-south korean alliance and deters north korea. the strategic response comes from henryed kissinger, who says there is no technical fix for what is a geo-strategical problem. note is a lack of trust just with north korea but north korea and the outside world. there's a difficult process for ,etting success in negotiations because of this lack of trust. that is why the united states' dual track policy is meant to win, even if it is unsuccessful at diplomacy. by winning, i do not mean fighting a war, i mean preserving the peace and keeping our prosperity and democraci es together. that might be the best we could do -- muddle through a cold war with north korea. we want to find those off france, but if it does not work, we want to be stronger at the end of it. from on that, the op-ed henry kissinger in yesterday's "wall street journal." part of it saying that china would also have a stake in the medical revolution of north korea, whether it is a reification or -- a reunification or a two state union. north korea is kind of a subcontra

the latest missile does, as south korea -- our korean economy editor joins us from seoul, korea. discussion around defense allocations and south korea? >> the south korean government released its budget proposal for next year. it plans to increase defense spending by 3%, the biggest gains since 2009. it also compares with the 4% gain we saw in the previous term. the south korean government plans to invest more in upgrading the country's weapons systems so i can better prepare against north korea's nuclear and missile threats. the government also was to create welfare benefits for south korean soldiers. we are seeinging defense stocks gaining more than 13% in trading right now. give us the highlights of the government proposal for next year. it seems to focus on these welfare benefits. overall, the budget for next 7.1% spending rise, the biggest fries since 2009 when there was a global financial crisis. the biggest boost will go into welfare benefits. the welfare benefits will account for more than one third of the country's total budget. this is in line with the initiative to ease

there lessons we can learn from their south korean model?south korean model? i think every country is trying to learn something from them, yeah. what specifically would you... ? something from them, yeah. what specifically would you. . . ? trying to get more girls involved in golf and interested in it. a home winner at this year's british open would do that but a south korean champion is more likely. swedish swimmer sarah sjostrom set her third world record in ii days on wednesday, posting a new world mark in the short course 50 metres freestyle at the fina world cup event in moscow. after setting new world records in the 50 and 100 metres freestyle at the world championships in budapest last week, the 23—year—old recorded a time of 23.10 seconds taking 0.14 seconds off the previous mark set by the dutch swimmer ranomi kromo—wid—jojo who claimed silver in the race. robert kubica enjoyed his first official formula one outing in six years at the sports in—season test at the hungaroring on wednesday. the 32—year—old polish driver managed an imp

the us president, donald trump, has spoken by phone to his south korean counterpart. agreed that north korea poses a grave and growing threat. bill hayton reports. all smiles and handshakes. the foreign ministers of the main players in the north korean nuclear drama shared a stage on sunday night, close enough in person, but far enough night, close enough in person, but farenough in night, close enough in person, but far enough in politics. the annual gathering of east asian foreign ministers, held this year in manila, became the venue for the us and china to pitch their own ideas to end the crisis. with another round of sanctions agreed by the un, now they are stressing the need for talks. the chinese leadership says it is ready to see contacts made soon between the governments in north and south korea. at the american secretary of state said dialogue can only begin when conditions are right. expectation that north korea will take steps to achieve all of our objectives, which is at the nuclear rise to korean peninsula, i think there should be no question in anyone's

i mean, officially the south korean presidency is saying there is no imminent crisis and they're simply watching north korea for any more signs of provocation. but under the surface i think things have changed. you know, south korea has now learned through that u.s. intelligence report that its neighbor to the north is capable of putting a small nuclear warhead on an icbm. and then they heard fiery rhetoric, not as usual from pyongyang, but most unusually from washington. they've never heard this kind of rhetoric from a u.s. president before. and there is a little bit of confusion because what does donald trump mean? i mean, what is his red line? what threat does he -- you know, what constitutes a real threat for the president? and there are mixed messages. we heard much cooler words. you heard them there from rex tillerson saying, look, the president was just speaking in language that kim jong-un would understand. but we also have a written statement from defense secretary mattis basically saying if north korea starts a war, you will lose. so the administration, as far as seoul is conc

the south korean left has never developed and anti-totalitarian tradition.as been given very rotten signals -- round signals. it has been made to believe that if they could just get american troops off the peninsula, it could subjugate south koreans without bloodshed. this is a problem that will apparent. when donald trump and president way theered over the two countries look at north korea. haidi: we are getting lines from the south communion -- south korean president delivering a speech today. he's urging north korea to stop with provocations and begin talks. no word on the korean peninsula and saying so prevent war in korea again at all costs. some lines coming through from the south korean president move -- president in his liberation day speech. going back to your theory that they want to reunify korea, where does that leave china? is washington barking up the wrong tree in terms of putting pressure on china to use leverage on pyongyang? >> that's exactly how i would put it. americans have been barking up the chinese tree for a quarter-century now in th

