north korea. congressman ed royce chairs the foreign affairs committee. this is 2 hours and 15 minutes. >> come to order. all members, if you will have your seats. one of the highest ranking north korean officials ever to defect. as this former deputy ambassador will tell us, he wanted his family to be free. it is rare that we have the opportunity to hear from someone with no unique insight into the most repressive regime in the world and one now threatening us with nuclear weapons. i wanted to say to you, thank you for speaking before this committee today. i also want to acknowledge it takes courage for you to do this. i met with you in august in seoul along with mister yoho of this committee and mister schneider. your observations and recommendations to the committee today will not only help inform us policy but it is my hope that your message, including how we can peacefully denuclearize the korean peninsula will reach the ears of every north korean still suffering under the brutal rule, it is

sort of military attack against north korea. that is right now one of the main concerns in south korea, that the united states would either intentionally or unintentionally begin a conflict without consulting with south korea first. host: linda is on the republican line from williamsburg, virginia. good morning. caller: i'm glad to be able to speak to mr. denmark. my question is how does south korea feel -- host: can you turned on your tv? -- can you turn down your tv? caller: yes. good morning. host: you are on live now. caller: how does south korea feel about the threat -- yes. how does south korea feel about the possibility of japan militarizing? host: talk a little bit about japan and how it plays in well -- in while linda deals with her tv. guest: japan, as you probably know, had a very difficult history with korea before and during the second world war, with a lot of terrible human rights abuses. which over the years korea has fought to address and overcome. most recently between japanese prime minister abe and south korea

forces north korea is fight tonight. the primary pitfalls the president will face are mostly political. while in tokyo he and japanese prime minister abbe are on the same page. there has been a lot of disagreement behind the scenes between president trump and south korean president moon, who initially sought to engage north korea and seems to prefer a much more engagement oriented approach to north korea. different than president trump's hard-line approach. endorsed then has strategy that president trump has been pushing. there is a lot of disagreement in korea. then in beijing, who is seeking to restrain american action and is concerned about the use of american military force. there is a lot of concern and pitfalls for president he talks about north korea. host: we are talking with abraham denmark, the director at the wilson center. we are discussing the president's trip to asia, which he left the day before yesterday. you mentioned it today in the new york times. it talks a little bit more about that. he won the presi

military attack against north korea. that is right now one of the main concerns in south korea, that the united states would either intentionally or unintentionally begin a conflict without consulting with south korea first. host: landed on the republican line from williamsburg, virginia. good morning. caller: i'm glad to be able to speak to mr. denmark. is how does south korea feel -- host: can you meet your tv -- mute your tv? caller: yes. good morning. host: you are on live now. caller: how does south korea -- yes.ut the threat how does south korea feel about the possibility of japan militarizing? host: talk a little bit about japan and how it plays in well linda deals with your tv. guest: japan, as you probably know, had a very difficult history with korea before and during the second world war, with a lot of terrible human rights abuses. korea has the years thought to address and overcome. most recently between japanese prime minister abe and south korean president parpk. -- park. those historical concerns and animo

the change ofeve north korea. we should also not lose sight of the fact that it is the north korean regime that is diverting its resources into pursuing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles instead of the welfare of its people, while people in north korea have great unmet needs. we must send a clear, consistent that it is north korea that needs to change. japan will continue to work closely with council members and all of the member states to reach a comprehensive solution to the problems related to north korea. i thank you, mr. president. >> i thank the representative of japan for his statement and now gives the form to the representative of the united kingdom. >> thank you, mr. president. >> we met too many times to violations flagrant of unanimous security council decisions. i'm deeply disappointed that we have to meet again today after another such violation. for the third time, the dprk regime tested and intercontinental ballistic missile. on an initial assessment, the missile flew higher and for longer tha

korea's friend have not worked out trading with them allowed the north korea regime to further build its missile a nuclear programs so yes there might be a need to do a humanitarian business with north korea so that people have food but beyond that trading with north korea to make a profit or in the hopes that doing business with them would result in a more enlightened country just hasn't worked out so we do have to look back and see what mistakes that previous u.s. administrations or other governments have made in dealing with north korea because that informs what decisions we will make going forward i think to going forward are there any other lever's that beijing comput pressure on here because beijing obviously does not want to be pressurized itself point number one point number two it might be happy quietly in darker rooms it might be happy with the idea of regime change but it doesn't want regime collapse because it does not want hundreds of thousands of north koreans trying to get across the border no i would say up to today all the efforts that deal with cries ation and slowi

