what do you hope they might discuss when it comes to travis?n't know that i have any expectation they're going to discuss travis. i know they have a lot on their agenda. certainly anything the u.s. government can do to facilitate him coming home is much appreciated and you know, as the d.o.d. said last night, they remain focused on that goal, bringing him home. >> and of course this has already been quite an ordeal for travis and his family. how is his family coping? >> they're overwhlmed, it is hard to become sort of involuntarily famous, when the tv people are showing up at your house, the phone never stops ringing, it's hard. and that's on top of the emotional burden of being worried about your loved one. i think they're coping with it heroically but it's difficult. >> jonathan francs, the spokesman for the family of travis king who we believe now has been confirmed to be held in captivity by north korea. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> we are learning more now about other americans detned as well, two of them in r

do we know anything more about travis king at this - more about travis king at this moment, his whereaboutstion?— moment, his whereabouts, his condition? �* ., , condition? at the moment, this is the information _ condition? at the moment, this is the information that - condition? at the moment, this is the information that is - is the information that is missing from this statement this morning. we don't know his whereabouts, we don't know his condition and we know the us is incredibly concerned about his welfare. the pentagon has said this morning they are trying to negotiate his safe return which they had been doing but we know they had been doing but we know the north koreans hadn't been particularly responsive so what the us has been doing is trying to speak to the north koreans through this diplomatic channel they have with the un command which runs the demilitarised zone. they had a direct hotline to the north korean army but the north koreans have only, to our knowledge, sent one message back, essentially saying that they have travis king in custody and they are investigating.- cust

have you heard from private travis king?ned are you about his safety? we have not heard from him and no reports on his condition. something about that statement suggested that perhaps, to me at least, he's been not treated terribly but we don't know and yes, his mother is terribly concerned and she wants her son back. can you give us any more insight into the way private king might have felt that he was treated when he was a member of the us military because we did hear some hints of that obviously from the north koreans. we also heard something similar from his family earlier. so, travis had sent a text to an uncle indicated he was experiencing racism. he did not elaborate so we don't know from whom, what kind of racism, there is a lot that we don't know. so i would not necessarily see our statement as confirming the north koreans in any way. private king of course, he wasn't a bit of trouble with south korean when he was stationed there, he'd been an south korean prison. he was beiing sent home to the united states when he

state media says travis king harboured ill feelings towards the us army.order with south korea while on a civilian tour of the area. in the last hour i spoke about this with our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie. the first official confirmation from north korea relating to travis king, what are they saying? it's been a month since he made that dash across the border and into north korea where he was taken into north korean custody. this morning, we have heard for the very first time from the north koreans who have released a statement through their state media channel and in that they say that travis king said that he chose to seek refuge in north korea because he was being inhumanely treated in the us army and being racially discriminated against. they also said that he was disillusioned with inequality in america and he wanted to seek asylum, in either north korea or a third country. of course this is just what the north koreans are telling us that travis king said. and the us pentagon this morning has said that it can't of course verify that this is w

this is just what the north koreans are telling us that travis king said.said that it can't verify that this is what travis king has told the north koreans but i think it's worth looking at some of the background to this which is travis king was serving here in south korea and he was in trouble with the us authorities here and with the army, so actually spent some time in detention. he was due to be sent back to the us, where he was going to be disciplined by the army and possibly even discharged. so he chose not to get on that flight back to the us. he booked onto this tour when he dashed across. also, travis king's family gave an interview to abc news in america just a couple of weeks ago. in that interview, they said travis king suggested when they spoke to him on the phone that he had experienced racism in the military and his mental health had deteriorated up until that moment in which he crossed. the other thing to note in the statement is the north koreans say today that he admitted he illegally crossed into the country, so admitted he broke the law.

