we don't have any information at all as to - any information at all as to what is happening to travis kingh koreans have so far said nothing. they have so far said nothing. they have not reported this in state media, they have not acknowledged travis king'sentrance into their country at all. but we have had this morning this news report by the messenger, this washington —based news website, which has got hold of an internal us government report into this, and it gives some of the most detail we have had to date, about exactly what happened when travis king crossed the border. a couple of things it's very important to flag. the first thing is it appears travis king booked this tour of the dmz well in advance of the tour itself, possibly even months in advance. the second detail i think is very illuminating is the account it gives of travis king after he crossed into north korea. it says he then sprinted towards this building on the north korean side, he sprinted to the back of the building where there was a van waiting for him. he got into the van, which was being operated we assume by nort

it appears that travis king went voluntarily across the border to north korea.r words, he was not arrested or detained by the north korean authorities for something that they thought was out of order. he showed up there, and they are going to certainly be suspicious of him and wonder what this is about. it will take a long time to try to figure that out, interrogate him, then try to figure out whether they have any leverage in a discussion to return him, or whether they even want to talk to us about return. helena: you mentioned that likely authorities in north korea will be suspicious about the arrival of private king. as we say, we do not know why he crossed over. based on previous cases, do we know what he could now be cing there? >> there is a whole range of different possibilities. one possibility is that north korea might want to try to use him as a propaganda victory, given how poor u.s.-north korean relations are at the moment. you mentioned the high tensions between the u.s. and north korea, military tensions. previous negotiations over returning americ

. 50. identified as a private second class travis king-— travis king.so, we are expecting the americans to give _ travis king. so, we are expecting the americans to give some - travis king. so, we are expecting the americans to give some sort| travis king. so, we are expecting i the americans to give some sort of briefing on this what will happen now that the man has been taken into north korea? the now that the man has been taken into north korea?— north korea? the big question is why is he there? — north korea? the big question is why is he there? what _ north korea? the big question is why is he there? what are _ north korea? the big question is why is he there? what are his _ is he there? what are his motivations? has he actually defected? it might be considered when he is moved over there that is de facto a defection. the fact that he went voluntarily into north korea, however, doesn't necessarily mean that he still wants to be there. we may get some details and some meat on the bone on that one. it certainly this is a headache that president biden

we've heard about travis king and his - about travis king and his recent history, as he reported he ist of trouble in south korea, getting into fights and causing extensive damage to a police vehicle, it goes back to an incident last october for which she was fined almost $2000. the equivalent of $2000. we know he has been intention quite recently for a few months, just recently released from that. it's not entirely clear whether that attention was directly related to those incidents that i just was directly related to those incidents that ijust mentioned going back to loss 0ctober he's also reportedly, he was the subject of an assault investigation going back to september of last year relates to an alleged incident in a nightclub. to an alleged incident in a nightclub-— to an alleged incident in a nightclub. it's interesting, how did he _ nightclub. it's interesting, how did he not _ nightclub. it's interesting, how did he not get - nightclub. it's interesting, how did he not get on - nightclub. it's interesting, j how did he not get on that plane home westmark he was escorted by mili

of course, we don't know why travis king | him directly.o north korea but from your experience, when people from outside of the country try and do this, is there ever a kind of common motivation here and also, do they often end up being surprised by what they find in north korea? yes and es. find in north korea? yes and yes- common _ find in north korea? yes and yes. common motivation, i find in north korea? yes and - yes. common motivation, travis king is not the first soldier to become disenchanted with the us army, for whatever reason. charles jenkins many years us army, for whatever reason. charlesjenkins many years ago got drunk one day and did much the same. he was actually trying to avoid a deployment to vietnam. but there, the similarities end. north korea now is a very different kind of place from the north korea to which charlesjenkins defected, different atmosphere and a different atmosphere and a different leader. and of course, there is a lot of tension around between north korea and the united states right now. charlesjenkins,

