secretary of state rex tillerson says it's "open" to staying in the paris agreement. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. the governing party in pakistan celebrates after the wife of the ousted prime minister, nawaz sharif, wins a by—election in his political heartland. also in the programme. is this the best show on tv? the sci—fi hit, westworld, leads the nominees at the emmys. we're live in la with the latest. live from our studios in singapore and london, you're watching bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 2am in geneva, where a un fact—finding mission is due to release its first oral report looking into alleged crimes by myanmar security forces against rohingya muslims. the un has warned de facto leader aung san suu kyi she has one "last chance" to end the military offensive that's forced 400,000 rohingyas to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. 0ur correspondent, jonathan head, reports from the border. 0n the muddy shore of bangladesh's southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never sto

us secretary of state, rex tillerson, says washington is in contact with north korea and is exploringover its nuclear and missile programmes. speaking in beijing after meeting china's president, mr tillerson said north korea had not yet stated if it was ready for dialogue. china is keen for the two sides to talk. partularly after north korean missile tests and escalating tensions between donald trump and kimjong un. our asia pacific regional editor, celia hatton, says mr tillerson‘s comments are not out of keeping with some of the things the trump administration has been saying. donald trump himself famously said on the campaign trail that he would sit down with kim jong un over a hamburger. these really aren't out of the stated policy of us engagement with north korea which is maximum pressure, maximum engagement. we have already seen the us try to push china to carry out the maximum pressure signs. the maximum amount of sanctions on north korea to try and convince them to give up their nuclear weapons programme. but now we are going to see china really putting the screws into the ad

the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has said president trump is open to keeping america in theris accord on climate change. also coming up, american television's most prestigious awards, the emmys, are announced tonight. the futuristic thriller westworld has 22 nominations. and — he said he needed a miracle, and he got it, as lewis hamilton wins in singapore. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary has announced that the uk terror threat level, has been reduced from critical to severe, meaning an attack is no longer considered imminent. the change comes after the arrest of a second man, in connection with friday's bomb attack on an underground train, at parsons green station in london. the 21—year—old suspect was detained at a house in stanwell near heathrow last night. an 18—year—old arrested earlier at dover, and suspected of planting the bomb, remains in custody. police have been searching a house linked to the teenager at sunbury—on—thames. tom symonds reports from stanwell, where the latest arrest took place. rapid progress and greater clarity. that is how

secretary of state rex tillerson said the u.s. supports a quote united federal iraq and international airlines of stop landing at airports in the region after a request from the government in baghdad now the city of kirkuk in northern iraq has some of the biggest oil reserves in the country for decades there have been disagreements about who should control it peshmerga units loyal to the kurdish regional government patrolled the city but coax inclusion in the vote on monday angered baghdad as charles stratford now explains the kurdish peshmerga to control of kirkuk after the iraqi army fled in islip pensive in two thousand and fourteen but there's never been agreement between the kurdish regional government ok argy and the federal government in baghdad about who should be in control here and benefit most from the areas vast oil wealth. kirkuk at an eighty percent turnout in the referendum on kurdish the session the day after the vote the iraqi parliament asked prime minister hyderabadi to send troops into kurdish controlled disput

secretary of state rex tillerson has said the united states is in direct contact with north korea over its nuclear weapons program and is probing the country's willingness to talk tillerson made the remarks in beijing where he was meeting with president and other officials he's also calling for calm the u.s. use china as crucial to attempts to stop young and developing nuclear weapons china has strong economic ties with north korea accounting for about ninety percent of its foreign trade. earlier i spoke to steven burrill wake our correspondent in seoul south korea i began by asking him how important china's role is in developing channels for communication between the united states and north korea. if u.s. and north korea are in some kind of direct contact and presumably that's a diplomatic process that's going ahead without china's direct involvement and whether or not that you site sit down to talk will depend on a variety of factors particularly the preconditions that they place on any kind of talks north korea has historically resisted talks that were predicated upon its taking ste

the united states has signalled a possible change in policy on climate change, secretary of state rex tillerson said it's "open" to staying in the paris agreement. and this story is trending on bbc.com. a man has died in hong kong while walking through a haunted house attraction. park officials say he had wandered into a restricted area of the buried alive ride at ocean park. local media reports say he was struck by a coffin. you are up—to—date. and the top story here in the uk: the uk terror threat level is reduced from critical to severe as a second man is arrested after a bomb attack on a london tube train. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the yen and other major currencies are getting ready to react as central banks in japan are getting ready to react as central banks injapan meet this week. and the robot revolution comes to preschools in singapore, with high—tech tools soon to become part of every child's education. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it's a monday. i'm sharanjit leyl report. it's a monday.

