearing forever, oh china's the heat of north korea with china's the key to north korea, they're not. because for china, north korea is too big to fail. yes, if china wanted to, they could bring north korea to their knees. they are responsible, i think, for some 90% of north korea's energy. but china doesn't want to because they don't want north korea to collapse, for two reasons. number one, they don't want a united korea that is allied with the u.s. on their border. number two, they don't want chaos in north korea that will spill over into china, primarily in the millions of refugees and absolute chaos in the nuclear power right next door to them. china is not going to cripple north korea because i don't think it's in their best interest. the only thing that's surprising is that the president would say he's disappointed. this policy point has been obvious to people following north korea for years. >> but he has made a lot of his policy around pressuring china to do something. and just back to these ships. so the treasury department -- and we knew this, says that some of the ships in the picture are north ko

north korea on its missile development. relative resolutions have clearly decided that north korea in as only served north koreams complete, verifiable, and irreversible manner. we should not backtrack from that goal. approvalcomplete, verifiable, ad exit for meaningful dialogue is north korea's actionent and concrete toward denuclearization. what is important today is that the international community united ande cooperates closely or maximize pressure by all means available. only by doing united and so they can make north korea change its policy. the series of united nations sanction measures are an effective means to achieve this goal. in this regard, this counsel should also be reminded of its inmination expressed so relevant resolution to take further significant measures in the event of a further nuclear tension -- test or launch by north korea. tensions are -- to make north korea understand there is no other way but to change its policy. the security council has adopted unprecedented strong sanction measures which are close to a full fledged sanction regime. sanctions are must effective when they are fully implemented

korea north korea to sell weapons of mass destruction. australian federal police say khan han khoy tried to sell north korean missile parts and other military technology abroad. authorities say khoy an australian national was acting as of north koreanorth korea missile court or jury bone enters including software for guidance ballistic missiles for national entities. khoy was in contact with high-ranking north koreaian officials and unitsed nations enacted toughest xhex staxs yet against north korea and for years the regime found ways toy make money selling not just weapons on the black market but also counterfeit money and drugs. we also know north korea's kleedership cracked down harder on their own people as economic pressure and military tension have risen over the last year. the united nations says 13 million people suffer from a chronic lack of food and there has been increased surveillance on their own people by the regime. >> this is a regime that hypocrite beingly spends billions and nuclear and ballistic missile programs while own people suffered great poverty. regime could feed and care for women, children and ordinary people in chose welfare of people over weapons development. >> at the united nations tillerson reitera

long way and a more complete embargo on north korea since you are looking for iran-style sanctions, but what do you think the north korea -- what you think north korea wants ? anthony: i think north korea wants a unified korean peninsula under the rule of the north korean regime. i think that is pretty much their long-term goal. just broadly on sanctions, i'm sure we'll discuss this later, but i would be very interested to hear the other alternatives. to me, with a country that has violated almost every negotiated settlement that we have had with them -- and i'm not advocating .or sanctions on its own i'm interested in what the other panelists -- i'm sure we will get into it later -- see as an alternative to sanctions. sanctions only take as long as we're willing to implement them. i think the trump administration has made significant slot -- significant strides over the last 10 months. i think the intelligence assessment is interesting, but perhaps we will see what happens moving forward. todd: before we come right up on the break, which is just a minute, i want you to talk about your neighbors a little bit. we are right across the street fro

>> north korea is not the soviet union. north korea is not china. northis not even iran, all right? so i understand how difficult this will be for any american president to digest, and i understand why the trump administration is trying to avoid that reality. but let me give you what i think is a truth, a very, very sad truth but truth nonetheless. it is my judgment that it will be more dangerous to prevent north korea from getting to that state than it would be for us to try to cope with a north korea in that state. >> so, the question of kim jong-un's real agenda has baffled many across the globe, but now we're getting a much clearer picture. thae yong-ho once worked for the north korean leadership -- a high-level diplomat. he was deputy ambassador to britain. and when he defected last summer, along with his wife and two sons, he became the highest-ranking official to do so in 20 years. this year, thae headed to capitol hill, and i spoke to him just after his briefings there, when he urged lawmakers to step up an information campaign into the north. i w

