defense these fat systems in south korea now and. the threat of an of an independent united korea historically korea has stronger ties with china and greater animosity with japan however right small amount that is that would be a break in the u.s. containment of china that they cannot allow so that they can't allow this go for this is why i think the deep state is actually trying their behind all of this trying to interject in the process i think they know for what trump was doing now quietly from what i understand south korea talking with china china has been talking about russia and china providing some security guarantees to. north korea and south korea has been making some promises that under theoretically you know far down the road. in the event of reunification korea would join any anti the chinese that eight zero design are going to be the ad and they've also promised to limit the number of systems not allow anymore to be erected you know what's really interesting here is that again our viewers may not know this is that under

for we have a liberal president in south korea with president then we had the olympic games the winter games also we have a very self-confident north korean leader now with the atomic weapons program and we have a very pragmatic donald trump now right well let's talk a little bit about the role that south korea place because they've been pushing really hard to broker this meeting between president trump and the north korean leader talked about that yes south korea definitely was here the crucial the most the size of facilitating the whole process as we know president. at his brilliant speech here last year he invited north korea to participate in the winter olympic games and this gave the north koreans a very good opportunity without losing face coming back into dialogue which was very much much needed for them also within south korea the un to reproach him and our forces the right to conservatives are now in a crisis they are very weak because two of the former presidents are embroiled in big scandals convolving corruption so this was very important for a lot of it has to do with just

and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china. india it's a visit the would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea

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defense these fat systems in south korea now and. the threat of an of an independent united korea historically korea has stronger ties with china and greater animosity with japan however right small amount that is that would be a break in the u.s. containment of china that they cannot allow so they they can't allow this go for this is why i think the deep state is actually trying they are behind all of this trying to interject in the process i think they know for what trump was doing now quietly from what i understand south korea talking with china china has been talking about russia and china providing some security guarantees to. north korea and south korea has been making some promises that under theoretically you know far down the road in the event of reunification korea wouldn't join any anti chinese eight zero designs targeting the the ad and they've also promised to limit the number of systems not allow any more to be erected you know if you know what's really interesting here is that you know again our viewers may not know th

defense these fat systems in south korea now and. the threat of an independent united korea historically korea has stronger ties with china and greater animosity with japan however right small amount that is that would be a break in the u.s. containment of china that they cannot allow so they they can't allow this go for this is why i think the deep state is actually trying they are behind all of this trying to interject in the process i think they know for what trump was doing now quietly from what i understand south korea talking with china china has been talking about russia and china providing some security guarantees to. north korea and south korea has been making some promises that under theoretically you know far down the road in the event of reunification korea would join any anti the chinese that eight zero design are going to be the ad and they've also promised to limit the number of systems not allow any more to be erected you know if you know what's really interesting here is that you know again our viewers may not know t

defense these fat systems in south korea now and. the threat of an of an independent united korea historically korea has stronger ties with china and greater animosity with japan however right small amount that is that would be a break in the u.s. containment of china that they cannot allow so they they can't allow this go for this is why i think the deep state is actually trying they are behind all of this trying to interject in the process i think they know for what trump was doing now quietly from what i understand south korea talking with china china has been talking about russia and china providing some security guarantees to. north korea and south korea has been making some promises that under theoretically you know far down the road in the event of reunification korea wouldn't join any anti chinese eight zero design target any the ad and they've also promised to limit the number of systems not allow any more to be erected you know what's really interesting here is that you know again our viewers may not know this is that under

south korea's president j.n. says japan hasn't resolved the issue of so-called comfort women thousands of korean women were forced into sexual slavery for japanese soldiers during world war two japan has described moon's comments as extremely regrettable. donald trump's white house communications director is resigning copecks made the announcement today after she testified before a congressional panel that's investigating accusations of russian interference in the twenty's sixteen election rescue workers in most of us still searching through bombed out buildings seven months after the rock iraqi government declared victory over iceland the city they found more than three thousand bodies and they still much work to do a warning might find some of the pictures in one package disturbing. it's a city in ruins with entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble the most damage is in most of all city that stood for centuries before the i saw this is where i sell fighters for to the bitter end. and as bulldozers sift through th

and south korea. and that's a very important concession, john, because pyongya pyongyang's position in the past has been that removing its nuclear weapons, getting rid of that arsenal is a red line. it's taboo, non-negotiable. here he is floating this possibility. then we had an extension of an invitation to xi jinping to visit north korea in the future which we hear the chinese leader has accepted. what does this say? well, north korea's isolation which has been extreme in recent years is coming to an end and also some of the differences have been smoothed over which may give kim jong-un a stronger bargaining point when he goes in to talks with the south korean president next month, and then the expected historic face-to-face meeting with president trump sometime after that. john. >> very interesting to watch. kim saying the words he knows he needs to say to get the progress he wants. ivan watson, thanks so much. >>> questioning the president under oath. the lawyer for stormy daniels asks a judge to