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secretary of state rex tillerson and chinese officials the u.s. views china as crucial to attempts to stop north korea developing nuclear weapons. well you are now up to date this hour my colleague abbi quest athlon joins you right here on this desk at the top of the hour thank you for watching and it's money. to start the stadium was it was a really special event or remember all my life everybody of the dream. and you don't need to shout your brains out when you see.

secretary of state rex tillerson is in china discuss the crisis with north korea the u.s. wants china to take tougher action in response to pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests on thursday beijing ordered all north korean companies and china to shut down by january china correspondent adrian brown has more. well rex tillerson was last in beijing just six months ago but during that time of course an awful lot has happened tensions on the korean peninsula have now entered perhaps the most dangerous phase so rarely has the relationship between china and the united states mattered more than it does now north korea of course will be at the top of rex tillerson agenda but he's also here to lay the groundwork for the expected visit of president donald trump to china in early november the white house confirmed at the weekend the president from would also be visiting south korea japan the philippines and vietnam another vexed issue of course is trade the fact that china still exports far more to the united states than the united states sends to china and the united states says tha

secretary of state rex tillerson will be here in beijing north korea will be top of the agenda and this gives china the chance to say look we are doing all we can to rein in north korea we are enforcing sanctions we're not backsliding in any way as some people suggest we are doing what you and the united nations have asked us to do we are complying with united nations security council resolutions and doing our best to try to make north korea see reason but of course the issue now is how will north korea respond to what china has done given that the two countries are supposed to be friends and allies as kathy pointed out just a few moments ago there are a number of big anniversaries coming up here and of course in november the president of the united states could be here in china and for the first time he'll be within missile range and we will have him here side by side with president xi jinping so yes it's fair to assume the north will almost certainly carry out another test of some sort to demonstrate its annoyance with what china has done adrian brown reporting live there from beijing

let's go to asia now, and us secretary of state rex tillerson is heading to beijing for talks about theorth korea. on thursday, china announced a range of economic measures against pyongyang, but many in the us think they are not doing enough. sharanjit leyl is following this for us in singapore. what are we expecting to hear today? imean, i what are we expecting to hear today? i mean, i can tell you more about the sanctions first, before getting into rex tillerson‘s visit which is about to go. it is part of china's effo rts about to go. it is part of china's efforts to apply un sanctions and it was proposed following pyongyang's six nuclear tests. what is crucial is china is responsible for around 90% of north korea's international commerce and as we spoke about, we know the us secretary of state rex tillerson is heading to beijing for talks but ahead of the visit we are hearing submit comments from the us state department saying that congress will need to give china a chance to actually exert this economic russia north korea before imposing any new measures. we have also had something

sect of state rex tillerson has issued a statement calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea he said china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless launches by taking direct actions of their own craig easton's in tokyo with more. this missile launch probably wasn't unexpected though by japan given that north korea threatened japan if it supported the united states at the un security council for those stronger sanctions which of course happened so that was expected some analysts actually believe that north korea would launch another missile test last saturday on foundation day a significant day for the north koreans but they did have bad weather on that day and they were solar flares which we're told into fees with the electronics and perhaps that's why that missile launch didn't could then but this one indeed is timely it is the second missile launch in a month it's the fourth missile test ever to go across the top of japan there was one in nine hundred ninety eight and that the one in ninety nine and in two thousand and nine both of those wer

sector of state rex tillerson issued a statement calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea. says it was behind coordinated attacks in southern iraq at least sixty people died and dozens injured when fighters target a restaurant on a police checkpoint near the city of nasiriyah some of the victims were shit muslims visiting from iran. as more. some the rock has been spared much of the violence that the rest of the country has seemed to in the west and in the north and now this attack took place just after lunchtime gunmen attacked the checkpoint which leads into southern iraq and then two suicide car bombs exploded outside of. iraq as i say has been spared much of the violence and i saw have claimed responsibility for this particular attack now they do claim responsibility for a number of attacks not just here but abroad as well but it is likely to be an isolated attack this is a message really from the group saying that you may have beaten us into law for in mosul you may have surrounded us in the last remaining stronghold but we are still able to attack you in

. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson says he is optimistic. >> the threat is the same but the nature of t agreements are different in terms of what's necessary to achieve the objective, a denukized north korea and iran that never pursues nuclear weapons. >> i asked nikki haley if walking away from the iran nuclear deal hurts the ability to get a deal with north korea. >>> and coming up next, the impact of flint's tainted water on the health of women and babies. want in on the secret to ageless skin. take the olay 28 day challenge. millions of real women see results starting day 1. "there is not a friend i have, that will not own this product"" visible results or your money back olay. ageless. mom i dropped my ball. got it. ewwww oh eat it! lysol kills 99.9% of bacteria on soft and hard surfaces. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. you're lucky you're cute. lysol max cover with 2x wider coverage kills 99.9% of bacteria. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. have you any wool?eep, no sir, no sir, some nincompoop stole all my wool sweaters, smart tv

. >> joining us is secretary of state rex tillerson. great to have you here. >> pleasure to be here. >> let's dive into the news. first on russia and then south korea. first of all we have president trump with the tough, new sanctions. his tweet. kim jong-un already saying that he's considering the strongest actions. i want to break this down for people at home. they already tested a bomb more powerful than what we saw in world war ii. they've tested several intercontinental ballistic missiles. overnight they were talking about the detonation of an h-bomb in the pacific. how do we stop them? they have done everything they said they were going to do already? >> well, david, we are quite challenged but our diplomatic efforts are continuing unabated. we have put in place the strongest economic sanctions to ever have been assembled against kim jong-un so he is being tested with the sanctions. voices from every corner of the world are calling on him to cease his program and come to the table and let's talk about the future of north korea and

the latest word from the state department and us secretary of state rex tillerson is a call for russiat actions themselves against north korea and these launchers. how likely is that, do you think? i think we may have lost the line to washington. that seems to have frozen on dr hwang. we will try to get her back and get the latest from washington and the american response. for now, we will move on. up to 1,000 people are still missing in sierra leone after the devastating mudslide that hit the city of freetown last month. more than 500 people are known to have died in the disaster. thousands more have had to leave their homes. 0ur correspondent umaru fofana has been to freetown, to meet some of the survivors and find out how they're coping. the scale of this disaster is immense. no warnings, no time to escape. they all died. the whole family, they all died. one month on, a steady stream of grieving people still return to thing site, with photographs of those who were killed. the country had never seen anything like it. it's rained for days. the mudslide was accompanied by flash floodin

amid the nuclear showdown in north korea, secretary of state rex tillerson says that the united statescontact with the hermit kingdom. that revelation as he spoke to reporters in beijing. after the secretary met with chinese and other top diplomates. multiple channels of communication are open to the north. president trump this weekend defending his administration's response to storm ravaged puerto rico and casting blame on the mayor. suggesting that the island is not doing enough to help itself. more on both of these stories at the top of the hour when i see you with jillian turner. in the meantime, back to cashin' in. >> talk about foul, the fbi accusing several college basketball coaches and staff of bribing players and getting kickbacks from sponsors. juan, you say if they'd play the college players there would be no more schemes? >> i don't know if they'd eliminate all schemes. but most would go away. why? because if you put money on the table in plain view of everybody and said to the ncaa, the governing body, you can control this and you don't have to rely on minor aau and other

secretary of state rex tillerson went even further in a statement calling out north korea's allies by name, saying china supplies north korea with most of its oil. russia is the largest employer of north korean forced labor. china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless launches by taking direct actions of their own. in an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council will take place at 3:00 p.m. today. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says that possible sanctions represent just the floor of actions that could be taken against north korea. kendis, diane. >> that's lana zak for us live from washington. >>> the president signed a resolution condemning white supremacists, neo-nazis and deadly violence in charlottesville. >> but discuss hours before that announcement the president revised his position suggesting both sides were to blame for the violence. >> especially in light of the advent of antifa if you look at what's going on there you have some pretty bad dudes on the other side too and that's what i said. really what's happened since charlottesville, a l

. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson says he is optimistic that the u.s. can handle both threats. >> the threat is the same but the nature of the agreements are going to be quite different in terms of what's necessary to achieve the objective, a denuclearized north korea and iran that never pursues nuclear weapons. >> i asked u.n. ambassador nikki haley if walking away from the iran nuclear deal makes it harder to broker a deal with north korea. her response? it shows that the american president is look out for the american people. >> thanks, margaret. >>> and coming up next, the impact of flint's tainted water on the health of women and babies. you're lucky you're cute. lysol max cover with 2x wider coverage kills 99.9% of bacteria. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. when your t-shirt smells more appoinlike a t-bone...house? that's when you know it's half-washed. add downy with odor protect for 24-hour odor protection. downy and it's done. not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is abs

secretary of state rex tillerson talking about the iran nuclear deal but let's cross over now to the united nations where the quatre prime minister is speaking with the job of barak on how much. i mean yeah the. build devastated areas that are meant to be. due to absolutely do have. it examined. like we are and you are no commitment to provide all forms of support and you have to help iraq to fulfill all of its remaining all the geishas i don't want to undermine rather than security council resolutions that the three of them will be my sorry good at all so that was it can regain its regional and international role and standing to say that he's mr president i mean how. i'm seeing this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the occupation of the palestinian territories in nineteen sixty seven. this is the only arab cause that has been saturated with united nations resolutions international and regional initiatives and none has been implemented due to the intransigence of the israeli occupying power and its listen explicit and blatant refusal should you to implement the resolutions of i

. >> secretary of state rex tillerson possibility of closing the u.s. embassy in cuba following incident on american diplomats. the cuban government denies involve president and allows fbi agents in the country to investigate. president trump gearing up for a big week. he well be face-to-face with fellow world leaders at the united nations' general assembly and as gloria riff air ya shows, you there is plenty on the again. president trump spending the sunday morning on twitter and retweets are raising eyebrows including one showing the president hitting hillary clinton with a ball. the president also retweeting ups renewing the calls for tougher travel ban. in reaxe to the bombing on london train on friday. >> will we see a new one? well, this is something we are looking at. how to protect the american people better. how to ensure that we know who these people are, who are moving. >> but the uk prime minister is pushing a york this week. one of the issues i will be raising this in the united nations is the question of the use of the internet and by terr

secretary of state rex tillerson responding right here on "gma." >>> and let the games begin.rry about to kick off the invictus games. meghan markle expected to be right by his side. is an engagement about to be announced? ♪ >>> your perfect personalized plan. is the key to finding the right diet for you really hiding in your dna? the at home test that could be the key to living your healthiest life. dr. ashton weighs in. >>> lecrae and tori kelly with their latest hit you have to hear. >> and they're here to say -- >> both: good morning, america. ♪ >>> okay, that was not the first take. they were out there a while. you were having a good time with them? a lot of fun. >> happy friday, happy first day of fall. great to have david with us here on a friday morning. >> great to be here and deliver the exciting announcement. i always said you look adorable for 5 years old. healthier and wider than any 5-year-old i ever met. i was watching and not a dry eye from where i was watching either. so proud of you. >> thank you. >> weren't any dry eyes here in the studio as well. you know,

now secretary of state rex tillerson is right here responding live on "gma." >>> facebook, the social media giant admitting russians bought thousands of ads, many of them praising donald trump or attacking hillary clinton. now turning them over to congress. is this proof russia was meddling in the election? >>> and blockbuster lawsuit. tom cruise called out after tragedy around his latest action movie. a plane crash killing two pilots. did the producers push the crew too hard? >>> and we do say good morning, america. great to have david here with us on this friday morning. we are following multiple breaking stories. >> we do. we have new developments coming in moments ago. president trump responding to kim jong-un's threat that north korea may test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific ocean. response and we'll also speak exclusively with secretary of state rex tillerson live in our studio. >> also hurricane maria is on the move tracking north. its effects could be felt along the east coast. >> right now it's closing in on turks and caicos and they're seeing heavy rain and strong winds. yo