could happen in north korea what we can fully understand is that north korea has never. fulfilled the kind of pledge they said they would and their nuclear and missile development has come to a point where we've got to pay the greatest amount of heat because of the danger that they pose let me ask you not a hypothetical question but that i think you may offer some ideas about the station in north korea and the whole world is now watching the situation in. zimbabwe another country where china has a lot of investments or where it has pretty strong ties with the military i'm sure you've heard those rumors about the potential chinese role in mugabe's deposing do you think anything of dot sort could happen in north korea i don't see how i could connect the dots really. well what the chinese are doing or are not doing in zimbabwe. very little connection with. what's going on in north korea well but then there are still speculation in the international media about whether there are no what china was informed about the upcoming cool in zimbabwe simply because one of the leaders

could happen in north korea what we can fully understand is that north korea has never. fulfilled the kind of pledge they said they would and their nuclear and missile development has come to a point where we've got to pay the greatest amount of because of the danger that they pose let me ask you not a hypothetical question but that i think you may offer some ideas about the station in north korea the whole world is now watching the situation in. zimbabwe another country where china has a lot of investments or where it has pretty strong ties with the military i'm sure you've heard those rumors about the potential chinese role in mugabe's deposing do you think anything of that sort could happen in north korea i don't see how i could connect the dots really. well what the chinese are doing or are not doing in zimbabwe. very little connection with what's going on in north korea well but there is still speculation in the international media about whether there are no what china was informed about the upcoming cool in zimbabwe simply because one of the leaders of the who visi

urge the chinese government not to repatriate north korea defectors back to north korea. the chinese government knows that once these defectors are repatriated back to north korea they would be the subject of torture, they would be the subject of enforcement of labor. we should let the chinese government open the root to south korea for all the hiding north korean defectors in china. i mentioned a little bit about the cooperation between the hungarian government during the process of german reunification. healthchinese government court -- help north korean defectors to south korea, i think there could happen the massive exodus of north korean population to china through their borders with china. >> to south korea through china. >> yes. rootsna has opened its for defectors to south korea, i think the north korean system would collapse in a very short span of time. >> thank you. we go to the ranking member area -- member. >> your comments are very riveting and interesting, very important, very important to give us an insight. jong-il waswhen kim the leader. he was the dear

not dealing with north korea. and now we are in a situation today where i do not see a lot of good options on the table. it is a fact he has this icbm capability, he has militarized nuclear weapons -- warheads. definitive, not be do think he has that capability now, as well? japan the other day, they are terrified, the prospect. i do not know how to get rid of this guy. we talk about regime change and opening channels, letting people defect. we know china is the strongest country to deal with north korea. it is in their best interest and in their backyard. yet we are sending satellite photographs after the u.n. sanctions were voted on, defying those sanctions, votes going back and forth between china and north korea. so that has not had a lot of impact. let me commend you for your courage coming here today, in light of the dangers and the obvious risks you are taking. i think you are a courageous individual. deified,are almost this dynasty. how do we change that, first question. if the military option is on the ta

but north korea is worse than hell. north korea, they have nothing. those people are eating tree bark, and that's a thing, too, that most of our allies or all of them can sign onto. the countries that he's visiting right now, even china and russia. if they're honest about it, they have to admit the human rights atrocities going on in north korea need to be condemned with them and the united nations. >> it's a problem though, if you call out north korea's human rights abuses, you have to do that everywhere around the world where abuses are going on. >> right now, north korea is the problem. we have what's on our plate, and right now north korea is firing missiles off into the ocean over our allies. so we have to take care of this now before it becomes a disaster. >> the tone from the president's speech in seoul a few hours ago, it was tough, but at least there's this talk of diplomacy, of trying to find a way out of this. the problem is, the north koreans have made it clear they will never give up their nuclear program. it seems the president is learni

come with me to "the secret state: inside north korea." ♪ >> north korea, a nation holding its nuclear sword over the u.s. and its allies, threatening to strike at any time. a society in a constant state of readiness for war. life on the inside is a mystery to most of the world. i've reported from north korea more than a dozen times over the last few years. each time, we open the door a little more and see this country and its people in unexpected ways. just like this. yep, even in north korea, kids love video games. for these 14- and 15-year-olds, these are not just games. this is practice for real life. most of these boys and a lot of the girls will spend their first years of adulthood serving in the korean people's army, just like their parents and grandparents before them. >> what do you like about this game? >> translator: killing the enemy. >> hitting the enemy? who is the enemy? >> translator: americans. >> this hatred of americans stems from the korean war. north korea contradicts western historians, saying that america started the war that killed millions of civilians and divi

