particular, not the us in scraping or asserting its concerns about south korea and sharing support for south korea and sharing support for southference and has repeated now — you know, he doesn't think that there can be — he has said that they cannot be military action on the korean peninsular without south korea's consent. he has talked about wanting to expand diplomatic efforts. you know, it's quite clear that this was a man, and he was elected on a stand being far more conciliatory to the north — this is a man who doesn't wa nt to north — this is a man who doesn't want to see another war in this country. he repeated that at the beginning. in fact he said he could guarantee there would not be another war. but a very diplomatic answer. strong determination is what the president has shown, president moon said, at least, that is his public comment about how donald trump has conducted himself over the last few days. and washington, of course, has warned that if north korea carried out its threat to fire missiles around guam, its us pacific territory, that would or could escalate into war very quickly — i suppose it is worth remi

south korea on security if there's an undercurrent of concern, we're told sponsors aren't talking about, niece are the more than 150 u.s. athletes and olympic staff who have participated in these testments in south korea south now, nbc, which holds olympic broadcast rights and plans to send 2,000 employees to south korea, says no sports event in the world comes without some security concerns. we are paying close attention to this situation china has banned its travel companies to organizing tour as retaliation with south korea south korea working with the u.s. on an air missile defense system chinese visitors make up half of the foreign tourists there, so impact has been immediate and dramatic with chinese visiting -- airlines cut seats and routes, retailers are losing business. the south korean tourism organization says they're bracing for a 25% decline in overall tourism this year. so far, at least there's no public ambulance to keep chinese athletes out of the game and american tourism because rhetoric ramped up one word of caution, though, here, of course, if you're planning to go to the games, the state department says stay south of the border, because it's banned passports to north korea. who would go

want south in south korea in south korea the cost to slightly lower as the u.s. d south korea begin joint military exercises today. lauren: tatar eclipse glasses ready if you can find them. the nation prepares for a total eclipse the sun on the ground along the path of totality. "fbn:am" starts right now. cheryl: is 5:01 a.m. in new york trade monday, august 21st. good morning, everybody. cheryl casone. solar eclipse day. lauren: welcome back. i come everybody. thank you for joining. train children to be connected up for classes. i was out of luck. you're saving the day today. we are starting with some rough news. we are getting this morning off the coast of singapore. there's been another accident at sea. the u.s. navy confirming this morning 10 american sailors are missing after the u.s. john mccain missile destroyer collided with the pictures we are getting them for you. five sailors heard, for evacuated by helicopter for non-life-threatening injuries. a massive search and rescue operation is underway right now. the uss mccain is named after john mccain's fathe

south korea has said does it really have so much influence on whether there will be military action on the peninsula or not. yes i think the u.s. south korea alliance is pretty clear and they work very closely together the u.s. and south korea will be starting routine joint military exercises on the twenty first and in the past looking at times of heightened tension on the korean peninsula often the u.s. south korea have both played the role of the break against one another before moving towards conflict so you believe even if america does want conflict it will be south korea that has the final say. well i think the u.s. has to balance its need to reassure its allies including japan also that it is committed to holding the security alliance while also threatening p.r. nyang to make it very clear that if north korea were to attack the united states for example by targeting one that would be considered an act of war. just over the last day or so north korea has hinted that you know it's looking perhaps for karm it's toned down its rhetoric interests here where the north korean leader actually said listen just listen to this alison the united states which was the first to bring numerous strategic nuclear equipments near

korea as a great revolutionary. he gave them independence. he fought against the colonials, he fought against japan, he fought against the united states in the korean war and south korea south koreahis penchant for luxuries for foreign liquor and hollywood movies, coupled with his military build-up and use of labor camps. kim jong-un was only in his late 20s when he took over north korea in 2011, inexperienced in the government or the military. he brought an affinity for basketball, mercedes limos, yachts and quickly proved wrong analysts who thought he would be just a figurehead. kim has accelerated the missile and nuclear programs that his father and grandfather started. with more tests in a few years than his predecessors conducted in decades. but he is not depending on his father's holdover cronies, some have been purged or executed. even his powerful uncle, who he expected of betrayal. >> he exhibit as ruthlessness by his actions, by the things that he's prepared to do. that his father was simply not prepared to do or didn't feel the need to do it he does. >> kim jong-un also had his older brother killed according to south korea south korea intelligence in a bizarre airport