, the south korea/u.s. alliance. those things are in place and as recently as two days ago, the north korean newspaper demonstrated again their reliance on nuclear weapons for regime survival. that's something blessed by the kim family. i'm very happy for this development. it's very good. there could be some possibilities there. but again, i'd like to see what the talking points are going to be, what the ongoing strategy not only of the united states but of north korea. they are going to want to eliminate any kind of sanctions because it's really hurting them. all indicators from the intelligence community says that's what's hurting. but will they also ask for u.s. forces off the peninsula should they also ask for no more. they knew the combined force operations will continue, will they ask eventually for that to stop? will they ask for forces to be delayed and what are our questions going to be other than denuclearization. are we going to ask for north korean forces to move back from the dmz to keep seoul

kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea demands will be which will help china. it's a visit that would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave. china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guest house where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea have

korea to do the same thing japan also very pointedly reminded south korea that this latest spat comes to very difficult time when japan and south korea along with the united states should be showing a united front to the village or its of north korea with regards to into korean relations and also used his speech to call to build upon the goodwill that has been generated during these limpet games saying that north and south korea should be looking towards collaborative projects that will build two wards peace and economic progress if that is followed through if they can agree on projects between north and south korea that would be very tangible evidence of improvements in korean relations i'm just international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the human rights group made the accusation after analyzing egyptian military video human counterparts. this is a gyptian military video the army says it shows improvised explosive devices planted by what it calls a terrorist elements human rights group amnesty international says one of the s

let us stay in south korea. general motors has warned that its units that will file for bankruptcy if the workers union in south korea does not agree to concessions by april 20. general motors has four factories in south korea but is seeking a government bailout to help keep its money—losing business in south korea float. they employ nearly 16,000 people but is looking to cutjobs and worker. twitter will bana to cutjobs and worker. twitter will ban a cryptocurrency from tuesday, hot on the heels of a similar ban by facebook and google. they said the policy will cover initial queen offerings, which is a method of raising money for new digital coins. bitcoin fell on this announcement. it is official, because amazon is entering the french food delivery market. the us e—commerce giant is teaming up with the casino group in france to sell products on their site. amazon's high—speed delivery service will launch later this year, starting with paris. finally, dictionary .com may be put up for sale. its owner has h

defense these thad systems in south korea now and. the threat of an of an independent united korea historically korea has stronger ties with china and greater animosity with japan however right small amount that is that would be a break in the u.s. containment of china that they cannot allow so they they can't allow this go for this is why i think the deep state is actually trying their behind all of this trying to interject in the process i think they know for what trump was doing now quietly from what i understand south korea talking with china china has been talking about russia and china providing some security guarantees to. north korea and south korea has been making some promises that under theoretically you know far down the road. in the event of reunification korea would join any anti chinese that eight zero designs are going to be the ad and they've also promised to limit the number of systems not allow anymore to be erected you know what's really interesting here is that again our viewers may not know this is that under ext

the talks have been brokered by south korea and are already being seen as a success for those within trump's administration. i think as we've seen in the last twenty four hours a policy that was put in place and has been executed by the state department over the past year has exceeded this summit meeting between the u.s. and north korean leaders is expected by me with the world waiting to see if two months is enough time to dampen down fire and fury into meaningful dialogue. let's get more on this from one of the most who's professor of korean studies a balance of free university you know welcome to the doubly let's start about port about whether each can trust the other and whether this will actually happen do you think it will happen this meeting well that's a point of time very difficult to say because there could be a lot of different obstacles to actually then have having the meeting but as of now both leaders quite straightforwardly said they want to beat even from said yes uneaten so as of now we have to expect that it will be yet except vats in the last few minutes it's been

the south korea national security advisor will announce a meeting between south korea and kim jong-un along with an invitation for kim jong-un to meet with president trump. they are coming clears and closer together. we expect more information and we'll keep you posted as those developments come. president trump hosting members of the video game industry and critics debate the possible link between gun violence and graphic video games. president trump vowed to take decisive action against gun violence including banning bump stocks and raising the purchasing age to 21. joining me, brent bozell. take us inside the room, please. >> i think the president is genuinely concerned about the outbreak of violence in our schools. he called for this meeting. he brought in a diverse group of people. he asked an awful lot of questions, probing questions. and was look for solution solutions. for anyone who put forward a position, he would ask fear a -- for a solution. he listened intently for an hour. i think i can speak for everyone in that room that folks were impressed by him. charles: the video

might president trump go to north korea, south korea? they have not said anything at this point whether they would do this and host this. >> that is anybody's guess. i would be surprised, frankly, if trump to go to john yang, but that is a possibility. it might be in a city close to their such as beijing. even a city in russia and that part of the pacific area. it could be anywhere. i think that fact that trump is willing to meet with tim jong own desk kim jong-un shows the united states understands that only through direct negotiations said talks can the situation be resolved. i think it is important to look that northessions korea made. after all, one of the big issues they have had for years has been these u.s.-south korean military exercises that take place twice a year. which i have talked about quite a lot on this show. they practiced things over the years things like decapitation of the leadership of north korea and assassination and regime change. well, north korea agreed to these talks and said they would suspend their nuclear t

