they were placed in p.o.w. camps. mr. moizan: most of them were far from the frontline. it is difficult to feed your troops on the front so we were not keeping prisoners close by. too difficult. mr. yockelson: they look battle hardened. mr. moizan: they are ready to go. mr. yockelson: that is a 37 millimeter? mr. moizan: bigger, probably 155, something like that. mr. yockelson: those are browning automatics? mr. moizan: yes, machine guns. >> i think these are captured germans. mr. moizan: these are machine guns, waterproof. these are all the artifacts they had from the germans. mr. yockelson: which were probably shipped back to the u.s. as souvenirs in museums now mr. moizan: yes. mr. yockelson: some of them. mr. moizan: all of the rifles, uniforms. changing wheels, important. logistics are important. something we don't think about that how many trucks were used, motorcycles, ambulances, everything needs -- you think this is an chateau-thierry? mr. moizan: probably. yockelson: working on the engine for the car. mr. moizan: yes, that is a car close by. a famous taxi. mr.

the p.o.w. . working with in order to bring back the remains of soldiers that may have died on that soldier people that were lost and one of the things we never talk. to director of defense p.o.w. m.i.a. accounting office. actually said we are in close communication at the white house with the defense department of defense of the department of state that this mission will be part of the dialogue and i think what's interesting about this as people don't think about our report that was that was a major issue that he ran on and that's a big issue is bringing people ending that war and bringing people home and to me is is one good thing it doesn't erase any of the other things it doesn't mean i'm here whatever but. you know i don't want to forget before we before we run out of time on this story is that something else is not being talked about while we're kind of talking. i want to just real quick before we had that going is that this there's a joint military partnership between the u.s. an addict i'm

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government not declare them p.o.w.'s? they clearly were? mitchell: the navy just wanted it to go away. the navy was really culpable in this. naval intelligence and national security agency did a terrible job analyzing the risk assessment for the mission. didn't have support forces on call. this is a chain of error that is hard to believe. they just wanted this to go away. when the men came home there was a court of inquiry. there was talk of a court marshall. there were some public hearings, congress got involved. it was a nasty situation. navy clearly wanted the captain to take the blame. when there was a public outcry, you are scapegoating these men, the answer was make everybody go away and that was it. susan: during the course of the year when they were captured, what happened to the commander? mitchell: he was the one that was tortured first. they started with the captain and his story was pretty terrible. they beat him, tortured him, threatened to kill him. they would put a gun to the head and pull the trigger. empty chambers but just

rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula donald trump said he look forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatening to them and our century report rehearsing for their destruction these military exercises will be stopped doll trump said that they were very expensive and very provocative and from there we heard some more talk about what would go on on the peninsula itself this is donald trump we're not readers are going to think we're not reduce very little bit

rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula donald trump said he look forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatening to them and are essentially report rehearsing for their destruction these military exercises will be stopped doll trump said that they were very expensive and very provocative and from there we heard some more talk about what would go on on the peninsula itself this is donald trump we're not reduce are going to thing we're not reduced very little

there are thousands of mia and p.o.w. remains. i assume this is something that's welcome. >> it is. i have always been concerned about recovering the remains of. we have for years tried to make efforts to try to make sure they would cooperate with us in turnr loved ones. i'm glad that that issue was raised. i'm glad they committed to it. but like everything else that hours, the real test is going to be whether or not there are actions to back up the words that have been agreed to. that will be the test of whether or not this is just another failed agreement, or whether it's a significant step to trying to achieve world peace. >> and as you correctly point out, there have been several failed agreements over these past 20 years. secretary, thank you so much fofor joining us. >> nice to be with you, wolf. >>> condos on the beach. that was a sentiment he made to kim jong-un as he played a video. >>> plus he's also calling a u.s. ally obnoxious for his comments about trade with the united states. there is a new war of words with canada. >>> and the white houseisted ivanka trump and jared

rid of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and finally they did agree to return the bodies of p.o.w.'s missing in action the bodies of american soldiers who had died during the korean war or the bodies of american soldiers in the korean peninsula those are the four points of agreement now speaking at his press conference following the meeting did clarify some things he first of all he said that they will not be lifting the sanctions until until there is a full denuclearization of the peninsula down from said he looked forward to lifting the sanctions but they will not be lifting the sanctions at the moment furthermore trump said they would be stopping the war games the military exercises that north korea has often said are very threatening to them and are essentially report rehearsing for their destruction these military exercises will be stopped from said that they were very expensive and very provocative and from there we heard some more talk about what would go on on the peninsula itself this is donald trump we're not reduce are going to thing we're not reduced very little bit ea