and how do you think they will go about making those assessments about private travis king?re people, an outsider, who has lived in pyongyang. from your experience, how do you think you will be regarded? the north koreans are very thorough in these matters. they will be studying all thee available overt information on private king, of which there is a great deal. the media, of course, have reported extensively on his problems in south korea, and on his attempts to escape. they will probably also be interviewing private king himself. they will likely put him in quarantine for a while. they remain deeply concerned about the spread of covid, but they will want to find out what they can discover from talking to him directly. now, of course, we don't know why travis king went over to north korea, but from your experience, when people from outside the country try and do this, is there ever a kind of common motivation here, and also do they often end up being surprised by what they find in north korea? yes, and yes. common motivation, travis king is not the first soldier to have be

we know that travis king was a soldier that was serving here in south korea.orts from the us officials that he had actually been detained here in south korea, for a number of months and he was due to be sent back to the united states where there was the possibility you might face more disciplinary action. we are hearing conflicting reports today about whether he was actually taken to the airport on monday, but managed to not water is quite unable to get on one of these tours to the militarised zone or whether he failed to turn up for one of these flights. either way he was able to get on this tour of the north korean border and go to this area which is called the joint security area, just to describe this to you, this is the bubble within the demilitarised zone we soldiers are unarmed, and the border between north and south korea simply a line of concrete along the floor and the northern south korean guards had to stand either side of that and face off against each other, since the pandemic the north korean soldiers have been not standing on their side. with t

it's possible that another high-level american could be sent to north korea to get travis king out. hether king actually wants to leave north korea. wolf, and we don't know that. >> good point. brian todd, thank you very much for that report. other news we're following right now here in washington today, the israeli president isaac herzog called the united states, and i'm quoting him now, our greatest partner and friend, while addressing a joint meeting of the u.s. congress. he also acknowledged the disagreements in israel and the united states over the nbc universal over the netanyahu. >> i'm conscious of the questions posed by the greatest of friends. >>> meanwhile, president joe biden warned the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to stop trying to rush through his controversial plan. he urged him and i'm quoting him now, he urged him to build the broadest possible consensus. he spoke during an interview with a "new york times" columnist tom friedman. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." you can always follow me on twitter and instagram @wolfblitzer. you can tweet the s

have we learned more about why travis king did this?we are getting a few new details here from members of his family. notably, his uncle. did speak to the daily beast and suggested that the recent death of travis king's young cousin may have contributed to his unstable mental state at which the uncle speculated may have contributed to his deciding to run across the border there and into north korea. we're learning more about hi back story. he was facing disciplinary action in south korea as a result of assault charges from allegedly assaulting members of the public in south korea. a detention facility before in willing released on july 10th. now july 10th, that was just a ttle over a week before we saw this all play out where he crossed that military demarcation line into north korea, and actually just the day before, he ran across that border, he was supposed to board a flight home back to fort bliss in texas because he was due to be administratively separated from the u.s. army. he was going to be removed from the military all togethe

travis king is far from the only american held by north korea. re looking at how they treated other visitors to see how they might be handling king. >> reporter: travis king joins a sobering list of americans who have been held by the kim regime in north korea. one of the best known among them, otto. >> he was arrested that if true, would barely amount to a college frat prank anywhere in the half-decent world. >> reporter: he was sun tensed to hard labor. he was released by the north koreans after 17 months in captivity and died at age 22, a few days of returning home to ohio. one of the americans held longest? missionary kenneth bay, detained for over two years. he told cnn about his hard labor in the champion. >> carrying rock. shoveling goal. >> reporter: american journalists were arrested in 2009. it took a high-profile message from bill clinton to get them out. >> we fear that at any moment we could be send to a hard labor camp. if these cases are any guide, travis king could be interrogated or ctortured. >> can they use him as a propaganda t

and travis king, as a soldier, would have known this.orted extensively in the korean times. he is said to have been escorted through security by military police officers. he was taken to the boarding gate and at the point they left because they could not escort him onto the plane. it is reported he feigned and pretended to have lost his passport. he was escorted out of the security zone. we know he has made his way 34 miles away to tow the demilitarised zone. it's not totally clear how he managed to do that. normally people would have to sign up three days to a week beforejoining would have to sign up three days to a week before joining these tours, because they are very much watched, it is controlled by the us led un command. whether his military id helped him, there are questions as to whether there was any element of preplanning. the big question is, we still don't know, we haven't got any idea at all what went through his mind to cause, what is likely, one way or the other, to be a diplomatic incident. . , way or the other, to be a d