south? >> always. you do not know if you get everything. and the other thing, south kore south korea. south koreaage city. you can hit north korea via artillery fire the capital. >> trish: how do you think the president and his team are thinking about this right now? >> i have great confidence in that into gun and general dunford. secretary mathis. they dusted off that all plans and have new plans. they are giving the president some amazing operational concepts and capability. clearly, others military, and a show of force of late has been meant to try to push the north koreans to the point where they will work and negotiate. we have to work on the chinese. let me make this clear. i don't think the chinese understand how much they would lose regarding economic benefit, which they are getting right now. other things a benefit from in the region should they -- should a shooting war started. they need to step up and help us the nuclear eyes them. >> trish: as you see tom price and kellyanne conway. we are actually going to listen in. we are obviously going to see if they have anything to say north ko

. >> south korea and the united states have to show north korea how serious we are. the united states is not going to be driven from south korea, southed south korea and can't be giving into threats from north korea. their ultimate goal is to get us off the peninsula so they can unify it under one north korean government. rob: william la jeunesse joins us now with more live from guam. and william, what exactly is the north korean dictator worried about here? reporter: absolutely should be worried about almost nothing, i'll tell you why in a second. why? this is largely a computer simulation, the operation did begin today, lasts ten days, and basically troops from the u.s., south korea, other allied nations go to a different computer-generated scenarios, involves the army, navy, air force and marines. the u.s. says this is purely defensive, no intent to invade north korea. the chatter is laughable since this is largely a war game. so much for toning down the rhetoric as you mentioned, warning that any mistake on the u.s. part could start a nuclear war and in pyongyang, new propaganda posters showing up on the streets showing the u.s.

south korea? >> well we have to go ahead with those maneuvers. it's absolutely essential. we have to show south korea and the united states have to show north korea how serious we are. the united states isn't going to be driven from south korea. south korea needs us, we need south korea and we can't be given into any type of threat from north korea. their ultimate goal is to get us off the peninsula so they can unify it under one north korean government so it's essential we do it. we've gotten these threats from them before and as of now the president's policy is working despite people working in our own country attacking it. his policy is working so i'm saying let the president and general mattis and general mc master and secretary tillerson do their job and have those maneuvers go ahead. >> maria: real quick isn't it extraordinary that the north koreans back down? they were very direct we're going to hit guam. they had a whole plan in place. the president was real talk talk talk with them this will mean a huge problem for north korea and kim jong un backs down. we aren't even talking about this incredible victory the u.s. had with this because we're focused on confederate statues and everything else. >> maria i'm so

a war with north korea is not something done from the skies that is bloodless for us. 50,000 troops, american troops in south korea, south koreaes would be naÏve, not that we should have a credible use of force but we are a few steps from that. the president's team doing the right thing by working at the united nations, working with china, pushing sanctions and more to poetic levers to be pushed. it is important to note the only reason diplomatic measures are working, people feel there is a credible threat. rob: we tried to pay them to be nice. thank you for coming on this morning. heather: $3 billion on the table in terms of sanctions. 5 minutes until the top of the hour, abrasion by cleve, the man pulling up to cabs and stealing their cash. don't shoot bigfoot, there will be big problems, the new one coming from a south carolina police department. not just being in the military, but at home. she thinks she's the boss. she only had me by one grade. we bought our first home together in 2010. his family had used another insurance product but i was like well i've had usaa for a while, why don't we call and check the rates? it wa

korea sanctions a gut punch. we know president trump hopped on the phony with president moon of south korea south korea last month president tweeted just voted 15-0. very big financial impact. ryan made a great point. do you -- what brought china on board. do you think it was all the president's threats against trade? did that actually work? >> i think president xi is playing a clever game. he wants to do just enough -- and it's no doubt this is clearly an improvement but i think president xi wants to do just enough to prevent the president from interfering with his reagenda, which is to project chinese power to the chinese sea, and the asean as to, and to avoid sanctions and a war. so yeah, i think president xi is willing to do more but they're by no means sufficient my grandmother used to say chicken soup, who knows if it helps, but it doesn't hurt. theres no question this doesn't hurt, but these sanctions are not going to get kim jong-un to stand down. i suspect hi's going to test again. so amounting to a third, a billion hitting them financially, that won't stop them? >> i don't think so. people in north kore

