good morning from seoul, south korea. president trump will begin the second leg of his asia tour shortly. north korea dominates the talks here. big economic moves are big. texas is not far from the president's mind this. is special report. >> bret: good evening i'm bret baier. coming to you from seoul, south korea. we're covering the president's trip here. we have two big stories for you tonight from, here and back at home. investigators are piecing to getter what led a man to kill more than two dozen people in a small texas church this. is as we begin to put the faces to the lives cut short, including small children in the church. president trump weighed in on the shooting from japan, before leaving to land here in seoul, a few hours after spending time with prime minister abe in japan. he talked about the allies discussing a host of issues. north korea topping that list. i spoke h exclusively with the prime minister of japan. we will air that in a few moments. first beginning in seoul we begin with white house correspon

that gives him a lot of momentum in seoul.'m sure he had difficult conversations with president moon in south korea. >> shepard: they were behind the scenes but they were very pleasant and cordial publicly. >> in public. that is important. i think the chinese will take their cue about how to treat trump from what happens in seoul. there's been a lot of difficulty -- >> shepard: the chinese will take their cue from seoul about how to treat the american president? >> yes. tuesday there was this joint statement from the chinese ministries basically to put a big dispute behind them about missile defense being placed in south korea. reportedly president moon has given the chinese secret assurances and he may not have given any consultation with the u.s. before giving those assurances on missile defense. that is that south korea wouldn't allow anymore missile defense in south korea. that puts our forces at risk. we can't use our full capabilities to protect our 28,500 troops on the peninsula or our forces in the region, this is a re

tensions over north korea are likely to be the focus of talks with asian leaders we'll get the view from seoul. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a spanish judge is expected to issue an international arrest warrant for ousted catalan leader collis pushed him all today that judge has already imprisoned nine members of the deposed catalan government after they responded to questions at the national court in madrid now they may be charged with sedition meanwhile just push them all is apparently still in brussels we'll talk to our correspondents there and in barcelona in a moment first this update. they use whatever they cute to make noise and bustle lona. the protests came after a spanish judge ordered past members of the deposed catalan cabinet detained pending a potential trial the former government figures turned up in madrid to answer questions about catalonia push for independence. after receiving the news that former had the site catalan president calloused pushed more and called the jailing a serious mistake and demands that their release. it is a grave attack on democracy. i

base near seoul to visit u.s. and south korean soldiers these are the men and women who would be carrying out orders in any potential conflict with north korea. south korea's president moon hopes it doesn't come to that he received donald trump and first lady malani a trump at the presidential palace in seoul. the korean people welcome you as one and we have great expectations. the welcome may not be as unanimous as president moon suggests protestors line troops route to meet moon shouting no war and no trump the south korean capital is just fifty kilometers from the border with north korea were cardless of north korea's actual nuclear capability seoul is an easy range of conventional weapons. and north korea could face american armed forces although trump said it would not be his first choice as we work together to resolve this problem using. short of military action the united states stands prepared to defend itself and its allies using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities if need be trump leave

visit south korea the second stop on his asian tour trump is looking to present a united front with seoul against north korea's nuclear threat but south korea's president has signaled he differs with trump's hardline approach we'll go live to seoul also coming up this glacier in alaska has raised the alarm over climate change experts and activists meeting in germany for the u.n. climate summit hope to hold its rapid melt rate but there are some you don't want them to succeed. and one hundred years ago today communists seized power in russia but why does the kremlin want to keep a lid on that revolutionary spirit did of you go to moscow to find out. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us that u.s. president donald trump has begun a visit to south korea that's dominated by tensions over north korea's nuclear program trump is holding talks with the south korean president mungy in that are expected to touch on trade as well as how to rein in pyongyang's nuclear ambitions the visit is being seen as an attempt to present a united front against north korea despite policy differences

