republics in two thousand and four chechen terrorists attacked a school in the town of beslan in northeast asia they took more than eleven hundred students and their teachers hostage holding them in the school gym for more than three days without food and water. the attackers demanded their withdrawal of all russian troops from chechnya the release of imprisoned chechen fighters and putin's resignation. of the boss of the house absolutely it was total chaos absolute chaos and if i can remember that everyone on the streets of beslan was completely helpless during the storming of the school. no one knew what to do there were cases where intelligence officers flew back out after an hour for fear of taking responsibility for. a firefight between the attackers and russian commandos ended in the storming of the building. the operation was badly planned during the fighting and the home ceiling collapsed. the images of children fleeing in their underwear shook the world. in the end three hundred thirty four people were killed more than half of them children. as they had done after the storming of the t

ready to discuss with relevant parties a pathway leading to stability in the peninsula and the northeast asia. the two sides will maintain munication and cooperation on the korean peninsula issue. we believe that china and the united states, our countries are an important influence in the asia-pacific. as i said to the president, the pacific ocean is big enough to accommodate both china and the united states. the twosides need to step up communication and cooperation on asia-pacific affairs , foster common friends, build constructive interaction and jointly maintain and promote the peace and stability and austerity in the region. >> we also discussed the middle east of other issues and agreed to deepen cooperation on counterterrorism, nonproliferation, nuclear security and stronger support to un peacekeeping operations. >> we both believe that friendship between our people is the foundation for the sustained growth of china us relations and we agreed to further promote the exchange. we will expand student exchange programs, forward china us competition every year and open an additional exchan

they also threaten the regional stability in northeast asia and the national security of countries that are friendly to egypt such as japan and the republic of korea. egypt calls on the dprk to immediately cease all violations and measures that run counter to security council resolutions. korea to abstain from any escalation that would lead to more tension and instability that would threaten international peace and security. president, each repeats the need for secure counsel and -- through endeavoring to reach a sustainable, peaceful settlement so the situation that raises grave concern in the korean peninsula, the settlement should include the total elimination of and reachingeapons sustainable peace between the koreas in accordance with the provisions of security council resolutions including endeavoring to revive the six party talks and negotiations so vicious circle of continued violations by north korea of security council resolutions. mr. president, in closing, i would like to express our appreciation to the commendable asorts that you have made the chair of the security council

americans i think are just now becoming aware of how dangerous the situation exists in northeast asia korea and of course the robustness of the chinese challenge now and the south china sea and other places. this is an important region of the world for us. japan is at the heart of whether we'll have success there or not. >> and japan, as you know better than anybody else, is a nation of traditions and trump is known for bucking traditions. could that potentially backfire, you know, on this president as he visits japan, even though he and abe seem like they get along wonderfully? >> well, i think that prime minister abe did a wonderful job of coming to the united states quickly and establishing a friendship and a relationship with the president. that's very important. so i hope that they're able to maintain that closeness. but there's no question that this is a very challenging time in asia. and with the north korean provocations and the robustness of the chinese efforts, it's a dynamic time. we have to reassure our allies that we are in asia for the long haul that we're not going to p

continues to do freedom of navigation operations in the south china sea and be very involved in northeast asia with south korea and japan as they tend to counter north korea but increasingly i think china's influence is going to grow and the u.s. is going to have to reckon with that at some point always good to get your opinion on this thank you very much indeed plenty more ahead on the news including the russian president says his work with his turkish counterpart is producing concrete results. hundreds of politicians have been given to prove they're not. going to tell you why later in the program. and hassled joe's going to tell you why their coach wanted the media training session that's going to come up in the sport . airstrikes in a market in a rebel held town in northern syria reported to have killed at least sixty two people the syrian observatory for human rights says three strikes hit the countryside to. aleppo it's inside one of the deescalation zones agreed with tween turkey russia and iran it's not yet clear who is responsible for the strikes. well the war in syria was on the agend