my colleague and i want to ensure that the defense p.o.w.-missing persons accounting agency has the resources it needs to identify the remains and carry out this important mission so that members can finally find an eternal resting place for their loved ones. i'd like to thank my colleague from maryland, congressman jamie raskin, for joining me in introducing this important amendment, and i urge all of my colleagues in the house to support the allen-raskin amendment. with that i'll reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. who seeks time in opposition? the gentlelady from texas? ms. granger: i claim time in opposition but i do not oppose the amendment. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. granger: the defense pow-mia agency tracks, low indicates and recovers our fallen heroes and i thank their continued efforts. the bill includes $10 million above the budget request to accelerate efforts to return our fallen heroes home where they belong. an additional $10 million will allow the program to continue to be successful

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will be brought back to the p.o.w. m.i.a. issue clearly is a very important one for thout especially to a lot of people that are but what what do you president drop expect him john to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people right it was discussed it was discussed relatively briefly compared to de nuclearization wabi asli that's where we started and where we ended but they will be doing things and i think he wants to do things i think he wants to you'd be very surprised very smart very good negotiator. wants to do the right thing you know he brought up the fact that in the past they took dialogue far they never went they never were like we are there's never been anything like what's taken place now but they went down the line billions of dollars was get were given and you know the following day the nuclear program continued but this is a much different time and this is a much different president in all fairness is very important to me this was one of the perhaps one of the reasons that i want i campa

to be brought back to the p.o.w. m.i.a. issue clearly is a very important one without especially to a lot of people that are but what what do you president trump expect him to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people right it was discussed it was discussed relatively briefly compared to de nuclearization wabi asli that's where we started and where we ended but they will be doing things and i think he wants to do things i think he wants to you'd be very surprised a very smart very good negotiator wants to do the right thing you know he brought up the fact that in the past they took dialogue far they never went they never were like we are there's never been anything like what's taken place now but they went down the line billions of dollars was get were given and you know the following day the nuclear program continued but this is a much different time and this is a much different president in all fairness is very important to me this was one of the perhaps one of the reasons that i won i campaigned

it's at the united states and dprk have committed to recovering p.o.w. m.i.a.ns including the repatriation of those already identified. there are a lot of people in the united states still waiting for answers about the remains of their loved ones for from the korean war. this is an important development as well. >> this touches my heart, i'm overwhelmed to hear this. the fact of the matter, all across the nation, p.o.w. m.i.a. flags across the nation. there are many that have served that never saw my loved ones or fill-in family members and we don't know where they remain. this is an extraordinary moved to move to the our country and gratitude. >> ed: a remarkable evening into the early morning in the eastern time zone of the united states. we appreciate you being with us. we want to thank everyone at home for live coverage. we are not going anywhere. my colleagues in new york are picking up the live coverage of the top of the hour. going straight to more coverage. .. >> a lot of goodwill went into this, a lot of work, a lot of preparation. we are starting that

thousands,usands and over 6000 that we know of in terms of the remains, to be brought back, the p.o.w., mia issue has been an important one. especially to a lot of people. what do you expect kim jong-un to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people? it was discussed. discussed briefly compared to the denuclearization. that is where we started and where we ended. they will be doing things. i think he wants to do things. i think he wants to -- you'd be very surprised. for a smart, good negotiator heard he wants to do the right thing. he brought up the fact that in dialogue, buttook they were never liked with we are. they went down the line. the lanes of dollars were given. the following day, the nuclear program -- this is a much different time. th is a different person. it is very important to me. this is perhaps one of the reasons -- whoever those people are. i can't see without the lights -- with all the lights. thank you, mr. president. of the peaceissue treaty and -- will you travel to pyongyang anytime soon? will that will be a day that i very much look forw

p.o.w.-m.i.a. accounting agency. formerly known as jpac. for its newly expanded mission to bring home our missing service members in north korea. in light of the recent agreement that includes a commitment to recover and repatriate u.s. p.o.w.-m.i.a. remains from north korea, we must ensure that the dpaa will be able to move quickly to take advantage of this unexpected opportunity. as most members are aware, nearly 8,000 u.s. service members are still categorized as missing in action and presumed dead from world war ii, the korean war, and vietnam war. according to the veterans of foreign wars, the remains of about 5,300 of our sons and daughters in uniform are believed to be in north korea. many of them fell in battle in november and december of 1950. the scene of one of the most heroic battles in u.s. military history and certainly u.s. marine corps history. mr. chairman, it's been 65 years since the korean war ceasefire was put into effect. for those brave americans and so many american families

