rebirth of seoul. this film, produced by the army, covers major events of the korean war and shows how seoul was heavily damaged by the fightingment it do you means citizens returning to thety after the end of war in 1953 and how with the help of the u.s. army, work began to provide the basic kneads of life -- health care, food, water, shelter and transportation. ♪ >> in the first two decades, the face of disaster reflecting tragedy and despair has become a familiar port rate in the every quarter of the world. war's grief has touched and scarred ever continent. no longer is the soldier a the victim of battle. casualties, civilians. despite the repeated experience of the miseries of war, mankind has learned neither to maintain peace or accept callously those who suffer most. during the life span of the present generation, a new list of ravage lked cities has been bombed to compare with ancient history. warsaw, beryl lynn, london, and today, still another. four times crushed in less than two years amy ci

>> up next on real america, rebirth of seoul. this film produced by the army covers major events of the korean wars and how seoul was heavily damaged by the fighting and documents citizens returning to the city after the end of the war in 1953. and how with the help of the u.s. army, work began to provide the basic needs of life. health care, food and water, shelter and transportation. ♪ >> in the past two decades, the face of disaster reflecting tragedy and despair has become a familiar portrait in every quarter of the world with brief pause touched and scarred the people of every continent. no longer is the soldier the soel victim of battle. cities and towns are prime target and the casualties, civilians. despite the repeated experience of the miseries of war, mankind has learned neither to maintain peace nor to accept callously those who suffer most. life the life tame of a present -- a new list is compared with those of ancient history. very names are synonymous with ruin, london, warsaw, hiroshima, berlin and today still ano

now for the fourth time, seoul changes hands.fore the city is liberated they remain rehabilitated of the capital of its population. the american soldiers, members of the united nations assistance teams and the koreans themselves is the story of the rebirth of seoul as they witnessed it. >> we moved into seoul on the 13th of march 1951. as the commander, i was the patrol of the 15th infantry. except in the fringes there were no people to be seen. in downtown seoul, opposition had fallen off almost completely. in the center of the city we found practically no one at all. the city was a dead city. because this was the second time we took seoul back from the communists, we were pretty much prepared for what we were to find. you never get used to it, though. all in all, the city had no water, no transportation, no electricity or power. as a matter of fact, the chinese occupation forces took most of the overhead wire. kids are the ones who always suffer most. they never know what is going on or why. how can you explain to them after th

sent them to try to get pyongyang talking to washington and of conflict problems bryant has more from seoul. the delegation is now in pyongyang and this controversial visit is underway supporters say any chance of dialogue with north korea should be grabbed with both hands but critics argue that south korea is giving too much away with no guarantees that these talks will lead anywhere before the delegation even left seoul there was no confirmation that they would be meeting with kim jong un the north korean leader but soon after they landed they were hosted at a dinner by the north korean leader that combined with the seniority of the officials that were there to greet the delegates and also the fact that the delegation is being put up in an official guest house is all evidence according to

from seoul with smiles south korea's delegation heads north hoping to build on the goodwill momentum generated at the winter olympics when a high level north korean delegation attended the games as guests of south korean president moon j.n. jiang sister of north korean leader kim jong un hand delivered the invitation to visit pyongyang from her brother south korea hopes this will be more than just a courtesy call. most of all i will deliver president moon's firm will and resolve to achieve the denuclearization on the korean peninsula and create true and permanent peace even before the delegates left on their controversial trip it wasn't clear they would meet with the north korean leader but soon after their arrival they were hosted to a dinner that fact along with the seniority of the officials who welcomed the south koreans and their accommodation in an official guest house shows the importance north korea places on this trip according to seoul meetings between north and south are rare summit talks were held in two thousand at the height of the so-called sunshine policy period that

it's all part of efforts to make seoul more pedestrian—friendly.rain ride from seoul is the second city of korea, busan, and the gamcehon cultural village. this former rundown area overlooking the coast has been renovated and repainted, and you'll find murals and sculptures created by the locals here as well, making ita big attraction for tourists. and if you didn't manage to catch the winter olympics, do not despair. there are dozens of annual winter themed festivals here in south korea. one to look out for is the yearly ice fishing festival close to the olympic site in pyeonchang, where thousands of tourists and locals use rods, traditional lures and even their bare hands to catch trout from the icy river. it runs every year throughout february, so wrap up warm. that's it for this week, but i hope you can join us next week on the travel show when... christa is in norway, as she takes a journey along one of the world's most spectacular rail lines in search of the roots of norwegian music. it's kind of the sound of nature. fiddle plays. this is gre