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the family of travis king, the u.s. s now speaking out in an exclusive interview with nbc. let's go right to matt bradley in seoul who interviewed king's family. u.s. officials say there's been one message about king, butting in since. what did his family tell you? >> reporter: that one message came from the united nations and was acknowledged. more than a week since he dashed into north korea, we haven't heard the north koreans say they have him in detention. we spoke with the family of travis king and they're starting to express frustration with the military, not just the inability to not get him back, but the fact they allowed him out of custody. he was supposed to be on a flight back to texas to face further military justice. instead he slipped out of the airport and made his way to north korea. here's travis king's uncle speaking to nbc exclusively. >> he shouldn't have been at that border in the first place. whoever's job it was for him to get on a plane to come back home, should have made sure he had his passport

the pentagon says 23 year old travis king willfully entered north korea.icials say he was supposed to fly back to the us after being held on assault charges in south korea, but he left the airport and joined a tour of the border region. king was reportedly accused last year of attacking someone at a club and vandalizing a police car. abc's ian pannell tells us efforts to secure his release are now underway. >> well, king level communication has already begun with key allies like sweden and south korea. but clearly it's going to be complex with tensions so high. meanwhile, abc news just speaking with travis king's mother, who says simply she just wants her son home. >> those heightened tensions include north korea launching more missiles and the us recently deploying a nuclear armed submarine to the region. travis king's mother told us she is shocked that her son would do something like this. she says he had no history of mental illness . his 75 million americans are under heat alerts again today. >> phenix, phenix is expecting its 20th consecutive day with

military has named the soldier who crossed into north korea from south korea as private second class travis king , a 23 year—old who was facing discliplinary action. he was on an organised tour of the un—run demilitarized zone which divides the two countries. it's unclear whether he has defected to the country. he's now in custody in north korea. the crisis comes during a particularly tense time with the north, one of the world's most isolated states. it's been reported it has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea of japan. that's according to military officials in south korea. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said the pentagon's main concern was for the soldier's welfare. we believe that he is in brk custody and so we are closely monitoring and investigating the situation. we are working to notify the soldiers next of kin and engaging to address the incident. in terms of my concern, i have absolutely foremost concern about the welfare of our troop. and so we will remain focused on this and, again, this will develop in the next several days and hours. earlier i spoke to our nor

believes travis king is now being interrogated by the north koreans and that it could be some time before king is released. so far, north korea has not issued any statements and has not responded to u.s. efforts to reach out to them. >> david: martha raddatz and our team making the trip to south korea, thank you. >>> back here, former president trump bracing for what he predicts will be an indictment and arrest after being told by the special counsel he is the target again of a federal criminal investigation. and tonight what we have now learned about what was in that letter to trump from the special counsel. here is jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight, former president donald trump is bracing to be indicted as soon as friday on the most serious charges any president has ever faced. alleged crimes related to his effort to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the attack on the capitol on january 6th. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that trump never expected to be prosecuted for any of this, that he and his team believed spe

nations mission in korea says, it has started a conversation with pyongyang over the american soldier travis kinged zone from south korea earlier this month. but in a news conference, the spokesperson said, they did not have any details of private king's whereabouts, nor what condition he might be in. he ran into north korea, after running away from a flight, which was due to take him back to the us, where he faced military disciplinary action. this is what the un said a short while ago. you won't be surprised if i don't give you an answer about the location of private king and i'm not suggesting for any moment that i know, but i'll avoid that one. at the moment you would be aware that tours in the joint security area have been suspended. the commander keeps that decision under constant review and whilst there are opportunities for anyone to visit any of the orientation sites around the new military zone, access to the joint security area is currently limited. so that i'm sure will change in due course but the details of when and how is is yet to be decided. mickey bergman is the vice president o