korea 7 would china feel an obligation to help north korea? the horror of life in north korea is so complete that citizens pay bribes to government officials to have themselves exported abroad as slaves. they would rather be slaves than live in north korea. the attempt to flee is a crime punishable by death. one person who escaped remarked, when i think about it now, i was not a human being, i was more like an animal. only after leading north korea did i realise what life was supposed to be. and so, on the —— this peninsula, we watched an experiment in a lavatory of history. it isa experiment in a lavatory of history. it is a tale of one people but two koreas. one career in which people to control of their lives and their country and chose a future of freedom and justice, of civilisation and incredible achievement. and another career in which leaders imprisoned their people under the banner of tyranny, fascism and oppression. the result of this experiment are in and they are totally conclusive. when the korean war began in1950, totally con

north korea will freeze ands. dismantle its nuclear program. south korea and our other allies will be betterr protected. the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. south korea, with support from japan and other nations, will bear most of the costs of providing north korea with fuele to make up for the nuclear energy it is losing. they will pay for an alternative power system for north korea that will allow them to produce electricity while making it much harder for them to produce nuclear weapons. the united states and international inspectors will carefully monitor north korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. only as it does so, will north korea fully join the community of nations. >> sean: out of what you heard was true. it all turned out it was a terrible deal with north korea.r your tax dollars at work. bill clinton completely wrong and it's now let us to where we are tonight, and the situation. we now find ourselves in. democrats and the left, they'll never get it. obsessed with sucking up to murderous,

taking a softer line with respect to north korea. well terry he definitely sounded very different than he did just a few months ago if you look back and if you remember that was bellicose remarks of . fury fire and fury and locked and loaded and those remarks actually made the south korea's president moved somewhat angry at the time saying that it can't be that some third party pushes his country closer to a military confrontation with north korea and he said that there shouldn't be any military action taken or considered without the consent of north korea and so today we didn't hear any of that harsh rhetoric from from donald trump now i wouldn't say it's a policy reversal they still agreed that they want to exert maximum pressure on north korea and that's something that president from had been pushing for the entire time but it seems that at least they were a bit more considerate of each other's needs and positions terry ok with donald trump now taking the easy phone the lead the way the world leaders tell me that washington and se

korea yeah and and he also said tony another significant point is that north korea shouldn't underestimate the the usa presumably a reference to all options including a military one being on the table. yes i think he's alluding to that in a very more measured way than he has done in the past you remember the fire of fury and the threat to totally destroy north korea he's making it quite clear if the u.s. and its allies were attacked then those means would be used and he did point out the means that they have especially in the theater of operations at the moment nuclear power in aircraft carrier groups they have thirty fires they have a b. one supersonic fighter bomber which is in the air as we speak so he's making it quite clear what the u.s. is capable of doing he said that if anyone is and has any doubts just look back in the last few years and see what america has done he was at great lengths also to talk about the unity between south korea and america something that's very important here because a lot of people are concerned that in the process of trying to get some kind of solution to

pressure north korea or this thing will keep going and north korea will keep developing its nukes and missiles. >> shepard: thank you very much, michael o'hanlon. nice to talk to you. the president again, white house pool has been ball in for the president's remarks to the nation to reporters we needed to get in a quick commercial break so we do not miss anything. two interrupted right after thi this. (avo) when you have type 2 diabetes, you manage your a1c, but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. non-insulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. (avo) and for people with type 2 diabetes treating cardiovascular disease, victoza® is now approved to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. and while it isn't for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. (avo) victoza® is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take victoza® if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroi

as it pertains to north korea. that ruffleled a lot of feathers particularly in south korea. there's some real assurances that south korea needs to hear, right, from this president in that this relationship particularly between the u.s. and south korea not been jeopardized but at the same time it's south korea closest to the threat of north korea. how does the president either back pedal or clean up on the use of that word appeasement? >> well, first, he should stop talking about canceling or changing the u.s. south korea free trade agreement. which is very important to the south koreans. secondly, the president needs to talk in sync with the south korean president who was elected and has a sizable constituency in south korea that wants a dialogue with north korea. and then thirdly, i think we have to be in sync on our military cooperation, on the thadd missile system. in other words, the anti-missile system against north korea. at the same time, other military cooperation maneuvers are critically important but tha

trump's bombastic talk over north korea. passions and division accompany him on this trip. >> threatening north korea is not the answer. we have to make the table and we have to talk about it. mark: these people say that when donald trump fires off a tweetstorm or tirade at kim jong-un from the other side of the world, it is seoul 30 miles from the north korean border that is made to feel vulnerable. they have lived with the nuclear threat from the north for decades and they say mr. trump is making it worse. the welcome was traditional, the reminder of an old alliance now strained as mr. trump has accused his south korean counterpart of appeasing north korea. it has vowed to develop a long-range nuclear missile that could hit the u.s. the two leaders seemed to present a united front, president moon saying he hoped it would mark a turning point on north korea. from donald trump, less fire, more talk of pressure on the north to change course. president trump: we have many things happening that we hope -- we hope -- in fact, i

