how do you plan to address that with president moon when you meet him? is there a way to get back on the same page with the trump administration and the moon administration? vice president pence: president trump and president moon enjoy a strong relationship. spoke by the phone last week and i'm very much looking forward to the time that we'll have in our bilateral meetings today and meetings yet this evening. let me assure you the relationship between the united states and south korea is strong. we're committed to freedom. we're committed to our common defense. and i trust that when i meet with president moon today we'll reflect on all of those agreements and that common purpose. even as we also, even as we also reaffirm our commitment to continue well beyond the olympics. when the olympics are long a distant memory, to continue to isolate north korea economically and diplomatically so that we can achieve what the world has longed to see. which is a nuclear-free korean peninsula. reporter: would you advise president moon against meeting with the north ko

and their so-called peace olympics, as i heard from the president's national security adviser. dr. moonwelcome back to the program. good to see you. >> thank you. >> so you sit at the right hand of the president of south korea. you're there in the blue house, the presidential palace. to your mind, what is the state of affairs right now? has the tension been dialed down, or is it still red hot between you and north korea? >> i would say it is a transitional peace. president moon jae-in really want to have pyeongchang olympic peace, but his task is how to transform peaceful olympic into lasting olympic peace. >> well, is it possible because as you know, all the critics and skeptics think north korea is playing a clever propaganda game and it's getting all the attention and the world thinks it's behaving really well because it's coming to south korea. it will march under a joint flag. even your ice hockey team will be a joint team. >> yes, we understand north korean intention. north korea wanted to show that it isa normal state while having nuclear weapons. but we cannot accept it. we also

an invitation for north korea for the president of south korea to visit pyeonongyang. kim jong-un visited moon to visit pyongyang. she and a high-level delegation met with the president on saturday. the first member of the north korea ruling to visit the south since 1953. here you can see her carrying that blue folder. that blue folder containing a personal ledder to president moon. he hopes for betterer relations between the two nations. president moon responded by that invitation by suggesting that the talks should also involve the united states, talks needed there, as well. let's get the very latest on this story with our two correspondents following this story. paula hancock live in pyeongchang and paula newton in seoul. typically when we speak about north korea we're talking about north korean firing a missile and south korea and others responding. this story quite different on this day. talk to us about the significance of this meeting. >> well, that's right, george. just the very fact that a few months ago we were talking about the possibility of a military strike against north korea. w

now with the pitot with the potential that president moon might be meeting with president trump's archenemy in pyongyang that certainly would make relations between seoul and washington would make them rocky. i mean how likely is it that south korean president and win accept the an invitation then. well according to his press secretary president moon did say that north's and south korea need to work out some conditions in the future to make that all happened so it was kind of vague but what came out during this briefing following president moon's three hour meeting with the north korean delegation is that the president urged north korea to reopen dialogue with the united states so perhaps that might be one of those conditions ok and the teams of course of north and south korea and tricks to gather yesterday's opening ceremony today the joint korean women women's ice hockey team is playing want to the mood like well we hear that president moon himself as well as kim you'll naam who is north korea's head of state here in south korea right now will be attending the match this is one of the big

the powerful sister of north korean leader kim jong il and its visit by joining south korean president moon jane at a concert given by a north korean troop they've been holding talks on the sidelines of the winter games on saturday kim joe young extended a rare in the tension to president to visit pyongyang to touch a good name as more from seoul. even as athletes competed on the snow and ice diplomatic developments continue to steal at least some of the spotlight during what's being called the peace olympics the last three days have been historic and a high point in interest in relations north korean leader kim jong sister kim jong became the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war she came with an invitation kim jong un is asking the south korean president in to visit pyongyang at a convenient time soon if this meeting transpires it would be the first time that kim jong un has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven president moon says he'll begin arranging the conditions to make that visit happen but he stresses that

