as john yang reports, plea bargains can have long-lasting consequences. this story was produced by students at the university of maryland's capital news service in collaboration with injustice watch of chicago. >> this is the block i grew up on. >> yang: juan johnson is back in his old northwest chicago neighborhood. >> and this is the home right here is where i grew up at. >> yang: where he and older brother, henry, were raised. >> where i was weak he was strong. where i was strong he was weak. >> yang: by all accounts, juan was the better student; henry, the better athlete. and when juan got involved in a gang, henry followed. >> he was always the good guy, not me. i wasn't a murderer but i was no angel. >> yang: they both dropped out of school and started families, but stayed close to home, until the police arrested them. after leaving this house, juan and henry would soon again be living under one roof: a maximum security state prison. they'd been convicted of the same crime that they didn't commit. their story is the tale of how, 30 years after being

captioning sponsored by newsur productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight, settind the date: prt trump says his meeting with north korean leader kim jong un will take place in singapore in june. also, israeli warplanes strike dozens of iranian targets in syria amid rising tensions inas the middle et. plus, investigating american- deaths in nigee pentagon details what went wrong during an ambush that killed four american soldiers. and, culture at risk: the environmental and historical stakes of the president's decision to rink utah's bears nurs national monument. >> bears ears the nt' is the headline, but the fight itself goes far bend just monuments. it goes to the relationship of the united states government with federally recognized tribes and treaty rights which existed long before some of the states did. >> yang: all that and more onto ght's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like

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i'm just sitting here waiting. >> yang: the sixth amendment of the u.s.stitution guarantees every american facing trial the right to lawyer, even if they cannot afford one. the supreme court enshrined that right into law with its landmark 1963 ruling in the case gideon vs. wainwright. one way society meets thatns resility is with public defenders. but across the country that system is being stretched to the breaking point, underfunded and overworked. missouri may well be ground zero, the state's publiefc dder system widely seen as nearly broken.. the state ranks 49th out in peri capita spe on indigent defense. last year, its 320 public defenders handled 80,000 cases;h on average mor 240 cases each. liste to these lawyers in th public fenders office in jackson county, the state's biggest district, which includes kansas city. >> over the next six weeks i have some very, very serious trials. >> they deserve a lot more attention than i give them. >> i think i have six murder cases right now. >> too many for me to be prepared for. >> yang: do you feel you're a

managers k >> yang: how did cbs respond to the post when you presented them with your reportg? >> cbs news president david rhodes said in a public forum in very broad statement, he said we add no knowledge. that's kind of a sweeping statement, at least itounds scweeping to me, and i think our reporting shows there was knowledge. we're t sayin every person knew but certainly some people knew and i think the question is how pervasive was it, how widespread was it, hw much collective knowledge was there at c. >> yang: you cited a manager of someone trying to talk someone out of taking a job at charlie rose. >> a woman came in and interviewed for a position to be charlie rose's assistant and a cbs news executive pulled this woman aside and said i want yoto hink long and hard before you take this job. do you really want to be alone with this man? on yang: amy brittain of "the washinost," thank you so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: next, another installment of our weekly brief but spectacular series where we ask people about their passion. tonight, dana mortenson, c.e.o. of "world

>> yang: now that you've been through. what does it have to do with job placement or professional development? >> everything. it was. transformations is what we go through the first four weeks of the cara program and it's basically all begins with the motivations. it's pretty much working yourself from the inside out. >> my life took on a new beginning. >> yang: for most of the people at cara, getting a job can be a new beginning. unlike corona, many have battled addictions or been in prison. despite their differences she found a common struggle. >> we're all in the same boat as far as fixing yourself up and repairing yourself from the inside out that we've all had. you know life throws a curveball to all of us and maybe we didn't know how to cope or how to deal with it or just didn't want to overcome it. >> yang: corona, a former university administrator, began going to work late and missing days altogether when she began dealing with a family issue. she ended up getting fired, filling her with self doubt. >> when i was t