travis air force base is a big part of fairfield.it's within our city limits, and we take it very seriously, any threats to it. we're careful about building around it as are our other cities in the county, and we work together almost every day to ensure that travis can continue its mission. >> mayor, you've already seen the survey for yourself that a number of residents out there have received. what's your take? >> my take is that this is a push/pull, that they're trying to make people feel that this could be a great thing to have another city. and i think that it's really a fraud. and if people really want to come in and do work around our city, around our base and our county, then they need to come forward, call us, talk to us. this is no way to make friends. >> there's so much mystery behind this, mayor. why do you think no one has been able to get to the bottom of who is behind flannery associates? >> well, they incorporated in delaware, and that in itself is sketchy because in delaware, you cannot dig down and find exactly who i

travis had sent a text _ his family earlier. travis had sent a text to _ his family earlier.d sent a text to an _ his family earlier. travis had sent a text to an uncle - sent a text to an uncle indicated he was experiencing racism. he did not elaborate so we don't know from whom, what kind of racism, there is a lot that we don't know. sly would not necessarily see our statement as confirming the north koreans in any way. private king of course, he wasn't a bit of trouble with south korean when he was stationed there, he'd been an south korean prison. was sent home to the united states he decided to cross the border. do you have any sense how much those factors could have played into his decision to cross that border into north korea? we don't, border into north korea? we don't. and — border into north korea? we don't. and i _ border into north korea? - don't, and i hesitate tojust guess outright but i will tell you that he had done his time in south korea. he was clear —— cleared by the south korean courts, he wasjust cleared by the south korean courts, he was just going hom

that they had reached out regarding travis king.ion over the matter right now. and when you talk to u.s. officials, they're not exactly surprised by that. there is two reasons for that. the biden administration officials have not been in regular contact with the north koreans for the last two and a half years of the biden administration. so it is not like there are active channels of communication that they could have tapped into. there are channels that they could use but they hadn't been active. and the north koreans are trying to figure out to leverage the situation. it appears they weren't expecting travis king to cross over. we don't definitively know that. but they have ended up in a situation where they have an american in their hands. so how do they leverage that? how do they try and engage with the u.s. on that? they're probably trying to figure that out right now. now u.s. officials are not in touch with bill richardson who just spoke to you there. but richardson has traveled to north korea as you noted wolf, mum multiple

overall new thing, not clear views, travis king as an asset or liability. and that's another really good question and it's difficult to tell it could be king is a liability because he's the 1st american soldier to defects. so say, well, he wouldn't be the 1st of the facts that if he has been beads, decided to stay a new career, a number of american soldiers. also i went to mills career during the cold war, baby use full propaganda. they have paid them a lot of propaganda, films, pine, the roles of evil americans. but it was also very difficult for north korea to um, to take in these americans because they involve the loss of monitoring. ready and other such assets to, to maintain them. and bots, united the, the big difference between travis came out of the, of the american soldiers the mines make him more useful. single career is the fact that he's asking american, he's black and snow. korea does sometimes take the opportunity to buy a box out america when america criticized your career for its human rights abuses, no korea often points to america's history

and i think that those career releasing the statements on travis, can you set a king? i went to north korea to escape racism in america. i'm the, it's united reinstatement. a lot of attention and i think it's trying to split the scripts basically to try and diverse attention, possibly away from assigned human rights abuses. overall new thing, not clear views, travers game as an asset auto liability. and that's another really good question and it's difficult to tell it could be king is a liability because he's the 1st american soldier to defects. so say, well, he wouldn't be the 1st of the facts that if he has been beads, decided to stay a new career, a number of american soldiers all sire, uh, when samuel korea, during the cold war baby use full propaganda. they have paid them a lot of propaganda, films, pine the roles of evil americans. but the result is a very difficult for north korea to. ready to take him these americans because they involve the loss of monitoring. ready and others, such as tips to, to maintain them and bots, united the, the big difference between