north korea to come to the table. even so, even if you did have more severe cutoffs against north korea, north korea has been preparinghis. they've been storing. they can cut consumption very significantly at home if they need to. and they're not going to be deterred from reaching the nuclear finish line. >> recently the former u.n. secretary general about what sort of framework would it take to get him back to the table, and he says anything would be good in order to open up communication. you just mentioned the instability of a communications with north korea. so what's the most feasible option at moment? are we talking about bilateral talks with the u.s., multilateral framework like that of the six-party nuclear talks about a decade ago? >> well, the thing is, negotiations right now for north korea are simply going to be a way to stave off and shorten that time line for a viable military strike against the program. they're not going to be talks toward freezing the program. we're past that point for north korea. so, you know, from pyongyang's perspective, they could engage in talks without preconditions, such as den

some point next year north korea could possibly be able to launch a second tipped missile that could reach the united states so this is indeed a grave threat coming from north korea north korea has responded with its usual belligerent now as to what else we can expect from north korea in the coming year what we. to look out for is kim jong un the north korean leader peach on new year's day become a tradition attached to deliver a speech and live where he sometimes outlined to foreign policy at the start of the east said north korea was in the final stages of building an intercontinental ballistic missile and in november he delivered that next year we can live coming near and the steps of the one child really states each about the sort of direction north korea is going to be but i think the statement issued by the foreign ministry of north korea today also gives a shit that north korea is not backing down all right after on sunday then the south korean capital cell phones thank you. now at least two hundred people are dead in the southern philippines following massive landslides and flooding caused by tropical storm tembin most of the casualties were on the island of mi

north korea. north korea is a dangerous reckless criminal regime threatening the pace of the region it is vitally important that all nations work relentlessly to enforce those sanctions because the more economic pressure that can be brought on north korea the soon will that regime will be brought to its senses if it's five showing yang to expand its intercontinental missile capabilities have excel aerated in recent months resulting in a tightening of economic sanctions a strain federal police assistant commissioner neil gown told reporters that the case is a sign nose measures are having an effect. by sweetly as an economic idea on behalf of north korea there's nothing to suggest he's doing anything but that is doing it of a patriotic purpose you know i think at the end of day he would so whatever he could to to mike money back to the north korean government i think it does go to show that the sections of boarding the fact that we've got people involved in these top of activities. police believe chan hang choi's illicit deals could have netted north korea tens of millions of dollars in much needed revenue. it's been a high scoring sunday in the bundesliga with last season's runners up are they suffering a surprise loss they went

korea and the president of the united states. the president of south korea, his parents were born in north korea so they were refugees from north koreaand he has a much moree holistic sense of the cramped insula, he is concerned about the future of north korean people as well, he does not want the obliteration of either south korea or north korea, and it's a little bit atk, odds. right now he is very angry about the provocation, especially with the olympics coming upoe the so he is trying to be tough but he does eventually want engagement. so there's a little and difference in policy and icapproach between the u.s. and south korea, but he also wants to be active in those discussions. he does not want north korea to create a situation where the north koreans are only talking to the united states or the united states is only talking to north korea and not including soul. >> to see the united states vulnerable to a play to divide us away from the south koreans. >> guess that's the part that surprises me the most. i would say he was very good at doing that very strategic, his father was very strategic in getting incentives for giving up

north korea's main missile launch sites. they have been launching missiles at an unprecedented pace. north korea has intercontinental missiles, potentially nuclear capable and within striking range of the u.s. for the first time ever. in the 1980s, north korea's founder launched the country's first missile and since kim jong un came to power in 2011, he advanced the missile and nuclear programs faster than anyone ever predicted. why do they keep doing this? for one, propaganda. each launch helps north korea's leaders project power and missiles are like an insurance policy for the regime, protecting north korea and the u.s. and its allies. i have to tell you, your city is very well-known because of the missiles that keep being launched from here. have you heard the missiles? >> translator: of course. we see it going up. >> this man lived here his whole life. >> as a north korean, when you see the missiles, what message does that send to you? >> translator: it gives me great pride. >> so did this massive military drill along the beach. personally supervised by kim jong un. many north koreans don't understand why the u.s. and the world feel threatened. >> translator: why is the trump administration constantly imposing sanctions and stuff