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private travis king, the soldier who crossed into north korea earlier this week.t about north korea's reaction? matt bradley is at the border for us. matt, good evening. >> good evening, lester. i'm at the heavily fortified unification bridge just three miles from where private travis king shocked the world when he bolted across the border. now two days later, the overwhelming sound from north korea is silence. tonight north korea's once again threatening nuclear escalation, announcing through state media that american arms in south korea, quote, may fall under the conditions of the use of nuclear weapons. but when it comes to private travis king, not a word. >> we don't know his condition. we don't know where he is being held. we don't know the status of his health. >> i worry about him, frankly. >> reporter: christine wormuth, the secretary of the army told nbc's courtney kube that the u.s. is trying to reach the north koreans through the united nations. >> i don't think we have successfully made contact. >> reporter: king, who finished high school three years a

but when it comes to private travis king, not a word >> we don't know his condition. we don't know where he is being held. we don't know the status of his health >> i worry about him, frankly. >> reporter: christine wormuth, the secretary of the army, told nbc's courtney kube that the u.s. is trying to reach the north koreans through the united nations >> i don't think we have successfully made contact. >> reporter: king, who finished high school three years ago in racine, wisconsin, had legal trouble while serving in south korea. just before he fled to north korea, king spent nearly two months in a south korean prison after declining to pay a fine for damaging a police car according to a court document. past instances of americans in north korea don't bode well for king in 2016, otto warmbier an american student, was detained in north korea for more than a year he was released to the u.s. in a vegetative state and died shortly after. warmbier's father now worried for king >> he willingly ran across the border. that makes him quite a bit different from your son >> abs

travis king had been detained after getting into fights in south korea prior to crossing. in a detention facility in seoul. the 23—year—old serviceman had been recently released and was being sent back to the us for disciplinary reasons when he escaped. he made it across the demilitarised zone between north and south korea while on a tour of the border. the us state department said it was working with its counterparts in south korea and sweden to get more information on travis king's wellbeing and to try and bring him home. we are still gathering facts, and i want to be clear that the administration has and will continue to actively work to ensure his safety, and return him home to his family. in terms of contacts with foreign governments yesterday, the pentagon reached out to counterparts in the korean people's army. my understanding is those communications have not yet been answered. i spoke to our north america correspondent sean dilley, who told us more. certainly information is being presented on what started as a blank canvas, and it's easy for people to say he got h

tonight, it's unclear if travis king will become part of the wider diplomatic tensions over north korea. >> he's now under the physical control of the north koreans, and we don't have a lot of options in terms of being able to negotiate to get him back. >> reporter: david, working level communications have already begun with key allies like sweden and south korea who may be able to help but clearly it's going to be complex with tensions so high, meanwhile, abc news just speaking with travis king's mother who says simply she just wants her son home. david. >> david: ian pannell reporting for us tonight, thank you, as always. >>> here in the u.s. tonight, the deadly and now record-shattering heat wave and this note tonight, the earth's 15 hottest days on record have all been recorded this month alone and it's only july 17th. it's not just the u.s., across europe too, searing triple-digit temperatures in several countries, the raging wildfires across greece, evidence of a changing climate and here at home tonight, 100 million americans under heat alerts again this evening. ginger zee is st

private travis king is now being held in north korean custody. king, we understand, was already facing legal trouble. >> reporter: good morning. before this incident, travis king had spent time in a south korean prison. the u.s. was preparing to bring him back to the state for possibly further disciplinary action by the u.s. military. we are learning new details about travis king, the u.s. army private scene making a dangerous dash across south korea's border with north korea order while joining a tour group. >> everyone was shocked. when the south korean soldiers realized what was happening, they chased after him. >> reporter: king , who wesley says was in the black church, had a few run-ins with police while serving in south korea. last september, he was accused of punching a man at a nightclub. that victim did not press charges. in a separate incident, police arrested him for assault. american officials told the associated less -- press that king had been released after two months the south korean prison. the biden administration is now trying

why travis king's family says there is more to his story than anyone can imagine, that from our exclusive interview. >>> and also ahead from gubernatorial candidate to kikts convicted right orbiter, admitting that he climbed steps, skrafl and helped others in the mob. >>> and in niger, the president imprisoned but declaring that democracy will prevail. and our reporters are following the latest developments. and we begin in washington with those new comments from former president trump about the meeting today between his lawyers and the special counsel's office. yasmin vossoughian is joining us. what did the former president have to say? >> reporter: former president trump putting a tweet out -- i should say a post on truth social saying my attorneys had productive meeting with the doj explaining that i did nothing wrong, was advised by many lawyers and that an indictment would only further destroy our country. no indication of notice was given during the meeting and then he went on to disparage the press in that post as well. let me just say they are not required to inform the former pre