army private travis king.hey claim he is seeking refuge there, in part due to racial discrimination in the u.s. military. i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn "news central." ♪ >>> the georgia jail where donald trump and his 18 accused co-conspirators are expected to surrender is open and ready for bookings. in fact, the sheriff has made clear it's open 24/7, meaning any defendant at any time could turn themselves in. trump has not indicated exactly when he will be showing up, and there's also no date certain yet for the other 18 charged, but with a deadline set and nine days left, what he and his co-defendants decide to do within this time could matter a great deal in how this case plays out in court. we do know that rudy giuliani has given some suggestion, saying he will turn himself in next week, and trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows, is also making plans, but he's now trying to get his case moved out of georgia and into federal court. we will dive into that strategy, the

travis: i will focus on congress in answering that question. david: i guess we have established that congress is the root of all evil. that is a theme. travis: from 2016 to 2023 congress added $80 billion to procurement accounts. that $80 billion amount is larger than the congressional adjustments made to the three other major defense spending accounts combined. the point of me telling you that is to emphasize something mckenzie just said, which as congress continues to address the defense budget in programmatic terms and also through r&d. they take much less interest in terms of making spending adjustments to the military personnel account. what is required to make reforms to military personnel on the hill? outcomes on the hill depend on the actions of individuals. you need policy entrepreneurs who are willing to frame problems and build coalitions in order to enact any type of meaningful change. it is worth thinking about what is the current pipeline of defense policy entrepreneurs in congress. the united states has been blessed in's the end

north korean state media says travis king harboured ill feelings toward society in general.the us department of defence said, we cannot verify these allegations and remain focused on his safe return. our remain focused on his safe return. 0ur correspondence remain focused on his safe return. our correspondence in south korea gave us this update. it our correspondence in south korea gave us this update.— gave us this update. it has been a month now _ gave us this update. it has been a month now since _ gave us this update. it has been a month now since this _ gave us this update. it has been a month now since this older - gave us this update. it has been a month now since this older dash l month now since this older dash across the border when he was on this tour of the demilitarised zone and he ran into north korea and effectively has disappeared into north korean custody and this is the very first we had publicly heard from the north koreans, who say that travis king has told them he was being inhumanely treated in the army and he was being racially discriminated against an

the fact that they chose to buy all 3 sites travis air force base. a media questions about national security. >> so is this chinese money? we don't know. but we do know that the chinese money was being used in north dakota and we have a very deep suspicion. given the amount of money. given lack of attention values that they simply want to acquire all of this newsnation investigated enough toward a deal with the chinese owned company in grand forks, north dakota >> last year, 300 acres of farmland or purchase near the grand forks air force base by chinese owned fue ideal raising red flags about potential spying after pushback from the local community. the city council ultimately voted to end the project citing national security concerns. garamendi says the local community near travis air force base is riled up just like the residence in grand forks due to how critical this area is for the u.s. military. >> travis air force base absolutely essential. it is the gateway to the pacific. a good deal of the munitions that are going to ukraine. also passed t

he also has a podcast with his brother called "new heights with jason and travis kelce.per bowl champion kansas city chiefs, travis kelce is here tonight [ cheers and applause dude >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: i love that guy. plus, he stars in "magnum p.i.," which premieres this sunday on nbc, with episodes streaming the next day on peacock. jay andez is here! [ rs and applause "magnum p.i. plus, she just won two grammys for best new artist and best jazz vocal album samara joy is here tonight [ cheers and applause phenomenal phenomenal right now, guys, it is time for "tonight show hashtags." here we go ♪ hashtag hashtags ♪ >> jimmy: well, we do this thing every week, where i send out a hashtag, and we ask you guys to respond to that topic. this week, in honor of valentine's day, i sent out the hashtag, "why i'm single." and i asked you guys to tweet out a funny reason why you think you're single. within minutes, it was a a trending topic in the u.s. [ cheers and applause so, thank you very much. now, i'd like to share some of my favorite "why i'm single" tweets from you