we have ivan watson live with the details in seoul.d morning, ivan. >> reporter: officials met, dave, and agreed on a day on april 27th for the leaders of north and south korea to sit down face-to-face and talk. that will be the third time ever in history that the north and south korean leaders meet face-to-face. the south korean delegate says the two leaders will likely discuss at that meeting denuclearization. that is the elephant in the room here. north korea and its arsenal of nuclear weapons. according to chinese state media when kim jong un had the secret meeting in beijing, the summit with the chinese leader xi jinping, he mentioned the possibility of denuclearization provided south korea and the u.s. cooperate. in the past, north korea has said no way. there is no negotiating when it comes to its nuclear weapons. it is existential issue for the security. it is the big topic on the agenda here. there is a lot of shuttle diplomacy going along across east asia. top envoy from china here in seoul meeting with top officials who, the

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.t the white house, but first laura bicker joins us from seoul. it's an extraordinary diplomatic turnaround to move the us and north korea from trading insults to having a meeting. how did south korea pull this off? i think we have lost laura in seoul. we will go back to her if we can. nick, first we heard that mr trump was going to meet kimjong—un, now he's putting preconditions on any meeting. is it likely to happen? fiona, listening to the white house briefing, we wondered whether president trump was getting cold feet, but according to senior aides, they say he really wants this to happen. it is impulsive, the way he likes to conduct foreign policy. it gives him a reality tv- for ages, i version of nixon z '% reggae he z '% e he finds z '% assigas he finds it to china. another reason he finds it attractive is that no president has ever done this before and he loves flying in the face of residential orthodoxy. when it comes to north korea, he believes with some justification that his

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jason thanks so much correspondent jason strother there talking to us from seoul u.s. president donald trump says he may visit israel to attend the opening of the new american embassy in jerusalem in may trump was speaking during talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house the two went out of their way to make a show of unity. a friendly welcome for the israeli prime minister in washington from a u.s. president to seize i to argue with him on the middle east and believes the chances for peace a good what better if we could make peace between israel and the palestinians and i can tell you we're working very hard on doing that and i think we have a very good chance and the biggest difficulty that anybody's have you look over twenty five years nobody could get past number one. they couldn't get past that we've taken it off the table so this gives us a real opportunity to do peace but troops move to relocate the u.s. embassy to jerusalem has a groove a two tensions with palestinians and many others in the region reacting angrily to last december

it is for seoul encouraged i think by the trip today to pyongyang to direct talks. that are taking place. we have to see what the outcome is obviously the focus needs to remain on their denuclearize ation the peaceful denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula i think more let's bring in our our correspondent in seoul jason strother jason tell us more about this meeting between kim jong un and the south korean delegation what are the two sides saying about. well we don't know the specifics yet the south korean envoy will return here to seoul later today and hopefully have a press briefing to let us know what was discussed up and john young but if we are to trust north korean media the talks went smashingly the case c.n.a. north korea's central news agency said that kim jong un ruler kim jong un and the south korean envoys have reached. an agreement on how to move a potential summit between kim and south korean president moon j.n. ahead the dispatch from north korean media said that ruler cam gave some on the spot guidance to the south korean envoys and they're worki

for more on that story, let's bring in david mckenzie live in seoul.omplete break with american philosophy and values for the last half century. >> reporter: that's right, christine. in terms of the troops, they are the frontline between north korea and south korea. the korean war just ended in stalemate in the armistice agreement. for president trump to make the perhaps offhand comments will in private irritate the south koreans. in public, they said they cannot comment anytime president trump says anything or makes remarks. it comes at a critical juncture. the foreign minister of south korea on her way right now to washington, d.c. where she will meet with the acting secretary of state as well as ivanka trump to hash out details of the critical meeting between the president of south korea and kim jong un. the leader of north korea. the meeting between trump and north korea's leader. bigger fish to fry they would say here in south korea right now. not the question of troops on the border. christine. >> david, thank you so much for that. >>> 34 minutes