he is shot down and up in a japanese p.o.w. camp for a few years. another dove into a group of plane so these guys end up doing all these amazing things and one of the main things for me is being a flying tigers something they were with a lot of cried. this is a thing that they look forward to the most of anything in their lives. >> how many died? >> a good number of them were killed. a number of them by accident. you have three guys who were killed in training accidents in the p4 was a plane they weren't really accustomed to. >> way back there. >> thank you for your talk. you've been talking about how a lot of these flying tigers -- can you hear me? how they went off to visit china after their service and going back to continue their connection to the country. i wonder what you took away as were the chinese military is now >> it's a fascinating question. for so many of these guys chenault in particular became very busy and was a hard anti-communist anti-mao view of u.s. foreign-policy the 50s he's going around and talking about how terrible red chi

four, the anddprk commit to recovering p.o.w./mia remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified. bill, since you have a better ear on this than we do back in new york, how are the other countries surrounding north korea reacting? how are our allies reacti ining this agreement? >> reporter: well, in general, they welcome it, even though they, too, recognize that a lot of those words are just, you know, the same old warm words north a has used for a quarter of a century. but that wasn't the problem. you know, president moon got his moment. he got thae handshake that he dreamed of. and ty, came the bombshell. and i think it genuinely is something that he wasn't expecting, at least that's what we can garner from the statements coming from seoul today. and that was president trump saying that military exercises will be canceled. those military exercises, with south korea, were due to take place in just two months time. and from the statements from the blue house, for example, we need to find out what this m

my father's case, we are simply missing him, we don't know if he died in a bat field, if he was a p.o.wat happened. so by doing dna analysis on all these remains we will be able to uncover good information on a number of these cases. for instance, if my father, ifao be identified then we would assume the plane to crash and prly all of them died. right now we don't kw ened. >> martha: it must be so hard living with that, john. all these years >> it certainly is. as a young person four and five years old, the military told my family, myself my mother that if they found anything, they wld continue looking for it, if they find anything at all that would notify us immediately. i was the person in the fam that went to the mailbox every day looking for that imation information. and never received it. in 1995 they sent me a postcard saying that they are willing now to look into these cases and so i flew up to d.c. to meet with the new department and i was not exactly pleased with what they intended to do so i started doing my own research in 1995. >> martha: i know it's been extensive. joan, in

the p.o.w.-mia issue is ver important. pres. trump: to a lot of people. , president trump expect kim jong-un to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people? it was discussed. that is where we started and where we ended. they will be doing things. i think he wants to do things. you would be surprised, very smart, good negotiator, wants to do the right thing. he brought up the fact that in the past, they took, they never were, there has never been anything like what has taken place now but they went down the line, billions of dollars were given in the following day, the nuclear program continued this is a much different time, much different process. it is very important to me. this is perhaps one of the reasons, -- as you know very well. i can't say with all the lights but, you don't look like either of the 2 -- [indiscernible] >> thank you, mr. president. pres. trump: thank you very much. >> touch on the issue of these treaty, will you travel to pyongyang soon? pres. trump: i will look forward to that at th

information on what was happening with the nuclear program and our negotiations in 2008 as well as the p.o.wue which is another one that's not going to get resolved overnight and also requires verification because the north koreans have been known to make up remains and precontained -- it is a dirty business. >> they were animal remains once. go on. talk about today. >> about the nukes. it's not going to happen over even under the best of circumstances, even if we had had the 100-page plus document like with the iranians over years, we still would have required a long road with a lot of inspects to go in and ascertain exactly where the sites are, where the material is in the nuclear program, two ram. it's very complex, again, requires a lot of literal legwork. none of this is going to happen overnight. the ent is like swiss chee there are words missing, the details ant there, we have no idea on timelines, we dent know who secretary po's interlockture is going to be because in the document it doesn't spell that out. >> just bob clear, we have been here before with a country like north korea n