. >> i'm anna coren live in seoul. president trump will be here soon to meet with the south korean president moon at the blue house behind us. the big topic what to do about the nuclear threat from north korea. the two leaders will address the media later and we'll bring that to you, we'll have much more from south korea coming up. >>> we have more now on the mass shooting in texas, the deadliest ever in that state. the man who killed 26 worshippers at a church service had a history of domestic violence, an apparent fascination and mass shootings and a grudge and yet he was able to get guns he should not have had. he was convicted of assaulting his wife and son five years ago, but the air force failed to enter his conviction into the data base. among the dead, the holcombe family, eight of them. the pastor who was filling in on that sunday, also dead. and the youngest victim, a little girl just a year and a half old. bethenny, let's start with what we've heard from president trump, saying this is an issue that has to d

mark lowen, bbc news, seoul. let's go live to seoul and join robin brant.ur away from president trump making the speech to the national assembly. what are we likely to hear from national assembly. what are we likely to hearfrom him do you think? it is the big message moment for him. it'sa it is the big message moment for him. it's a scripted speech and so far he is staying to the script on this visit. it's a chance for him to expand upon comments yesterday, when he was in that press conference with south korea's resident, and send a message to the people of south korea, a message of reassurance, no doubt. a message that the six decade old military alliance that has protected this country will remain and a message to those in north korea. many think the president should stop talking about fire and furia and stop his twitter diplomacy and talk more about the people of north korea, people he has described as great and living under a repressive regime. what of the news we heard a short time ago, that he attempted to get to the demilitarised zone and wasn't succ

our correspondent, mark lowen report from seoul. backing the man they say can stop north korea's march to war. supporters of donald trump out in seoul today, defending his hardline approach to the north's weapons tests. it's a kind of a warning to kimjong—un and his regime. if you do wrong things, you're going to be destroyed. but across the road, the other side, fearing mr trump's bombastic talk over north korea. passions and divisions accompanying him on this trip. threatening north korea, it's not the answer. we have to make them talk around the table, and we have to talk about it. these people say that, when donald trump fires off a tweet—storm or a tirade against kim jong—un from the other side of the world, it is seoul, 30 miles from the north korean border, that is made to feel vulnerable. they have lived with a nuclear threat from the north for decades, and they say that president trump is making it worse. the welcome was traditional, a reminder of an old alliance, now strained as mr trump has accused his south korean counte

that's next from seoul, south korea, . ♪ >> bret: welcome back to seoul, south korea.are following president trump's foreign trip. back home, democrats are dealing with a number of different issues. election night in virginia, hoping for a win, hoping the commonwealth will be a boost for the party facing internal strife after the former head of the democratic national committee wrote a tell-all book attacking the former chair and the 2016 presidential candidate hillary clinton and her campaign. i spoke with tom perez, today's dnc chair, and began by asking about the fallout from donna brazile's new book. >> thank you for the time. >> pleasure to be with you. >> bret: we obviously have a couple big elections tonight. i want to talk to you about the future of your party but obviously also deal with the controversy that's been in the news. donna brazile, they former interim head of the dnc, writing this book in which she says essentially the hillary clinton campaign controlled the purse strings and rigged the election. what is the fallout from that and your reaction. >> b

when president trump rolled into seoul, crowds lined the streets. many were here to welcome the president with open arms. american flags and a rendition of the "star spangled banner." >> o say can you see ♪ ♪ by the dawn early light >> reporter: traditionally, south korean versus welcomed americans and servicemen and presidents alike warmly. >> we believe the united states and we love the united states. >> reporter: but things are changing here. just across the street we found another equally passionate crowd. they were here to tell the american president to go home. police officers cordoned off the protesters who tried to surge forwa forward. president trump is expected to pass by here any minute t. police are starting to push, trying to keep the protesters back. they don't want them to block the president's path. but things soon calm down again. this was not a violent crowd. you are holding a sign. >> yes. >> reporter: what does it say? >> it says peace, not war. >> reporter: peace not war. >> reporter: she is 29-years-old. she's one of the leader

matt there in beijing and paula in seoul. a lot more on this now. our political panelist joins us now. okay. so the u.s. president is giving a standing ovation, paula hancocks said it went for 35 minutes. there was extended applause throughout the speech. so the south koreans liked what they heard or are they just relieved he didn't insult kim jong-un and start a war or something? >> i think it's problem the latter. the fact is we haven't had a tweet storm regarding north korea in a couple of days. >> twitter is blocked in china, but he should be able to get access. >> i'm sure the president of the united states will have access. >> but that is a real danger in these negotiations is that the president, you know, gets up in the middle of the night and reads something, gets upset and tweets. >> absolutely. and i think that's a big question like is he going to do something to really create a disastrous scenario for his china trip. but look, i think with this speech tonight, he's setting himself up for failure, because he's trying to intensify the press