our north america correspondent peter bowes told me what was known about travis king. bout travis king'srecent history over the last year and a half. as you reported, he is said to have been in quite a bit of trouble in south korea, in seoul, getting into fights and causing extensive damage to and causing extensive damage to a police vehicle. this goes back to an incident last october, for which he was fined almost $2000, the equivalent of $2000. we know that he has been in detention quite recently for a couple of months, recently released combat detention. it's not entirely clear whether that was directly related to those incidents that i just incidents that ijust mentioned, going back to last october. and he is also reportedly the subject of an assault investigation, going back to september of last year, that related to an alleged incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, _ incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, how— incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, how did - incident in a nightclub. it is interesting, how did he not get on that plane home? he was es

this week army private travis king crossed the demarcation line. u.s.rds, on purpose, and that he is in north korean custody now. today we are learning more about what preceded the incident. the u.s. private was about to be administratively separated from the army and flown back to the united states because of assault charges he faced in seoul and that was in october. on july 10th, he was released from custody in south korea. on monday he was supposed to fly back to america, but he went to the airport and never boarded that flight. then on tuesday he went on that fateful tour of the dmz, a private tour. we are learning from his mother she talked to abc news. she said she is shocked and that she just wants her son to come home. cnn's natasha bertrand is joining us from the pentagon. what are we learning about this timeline? what more do we know about what happened leading up to going across that border? >> yeah, sara, the army did confirm last night that this is private travis king and he was d to u.s. forces korea. essentially what we know at this point

>>> north korea opening the doors for the first talks possibly over arrest of american soldier travis king, by reaching out to a u.n. general from the dmz joint security zone. we'll have unprecedented protests in israel in the first phase of prime minister benjamin netanyahu overhaul of the supreme court. a rare change that is bringing rare public criticism from president biden. >>> i'll speak to a leading climate expert as extreme weather and heat across the country sparks concerns over the global warming crisis. ♪♪ >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell back in washington with huge thanks to peter alexander who was filling in while i was at the aspen security conference. former president trump today ramping up his taxi on the justice department, the special counsel and the white house on social media. repeating his unsubstantiated claims of election interference and issuing veiled threats about the passion of his supporters, while his team argues he shouldn't even have to stand trial while running for president, joining me is andrew wiseman, former fbi counselor and former prosecuto

soldiers reacted and chased after him but he was really flying. >> reporter: king's mother telling abc news, quote, i can't see travis doing anything like that. king had recently been released from a south korean prison after several run-ins with police, including an alleged assault. u.s. officials telling nbc news he was supposed to return to the u.s. for possible further disciplinary action and that military police escorted him as far as they could go to an airport checkpoint before he slipped away and tagged along with that tour group. the u.s. is now working in partnership with south korea and sweden because the u.s. and north korea do not have official diplomatic relations. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> up next, the new tool for the silicon valley to help battle climate change. the technology that can track your carbon footprint and you can see it in action. >>> plplus, high heaeat brought trouble to the tarmac. aviation experts break down what went wrong with a delta flight in las vegas. >>> and those hot temperatures we have been seeing especially from texas to arizona look to stay through the next

at that time they were not identifying travis king. _ they were not identifying travis king, they saidey contact the next of kin. sean dail , i they contact the next of kin. sean daily. mant— they contact the next of kin. sean daily. i want to — they contact the next of kin. sean daily, i want to return _ they contact the next of kin. sean daily, i want to return to - they contact the next of kin. �*e—i daily, i want to return to that they contact the next of kin. �*e—i daily, i want to return to that bbc investigation report yesterday because a further 120 now a firmer, former current and former mcdonald's workers have feasted —— workers as young as 17 have been grouped and harassed almost routinely. three weeks and she said a senior manager groped her. iwas three weeks and she said a senior manager groped her. i was leaning down to get the cooks, and he smacked me on the bottom, i reported it to the health line but i never got a response from them. so what ha--ened got a response from them. so what happened after— got a response from them. so what happened after that? _ got a respons