south korea have to back down. the other thing to consider here is what china is looking for. china is staunchly opposed to the if anti-missile defense system that the u.s. was deploying in south korea. south korea then suspended it. now south korea is going ahead. at the same time that china is condemning north korea and upholding the sanctions, there are also lashing out at south korea for going through with missile defense. a complicated situation here. >> yeah, certainly it. joining us now from washington. janice, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. >>> joining us from washington defense reporter for politico, jacquelin. it's good to talk to you once again. former u.n. -- united states ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, he tweeted that the vote is a genuine foreign policy achievement for the president. how big is this for the administration? >> i think especially given trump's repeated criticism of china, getting them on board for this package of sanctions is definitely a big win. what remains to be seen and what would make this an even bigger win is how well it's going to be enforced. there have, of course, been sanctions in the past. yet, north korea has continued to

korea -- stove your provocatioprovocatio from the military inside, this yet another warning to north korea. it says if it commits provocations, it will face a strong response from south korea's military and the u.s./south korean alliance. that alliance based on 30,000 troops based here in seoul, based on the american nuclear umbrella, and based on the regular joint south korean/american millnary exercises, the latest of which is due later this month. north korea considers thor exercises a provocation, and there was another statement from north korea, saying that donald trump's fire and fury threat is a load of nonsense, and the statement went on -- sound dialogue is not possible with such a person bereft of reason, and only absolute force can work on them. that is the judgment of north korea's strategic force. they also said that donald trump was failing to grasp the gravity of this situation and it was getting on the nerves ofnoicance infuriated military. you might say that was a bit of fun if it wasn't so darn serious. most serious of all is that very specific threat, the bluster in north korea constantly coming up with threats of bathing washington in a sea of fire. but the threat to guam very serio

south korea then? >> yes, absolutely. same goal as 1950. it hasn't changed. they invaded south korea to reunite the korean peninsula under communist government. you seen the success of southa is capable military. they want the night off the peninsula and the peninsula under their control. trish: they haven't changed but guess what, peter, we have. there is a new sheriff in town. we have a new statement, difficult kind of rhetoric we ever heard from the white house comes to dealing with north korea. maybe they will think twice. peter, good to see you. thanks very much for joining me. >> thanks for having me. trish: reports that u.s. embassy in employees may have been the victim of acoustic attack. this is bizarre story. using silent sonic devices that cause severe physical reactions, including hearing loss. people say it is similar to brain concussion. it is awful stuff. you don't know that it is there. the diplomats had to return to the united states and they're suffering as a result of this sonic warfare. they're using it in cuba? fascinating story. we've got all the details for you. stay with me. see you right back here in two. poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nos

korea. it is about how he looks to his people. states or south korea. it is about how he looks to his peoplem states or south korea. s to his people. it is certainly not the first time kim jong—un or his father or grandfather used gloucester to threaten south korea are all the united states. a lot of this could be for domestic consumption. —— used bluster. lot of this could be for domestic consumption. -- used bluster. thank you very much. five men, including former senior police officers, have appeared in court for the first time, to face charges in connection with the hillsborough disaster. the men were charged injune, nearly three decades after 96 people died as a result of the crush at the fa cup semifinal between liverpool and nottingham forest. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz was in court. many of the families who lost loved ones at hillsborough have become close over the last 28 years. today they were together again in court to see those charged in connection with the disaster and its aftermath. this is the chief constable of two police forces and the families stood outside the magistrates‘ court building as t

south korea former pentagon official michael maloof thinks these drills will further the situation on the peninsula. there is going to be an impending south korean u.s. military exercise within the next week or so of south korea if south korea is sincere maybe they should postpone the as a signal to north korea that they are sincere about deescalating tensions on the peninsula i haven't heard that yet and and what i'm concerned about is if they proceed with that those military exercises there will be yet another catalyst for kim jong un to start rattling the sabers again. charge of the libyan national army's been explaining their help on the hindrance of foreign states as he sees it in the conflict that's plagued is fractured country general khalifa haftar has been visiting moscow and has been speaking exclusively to us while here. russia is a friendly state to us we have long term historical relations we have fully and in detail describe to russia what is going on in our country we trust each other and conceal nothing we've given full information concerning our political and military spheres i think we have coherence on all issues russia has never refused us its political support it has influence on the inte