only confirmed just a few hours ago we have two correspondents on this story we've got kathy novak in seoul and we've got adrian brown in beijing adrian me start with you and very much similar this first encounter between kim and president xi very similar to the kinds of encounters between north korea and china of the past. that's right in this era of political and diplomatic surprises martine here was another as you say in the past north korean leaders have always been given lavis receptions and that was certainly the case this time president xi jinping was you know wearing a sort of western style business suit whereas kim jong un was dressed like a conventional or thorough tarion communist leader and of course on occasions like this appearances all important it was also notable that the wives of both men also enjoyed a very high profile they appeared at most of the picture opportunities that have been released by state television during the past few hours of course this is a visit martine that china's foreign ministry was basically denying it was happening twenty four hours ago they were

let's get more on these extraordinary developments with josh smith he is a word is correspondent in seoul south korea and josh how significant is this well these were some of the most historic talks in recent memory this is the first time that such senior south korean officials met directly with cumin john and this signaled that there is some seriousness on both sides you know what hard progress comes out of these talks remains to be seen and that many observers will be especially looking closely at what the response out of washington is right we'll talk about that in just a moment josh if north korea follows through on its offer to freeze nuclear testing what are they likely to want in return. that is the big question is this declaration that they might be willing to give up their nuclear arsenal is something that they in other forums said in the past they have said that they are only pursuing these weapons because of what they see as the threat from the united states a threat of invasion and the threat of the tens of thousands of american troops who are stationed here in south korea so

dave, alison. >> david mckenzie live in seoul.ou. >>> it looks like the president is going with his gut after months of growing tension, he is ready to oust h.r. mcmaster as nation national security adviser. when it could happen next. >>> president trump is shopping for a new national security adviser and he will replace h.r. mcmaster when he finds one. >>> is putin a friend or foe of the united states? >> that is russia that has to make that determination. >>> overnight, russia punches back against those measures. >>> and what caused a deadly pedestrian bridge collapse at florida international university? four people are dead and search efforts focusing on recovery. we will get an update. >> such a devastating story. >> welcome back to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 30 minutes past the hour. >>> we start with the white house. after weeks, president trump ready to replace his national security adviser. lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. two sources telling cnn the president has not decided who will replac

our correspondent, laura bicker, is in seoul.u think it's significant that south korea is the first country to reach a trade agreement with president trump? what can you tell us about this agreement? it looks like president trump's american first trade policy has claimed its first victory. it seems, and we understand, that seoul has agreed to allow more car manufacturers, more american car manufacturers, more american car manufacturers, to bring their automobiles here to south korea to double that number to around 50,000 ca i’s double that number to around 50,000 cars now allowed to make their way into south korea. there have been limits for a number of years to be us manufacturer is have complained that while hyundai and kia have made inroads into the us, they have not done the same because of environmental safety standards. they will be allowed to bring those cars in. in return, seoul has agreed to limit the amount of steel it will export to the us. it will be about 70% of the average amount of steel exported over the last coup

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.r stories we can speak to robin brant in seoul. robin, south korea and the united states on the face of it want one outcome, denuclearisation in theory, but it seems they are approaching it in different ways? i think that's right to an extent. president moonjae—in, south korea's leader, was a man elected to office not too long ago on the pledge to extend an olive branch to the north and he has done that demonstrably over the last couple of weeks. at the same time, though, and he has faced insults from donald trump in office, donald trump called him an appeaser at one point, but at the same time, though, south korea's leader has sought to reassure people here that their relationship with the united states remains a very strong one. the us's military backing, it has tens of thousands of troops here in south korea, is absolutely crucial, essentially it is south korea's security guarantee. donald trump, let's just set aside if it's possible briefly in this discussion, this stunning, as alr

here in seoul, they are being a little bit more cautious. that the meeting wasn't disappointing, if the exact meeting wasn't disappointing, if the exa ct q u ote meeting wasn't disappointing, if the exact quote we got from eight spokesperson. we heard the dinner was four hours long and they had a lot to discuss. we asked whether or not the subject of gay nuclearisation came up. we are told that it may have. it is expected to have. that is the key thing because the next challenge for the government here in seoul is to get pyongyang to talk to washington, and that will only happen if the are prepared to talk about getting rid of their nuclear weapons. that was about to be my next question. when the us may well decide it can get involved in this process. of course, denuclearisation is the key. that is on the agenda officially. denuclearisation is the key. that is on the agenda officiallylj denuclearisation is the key. that is on the agenda officially. i think pa rt on the agenda officially. i think part of the problem is there has been mixed me