north korea's leader kim jong un has extended a rare invitation to the south korean president moon jay and to visit pyongyang the two countries have been holding talks on the sidelines of the winter olympics in china. and u.s. president donald trump has blocked the release of a classified democratic party memo on the probe into alleged russian meddling in the twenty sixth election it rebuts a republican memo that accused the f.b.i. and justice department of bias. is making the first visit by an indian prime minister to the occupied palestinian territories the one day trip to the west bank is part of a three nation tour to strengthen ties with the middle east earlier he discussed the israeli palestinian conflict with jordan's king abdullah modi is expected to meet the palestinian president mahmoud abbas later on saturday let's get more now from bernard smith who joins us live from ramallah bernard so let's talk first about the palestinians what are they hoping to get out of this trip do you think. well it's the shortest of trips although the first visit by an indian prime minister to th

north korea offer president moon?gton? you have some idea of how things work in north korea. where will we be diplomatically after the olympic games? will things improve? will things go back to how they were with a belligerent north korea intent on a belligerent north korea intent on a nuclear arsenal? i have not lived in north korea but i have been there quite a lot. i think there is a significant chance that after the olympics no real breakthrough is found. it depends very much on if north korea is willing to incorporate the language of denuclearisation in whatever offer they make to the united states. umm, imean, they make to the united states. umm, i mean, president trump does appear to bea i mean, president trump does appear to be a very persuaded will figure. is president moon has something to ta ke to is president moon has something to take to washington, he may be convinced his pressure tactics brought about this moment and it is worth washington exploring what is possible with north korea. but perhaps even mo

president moon was invited to visit the north and he replied to the invitation by saying that the two sides should create the right circumstances to make it happen what would the right circumstances be here well i think it's important to noam. before hand what kind of outcome will be produced by the summit because a summit could be worse than no summit if it doesn't produce anything or it only confirms if it only confirms that north korea has no intention to abandon its nuclear and missile programs under any circumstances as a sad that will only. in the lead to it will only justify military option against north korea so there could be. more dangerous than no summit at all so i think he will he may wish to go to pill young. with a reasonable chance of producing a positive outcome that would lead to. stronger peace rather than to work here but where would he get the guarantees that the outcome with will be positive i mean when you're going to those kind of talks it's always you know a game of you never know what's going to happen you take a chance you take a risk yeah if the chance is t

rhetoric when we see a type of reproach more and between the two koreas i mean for a fact you know president moon is potentially poised to visit pyongyang why is america continuing with the war rhetoric. i think president donald trump is keeping his options open he has craftily stated that his heart nine position even fact has force north korea to negotiate and certainly he will be very merry march informed of the progress if any in the entire career in negotiations he is in a well you know a good position to wait for certain progress in the entire korean koshary sions before the united states will chip in certainly at the united states has been exerting pressure on beijing as well to. try to extract concessions from young to so. now i think president donald trump is simply waiting he once not be too pessimistic about it and he is certainly prudent not to get involved too early on a professor joseph chang hong kong city university thank you very much for your time and your insight thank you. the french defense minister says there's insufficient evidence of chlorine gas use by the syrian governmen

that kim jong il has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven president moon says he'll begin arranging the conditions to make that visit happen but he stresses that any rebuilding of interest korean relations must involve dialogue between the united states and north korea u.s. vice president mike pence sat very close to the north korean delegation during the opening ceremony he m. a north koreans rebuffed president moon's attempts to facilitate a midi skeptics say that this north korean charm offensive is heavy on the symbolism but they doubt that it will result in anything substantive they say this is an attempt by the north koreans to drive a wedge between the united states and the south koreans into an advance their own agenda but for now president moon and many south koreans are encouraged by the prospect that what we've been seeing could be the beginning of a reboot of injury and relations robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at this on national university is skeptical that the past few days diplomacy will lead to a breakthrough