we don't know nothing. >> do you know right now where travis is exactly? is he alive?th korea's government? is he somewhere detained? do you know sitting here today where he is? >> sitting here today i don't know where he is. the only thing i know is there's a picture of him on the news from the backside, and they're saying travis king ran across the border. that's the only thing i know. i don't know nothing else. >> so you don't even have confirmation it sounds like that that in fact was your relative, was travis your loved one that even crossed over that border? >> no, i don't. i don't have -- i don't know anything. the only thing i was told was that they're talking to them, and they acknowledged that they have him, i guess. but i still don't know like if that's -- if he's even really over there. i don't know if he is over there -- i don't know. it's frustrating. >> frustrating, of course. and this is your brother, and as you hear myron talking about i wonder when was the last time you spoke with him. as we talk a little bit about the time line the world seems to und

the fact that they chose to buy all 3 sites 3 travis air force base. a media questions about national security. >> so is this chinese money? we don't know. but we do know that the chinese money was being used in north dakota and we have a very deep suspicion. given the amount of money. given lack of attention to values that they simply want to acquire all of this newsnation investigated toward a deal with the chinese owned company in grand forks, north dakota >> last year, 300 acres of farmland or purchase near the grand forks air force base by chinese owned fue ideal raising red flags about potential spying after pushback from the local community. the city council ultimately voted to end the project citing national security concerns. garamendi says the local community near travis air force base is riled up just like the residence in grand forks due to how critical this area is for the u.s. military. >> travis air force base absolutely essential. it is the gateway to the pacific. a good deal of the munitions that are going to ukraine. also passed throu

. >> we love you, travis.e home. >> what they're saying about the mystery surrounding why he decided to jump across the border from south korea. >> the new lawsuit over the popular drug ozempic and claims that it causes stomach paralysis. plus a new proposal to limit how often kids can use their cell phones. and later, the scandal over this untrained athlete allowed to enter a global competition. the fallout over the embarrassing race and who's to blame from new york. >> this is america. this morning. >> good thursday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you, maria and ali. we begin with new security measures overnight as former president trump faces a new arraignment today. >> he'll head from his golf resort in new jersey to washington this afternoon to answer to felony charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. >> overnight is former attorney general bill barr spoke out about the case and the argument being made by trump's attorney. >> abc's em nguyen is outside th

someone has been buying up a lot of land around travis air force base in solano county. the government says it knows almost nothing about the buyer or what the buyer wants to do with the land. >> we need that land around travis air force base protected. >> reporter: the mayor is worried a corporation that has bought thousands of acres of land could be up to no good. >> there's a large land holder now. >> reporter: a corporation has spent nearly $900 until on land around the air force base but nobody knows precisely who they are or what they intend to do with the property. >> the bottom line question, who the hell are these people? we don't know. >> reporter: the congressman says national security could be at risk. the fbi and the triesry department are investigating. >> it's very concerning the land they purchased on three sides of the base positioning whoever is there to be in a place to gain intel gents, information or disrupt operations. >> reporter: plans to create a new city that would include tens of thousands of new homes and 10,000 acres of parks and open space.

the first official confirmation from north korea relating to travis king, what are they saying?en he was on this tour of dmz and he ran into north korea and has disappeared into north korean custody and this is very first we have publicly heard from the north koreans, who say travis king has told them he was being inhumanely treated in the army and he was being racially discriminated against and also he was complaining or had become disillusioned with the inequality in america and saw —— for these reasons they said travis king wanted to either claim asylum in north korea or a third of the country. this is only what the north koreans are telling us travis king has said because we have not heard from him directly since he crossed orseen him directly since he crossed or seen him. the pentagon said earlier they cannot verify these alleged comments, there are a couple of things worth noting which is travis king was in trouble with the authorities in trouble with the authorities in south korea before he crossed, he was due to be sent back to the us where he would be disciplined by the

