defense products accounted for about 80% of korea's total defense imports. and the republic of korea is regularly among the top customers for foreign military sales from '08 to '16, contracts with the u.s. totaled close to $16 billion. and commercial acquisitions of u.s. defense systems totaled close to $7 billion. in fy '16 alone, the defense cooperation agency cited -- the health of this relationship i believe is due to at least two factors. one is the republic of korea's defense needs. and second are the technology transfers that can support rok's technology industries, health and sales abroad. when it comes to the defense relationship, for decades u.s. industry enjoyed unparalleled access to the republic of korea's purchasing. in recent years, however, firms from europe to the middle east have given u.s. firms quite a bit of competition. and that is not just true of this relationship. this is true overall of u.s. defense sales. while the u.s. industry may still enjoy a reputation for cutting edge technology and brings with it the benefit of equipment, non-u.s. competitor

alliance with the republic of korea is deep and sustained. and is focused both on addressing today's concerns and the long term needs of the alliance. one of the strongest ways to continue to strengthen our sustained partnership is through the pursuit of common goals in technology development and through bilateral rmp and development cooperation -- research and development cooperation. today's defense landscape is shaped by the proliferation of increasingly sophisticated military capabilities, by the convergence of leading-edge technologies driving new commercial capabilities with those driving emerging defense applications, and by the global proliferation of sophisticated technical expertise and manufacturing capability. this has introduced significant challenges to traditional defense development approaches because the increasingly competitive technology environment will demand faster technology adoption and increased pace of operational experimentation and prototyping and new approaches to rapidly deliver advanced capabilities to front-line

korea did you career in the picture. well with respect to any differences or any daylight between the approach of the united states and the republic of korea there is none i think foreign minister kang on multiple occasions in our discussions today reiterated the strong alignment with the international communities approach of the maximum pressure campaign and indeed the republic of korea has gone beyond the un security council resolutions and has as in imposed unilateral sanctions of their own in support of this maximum pressure campaign and in fact the republic of korea is the country that has detained.

i think as president trump highlighted so well in his remarks to the republic of korea's general assembly, the difference between freedom and democracy is striking when compared to the conditions of life for the people that live under the tyranny of the regime in north korea. it's only a threat of this nature, a serious nuclear weapons threat that would unite what were once enemies with china and a common goal to denuclearize the korean peninsula. is now joined by the international community saying we cannot and will not accept you as a nuclear state. it's been one year since the global campaign was initiated to maximize pressure against north korea. the goal is to cut off the sources of funding that is used to finance the missile programs. we must increase the cost of the regime's behavior to the point north korea comes to the table for credible negotiations. the object of negotiations if and when we get there is the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of north korea. we'll not allow north korea to drive a wedge between our resol of and solidarity. the pressure campaign

and the republic of korea.secretary general welcomes the reopening of the inter—korean communication channel. we remain committed to ensuring the implementation of security council resolutions, on the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula, and hopes that enhanced diplomatic initiatives will help to achieve that goal. but, already, there has been word from the united states that these military exercises will resume after the olympics and paralympics are over. and many are very cautious about the chances of any real breakthrough in this crisis anytime soon. translation: last year, north korea once—sidedly escalated its provocative actions through missiles nuclear weapons. it is not an exaggeration to say that the security environment surrounding our country is at its most serious since world war two. and that situation will continue so long as the north koreans push ahead with the development of nuclear weapons. but at least now there is the chance of dialogue beginning with the south. richard galpin, bbc news

own peace and that the new korea did you can see here in the future well with respect to any differences or any dialogue between the approach of the united states and the republic of korea there is none i think foreign minister kai on multiple occasions in our discussions today reiterated the strong alignment with the international communities approach of the maximum pressure campaign and indeed the republic of korea has gone beyond the u.n. security council resolutions and has as in imposed unilateral sanctions of their own in support of this maximum pressure campaign and in fact the republic of korea is the country that has detained two vessels for violating sanctions through ship to ship transfers so i think everything that we discuss from president trump president moon from at the ministry of foreign affairs level as well as mr defense levels we are completely aligned that the maximum pressure campaign is the correct strategy and that everyone made must stick to that. again just as i said in my remarks what is the purpose of the maximum pressure campaign it is intended to cause north korea to engage as a credible negotiating partner in addressing a pathway