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secretary of state rex tillerson is in china for the second time this year to discuss north korea's nuclear threat the u.s. wants china to take tougher actions against pyongyang in response to its missile and nuclear weapons tests on thursday beijing announced an all north korean companies in china have been ordered to shut down by early twenty one thousand president trumps first official visit to china is expected to take place in november let's get more now from adrian brown he joins us live from beijing adrian rex tillerson i was just in beijing six months ago so why is he back there now. well daryn an awful lot has happened during the past six months tensions on the north korean peninsula have reached really unprecedented levels and of course there remain still deep trade friction between china and the united states but of course rex tillerson is really here a century not just to talk about north korea but also to lay the groundwork for president donald trump's first inaugural visit here to china that's going to happen sometime in the first two weeks of november so a lot to talk about t

and north korea expected to be a major focus of that meeting. >> secretary of state rex tillerson saysewing whether to shut down the newly reopened u.s. embassy in havana after 21 diplomats mysteriously got sick. the associate press reports some have permanent hearing loss or concussions. others suffered nausea headaches and earing. it's unknown what caused this. >> week two in the nfl washington los angeles against the rams under two minutes to go tied at 20 cousins ryan grant 11 yards puts the skins up 27-20. rams get the ball back. jared goff who was the top pick last year gets the last pick right here. skins win 27 to 20. >> all right. good morning to you. thank you for >> today is monday, september 18th. we are watching the roads, watching weather. mike thomas and erin here to give us the break down. >> how about those redskins. >> how about 'em? [laughter] >> what does that mean. >> how about 'em. >> all right, guys let's get to the weather forecast. they won. that's not the worst start in the world. >> it's a good thing. >> it's a good thing at great thing. let's get to the weat

secretary of state rex tillerson echoing those remarks. the president, himself, a few days left the door open for diplomacy saying he believes that kim jong-un is beginning to respect the united states saying, maybe, but not probably something good will come of that. after that we saw north korea launch missiles over japan and the president tweet out saying talking is not the answer. there is the tweet there. a very, very concerning moment and, again, the response from the white house here will determine this relationship moving forward. >> boris sanchez for us from washington, thank you. >>> we want to go to cnn chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. we look at this this morning. russia calling for the strongest com deny nation of the north korea nuclear test and china saying the same and south korea saying the same. all of these condemnations a lot of people will say they have gotten us nowhere and haven't slowed down the proliferation of these regimes to test the nuclear ambition. where do we go from here? >> that is abso

we will see. >> bret: standby, we are getting word secretary of state rex tillerson is on his way.th the russians. we are at the white house. he is at the united nations. we hope to talk to him next, or you may see the ♪ 's the one we are alive at the white house. the focus this week, international relations. president addressing the general assembly. making a case for his america first policy and against what he called the evil regimes of north korea and iran. also mentioning venezuela. let's talk with the country's top diplomat, secretary of state rex tillerson joins us from new york. mr. secretary, thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >> bret: i want to start with what you wrapped up with, the meeting with the russians. how is it going, that relationship. what is the fallout from the meeting? >> i think we have established many points of contact with the russians had various levels. obviously we've been dealing with a few differences over our embassies. i think we've got that stabilized. importantly, we know what the big issues are. we continue to find areas of mutual interest

rex for secretary of state rex tillerson. the photo was shotap an april press conference with president trump and the scenl of nato. contacted by cbs, spicer refused comment on the photo or the suggestion his notes could become part of mueller's investigation into russia meddling and the trump campaign. on abc this morning, spicer deflected all mueller-related questions. >> has the mueller team reached out to you at all? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> you have hired a lawyer? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> so you haven't been subpoenaed? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> did you ever here inside the white house that mueller should be fired? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> reporter: as press secretary, spicer tried several ways to undercut the russia story. >> if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a russian connection. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed mueller is likely to request an interview with spicer. we l

secretary of state rex tillerson indicated today the united states is considering closing the u.s.in cuba as punishment. >> we have it under evaluation. it's a very serious issue with the harm that certain individuals have suffered. we brought some of those people home. it is under review. >> tillerson statement comes two days after republicans wrote a letter urging him to hold cuba responsible for failing to protect american diplomats. it reads in part, we urge you to remind the cuban government of its obligation and demand that it take verifiable action to remove these threats to our personnel and their family. we ask that you immediately declare all cuban diplomats in the united states persona and grotto and if they don't take tangible action, close the u.s. embassy in havana. in 2015. [inaudible] >> the situation is so bizarre. you're in one part of the room and you don't hear anything. you go lie on the bed and it's like the entire room is vibrating. what does the cuban government say. >> they did speak to the top diplomat. they have no idea where this mysterious attack is com