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so we have two correspondents following this story we'll get to kathy novak in seoul in a moment but let's speak to adrian brown first in the chinese capital in adrian i mean what does this say about chinese influence the fact that these two leaders have that and china certainly putting a stamp of. the matter ahead of the north koreans future meetings with both south korea and the u.s. . absolutely right so this is a real diplomatic triumph for president xi jinping he has pulled off a coup on the world stage just weeks after he was cemented his position as china's most powerful leader in more than four decades because it is he and not president donald trump who has become the first world leader to meet kim jong un and remember this was not just kim jong un's first visit to china it was his first visit outside of the country since becoming that country's leader more than six years ago the two leaders talked and that talking is going to continue china is hopeful now that the momentum from this visit will continue. so he was here after all chinese state controlled media waited until kim

jong—un and xi jinping. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in seoul.ning. and a lot of people talking down expectations. cautious optimism other words being used by the white house and here in south korea. they are heading to the demilitarised zone, that heavily fortified border between the two countries, and will talk with the northern counterparts. let's look at where we are. a couple of months ago, the idea of regular meetings between the north and south was unthinkable. they are off to the border and it seems to be becoming routine. in just border and it seems to be becoming routine. injust a border and it seems to be becoming routine. in just a few days time, several k—pop acts will head north to pyongyang to perform. we expect to pyongyang to perform. we expect to hear date for the proposed summit between president moon and kim jong—un and perhaps an agenda but we know that denuclearisation is going to be the key thing to talk about. so much depends of course on what north korea wants to give up, what it wants in return. if anything at all comes

our correspondent laura bicker is in seoul.errible but before we talk about this, the us has consistently accused north korea of being behind this attack. and of course, malaysia and authorities last month announced that they believed the vx nerve agent was used to kill kim jong—nam. believed the vx nerve agent was used to kill kimjong—nam. this was believed the vx nerve agent was used to kill kim jong—nam. this was the estranged half brother of the current leader, kim jong—un. he estranged half brother of the current leader, kimjong—un. he had criticised his family's control in the past over north korea and two women on trialfor the past over north korea and two women on trial for murder. what is new is that at this moment, the state department has decided just while north korea looks as if it's on the cusp of talking to the us, the us has decided to impose further sanctions. i've got a quote from the state department. they said a public display of contempt for universal norms against chemical weapons further demonstrates the

barbara thank you, and thanks to laura bicker in seoul.n from new tariffs on steel and aluminium exports to the united states. president trump says the tariffs are to defend america from what he's called "an assault on our country". but employers and unions in the uk steel industry say the measures could have "devastating" consequences. here's our business reporter rob young. the uk has managed to forge a global reputation for making high—quality steel products. a company in sheffield makes parts of submarines for the american navy. but the industry is worried president trump's steel import tax will hit producers here hard. what we will now see is uk companies really suffering from president trump's slapping in effect a 25% tax on all their exports from the uk to the us. and that will hit us hard. each year, the uk sells £360 million worth of steel to the united states. that's 7% of all the steel britain exports. it's bought by america's defence, aerospace and energy industries. president trump's plan to impose a 25% import tax on steel wi

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the top headline in the japan times is "kim applauds openhearted talks with seoul."ll around when the north korean leader met south korea's head of the presidential national security office on tuesday. the gulf news reports on the state of emergency declared tuesday in sri lanka. the government in colombo says this is just a preventive step after a number of clashes between buddhists and muslims, but insists that the country is still safe for travellers. you up—to—date with the papers. yesterday he newsday, we told you about the new study which showers a significant drop in the number of child marriages across the world in the next —— in the last decade. india has seen one of the biggest reductions in recent years. but overall, it's still the country with the highest number of women who've been married underage. our global affairs correspondent, naomi grimley, has been to rajasthan in the north—west of india, to find out how girls there are fighting back against the age—old practice. monica is out shopping for the food with her mum. it is a scene of domestic harmony,

here in seoul you talk to analysts, they say this is a well trodden path by kim jong-un. and the americans point out this could be a chance for kim of north korea to actually get some breathing space in his nuclear program. remember, he started this detente at the beginning of the year, calling for close relations with south korea. that was in his new year's speech. and since then, we've had the teams marching together, north and south korean teams marching together in the winter olympics opening ceremony. we've had a women's joint ice hockey team there is definitely a detente going on. but whether it's just to buy time for the north korean regime as they continue their nuclearization program, certainly a lot of people on both sides of the pacific think that. rosemary? >> yepful. and we will watch to see what comes of this south korean delegation. we'll tune back in with you, andrew stevens, next hour in fact to joining us there from seoul where it's just after four income the afternoon. many thanks. >>> well, 3,000 delegates, two weeks, and one central figure. china's de