do you think the south koreans have a far better first? we have a far better air force than the north koreans. why do we need missiles? i don't understand if you look at all the countries in the world, what countries rely on missiles and rockets and things like that? those countries that have a weaker air force you see that us americans developing a new technical missile? no. right now the kind of technology that we have you can pick a phone and say can you please drop a bomb there and, boom. why do we need a missile? again, it goes back to my statement that i'm concerned that it will take away from i don't mind -- i do mine but it takes away from $10 million things, that's okay. i'm really concerned that will take away from the basic that a soldier needs, a rifle, first aid kit, these are cheap stuff but very critical stuff. do you know how important a first aid kit is? a decent helmet, body armor, nightvision goggles, this is not technology but i'm concerned that this emphasis on these kind of weapon systems might do that. so, i think we

the us president donald trump has spoken by phone to his south korean counterpart.r beating back an attack on a military base in the city of valencia. israel is seeking to close aljazeera's offices in the country and revoke its journalists' media credentials. the veteran war crimes prosecutor carla del ponte says she is leaving the united nations commission of inquiry on syria. now it is time for our news review. we begin with straits times and the news that china has expressed confidence new united nations sanctions on north korea could help pave the way to ending pyongyang's current nuclear and missile push. the ft reports on tech giant google which has become embroiled in controversy after a male engineer published an internal memo which argued that biological differences between the sexes accounted for the scarcity of women filling senior roles in silicon valley. le figaro says the uk's bill for leaving the european union could amount to 40 billion euros. meanwhile downing street played down reports the government had suggested paying that amount of money in ord

and south korean exercises begin and before north koreans might testing intermediate range missile in the waters around kuan which could create a showdown between the u.s. and north korea. host: jim is waiting in iowa. independent. i believe the north koreans have always talked tough like this for a long time. they are trying to play our government for whatever they can get and see how far they can push us. publicly some rhetoric as a means to do a public kind of diplomacy. he was telling them we will not put up with your garbage. was showing we are strong and tough. that's how we will be. when negotiations to take place find the scenes, they will not be trying to take advantage of us. host: is that how you've read these statements, in negotiation tactic? that is one way to interpret it. the words that are chosen that were taken a little bit beyond what was necessary to communicate that if you attack us, we will respond and your regime will be gone. the anniversary day of the nagasaki bombing, the u.s. bombing, the fire and fury words. that sends very mixed messages to the north korea

koreans. it is important the us stand by in south korea. pe of these exercises has diminished over the years for a lot of different reasons. what has not diminished is the north korean propaganda itself. ithink diminished is the north korean propaganda itself. i think it is something we have to live with every year with the north koreans. there are 80,000 troops this year. it is significant. would it have been better to perhaps defer, postponed, for a few weeks? no. there are 70,000 us troops involved. they come from the us. every year we have us troops. it gives credibility to the alliance. it is an alliance that is capable. 0ne without exercises every year is not an alliance. it is similarto year is not an alliance. it is similar to poland year is not an alliance. it is similarto poland in year is not an alliance. it is similar to poland in 1939 with france. britain and france were in no position to come to the aid of poland. the south korean us alliances strong. —— alliance is strong. we have given many opportunities to north korea. a ful

you think the south koreans have a far better air force? we have a far that are air force than the north koreans. -- better air force than the north koreans. >> [laughter] why do we need missiles? lt. gen. in-bum: i don't understand. if you look at all the countries in the world, what countries like on missiles and rockets and things like that? those countries that have a weaker air force. , americansthe u.s. developing a new tactical missile? now, with the kind of technology we have, we can take a phone and say, hey, can you please drop a bomb there? and boom. so why do we need a missile? again, it goes back to my statement that is -- i am really concerned it is going to take if --rom -- i don't mind well, i do mind, but it takes away from $10 million tanks, that is ok, but i am really concerned it is going to take away from the basics a soldier needs. a rifle, a first aid kit. these are cheap stuff. but very critical stuff. do you know how important a first aid kit is? a decent helmet. body armor. night-visions goggles. this is not high te