south korea. >> right. >> so like we do in nato. if south korea is attacked, not only does the u.s. have some obligation to be involved, but we actually have 28,000 troops in south korea and probably 100,000 troops in the neighborhood in the pacific. so when you talk about creating a rift between the u.s. and south korea, how would that be achieved? >> that's a great question. i just refer you back to 1976 when president carter made the decision to withdraw all american troops from south korea. i was there at the time. and within weeks kim elsun started moving 85% of the north korean military to within 50 kilometers of the dmz. we've learned subsequently from intelligence gathering that he fully intended to invade the south once the last american soldier was gone. his grandson is sitting there in pyongyang with exactly the same intent. the mission of the north, the dream of the north, of the elites and the people is to reunited the peninsula, not to nuk the united states. the nuclear weapons are a means to induce this president or some president in the future to withdraw american troops. and then the real war will begin, ali. >> mera, something interesting happe

that's all because democrats, republicans, blook, white, south korea south korea, new york, it doesn't's going to come a point in time in this currentry that the president is going to say something we need to hear and be ablt to trust. it's about the fact that no one can trust the president. >> i'm going to disagree with you. >> we're going to take a break here. up next i'm going to talk to james clapper about this and the credibility of the white house. what he thinks about this revelation today. whoooo. you're searching for something. like the perfect deal... ...on the perfect hotel. so wouldn't it be perfect if... ....there was a single site... ...where you could find the... ...right hotel for you at the best price? there is. because tripadvisor now compares... ...prices from over 200 booking... ...sites ...to save you up to 30%... ...on the hotel you want. trust this bird's words. tripadvisor. the latest reviews. the lowest prices. >>> more now on the president's revolution that white house. the president weighed in on. it's in count rudiction to what the president's own lawyer has

and closely with our allies in south korea and japan and all of this shows south korea be the most worried if there's a military conflict there would be devastating to south korea and it will be the end of the regime in north korea but will be devastating to south korea they have conventional weapons artillery pieces they have chemical and biological weapons not them and of course now they have nuclear weapons as well and they're capable of conducting incredible damage and south korea someone japan two as well but the biggest suffer would be south korea. so some suggest that donald trump might employ the the nixon theory the madman concept which makes the country think that the president is volatile unpredictable or worse putting them in a position of wondering what the hell should we do what do you think of that idea. and i think that's a double edged sword. on the one hand it may scare them to the extent that they actually think he's ready to conduct a preemptive attack on them. and their response in that case might be to preempt the preempt that they would launch first so that's the one way we could stimulate the very thing we're trying to prevent whic

south korean u.s. military exercise within the next week or so of south korea if south korea is sincere maybe they should postpone the as a signal to north korea that they are sincere about deescalating tensions on the peninsula i haven't heard that yet and and what i'm concerned about is if they proceed with that those military exercises there will be yet another catalyst for kim jong un to start rattling the sabers again. video has been released of israeli police raiding a hospital in east jerusalem there apparently trying to arrest a palestinian man who'd been critically wounded the action of preventatives from undergoing an operation there at the time medical staff say that resulted in his death witnesses describe the events. i got a call from security informing me that the police had entered the surgical ward i went up there and said in english you can't be here this is a sterile ward one of them told me there's a wounded man here we want to see. curry glee when a man who is bragging to our illegally could been hit by bullets he was bleeding have really good doctors decide to take the man to the ope

south korean u.s. military exercise within the next week or so south korea if south korea is sincere maybe they should postpone the as a signal to north korea that they are sincere about deescalate tensions on the peninsula i haven't heard that yet and and what i'm concerned about is if they proceed with that those military exercises there will be yet another catalyst for kim jong un to start rattling the sabers again. america's own void to the united nations nikki haley has signaled the u.s. is not beyond the bundling the iran nuclear deal the u.n. meanwhile insists that the international community must do everything in its power to ensure that the agreement. the u.n. secretary general antonio considers the iran nuclear deal to be one of the utmost diplomatic achievements in our collective search for peace and security we need to do whatever we can to preserve it iran cannot be allowed to use the nuclear deal to hold the world hostage the nuclear deal and become too big to fail her comments come after the iranian president warned earlier this week that his country could backtrack on the two thousand