they haven't said exactly why they changed it. >> yang: some women you talked to are preparing to file a lawsuit? >> that is correct. we expect the lawsuit to b filed by the end of the week. ehere are three young women, some of most recent allegations we have against charlie. two worked at "cbs this morning," one is one that raed concerns to an executive producer about charlis attention toward one of the other young women, and one of the we believe r women wt on to work for his show on "charlie it's an interesting case because it's against charlie se,nk and cbs, and if it gets to discore or depositions taken, there can be a lot more questions asked about what managers knew. to the post when you presented them with your reporting? >> cbs news president david forum,said in a public in a very broad statement, he said we add no knowle that's kind of a sweeping statement, at least it sounds scweeping to me, and i thinkur reporting shows there was knowledge. we're not saying every person knew but certainly some people knew and i think the question is how pervasive was it, how widespread was

ve yang: in the rose garden, president trump reed his blueprint to lower prescription drug prices, asrailed against the pharmaceutical indust for making them unaffordable. >> we're also increasing competition and reducing regulatory burdens, so drugs can be gotten to the market quicker and cheaper.e wery much eliminating the middlemen. the drug lobby is making anne absolute forat the expense of american consumers. >> yang: called "ame patients first," the president proposed to increase competition by making it easier for cheaper generic drugs to enter the market bring down drug prices by requiring drug makers to list i pricadvertising. use trade deals to force foreign governments to pay more fo prescription drugs. the president argues that would lead to lower prices here. >> in some cases, medicines th cost a few dollars in a foreign country cost hundreds of dollars in america, for the same pill with the same ingredients, for the same package made in the same plant. it's unfair, it's ridiculous, and it's not going to happen any longer. >> yang: these moves add to initiatives already o

john yang reports. >> yang: on the korean peninsulg today of progress fromre both sides.st, from north korea's state news reade pyongyang announced it will re- sync its time zone with south korea's starting saturday; inne 2015 they had set clocks 30 minutes behind seoul.be and, south korea said it will remove the loudspeakers thatan blast propda into the north. this, just days after friday's historic summit between south korean president moon jae-in ann north korea's dic kim jong- un. they met on south korean zrritory, in the demilita zone that separates the two naons.or( > translated ): we should make this moment an irreversible historical moment for the korea peninsulace and prosperity. but, we have only put forwardr ourst step. ang: the two leaders als agreed to work toward a nuclear -free peninsula.ea south korean officials say kim ulld moon that pyongyang shut down its nuclear testing site. e and offered to scrap clear program entirely if the united states helps negotiate a formald o the korean war, and pledges not to attack the north today, at an afternoon press con

as john yang tells us, less than three hours later, he resigned. a ofrning: the violent natur this story may make it unsuitable for some viewers. >> yang: william, the four wome whose experienre reported by the new yorker all had romantic relationships or encounters with schneiderman. all told of abusive or controlling behavior, including being slapped-- some so hard they sought medical attention. ronan farrow, who won a pulitzer prize earlier this year for exposing the decades-long predatory behavior of movie producer harvey weinstein, broke this story, along with his "new yorker" colleague ja mayer. ronan, thanks for joining us. the headline in the "new yorker" article was "physical abuse," but it was more than that. tell us what these men wer saying their experiences were. >> it's good to be here. these allegations are incredibly serious, jinn. we're taabout women independently of each other recounting nearly ideerntical pa of slapping, hitting, chokin of course, eric schneidermanla championed legon specifically targeting choking. and these wome

john yang breaks down what we know. >> yang: william, the payments went to the company cohen says hep to pay the $130,000 hush money to adult film actress stephanie clifford. her attorney, michael avenatti, revealed the payments in a document posted online. to help us unpack alhis, here's rosalind helderman, a "washington post" polil investigations reporter. rosalind, thanks so much for joining us. of the payments you've been able to confirm, who did they come from, and how much money are wet talking ab >> we're talking about, i think it's about $2.5 million that seems to be confirmed at this and they come from some major u.s. and for.gn compani they include at&t, novartis-- a pharmaceutical company. they include this company columbus nova, which is a u.s.-based affiliate of a company that is owned and founded by a russian businessman. one thing that ties a number of these companies together is that they had major issues pending fore the u.s. government. but each of them, in turn, have essentially said that that's not why they hired mr. cohen, that they hired m for various reasons --