the headlines: american and south korean troops begin their annual military exercises, as tensions remain high on the korean peninsula. nearly 600 dead and several millions affected by flooding, as south asia experiences its worst rains for decades. we hearfrom villagers in nepal. her property, her livestock, rice, whatever she had has all been swept away. and she has had to live, with her children, without food for more than five days now. i'm tom donkin in london. also in the programme: spanish police say the man who drove into dozens of people in barcelona is still unaccounted for, and may have crossed the border into france. discovered after 72 years — the world war two warship sunk by a japanese submarine in the pacific ocean. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 9:00am in seoul, where the annual wargames are on the agenda. a massive joint military exercise involving south korea and the united states is about to begin. tens of thousands of troops, aircraft and naval vessels will be involved. but pyongyang isn't happy, saying it amounts to pouring gasoline on a fire. amidst

about 60 kilometres from seoul is the osan airbase where american and south korean troops workjointlyfence programme. it's just one of many such military stations in the country. but while it's been ramping up its defence capabilities, south korea knows that this can't be its only approach and so it has been trying the diplomatic route as well. last month president moon jae—in proposed military talks with north korea. and on wednesday, south korea once again spoke of mending ties. translation: these comments by north korea do not help the relationship between south and north korea. we will continue to seek peace in the korean peninsula and reconciliation between the two countries. there has been no response to seoul's offer from north korea so far. and no indication that these missile tests will stop any time soon. yogita limaye, bbc news, seoul. in a moment, we'll get the latest from yogita limaye in the south korean capital seoul. but first, to washington and our correspondent jane o'brien. we hear that the us secretary of state has recently landed in guam. what more are we going to

peninsular without south korean consent. agreed in 1952 entered the military conflict but he didn't agree a lasting peace and there is some speculation that perhaps kim jong—un, the president of north korea, wants to agree a final treaty at some point down the road, obviously on terms more preferable to him. let's go back to what president moon... the point he made. this is to a domestic audience. he repeated his point that no one he thinks can take military action on the korean peninsular without the consent of south korea. if north korea were to launch a missile near guam guam, i don't see how south korea could see a retaliatory strike from the united states. nonetheless, president moon making the point, pointing time and time again, not just saying that the us and south korea should agree military options, should agree military action, but he is asserting the point that south korea and he has a veto and that any kind of military action on the korean peninsular. and that he said it is beyond the pale to make tensions on the

you think the south koreans have a far better air force than the north korean? we have a far better air force than the north koreaned. why do we need missile? i don't understand. if you look at all the countries in the world, what countries rely on missiles and rockets and things like that? those countries that have a weaker air force. too you see the u.s., americans, developing a new tactical missile? right now with the kind of technology we have, we can take a phone and say, hey, can you please drop a bomb there? and, boom. so why do we need a missile? again, it goes back to my statement that i'm really concerned it's going to take away from -- i don't mind if it's -- i do mind but if it takes away from $10 million tanks, that's okay. but i'm really concerned it's going to take away from the basics that a soldier needs: a rifle, first aid kit. these are cheap stuff, but very critical stuff. you know how important a first aid kit? a decent helmet? body armor? night goggles? this is high technology. i'm really concerned the emphasis on these kind of weapons syst

yet many south koreans say the five year sentence remains too lenient. i was on the verdict does not reflect the national sentiment. or the standards set by the law. the ruling could play samson the country's largest and most influential companies in the leadership vacuum. yet while analysts say it might impact its long term strategies many argue it's unlikely to affect short term prospects. since he was jailed six months ago samson has marked its strongest quarter ever. and has overtaken apple as the world's most valuable company. now the world's top central bankers are gathering in jackson hole wyoming to discuss how to deal with pressing issues in the global economy. federal reserve chair janet yellen already spoke and european central bank chief mario draghi is speaking now. one of the big topics at the conference will be inflatio. the question that continues to elude economy. why inflate? solid at. growth across the globe. strong inflation is generally indicative of a strong economy. but it may not be as valid indicator in today's global economy. ea

the us and south korean team used ‘gene editing' to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition.our men from the west midlands have been found guilty of planning a lee rigby—style terror attack against police and military targets. the emergency services in northern ireland have been rescuing dozens of army cadets from the mourne mountains in northern ireland. the group, from middlesbrough, got into trouble in bad weather. president trump has reluctantly signed into law a bill imposing sanctions on russia, but he declared the legislation ‘significantly flawed'. the duke of edinburgh has attended a royal marines parade at buckingham palace as his final solo public engagement before retiring from royal duties today at the age of 96. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. a team of scientists has raised hopes that a pioneering gene editing technique can be used to eradicate inherited diseases. we'll discuss the future implications of this medical advance and the ethical questions it raises. as the company that p