come to the north soon at a convenient time president moon says let's arrange that and let's create favorable conditions to make that happen but moon is also saying that although he's keen to reboot intercalary and relations that dialogue between the united states and the north is essential and he's encouraging both sides to come together. time for short break here dodges iraq when we come back the mud it is our president who does not have the consciousness to fight for our old land pressure on the philippines president to stop china's military expansion on disputed on. a mexico deploys thousands of extra police to fight a rising tide of drug related crimes in tourist hot spot small states. hello there over the southeastern parts of asia the shower is a fairly subdued at the moment there's plenty of sunshine on our charts you can see across many parts of the philippines it's fine and dry there on the satellite picture also plenty of sunshine stretching down through thailand down towards k.l. and into singapore however we all still seeing wardle two showers in the east impossible and

i'm looking for the visit for president moon up north and hopefully to see no more missile or no moreut of north korea, we will see the u.s. and south korea resume military exercises but we have really important work and news ahead about the upcoming talks with north korea. we will see progress on the peninsula this year thanks to trump. heather: i wanted to ask you that, what's that thanks to, because this would be very significant if it actually does happen and do you believe that north korea is being honest when they say that they'll agree to these talks as america has put forward only if you agree to denuclearize? >> yes, the maximum pressure policy works an north korea sent delegation of eight heavy-hitters, the delegation understands, they got the memo about military pressure and they are ready to talk. maybe they are the ones that helped persuade kim and maybe kim's sister piled onto that. what we have seen that the most senior officials in north korea want to get those talks started. heather: all right, well, whatever it takes, it would be great news, thank you so much, rebecc

box as president as president moon prime minister shinzo ave. as well as vice president mike pence all watched the opening ceremonies it's certainly a big deal and the lead of this lead the delegation from the u.s. which was headed by vice president mike pence well think diplomatic hope what now if well the media here is more or less saying vice president pence snow the north korean delegation even before the opening ceremony there was a dinner reception hosted by president moon and reports say that vice president penn's pretty much showed up and said hi to some people and avoided the north korean delegation before leaving so certainly in a leading up to the olympics north korea had said it had no interest in talking with the americans vice president and also was not entirely clear if that was on his agenda so maybe we can't be too surprised that there was i see the first meeting between the two sides and jason one of the people away you are how south koreans reacting to north korea's participation in the games. you know there had been some apath

president moon jae-in of south korea welcomed this woman, kim yo-jong. she's the sister of north korea's enigmatic dictator kim jong-un and the first member of north korea's ruling dynasty to step foot in south korea since the two went to war in 1950. after a spate of north korean missile and nuclear tests and a war of words between the regime in pyongyang and the u.s., president moon wants to kickstart talks. today, he was rewarded with an invitation to the north for a summit meeting. another sign of the warming came on the ice as a unified korean women's hockey team, with players from both north and south, competed against switzerland. it follows yesterday's opening ceremony, where koreans marched together, though vice president mike pence appeared to deliberately avoid all contact with the north korean delegation while sitting just a few feet away. some here in south korea say the olympics have been hijacked by politics. angry protesters clashed with police in seoul today. they accuse president moon of appeasing the north korean regime. "we're very up

the younger sister of ruler kim jong moon shaking hands with south korean president moon j.n. an absolutely unprecedented there's never been a member of north korea's ruling family to come south of the d.m.z. so it kind of it underlies president moon's attempts to brand the winter olympics as the pisa lympics and i think this will be a theme that we will that he will turn that south korea will turn back to throughout the games how important do you think this diplomatic overture is to have kim jong un sr at the opening ceremonies. certainly there's some hope that kim jong il is bringing with her a message from her big brother. but of course not everything is worked out perhaps as president moon as hoped there had that he had arranged a dinner between some world leaders including kim jong un the rest of the north korean delegation as well as the american delegation led by vice president mike pence but according to reports here pence only stayed a very brief time at this reception it's unclear if he had any interaction at all with the north koreans so i think that someone pulled