but with the amount of trade they have with north korea, it's hard to claim that they have no leverage with north korea. it's clear they have leverage with north korea. the issue here is going to come downe to the united states is going have to use its own sanctions about china to get them to act and we don't have a lot of examples because there haven't been a lot of examplesav but in some of the examples where the u.s. acted first, they followed that with investigations of looking into the activity. we will have to see more of that. i don't think they are ready to do that on their own nationals but we have to get that. >> i'm in a take this opportunity to own and trademark the domino sanctions. that's what you're talking about to that china turns around d and leans on the north. >> the chinese are willing to nibble around the edges a little bit and certainly there are north koreans engaged in the activities. i don't want to suggest there are not but there are far more chinese companies and nationals and banks that are engaged in this activity. the un is not going to allow them to sanction chinese persons. it's really left to the united states

dialogue in general south korea is broadly supportive of any move towards talks with north korea in fact the government of monday and wants to talk between south and north korea north korea hasn't been answering those invitations but the spokesman for the unification ministry here in south korea the body that deals with north korean affairs said that the south korean government's position is that if die. were to help move towards that common goal of a peaceful resolution to the north korean situation that south korea would want to see talks happen as soon as possible sale well for them we'll leave it there kathy and of course follow vents with you in seoul as time progresses thank you. well polls have closed in the u.s. state of alabama with voters are electing their new senator now it's a close race between republican candidate roy moore who wrote his holes to the polling station the controversial republican who's accused of sexual abuse is pitted against democratic candidate doug jones now the special election was called after jeff sessions vacated his seat to become the u.s. attorney general she had returns he is following events force and bring him where

north korea. i will say htat i'm not sure that a world with a nuclear north korea it that different from a world with a non—nuclear north united states would obliterate it the next day. so ultyimately i think this is all a way for north korea to try and use lverage to get what they ultimately want, which is re—unification of korean peninsula under their terms. it seems almost a bizarre thing to say, given the weapons involved and the millions of people already suffering and the million of people at risk, in a sense though, in this region, north korea is a side show, really, isn't it? i think it is a side show. i think it is used by foreign powers to play against each other. when the korean war broke out in 1950 it was really a conflict between the soviet union and the united states, and china got involved. right now, some of the same dynamics are happening. you see the conflict between china and the united states playing out in north korea, you see russia trying to play around there in order to cause the united states problems and then the united states responding in kind by selling anti—tank weapons to ukraine. and i t

north korea something like i'm justifying this launch we have condemned this launch and then we demand that north korea complies with the u.n. resolution but it looks very much like the united states tried to provoke north korea to do something outrageous and they succeeded in that of course it will be no difficulty to resume dialogue but we strongly believe the north korea has indicated . to us more than once that they need security guarantees especially in a situation where from. washington. good to have him with his about to withdraw from the iranian nuclear deal. that was made a couple years ago and go on to which iran was to abandon its nuclear military program and in return the u.s. would lift sanctions and no ones i hope we would be able to start a dialogue on. the nuclear problem of. the korean peninsula many will ask this question has been mentioned publicly how can we convince north korea that if there is deal to dismantle its nuclear program and sanctions are lifted how can we convince north korea that the deal will not be broken in a year or two by the next administration this is an extremely serious question you know you have to order your word once you give it was so that's the situation w

korea and the president of the united states. the president of south korea comes from -- his parents were born in north korea. so they were refugees from north korea. he has much more of a holistic, i think, sense of the korean peninsula. he sees -- he's concerned about the future of the north korean people as well. he doesn't want the obliteration of either south korea or north korea. a little bit at odds, i think, of course right now he's very angry about the provocation. especially with an olympics coming up. so he is trying to be tough. but he does eventually want engagement so there's a little bit of a difference in policy and approach between the u.s. and south korea. but he also wants to be at those discussions. does not want north korea to create a situation where the north koreans are only talking to the united states or the united states is only talking to north korea. and not including -- >> do you see the united states vulnerable to a play, if you like, from pyongyang, to divide us away from our allies from the south koreans? >> well, you know, i guess that's the part that surprises me the most. i would say that kim jong il was v