, with all three of the leaders in northeast asia, with whom president trump will meet over the next few days, nothing could be more important if we are going to avoid a crisis, and if we are going to keep on a course that makes clear north korea there will be no legitimacy afforded its nuclear weapons capabilities. the sanctions will be sustained and enhanced further. the united states will hardly be passive in counteracting these trends. whether that's going to be successful or persuasive to both south korea and japan at the end of the trail is a different matter. i think as long as we keep to a very consistent message, not only from the president, but equally as much from other senior u.s. officials who visit the region with regularity. the odds will be better that we will be able to avoid the most acute crisis imaginable. we're not there, and no one can shy away from these issues while the president is in the region. >> chris jansen, as you have been listening to the conversation here the question is, what is the donald trump asia doctrine. >> what is the word on the ground

the chinese are trying to move chess pieces in northeast asia.they should every chapter north korea before. doing it right before trump's limit theoing to strategic space for trump to engage south korea. fundamentally, the chinese want diplomacy. solution,d diplomatic they know moon supports that. and south koreans will be aligned on one approach to north korea. increasingly, the u.s. and japan will need a different space, preferring much more sanctions, coercion-based options. it was a smart play by the chinese. it should have happened months ago when the moon got elected. nonetheless, it changes the dynamics in northeast asia. >> you might have all six party leaders speaking face-to-face at apac. yvonne: great to have you, joining us in our hong kong studio for this fruitful conversation. one feature, our interactive tv function. you will find it up tv . not only can you watch us live, but see previous interviews, securities and functions we talk about. a good day to look at this, given the big newsmaker we have. you can recap our conversat

and in northeast asia as a whole. i'm committeed to seeking a settlement through peaceful means, while emphasizing that people's lively hood and humanitarian assistance efforts in the dprk should not be negatively impacted. the top priority is for all the parties concerned to keep restraint, implement comprehensively, and strictly, strive for an early resumption of dialogue and negotiations. china always stands for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, and for peace and stability on the peninsula. china has consistently advocated negotiations as a means to achieve a settlement and oppose conflict and chaos on the peninsula, we have worked tirelessly toward this goal. china has put forward the suspension for the suspension proposa proposal, mainly, suspension by the dprk of nuclear and missile activities and suspension by the u.s. of large scale joint military exercises. and china proposed the new track approach of promoting parallel progress of denuclear arization on the pen lans. the russian federation also h

republics in two thousand and four chechen terrorists attacked a school in the town of beslan in northeast asia they took more than eleven hundred students and their teachers hostage holding them in the school gym for more than three days without food and water the attackers demanded their withdrawal of all russian troops from chechnya and the release of imprisoned chechen fighters and putin's resignation. the boss of the halls absolutely it was total chaos absolute chaos i mean if i can remember that everyone on the streets of beslan was completely helpless during the storming of the school. no one knew what to do. there were cases where intelligence officers flew back out after an hour for fear of taking responsibility for. a firefight between the attackers and russian commandos ended in the storming of the building. the operation was badly planned during the fighting and the whole ceiling collapsed. the images of children fleeing in their underwear shook the world. in the end three hundred thirty four people were killed more than half of them children. as they had done after the storming of

recognized as having made a significant contribution to peace on the korean peninsula and in northeast asiant ing grave nuclear and missile threats from north korea our two countries have worked closely together to deter the growing nuclear threat from north korea and to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of the korean peninsula. as articulated by your inaugural address where you said now arrives the hour of action, mr. president is acting with great determination and commitment to make the north korean nuclear issue a top priority like no other u.s. president in the history. allow me to take this opportunity to expand our deepest appreciation and respect to mr. president for your role as great and peaceful mediator under your excellent leadership and great negotiating ability. i sincerely hope that your visit to korea can serve as a new folk rum for our deep friendship and our shared prosperity going forward and setting a historic milestone in brings peace to the korean peninsula and northeast asia. before we invite president trump to de live a speech let me introduce you to first lady

there is a lot going on in northeast asia that trump and vladimir putin could talk about.and melania arriving at the state dinner in beijing. what is your opinion how his message has been received the last couple days? >> japan and south korea the message was clear and strong. everybody got it, japan is on board with us, north korea, south korea a little more difficult but the chinese are not giving any signals one way or the other. sometimes when something is happening behind the scenes you don't want to talk about it prematurely. unless that is true it doesn't look like there's much movement on china. that means the new -- north korea nuclear weapons program continues to roll along and we get to the deck of the president has to make a hard decision about use of military force. otherwise north korea will have nuclear weapons. rob: xi jinping is the key to this and there has not been a lot of progress, thank you for coming on this morning. jillian: 19 minutes after the era, new video showing the final minutes before roy holliday's plane went down. what we know about the ai

i think his visit to northeast asia will be quite reassuring in the sense that he will be leading withpanese counterpart and south korean counterpart, most importantly, chinese counterpart president xi jinping, to talk about how to resolve the north korean nuclear problem. so in that sense, i think this is a great opportunity for all of us. >> and obviously, president trump and president moon have just wrapped up that bilateral. what we're waiting to hear from that joint press conference. but north korea obviously top of the agenda. these two men come to the issue very differently. president moon wanted dialogue. president trump wants to apply pressure and harsh rhetoric. >> but actually, you know, president moon thought president trump was just relying on harsh languages and just relying on a lot of pressure instead of dialogue. but later on, he found there is a common ground between the two in the sense that imposing pressure on north korea will be to bring north korea back to the negotiating table. so in that sense, who comes first, maximum pressure or dialogue? so in that sense, pr