flannery has since told us they hope to avoid any interference with travis. more to come. >> clearly. >> thank you stephanie. >> to get in touch with the i-team, you can call this number on your screen or go to abc7news.com/i-team. >> happening now, another spare the air alert in effect as well as an air quality advisory because of the fires to the north. >> this comes as we monitor dangerous fire conditions for parts of the bay area. >> let's get to sandhya patel. >> as made look at c conditions in the hills, the concern is that the winds are gusting kate right now, not strong, just out of the north at west peak and a hood mountain 19 miles per hour. what that is doing is drying out our atmosphere. but tif humidity in knoxville, 13, hawkeye 15, red flag warning's up for parts of the north until 8:00 p.m. tonight as a result of the dry, gusty wind. expecting any fires that developed to quickly grow and spread. hopefully we don't see that happen. it is certainly that north wind that has caused a deterioration of air quality and is bad for sensitive groups in s

and this is the very first we publicly heard from the north koreans who say that travis king has told and he was being racially discriminated against, and also that he was complaining, or he'd become disillusioned, with the inequality in america. and so for these reasons, they say travis king had said that he wanted to either claim asylum in north korea or a third other country. but this is only what the north koreans are telling us travis king has said, because we haven't heard from him directly since he crossed. we haven't seen him. and the pentagon has said earlier that they cannot verify these alleged comments. but there's a couple of things i think worth noting, which is, travis king was in trouble with the authorities here in south korea before he crossed, and he was due to be sent back to the us, where he was going to be disciplined by the military, and possibly even discharged. his parents gave an interview to abc news in america just a couple of weeks ago, and they said in this time prior to his return, prior to him crossing, he had said in one of the phone calls that he was

well, the soldier is travis king, he's 23 years old. and on july 8, teenth he dramatically and unexpectedly ran across the border of the demilitarized zone, the 38 parallel that divides the korean peninsula and went to north korea. uh now at this point uh, people been waiting to see what would be said from the north 3 inside did bars to re, uh, you know, uh, did they acknowledge that he is there? has he been taken into custody? we now have a statement that was given, this was put forward by the korean central news agency saying that he did indeed com and that he was investigated and that he fled to north korea to escape racism and the static miss treatment by the united states. here is what we've heard now from the north korean officials. during the investigation, travis king confessed that he had decided to come over to the d. p r k s e carpet, the feeling against the instrument maltreatment and racial discrimination within in us army. he also express, he's willing less to seek refuge unit, tpr k or 3rd country, saying that he was the

it collects travis air force base is the gateway to the pacific. >> we have to protect travis.l ongoing. >> that is the mystery we are trying to find out. >> there is a lot of speculation. >> sources familiar say flannery associates bought the farm land with hopes to build a utopian city focused on affordable housing, clean energy and sustainable infrastructure yet for five years no one knew why. sources confirmed to our team that flannery is backed heavy weights of silicon valley, a slew of tech billionaires. the firm was formed in delaware a state with strong legal protections to guard corporate ownership. flannery has purchased more than 300 parcels of land in solano county since 2018, dozens of which are now bordering the three sides of travis air force base. solano county administrator says the price point and strategic location initially caught their attention. at what point throughout that period of time did you become concerned about the acquisitions? >> as early as 2019 we were getting concerned. >> public records obtained by the team show that in 2019 it flannery purc

and this is the very first we publicly heard from the north koreans who say that travis king has toldwas being racially discriminated against, and also that he was complaining, or he'd become disillusioned, with the inequality in america. and so for these reasons, they say travis king had said that he wanted to either claim asylum in north korea or a third other country. but this is only what the north koreans are telling us travis king has said, because we haven't heard from him directly since he crossed. we haven't seen him. and the pentagon has said earlier that they cannot verify these alleged comments. but there's a couple of things i think worth noting, which is travis king was in trouble with the authorities here in south korea before he crossed, and he was due to be sent back to the us, where he was going to be disciplined by the military, and possibly even discharged. his parents gave an interview to abc news in america just a couple of weeks ago, and they said in this time prior to his return, prior to him crossing, he had said in one of the phone calls that he was experienc