. >> the p.o.w./m.i.a. issue is a clearly big issue to people. what do you, president trump, expect kim jong-un to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people? >> it was discussed. it was discussed relatively briefly compared to denuclearization. obviously thats where we started and where we ended. they will be doing things. i think he wants to do things. you would be surprised. very smart. very good negotiator. wants to do the right thing. he brought up the fact that in the past they took dialogue or never were like we are which has never been like what has taken place now. they went down the line. billions of dollars were given and the following day the nuclear program continued. this is a much different time. this is a much different president in allfairness. this is very important to me. this is one of the, perhaps one of the reasons i won and campaigned on this issue, as you know, john. whoever those people are -- i cannot see you with all of the lights. youon't look like either of the two. go ahead. sure. go ahead. >>

lee in 1864 sanction the use of african-american p.o.w.'s working on the frontline st. petersburg.rant had to retaliate by putting confederate troops to work, prisoners to work on union fortifications under confederate -- to respect the fact it was the color of the skin accounted. we are also talking about a man during the second volume is dying of cancer. asking for a level of literary production from a man who can't get any sleep. it was coughing up half his body and deteriorating day by day. i know plenty of people in pretty good healthy can't write worth a lick. [laughter] every once in a while i reviewed one of the books. [laughter] >> thanks. [laughter] >> in all seriousness, sometimes we ask more from the memoirs that should be sustained by a better understanding of the circumstances under which they are produced. >> that is 11 months. he writes these memoirs and 11 months and finishes his last words any guys three days later. if brooks can read about 11 months, we would have that second volume of the grant biography. >> which was still beat all the meade biographies of thei

>> one of the pieces the president has touted and talked about is bringing back the remains of the p.o.ws. >> it is something that has happened before. we've talked about these four points and a lot of these four points or all of the four points have been part of agreements that north korea has signed onto in the past. this is something north korea had signed ontoously in the clinton administration. >> thank you for dipping into your singapore evening and hanging out with me on set. ambassador wendy sherman, thank you for dipping into your morning and hanging out with me. >>> we want to end with today's big picture. check it out, this is a picture of people in seoul, in south korea, holding a candlelight vigil in front of the u.s. embassy. they're hoping for a successful summit between the president and kim jong-un. we've talked a lot about implications for the u.s., but in seoul this stuff hits very close to home. the photographer here, kim hohon hong gi from reuters. for now, back to the u.s., stephanie ruhle and ali velshi. >> just stephanie ruhle today, ali velshi is off. hallie jack

specifics to establish new relation, seek peace, work toward complete denuclearization, and recover.a p.o.wmremains from the korean war. >> the past does not have to define the future. yesterday's conflict does not have to be tomorrow's war. >> schifrin: for months the administration said it demand the north korean nuclear program dismantle completely, verifiably and irreversibly, but today's agreement does not reire north korea to do anything specific. today for the first time ntesident trump admitted insta denuclearization was impossible. >> it takes a long time to complete denuclearization. it takes a long time. >> schifrin: what president ump wants quickly, the end of joint u.s.-south korean military exercises. the military has defined these as defensive, but preside t trump callm inappropriate and expensive war games. >> we fly in bombers from guam. 6.5 hours. that's a long time for these big, massivelanes to be ying to south korea to practice and o en drop bombs all over the place and thenack the guam. i know a lot about airplanes. it's very expensive. and i think it's very provocativ

we sent them to the p.o.w. camp. i was upset because we just had a firefight and these guys just wanted to go home. why did we win? airpower. never go anywhere without the u.s. air force. my brother didn't come tonight. i don't resent him for it, because then he would be bragging about how he saved us again. gps. our gps was so bad, it was always 300 to 400 meters off. why is that? the government did not want people to target with it. now you can target with a cell phone. you can put a bomb right on that podium with a cell phone now. in those days, it was 300 to 400 meters off. i didn't trust the gps, so i used a compass. let me tell you about a compass in the desert. bert would have me using this -- i would say, why are we doing this? when the moon is not out, it is like being in the closet with the door closed and no light in the closet. it is really, really dark. you drive 15 kilometers to my command post. one night, we tried 15 kilometers. we driver and i are nervous. i am thinking we are going to die in the dese