throughout the year the problem of north korea and the only pathway forward for peace and stability in northeast asiaave a denuclearized north korea. gillian: we've got a lead that they are for today, but we'll have you back soon hopefully to talk about the fact they haven't launched any missiles in the last two. also an important development. thanks so much. leland: still ahead, over the river and through the woods took a little longer. winter weather holiday whether or not mixing well. but to expect before hitting the road for thanksgiving pitted a festival combining tradition and technology. when you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the unpredictability of a flare may weigh on your mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go, and how to work around your uc. that's how i thought it had to be. but then i talked to my doctor about humira, and learned humira can help get and keep uc under control... when certain medications haven't worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lym

how big of a player is russia right now when it comes to the geopolitics of asia in northeast asia? john: the answer is they should be. if you look at the map, they have a big chunk of it. they also have lot of us that and a whole variety -- vladivostok and a whole variety of different things. looking through the eyes of vladimir putin, he wants the world to realize that to some extent. at the moment, you have this region where everyone as you correctly pointed out is focusing on what america does and their relationship to japan, china, and india particular. ly. putin is saying look here, i'm also part of this and i have an agenda in the region. if people don't listen to me, i will get on with doing things the way i like to do them. david: one line stood out to me in particular. he said we've also shared with our partners services with the public and we suggest starting consultations with the international information security and protection of computer software. it makes one think about the tempest but continues to swirl around washington. john: vladimir putin is many things, but h

recognized as having made a significant contribution to peace on the korean peninsula and the northeast asia is now confronting grave nuclear and missile threats from north korea. our two countries have worked closely together to deter the glowing growing a nuclear threat from north korea and to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of the peninsula. as articulated by your inaugural address where you said now arrives the hour of action, mr. mr. president is acting with great determination and commitment to make their north korea nuclear issue a top priority like no other u.s. president in the history. allow me to take this opportunity to expand our deepest appreciation and respect to mr. president for your role as great and peaceful mediator on your excellent leadership and great negotiating ability. i sincerely hope that your visit to korea can serve as a new fulcrum for our deep friendship and our shared prosperity going forward, and set a historical milestone in bringing peace to the peninsula and north east asia. before we invite president trump to deliver a speech, let me introduce you

relevant parties the pathway leading to enduring peace and stability in the peninsula and the northeast asia. the two sides will maintain communication and cooperation on the korean peninsula issue. we believe that china and the united states are countries where the important influence in the asia pacific. as i said to the president, the pacific ocean is big enough to accommodate both china and the united states. the two sides need to step up communication and cooperation on asia pacific affairs, faster common friends, build constructive interactions and jointly maintain and promote peace and stability and prosperity in the gee yon. we also cussed the middle east, afghanistan and other issues and agreed to deepen cooperation on counterterrorism, none proliferation, nuclear security and stronger support to u.s. peacekeeping operations. we both believe that friendship between our peoples is the foundation to further promote people to people exchange. we will expand student exchange program, hold china u.s. lawmakers competition every year and open additional lawmakers exchange centers in both

in northeast asia, the constraints that are operating on all actors, they're very robust. no one can change the status quo unilaterally. everyone is constrained, although everyone is dissatisfied. everyone's unhappy with north korean behavior. so that's going to continue, regardless of what president trump says. on the trade issue, the bilateral approach the president is pursuing, i think is wrongheaded and ill-conceived. it's something that might have worked in the 1970s or 1980s. 35 years ago most countries in the region, their greatest trade partner was the united states. but now that has changed. most of their trade and investment is with china. and in fact most of their trade is embedded in supply chains. so they need that multi-lateral agreement, they don't need the u.s. so i think that's a failed approach. >> one place where some of the nations do rely on the united states is to be a counterweight against china. one of those nations, vietnam, for sure, with regards to the south dchina sea, and we heard n instance where president trump offered to help in a way. let's