south korean u.s. military exercise within the next week or so of south korea if south korea is sincere maybe they should postpone the as a signal to north korea that they are sincere about scholarly tensions on the peninsula i haven't heard that yet and and what i'm concerned about is if they proceed with that those military exercises there will be yet another catalyst for kim jong un to start rattling the sabers again. now be used on a costly charm offensive at the moment to tackle euro skepticism across the block and it is spending nearly three million euros on eighty four projects the money's being spent in several member states with more than half a million going on ten projects in britain alone that is despite voters they're choosing to quit the more than a year ago but it could actually be money down the drain if the recent poll is anything to go by it does suggest that over two thirds of people in the u.k. now want to leave while only twenty two percent want the government to ignore the breaks that result in fact that's a stronger vote than before british m.p. nathan gill accuses you of using tax

south korea kicked off their annual war games as north korea issued a warning calling them a reckless rehearsal for invasion. the drills are largely computer similars. south korea -- computer simulations. south korea said they usually hold these drills. >>> one of the british -- icons of the british empire has gone quiet for a while. that and more when "action news" continues. >> more than 200 liberty university alums have signed on to a facebook group proposing they return their degrees in protest. the alums are upset about the jerry falwell's tweet applauding president trump's response in charlottesville, virginia. it's a wake up call for falwell. on abc this week, fall well said the a alums misinterpreted his comments. >>> university of texas removed robert e. leann other leaders from public view yesterday. all three statues are being placed at a research center. a 4th statue honoring a texas governor is being removed to another site. he is not part of confederacy. >>> in "healthcheck," summer is not over, but it's time to thing about flu vaccination, 70 million doses have been shipped for the winter ahead and many doses have arrived at doctors offices and clinics and drugstores. they pro

south korea and us to be looked at. south korea and us to be looked at. south korea is america's sixth biggest trading partner. the trade deal, america said that the trade deficit has doubled to over 27 billion us dollars. supporters have applauded getting rid of 95% of ta riffs applauded getting rid of 95% of tariffs on consumers and industrial products. i spoke to an asia analyst and asked her if this is as horrible as president trump says? it is not horrible. it might not have succeeded in the way they hoped, at least the us hoped that it is not a bad deal at all. as an increase of 2296 bad deal at all. as an increase of 22% so that is good but if you look at services, the us is doing pretty well. they have raised their exports by 22%. you have to look at the global picture and the bilateral trade between the two trades increased significantly. a russian heavyweight trying to purchase an indian giant it is priced at $30 billion. this is the kind of market the russian giant will be able to take advantage of. the demand for oil is expected to grow to 4.5 million barrels a day in india. 5% of global consumptio

korea is going up a nuclear missile arsenal. headline in the "wall street journal" yesterday. the status of forces -- how north korea's military muscle compares with the u.s. and south korea. in south korea, statistics 625,000 troops. korea, 1.28 million troops, according to a report in the "wall street journal." let's hear from gary on the democrat line. caller: good morning. let's go back in history for a moment. i know we cannot turn back the clock, but i think we can learn from history. for example in vietnam, we refused to allow an election, because we knew the north were heroes for throwing out the hated french, would have won. priorstion is, going back against where we we againston -- were reunification of the korean peninsula because we were afraid the north, with the communist regime, would take over the korean peninsula? host: let's go to john delury, joining us from seoul. guest: i love that question. i am trained as a historian, so you will have to cut me off. absolutely. prehistory to the korean war, in 1950, is exactly as your caller guest. the division, which is still there not far from my office, the division of the korean toninsula, was agreed between the united st