korean war. atrocities committed on both sides, though. one of the reasons southkorea was so firmly anti-communist in the cold war is because the atrocities the north koreans committed in south korea were every bit as horrific or even nor so than what the united states and south korea did in north korea. this is debatable. one point that needs to be mentioned is that who is ultimately responsible for the start of the korean war? this is something that in china this is still not taught, but there is absolutely incontro veritable evidence that the korean war started because kim il-sung and stalin sat down and had conversations and planned it, and if you want further evidence, i strongly suggest that you look at the woodrow wilson center, one of my former students by is in the audience, james person, one of the leading experts in the country on international documentation about the korean war, and i think the evidence of this, how the war started in the first place, and who bears ultimate cholesterollal cuppability is very clear. >> i -- very briefly. from the little

because clearly the north koreans have no doubt about what the american and south korean and japanesepabilities are. >> well, it speaks -- it's a message to let the north koreans know that force will be matched with force. and as they're doing tests, right, as they're conducting tests, the u.s. will conduct training tests, it will be an indication that they can visit a great deal of violence possible the country of north korea. the important thing that the u.s. always likes to stress and likes to focus when they have these responses is the tripar tied nature of them. make sure the japanese are involved. make sure the koreans are involved as well so you remember when they flew from guam, they flew some bombers up there, they made sure they were escorted by japanese fighters, they were also escorted by south korean fighters. they want to loet the north koreans know. if the international community. those three countries, those three allies stand united and they will be working in concert should things escalate. >> bill kneely is standing by, our chief global correspondent. bill, sorry, i

and south korean military forces are conducting joint exercises in south korea and of course, that is an important part of this pure north korea fired a couple of missiles two days ago as well, and asked the un security jointl to discuss those exercises, calling them a provocation, which is a little bit ironic. so, there is no question in my mind that this was not any kind of commercial or satellite -related operation, but clearly meant to menace the community. the fact that they are flying this missile over the territory of the u.s. ally, certainly will put more pressure on the u.s. and its allies to respond. brian, a few more lines coming through at the moment. shinzo abe saying he wants to call on the chinese and russians to play a role with regard to north korea, on top of him saying he is in complete agreement with the united states on pyongyang. reaction out of the u.s. is fairly muted. what could be the fallout from all this? brian: japan would like to see a lot more from china and there is the sense that china is north korea's major trading partner in the lifeline for that eco

to south korean's overtur he proposals that he made in engagements. so talks about reunions between divided families. families separated since before the korean war. she did manage to speak to him for a couple minutes. his response is that didn't think the offer was very sincere. >> u.s. is coming to this with the wipd at its back so to speak. but will sanctions make a difference at all. how do you ensure the sanctions are truly executed as designed? >> that's a good point. these are some fairly tough sachkss. these up u.n. sanctions do go after north korea's lively hood. also main sources of missing comes too. all cool imports.north korea's . also main sources of missing comes too. all cool imports. other iron, ore and seafood. it hinges on whether nations enforce these. and you really have to be after china to enforce sanctions. that's been very tough. north korea has been very defiant in the face of sanctions over the years. saying they will continue doing what it needs to do regardless of the sanctions. so that will mean that people will suffer. >>

time the south koreans begin to memorialize the war. they begin planning a gigantic korean war museum. this is the outside of the museum. the theme of the museum, there are really two themes. one is peace and reconciliation with the north. the brutality of the war, the harsh treatment of south korean p.o.w.'s, as well as those in the u.n. command, the wartime atrocities. these things are all played down. the key is that koreans are all brothers. that somehow they should be united. this war was perpetrated by outside forces that instigated the north korean attack. the other theme is the international support that the south korean government had during the war. you see it very prominently displayed outside the front of and museum. this is just one side of the museum. the flags of the 22 countries that provided some form of assistance to south korea in the military or humanitarian, during the korean war. this is a famous statue right in front of the museum that shows the two korean brothers embracing. the larger brother, as you might expect

system known as fat or terminal i altitude area defense thousands of concerned south korean residents of turned out to protest the fed missile system every single day for the last year but despite south korean protests the steady drumbeat to war is growing louder within the trump administration takes in senator lindsey graham for example who casually floated the idea of a war with north korea during an appearance on the today show earlier this week there is an option to destroy north korea's program and north korea itself he's not been allowed president the ability of this man men to have a missile that hit america so what needs to happen to completely avoid the possibility of a nuclear. a war on the korean peninsula let's ask medea benjamin co-founder of global of code pink and global exchange and author her latest article was urgent warning time to hit the reset button on u.s. korean policy available over alter net and the title of your new book on saudi arabia is kingdom of the end just behind the u.s. side economics thank you so i did have a graphic for it on the screen media welc