may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations between our nation and the republic of korea i can assure you that that will not happen that will not occur we are very skeptical of kim jong un's sincerity and sitting down and having talks our policy hasn't changed the south koreans policy has not changed that we both support a denuclearized korean peninsula robert carey is a professor of political science and diplomacy at present national university he says north korea may try to use the talks to seek relief from u.n. sanctions. i think the north koreans are probably thinking that the talks are permanently a way to drive a wedge between the u.s. and south korea just as the american spokesman said but the top koreans have a very full agenda the south koreans like family or unions that's a very emotional issue in south korea the south koreans are really concerned about nuclear security right where the north koreans going to do with their nuclear weapons how many they have the kind of maintenance and safety protocols that they have there's concern about your noble style incident

negotiating with other states kim jong un as one north korea has won the democratic people's republic of korea as one no i think this is very very welcome news that there is a constructive dialogue going on between the two koreas and i hope something comes up and i mean it when all said and done the political arrangements on the peninsula between the two countries are paramount here and if they're talking i think that leaves a lot less room for other countries notably the united states to complain about things i think really everyone benefits here it's very hard to say who benefits most i suppose in one sense it is north korea because if there were a new war on the korean peninsula it is true north korea of it would be entirely destroyed i'm not sure south korea would be even though it would suffer great devastation so you talk about total destruction as opposed to very serious harm in south korea i suppose in that sense the north has gained more but look for south korea north korea china russia japan the united states if we can keep onto this track it would be a big win for everybody the late

korea first abandons its nuclear program. >> kim jong-un may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations, between our nation and the republic of korea. i can assure you that that will not happen. >> the u.s. could seek even more economic sanctions against north korea if they go through with another missile test in violation of u.n. resolutions. and late breaking this morning, the president bashing former ally steve bannon after excerpts of his new went public. the president said bannon has lost his mind. we'll have that tonight at 5:00. >>> lawmakers are running out of time to pass new protections for "dreamers" after the president's decision to end the daca program. jackie ward joins us now from the newsroom with the latest on the negotiations. jackie. >> reporter: emily, today some progress on capitol hill may be made that would restore protections for "dreamers" but any developments could also mean president trump would be one step closer to getting money for a border wall. congress has a little more than two months to come up with a legislative fix regarding the daca recipients daca program. lindsey graham wants it fixe

korea. on this very day, january 19, a 31 man team of north koreans invaded seoul. their mission was to murder the president of the republic president first received word slightly after 2:00 in the morning, january 23. within hours, morning newspapers would carry the headlines, that would anger americans across the country. >> this week, the north koreans committed another aggressive act by seizing an american ship and its crew in international waters. president and his senior advisers briefed bipartisan members of the foreign affairs committee's. an immediate protest was made to north korea but the response had been cynical and a distortion of the facts. the national security council explored various alternatives. one thing was certain, as the president and secretary state agreed, -- and the secretary state agreed, the capture of the ship might be handled with restraint. in the balance for the lives of 83 navy men. by january 25, after extensive consultation with senior advisers, president johnson instructed the ambassador to request an urgent meeting of the united nations security council. in the situation room of the wh

missile nuclear tests, and large-scale maneuvers, conducted by the united states together with the republic of korea and japan. once there is this moratorium in place, such a ban on hostile actions, we will absolutely support direct contact between the interested parties, including first and foremost, of course, pyongyang and washington. we will also provide support for this but dialogue as part of the six party process. also, russia, china, japan, and the republic of korea. this, i think, is the most important item on the russia-china agenda. i would also like to say that working on these matters is not easy. like i said, the united states says openly about the need for a military solution, even though everybody is aware direct consequences -- dire consequences of such reckless action. and in a situation where there was potential for dialogue, we saw provocative action like a military drills around north korea, which probed further escalation. we have a joint roadmap together with china. we will work based on it. we also work together on the syrian settlement, our chinese colleagues share russia's