president moon, frankly, did well to calm everything down.legation. he has to make room on the hockey team, five pushed off the team. it has been tough for him. about half of south korea is not happy with this unity banter, rather than the south korean flag. he had to do this. the big surprise, of course, his being invited to how he will continue to manage the relationship with the u.s. i will say one thing about moon, he says the same thing to different people. i think it is important that he does not get carried away by this. by all kaegsz, he has been frank with the north koreans about doing something b. their nuclear weapon aspirations. >> the u.s. and the influence on the korean peninsula, saying, i can move straight to them. >> these talks, these peninsula talks as they are called, have been talks for the two koreas to deal with family unification, issues like that i think that president moon will keep it that way. not try to stray into areas they think are essential to us. namly, security. so, i think that so far, he is managing it. no

come to the north soon at a convenient time president moon says let's arrange that and let's create favorable conditions to make that happen but moon is also saying that although he's keen to reboot into a korean relations that dialogue between the united states and the north is essential and he's encouraging both sides to come together. narendra modi's making the first visit by an indian prime minister to the occupied palestinian territories the one day trip to the west bank as part of a three nation tour to strengthen ties with the middle east these are live pictures coming to us here at al-jazeera of the indian prime minister there in ramallah let's get more now from bernard smith who joins us from ramallah bernard let's talk first about the palestinians one of the having to get out of this visit do you think. well first of all happy that this is the first time an indian prime minister has come to the occupied territories and he's not doing it on the back of a visit to israel nobody was in israel last year instead he's doing modi's doing it as part of the middle east and gulf sta

president moon, will you attend a summit with north korea? he said, "many people want to know, but it's too early to decide." most of the north korean delegation has now returned home across the border, and president moon says having the north koreans participate in the olympics here has brought some stability to the korean peninsula. ben tracy, cbs news, pyeongchang, south korea. >> ninan: coming up next, the latest on the powerful earthquake that rocked southern mexico. and later, imagination set free-- the special needs young man and his love of legos. >> ninan: now some stories we're following on the cbs weekend newsfeed. in southern merck a deadly crab. officials say a military helicopter surveying the damage after friday's powerful 7.2 quake crashed into a crowd of people, killing 13. the quake caused minor damage to buildings in the mexico city region. it also knocked out power to as many as one money homes and businesses. in chicago, a sea of blue as hundreds of officers turned out for the funeral of police commander paul bauer. he wa

president moon of south korea caught in the middle here. ng delegation that arrived included historically kim jong un's younger sister. they she is expected to have lunch with the south korean president tomorrow. several sources are telling me it is likely she will offer an invitation for president moon to visit north korea some time this year. that is something that president moon is willing to do if certain conditions were met. the question is what does north korea want out of this. they are trying to drive a wedge between washington and seoul and trying to extend the buffer they have where it will be difficult for the united states to take much action while the talks with the south are taking place. dave. >> will ripley live in pyeongchang. thank you. >>> at the olympics, there are actual sports happening. coy wire is updating us from all of that. good morning, coy. >> reporter: good morning, mr. briggs. the opening ceremony just moments away. nearly 3,000 athletes from over 90 nations see their dreams come true as they walk into the stad

and that perhaps it's also an invite for president moon to visit north korea now this is an opportunity that president moon is seizing upon he's hoping to utilize the pyongyang winter olympics as a launching pad to reboot intercourse and relations after a very tense twenty seventeen this is an issue near and dear to his heart as the son of north korean refugee parents and he does have reason for optimism twenty seventeen it was a tense year but since the beginning of twenty eight seen there have been developments with north korea unfolding at a breakneck pace analysts however say though we're seeing a lot of symbolic symbolism and a major charm offensive on the part of the north koreans they really doubt that this will provide a seismic shift in the relationship between the two countries some are saying that what we're seeing is north korea in the driving seat attempting to drive a wedge between the united states and south korea an alliance and to advance its own agenda clearly natasha the u.s. particularly is not prepared to walk away from sanctions those big barriers on knots about to