we haven't heard from private travis king himself, and even the americans, some of the top officialsave said that the north koreans simply aren't picking up the phone. jose, there's no good time to dart across the border into north korea, but private travis king chose a particularly, a uniquely difficult moment to do what he did, and just in the past week we've seen tensions ramping up. you know, jose, there hasn't been any official diplomacy between the united states and north korea for several years now, but just in the past week we've seen tempers really flare, and that's because the u.s. parked a nuclear powered submarine just a couple of days ago right in south korea and then this last week they parked a nuclear arms submarine. this infuriated the north koreans. as a response they launched missiles into the sea twice in the last week. it's looking like it's going to be very difficult for the united states to negotiate some sort of release for private king. jose. >> matt bradley in seoul, thank you very much. >>> this week the oppressive heat that many have been feeling throughou

what we're learning about efforts to contact the isolated country about travis king's case. breaking news, mass protests in israel still going on. thousands of israelis in the streets after lawmakers passed that divisive bill, weakening the supreme court, which provides a check on the government there. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with that contentious overall of the israeli court system, which president biden had personally asked benjamin netanyahu not to rush through. nbc's allie raffa is with us. what are you hearing from the white house now? >> reporter: this situation is putting a spotlight on this diplomatic tight rope the president is walking right now. obviously prime minister netten -- netanyahu ignoring the request made by president biden during their phone call last week, a request he echoed in a statement last night when he asked netanyahu to build broader consensus for the judicial proposal to avoid the scenario we're seeing play out in jerusalem right now. press secretary karine jean-pierre is saying in a new

what more have you learned about travis king?ry for the time he spent in seoul, south korea, before he made that shocking decision to fling himself over the boarder into north korea. the latest revelation we've heard, i think we reported before, that he was implicated or confronted or briefly detained in at least two assaults here in seoul, all of them last fall. during one, he was put in a police car and shouted obscenities at korean people and korean police. he started kicking the police car. he incurred about $500 damage and south korean police decided to fine him after $5,000. after that, instead of paying that fine, we don't know if this was choice or he was forced to do so, he ended up spaying 48 days, again, while he was a serving u.s. soldier here in south korea, 48 days in a south korean prison, and he was released on july 10th. that was one week before he decided to join a tour group that took him right up to the dmz, and that's when he dashed across. the rest, you know, as they say is history. but another thing we're h

the area is heavily fortified the army has identified the soldier as travis king.s reportedly being escorted back to the u.s. for disciplinary reasons before he turned around at the airport. a witness who is part of the two accent he saw the soldier laughing while running across the border. lloyd austin confirmed the soldier did cross the order willfully. >> we bieve he is in custody. we are closely investigating and monitoring and working to notify the soldier's next of kin and engaging to address the incident. in terms of my concerns, i am for most concerned about the welfare of our troops. we will remain focused on this. this will develop in the next several days. >> our north america correspondent sean daley was at the pentagon briefing earlier. what more do we know about the circumstances of the soldier crossing into north korea and why he did so? >> we know quite a bit but not really from the pentagon. what we saw there was the extent of whathey said, which is fairly little. the u.s. military has confirmed that this is travis king, private second-class, has s

. >>> travis king is believed to be detained in north korea after choosing to bolt across the border from south korea. nbc's chapman bell joins us. good morning u.s. officials are making it clear this soldier made this decision on his own. >> reporter: that's right, frances. u.s. officials telling the associated press that 23-year-old private second class travis king, who we can now show a picture of, had served nearly two months three, two, one. a federal judge in florida -- saying he did this willfully and without authorization from the u.s., stressing this point now they did give chase, tu.n. security command but were unable to catch him the question is why did he do it, what happens next as relations between north korea and the u.s. appear to be at an all-time low, frances. >> chapman, apologies for the audio problems there, chapman, than thank you. >>> now a nbc news exclusive on the fight begins malaria there have been kateeight casesn the u.s. >> reporter: inside the centers for disease creel. >> control, dr. monica leads the team, starting in response to recently-discovered c

private travis king avoided being sent back home to the u.s.face disciplinary action by crossing over the north/south korea border on tuesday. his mother in wisconsin made a plea for her son to be returned. >> i just want my son back. get my son home. get my son home and pray. pray that he comes back. >> washington says it has had no response from pyongyang in its attempts to discuss the soldier. >> we have relayed messages to the dprk that private king crossed on his own and we want him return safely. we also asked for more info on his well-being. i will say that we retain a number of challenges -- a number of challenges -- a number of channels through which we can send messages. >> north korea has been conducting ballistic missile tests. the latest one coincided with the arrival of a u.s. nuclear armed submarine in south korea. without mentioning the u.s. soldier, north korea issued a statement saying the current deployment of a u.s. submarine at the south korean border was a most direct and undisguised threat. the current tensions could comp