news i team has confirmed the investment firmbes acquired nearlyll the available land surrounding travis air fase. this comes as a survey was sent out to residents prompting more questions from local officials. >> i see it has an tonight with exclusive new developments, you'll see only on seven. steph, thanks for being here. >> yes, karina, tonight we can confirm local and federal officials are concerned that flannery has acquired land adjacent to a critical communications squadron on the base that is privy to sensitive information tied to our national security. all of this unfolding as a survey was sent out to residents this week. several mayors believe is tied to flannery. it's raising questions as to what will happen with more than 55,000 acres that's now been acquired. the mystery shrouding a massive nearly billion dollar land acquisition encroaching one of the most critical military bases in the western us has yet another layer . >> flannery just bought other land that goes right up to the base. and so the entire base is encircled. >> now public records obtained by the i-team show t

well, i read interesting information just about this travis kina that right now north korea can hold for a long time because it will use it for its political purposes, so it will say look at how these american imperialists treat the black population the black-skinned population cannot stand it and it simply flees from the army from the country where they flee to us they flee to us they will come to the states you can escape anywhere well if you want you want to be in the states there is south america in the end you can go to cuba no you have to die that way well, there is also information about the fact that this travis king was not very good according to the list, because of which he was forced to flee somewhere because maybe something was waiting for him right there in the army after returning to the united states of america well, where to run when you think where to hide and in the north korea to hide. he thought he would be carried there. well, i don't know. and in conclusion, i've been telling you a lot lately about donald trump, but how can i not tell you how he gets into the n

travis: that is still the big open question, how far they go. they said in their statement they are going to monitor inflation expectations, and want to take on monitor and have moderation going forward. there is a question about how far they will go. the big news is that they went this far and this fast. shery: our brazil and latin economics editor travis, as we await other emerging-market central inc. decisions that could lead an easing cycle. here in the u.s. the $6.5 trillion stock rally is hitting a wall following labor market data that ramp up in treasury issuance and aqs credit downgrade. -- a u.s. credit downgrade. a lot for investors to digest. how big was the market impact given that this is historic, a second credit rating downgrading? >> traders were concerned about turbulence in the treasury market and the hot jobs data that renewed concerns that the federal reserve will have to tighten further. many macro folks i was speaking to say this is not a concern. what spooked investors today was the u.s. treasury sting its quarterly bond s

and this is the very first we publicly heard from the north koreans who say that travis king has told was complaining, or he'd become disillusioned, with the inequality in america. and so for these reasons, they say travis king had said that he wanted to either claim asylum in north korea or a third other country. but this is only what the north koreans are telling us travis king has said, because we haven't heard from him directly since he crossed. we haven't seen him. and the pentagon has said earlier that they cannot verify these alleged comments. but there's a couple of things i think worth noting, which is travis king was in trouble with the authorities here in south korea before he crossed, and he was due to be sent back to the us, where he was going to be disciplined by the military, and possibly even discharged. his parents gave an interview to abc news in america just a couple of weeks ago, and they said in this time prior to his return, prior to him crossing, he had said in one of the phone calls that he was experiencing some sort of racism within the military and that his m

. >>> the family of travis king is speaking out. the american soldier who ran across the dmz into north korea and still being detained there. his family is pushing back on statements that he defected to the north korean army. this is cnn "news central." >>> keep your eyes on this courthouse in washington d.c. today. it now becomes the center of the legal and political universe really in some sense hours from now, donald trump will come here and once he steps inside, he will again be under arrest. under arrest for the third time in four months as he faces a new round of criminal charges. at this courthouse, donald trump is expected to be fingerprinted. not expected to have a mug shot taken, he is to face a magistrate judge and all indications he'll plead not guilty to all four counts. new details on how his lawyers plan to defend him coming in, planning to argue the lies about the 2020 election are protected speech under the first amendment and they're trying to prove that trump new the claims. but overnight bill barr had this to say