seismic shift in relations between the two koreas but that is certainly the hope south korean president moon jay in is pushing for a reboot in the relationship between the two countries after a very tense twenty seventeen moon is the son of refugee parents from north korea so this issue is near and dear to his heart that he does have reason for optimism since the beginning of this year developments with north korea have unfolded at a breakneck pace so at this meeting and now lunch at the blue presidential house all eyes have been on kim jong un sister kim jong she's a power broker in the north korean government and a trusted adviser of her brother there was a document sitting on the desk while she met with president moon and it has only fed speculation in the south korean media that she has a letter from her brother and that perhaps it contains an invite to president moon to visit north korea the choreography of this obviously very significant size ship but i guess that is the significant thing as well is that if you've got mr pence and the north korean leaders system even in the same city t

how president moon balances these two, that's the big pressure. >> the pressure is on president moon at this point in terms of the balancing. how much of this do you believe is truly an ef north on the part of north korea? how much of it is perhaps a bit of a display? >> i think if you view it from the north korean perspective of a game plan, it is important for them to get closer to south korea. the thought that by doing that they can create some distance between south korea and the united states. south korea is trooig to avert escalations in tension ps and possibly war. from the north korean calculus that makes them aligned. we have to remember the momentum of last year. it seems somewhat distant now. 2017 was a roller coaster with all these different types of testing of nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. what we're going to see and we see kim jong un say this in the new year's statement, his address, that north korea beginning this year will mass produce nuclear weapons. there's a lot in store in terms of more rough ride in terms of after the winter olympics here. >> that

or not president moon will take up that offer, we do not know. much will depend on north korea's behavior. as far as south korea's position, i think the president of south korea, president moon has been working hard, and has regard,me run in this he wanted since he became president last spring to put south korea in the so-called driver's seat. the driver seat of korean peninsula issues, and issues dealing with north korea. not to cede territory or power to mr. trump, who has inclined towards very hostile, regardingt rhetoric potential nuclear weapons, surgical strikes, military action, and even the destruction of north korea. in that sense, the two koreas are doing an interesting dance, but by no means does this mean that any substantive change has occurred. since a lot of symbolism, and not much substance. as far as the united states goes, i think mr. pence on his return from the opening ceremony in pyeongchang, he let out to reporters that the u.s. may be willing to engage in some kind of dialogue without specificity. it is unclear whether washi

come to the north soon at a convenient time president moon says let's arrange that and let's create favorable conditions to make that happen but moon is also saying that although he's keen to reboot into a korean relations that dialogue between the united states and the north is essential and he's encouraging both sides to come together narendra modi's making the first official visit by an indian prime minister to the palestinian territories he's meeting palestinian president mahmoud abbas a trip to the west bank as part of a three nation tour to strengthen ties with the middle east earlier he laid a wreath in the tomb of the former palestinian leader yasser arafat's smith has more from ramallah. it's a very short visit three hours he flew over took a helicopter from the jordanian side landed here in the occupied west bank and is leaving in about an hour or so time now from the indian perspective this is a visit aimed they said helping build up palestinian capacity in the health technology and education areas they're investing in a technology park here in ramallah is also opening a

he must be pleased, president moon. >> i'm sure president moon is very pleased.s you know, since he came into office, he and his advisers really wanted to engage with north korea, and they have really talked to each other for two years, so president moon made multiple overtures and he must be happy, not only that they are participating in the olympi olympics, but talking to each other. they want to turn this into progress on the nuclear front. >> does this mean that war is off the table? with the south koreans being so chummy, or the two koreas seem to be together, does the trump administration seem to be the odd man out? >> it is now, and war is off the table for the olympics, and the issue though is that south korea has had a playbook, and that is of course -- as talked about, to try to get the north koreans in, but the north koreans have a playbook, and first of all, you ignore south korea, and then you make this overture which is what kim jong-un did in his address, and you demand concessions where we are now, and if you don't get what you want, you three tan