korea whatever north korea says or launches a missile but ever since president trump came to power there have been many more conversations here about what's going to happen if if trump were to act jason strother so thank you very much for that. a u.s. president dollar trams try to have visits threatening to talk radio the relationship with one of the us is closest allies the u.k. it started on wednesday when trump shared three anti islam videos posted by the leader of the u.k.'s far right extremist group britain first one claims to show muslims pushing a boy off a roof another sensibly shows a muslim man destroying a statue of the virgin mary and a third allegedly shows a muslim migrant beating up a dutch boy on crutches the dutch embassy in the us has already debunked the last video as fake news treating facts do matter the perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the netherlands he received and completed his sentence under dutch law what's more dutch media is reporting the attacker is not even a muslim but it didn't end there the spokesman of british prime mi

he says provocation with north korea would amount to a fatal miscalculation. the president arrived in beijing overnight. early start's coverage from china and pyongyang continues right now. the president started talking about human rights, something he largely left out of the conversation until now. >> it is 4:00 a.m. in the east, 5:00 p.m. in beijing. let's begin with politics in the u.s. a blue wave crashing over the democrats. election night a strong one for the democrats with key wins in virginia n new jersey, in new york city and other local races. the virginia race closely watched as a referendum on the trump presidency. >> ralph northam beat gillespie. brianna keeler has more from the headquarters in fair fax, virginia. >> reporter: christine and dave, lieutenant ralph northam winning. they were biting their nails and expecting a very late night. in the end, that's not what happened. this is indication of a bigger picture of anti-trump sentiment. ralph spoke about that to the crowd here. >> virginia told us to end the divisiveness, we will not condone h

north korea's been. professor. robert kelly no we can't catch your breath there way of all have that happen from time to time are you ok to proceed and if not we can certainly check back in with you later ok but professor kelly you better now pardon me the little bugger you know we understand we understand sorry my apologies. i'm north korea's been dependent on external support basically since the one nine hundred sixty s. so north korea has china right now which is the primary supporter of north korea has a certain leverage over the states so they are vulnerable to extreme pressure that doesn't mean they take their cues i think from extra pressure for sort of calendar days but they are they they are susceptible to pressure on. what they need for the missiles what they need to import luxury goods for example televisions alcohol and things like that so i do think that that we can pressure them into making certain choices but i think it's very difficult for us to sort of map particular launch dates to xterm oil press

north korea fires what it says is its most powerful yet one that can reach the u.s. mainland. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up as president retreats a series of anti muslim videos triggering outrage online. a former bosnian croat military needed dies after drinking poison in court as he's told his war crimes sentence will be apel. and confusion and suspicion mounts and honduras over sunday's presidential poll so haters on both sides are celebrating but still no official results. u.s. president donald trump says additional major sanctions will be imposed on north korea in response to its latest missile test and made the comments on twitter following a phone call with china's president xi jinping the u.n. security council is due to hold the much session on this in the coming hours. young man now says it can reach the u.s. mainland the new who are song fifteen intercontinental ballistic missile flew to an altitude of up to four and a half thousand kilometers and traveled nine hundred sixty kilometers spending nearly an hour in the air

korea to come to the table and to make a deal that's good for the people of north korea and the people of the world trump is also looking for a deal with his allies he has not been subtle about his economic interest and a united front against north korea we make the greatest military equipment in the world whether it's planes whether it's missiles no matter what it is we have the greatest military equipment in the world and south korea will be ordering billions of dollars of that equipment which frankly for them makes a lot of sense and for us it means jobs it means we do sing our trade deficit with south korea regional defense for american jobs he said much the same while in japan over the weekend nextel move on to china a much trickier partner. well earlier we caught up with the w.'s bust on heart who was tracking president trump's visit in seoul well compared to his recent rhetoric struck a much more moderate tone with north korea and we asked busty on what was behind this change. he definitely sounded very different than he did just a few months ago if you look back and if you reme