says it's maintaining direct channels of communication with north korea secretary of state rex tillerson visits china for talks. of the mayor of puerto rico's capital someone has accused the trumpet ministration of killing people for inefficiency ten days after hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory it is starting to reach communities in need in the white house has appointed a three star general to oversee relief operations but carmen you and cruz says it's not happening quickly enough we are here. not cannot fathom the thought. that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out the logistics for in small island of one hundred miles of my thirty five miles i am begging begging anyone that can hear us to save us from dying. if anybody out there is listening to us we are dying and you are killing us with the inefficiencies and the bureaucracy well donald trump has hit back via twitter accusing his political rivals of telling the mayor someone to criticize them in another tweet he said some poor leadership ability by the mayor someone and all those imports who we kill were not a

says it's maintaining direct channels of communication with north korea secretary of state rex tillerson is in beijing meeting his counterpart wangi on a second trip to the chinese capital this year yes wants china to increase the economic pressure on north korea over its nuclear weapons. thousands of people have been gathering in washington d.c. to protest against racism and police brutality in the u.s. two rallies were held the march for racial justice and the march for black women organizers are calling for an end to what they say is systemic racism. at least fifty people have been arrested in the swedish city of gold somebody joining a demonstration by a far right and group members of the nordic resistance movement form of counter demonstrators from police officer and several other people were injured. up to twenty eight people have been killed in airstrikes in the rebel held if the province of syria u.k. based group the syrian observatory for human life said the four children were among the dead but they've not been able to verify whether the strikes were carried out by the syrian g

let's talk with the country's top diplomat, secretary of state rex tillerson joins us from new york. mr. secretary, thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >> bret: i want to start with what you wrapped up with, the meeting with the russians. how is it going, that relationship. what is the fallout from the meeting? >> i think we have established many points of contact with the russians had various levels. obviously we've been dealing with a few differences over our embassies. i think we've got that stabilized. importantly, we know what the big issues are. we continue to find areas of mutual interests, cooperation in syria. we are both focused on defeating isis in syria, stabilizing the country so the civil war does not re-erupt and moving to the -- geneva talks and the security council resolution. we have common objectives. sometimes we have different tactics and certainly we have different interests. in a lot of serious work underway in syria to see if we can find a solution. we discussed the situation in ukraine where we have an engagement underway to see if we can't move that proce

needs and i get back to business. ♪ ♪ stare with me into the abyss ( ♪ ) kelly: secretary of state rex tillersonfor diplomatic talks with u.s. and north korea. tillerson revealing to reporters in china that the administration has opened lines with communications with the regime and is trying to get them to come to the table. let's bring in harry, director of defense studies at the center for national interest. let me start with showing some of the statements that secretary tillerson has made. we will bring it up right now. you can see it says, we have line of communication to pyongyang, we are not in a dark situation, a blackout, we have a couple three channels open to pyongyang, we can talk to them, we talk to them. break that down for me, harry, does it mean we are in direct dialogue with north korea and if so, why the tough rhetoric between our two leaders? >> well, i'm sure we are. keep in mind there actually north korean representatives in the united states. a lot of people don't know this. the north koreans have active in new york city, that might be one of the ways that the administration

ministers around the table and then i think the next speaker is likely to be the secretary of state rex tillerson yes and we're just looking at participants filing into the room now so sure that well that meeting will begin shortly but james we're expecting to hear from rex tillerson as he said and we've often when it comes to issues of foreign policy national security spoken about. something of a difference between rex tillerson and his boss u.s. president donald trump how how much concern do you think there might be within the administration in washington about a nuclear confrontation on two fronts. well i think that is a concern the fact that president trump is talking about. taking on in some way or other north korea certainly but also to opening up that iran nuclear deal if he decides not to certify it he says he's already made that decision he has to make a decision by the fifteenth of october that is the date of certification so it does present a big challenge interesting that twenty four hours ago here at the security council in the consultations room which is just off the main chamber of