are american troops going to take over northeast asia and leave china behind?n get china to the table, but as ambassador chris hill said to stephanie reuhl earlier today, this requires relentless diplomacy, and right now we don't have a state department with the diplomats, with the infrastructure necessary to do that relentless diplomacy, we don't even have an ambassador in south korea. so a lot of hard work ahead to get anywhere on probably the most difficult diplomatic issue in front of us. >> and you mentioned the issue there of diplomatic state department leverage. the united states has leverage to do the kinds of things it would take to get north korea to back up? >> yes, we do have leverage, we have tremendous trade leverage with china, of course everything we do economically has a bounce back to us. we learned in the 2008 recession, we are not decoupled as we go, china goes, as china goes we go. that said, we certainly have levers with china in the last trip that the president took, quite frankly, i think that president xi ate his lurnch, is really in ch

a former cia deputy division chief for very and currently a senior research fellow for the northeast asialet me start by asking you whether or not the end of that tweet is ever going to come true? are some day we going to be friends with kim jong-un? >> i don't think for the foreseeable future. it's difficult to even see us getting back in a form of negotiations as long as north korea says they will never abide by u.n. resolutions, never abide by their previous commitments to denuclearize. we have a rough road ahead of us. >> you were in charge of the cia's division on this, and we obviously as a country spend a lot of time trying to figure out what motivates these enigmatic leaders of north korea. what's different about kim jong-un than was true of his father, and does a provocative tweet like this potentially impact him? from a personality perspective? what do we know about how he might react to this? >> we know north korea as a regime responds very strongly to anything they perceive to be an insult to the leadership and, remember, when the movie "the interview" came out and north korea

standby, joining me onset is bruce clinger for northeast asia at the heritage foundation. and ken and nancy continue to be here. bruce, thank you so much for joining us. let's just pick up on that point that hallie made, the shift in tone, and you say it is not just on north korea but the issue of trade as well. what do you make of the new tone, is it a sign of progress? >> well, the president is certainly keeping us guessing. before there was a lot of speculation whether the u.s. was going to do a preventive attack or attack north korea to simply prevent them from completing development of the icbm. that seems to be toned down. and also trade with south korea. the president has been very critical of the chorus, the u.s./korea free trade agreement, including when standing next to president moon at the whimeet. both subjects had much more toned down subjects or dialogue from the president. >> i want to get your thoughts on the meeting, the upcoming expected meeting with russia's president, vladimir putin, the president was asked about that. all eyes will be on that meeting

really it's striking how in northeast asia everyone seems to be competing to be donald trump's best friende aable. >> even in south korea where there's expected divergent views between president trump and their new president, who is on the left side. nonetheless, i think partly because president moon understands that he has to be careful here and understands a little bit about donald trump that they seem to be working towards a motis operendi as well even as they disagree, at least slightly, over how much to try to negotiate with north korea at the same time. so overall it's going pretty well >> is it really -- is there really some difference on what he is doing over there, or if we were all to leave the echo chamber that we have here in this country, whether it's the left or the enablers in the -- if we were to leave there, i mean, over there if we transplant all of our print and the press corps from the white house, we can transplant them over there to china. i'm sure the chinese would suddenly not like trump either they haven't been -- they got -- they might actually have a better chanc

conditions where the chinese have no where to turn but to face the fact that the instability in northeast asiaea itself and that they have to take action, that they are, in fact, the pathway to a much more stable korean and denuclearized peninsula. >> he said on his trip that china was negotiating in their best interest and he said no longer is america going to be taken advantage of. what do we need to do when we negotiate to china to improve the relationship or make it better for the united states? >> the major part of the trip was to address trade and he wants to see more balance in trade. the united states has around $800 billion in trade deficits and he wants to reduce trade deficits with all of the asian economies that he met with while on his trip and also to have greater market access and those are things that he's working on but think about it, on the sidelines of the meeting specially with the chinese, $250 billion worth of trade and investment deals were being worked on, agreed upon, emou's being signed by major american companies, boeing, general electric, i think he's reinvigoratin

on the trip to asia he completed, you referred to his visit to the philippines, i thought in northeast asia well with japan, south korea and china. some peoples have -- some people toe criticisms on his visit china, but nonetheless, he did pretty good work at crisis management in terms of how to think about north korea and work with japan and south korea on the problem. i am surprised he has done as well as he has. i do not mean that to be an endorsement. host: putting north korea back on the state-sponsored terrorism list, is that a good move? guest: it is consistent with reality. the president of north korea appears to have had his old brother assassinated in a foreign country and that was partly to get his brother off the scene and to send a message to others that you better not mess with the. i'm capable of this. that reaches a definition of terrorism, creating fear for political reasons using violence. i would say it fits the definition. however, i do not see it as a strategy per se. we need some flexibility on how we negotiate with north korea, even as we apply the pressure. you need