the republic of korea developed to become one of the richest and most advanced countries in the world with a highly educated and skilled workforce. in the north the democratic people's republic of korea became perhaps the most isolated country on earth and its first communist dynasty dictator kim young roots like his father and grandfather before him. ties between the two koreas are tense since the war hundreds of soldiers and civilians have been killed in border skirmishes usually as a result of provocation from the north. the division of korea left many families divided after being separated for decades these families were allowed to meet in an organized event. those meetings came about thanks to south korea's sunshine policy and its moves to improve ties with the north that culminated in an agreement between the two sides in two thousand the. among its results a joint industrial park in k. song a north korean town near the d.m.z. . but that ended for good in two thousand and sixteen when south korea pulled out following north korea's missile launches kimya loon claims to possess nu

would not be possible, for example, for the united states to meet our defense obligations to the republic of korea without access to u.s. bases in japan and those bases are there because of our alliance with japan. so from the perspective of the united states, these are not two separate alliances. it's really one network of obligations and of responsibilities that we face together. but also it's natural for the united states, japan and korea to work together and think together because we have so many shared values. the three countries are democracies. we believe in human rights, in the rule of law, and perhaps most important we have shared love of baseball. [laughing] we also have many shared interests, certainly the republic of korea, japan and the united states all want to see a stable and peaceful order in northeast asia and in the region. we really want to see growing economic prosperity around the world. my last assignment before retiring from the state of robert i was u.s. ambassador to senegal and guinea-bissau, , and we work very closely with our friends from the japanese and korean govern

may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations between our nation and the republic of korea i can assure you that that will not happen that will not occur we are very skeptical of kim jong un's sincerity and sitting down and having talks our policy hasn't changed the south koreans policy has not changed that we both support a denuclearized korean peninsula p.j. kim is an adjunct professor at hancock university of foreign studies in seoul who joins us live from there it's very good to see you thank you for joining us what's on the table here i mean what is south korea hoping to achieve from these talks. yes that's a big question at this point and i don't think there is a clear idea about what this is going to mean in the longer term right now of course the south korean government the government what it has in mind is north korea's participation in just opening a gate for now for the peaceful handling of the overall situation the starting point of that but however how that's going to proceed after the participation of multicore if that's ever materialized as of today the south

may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations between our nation and the republic of korea i can assure you that that will not happen that will not occur we are very skeptical of kim jong un's sincerity and sitting down and having talks our policy hasn't changed the south koreans policy has not changed that we both support a denuclearized korean peninsula. direct diplomacy between the two koreas has happened before but with mixed results the first into korean summit was held in two thousand and declaration was signed allowing separated families from the north and the south to have meetings in pyongyang and soul seven years later leaders at the last into korean summit called for international mediation to replace agreements that ended the korean war diplomacy has fizzled since then the last government to government talks happened in december two thousand and fifteen and ended in failure and in february two thousand and sixteen and have a very full agenda the south koreans would like family or unions that's a very emotional issue in south korea the south koreans are really co

turn to theill republic of korea -- how you view the north korean issue through their eyes and interpreting their public and politics, and then if you could, why do americans increasingly tolerate the idea of north korea as a nuclear state? mike, thank you for your introduction. you may think i am ageless, but i am not. pleased that you're given me this opportunity to talk about south korean opinion -- that you have given me this opportunity to talk about sort korean -- south korean opinion. i think that question is quite ambiguous or assumes knowledge by the respondents that they do not have. has ard "recognize" certain legal power when it comes to this issue. as i interpret it, it means that you are recognized as a nuclear weapons state for the purposes of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. there are other states that possess nuclear weapons that are not recognized as nuclear weapon states. facto, they are estates with nuclear weapons but we are not going to give china else isia and anybody going to give north korea the special privileges conferred by the nuclear nonproliferation treaty

and republic of korea alliance and enhance military preparedness in order to prevent potential nuclear and icbm provocations by north korea. the u.s. and republic of korea governments should enhance the level of their coordination and communication under the slogan of "we go together." it is a long-established dialogue of north korea to exclude south korea while communicating only with the u.s. the united states and south korean government should frustrate this through strong coordination. frankly, kim jong-un is not fully aware of the strength and might of american military power. because of this misunderstanding, kim jong-un genuinely believes that he can break the regime apart once he compels washington to accept north korea's new status after successfully completing the development of his icbm program and putting the new missiles into development. some people do not believe in soft power, but only in military options. but it is necessary to reconsider whether we have tried all nonmilitary options before we decide that military action against north korea is all that is left. before