i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight: >> rudy knows it's a witch hunt. he starteyeerday. he'll get his facts straight. >> yang: president trump's new lawyer, rudy giuliani, tries to clear up contradictory statements around hush money given to adult film star ephanie clifford. also ahead, growing russian influence and a surge in nationalism spark tensions in bosnia. why many fear the country could be sliding back towards war. >> it's not far when we will have a military police instead of a civil police. so that's the prefix to war. >> yang: and, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are re. we discuss rudy giuliani's bombshell-filled week, and thak

so that's the prefix to war. >> yang: a, it's friday. mark shields and david brooks are here. we discuss rudy giuliani's bombshell-edfilleek, and the shakeup in the president's

north korea is up in arms over joint military exercises underway between self korea and the us john yang canceled high level talks with south korea and threatened to do the same to a summit next month with u.s. president donald trump and executive u.-turn that the white house tried to play down today as reporters asked is trump now the one being played after applauding goodwill gestures and pushing hopes higher for a negotiated end to north korea's nuclear ambitions the u.s. president is seeing publicly and in real time how quickly that honorable leader can change his mood and the message. history being written only a few weeks ago at a summit of the north and south korean leaders. where pyongyang said it was prepared to denuclearize. but now north korea has put on the brakes. in a possible sign of growing problems the north postponed a summit scheduled with south korea. the reason these annual us south korea joint military exercises that are currently taking place. in south korea expressed surprise and disappointment at the news. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilater

john yang has our update. >yang: judy, tonight, mor tnthan 100 ceral american nts remain on the u.s. b, order in tijmexico. them celebrated when told that overnight u.s. oofficials admitted eightthem s an immigration checkpoint to apply for asylurring hopes that more will be allowed to follow. separately, the justice department charged 11 people believed to have been part of e group with entering t country illegally. for the latest, we're joined by npr's carrie kahn, who is back in mexico city after leaving tijuana last night. carrie, thanks for joining us. what's the latest on this group of people and how ma are being allowed into the united states to apply foasylum? >> as you said, there were eight last night, and at about noon ocal time in tijuana they let in about six more. so it's akl trof asylum claimants they're allowing into the port ofen try. >> yang: carrie, what are the conditions you saw at the port ofen try? >> you have 140-some from the carthan, mos, children, laying on blankets on the concrete w

>> they refused to comme. >> yang: this security firm called black cube, tell us about this. >> well,s is a security firm made up of former israeli intelligence officers. they have been involved if nigeria, they have beenn ivolved in central europe, and they have ndin involved in the sta around harvey weinstein, one of his lawyers, a current new yorker, hired black cube to go after the accusers of harvey weinstein, see if they culd get anything on them to -- as a way of stopping the claims of sexual misconduct against him. some of the same fake firms that were used to approach harvey weinstein's accusers were used to approach the wives of ben rhodes and colin kah so, to some extent, somewhatop of them using the same cut out firms, using the same photographs of people acting under aliases to approach peple both in the harvey weinstein case and in thecl iran r deal case. >> this is an intriguing story and i'm sure more. julian borger, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> nawaz: now, to part two of our look at the state of affairs in the balkans. nearly 20 years after the war in kosovo, e

captioning sponsoredy newshour productions, llc >> yang: good evening, i'm john yang. judy woodruff is on vacation. on the newshour tonight, setting the date: president trump says his meeting with north korean leader k jong un will take place in singapore in june. also, israeli warplanes strike dozens of iranian targets in syria amid rising tensions in the middle east. plus, investigating american deaths in niger-- the pentagon w details wht wrong during an ambush that killed four american soldiers. and, culture at risk: the environmental and historicalpr stakes of the esident's decision to shrink utah's bears rs national monument. >> bears ears the monument' is the heline, but the fight itself goes far beyond just monuments. it goes to the relationship of the united states government