asia. >>> and much of today's northeast is a mix of row homes, stores, and busy roads. ago, it was still farmland and open space. check out the intersection here of cottman and bustleton now versus back in 1950. how about that? >> wow. >> vastly different. the northeast was one of the laugh sections to develop when -- last sections to develop when population booms forced people to move north. people say the nickname "the great northeast" is about more than location. >> i've been here 65 years, came here as a bride right from my honeymoon, right to my house. >> good neighbors. >> everybody's there to help you. all you need to say is "i need help," and somebody's there to help you. >> as far as the neighbors and area. >> how exciting to meet other people from other countries and to be helpful to them. >> people are nice and friendly. i like it here. >> this morning we're learning firsthand what makes the northeast so great. >> if you live in the area, let us know, talk to us on social media. tell us why it's so great there. or come out to see us at the wawa on roosevelt b

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meeting during president trump's asia trip much the moment that trump spotted russia's president during a photo op. >>> and a cold snap from the midwest to the northeastking it feel more like january than november. we'll show you how folks are coping with this arctic blast. >> and now the details. we begin with president trump's overseas trip through asia and while he has a packed schedule of meetings it was one in particular that caught the eye of photographers in vietnam today. the president was spotted shaking the hand of russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines of the apec summit. the two men had no formal meeting and appeared to greet each other warmly. karen traverse is with the president and filed the report from vietnam. >> reporter: north korea dominated first half of the president's trick and now trade and economic issues are front and center. the president today delivering a tough message saying the united states will no longer tolerate countries that don't play by the rules. before getting down to business on economic issues apec leaders came together for dinner. president trump and other world leaders sporting vietnam shirt coats

asia. to the city that never sleeps. hello that to dry low humidity northeast monsoon setting quite nicely of a china and it's still f a thursday temperature is what you might argue quite high twenty four in shanghai and twenty nine in hong kong probably feels beautiful but once more because the circulation is happening in the philippines we're feeding moisture back into the east coast it looks cloudy or rather more humid at least in hong kong come friday to. start to rain i suppose later in the day or maybe on saturday a few showers are still possible in the far west of china otherwise it's a dry and the humidity environment and here's a secular nation is talking about but a mass of rain over the philippines in the last twenty four hours and this is the active area actually the white blob is just south of her she means out of vietnam circulation then developing to the west the philippines but an arguably weaker one is already in the system so this is the area of most significant rain mostly of the water but not entirely and they say also it's drifting in this direction so it's heading towards southern thailand. it's still wet

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northeast. in the einstein health care science center i'm meteorologist lauren casey. >>> president trump is wrapping up first leg of his five nation trip to asia along meeting with japan's prime minister in toke yes, president discussed improving u.s. trade in the region to north korea's growing nuclear threat. in the speech to business executives this morning the president also suggested that japanese auto makers open manufacturing plants in the u.s. >> try building your cars in the united states is that too possible to ask? is that rude to ask i don't think so. >> president trump will continue his tour of asia tomorrow and will get to south korea's capitol sit irv sewell >>> federal judge said she's not ready to lift paul manafort's house arrest until certain conditions are met in, court today judge ordered manafort and business associate rick gates, to provide more details about their personal wealth, and a commitment to give up those assets if they failed to show up for future hearings. the pair was decided last week and special counsel's investigation of russian meddling in the presidential election. they both pleaded not guilty. >>> clos

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asia. >> once it's signed you'll hear a lot more. >> bill: peter king said you could lose all the seats in the northeast. he is talking about every seat will be competitive. it will be a tough race. he says this is an unforced error. he is a no vote. what would you say to your colleague, sir? >> each member has their opinion to vote how they like. that's the reason why they ran here. the one thing when you look at this bill, i happen to come from california. you lower the 10% to 0, 15, 12. everybody starts getting a tax cut moving forward. small business, the lowest rate it's been since before world war ii. think of this, we even lowered it further after it came through committee. 9% on the first $75,000. anyone who dreamed of being an entrepreneur here is your chance and opportunity. for those who want to vote no and want to defend the status quo, the government should take more of what you earn, the irs can treat you the way they've treated you. i don't believe in that. i believe we're better than this. >> bill: is there any talk or conversation or fear within your caucus that you may win short term an

our goal should be a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous northeast asia community. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all time is expired. the question occurs on the stephanos bibas nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? hearing none, the yeas are 53, the nays are 43, the namings is confirmed. -- the nomination is confirmed. mr. heller: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the bibas nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heller: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. the presiding office