let's start with north korea. north korea establishing that they have a delivery system in this icbm forth first time today reaching 2,800 miles up into space. they are armed and fully dangerous to every part of the united states. what's your reaction? >> way was surprised by how president trump's critics are trying to say this development means his policies are failing. that's not the way i see it. the presidential inherented -- inherited. lou: i don't want there to be any misunderstanding. his critics with scurrilous cowards who failed to do their duty to rein in the kim family as they kept moving forward with nuclear ambitions. >> that's right. he inherited a difficult problem. he's in the first phase of as rational approach to north korea. i don't have high expectations for sanctions. but if sanctions are going to work, they are going to take time. lou: we don't have time. i have estimates for time of delivery of this system from stut korea the ends of this year, not early next year, the ends of this year. the

north korea. i will only tell you that we will take care of it. we have general mattis in the room with us and we've had a long discussion on it. >> a u.s. defense official says that the missile flew for more than 50 minutes and reached an altitude of almost 2,800 miles, higher than ever before. and a sign that the missile has the capability and range to reach targets as far as the u.s. homeland. >> it went higher, frankly, than any previous shot they've taken. it's a research and development effort on their part, to continue building ballistic missiles that can threat everywhere in the world. >> reporter: the launch follows a period of relative quiet from kim jong-un, who hadn't launched a missile in more than two months. this year, however, north korea has placed. its weapons program on international display, firing some 23 missiles in a total of 16 tests since february. the u.s. now believes that pyongyang may be able to equip missiles with a miniaturized nuclear warhead, that could potentially

also on his efforts to put north korea and the efforts with north korea's nuclear program at the top of his list. president trump said thank you to president moon for the ceremony. he noticed a lot of south korean flags waving. but he also said that he noted a lot of american flags and expressing an appreciation for that so he was looking forward to the meetings. i want to go back to gordon. what did you make of this conversation that we just saw between president trump and president moon. >> president moon thinks the way to get to president trump's heart is through flattery. especially with the comment about the stock market. people think that president trump can be appealed to because of this. many say the chinese are going to do this on the next stop of the visit. i think president trump has some structural issues both in south korea and china that are going to negate this flattery technique that people have been using on our president. >> that will be interesting to see. thank you so much and following the talks between president trump and south korean president moon we will carr

korea threatens not just our allies, south korea and japan and the united states, north korea is a threat to the entire world. so all nations of the world must do more to counter that threat. >> martha: kim jong-un's regime releasing this statement in response saying "the reality clearly shows that the gangster-like u.s. imperialists are the very ones that are aggravating the situation of the korean peninsula and seeking to ignite a nuclear war." that is the situation that the president walks into as he begins this very historic trip. this is the itinerary. monday, he will be in japan. he will meet with the emperor and also bilateral meetings with prime minister abe. bret baier will sit down with him in that trip as well. so tuesday, the president moves to south korea where he will meet with. moon. president trump will speak at the national assembly where he will celebrate the alliance and friendship between the two countries and called on the international community to join together in maximizing pressure on north korea. right now there's no plans for the president to visit the dmz betwe

china and north korea. with china president trump wants to review what he calls unfair trade practices. he wants to combat recent agrees in the chinese sea. and with north korea he wants to talk about the nuclear programs. president trump is going to attempt to raleigh support from the leaders of these countries, especially china, to put even more pressure on north korea. will we hear the same inflammatory language, the fire and furry we have heard on twitter. will he use that language overseas close to the border with north korea. yesterday the national security adviser said president trump will use whatever language he wants. >> i don't think the president modulates his language. you have noticed he does that. he has been very clear about it. i am aware of the discussions of his inflammatory. what is inflammatory is the nortnorth korean regime and howy have threatened the world. >> two questions. one, will president trump visit the pugh mz, the border of north korea and south korea. the white house says h

military on north korea. the president is speaking to the national assembly in seoul before he heads to china. we're told the speech will center about the threat from north korea. he will be speaking to the entire country, which is a significant thing. >> shepard: and what happens after that, john, on this trip? >> after that speech, he heads to beijing. probably the most important part of the trip. china is the lynchpin here and tried to get north korea to give up their nuclear program. the president said he's been talking to the president of china for months now and doing more on north korea. so the president will make that plea in person in china. today is kind of just a get-to-know-you affair where the president touches down. he will have tea with the president and his wife. they're going to the opera and will have dinner together. it will be tomorrow asia time that the tough talks will take place. the president hopes to make progress. in seoul, he's beginning to see some, thought he would characterize wh