even though north and south korean soldiers stand face to face at the border, there is no communicationween the two sides. in recent days, harsh threats have been coming from pyongyang. but these have come to be expected. what is new now is that the rhetoric from north korea has met with rhetoric from america, and then of course it does little bit higher. when you speak to the south korean people, of course, they are living next to each other, and the communications have been harsh lot of the time. so i wouldn't say that they are more scared than the normal. but you never know. this contingent also monitors these military drills conducted every year by the us and south korean forces to ensure they don't violate the ceasefire. what was meant to be a temporary camp, until a peace agreement was signed, has now been here for 64 years. and of course, we all hope that we could close down here and go home, because there is a peace treaty, and so our nice and goodtime here in korea would end. but then we could say mission accomplished, and go home. as long as north korea presses on with its nuc

forces are moment, and the us and south korean forces a re not moment, and the us and south korean forces to stop them, they say they are not going to stop them, china says the us is partly responsible for escalating tensions in the korean peninsula. and currently we are seeing live pictures inside the un security council. they are currently meeting about the north korean situation. of course, we saw this hwasong—12 missile that was launched over the north—east island of japan, missile that was launched over the north—east island ofjapan, and missile that was launched over the north—east island of japan, and what they are discussing at the moment is what options are left from the international community, to basically sanction the north korea is. yes, and it is important especially because the aggression from north korea is not stopping. if you just look at their statement today, what they say is this test is merely the first step. this is a valued to striking guam, so they are following up on the threat from earlier this year, firing four rockets in the waters near guam and creating a rin

they sunk a south korean destroyer escort. we haven't responded.me bad lessons from his dad and grandfather's experience. now i think he's on the verge now of running up against a wall. if we did, we ought to establish one fact on the table. u unequivocally we could destroy the armed forces and their government between south korea and the united states. but that general war would be a tragedy of really of epic proportions. so i think we're being force d into a situation now where we're going to end up with a rogue state with nuclear weapons, it could strike the united states. >> but who is forcing us into it? >> i think essentially the fact is that north korea has proceeded down the line to developing a capability that does represent strategic threat to the regional neighbors and the united states. by the way, the choi these and russians could possibly benefit from this. >> let me talk to you about that for a is second. i want to show a story we are gotten about the b-1 bombers about firing the ordinance from them not from within korean territory.

yogita limeye‘s report from the south korean capital, seoul, contains flash photography. ted front at a meeting of south—east asian nations in manila, the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all 15 members of the un security council voted to ban exports from pyongyang. the sweeping measures were even backed by china, north korean‘s ally and top trade partner. translation: the chinese side urge the north koreans to calmly handle the un security council resolutions and not do anything unbeneficial, such as a missile launch or a nuclear test. at this meeting between south korea's foreign minister, kang kyung—wha, and mr tillerson, the two leaders described the sanctions as a good outcome. testing missiles like this one, which some believe could reach the us, is what prompted action against north korea. for the country, the new sanctions could mean a loss of about $1 billion, but experts say it's unlikely to deter the state. the north koreans are unlikely to negotiate anything until they will h

anything were to happen, it would automatically citizens in the countrys and south korean citizens. is really not war or action over there in south korea or affecting real americans, i think we have to keep that in mind. bolton ould note john not advocating specific option r that military option saying military planners should be pouring through the operational of potential military strike zone. policy makers often begin options for north korea and beyond since similar issues iran and e regarding other proliferrators. today's "wall street journal" on page.pinion beverly in d.c., line for democrats. go ahead. caller: thank you. you. my suggestion to you, all of you and i must say and we must the genesis of the bible and also in the when the board was abroad and yes -- listen through your phone, why should we be thinking bout the bible here as we're having this discussion? obama because in the beginning od made everybody, you, me, everybody, the world, the earth, he made us people. beverly, answer through your phone there. call us back again, we'll continue to have the discussion. jeff

south korean no peninsula of south korean allies americans on that. peninsula japan guam united states we will respond in a way that you know longer exists so that that's a statement of fact but what about the president's extremely fiery rhetoric that i mean today we've had his secretary stains defens. lawyer to hunting to follow his lead but what about his time. well ice is his tone but also the language use he said if. north korea continues to threaten. our allies well that's different than taking actio. they are known for making threats that's what they do. they made a thread immediately after he said that so when you draw a line verbally or rhetorically. and saying if you make any more threats against our allies will respond with fire and fury. well they just made a threat. now the question is. where we serious so we we bluffing or of a we misinterpreting what the president is saying so we have to be clear? the one thing when you're dealing with war. is that you have to be very clear very cautious concise and precis. and to the extent you create a