mark lowen, bbc news, seoul. but first, let's go live to seoul and join robin brant. scripted big message moment of this visit. it is a brief visit, barely 2a hours, but i think this is the most symbolic of his days asia tour. remember, here in seoul he is 35 miles, 50 kilometres from the border with north korea. it is the closest he personally has ever got to the front line. so when we get this address to lawmakers later, it is his opportunity to i think deal with south korea's concerns. they want to hear again reassu ra nces concerns. they want to hear again reassurances that the ally that has protected them militarily for six decades has still got its back. that is something that south korea's president made clear yesterday, referring to it as an ironclad commitment. secondly and perhaps more importantly, it is a message to the other people on the korean peninsula, and that is those in the north. he has referred to north korea's people as great people, people living under a repressive regime. and this is a chance perhaps for him to go beyond the fire and fury, the

mark lowen, bbc news, seoul. laura: how big time ago, i spoke to -- a brief time ago, i spoke to a former state department official who is now a visiting professor at georgetown university. a month ago donald trump was tweeting that direct talks would be a waste of time. now he is urging north korea to come to the table and make a deal. is this a genuine diplomatic shift? >> i think we have to separate his rhetoric from the actual policy that the entire u.s. administration has been actually following since rather early on in the -- since the inauguration and the administration. the north korea policy review was very clear about what u.s. policy would be, which is to strengthen pressure, extreme pressure, but also open the path to a peaceful way out. this is the message that various officials have been saying and also following to this day. laura: ok, despite that fiery rhetoric, then, he is following the past line. donald trump makes a much-anticipated speech on weesday to south korea's national assembly. what wi

heartache there in seoul south korea thank you. now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world afghan security forces have overpowered attackers who stormed a private television station in the capital kabul witnesses say at least three men including a suicide bomber entered the building after an explosion at least two people were killed and islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the attack without offering any evidence u.s. the sorties say the man accused of shooting dead twenty six people at a church in texas was able to buy firearms because of an error by the u.s. air force it failed to add devon patrick kelly's criminal history to the federal database used to conduct background checks kelly was convicted of domestic violence in two thousand and twelve while working for the air force. and doctors in india's capital delhi have declared a public health emergency as air pollution levels reach more than twice what authorities class as hazardous authorities have called for schools to close and hav

welcome to seoul!marc helped popularize western style hip-hop in korea. an event that led directly to me eating silkworms in a tent. >> anthony: marc, how you doing? >> marc: nice to meet you. >> anthony: good to meet you. >> marc: thanks for having me out. >> anthony: oh, man. so, where are we? hi, i'm the internet! you know what's difficult? armless bowling. ahhhhhhhh! you know what's easy? building your website with godaddy. get your domain today and get a free trial of gocentral. build a better website in under an hour. [ laughter ] >> anthony: hand position correct? >> nari: ready? >> anthony: are you complaining about your hours, nari? >> nari: holler. >> anthony: number one selling liquor in the whole world. you have to kick the prostitute so many times. >> nari: that doesn't count. >> anthony: get in my mouth and stay there. [ laughter ] >> nari: she's already dead. >> anthony: come on. i'm getting this, like, weird sense of déjà vu. like, haven't we been in a fish market in seoul at some point

well earlier we caught up with the bus downhearted who was tracking president trump says that in seoul and compared to his recent rhetoric trump struck a more moderate tone with north korea and we asked what was behind this change yeah he sounded very different than he did just a few months ago if you look back and if you remember that was bellicose remarks of . fury fire and fury and locked and loaded and those remarks actually made the south korea's president mugabe and somewhat angry at the time saying that it can't be that some third party pushes his country closer to a military confrontation with north korea and he said that there shouldn't be any military action taken or considered without the consent of north korea and so today we didn't hear any of that harsh rhetoric from from donald trump no i wouldn't say it's a policy reversal they still agreed that they want to exert maximum pressure on north korea and that's something that president from had been pushing for the entire time but it seems that at least they were a bit more considerate of each other's needs and positions. an