south korea to get more of its own missiles and also i think americans don't have any idea how north korea fears feels encircled by all the bases that exist in south korea you know how many bases the u.s. has in the south korea eighty three eighty three really busy military bases in south korea so yes it is a government north korea that is abusive that it's authoritarian that is unpredictable but precisely for those reasons we have to find a way out and also it is not irrational because they have even said we look around and we see what happened to moammar gadhafi when he decided to give up his nuclear weapons we'll look at what has happened to saddam hussein when he decided to give up his nuclear weapons the only way they feel they can stop the u.s. from trying to overthrow them is to have nuclear weapons so if we went ahead with the freeze for freeze that went into peace talks that ended up with a peace treaty because the one nine hundred fifty three. korean armistice never resulted in peace treaty that would be the avenue to deescalation on this could be a breakthrough that donald trump could take credit for for years is that beautiful red bell either below nobody will give you those so the missile

the chairman of the chief of staff said to me, south korea's -- daniel ten kate joins us now. he is our south korea reporter. to is southcting increased tensions? on the one hand, we have an advisor to the president lashing out at donald trump, but on the other hand, south korea and the u.s. actively on the same page in these defense issues. no realthere should be space between the u.s. and south korea when it comes to north korea. however, the rhetoric coming from the white house really spooked a lot of people in south korea. seoul is on the front lines of any attack. it will likely be an artillery attack that hits seoul. they have a lot at stake. they have the most at stake. trump's comments which were the view arctic related by the presidential advisor. he basically said this is not helping us we don't want this. we want to calm tensions down could we don't understand while -- why trump would be fueling this tensions. anna: china's president called trump over the weekend. what is the view from beijing? kenneth: -- daniel: the same thing. china doesn't want a conflict to break out, so they are doing everything they ca

south korea's capabilities? south korea is not a nuclear nation, but it has a very big and sophisticated... military, and it has that very close military ties with us forces, thousands of whom are stationed here with the direct job of tech in this country. —— protecting. the us has offered to south be installed but that is aimed at taking out any missile that may be launched from the north. there is a barrage of artillery range just inside the north korean side of the border, about 35 miles from here, that has long been the case, that could strike this city that any kind of conventional use of a weapon would be devastating, the lone nuclear strike. —— let alone a nuclear strike. —— let alone a nuclear strike. —— let alone a nuclear strike. south korea and its allies would be overwhelming in retaliating to a conventional strike, about really of course, as the us defence secretary talked about, even the prevention of war would be catastrophic and horrible. 11 people from one family have been convicted of involvement with a modern day slavery ring in the uk. it follows one of the biggest police investigations of it's kind. members of the rooney family, ran a driveway resurfacing company, and targeted vulnerable homeless people as workers. but their victims were paid little or no wa