be north korea and regime must be lawful. it must end is unlawful ballistic missile development and sees all support for international terrorism, which it is not doing. house speaker paul ryan responded to the announcement about north korea, tweeting, i strongly support this decision, which is an important step in holding north korea accountable for its wide range of disabling activities. democratic senator of massachusetts since the message, potus decision to designate north korea a state sponsor of nothing to hold pyongyang accountable for its nuclear ballistic missile programs. only pressure plus direct diplomacy can help us achieve the ultimate goal of peaceful and complete denuclearization of the peninsula. later in the day, secretary of state rex tillerson spoke about the decision at the white house briefing. ms. sanders: good afternoon. thank you guys for being patient with us. i brought a special guest so i figure you might be okay if we were a little delayed. as you all know, the president hosted a very productive ca

president donald trump threatens north korea with new sanctions that's after young yang tests what it says is its most powerful weapon yet a missile that some say is capable of reaching the east coast of the united states and preventing residents from becoming refugees as the european union and the african union meet in ivory coast to discuss ways of dealing with migration from africa into europe. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us a former bosnian croat military chief has died after apparently swallowing coy's during a. at the un's tribunals for the former yugoslavia slobodan. drank the contents of a small bottle seconds after the court upheld his twenty year prison sentence for war crimes in crimes against humanity. slobodan palliate was about to go to prison for what would probably be the rest of his life the judge confirms a twenty year prison sentence and then this. i'm not a war criminal i oppose this conviction stop place. confusion at first and as the judge moves on to the next case calls come from within the court i have taken point. to ok. we suspend the. weezer spe

it's not just about north korea. this is a huge region with massive implications over issues like trade. the united states pulled out of the partnership. so the united states with some countries is really starting with square one in developing potential trade agreements and the president has said he wants to talk about china's role in the opioid crisis and continued military expansion. so there is a lot for the president to talk about. north korea of course copping the li topping the list. >> all right. thanks so much that. >>> one more thing about the president. expect trump to be trump. national security adviser h.r. mcmaster telling reporters the president does not plan to tone down his rhetoric on north korea when he's in the region. >> the president will use whatever language he wants to use, obviously. i don't think the president really modulates his language. have you noticed him do that? he's been very clear about it. i've been aware of the discussions about inflammatory. what's inflammatory is the north kore

north korea is a street to the entire world. so all nations of the world must do more to counter that threat. that is happening. the president recognizes that we are running out of time and will ask all nations to do more. in particular the president will continue to call on all responsible nations especially those with the most influence over north korea to isolate the north korean regime economically and politically and convince its leaders that the pursuit of nuclear weapons is a dead end and it is pastime to denuclearize. you will remind friend and foe alike that the united states stands ready to defend itself and our allies using the full range of our capabilities. the president will also use his trip to promote his vision for a free and open endopacific region. the president will make the case that respect for freedom of navigation and overflight the rule of law, sovereignty, freedom for coercion and private enterprise and open markets is the best model to increase prosperity throughout the region. and to secure the freedo

our top stories: north korea testifies another plastic missile. us officials believe it could be the highest and furthest flight yet. the pope is in myanmar but he still has not yet said anything about the polite of the ranges. —— of the rohingya's. also in this programme, we will from those forced to leave their homes in the shadow of the volcano, mount adelong. and we lifted the earth, now we are doing the same in space. could this galactic garbage collector to get rid of our rubbish —— rid of our rubbish? glad that you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 8.30am in north korea, where pyongyang has fired an unidentified ballistic missile — the first since mid—september. south korean military officials say the missile flew east from a launch site near the capital, pyongyang. it reportedly travelled a distance of about 1000km before falling into the sea of japan. president trump told reporters the us can handle the situation and in tokyo, an emergency cabinet meeting will discuss the incident. our diplomatic cor

he spoke about north korea's nuclear program. [speaking foreign language] [applause] president trump: assembly speaker chung, distinguished members of this assembly, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the extraordinary privilege to speak in this great chamber and to address your people on behalf of the people of the united states f america. in our short time in your country, melania and i have been awed by its ancient and modern wonders, and we are deeply moved by the warmth of your welcome. last night, president and mrs. moon showed us incredible hospitality in a beautiful reception at the blue house. we had productive discussions on increasing military cooperation and improving the trade relationship between our nations on the principle of fairness and reciprocity. through this entire visit, it has been both our pleasure and our honor to create and celebrate a long friendship between the united states and the republic of korea. this alliance between our nations was forged in the crucible of war, and strengthened by the trials

and yet it sorry north korea rather but is north korea really a priority when it comes to relations with china or is the u.s. administration more interested in trade with china. that's a very good question and it is clear to the trump administration away from the dramatic tweets and statements and if you will the theater of politics that the united states has a lot of good cards in terms of east asia southeast asia as you mentioned is going to the us in meeting in the philippines well overall while namely chinese officials in the region south china sea because of egypt and in trade have really raised a lot of mistrust visa v. beijing and so whether it's australia or vietnam or the philippines and especially japan many allies are asking for more u.s. support so trade is key the answer is u.s. influence and also to reassure allies that way they don't necessarily spend much more on weapons perhaps even nucular allies weapons such as with japan for example professor christers garrett researcher on american foreign policy at the university of leipzig many thanks for your analysis thank y