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delegation who are still in pyongyang having more talks when they return later today choose day to seoul when they'll brief not only people here but then possibly all equally important they will go on to washington to brief people there and obviously what makes it even more significant is how rare summit like this would be. that's right the last one was in twenty seven the summit though possibly there is more at stake given the summit now given the extent to which north korea has advanced its missile program and also its nuclear capability its nuclear development in the president of south korea says this whole process is day and the ultimate denuclearization of the korean peninsula but has many critics of this mission have pointed out north korea has given no indication its willing to release any of its arsenal indeed it seems to be so close to having a functioning long range ballistic nuclear missile that it's not going to concede anything on the nuclear front so there is a lot of skepticism here about just what foundations any future summit will take place on there are people here who

andrew stephens, live in seoul. thank you. >>> boris johnson says the uk would respond robustly if it discovered russia was behind the suspected poisoning of a former double agent. and britain's home secretary expected to chair an emergency meeting this morning to discuss the ongoing investigation. cnn live in salisbury, england, with more. what an amazing and miss serious story, erin. >> reporter: that's right. this is a mystery. we do not know what happened to 66-year-old sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. they were found on sunday just behind me. the park bench there. authorities believe they were exposed to some kind of unknown substance. still working to identify. that you see the bench behind me now covered by a police tent. this entire nondescript shopping mall cordoned off, the subject of an intense investigation that is now beingt levels of british government. you mentioned amber rudd, home secretary, chairing a cobra meeting, a meeting normally reserved for emergency responses. the reason why russia i

to advance relations and ease military tensions with south korea after meeting with officials from seoul at a bank and then to kim jong un hosted the south korean and voice of the ruling workers' party's headquarters in pyongyang and high level south korean delegation as traveled north for two days of talks focused on a conflict rob mcbride joins us live from seoul what we hearing about some sort of agreement what are the details if any at this stage. details are slowly coming out but yes the highlights of this trip so far and the biggest successes. concerned with supporters of this mission would be this banquet that was held last did something like four hours hosted by kim jong un and his wife and as you mentioned they took place at the workers' party of korea headquarters in pyongyang which the south korean government says is the first time that south korean officials have actually been entertained there they have been very keen to play up the significance of this trip kim apparently told the delegates that they were writing a new history of national reunification and as you mentioned

thousand and fourteen since the joining your brain into the composition of the russian federation seoul and while russia will sustain will sustain this crisis yes say sions are taking to all the i agree but not the extended russia will collapse and the other thing which i would like to ask my western colleagues were you are you are saying putin's russia putin's regime and that i think that that's all about just recent elections showed that the more than two thoughts of russian population including myself world that evolve the president to be loved him and putin saw which russia they would like to deal with in the future with all putin or with with someone else this is the system in the absence that's about it and how do you think that the u.s. is going to. as they put it in a say put in structure or the kremlin. i say putting pressure on the kremlin for the very same for the very reason that this is not directed against russian citizens and russian people they're not enemies enemies of the west it's their government that trolls this confrontation with the west but we need to kind of kee

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.aded its food supplies in the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta in syria. it was the third attempt this week to get lorries into the area to help trapped civilians. the red cross says it hopes to get medical supplies into the area next week. so far, they haven't been allowed. andrew plant reports. food supplies driven into eastern ghouta, on board enough to feed 12,000 people in an area where 400,000 have been under siege since 2013. humanitarian groups say it is m217,” not nearly enough.-many4ike this= man are fleeing their homes, taking only what they can. translation: the situation is catastrophic. have no clothes, no underwear, no fruit, we just have this ship, we left everything behind. the aed is meant to reach civilians in eastern ghouta, the rebel enclave outside the capital damascus. estimates are that around 940 people have died here since intense bombing began last month. 200 of them children. translation: we heard this aid convoy will arrive. this is not a solution. the