. >> the p.o.w./m.i.a. issue is important for thousands -- >> to a lot of people. >> -- what do you expect kim jong-un to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people? >> it was discussed. it was discussed relatively briefly compared to denuclearization that's where we started and where we ended but they will be doing things. i think he wants to do things. i think he wants to dus-- you wd be surprised good negotiator. he wants to do the right thing he brought up the fact that in the past they took dialogue -- or they never were like we are there's never been anything like what's taken place now they went down the line. billions of dollars were given you know, the following day the nuclear program continued. this is a much diffe president in all fairness. this is perhaps one of the reasons -- i campaigned on this issue, as you know very well >> whoever those people are. i cannot see you with all the lights you don't look like either of the two -- go ahead. sure >> thank you, mr. preside

thousands, i guess way over 6,000 that we know of in terms brought back.s they will be >> reporter: the p.o.w./m.i.a. issue is very important for thousands of americans. >> especially to a lot of people. >> reporter: what do you, president trump, expect kim jong-un to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people? >> it was discussed. it was discussed relatively briefly compared to denuclearization. obviously that's where we started and where we ended. but they will be doing things and i think he wants to do things. i think he wants to -- you'd be very surprised, very smart, very good negotiator. wants to do the right thing. he brought up the fact that in the past they took dialogue -- any never were like we are. there's never been anything like what's taken place now. but they went down the line. billions of dollars were given and the following day the nuclear program continued but this is a much different time and this is a much different president in all fairness. this is very important to me. this is one of the -- perhaps one of the reasons when i campaigned in this i

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. >> the p.o.w./m.i.a.- >> especially for a lot of people. >> -- but what do you, president trump, expect kim jong-un to do about the human rights record regarding the north korean people? >> it was discussed. it was discussed relatively briefly, compared to denuclearization. well, obviously, that's where we started and where we started and ended. but they will be doing things. i think he wants to do things. you'd be very surprised. very smart. very good negotiator. wants to do the right thing. you know, he brought up the fact that in the past, they took dialogue, they never were like we are. there's never been anything like what's taking place now. but they went down the line. billions of dollars were given. you know, the following day, the nuclear program continued. but this is a much different time. and this is a much different president in all fairness. this is very important to me. this is one of the -- perhaps, one of the reasons that i won, i campaigned on this issue. as you know very well, john. oka

. >> the p.o.w.-mia issue is very important to a lot of people. what do you, president trump, expect kim jong-un to do about his human rights record regarding the north korean people? president trump: was discussed relatively briefly compared to denuclearization. obviously, that is where we started and where we ended. but they will be doing things. i think he wants to do things. i think he wants to. you would be very surprised. very smart. very good negotiator. once you do the right thing. you know, he brought up the fact that in the past they took dialogue. they never were like we are. there has never been anything like what is taken place now. it they went down the line. andns of dollars was given the following day the nuclear program continued. -- billions of dollars was given and the following day the nuclear program continued. at this is a much different of president. and perhaps this is one of the reasons i campaigned on this issue, as you know very well. people are.those you do not look like either of the two. go ahead and >> thank you mr.

the united states and dprk commit to recovering p.o.w.ia remains, including the immediate preparation of those already identified. the president talked a lot about that agreement and his press conference. ronald, coldwater, michigan, ne for republicans. caller: good morning, sir. anelieve this is earthshaking moment in time. this is historic. this will give stability to the pacific. this will be aceful era of time for the oriental nations. i believe korea will reunite, just like germany did. communism ultimately will fail the cause of the economic of poverty, suffering, and brainwashing. we are entering into a new era of peace over there. all the fears we americans have is all nonsense, it is hearsay. the fact of the matter is donald trump is a down-to-earth kind of fellow. he rules and speaks softly with a certain amount of intelligence and know-how about howdeal with pple and how to make certain treaties last. i really believe this is going to be a new era of peace. i have one more shout out -- independent. go ahead. caller: i followed

>> i think the p.o.w.sonal importance to president trump.it does appear he had heard quite a bit on that issue. frankly, i think the concern is he might have focused on that rather than extracting more firm concessions on specific things that north korea can do in order to show seriousness of purpose on denuclearization. it might play well to the base, but i don't think that it necessarily served the interests of the united states in terms of what we have seen so far in the context of the results of the meeting. day,ad: at the end of the was donald trump kim jong-un's >> [laughter] greattrue, there is a editorial cartoon of kim jong-un playing a violin in the form of trump. i think that it is hard necessarily to say we are at the .eginning of the process certainly, it looks like north korea gained a lot more in this first-round. really, the question, i think, is how the region responds, and how congress responds. i would like to hold that hope that it is possible to hold north korea to a denuclearization p