allies in the region it's a message to north korea. i think the issues here are that we're dealing with different donald trump's if you wish there's a donald trump who is bombastic if you speak who is personal in terms of his criticisms of others and his taps but there's also donald trump who despite what he says allows his cabinet ministers but barely secretaries of defense. and states to pursue policies that are less aggressive ok picking up on that point about allowing people to pursue policies and allowing the military to take decisions into their own hands we had that the pentagon released a statement a not that a full scale ground invasion is the only way to end the arsenal launches coming from north korea i mean is that what the region is preparing for have you been told about that. well i don't think that is a realistic things what you're talking about logistically would be very very difficult if you go back to desert storm and you see how long it took to mount an offensive a full scale invasion the number of troops the backup

and south korea the same page as far as north korea is concerned all they. well we've talked about the differences in the past between the positions and the tone of these two leaders because again the has had a bit of a softer touch talking about dialogue and engagement and that was the platform on which he was elected elected and donald trump had taken a more bombastic tone talking about as i mentioned fire and fury and that raised some eyebrows here in south korea but president moon was talking about wanting this trip to be a turning point and it's important for the two leaders to present this show of friendship and unity president trump talked about historical relationship that south korea and the united states have had that they've had decades of friendship that they fought a war together and that that that alliance will continue so he says that the north korean problem is not just one facing south korea or indeed the u.s. that it is a worldwide problem that needs a worldwide a solution so there were hints there when he was talking about the moves from t

"north korea: another country." welcome back to democracy now! can you talk about how president trump was met in south korea, where you also were? >> well, president trump was given the red carpet treatment by the government, just as he was in japan and china. but there were large protests right outside the american embassy, which is in downtown seoul. there were maybe over 1000 protesters. sayingy against trump, particularly, no war. i was really struck by the violence of emotion on that particular issue. koreans are under the threat of war from north korea. the dmz is just 35 miles from seoul, notice been a case for decades and decades. a trump has raised an immediate issue of attacking north korea, as you just said. i have never experienced the kind of emotion that i saw both in the protests and in the conference that i attended. people in the e audience were standing up and saying things like "trump is 10 times more " androus than kim jong-un then everybody clapped. it is remarkable that trump -- running through

it is having a significant effect on north korea. we know there are current shortages of fuel based upon what we can gather from anecdotally and also from certain intel sources. we know their rev views are down because much to the revenue streams are being curtailed. is this the reason we haven't had a provocative act in 60 days? i don't want to suggestion i could say, but we're hopeful this period will continue. i think the president and his address in seoul, south korea though, general assembly, laid out the case he wants to deliver a different future to the people of north korea. >> thank you, mr. secretary. a couple for you. first, can you give us an example of a third-party transaction now covered that was not covered by your existing american sanctions or the u.n. security council sanction. >> could be certain dual use equipment that may not have been covered that this would prohibit now, third party sell that dual use. don't want to outthank you the designation will pet a whole new layer of sanctions. we already have north kor

north korea launches another test missile prompting this response from the white house. like the president of promises made just sanctions against pyongyang day ends a continental ballistic missile is thought to be north korea's most powerful to date capable of reaching the east coast of the united states. from the european union and the african union that meets in ivory coast to discuss ways of dealing with the flow of refugees from africa into europe. i'm phil gal welcome to the program we began with a drama unfolding at the u.n. war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia croatian state media are reporting that to form a boston croat to. military chief slobbered and probably at his died after drinking what he told the court was poison. given and he was about to go to prison for what would probably be the rest of his life the judge confirmed to twenty year prison sentence and this. i am not a war criminal i oppose this conviction. stop place police adult confusion at first and then an attempt to move on to other business responsible but as the judge was dealing with

it is not going to scare north korea. what is probably going to do is cause north korea to do the very thing that we claim we want to prevent, which is an attack. and that could have catastrophic results. the only thing that is going to actually work is that we have to keep the diplomatic pressure on, but with a strong deterrent to keep them from using offensively their weapons. we don't want to give them any excuse to use than themselves, though. there has already been a lot of diplomatic pressure, particularly from neighbouring china. you have president trump declaring north korea a state sponsor of terrorism. sanctions have been imposed. week after week, month after month, but to no avail. know, and here is what is going to happen. it is too late to try new sanctions or anything else to get north korea to give up their weapons —— no. and there is a very simple reason for that. many things have happened over the years, that they now view the nuclear weapons as the only defence that they have to prevent the united st