korean delegation meets the north korean leader kim jong il and it's the first high profile visit from seoul in eleven years. let's begin in syria where a u.n. aid convoy has entered the duma the main town inside the besieged rebel held enclave of eastern who tough before being allowed past army checkpoints and most of the convoys medical supplies were confiscated syrian air attacks have continued killing at least forty people in just the past twenty four hours said the heart of reports and the warning some may find the images in this story the starving. it's the first time aid has entered the rebel controlled enclave of eastern huta since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago but world health organization officials say seventy percent of what was loaded on the trucks was removed during inspection. it's not the first time syrian government officials have prevented trauma kids and surgical supplies from reaching besieged areas they have been systematically removed from aid convoys in the past to prevent rebel fighters being treated but such life saving medical equipment is what i

cnn's ivan watson has the latest from seoul.> reporter: we found out the be meeting, the third summit with north and south carolina leadko will take place along the demilitarized zone on april 27th. this announcement comes just after the north korean leader add a summit with the leader of china in beijing. they did not announce the meeting had taken place until after the four-day visit was over. they made that grand reveal after it was over. we know that president trump intends to meet with kim jong un, after the south korean summit on april 27th. kim jong un has gone from a p pairaih to now the prettiest girl at the high school dance. japan is trying to reach out, including the north korean embassy in beijing and trying to meet with him with a flurry of diplomacy in east asia. >> just try to unsee the image as the prettiest girl at the dance. >>> 68 people killed in a fire at the police detention center in venezuela. police used tear gas to disburse people outside the jail. this is the third major uprising at the venezuelan jai

holly williams, cbs news, seoul. >>> today, china's parliament officially ended presidential term limits. it clears the way for president xi ping to rule possibly for life. xi now has almost total thrt to pursue his vision of turning china into a military and economic superpower. china first enacted term limits in 1982. in response to the brutal regime of communist leader mao. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >>> nearly 30,000 homes and businesses are still without power. following a one-two punch of nor easters. most of the out raages are in n jersey and pennsylvania to. night millions from the mid-atlantic to maine are bracing for round three. parts of north carolina and virginia could wake up to nearly half a foot of snow. the nor'easter is expected to gain strength monday night as it moves north. possibly unleashing blizzard conditions and coastal floods. border patrol agents in south texas have been cracking down on human smuggling. so far this year they have stopped at least 30 trucks, packed with p

from seoul with smiles south korea's delegation heads north hoping to build on the goodwill momentum generated at the winter olympics when a high level north korean delegation attended the games as guests of south korean president moon j.n. jiang sister of north korean leader kim jong un hand delivered the invitation to visit pyongyang from her brother south korea hopes this will be more than just a courtesy call from time to most of all i will deliver president moon's firm will and resolve to achieve the denuclearization on the korean peninsula and create true and permanent peace even before the delegates left on their controversial trip it wasn't clear they would meet with the north korean leader but soon after their arrival they were hosted to a dinner that fact along with the seniority of the officials who welcomed the south koreans and their accommodation in an official guest house shows the importance north korea places on this trip according to seoul meetings between north and south are rare. summit talks were held in two thousand at the height of the so-called sunshine policy

to advance relations and ease military tensions with south korea after meeting with officials from seoul at a banquet did them. hosted the south korean boys the ruling workers' party headquarters in pyongyang high level south korean delegation has traveled north for two days of talks focused on averting a new conflict of joins us now live from seoul so a lot has happened in the last few hours of the delegation being in pyongyang bring us up to speed. that's right a whirlwind tour so far it seems and the highlight as you mentioned there has been this banquet hosted by kim jong un and his wife the ruling workers' party of career headquarters in pyongyang officials in south korea say it's the first time that south korean officials have been hosted in this building giving some indication of the significance of this trip south korea is very much playing up this visit and the importance of it in the importance which north korea has also been crediting to the visitors apparently kim told the visitors that they were on the brink of writing a new history of national reunification but also said th

south korean delegation meets north korean leader kim jong un it's the first high level visit from seoul in over a decade and. the shape of what i love story involving a fantasy river creature wins best picture on oscar night that's a hollywood confronted about sexual misconduct and racism. i may begin in syria for a u.n. aid convoy has entered the duma the main town inside the besieged rebel held on klav of eastern go-to but before being allowed past army checkpoints most of the convoys medical supplies were confiscated reports and let me give you a warning some of you might find the images in the story disturbing. it's the first time aid has entered the controlled enclave of eastern since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago but world health organization officials say seventy percent of what was loaded on the trucks was removed during inspection. it's not the first time syrian government officials have prevented trauma kits and surgical supplies from reaching besieged areas they have been systematically removed from aid convoys in the past to prevent rebel fighters being