s problem to travel to john yang ahead of an historic summit between president trump and north korean leader kim jong un pompei it was said to finalize plans for the meeting there and going yang is also at the top of the agenda in tokyo where the chinese premier is meeting his a japanese counterpart shinzo ave and south korea's leader mungy him it is the first time in nearly three years at these countries have met for talks now they're aiming to come up with a common position ahead of the u.s. north korean summit and a move in that direction japan's as it is now ready to settle its decades old dispute with north korea. cut. the seeks to settle beyond fortunately want on past with the north normalize if north korea takes concrete steps to abandon the missile programs. call three leaders today how to frank exchange of opinions regarding how to get north korea to change its current policy and start walking a runt policy about to build a bright future. i mean how do you mean i you know a guy. now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour donald trump's lawyer michael cohe

yang said it wouldn't beg for a dialogue with america that came in reaction to yet another comparison to libya coming from the u.s. vice president to pyongyang referred to as quote a political dummy mike pence threaten north korea with the same fate as libya if it didn't make a deal with the us. this will only end like the libyan model ended if kim jong un doesn't make a deal some people saw that as a threat well i think it's more of a fact we could surmise more than enough what a political dummy he is as he's trying to compare the d.p. r. keep a nuclear weapon state to libya that had simply installed a few items of equipment and fiddled around with them artes double quarter has more on who could be interested in jeopardizing a diplomatic breakthrough. if trump's much anticipated meeting with kim jong un actually goes ahead in the next few weeks it'll be a diplomatic breakthrough of historic proportions but wait a minute we've seen this before and let's not forget how that turned out this is a good deal for the united states north korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear progr

the audience will remember that secretary albright went to pyong yang in october, 2000 and met there with a then leader of north korea, kim jong-il, the father of kim jong-un, and had a round of discussions with him about a deal that's very much like the kind of deal that is being discussed as president trump prepares to go to his summit meeting on june 12th. so i want to ask secretary albright to begin by talking about that trip and talking about the nature of negotiating with this regime, then and now. >> well, first of all, i'm delighted to be here, and with you, david, because, i love reading your columns and your books, and being friends. and so, thank you very much and thank you all for coming. i do think that it is a very difficult and peculiar regime to deal with. in the case of what happened during the the clinton administration, we had, in fact, been dealing with north korea from the beginning of the administration because they had threatened to pull out of the nonproliferation treaty and there were a number of aspects that we were trying to deal with. i won't go through th

but john yang now has the strange tale of how and why two obama administration staffers pe the pact aredenly back in focus. l 's been nearly three years since the iran ds sealed. but on saturday, the british newspaper "the guardian"ed repohat colin kahl and ben rhodes, two top obama white housnational security officials, were the subjects of elaborate efforts to delegitimize the deal last year. they were targeted by an israeli n ivate intelligence firm trying to dig up informatat might discredit both men as proponents of the iran agreement. dith me now to explain this story is "the gu's" world affairs editor, julian borger, who helped break the story. julian, thanks for being here. first off, i know you have a new story post-ed on "the guaran"'s web site. what's the latest? >> this is about the head of the national iranian american council, a fierce advocate of the iran nuclear deal, and during the transition if lae 2016, he was approached through an intermediatory with a message from u.s. intelligence warning him to look out because the trump crowd were coming after him and would seek

yang the sheriff or the nurse who i don't go. when asked to do that with there's. the women who i fucking handle in the show if she were trying. i don't i'm going to shoot them in the hump them and have more women in the motor you both like and about the body of. the ship be a fully a model of. let me give you no no no no no i mean feeling and it can be. so. small coming. into the behavior. before and. i mean that's a good. way for. you know. what. was. written in that quote which you know i'm sure such. as from and so. it's not just to show. my mother. and the like from lack of bonding. and the time you know how many. he's. horn and other bombs started on one head so they are tough on the canadian and one not their home and they. don't trust sam who weigh in with naff seem to need a home with nano right. now always number two. we still are thirty minutes very cool as though. he had a pretty good muscle but. because. you know. what about the whole my foot like an appeaser bit of course i'm going. to have you know what i'm going to have to do. to lose you. know i'm.