. >> secretary of state rex tillerson has revealed there are open lines of communications between the united states and north korea. this, as he tries it lower tensions with kim jong-un's regime. we'll get the latest. leland: plus, fallout from president trump's tweets on puerto rico this morning, calling the mayor of san juan leadership skills poor. what she has to say about that. gillian: a day after health and human secretary price resigns over a travel scandal. what's underreview for other white house officials. ♪ . gillian: welcome to america's news headquarters from washington d.c., i'm gillian turner in today for elizabeth prann. leland: great to be sitting with you on a day when we have so much from north korea. secretary of state rex tillerson acknowledging for the first time, the u.s. has direct channels open to the north korean regime. the secretary making the announcement while in beijing meeting with the chinese prison. kristin fisher on the ground in new jersey where the president is spending a working weekend at his golf club there. kristin, this broke a couple of hours

but secretary of state, rex tillerson, said sunday, the president was willing to work with partners onhat are fair and balanced for americans. >> more fall-out from the data breach at equifax, two key executives, the chief information officer, and chief security officer, are retiring , and leaving the company immediately. hackers gain access to information on about 143 million americans, including social security numbers, and much more. >> it is reported that rolling stone magazine will be put up for sale. the magazine founded in 1967, by a then 21 year old, yawn winner, it would become the bible every counter culture, the sale plans were devised by mr. wynn err's son, that's according to the new york times. aside from changes in the publishing industry, rolling stone took big hit following the publication of a botched story about an unproven gang rape, at the university of virginia. back to you. >> thank you, so much, hena, we'll check in with you again tomorrow. >> in other news today, north korea high on the agenda as world leaders gather in new york today for the annual united nati

secretary of state rex tillerson is on his way now from his trip to beijing this week but before he leftternoon, he had some pretty hopeful news about north korean relations at this point. at a press briefing in china secretary tillerson says the u.s. has direct lines of communication to pyongyang and that the country is not in the dark. tillerson says they're probing and working on talks with north koreans before they complete their weapons development program. >>> and tension between the u.s. and cuba continues to grow following the departure of more than half of the american embassy in havana this week. according to officials, the embassy will lose roughly 60 percent of its u.s. staff and will stop processing visas in cuba indefinitely. the order to leave comes as a response to mysterious recent specific attacks harming the health of u.s. diplomats. roughly 50 americans work at the embassy in havana. >>> mexico city impromptu memorials for victims and rescuers are popping up as the capitol begins to come to terms with its losses after 38 buildings collapsed in mexico's 7.1 magnitude e

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secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. may cle the u.s. embassy over a host of unexplained health problems that embassy workers are suffering, including hearing loss and brain injury. the health problems appear to be caused by some form of sonic attack. cuban officials deny any involvement in the attack and are cooperating with u.s. officials to investigate the incidents. in st. louis, missouri, more than 80 people were arrested sunday in a a third straight nit of protests over the acquittal of a white former police officer for the murder of 24-year-old african american anthony lamar smith. police officer jason stockley shot and k killesmsmith 201011 after a highgh-spe c chase. the "st. louis post dispatch" reports that during the chase , officer stockley said he was "going to kill this [bleep], don't you know it." he then told his partner to ram into the back of smith's car, which the other ofofficer does. officer stockley then apapproacs smith'h's car and fires five shots, kililling anthony lamar smith. at the time, stockley y was carrrr

secretary of state rex tillerson says washington is in direct contact with north korea revelation comes as tillerson met with china's leaders to discuss taming north korea's nuclear ambitions. i met her welcome to the program tensions are rising as catalonia prepares to hold its independence referendum on sunday now cattle in the forty's say things are in place for the vote to go ahead but spain's central government is calling the ballot illegal and has sent thousands of police officers to the region to stop it people have occupied many schools in catalonia that would be used as polling stations to try to assure that the referendum cannot take place. ahead of sunday's planned independence votes the cavalry has well and truly arrived breaking cover after camping out on ships in the ports around four thousand extra police officers have been deployed to catalonia assembled from across the country and sent with love from madrid. in the capital a show of spanish unity the sea of red and yellow sending a message please let's stay together. the spanish government has declared to vote illegal a