there is concern north korea north korea is buding a launch bad near the side of the lawn.d full skill disaster today. they concerned to whammy that in the uk here attack. this is the first time hurricane force winds there's 20 minutes to take shelter. many fear the presence of the island could make it more of a target. >> michael mrin, what does guilty plea and cop race what help u. break to down after this break to down after this 6 >> if you were surprised about michael flynn guilty plea imagine how the white house felt. is this news we heard today driven by previous indictments with the russian probe. up late with us on "the final 5", seth, how are you? >> we woke up today and got the news about what happened. anything major that we should be following here? well clearly looks like we're moving up the ladder and moved away from papadopoulos and people characterized as coffee holders to someone much closer now to trump administration. national security advisor and when you look at it we're starting to run out of people close enough or closer to trump the people left are

from russia now russia condemned north korea's activities and emphasized however that as long as north korea feels threatened the crisis is unlikely to be resolved that north korea's activities its nuclear proliferation its testing and missiles is done in response to a belief that they are under attack or or facing an attack now when china took the floor they reemphasized their call for what is being called a double freeze they've called for south korea and the united states to end their provocative mill.

north korea, you've said recently that if there is another missile test or you can weapons test in north korea 70% probability we will attack north corey a.70%. that's a higher risk level than anyone i've talked to on that issue, why is it so high? >> i said if there's a nuclear weapons test that goes from 30% to 70%, a lot of time with president trump. he made the decision early on to deny the north korean regime the capability to hit america with a nuclear-tip missile. there are two things key have done. given them the capability to hit america and tell them if you ever use it i'm going to blow you off the map, that's called containment. he rejected that idea because you can't contain north korea. they will fail anything they make if they don't use it. he's in the camp of denial. he's told the north koreans i will deny you the capability to hit america with a nuclear-tip missile if they test another bomb they're closer to having that capability. >> as last resort i will use more force to stop you. now, iranians are watching us and north korea. north korea is watching us in iran. 2018 will be a year of opportunity and extreme da

north korea. they do have a small border with north korea. it's nowhere near the size of china's border with north china's, but nonetheless, russia could do some very unhelpful things that it's not doing. it could start buying north korean coal and seafood. these are positive signs. also, by having them at the table, offering to be a mediator and negotiator, it helps frankly counterbalance beijing, which at times plays north korea off us. i think it's good. i think this is also the result of quiet work that's been done by the state department to keep lines of communication open, to keep channels open. i know a lot of our senior negotiators have quietly visited moscow to keep them apprised of what's going on. >> do you think this is something trump administration officials are taking seriously, this offer? >> i think so. but i don't think there's a rush to get to negotiations. and frankly, there's been talk of a dispute between the white house and the state department. that's not really trul. there's a broad, i think, consensus within the administration if there are going to be negotiations, it sho

north korea. clinton call would for an end to bluster and taunts of north korea and the little fella to whom the president often refers. this is the same clinton who fame would to reign in northorea's nuclear ambition as secretary of state. extraordinary, criticizing the policy of the united states in a foreign capital. obama starting a five day trip and going to france, china and india and where he was met with the chinese president and indian prime min ichter. obama's trip comes two weeks after president trump met with the chinese president. he did the same thing shallowing him and following him after his first foreign trip after he became president. joining us is john bolton and good to see you, starting with north korea. north korea now establishing they have a delivery system in this icbm for the first time, reaching 2800 miles up in to space. they are now armed and fully dangerous to every part of the united states. what is your reaction. >> what i was surprise. i shouldn't say surprised by how president trump's critics say this development has meant his policy is created. that is not the way i see it. the president inherited. >> lou: i don't want any misunderstanding.