john yang has more. >> yang: judy, in 1913 an onl- white jurycted johnson of violating the federal mann act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral purposes." the woman in question was johnson's girlfriend, who was white. johnson was heavyweight champ from 1908 to 191 outside the ring, he defied conventions by showing off his wealth, mocking white opponents and, perhaps most shocking for the times, dating and marrying white women. president trump signed the rdon in the oval office. >> i am taking this very righteous step, i believe, to correct a wrong that occurred in our history and to honor a truly legendary boxing champion, legendary athlete, and a person that when people got to know him, they really liked him and they really thought he was treated unfairly. >> yang: the 2004 documentary "unforgivable blackness" tells the story of jack johnson and was directed by filmmaker ken burns, who joins us now on skype. ken, thanks so much for being here. you are one of those who were adcating for thisardon. what's your reaction now that it's a fact? >> thiis

now yang's good to see you bring us up to date with the reaction on wall street to this announcement. yeah investors really haven't made up their mind yet what to make out of the announcement that we've gotten actually even after us president donald trump a spoke there were even if you would cheers here on the floor of the new york stock exchange just some investors believe for share donald trump opinion that the deal has not necessarily been in favor of the u.s. so that was just a few traders but just to give you an idea how are the your reaction was here in new york and then the big question is will the whole situation escalate that could very well happen but it could also not have been and then we also bit short on details what precisely which actions will take place one when we still do not know that so there is still a lot of room of interpretation the market at some point was down by a good one hundred fifty points and then towards the end the dow jones industrial average even closed a tiny bit higher and what about you know interpretation james how could this affect u.s. compan

city of one sign from where it will take them around twenty hours to reach the nuclear site kyung yang is portraying the dismantling as a goodwill gesture ahead of its planned summit with the united states. the white house on a guard strutting their stuff on tuesday but will they get to attend the plan's june summit in singapore between the u.s. presidents and north korea's leader out concerns it might not happen tops the agenda when donald trump posted his south korean counterpart in the two discussed efforts to convince pyongyang to denuclearize and accept a lasting peace deal but the north has reacted angrily to u.s. demands in recent weeks. it refuses to completely dismantle its nuclear program with kim jong un saying he needs it to guarantee his political longevity well we're moving along and we'll see what happens there are certain conditions that we want and i think we'll get those conditions and if we don't we don't have the meeting and frankly it has a chance to be a great great meeting for north korea and a great meeting for the world. if it doesn't happen maybe it'll happen

and yang must abandon its nuclear arsenal north korea says it will not take part in the talks if it is pressured to give up its nukes. history being written only a few weeks ago at a summit of the north and south korean leaders. where pyongyang said it was prepared to denuclearize. but now north korea has put on the brakes. in a possible sign of growing problems the north postponed a summit scheduled with south korea. the reason these annual us south korea joint military exercises that are currently taking place. on south korea expressed surprise and disappointment at the news. it's regrettable that north korea has decided to unilaterally postpone the upcoming high level talks. back in washington president donald trump said he had been officially notified about north korea's threat to cancel their planned to summit next month we haven't seen anything we haven't heard anything we will see what happens very early or the white house press secretary indicated that the president was prepared to roll with whatever decision the north koreans make. will continue with a campaign of maximum pres

journalists to witness the dismantling of the country's nuclear test site the journal survived chong yang earlier today kim promised to destroy the facility as part of efforts to create a positive atmosphere at a plant summit with u.s. president trump next month but experts are divided on whether kim's plans to dismantle the site will achieve what he claims there's also been concern that south korean reporters were disinvited at the last minute. in a notoriously secretive country this is one of its most secret sites north korea's main nuclear research facility is hidden away in a system of tunnels several hundred meters underground. situated in the north east of the country sixty kilometers from the chinese border the site has been central to kim jong un's nuclear ambitions its where all of north korea's six never nuclear tests of taken place. the latest one in september last year pyongyang declared as its first successful test of a hydrogen bomb. a bomb that could be used on an intercontinental missile to carry a nuclear weapon as far as the united states as north korea has threatened in