when president trump rolled into seoul, crowds lined the streets.any were here to welcome the president with open arms. american flags and a rendition of the star spangled banner. ♪ are a decision traditionally they have welcomed presidents. >> we believe united states -- we love united states. >> things are changing. just across the street, we found another equally passionate crowd. they were here to tell the american president to go home. police officers cordoned off the protesters who tried to surge forward. president trump is expected to pass by here any minute. the please have just started to push in, to try to keep the protesters back. they don't want them to block the president's path. but things soon calm down again. this was not a violent crowd. you are holding a sign. what does it say? >> it says, peace, not war. >> this woman is 29 years old. she's up with of t she's one of the leaders of the protest. >> there are students, university students who doesn't want donald trump visiting korea. >> the divide is striking. those waving the americ

in seoul where president trump held a conference. it etime to act with urgency and great determination against the north korean nuclear threat. >> calling pyongyang a worldwide threat. cnn correspondent is in seoul. good morning. what was your head line from his remarks? >> reporter: good morning. i think the headline without a question here is that the president, of course did not rule out military action of course, but he did say we hope to god it doesn't come to he that. this is certainly a continuation of a different set of tones, if you will. the president has measured his language while he's been visiting here much differently than he does when he's in the united states. but saying today, standing only 35 miles or so from the north korean border he hopes it does not come to that, but, he did call on leaders around the world to step up and help confront that nuclear regime here. he also said he would not answer a question, interestingly that if he supported direct diplomatic talktalks. that also is a change. you remember was sor

president trump heads for seoul on the second leg of his asian tour. talking tough, but coming up short, trump leads japan empty-handed on what he calls unfair trade practices. betty: and from bloomberg's global headquarters, i am betty liu in new york, where it is just after 7:00 p.m. on this monday. it could be a cruising $105 billion takeover fight. megamergertching its wireless talk collapse. he said the failure presents an opportunity. thinking like a billionaire. >> definitely look at softbank shares at the open. on the merger talks. looking ahead to president trump arriving in seoul this morning. on the itinerary, he is going to be having a dinner. he could be visiting camp humphreys. he is not going to the dmz, which has been a long tradition for many u.s. presidents. a lot hanging on this trip here. betty: a lot of bravado coming from trump and from monster sayoshi-san. maximumlking about pressure on the north korean leader. we heard that from shinzo abe as well. earlier hadr guests mentioned, what does that maximum pressure, exactly, mean. it

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where he said the two men were on the same page as far as north korea was concerned trump is in seoul this part of the second leg of his base tour of asia. all nations must implement un security council regulations and cease trade and business entirely with north korea it is unacceptable that nations would help to arm and finance this increasingly dangerous regime as we work together to resolve this problem using all available tools short of military action. the united states stands prepared to defend itself and its allies using the full range of our unmatched military capabilities if need be left out of kathy novak is to give us some analysis president trump said the u.s. stands prepared to defend itself and its allies if need be using the full range of military capability capabilities if necessary. at a press conference full of the usual trump bluster what will people have made of it there in south korea. well he did stop short of the rhetoric that he has used in the past in terms of fire and fury of being more directly threatening to north korea and both he and president moon were

we are in seoul, south korea, where u.s.esident donald trump was officially welcomed in a colorful ceremony at the blue house, which is behind us. the south korean presidential residence a short time ago. he's now holding bilateral talks with his counterpart president moon jae-in. north korea will dominate that conversation, but trade will also be on the agenda. president trump has threatened to withdraw from the trade pact. >> it's an honor to be with you and your wife. we look forward to having a successful day of talks. we'll start right now and we'll conclude sometime tomorrow and then i'm going to go off to china where we look forward to that. we just left japan. there's a great spirit in this great part of the world, and it's a very tremendous honor to be here and to be with you. again, i very much appreciate the reception. >> paula hancocks is here in seoul and joins me. this is an interesting time to be renegotiating the free trade treatment between south korea and the united states, when this is a time to be showing