remains on bringing travis king home. this report, north korean state media claims that king had confessed that he illegally intruded into north korea from a tour in the joint security area there on the border there, the dmz, and that he, quote, harbored ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the u.s. army. so it seems there that at least according to north korean state media that king had confessed to running over, that he was trying to escape the u.s. army. meanwhile, a spokesperson for travis king's family responded by saying ms. gates, that is, king's mother, is aware of today's report, quotes, from kcna. dprk authorities, north korean authorities, are responsible for travis's well-being. and she continues to appeal to them to treat him humanely. she's a mom worried about her son and would be grateful for a phone call from him. this, jim, as we reported just a couple weeks ago that the u.s. is still trying to figure out whether to label king a prisoner of war that would at least in t

we don't have direct comments from travis king. we still haven't seen him since a month ago when he crossed the military demarcation line into north korea while on a civilian tour of the dmz, the joint security area. so certainly what u.s. officials are trying to do now is find out more information about his whereabouts, about his condition for example. that was not touched upon in state run media. also heard from his mother through a family spokesperson after this announcement from pyongyang and she said that she asks pyongyang to treat her son, quote, humanely. she also asks for a phone call with him. but we know from previous cases, from precedences of u.s. detainees in the country, that is very unlikely. but certainly the concerns about travis king are increasing, but there is finally some acknowledgement from north korea that he is even in the country. he had served about 50 days in a south korean detention facility, he had been facing charges of assault in south korea. so certainly that is being looked at as well as a potenti

air force base -- sides of travis air force base. massive yet mysterious land purchase encroaching one of the most critical military bases in the u.s. and no one knows why. >> this mysterious entity is unwilling to disclose to anyone, local, state, or federal what it is they are doing and why they are doing. reporter: since 2018, associates purchased nearly 55,000 acres of farmland in solano county and the i team confirmed the company has yet to pull any permits to signal new development or change of land-use. so for years now, the land acquired which is nearly double the size of san francisco just sits there. and its future remains unknown. >> you would think they would want to be cooperative in their work. i've never seen anything like this before in my life. reporter: the mystery is what prompted congressman mike thompson introduce bipartisan legislation to enhance investigations of any land purchased near military bases, national security sites, and critical infrastructure. >> currently, there is a process by which any investment

the young, young and say, travis king, who previously served in side korea has requested asylum in the north after fleeing from the u. s. military because allegedly he says of racism on other mistreatment or to correspond to kill him up and picks up from the well the soldier is travis king, he's 23 years old. and on july 18, he dramatically and unexpectedly ran across the border of the demilitarized zone, the 38 parallel that divides the korean peninsula and went to north korea. uh now at this point uh, people been waiting to see what would be said from the north korean side. we now have a statement that was given. this was put forward by the korean central news agency during the investigation, travis king confessed that he had decided to come over to the d. p r k s e harvard, the feeling against the instrument mel treatment and racial discrimination within in us army. he also expressed his willingness to seek refuge, dpr, k or 3rd country, saying that he was the solution at the equal american society. people were quite shocked. it was an unexpected defection to say, you can just run a

military. >> travis air force base absolutely essential. it is the gateway to the pacific. a good deal of the munitions that are going to ukraine. also passed through travis air force base. >> when i was in a leaf in reporting for us this morning. it's 8.41 and there was a demonstration outside of the state capitol to support a measure that would guarantee workers the right to unionize and negotiate for fair compensation. a california already has some of the strongest union worker protection measures in the country. but this new proposal would secure those protections. >> we've seen in a whole number of states that worker protections of actually been reversed in the last few years. and so in california, we simply want enshrine the constitution. what currently exists for employees. >> the proposal does has a does have a position that is from some that argue that it would lead to businesses leaving the state. the measure needs at least two-thirds approval from the state legislature to get on the 2024 ballot. all right. we've got a lot to get to this morning like the giants to