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as the olympic torch makes its way through the republic of korea, its neighbours to the north are thel sanctions to date will stop the us believes this could be white yeong yang has come to the table. we are getting a loss of evidence that these sanctions are really starting. it is believed the winter olympics will be a peaceful one. against me have brought the north to the negotiating table, but will be south be able to keep in there? let us brief you on other stories that are making the news today. the northern ireland secretary karen bradley is expected to announce a new round of talks to try to restore devolved government in the country. power sharing between the democratic unionists and sinn fein collapsed more than a year ago. it's believed she'll announce plans to begin a short, intense phase of talks in a week's time. police in portugal and spain have broken up an international drug smuggling ring that used boxes of fruit to bring in cocaine from south america. authorities found more than 700 kilogrammes of the drug hidden in pineapples packed in shipping containers. nine peop

sending states those were countries that provided either military or humanitarian support to the republic of korea otherwise known as south korea during its war with north korea between one hundred fifty and one thousand and fifty three but not all of the countries here were actually involved in that japan notably was not top providing support to south korea during that war that said this was an opportunity for these countries to get together and to really take a look at the current status of the security situation on the korean peninsula as well as to discuss the effectiveness of sanctions and to try to figure out what other ideas might be out there that perhaps the u.n. security council has not considered before now in order to make those sanctions work as they were early and as affectively as possible of course both russia and china took a very dim view of this meeting here in vancouver as you pointed out martine in fact the chinese government went so far as to call this meeting on tuesday illegal we're not quite sure though on what grounds they saying so but that is the chinese position and ha

served as director of media relations and public affairs at the korea economic institute of america and a legislative researcher for the congressional session at the embassy of the republic of korea in washington, d.c. she is written and spoken topics of technology, security, gender and the environment. so we look for to have her. welcome to today's event. him [applause] >> thank you, alex, for the very kind introduction, and thank you all for joining us on this very cold morning. you being here is a testament to your support of the next generation leaders who continue to strengthen relations each whingers u.s.-japan and korea. on behalf of international student conferences would like to express our deep gratitude to supporters to make this year's week long form possible. to u.s. department of state and u.s. embassy embassy and tokyo, u.s.-japan foundation, korea foundation, japan foundation concern for global partnership and sasakawa peace foundation. because of these supporters i was able to fly and 21 of our distinguished executive committee members for this japan america student conference and the conference for this time and much-needed program. it has truly been an

because it would not be possible for the united states to meet our defense obligations to the republic of korea with that to u.s. bases in japan. our access it there -- our access their is because of our relations with japan. it is really one network of obligations and responsibilities we face together. i think it is natural for the united states, japan, and korea to work in thing together because we have shared values. the three countries, are democracies, we believe in human rights, rule of law, and we have a shared love of baseball. [laughter] we also have many shared want to seehey all a stable and peaceful order in northeast asia and the region. growingy want to see economic prosperity around the world. my last assignment before retiring from the state department, i was u.s. ambassador to senegal, and we worked closely with our friends from japanese and korean governments because we had a lot of shared interest there. for example, the united states had a large peace corps presence in senegal with 250 volunteers. nexto next -- the two largest country sending volunteers were korea and japan.

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sending states those are the countries that supported the republic of korea or south korea during the war with north korea between one nine hundred fifty and one nine hundred fifty three what he is saying right now is that the in cairo goal of the international campaign is for the complete to nuclearization of the korean peninsula that the international community will not support a nuclear north korea now this is a question though of whether or not this particular gathering can lend any real support toward that goal because it doesn't have any sort of international imprimatur in that it doesn't have the authority to actually push something along what this meeting can do however is to have basically get every country to reaffirm its support for the existing sanctions regime underlined by the u.n. security council as well as to support individual countries efforts to prevent north korea from getting the money or the equipment or the materiel in order to continue building its nuclear weapons and its ballistic missile programs we mentioned russia and china not being that much difference d