stephen engle is in seoul.ore a case of time to talk than before, which was "fire and fury." reporter: that's right. he has toned down the rhetoric a bit at least last night at the joint press conference with moon jae-in, the south korean president. did it wild card is in this speech to the national sm lee behind me, the parliament of south korea, will he stick to , the strong partnership with south korea, as well as japan, in the face of threats from north korea, or will he go off script like he did at the u.n. general secretary, making those comments like "fire and theory? test fire and fury -- fire and fury?" it is yet to be seen whether donald trump is going to stick to script. he didn't stick to script earlier this morning when he was not scheduled to go to the dmz but made a last-minute choice to head up there. we even saw the helicopters that were flying towards the the enzi earlier this month -- the dmz earlier this morning. they had to turn around and come back only about five minutes away from the lan

his next stop is seoul in south korea. our correspondent, robin brant joins us from seoul.pan and is expected to arrive in south korea. but north korea will take up most of the agenda. very much top of the list for president trump and his south korean counterpart. they are preparing... thousands of police have been deployed on the streets of seoul, over 100 demonstrations are planned for the next 48 hours. some supporting the visit, some very much against. it is a brief visit, barely 24 hours, but the most symbolic on this tour of asia. he will speak to american troops later. there are over 30,000 of them based here and then he will address the nation's lawmakers tomorrow. what he and the administration and the south koreans wa nt to administration and the south koreans want to have come his departure tomorrow is a bistro —— show of strength. make no mistake, it is the security umbro offered by the united states that has protected this country for decades and continues to do so is the nuclear threat grows from becoming north. under the surface there are disagreements about

cnn correspondent is in seoul. good morning. as

that means and ends to almost nonstop war games with seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step too might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved. the doors are closed for the main session and one of the south korean officials who is taking part is the president's advisor for foreign policy. what do you think about the russian road map i think that the proposal is very realistic flexible i hope you. and your cage in the pentagon winter olympic all the parties concerned between particularly between nelson selves who do come up with the most at risk rest reining behavior do you think it's enough in this case of course not enough in the day should be some new initiative to create and sustain peace in the imperishable donald trump keeps saying that all options are on the table north korean knew that the military option it's always under the table. by putting the military option and on the table. it's not like we chan

north korea test fires another ballistic missile triggering condemnation from washington, tokyo, and seoul. a warning that the fight to stamp out malaria could be damaged due to a lack of funding. also in the programme, a fairytale wedding for prince harry and meghan markle. it'll take place next may in a royal castle. tens of thousands of people in myanmar have gathered in yangon to attend the first mass to be held by pope francis. so far on his trip, the pope has not publicly referred to the country's persecuted rohingya muslim minority by name. let's take a look at the open air service in the chaikasan sports ground. you can see there are thousands of people gathered for mass with pope francis. it has been going on for a short while. the catholic community in myanmar is relatively small, consisting of a few hundred thousand catholics. earlier in the day, pope francis called for what he said was respect for each ethnic group and its identity. some interpreted in that as an indirect reference to the rohingya people. he held talks with myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi and he will have mo

over north korea is likely to be a keep focus of talks with asian leaders we'll get the view from seoul. and the new head of the fed drone powell is nominated by president trump to lead america's central bank look at the impact powell might have on policy. i want to welcome i'm terry martin good to have you with us. a spanish judge is expected to issue an international arrest warrant for ousted catalan leader colors pushed him out today that judge has already imprisoned nine members of the deposed catalan government after they responded to questions at a national court in madrid they may be charged with sedition meanwhile collis pushed him out is apparently still in brussels we'll talk to our correspondents there and in barcelona in a moment first this update. they use whatsoever they cute to make noise and bustle mona. the protests came after a spanish judge ordered past members of the depots cuts in line cabinet detained pending a potential trial the former government figures turned up in madrid to answer questions about catalonia push for independence. after receiving the news that f

here we are back with you in seoul. the president landed at an airbase south of seoul a short time ago and flew from there to camp humphreys. he's going to meet in the dining facility there with some of the men and women, some of the 37,500 u.s. forces in south korea. one of the topics is going to be north korea. the president will take the time to think men and women of the military for serving their country and putting their lives in harm's way to protect freedom. the president will be meeting later on today with moon jae-in, the president of south korea. north korea clearly is going to be on the agenda. what to do to try to get kim jong un to give up his nuclear program. yesterday in tokyo, a lot of tough talk from the president and japanese prime minister shinzo abe abe who said he is 100% with the united states and president trump on north korea. >> the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs, including its illegal nuclear tests and outrages launches of ballistic missiles. directly over japane