in may young yang extends an olive branch and releases three american prisoners i think he did this because i really think he wants to do something. two weeks later kim jong un appears to make good on a promise detonating parts of his only known nuclear testing site then washington throws a curveball citing his still ity in the reason north korean comments decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore in june twelfth then just one day later another turnaround the meeting is back on the table trump's explanation provided you know that. back at the surprise meeting over the weekend the south korean president says the north is committed to complete denuclearization but acknowledges that kim and trump might have differing expectations of what that means. meanwhile trump is back to sending confidence signals so we're looking at june twelfth in singapore that hasn't changed. and we're along pretty well so we'll see what happens what happens next is anyone's guess back in singapore no one knows if the meeting will take place this could be the only incarnation of kim jong un ever to search f

is set to finalize the plans for that meeting john yang is also at the top of the agenda in tokyo today where the chinese prime minister leacock shome is meeting his chinese japanese counterparts and south korea's leader again now this is the first time in nearly three years of these countries of met for talks and they want to come up with a common approach and head of that american north korean summit now in the run up to the docks japan's actions off they said his country is now ready to settle its decades old dispute with north korea that's the cause and effect upon the seeks to settle beyond fortunately what on past with the north normalise if north korea takes concrete steps to abandon the missile programs. three leaders today how to frank exchange of opinions regarding how to get north korea to change its current policy and start walking a right path to build a bright future. me out how to me that you will now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour several large explosions at the afghan capital kabul. over here in the country's interior ministry says at least s

president blamed paean yang's open hostility towards washington with korea but trump left open the possibility of meeting at a later date if north korea fulfilled the u.s. demand for denuclearization. if and when kim jong un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and actions. i am waiting trump was asked if the move would make war more likely to see what happens i heard that. will continue on with. just hours before a tunnel leading to north korea's underground nuclear testing site. was blown up by pyongyang as a gesture of goodwill the government there responded to trump's decision. meant of the consolation of the meeting is unexpected for us and we can't put find it extremely regrettable we again state to the us or willingness to sit face to face at any time in any form to resolve the problem. so has said it will keep pushing for dialogue between pyongyang and washington news of trump's decision came as a disappointment to south koreans hoping for progress towards peace. north korea has already released u.s. detainees and dismantle its nuclear test site but the u.s. has tested north kore

that the men are returning home with secretary of state my pompei o who is wrapping up a visit in yang and we're going to get some more on that now we're going to head to correspondent josh smith who is standing by with the very latest he is located currently in seoul welcome to you josh what more do we know who are the americans who have reportedly been freed here. so there are three korean american man two were taken prisoner last year and another one was detained by the north koreans in twenty fifteen they were in north korea going to university another was a missionary. a christian missionary and as you mentioned trump does say that they appear to be good how little has been known from till now about the condition they were in obviously another fourth american detainees out of warm beer died last year just a few days after being released by the north koreans so it's obviously going to be a major release of relief to these men and family if they come home safely ok and josh i also want to talk about one other aspect of donald trump's trade because he talked not only about these indi

news yang to continue their efforts to work towards a summit so that was vital to uphold the goal of nuclear rising the korean peninsula despite trumps decision to cancel the meeting with kim jong un they also discussed the conflict in ukraine and the iran's nuclear deal. more on this now we want to go to moscow our correspondent in really sure what is on the story for us tonight good evening to you emily's that we've got a key issue for president seeking moscow's help in maintaining the iran nuclear deal even as the u.s. pulls out of it what do you make of president putin's response on that front. well putin reiterated the importance of keeping to that iran nuclear deal he also spoke of the bent to bull consequences if if there weren't if the deal couldn't be preserved he also then mention again that he had spoken to the head of the international atomic energy agency and he said that iran which is fulfilling its obligations within that nuclear deal so really there's no reason to leave that deal to break up that deal as it were it seemed to be kind of to me almost a veiled criticism