to be made that ramping up the rhetoric feeds the north carolinian north korea rhetoric. saying they have no choice to spend the money on weapons instead of food. these are starving people whose food money is going to build weapons. when we threaten them they turn around and say see, this is why we took the food out of your children's mouth to spend on the nuclear weapons. that leaves us in a place where the time for dialogue is probably not now. that's the reality of the situation. now, what can we do? ramp up the pressure or one more thing, which is we can establish an off-ramp. give them a path out of this crisis. that's what's missing. that's what president moon was talking about when he said okay if they freeze their activities, we can sit down. that's not what the u.s. is saying. you see a gap between the south koreans and united states in that manner. >> what both countries acknowledge is we need china to step i and do more economically, and we also need russia. the president talked about both of those things just a short time ago. >> i think we're making a lot of

sanctions on north korea. this is according to the president. the president saying the largery will announce sanctions on north korea. north korea must stop supporting its terrorism according to president trump. we had been anticipating this would happen. the president back from his asia trip last week. a good time is guess now is going to be it. it's thanksgiving week. the pressure is off to keep making progress on tax reform for the moment because the senate has said it won't take up tax reform again until after the thanksgiving break. we know the president was .olding a cabinet meeting the president saying the u.s. will designate north korea a state sponsor of terror. also saying he's looking very strongly that the welfare reform. the big headline is the designation of north korea a state sponsor of terror. push for both sides to enter into some sort of negotiations and every time there is hope that might come about we see an escalation of war of words between trump and the north korean leader. this one wou

and he haley delivered this stern reprimand to the north korean regime the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it we have never sought war with north korea and still today we do not seek it if war does come it will be because of continued acts of aggression like we witnessed yesterday and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed the nation joining me now is jason strother he's covering the story for us from the south korean capital seoul so strong winds from the u.s. ambassador there are in the united nations is solar wind that these kind of threats could be counter petard productive. it's been a concern of south korea's president moon j.n. ever since he took office back in may and just today his unification minister this is the official who is in charge of relations with north korea expressed concern that upcoming joint military exercises with the united states that are scheduled to take place around the time of the winter olympics in south korea could further cause tensions to rise s

we'll continue this coverage out of north korea where the reporting is north korea has fired a ballistic missile and it is still in the air. this is what we are getting from the south korea joint chiefs of staff. let's work with what we know who is on the phone for us. i know it's in the middle of the night for you in hong kong there. but ivan, tell me what exactly is south korea saying about this? >> reporter: we have a preliminary statement coming out of joint chiefs of staff confirming there is a unified ballistic missile fired from south pyongyang to the east. and we still don't know anything further about the nature of this missile, the range of it. what is striking of this is it's coming after a pause of nearly two montshs where they haven't fired anything. what has me scratching my head is the timing of it. if you go back they were firing these missiles for almost weekly basis but almost took place at dawn korea time. and this is taking place now at around 3:00 in the morning. around that time. so it doesn't fit the pattern that we have seen in the past. and this missile launch wi

i believe it make sense for north korea to do the right thing, not only for north korea but humanity all over the world. there is a lot of reason and good reason behind that and with that yes, i think we will make progress and i think were showing great strength and i think they understand we have unparalleled strength. there has never been strength like it and you know we sent three of the largest aircraft carriers in the world and they are right now positioned. we have a nuclear submarine also positioned and we have many things happening that we hope -- i think will go a step further. i hope to god we never have to use. with that being said i really believe that it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal that is good for the people of north korea and the people of the world. i do see certain movement, yes but let's see what happens. >> can you [inaudible] >> i don't what does that. the next president moon, in your meeting with president trump was spoken about by president him when he gestured to the military purchases that your country will be making and

president donald trump threatens north korea with new sanctions that's after john yang tests its most powerful weapon yet a missile that some say is capable of reaching the east coast of the united states . and the european union and the african union meet in ivory coast to discuss ways of dealing with the flow of refugees from africa into europe. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us a former bosnian croat military chief has died after apparently swallowing poison during a hearing at the un's tribunals for the former yugoslavia slobodan drank the contents of a small bottle seconds after the court upheld his twenty year sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. slow down probably act was about to go to prison for what would probably be the rest of his life the judge confirms a twenty year prison sentence and then this. i'm not a war criminal i oppose this conviction. stop police police adult confusion at first and as the judge moves on to the next case calls come from within the court i have taken poison. to ok. we spend the. we spent at least the curtain's later it b