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he must be pleased, president moon. >> president moon is very pleased. when he came into office, he and his advisors really wanted to engage with north korea and they haven't talked with each other for over two years. the president is now pleased that the two sides are talking to each. and president moon wants to turn this into a greater relationship between washington and pyongyang to make progress on the nuclear front. >> with the south koreans being so chummy, or the two koreas seem to be together, does the trump administration become the oddm man out? >> it is the odd man out, at least through the olympics or the paralympics. the issue is that south korea has had a playbook and that is to try to get the north koreans in. but the north koreans also have a -- you make this overture, then you demand concessions, and after the olympics, moon is not going to be able to give kim jong-un what he wants because of u.s. sanctions, u.s. pressure, that's when things really get nasty. >> i noetticed in the region, i was taken much more seriously, this is the north

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by and large, he, president moon, has been able to achieve his goals.ar that the united states has achieved its goals. the united states should want to get into a negotiation with north korea about nuke weapons. that has to be the goal. and right now, i don't see -- honestly president trump seems to be of two minds. president trump often what you see is what you get. very transparent person. he can't decide whether one day he wants to be the tough guy, the next day he wants to be the dealmaker. >> last question, you have these north koreans playing on this ice hockey team with the south koreans. are there a ton of north korean minors at the olympic games? how do they make sure these north koreans don't stay in south korea? >> they have a lot of minors. there's family. each of these athletes will have family back home who will be tortured, imprisoned, killed if these people do anything. but it's a big concession for the north koreans. the north koreans are a minor part in what is a south korean extravaganza, right? you think about there is no equality he

president moon was invited to visit the north and he replied to the invitation by saying that the two sides should create the right circumstances to make it happen what what the right circumstances be here well i think it's important to known. beforehand well kind of outcome will be produced by the summit because a summit could be worse than no summit if it doesn't produce anything or it only confirms if it only confirms that north korea has no intention to abandon its nuclear and missile programs under any circumstances as a set that will only. in the lead to it will only justify military option against north korea so there could be. more dangerous than no summit at all so i think he will he may wish to go to opinion. with a reasonable chance of producing a positive outcome that would lead to a stronger peace rather than to work here but where would he get the guarantees that the outcome with will be positive i mean when you're going to those kind of talks it's always you know a game of you never know what's going to happen you take a chance you take a risk yeah if the chance is to t

she met with south korea's president moon while the teams from the two countries walked side by sidender a unity flag. for more, let's bring in the senior research fellow at the heritage foundation and former cia deputy chief for the cia, as i mentioned. bruce, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. sarah: what do you make of the scenes of unity we have seen and south korea. are you hopeful for a thaw in relations between the north and the south? >> we can always be hopeful and it is certainly uplifting to see the koreans walking together. we have seen it before. the sydney olympics. smother exercises. there have been other instances where the north korean athletes and a senior political delegation came to south korea in october joint 14, for example, and none of that reflected a change in north korean policy and john yang did not moderate its quest for a nuclear missile program and the like -- pyongyang did not moderate its quest for a nuclear missile program and the like. the olympics are kind of like going on vacation. a nice pause from the tension, but once they are o

cause in the south korean government against falling for a charm offensive with that in mind president moon who has always advocated for engagement with the north said better ties between the two koreas rested on dialogue between the u.s. and north korea german president frank about to steinmeyer also attending the games so the invitation as a positive sign. what do the olympics mean it's a sporting competition but it's also about olympic peace and has been a glimmer of that here so we hope that the dialogue that will begin will continue after the olympic games and demand to go to business be that i did today that's what moon is hoping to the current thaw in relations looks like his first win of the gang. well as you heard in that report the joint korean ice hockey team played for the first time today but there was to be no debut victory switzerland or a class above racing into the lead thanks to three goals in the first period korea were unable to recover and ultimately fell to an eight mil defeat but even with the heavy opening loss there were plenty of positives to take for the locals wi

president moon also told the north koreans that talks between the u.s. te, must be held at the soonest, according to moon's office. now, interestingly, one of the officials moon met with was kim yong-chol. he was suspected of being the master mind behind the attacks on a naval ship back in 2010 that killed dozens of sailers and several civilians. north korea has expectedly condemned the latest round of u.s. sanctions, adding that the new plan reportedly by the u.s. and its allies to widen the crackdown on ships suspected of violating sanctions would be considered, quote, an act of war. now, curiously it was the president's daughter and adviser ivanka who briefed president moon on the sanctions despite prevailing questions on her own security clearance status and her background in korean diplomacy. >> first let me say, ivanka trump has been briefed on this. she's been part of the team. she had dinner with president moon. they had a private discussion in advance about this occurring. this has been an interagency process. >> secretary, you said that by going

that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the pyongyang like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and. so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong il in sr is certainly really significant if not