we have new political leadership in the republic of korea.he create south korean president is reassuring those that he is looking at strengthening and he's not going in for the return to the sunshine policy. he's looking at it from a stronger position in regards to defense of korea working with the united states and other interested parties to start a dialogue with kim jong-un on was the acceptable next steps beyond the olympics. >> there's concerns he would give concessions. the president trump seemed optimistic yesterday he spoke at camp david. here's what he said. >> i would love to take it beyond the olympics. we have a good relationship with south korea. i'd love to see it go far beyond the olympics. at the appropriate time will get involved. but with the olympics it should be between those two countries. can this lay the groundwork of the seeds for a better relationship resolving this crisis? >> i like and apply the president for speaking out within this channel. supported terms of building teamwork and focusing on the issue. it could b

be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations, between our nation and the republic of korea. i can assure you that that will not happen. >> as for protests in iran, the state department officials as trump administration would consider additional sanctions against iran if it cracks down violently on these protesters. u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley says the u.s. will call for emergency sessions of these is security and rights councils. >> it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice against their government, especially when their government has a long history of murdering its own people. so we applaud the tremendous courage of the iranian people. >> ambassador haley also confirms the united states will continue withholding $255 million in aid to pakistan. they trump administration says pakistan harbors terrorists who attack u.s. forces in afghanistan. yesterday president trump tweeted that "the u.s. has given pakistan brilliance and has received only lies and deceit in return." this morning pakistan called an emergency meetin

plus we have known he would love to drive a wedge between the republic of korea, the south, and the unitedtes. i don't think it will happen. i was in favor of the talks over the olympics and i think this is a good thing in general. i wasn't concerned we weren't at the tables for those discussions. going forward if the talks lead to more substantive issues about the military wasituation, the security situation, it's critical the united states be more involved. >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, his comments are raising eyebrows. liam neeson saying the me too movement is becoming a bit of a witch hunt. >>> actor liam neeson in one breath praising the me too movement and at the same time accusing it of creating a bit of a witch hunt, his words. he made the comments during an interview with an irish broadcast network and admitted to being on the fence about allegations against fellow actor dustin hoffman. here he was. >> yes. there is a bit of a witch hunt happening. >> in what sense? >> there's some people -- famous people being suddenly accused of touching some girl's knee

of trying to decouple their policy of trying to decouple the us from south korea, they will be looking for further postponement and even cancellation of us, republices. so they will be absolutely focused on that. they see that as part and parcel of the effort to weaken the alliance. thank you very much. both sides today saying there is no increased daylight between them. that they share opinions on what needs to happen in north korea. but look, anything is better than where we we re look, anything is better than where we were two months ago. any talks. and if they can become a catalyst for change, all the better. it is weird. we are in this day will track process at the moment where we have these talks going on. the state department saying they welcome those talks going on and yet there is still talked in washington about what you asked the ambassador about and that is some idea of a precision strike. there is a piece in foreign policy magazine and a title is, it's time to bomb north korea. so there is certainly a discussion on military action against north korea but we just can't say where we are going to be in two months‘ time but we just can‘t

agus. tw there are so many rumors spread to the publdefame the image of the democratic peele's republic of koreasian police should bear the full responsibility for that. thank you. this is my all comment. thank you. (reporters clamoring) >> narrator: the killing in kuala lumpur was the lt chapter in the bloody history of the north korean regime. it traces back to 2008, when the dictator kim jong-il sufferea debilitating stroke. he hado choose a successor from among his children. he had at least two daughters, but they were ruled because they were women. he once reportedly complained that all his sons were "idle blockheads." kim jong-nam-- his oldest-- was now seen by many as tooni westzed. >> how's your relationship with your brother? >> narrator: there was a mysterus second son. lithle is known about him, oer than that he is an eric clapton fan who pops up at concerts around the world. there was one more option. >> there's this younger guy, he's 23, 24 years old, his name's kim jong-un, starts to get the similar kind of jobs that kim jong-nam got, because this is a family business, and so you'r

the already the second day of the year twenty eighteen and we see a tremendous turn in diplomatic rollercoaster between the two koreas last year it was new president of republic of korea south korea. who proposed the olive branch to his north korean counterpart kim jong un but kim jong il if used to talk to discuss any possibility of the korean relations improvement unless north korea returns a few north korean citizens who decided to move from china to south korea it was a very strange story it looks like her kim jong un changed his mind yesterday and in his new year's address kim jong un proposed the resumption of direct communications with seoul and. president jean of south korea immediately responded by inviting the hiring king. discussions and communication and negotiations and punishment jom the village just on the thirtieth parallel which separates north and south korea just inside the demilitarized zone pork about the possibility of north korean a limb picked him to participate in the chung olympic games which will open in february this year this is a window of opportunity for in their career relations ok but mungy and i mean ten years ago within the