the soldier is travis king, he's 23 years old. and on july 18 e dramatically unexpectedly ran across the border of the demilitarized zone. the 38 parallel that divides the korean peninsula and went to north korea. uh now at this point uh, people been waiting to see what would be said from the north 3 and side. we now have a statement that was given. this was put forward by the korean central news agency during the investigation, travis can confessed that he had decided to come over to the d. p r k s e harvard, the feeling against the instrument mel treatment and racial discrimination within in us army. he also expressed his willingness to seek refuge unit, tpr k or 3rd country, saying that he was the solution at the an equal american society. people were quite shocked. it was an unexpected defection to so you can just run across the board. this is the eye witness. someone was there a tourist from new zealand who was there on july 18th and watched the american soldiers suddenly dramatically started running across the 38 parallel. i

all right, rob mcbride, following the list of elements on that us army, private travis king. thank you so much for that. rob. okay, turning to china now we're economic problems are deepening with new data falling short of expectations and increasing number of real estate developers are grappling with high dads with worsening crisis in the once booming property sector. katrina, you reports for us now from aging. during the height of the pen demik. this factory exploded a record number of bicycles to the united states, but because of inflation into us and biological trade, tensions sales are at reco motors. i have joined the business spell that for 20 years and many of my customer, i, univision, on that 3040 years that have never experience the market aspect. so they reduce foreign demand for chinese goods is just one of the challenges facing the economy. disappointing does have for july points to filtering growth. industrial output grew 3.7 percent from the earlier compared to 4.4 percent. jude retail sales rose by 2.5 percent. the slowest growth since last december. despite t

also we will get reaction from clay travis on the u.s.'s soccer who suffered a humiliating loss at the world cup. we will get reaction from the area of anheuser busch to the mulvaney controversy. today the president celebrated another sports team. the videoworld series champion houston astros. after 10 days at beach his only real event at the white house was a lighthearted celebration and that was a struggle for your 80-year-old cognitively impaired commander-in-chief. take a look. >> is al here? there you are. i could not see you, al. if he doesn't see me [inaudible]. >> [laughing]. >> where is randall? >> right here. there you go, randall. my god, man i road trip for him as a kid and i was older than he was. it wassant easy. people counted you out say you go are past your prime. hell, i know something about that. >> [laughing]. >> laughing laughing. >> sean: after rambling on for a view minutes biden looked dazed and confused. taking zero questions. a serious crisis at home and abroad. for example, we are watching and have our eye on ch

for these reasons, they say travis king wanted to either claim asylum and north korea.e pentagon has said earlier that they cannot verify these alleged comments. there are a couple of things worth noting which is travis king was in trouble with authorities in south korea and do to be sent back to the us where he was going to be disciplined by the military and possibly even discharge. his parents gave an interview to abc news in america a couple of weeks ago saying in this time prior to his return, prior to him crossing, he had said in one of their phone calls that he was experiencing some sort of racism within the military and that his mental state had significantly deteriorated before he crossed. police in china have shared nerve—racking photos of a child playing on a window ledge saying it was part of an effort to watch children playing on high—rise buildings footage taken by a neighbour of a child purportedly playing hide and seek with the neighbours shouted back at them to go inside. please share the video on chinese social media along with the message which read, b

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the fact that they chose to buy all 3 sites 3 travis air force base. a media questions about national security. >> so is this chinese money? we don't know. but we do know that the chinese money was being used in north dakota and we have a very deep suspicion. given the amount of money. given lack of attention to values that they simply want to acquire all of this newsnation investigated toward a deal with the chinese owned company in grand forks, north dakota >> last year, 300 acres of farmland or purchase near the grand forks air force base by chinese owned fue ideal raising red flags about potential spying after pushback from the local community. the city council ultimately voted to end the project citing national security concerns. garamendi says the local community near travis air force base is riled up just like the residence in grand forks due to how critical this area is for the u.s. military. >> travis air force base absolutely essential. it is the gateway to the pacific. a good deal of the munitions that are going to ukraine. also passed throu