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that's another issue that president moon will have to discuss closely with president trump. i can imagine a scenario that president moon might want to be tempted to postpone military exercises until after an interkorean summit, to keep the north engaged and to keep tensions reduced. these are practical logistics and the u.s. and south korea will have to discuss. >> what will be the fruits of the fact that the door has been opened for talks? thank you so much for your time and perspective. we'll stay in touch with you, of course. >>> on to another story we are watching. russian investigators are hoping that a flight data recorder will help them figure out what caused a deadly plane crash. all 71 people onboard were killed. you can see a big explosion in the distance. >> the plane had taken off from moscow for the city of orsk. the crash side scattered out of radius. we know they have recovered the flight data recorder. how much closer are they to discovering the cause of this plane crash? >> they have been working all night. 4:00 in the morning the russian authorities declare

with that in mind president moon who was always advocated for engagement with the north said better ties between the two koreas rested on dialogue between north korea and the u.s. . german president frank about to steinmeyer also attending the games so the invitation as a positive sign that's how it's done and what the olympic games mean it's a sports competition but it's also a vast olympic pace and has been a glimmer of that here so we hope that the dialogue that will begin will continue after the olympic games oh no demand to go to business be the guy to take that's what moon is hoping to the current thaw in relations looks like his first win of the games. well let's bring in rafael rasheed he's a journalist in south korea so rafael where is it up ice here that we don't see you you're on the line with us rafael so we understand that you're in good that you're here you're in the ice hockey stadium right now where that historic joint korean women's ice hockey team is playing its first game give us a sense of the atmosphere. ok i'm carney in the state on the conga puppy sense in college

it would be president moon's first time visiting the north korean capital. both president moon and kim yo jong were on hand for the unified korean women's hockey team's debut in the with only a few weeks of practice together, they faced- off against switzerland, losing eig to zero. north korea's han soojin nearly broke through with an early shot on goal that bounced off the crossbar. the korean team will play agai centers for disease control show one out of every ten u.s. deaths this week was caused by the flu or pneumonia. in a conference call, the c.d.c.'s acting director anne schuchat warns that deths from the current flu season are climbing. this year's flu outhas now reached as high as the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic and is likely to cause more deaths. the cdc says 63 children have died so far from flu-related symptoms this season and that number is expected to rise. we are now learning that last september's masve data breach at equifax exposed more customer data than was previously reported. documents given to the senate banking committee show

oh i mean the images being splashed around south korean media is president moon jay and shaking hands with her absolutely unprecedented this is the first time that a member of the ruling north korean kim family has called below the thirty eighth parallel certainly a momentous occasion here a momentous occasion chasten but what do you think this diplomatic show means why is that so important. we have to remember that north and south korea are still technically at a state of war and last year the tensions were very high here on the peninsula though mostly the rhetoric was between washington and pyongyang in seoul was more or less stuck in between but soon as soon as north korean ruler kim jong un announced his intentions to send athletes to the games here there has been a reprieve in the tension in the tensions and president moon j.n. has done all he could to accommodate the north koreans and make sure that they participate as best as they can here in. with so much media attention being given to the north korean delegation jason are the hosts of these games concerned that the athletic c