his message for china's president xi jinping get tough on north korea earlier trump gave a speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on pyongyang he also warned north korea not to underestimate the united states kathy novak reports now from seoul on trump's tour of asia so far. donald trump's day was supposed to start with a surprise visit to the d.m.z. the heavily fortified line separating north and south korea but bad weather prevented what would have been his opportunity to deliver a symbolic message to the north korean leader kim jong un so he used his speech at seoul's national assembly to address the man he called a tyrant and a cruel dictator the weapons you're acquiring are not making you safer they are putting your regime in grave danger north korea is not the paradise your grandfather invasion it is a hell that no person deserves though he refrained at this time from referring to kim as little rocket men trying to paint a picture of north korea likely to infuriate those in its government he called it a country ruled by a cult centered around the

by the state you live to seoul u.s. president donald trump has been meeting with south korea's president moon in the south korean capital as tension with north korea escalates following those talks they are about to work to brief the press that meeting just about to get underway president trump currently on a major tour of asia. to rally international pressure against pyongyang at its nuclear and missile programs let's listen in. thank you for your. full. national. showing to beautify. the. korean economy south korean economy. i hope you enjoy that. president. from south korea donald trump from. its joint friends press conference who will start from. we will kick off with the president and then move on to the. president and i'll try . i truly welcome the vision of a president. and his wife it's been twenty five years since the last state of a state and it's also the first state visit for a while. i since i became a president. really pleased about the special relationship i have a phone with a presenter. so far we have m

he's in seoul. thanks very much for joining us tonight. it's great to have you here. >> reporter: it's good to be with you. it's now just after 11 in the morning on wednesday and we're waiting for president trump to address the parliament here and so far during this trip he has been quite diplomatic. he has been not giving those fire and brimstone speeches. in fact, yesterday he was talking about north korea should come to the table. we should all sit down and have talks. but he has arrived with a big show of force. three aircraft carrier strike groups, an extra submarine. they're about 32,000 troops here. so while he's saying we should talk, he is also carrying a very big stick. so we will see what kind of rhetoric he brings to the parliament. there are many people in this country who are not comfortable with the fact that he is speaking to parliament. yesterday there were quite a few people on the street demonstrators with a single slogan, no trump, no war. they think that this president, unlike his predecessors is pushing this region to

there in seoul. thanks so much. >>> all right. so here's that sobering warning from senator lindsey graham in the wake of this latest north korea provocation. >> the president is not going to allow north korea to have a nuclear weapon in their hands that can hit america with an icbm that can make it to the united states. if we have to go to war to stop this, we will. and if there's a war with north korea, it will be because north korea brought it on itself and we're headed toward a war if things don't change. >> the president, president trump also tweeting last night, tying the north korean nuclear threat to the possibility of a government shutdown over a funding bill fight in congress, he writes this after north korea missile launch it's more important than ever to fund our government and military. dems shouldn't hold troop funding hostage for amnesty and illegal immigration. >> plans for a meeting on government funding between the president and leaders of both parties took a turn yesterday when democrats chuck schumer and nancy

our correspondent, robin brant, joins us from seoul. what i use thinking about this?to the united nations to destroy north korea. much more measured and tone it down. substantive in his mesh —— message as well. this speech was aimed atfour message as well. this speech was aimed at four groups. aimed at the international community, china, russia, everyone in the united nations and reminding them of the type of country north korea is. he described it as one point as a hell,

so it's now just after 7:00 in the evening in seoul.i-trump demonstrators and they are here to greet him with shouts and jeers as he passes down this road on the way to government center for an official state dinner. >> richard, seems as if we have a toned down president right now. toning down the rhetoric from the times he was using rocket man referring to kim jong-un. we also have the president saying he's not going to be -- certainly a message that he's sending on the first leg of this trip there. >> he is clearly taking the sort of speak softly and carry a big stick approach. the measures that the statements that he just issued a short time ago were much more diplomatic than we've come to see from president trump and particularly from tweets when he's using rocket man and gave a speech in front of the united nations he said the u.s. was prepared to destroy north korea entirely. much more subdued president. speaking more dip that the mathically. he's bringing with him a big stick. there are three aircraft carriers in the pacific righ