>> reporter: george it's important from the south korean side to know the u.s. thinks the same way they do. over the last week you've seen some strong remarks from the u.s. president donald trump whereas in this side, the south korean side, would like to see more diplomacy, and a chance for the economic sanctions to work. so i think that's what the president will be looking for. we heard from the south korean president he had a special advisors meeting and he did urge north korea to immediately halt all provocations saying if north korea did decide to take the right path and make the right choice they would see improvements in korean relations and developments in those exchanges. also saying the south korean preparations of a contingency plan are going well. so those comments ahead of the meeting with general dunford we are expecting remarks from the two of them in just hours. certainly we are seeing from the u.s. side with the op-ed from the two top diplomats in the united states, the defense secretary and the secretary of state, we are seeing what appears to b

earlier today defense secretary james mattis welcomed south korean defense minister song young-moo to the pentagon for bilateral discussions on how to respond to the nuclear threat posed by north korea. this is about 15 minutes. >> log♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome, minister, investor, good to see you again, your excellency, members of the delegation. welcome to the pentagon. you are most welcome here. thank you for traveling to washington so soon after you are assigned to this post. it's good to meet you in person after we had already spoken earlier this month. [speaking in native tongue] translator. >> it's a great deal that you would come so soon. [speaking in native tongue] the republic of korea, united states alliance has played an enduring role in regaining and retaining south korea security since 1950. [speaking in native tongue] as president remarked earlier this week our alliance serves as the foundation of peace on the korean peninsula. [speaking in native tongue] hour we share a commitment to democratic values and we work together to maintain a stable environment with all the speci

there are large conglomerates dominating the south korean economy.n the past, many of the head of this company group have been pardoned saying it will be an economic impact. now we have a new government which has promised to clean up the economy. if jay y lee gets a strong sentence today, they are saying it will be a strong message to the large conglomerates. 0k. watching the verdict due later in the afternoon in the hour. a major overhaul of qantas has paid off. in the last two hours, they posted their second—best profit ever, slightly ahead of a nalyst profit ever, slightly ahead of analyst estimates. it cut staff by more than 5000 and reduced costs by $2 billion to achieve that higher efficiency. i asked an analyst how the company plans to hold on to those gains. you have raised the right points. this is the first step in becoming future proof. it is not cost savings, it is about setting the stage for being successful in the stage for being successful in the future. it comes from a cost basis. what is yet to be found out is whether they can drive

a south korean court imposed the sentence after finding him guilty of bribery.secutors say he spent $6.4 million bribing the government. the conviction raises doubts about whether he will return to samsung, the company his grandfather founded. who takes the family mantle from here and will it set an example for other cases to come? joining us, our guest host for the hour, bob o'donnell. also with me in the studio, ian king who just came back from south korea. you went into the courtroom. jay y. lee was there. how surprising was this verdict? >> i think anybody who spent time in court like i did, including a lot of my colleagues, were surprised by this result because the prosecutors were doing an awful job. there is no other way to describe it. it was terrible. there was no smoking gun. a lot of the witnesses they brought up were destroyed by lawyers. it did not look like the case was being proven at all. that is the way it went almost until the end, and then we saw the result. emily: this verdict is even more of a statement from the south korean government, righ

god are the days when it was the embodiment of south korean society.ne corruption scandal after another has rocked the conglomerate. calls have grown louder for samsung to be better controlled. critics say it lacks transparency and is a huge corporation run like a family business prone to corruption and scandals and the problems affect the entire south korean economy. >> let's get back to the main story. the u.s. court has convicted the first person in the volkswagen scandal. james liang was sentenced to 40 months in prison and a $200,000 fine. let's go to new york. what has been the reaction on wall street to the verdict? >> >> this is a german company not listed on wall street. there are a lot of things going on with american companies. traders are occupied with that. it does have a strong taste to it as it proves to other automakers how unforgiving the american justice is when it comes to deceiving the american customer. >> talking about the american justice system, what does this verdict mean for other vw executives entangled in the scandal? >> thi