trump it said it would not take part if washington insists that it give up its nuclear weapons john yang has also postponed high level talks with seoul in protest at military drills between the u.s. and south korea in a patient minister back to him and said he regretted the north's live move and that it went against the spirit of a historic meeting last month between the two countries leaders. let's bring in correspondent jason strother here he's standing by force in the south korean capital seoul jason what are we looking at here is pyongyang trying to get out of talks on its nuclear program or is this just a strategic move to give it more leverage. well how well far be it for me to know what kim jong un has and has in mind but i don't think this means the end of all the peace overtures that we've seen over the past few months this is. a road bump if you will. north korea needed to stand its ground and not be. backed into a corner as it said it didn't like that the us administration was pledging financial aid in return for complete denuclearization or for that matter being compared to l

yang both sides meanwhile have started taking down speakers that blare propaganda across the border it's a first step that could signal a long term fall on the divided financial. for years south korean loudspeakers have blasted propaganda and pop music at north korean border regions now they are being permanently removed north korea is reportedly doing the same with their own south facing speakers. since two thousand and fifteen the clocks of north and south korea were out of sync by half an hour after north korea created its own time zone later this week the north will reset its clocks to match seoul time according to a government decree these measures of reconciliation are the first signs that last week's into korean summit was more than just words. in the coming weeks the enter korean border could again become the side of historic talks u.s. president donald trump suggested the so-called peace house as a possible location to meet with north korean leader kim jong un. there's something that i like about it because you're there you're actually there where if things work out. there's a g

lazarus and north korea and while it's possible the bangladesh hackers were trying to frame pin on yang north korean involvement was the most likely explanation. and in twenty. seventeen the then deputy director of the national security agency said private sector research linking north korea to the heist was strong linkage from sony actors to the bangladeshi bank actors is accurate that intonation state is wrong things that's a big. it's different. do you believe there are nations. i do. allegations or hacking whether from security firms or officials in the united states and south korea all denied by the north korean government but no matter who is behind the bangladesh bank job north career or an unknown crime syndicate could there be another cyber heist well there have already been more attempts in twenty seventeen taiwan's far eastern international bank was attacked by hackers trying to steal millions of dollars using the swift payment system the banks declined to comment russia's central bank has said hackers took control of computers at an unnamed russian bank in twenty seventeen a

p onpompeo left yang with kim jong-un for a final plan for the trump-kim summit. >> in the u.s.fter spending months in a north korean prison, kim hak-song, andrews kim landed at air force base. they were jailed for antistate activities and sentenced to years in north korea's labor camp. they were released during a surprise visit to pyongyang by mike pompeo. the united states made it a key demand ahead of the meeting between donald trump and kim jong-un. >> we are starting off on the new footing. this is a wonderful thing, the release of folks are early. i really think he wants to do something. i really think he wants to do something and bring their country into the real world. after the three were released, the u.s. president confirms the summit would go ahead as planned and that more details would be released within three days. u.s. officials have floated singapore as a suitable location because of neutrality and it is not far from north korea. >> kenyan officials are trying to ascertain the extent of the damage after a dam burst northwest of nairobi killing at least 32 people

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yang's missile launches these election is about whether we can defend japan from north korea and ensure it will live happily and the unpredictability on the korean peninsula has fringe benefits for some american rivals the south china sea has been a serious bone of contention as of late with the u.s. attempting to assert its naval presence there much to beijing's annoyance so the larger threat of north korea's nuclear program has shifted u.s. military attention that would otherwise be focused towards china and although russia doesn't directly benefit from its unpredictable neighbor it's certainly doesn't mind a challenge to u.s. dominance in the region well these countries are just. getting into an arms race and it's increasing and. expanding its military operations it takes money.