and heartache is following the trump visit in seoul and joins us for more. donald trump's actually indicated he might be willing to meet kim jong un at some point he talked to american network about that let's just listen to what he said. i would sit with anybody i feel i don't think it's a strength or weakness i think sitting down with people is not a bad thing so i would certainly be open to doing that but we'll see where it goes i think we're far too early so boston is a trump kim meeting really a possibility. well to me that will be quite a stunt if the president could pull that off when it but to be fair at the moment there's no indication of that happening any time soon here on the contrary because of what president trump is actually here to do is as you said forge a united front against north korea consisting of the u.s. japan south korea and china and that's where the problem starts and that's where starting to become very tricky because that united front would also include a military alliance between the u.s. japan and south korea now that's somethi

now off fully fledged nuclear power after slave as a missile launch will go to our correspondent in seoul also coming up giving would be migrants hope at home as they see a future for themselves there perhaps they will not make the dangerous journey to europe that's at the heart of the summit between leaders of the e.u. and the african union. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show. the u.s. has warned north korea's leaders that they will be utterly destroyed should tensions over that country's weapons program break out into war north korean state media claiming this photo shows pyongyang's latest missile test launch two days ago observers say it is north korea's most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile today and that this rocket can hit any city in the u.s. including washington d.c. the trumpet ministrations also threatened new sanctions and is pressing china to cut off its oil supply to north korea america's ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley the livered this stern rebuke to the north korean regime the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to

the hike in seoul. haidi: australian banks something on the news the royal commission into the financial industry, the bid for say it it is vital tosay it rebuild public trust. rishaad: a range of new sanctions with china's xi jinping. --di: and the white house the administration can influence the bank as few have ever before. straight to breaking news we have got some from china now. stronger than expected for manufacturing. 51.8. looking at 51.7. manufacturing.r nonmanufacturing pmi summer than october's number, 54.3 pmi for november. 50 is the breaking line between contraction and expansion. been faster than had expected by the economists cured perhaps the readthrough of this faringchinese economy is better than expected. stability being a watchword. better than stability. we have something and can do stability pretty good. that is what we have a moment. let us see what has been going on in the south. range itscted to benchmark rate for the first 2011.ince t stephen engle is in seoul for that central

he is no role, mr trump, what you expect in seoul?ade, trade, of course, apart from north korea, it will be at the forefront of mr trump's visit to seoul. he called the career korea— us trade deal horrible and we will see the tones it down when he with moon jae—in later today. he says he wants to achieve fair, free and reciprocal trading relationships — we will see if it happens with south korea. the free trade agreement has been in place for five years now but that is in jeopardy. south korea place for five years now but that is injeopardy. south korea is america's sixth largest trading partner, $140 billion in goods and services exchanged in 2016 but since the deal came into effect, david, the deal came into effect, david, the us deficit with south korea doubled to around $28 billion with korean auto imports to the us making up korean auto imports to the us making up nearly 90% of that deficit. the us auto industry has been among the biggest losers so far from this arrangement but one winner has been us beef — korea has been importi

emergency meeting to discuss the situation for more i spoke earlier with journalist jason strother in seoul i asked him for his assessment of whether north korea now has a missile that can carry a nuclear warhead to any target in america i mean based on what we heard on the north korean broadcast this afternoon it would seem that it has the capabilities and judging by the tone that president trump general mattis as well as officials here in south korea are taking it seems that this is a missile that can reach out to tubes that no other north korean missile can before as before the u.s. based union of concerned scientists an independent think tank says that if all these numbers are true in terms of its trajectory and altitude this missile could strike as far as washington d.c. ok now a regional powers like japan and south korea have been taking defensive measures in response what's going to tell us about that. right well i mean him immediately after north korea's rocket launch early this morning south korean military forces conducted its own live fire exercises they shot missiles at targets