terms of korea, i think it is very important that there's a dialogue between north and south korea, but i don't think that that's something that we have encouraged. that's something the republic of korea has done, fearful that the language that the president has been using is going to lead us down a very reckless and dangerous path. >> how would you describe the trump foreign policy strategy or ideology to date? >> i would have no ability to tell you what that foreign policy or strategy is. i know that the secretary of state wants to cut the state department's budget and staff. to me that's not a foreign policy. that's bookkeeping. and the president wanted to go after isis again. i think that's something very important that we have achieved, but isis is a symptom as well of major governance challenges. i'm not seeing the diplomacy you need to create inclusive iraq that is going to mean, or syria for that matter, that will mean that the people who gravitated toward isis feel that they have a place in a new society. but i couldn't tell you what they are trying to achieve. >> do you think or do you wish that the obama administration had done more to sound the alarm about russian

be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations, between our nation and the republic of korea you that that will not happen, that will not occur. we are very skeptical of kim jong-un's sincerity in sitting down and having talks. >> and, you know, this whole notion of kim very savely perhaps driving a wedge between the u.s. and south korea is going to be something of concern to the trump administration because it will become increasingly difficult to talk about defending south korea if there is some sort of agreement between the north and the south, but kim is not all about extending the olive branch in those statements. he also went on to say he wants to see ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads be mass produced for operational deployment. he threatened the u.s. again and he warned that he always has that nuclear button on his desk ready to use. jake? >> barbara, tell us more about south korea saying that it has made an effort twice a day for the last two years to try to reach out to north korea. >> they have. there is a sort of emergency hotline, if you will, where they can

fifty eight united nations coal to resort the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of the republic of korea south korea this is a gathering of nations that paid the heavy price in blood lives treasure ok we're going to make sure does that mean that these that you talk about this meeting about ramping up pressure on north korea but what hope is there of ramping up pressure if two of the members of the of the u.n. security council to permanent members of the un not actually present that is russia and china. well certainly russia and china were on the other side of the korean war now you are absolutely right indeed north korea shares a long border with china north korea shares seventeen kilometers of border with russia in order to be sure of effective implementation of the sanctions regime certainly china must be on board china has showed signs that it is more serious about implementing un security council sanctions we have to keep in mind that u.n. security council sanctions are a very serious matter pursuant to chapter seven action to ascertain threats to international peace and security if

diplomacy means the united states leads by working with not just our allies in the region, the republic of koreabut also with china in developing an off-ramp to end this crisis in negotiating with north korea. president trump has made that all much more difficult. this is not a mess created by one administration, this is a mess that north korea has created but president trump has made it more difficult to deal with. >> senator ben cardin, always good to see you. happy new year, sir. thank you for your time. >>> so much to discuss in the michael wolff book, including the report there was a warning for michael flynn accepting a check for a speech he delivered in russia and he dismissed it. . i'm not really a wall street guy. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you know? well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentleman? hey, ian. you know, at td ameritrade, we can walk you through your options trades step by step until you're comfortable. i could be up for that. that's taking options trading from wall st. to main st. hey guys, w

your second question regarding north korea, i just talked with general bergeson yesterday and his boss, general brooks, part of the coalition, working with the republic korea, the answer is if you're asking us if were ready to fight tonight, the answer is yes. as i started, the united states air force, if required when we are called to do our job we will gain and maintain our sis primacy. i will also add that right now defense department is in support of secretary of state tillerson who has a campaign to be lead with north korea and a diplomatic endeavor. i was also asking if you could characterize, for the public, the air defense situation over north korea. as in right now. what is the biggest challenge that you can describe to the public. back tour point, our biggest thing is we are going to support the secretary of state campaign in coordination with our coalition allies. we've been at arms with this for a long time. we will be ready and we will support secretary tillerson campaign. he american public should feel safe and secure that both of secretary of state and defense department are on this point issue they should be able to sleep well. thank