north korea in nearly five years. >> reporter: it was here along the heavily fortified border where travis kingate 2nd class, dashed across. a witness told cbs that king suddenly yelled out, ran in between two buildings, and then into north korea. defense secretary lloyd austin. >> one of our service members, who was on a tour, willfully and without authorization crossed the military demarcation line. we believe that he is in dprk custody. >> reporter: a week prior, king had been released from a detention facility in south korea. he was escorted to the airport outside seoul to fly back to fort bliss, texas. but instead of boarding the plane, he got on a tour bus to the dmz. >> the safety and security of any american overseas remains the top priority. >> reporter: securing king's release is complicated. the u.s. does not have diplomatic relations with pyongyang. the last american civilians to be detained there were freed in 2018. otto warmbier, a college student, died shortly after his 2017 release. since king is a soldier, the defense department said it is taking the lead by communicating with

private second class travis king recently released from a south korea prison where he was being heldult charges. king was supposed to return to the u.s. and face disciplinary action but skipped his flight and went on a tour of the dmz as well when he broke away from the tour group and landed in north korea custody. king is the first american held by the hermit kingdom in nearly five years. ry in the author of the coming collapse and the great china tech work gordan chang. great to have you on. i want to play this, talking about travis king. >> it's clear that he willfully on his own volition crossed the border and that the matter remains under investigation. >> trace: i mean, really two questions here. one, is kim jong-un, are the north koreaians going to use this to their benefit, propaganda for them? and two, does this soldier gordon make you think he's going to be given a hero's welcome or something? >> reporter: well, certainly kim jong-un and the regime will use this. we're coming up to the 70th anniversary of the korean war arm stiff this month. kim jong-un will undoubtedly hav

korea in nearly five years. >> reporter: it was here, along the heavily-fortified border, where travis kingshed across. a witness told cbs that a king suddenly yelled out, ran in between two buildings, and then into north korea. defense secretary lloyd austin. >> one of our service members who was on a tour, willfully and without authorization crossed the military demarcation line. we believe that he is in dprk custody. >> reporter: a week prior, king had been released from a detention facility in south korea. he was escorted to the airport outside seoul to fly back to fort bliss, texas, but instead of boarding the plane, he got on a tour bus to the dmz. >> the safety and security of any american overseas remains the top priority. >> reporter: securing king's release is complicated. the u.s. does not have diplomatic relations with pyongyang. the last american civilians to be detained there were freed in 2018. otto warmbier, a college student, died shortly after his 2017 release. since king is a soldier, the defense department said it is taking the lead by communicating with military counter

is that the contact made to travis king and we don't know who they say marks travis king one week sinces condition, and so it does not move forward any kind of diplomacy to try to resolve this situation, and we just have this statement with the united nations. it is worth noting, john, that this week marks for the north koreans is a major holiday of the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war. >> so a lot more to learn here. so thank you for explaining how much we don't know at this point. rahel? >>> coming up, tourists and residents racing to get off of the greek island in one of the largest wildfires in greece's history. that is coming up next. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she casell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a rm policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. subway's now slicing their meats fre

nations general that they're starting a dialogue with the north koreans about the status of private travis king. now, this is something of a breakthrough because it's the first signal that anyone has been able to reach the north koreans ever since private king bolted across the border nearly a week ago. we haven't heard from private king himself, and top american officials have even said they can't even reach the north koreans. all of this comes at a uniquely difficult time for american relations with north korea. just in the past couple days, the u.s. navy parked a nuclear-powered submarine here in south korea, and it came a couple of days after the u.s. enraged the north koreans by docking a nuclear-armed submarine here. in reaction, the north koreans twice fired missiles into the ocean over the past week. now, the north korea experts that i've been speaking to say that t nororeans are probably going to hol on to private king and exploit him for their own propaganda purposes. there's all sorts of difficult questions around this. we don't know the fate of private king, but that u.n. general ju

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