south korea's interests, or south korea's interests, that this escalates more. i would expect that things are going on behind the scenes. you have a lot of people talking on both sides, and i wonder what is going on. yes, the unreported diplomatic activity. i wonder what is going on. yes, the unreported diplomatic activitylj would hope. we are all hoping, let's be honest. and that is the point of view from investors around the world. whenever there is real concern about geopolitics, of course, the safe havens become very attractive. so this story in the financial section of the guardian is no surprise at all, the activity we are seeing. and people are concerned, and they are also concerned, and they are also concerned because north korea is the big unknown. there is not that much access to north korea, and that increases the concern. so yes, and people go to gold in the swiss franc, and the same old ones. the ones we all run to when we are getting concerned and we don't know how it will play out on the impact it will have. on the japan times, theissue it will have. on the japan times, the issue of climate change has come to the fore since president trump took office, and apparently us envoys took office, and apparently us e nvoys a re took office, and apparently us envoys are being told in diplomatic ca bles to envoys are being told in diplomatic cables to evade questions from foreign governments on this issue. that is one strategy, isn't it? well, i think it is probably quite a wise strategy because they have not decided what they want to do. and rather than have an array of different responses which could be more problematic in the end, and maybe someone loses face, they have said just avoided, evade or sidestep. tightlipped, mum 's the word. trump's the word. i think they still haven't got their policy together, and i think it is probably actually quite sensible. for the self—styled dealmaker, trump, probably what the administration fears as somebody saying this is what it would take. the other countries then offering that, and they find themselves in an embarrassing situation, almost cornering themselves. and i think the article also talks about how they are doing studies and trying to make an assessment through federal agencies. so maybe america has not decided what it is going to do. and they haven't got the time, have they? they haven't got north korea, have they? and in the meantime we had a story a couple of days ago about how the department of agriculture in the united states, some memos were leaked to show that they are not allowed to use the term climate change. they change in wording and policy documents, and things like that. it is a watched this space scenario, and we all want to know what their stance will be. in the meantime, the front page of the daily telegraph. european chiefs in expenses scandal. what do you make of this story? it is interesting, coming year after the brexit vote, and you remember during those discussions, a lot of people saying to —— they spend money and have expensive lunches, and now you see hundreds of thousands of pounds being spent on air taxes. were no other flights available? i being spent on air taxes. were no otherflights available? i don't know. who knows? you travel quite a bit. flights are pretty available. but this is not good at all, coming out at this point when the uk is negotiating its departure from the eu and there is the whole issue of thatis eu and there is the whole issue of that is divorce bill, finance is one of the big issues, and as you say, it has always been a concern on the pa rt it has always been a concern on the part of everyone in the eu that what is spent in brussels by those who make the eu work is too much. is spent in brussels by those who make the eu work is too muchm is spent in brussels by those who make the eu work is too much. it is too much, and administrations cost money, absolutely. but when there are extras like this, and people can't take ordinary aeroplanes, it does seem a bit strange. can't take ordinary aeroplanes, it does seem a bit strangelj can't take ordinary aeroplanes, it does seem a bit strange. i was looking to see whether there was any kind of response from those involved. we have the front page, maybe they comment further in the paper. but i suppose the argument they might put is that they are travelling, they are working, they are having meetings as they travel. just possibly putting it out there. absolutely put it out there. and the story will come back again and again, iam story will come back again and again, i am sure thejournalist story will come back again and again, i am sure the journalist will be on their case. streaming services. disney, yes. let's move over, because we only have one minute to go. i am interested in the story on the front of gulf news. if you want to know about disney, is on a website, they are breaking up with netflix. and india women post— midnight selfies to mock a politician who made a tricky comment. i would almost say an inappropriate comment. i love the way they are making the point, doing it with humour, that actually women are free agents and why can't they be out after midnight? i love the fa ct be out after midnight? i love the fact that it has come alive and people... i think in india there has been so many problems that women have faced, with the violence a few yea rs have faced, with the violence a few years ago, all the stereotypes that they still have to battle against, and they have done this in a very... it is very, very powerful, but in a very humourous way. and that is the way to do it. thank you very much. we will see you soon. goodbye. hello there. much of the country was fine and dry, with some good sunny spells on wednesday. but it was atrocious across the southd and wet, like this weather watcher behind me depicts of central london. the rain's been slowly petering out, and as we start thursday morning, with largely clear skies and light winds, it's going to be a chilly one. temperatures out of town in single figures widely across the uk. maybe a little bit of mist and fog in places, as well. that's because we've got a ridge of high pressure which will keep things largely fine and settled for thursday, this weather front which brought all the rain across the south—east on wednesday slowly clearing away. we've also got another weather system slowly approaching the far north—west of the uk. so that will introduce a little bit of thicker cloud, and also a few spots of light rain across the far north and north—west of scotland. but, away from here, for much of scotland it's going to be a fine and a dry morning, with some sunshine. same too for northern ireland, temperatures around 10—13 degrees to start the day. for england and wales, most places

korea? guest: there is some kind of a dent in korean -- in consumer confidence. policey,ges in fiscal and a tax policy in south korea. south koreat growth in more than a decade. the other one is the government tries to raise the corporate tax for large corporations. there was a decision by the korean court about the compensation for the automobile. feel aeve the managers bit uncertainty about the government policy. yvonne: that could delay investment plans moving forward? guest: exactly. don't forget, investments this year was strong, but mainly driven by the financial sectors. but other sectors, we believe they are struggling with the demand -- with weak demand. yvonne: it puts you in a top position where you have domestically received growth at they are dealing with so much externally as well when it comes to foreign demand for exports. also with geopolitical tensions as well. his term ends march 2018. can he actually squeeze in a rate hike by then? guest: that is why we believe the rate hike will be delayed. we believe they will have interest rates in the second half of next year. we believe the rate will be around 2%, and in