earlier today in seoul he addressed the south korea national assembly. his remarks are about 35 minutes. >> the united states of america, donald trump. president trump: ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the extraordinary privilege to speak in this great chamber. and to address your people on behalf of the people of the united states of america. in our short time in your country, melania and i have been awed by its ancient, modern wonders, and we're deeply moved by the warmth of your welcome. last night president and mrs. moon showed us incredible hospitality in a beautiful reception at the blue house. we had productive discussions on increasing military cooperation and improving the trade relationship between our nations on the principle of fairness and reciprocity. through this entire visit, it has been both our pleasure and our honor to create and celebrate a long friendship between the united states and the republic of korea. this alliance between our nations was forged in the crucible of war and strengthened by the trials of history. from the landi

there has been some progress on that but he he won't elaborate so are encouraging signs i think in seoul today all around also he talked about security he talked about trade he's after all a businessman he promised more jobs when he was going to be elected which is actually one year on wednesday one year ago on wednesday and he's done some deals now of the south koreans he said that they're going to spend billions of dollars on american military hardware to reinforce their forces so all in all a good day we haven't heard much from north of the border save one statement saying that north korea reaffirmed its nuclear program and would bolster the nuclear program in what it's called sort of justice so that's all we've had rhetoric no action so so far so good for president transfers day in south korea tony many thanks tony bertie there live in seoul. a siege of a t.v. station in the afghan capital kabul has come to an end government has stormed the building and taken it over after an explosion a security guard is reported to been killed the station has now resumed broadcasting. the emir of k

. >>> let's go to paula newton now, joining us live from seoul with reanngional reaction.aula, what more are you learning about this latest missile launched by pyongyang, and what might its capabilities be? >> reporter: yeah, as we just heard from ryan, especially here in south korea, they do view this as an escalation. literally, the capabilities of this new missile are quite menacing. as you just heard, it flew higher and was in the air longer. what does this mean? they are very -- they're getting much closer, north korea is, to being able to have that nuclear tipped missile. what was interesting is even before this launch, rosemary, we have been speaking to south korean officials yesterday that told us look, they believe that they could complete their nuclear cycle as north korea calls it, by sometime in 2018. that brings up the timetable by at least two or three years from what experts were saying just earlier this year. and what is unclear is how the united states and obviously the asian region is going to confront this kind of nuclear armed north korea. you know, it'

pauladams, bbc news, seoul.peal for all ethnic groups in the country to be respected, but he avoided any direct mention of the plight of the minority rohingya population. more than half a million rohingyas have fled rankine state to escape mass killings by the country's security forces. the pope met myanmar‘s de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, who, in her own speech, insisted that her government wanted to make the country's ethnic diversity its strength. here's our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir. on the lush grounds of myanmar‘s presidential palace, at the military band announces the arrival of pope francis. the rich pageantry a world away from the terror felt by more than 600,000 range of muslims who, since august, have fled to bangladesh, and what the united nations has called textbook ethnic cleansing. —— rohingya. today, he met with myanmar‘s de facto leader, as human rights organisations wishing to talk about rohingyas. and although he referred to the muslim minority last month, it is a word

this report from seoul. what has been donald trump's approach to sorting out the north korea crisis in a nutshell all options remain on the table second option not a preferred option they will be met with fire and fury do not underestimate us and do not try this the distance from here to the border with north korea is only about forty kilometers and once you end up in seoul which is well in the firing range of kim's artillery you can't help looking at that rhetoric from a different perspective especially if there is what you'd call a totally different approach. there's absolutely no alternative to dialogue but in order to start a dialogue everyone has to stop take a deep breath and a step back from the red line which will. so why can we hope that the only option according to moscow will prevail well the south korean capital is hosting a washington valdai discussion called a conference where local officials and experts have gathered to hear what the russian diplomats and researchers have come up with so russi

it's tuesday afternoon here in seoul. the president as you say has just touched down here in south korea, where he's greeted with a lot of uncertainty. there are a number of questions facing him. three in particular. first, what sort of relationship does he have with the south korean president, president moon? we just saw two days in japan where it was almost a buddy movie with prime minister abe this. they ate meals together, they golfed together. they even had custom made hats together. he has no such close ties with this president. they've only met once. and they have very different views in some ways, you know, president moon perhaps not as hawkish as to what to do with north korea as president trump. a second issue, of course, is the rhetoric as you mentioned. fire and fury, little rocket man. does president trump say those things here just 40 miles or so from the dmz? what does the south korean response to those things? does he use that rhetoric. and thirdly, perhaps most importantly, what is the north koreans respo