north korea agreeing to freeze its nuclear development in exchange for south korea and the united states agreeing to scale back military exercises that anger the government in north korea now whether north korea is ultimately open to these talks remains unclear the u.n. political affairs chief jeffrey feltman it was the most senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang recently for the first time in six years and he came back saying that the officials he met did not give any specific commish commitment to being open to talk. members of former president ali abdullah saleh party have met with a senior leader in yemen the tools the head of the supreme political council of yemen sally out summit received members of the general people's congress and sauna is thought the group is trying to make a new alliance with the g.p.c. office fighters killed i lived in a cellar last week a statement from the u.k. united states that u.a.e. and saudi arabia has called on the who these to stop talking to other political leaders in yemen. now for the first time in twenty five years democrats have won the senate race in the u.s. state of alabama doug jones defeated roy mall controversial republican county that ha

north korea, we know that as a fact. you brought up another good point, how far can we as a nation or world wait until north korea perfects this. when north korea runs ads on ou brought up t.v. with america blowing up with a nuclear bomb, you know, you have to take somebody when they keep threatening over and over again. gain, our actions are going to be dependent and dictated by kim jong-un. aggression, it will be a sad day for north korea. host: before you joined this to ing we were talking congressman al green about bringing article of impeachment today, floor of the house what are your thoughts on those articles and what you think will happen today? it is a stunt, no basis for that. you know, i brought up -- wanted to bring up impeach oment president obama, every party not want to go after the president. a stunt? it guest: no, he was not faithfully executing the laws of the land of the constitution. following thep is constitution, so i think mr. green is way off base, i don't basis for that, he was right in saying congress the sole responsibility defining high crimes and misdemeanors, but i -- name some crimes, you know, misdemeanors,

as possible south korea's broad position is that it would like to see more dialogue and engagement with north korea under the right circumstances now the u.s. special envoy on north korea joseph ewen recently suggested that north korea's stopping its missile and nuclear weapons tests would be a good first step towards talks the south korean news agency yonhap is reporting that joseph and north korean officials are expected to attend a security conference in thailand raising the possibility that they are may be a venue for talks there also on thursday south korea's president. is meeting with the chinese leader xi jinping in beijing and north korea will no doubt feature high on the agenda in those discussions china of course has a big role to play when it comes to the north korean crisis the united states and south korea want to see china imposing further sanctions against north korea even cutting off the oil supply to that country china though prefers a solution that would to see north korea agreeing to freeze its nuclear development in exchange for south korea and the united states agreeing to scale back military exercises that anger the government in north korea now w

north korea back to the negotiation denuclearization. mr. president, just over a couple weeks ago, north korea launched its most advanced ballistic missile with intercontinental range. north korea claimed afterwards to have achieved the conclusion of its state nuclear program. north korea is indeed in the final stages of nuclear up where -- weaponization. if completed, it will fundamentally alter the security landscape in the region and beyond. commanders point out that tensions inavate the already heavily militarized theon and further risk proliferation of nuclear weapons to rogue states and other actors. to fractureatens the foundational nuclear nonproliferation regimes and inflict lasting harm on its own people. the international community, more so than ever, must grasp the urgency of the north korean threat and find ways to halt its program andpon bring it back to the path of denuclearization. mr. president, what matters more now is not a mere assessment of the north korean threat, but rather are united will and firm action against this regime. is waging a battle of wills against the international community. as ants to be recognized nuclear weapons state on its own te

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north korea agreeing to freeze its nuclear development in exchange for south korea and the united states agreeing to scale back military exercises that anger the government in north korea now whether north korea is ultimately open to these talks remains unclear the u.n. political affairs chief jeffrey feltman it was the most senior u.n. official to visit pyongyang recently for the first time in six years and he came back saying that the officials he met did not give any specific commish commitment to being open to talks. well still ahead here on the philippine president calls for an extension of all the island of mindanao national vote could come wednesday plus. i'm going to have a warning when i'm going to tell you the story of this a laboratory that is working to find the babies that were born to women held in detention centers during the dictatorship in argentina and the nineteen seventies and eighties. hello again the weather has all turned quite quiet across the middle east at the moment we do have this little area of tallis just drifting its way southwards but all it's really doing is bringing some slightly fresh as so back who will see the temperatures no hot of an eleven on wedn