north korea could strike against south korea could strike against south korea and there are also some0 us troops stationed in south korea and so the ability for this crisis to escalate into something far worse is quite significant and a lot of asian countries also prefer further engagement rather than military options for obvious reasons so it is very difficult at this point to see where this is going and how it will end. thank you for bringing us up to date. in south africa jacob zuma is safe. just two hours ago, he survived a motion of no—confidence in the south african parliament. here's the speaker of the parliament announcing the result. the total votes are 384. the yes, 177. the no, 198. cheering and shouting. and there were nine ab stanchions and therefore the vote of no—confidence in the president is accordingly negative. anc! so the president survived the vote. you saw the jubilation inside the pros —— parliament but these are some things from outside. the president later addressed those crowds. i have just come to say thank you to all of you. those comrades who are in parlia

concept of war, military engagement with north korea, is a very, very serious matter given that there are 28,000 u.s. troops in south korea, given that south korea is an ally, that seoul is in the range of conventional artillery, let alone nuclear war, and that the united states has a mutual defense agreement with south korea. what did you make of those comments? >> well, that's right. i think it underscores what we are hearing more from top officials, including u.n. ambassador nikki haley, which is that all options are on the table. including a potential military option. but it is an absolute last resort, ali, for all of those reasons that you just mapped out because there are so many tens of thousands of people in harm's way. and officials have been very clear. the destruction could be devastating. if there is any type of military engagement with north korea. so it's a last resort, but it's on the table. i think that's what president trump was referencing. and it comes after, as we have been reporting throughout the day, the intelligence community has assessed that north korea was able to develop a weapon that was miniaturized that can be put

industrial production numbers out of japan and south korea, japan disappointing, south korea better than expected. no surprise from the bank of korea keeping the rate on hold. let's look at the shanghai and hong kong markets given that beat when it comes to china pmi manufacturing. sophie. economywith the chinese humming along, check out chinese stocks. .1% after0 gaining the slight fall on wednesday. the hang seng adding to wednesday's drop, lower .6%, back below 28,000 level. seng, moving the hang telcos leading the drop down over 5%. china mobile leading the lag. financials also on the back foot. consumer staples gaining over 1%. real estate slightly higher by .1%, property stocks on a tear of late. a rally in developers after morgan stanley and city boosted forecast. let's look at the banking stocks in hong kong. given the slight losses, the big four beating estimates, but a mixed bag when it comes to investor reaction. falling almost 2% this morning. earnings watch for sunac. it did jump 10% ahead of results. galaxy entertainment writing after profit beat. we are also keeping and i

south korean troops and firing conventional weaponry on missile sites in north korea so as to signal to everybody around that the u.s. is willing to take north korea on and to try to not involve south korea and japan. now, the u.s. has troops in south korea and japan, so i would assume that any attack by the united states on south korea, it's very hard to keep that limited. >> that's absolutely right. certainly that's the case when it comes to keeping it limited in terms of u.s. allies. it's also very difficult if not impossible to keep any military strike limited to that strike itself. precisely as we were discussing earlier, the fact that north korea is so close to the border of south korea means that it does not matter if south korea does not participate in an attack. it will become a victim of the retaliation. there is no such thing as a clean, preventive military option when it comes to a u.s. strike on north korea. that window is closed. as general mccalfry said, the united states would fight and prevail in a long-term conflict on the korean peninsula, but millions of lives would be lost in the process. those are the stakes that we're talking about here. >> right. >> and neither the united states or north korea has an incenti

south korea's military. also, from the military, another statement today from south korea to north korea, saying if north korea commits provocations, despite our warnings, it will face a strong response from the u.s./south korea alliance. and of course, 30,000 u.s. troops here, south korea under the nuclear umbrella of america. and the two countries, of course, conducting regular joint exercises, the next of which is later this month. nor north korea, those exercises are a provocation. and of course, we heard yet another provocative statement yesterday, from north korea, calling donald trump's threat just a load of nonsense. and saying only absolute force can work on him. hallie, the one thing that i took from the last 24 hours is, you know, we've heard fiery statements and rhetoric from pyongyang for so many years, but this threat to guam is so specific, about the timing, about the trajectory, about the number of missiles, talking about four missiles, naming the missiles, saying that they would hit 20 miles into the ocean, off guam. you know, that kind of specificity is really extraordinary. either north korea is in some way bluffing or they will carry this out. they're talking about the plan being rea