>> james mattis met with the south korean defense minister for bilateral discussions on how to respond to the threat posed by north korea. this event at the pentagon is 15 minutes. pentagon is 15 minutes. >> present present arms. ♪ [national anthem] ♪ >> right shoulder, arms. welcome, good to see you. and military officers, members of the delegation. welcome back to the pentagon. you are most welcome here. thank you for traveling to washington so soon after you were assigned to this post, it is good to meet you in person after we had already spoken earlier this month. [speaking foreign language] >> a great deal of the priority that you and your president would come so soon. [[speaking foreign language] the republic of korea united states alliance has played in enduring role in regaining and maintaining south korea's charity since 1950. >> [speaking foreign language] secretary mattis: as president mont remarked earlier this week, our alliance serves as the foundation of peace on the korean peninsula. >> [speaking foreign language] secretary mattis: you share a commitment of democratic v

are the south koreans happy about what's happened over the last week?not, and they will transmit that to general dunford. they are not happy that the united states president is issuing rhetoric they've never heard before from washington or, indeed, from new jersey. they are worried from fire and fury to locked and loaded, they are being put in a position where their lives literally are at risk. there are 20 million people in the metropolitan area of seoul. they would be the first causalities of any conflict between the u.s. and north korea. they are deeply worried. also they are slightly concerned, because h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, in speaking to the south korean national security adviser just a few days ago said that south korea would be consulted on every step about what the u.s. was going to do. they don't feel that when donald trump steps on to the steps of his golf club in new jersey that they are being consulted in any way. you can see to the south koreans that actually the state department may feel the same way, but that is no

what south korean media are reporting is that the north korean foreign minister has said that seoul”stalks is insincere. we haven't had much response from north korea to these sanctions, what we saw was an article in a newspaper yesterday controlled by north korea's ruling party that said that if the us doesn't change its hostile policy to north korea then the only choice for america would be self destruction and the us would be catapulted into an unimaginable sea of fire. so as expected, a very aggressive and belligerent response but all eyes will be on the north korean foreign minister today because today is the asean regional forum where 27 countries will be discussing regional security, and that's where we're expecting his remarks and perhaps we will hear an official response from north korea about what they think about the sanctions and how they are going to react to them. the vast majority of north korea's trade is funnelled through china, one can't underestimate china's role in sorting this out? well, it's a very important player in this region as far as the un security council

so i think the south korean military has really wanted to show the north korean fos for a long time.ve a government not inclined in that direction. but frankly, i think the north koreans are ironically kind of unifying everybody, and everyone is kind of getting sick and tired of them. so let's see how this plays out, and i just hope our president can refrain from sounding like a north korean, in which case you create all kinds of problems as he did a couple of weeks ago. which is why our poor secretary of state had to get up there and talk about, gee, i think now is the time for negotiation with north korea. when, frankly, it wasn't, but he had to reassure audiences and asia that we would keep the door open to negotiation. >> what is -- i understand there could be some logistical down side, but i know that it has been debated about one way to show the north koreans business is to shoot down one of their missiles when they test it. and i know it gets debated every now and then. and the decision always is, nah, better not to get involved. better not to do it. is there a moment where th

had a far better air force than the north koreans, do you think the south korean have a far better air force than the north koreans? >> we have a far better air force than the north koreans. why do we need missiles? i don't understand. if you look at all the countries in the world, what countries rely on missiles and rocket in things like that? those countries that have a weaker air force. do you see the americans developing a new tactical missile? right now, with the kind of technology we have, we can pick up the phone and say can you please drop a bomb there and proof. why do we need a missile? again it goes back to my statement and i'm really concerned that it is going to take away from i don't mind -- i do mind, but you know, if it takes away from 10 million-dollar tanks, that is okay. i'm really concerned that it is going to take away from the basic study soldier needs, rifle, first aid kit, these are cheap stuff, but very critical stuff. you know how important a first aid kit is? decent helmet, body armor, this is not high-technology. so i'm really concerned that this emphasis on

american and south korean troops begin their annual military exercises, as tensions remain high on the korean peninsula. contributes to jerry contributes tojerry lewis, one of america's all—time comedy greats, who has died in las vegas convention centre the one —— and tributes. —— who has died in las vegas aged 91. the us navy says ten of its sailors are missing and five have been injured after one of its ships collided with an oil tanker off the coast of singapore. the uss john mccain, a guided missile destroyer, was damaged in the collision with the liberian—flagged vessel. it is the second serious collision involving a us navy ship within two months. earlier i spoke to our south east asia correspondent karishma vaswani, and i asked her what more do we know. well, the information that's come through from the us navy's seventh fleet public affairs department is patchy at the very least. this is what we know at this stage. what we have been told is ten sailors are missing. five are reported to be injured. that's the information coming in from the public affairs department. the incident