does president moon accept this invitation and, if so, under what kind of preconditions? the north, he risks alienating a key us ally. laura bicker, bbc news, pyeongchang. president trump has blocked the release of a classified democratic party memo over the fbi's russia probe. the memo rebutted claims there was anti—trump bias in the fbi's investigation of russian meddling in the us presidential election. the white house said the memo couldn't be released because it contained classified material. we can speak to our washington correspondent, david willis. it is the battle of the memos, very confusing, take us through it, please. yes, it is a little bit confusing, so i would recommend some popcorn and a comfy seat! we will attempt to talk about it now. last week president from signed off on the release of a dip other can memo, detailing what it said were surveillance abuses on the part of the fbi involving a former trump campaign aide, a man called carter page, back in 2016. the fbi and the justice department chair advised against him releasing that e—mail, that memo, but

does president moon accept this invitation and, if so, under what kind of preconditions?hbour to the north, he risks alienating a key us ally. laura bicker, bbc news, pyeongchang. the defence minister tobias ellwood has suggested two members of the so—called islamic state group who are from london should be tried at the international criminal court in the hague. the bbc understands that the two, who were part of a unit thought to have murdered 27 hostages, have been stripped of their british citizenship. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. this is tobias ellwood. he was called a hero after giving first aid to pc keith palmer, the policeman who was stabbed to death during a terrorist attack last year. he also lost his brother in a terrorist attack in bali in 2002. now, mr ellwood, a defence minister has intervened over what should, happen to these men, alexanda kotey, and el shafee elsheikh. they were part of a gang suspected of murdering alan henning, a driver and eight worker from eccles, and david haines, a driver and aid worker from eccles, and david haine

in a historic meeting between kim jong-un's sister and south korean president's moon jae-in. rth korea continues its charm offensive, as it's been called, the u.s. is still talking tough. before departing back to the united states vice president pence told reporters, quote, i leave here very confident that we are going to continue to do the things that we know have to be done to continue to pressure north koreans to abandon their nuclear ambitions. for more now joined by nbc's chris jansing in coastal city. is there a connection to make? >> reporter: i think the chasm is wide, richard. you can call it a charm offensive. some call it pure propaganda, but the north is clearly taking advantage of this opportunity on the world stage. kim yo-jong goes into this meeting with president moon, you showed the picture. she's carrying a blue folder with north korean crest on it and inside it is that personal invitation from kim jong-un. well, tonight she was at the women's hockey game between the unified north korean team and switzerland. the team lost 8-0, but i was there and the stands

does president moon accept this invitation and, if so, under what kind of preconditions?orth, he risks alienating a key us ally. laura bicker, bbc news, pyeongchang. the headlines on bbc news: the haitian ambassador tells the bbc his government wants 0xfam to explain how it dealt with allegations of aid workers paying for sex. israel attacks dozens of syrian targets after one of its f—16 jets came under anti—aircraft fire and crashed. at least 18 people are dead and 60 injured as a double—decker bus overturns in hong kong. let's get more now on our main story. the department for international development is reviewing its work with 0xfam, following claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in earthquake—hit haiti. 0xfam insists it publicised the action it took against the workers, some of whom were fired. earlier i spoke to the haitian ambassador to the uk. he accused 0xfam of a "cover—up" and said his government was outraged that the 0xfam staff had been allowed to leave the country without the matter being reported to the police. fir

does president moon accept this invitation and, if so, under what kind of preconditions?hbour to the north, he risks alienating a key us ally. laura bicker, bbc news, pyeongchang. president trump has blocked the release of a classified democratic party memo over the fbi's russia probe. the memo rebutted claims there was anti—trump bias in the fbi's investigation of russian meddling in the us presidential election. the white house said the memo couldn't be released because it contained classified material. our washington correspondent david willisjoins us. this isjust one our washington correspondent david willis joins us. this is just one of two memos, very confusing. talk us through it please. a little bit confusing. you may see smoke coming out of my ears as i continue! last week, basically the republicans came up week, basically the republicans came up with a memo detailing what they said were surveillance abuses on the pa rt said were surveillance abuses on the part of the fbi involving a former trump campaign aide called carter page. that was back in 2016. the fbi an