ministry has denied any knowledge of the visit we've got our correspondent kathy novak standing by in seoul but first let's go to adrian brown in beijing so adrian what are they saying at the moment there as there been any light shed a toll on this visit. you know this is had an almost sort of comic feel to it today especially at the ministry of foreign affairs on tuesday afternoon she arrived in the room with a sort of expression on her face that said i know exactly what you want to ask me but any questions about whether the mystery guest really was kim jong un were batted away she was asked the question four times and again she simply refused to say she said i have absolutely no information about your question well when the press conference came to an end i remember this news conference was happening just as the train carrying this mystery v.i.p. guest was leaving beijing railway station just down the road i managed to ask the foreign ministry spokeswoman how ching yen one more time about why she the spokeswoman for the foreign ministry was unable to say who this guest was. is it possible

the delegation arrived back in seoul clearly delighted the mission had achieved all its objectives and more most importantly an apparent commitment from north korea to denuclearize under the right conditions that. north korea made it clear that there will be no reason to possess nuclear

eastern time, which is, you know, hours -- it's already friday over there in seoul, south korea. it comes on the day when just a few hours ago, there was a high level delegation from south korea that came over to the west wing of the white house. delegation that included individuals who met with kim jong un in pyongyang just days ago. they came -- they came here to washington, we're told, to deliver a specific message from kim juong un to the united stats specifically to president trump himself. we saw the video, delegations arriving to the west wing of the white house. what do we know? assume the president learned something from this, prepare for a major announcement at 7:00 p.m. eastern? >> reporter: wolf, seems to be related. the president did not say that, but it comes on the day, hours after the delegation arrived here, and it does come several days after the president expressed a new level of optimism that north korea is willing to discuss, you know, the feature of their nuclear weapons and regime. the president did not say specifically about to -- i asked if it was about,

at the border that separates the two koreas and we are expecting china's top diplomat to be in seoul to brief the south korean government on the meeting between xi jinping and kim jong un the robot kohli is an associate professor of the department of political slogans and diplomacy a national university though he says it will take a lot to get north korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. it would be amazing if they were to give them up for anything other than a massive concession from the american and south korean side probably something really extreme like the end of the american south korean alliance more likely is that they'll allow build like caps on nuclear weapons or on missile count or something like that but i would be amazed if they would just agree to go to zero they would ask for something enormous i think the sanctions have played a role i think the to a certain extent right we don't know right because the north koreans don't tell us a great deal on the north koreans don't give us proper trade statistics but there's a fair amount of anecdotal evidence flowing out of northe

that's right the chief of this delegation young has just given a brief statement here in seoul stating what we know that this is a reciprocal visit in return for the high level delegation that came down from the north to attend the winter olympics here and stressing that their main message will be to convey from one j.n. the president of south korea his resolve that this whole dialogue process will ultimately lead to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula now north korea has gone into this thought process this process of dialogue without giving any such commitments chang also stress though that they will be looking at ways of furthering this dialogue between the two koreas which has now begun looking at ways of trying to kickstart dialogue between north korea and the united states delegation leaves in a couple of hours on a special flight from seoul to pyongyang to begin two days of talks it's hoped as in the joining this time they will get to meet with kim jong un although that is by no means certain and we might not hear much more about their deliberations until they return her

andrew stephens live for us in seoul. do they want for denuclearization, what broke them, where are we going next? >> reporter: it is clearly a diplomatic path at the moment, dave. and the next big issue, it's going to be interesting to see how north korea handles this and how sincere they are, will be a resumption of the military drills when the south koreans and u.s. hold ever year. that's due sometime in april. we understand that kim jong-un knows they're not going to be postponed again and "understands" the south korean view on this, that they are holding military drills with the u.s. before in previous years, this has been a red rag to a bull for the north koreans. it will be very, very key on how they respond to these military drills. they may be toned by the u.s. and south korea, as well, watch that space. the headline is that it is about skepticism. had the president of south korea saying it's far too early to be optimistic about this. we're just starting. he went on to say that international sanctions are going t