the us and south korean to donald trump. the us and south korea n forces to donald trump.rean forces are currently conducting military drills, as they do every august. every time we see some kind of retaliation from north korea, shortly after the drills concluded, north korea conducted a nuclear test. now we have seen a rocket flight of japan. the statement from the un today shows the limitation of control that they have over north korea. we are just three and a half weeks against —— past the last sanctions put on north korea, an attempt to economically squeeze it. but they have not achieved anything. the statement from pyongyang today is very strong, and says it has no intention of stopping. it says that kim jong un has ordered more drills targeted at the pacific. you put that together with the white house view, which is all options are on the table. and you understand why the chinese perspective is what it is. that is right. china's position has been that they should have a dual freeze. the us and south korean forces here say they cannot do that because it isa say they c

so a little bit of reassurance for the south korean government. that message going out to the south korean people as the rhetoric heats up. again, as there is this uncertainty among the public with the new american president, still months after he was inaugurated. >> and, kelly, there's also, of course, an associated press story that the diplomat from the state department that had been negotiating for the release of americans being held in north korea, that he was also negotiating during all of this increasingly, you know, tense standoff. he's also been negotiating on a broader level, on a diplomatic level with the regime. do we know anything from that? i know that president moon in south korea has wanted diplomatic talks, but it's been unclear as to whether these talks were happening. >> reporter: yeah, actually he was rebuffed. his government or representative from the government put out that offer to the north koreans a couple days ago in manila and were essentially told it's not a sincere offer. we don't believe you want to talk sincerely abou

this contingent also monitors these military drills, conducted every year by the us and south koreany camp, untila peace agreement was signed, has now been here for 6a years. and of course, we all hope that we could close down here and go home, because there is a peace treaty. even so, our nice and good time here in korea would end, but then we can say "mission accomplished," we go home. but as long as north korea presses on with its nuclear programme, there can be no peace agreement here. fascinating, isn't it? one of the greats of american comedy, jerry lewis, has died at his home in las vegas — he was 91. he found fame in the 1950s after teaming up with dean martin and they collaborated on 17 films. celebrities around the world have paid tribute to the comedy legend. on twitter, the daughter of dean martin—lewis's long—time comedic partner wrote: "i'm heartbroken at the loss of our life—long friend jerry lewis. i've loved him all my life and will miss him greatly." comedian jim carrey: "that fool was no dummy. jerry lewis was an undeniable genius an unfathomable blessing, comedy‘s

the ability of the south korean and u.s. the outcome of that would be devastating to north korea. that will military would be crushed. that regime would be gone. >> general marks, i want to bring in mark hurt ling, also wesley clark. can you explain the difficulty of the terrain in this area in north korea, what it looks like exactly, how tough it is to operate? ? >> a couple of things. first of all, what spider was just talking about is a war plan with multiple contingencies that the u.s. military along with the republic of korea practice every year. my bringigade was reinforcing. our job was to come to pusan, the small city on the bottom of the south korean maps. unload our tanks and bradlies and travel to the dmz as spider was just showing. we were planning exercises where we were going up with all our logistics and tanks and artillery while south koreans were withdrawing and medical evacuation was occurring. it was an skper size but we practiced that. then, the first time i went to korea as a brigade commander, i just lo

i think there is this strange level of conviction in south korea among many south koreans that things will not get to that level where north korea strikes militarily or any of the relevant parties will go to war. i think they understand or they believe, i should say, that north korea and south korea cannot go to war or do some kind of -- go for some kind of military option without consulting first, so to speak, with china and the u.s so i think that's what's sort of keeping things calm at this point. but certainly they'll be watching the news and stay tuned to what's going on between the leaders of north korea and the u.s. because this kind of rhetoric, this verbal threat is something that we have not seen before >> thank you so much for that update and it certainly looks like it is business as usual in the megacity of seoul. >>> let's have a look at how this story impacted the market zone impact was very much palpable against global asset classes but also the vix so far this week it has risen some 12% still historically depressed levels at 11.6 when it comes to the safe havens, that'

/south korean drills due to start monday. we'll have a live report. >> and ahead this hour, boston, massachusetts, breathing a sigh of relief as a potentially contentious demonstration is mainly peaceful. >> good to hear that. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. it's 5:00 p.m. here on the u.s. east coast. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> at this hour, spain is honoring those who died in this week's brutal terror attacks. ♪ this was in the past hour. a memorial service in barcelona. the king and queen of spain are attending along with other leaders. >> they're honoring the 14 people who were killed in barcelona and cambrils. authorities say a terrorist cell carried out who vehicle attacks. isis has claimed responsibility without offering any proof. the memorial comings while a manhunt is still under way for the driver of that attack in barcelona. authorities say this is the man that is the prime suspect. he was part of the terror cell t