might president trump go too north korea, south korea? they have not said anything at this point whether they would do this and host this. >> that is anybody's guess. i would be surprised, frankly, if trump to go to john yang, but that is a possibility. it might be in a city close to their such as beijing. even a city in russia and that part of the pacific area. it could be anywhere. i think that fact that trump is willing to meet with tim jong own desk kim jong-un shows the united states understands that only through direct negotiations said talks can the situation be resolved. i think it is important to look that northessions korea made. after all, one of the big issues they have had for years has been these u.s.-south korean military exercises that take place twice a year. which i have talked about quite a lot on this show. they practiced things over the years things like decapitation of the leadership of north korea and assassination and regime change. well, north korea agreed to these talks and said they would suspend their nuclear t

and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea demands will be which will help china will because. it's a visit that would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave. china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and nort

korea's then lida are we seeing something similar here and is south korea more prepared than their previous governments have begun and then the u.s. is now well the south korean summit is is interesting in the sense that it's going to be very very soon and we strongly that they've motivated it almost equally in the same way as the north korean interest in particular using this idea in conjunctions new speech full this summit or this into crittur parchments take place both careers were very last year about the threat of war and i think that selfishly for the right reasons. oh beijing and pyongyang are kind of all in the same page with regards to probably won't wind wanting to provide optics that will satisfy trump at least until the end of his in his generation and so whatever it can take from those three i'm not saying they can be working side by side. they are coming from the same feel of concern and so if they can come to an agreement where north korea on the set face agrees to give up more amount of its nuclear program and if it before on the cephus then that could satisfy trump for a sh

train in south korea we won't stay in south korea." and i think the north koreans are well aware of that in the u.s. military. we may see a shift in the approach. i would watch for that very closely. i hope the trump administration and the defense department is and how itout this may respond if you see this kind of tactical shift in how the north koreans layout proposals with regards to troop presence. much.nk you very gentlemen, the meeting is adjourned. we have another program in the pipeline for april. thank you very much. [applause] >> on c-span this week in primetime tonight on a pm eastern. perspectives on gun control for the march for lives rally. wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern, former white house director of communications anthony scaramucci. job, just got the like building a condominium or just like building a golf course or developing a television show, job, i ok, i got this got to go down to the swamp, i to drain the swamp, i got to hire people that understand the swamp. i think what he is learned is that you are not going to d

and south korea along the dmz. is that correct? >> certainly, the piece house will be the venue for the summit between the north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president moon. we don't have a secure fix on where president trump might be meeting with kim jong un, but i would imagine it would be some kind of a neutral location, which of that is, as you note, right along the dmz. we'll find out in just a few minutes. >> bret: greg palkot live in london. thank you very much. up next, the president pulls the trigger on tariffs and we await the statement from the south koreans just outside the west wing there on the driveway. the standard position, will bring that to you live. the panel will join us to digest all of this breaking news. first, though, beyond our borders tonight, there are no accusations that syria is using chemical weapons against its citizens again. the doctors and residents in rebel controlled suburban damascus say they can smell the chlorine odor and patients are having trouble breathing th

korea and japan are condemning the terrorists south korea is one of the biggest exports is of steel to the us. we would actively consider filing a complaint to the world trade organization with agreement between major countries the trade minister kim already discussed this with the european union trade commissioner. could do with her it is extremely regrettable that the measures were decided i believe there is a concern that a broad trade restriction mechanism on the grounds of national security could disturb not only the u.s. but also the global steel and aluminum markets including those in the asian region and it could also cause a grave impact on economic relations between allies japan and the us as well as the multilateral trade system overall and the global economy. now it's the trade deal trump didn't want to be a part of the trans-pacific partnership has been signed in chile and what's being healthy is a powerful move against protectionism the revised deal will reduce tariffs for eleven countries and connect economies worth ten trillion dollars our latin america to see newman

a step in the right direction and it was south korea that appears to have convinced trump and kim to soften their war of words and embrace diplomacy. this is the man doing the running between pyongyang and washington d.c. and he's failing reached a major milestone. poor president president from you know meeting north korean leader kim jong un he is committed to do do provide. him pledged to both korea are really good friends from any for the nuclear war this sort of tests that he stressed is that you're going to see the new president from that so on as possible it is a sentiment shared by the u.s. president who confirmed that a meeting is being planned. at the historic breakthrough comes after south korean negotiators held talks simpy only on on monday it was here they learned that denuclearization was on the menu is. far from giving up their bombs in recent years north korea has been ratcheting up its missile program and the threats. from fired back with warnings of annihilation and insults for kim jong il. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. on the fr

place somewhere in south korea not into the camp rossini maybe one of the resort areas also south korea is the one place i would be watching for the summoning. b.j. kim aden force a concert which is why i say enjoy having the conversation with you thank you very much indeed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and it's on by visiting our website is just that dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for us last a.j. it's i saw it you can also join the conversation on twitter i'll handle a.j. inside a story for me has so much about the whole team here by phenomenal and in . bigger and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's happening with a smoking alternative known as vapor i enjoy the taste of it and not get the harmful effects of what smoking does between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fourteen a lonely star tripling in use among us high school students and head to head comparison ysaye versus conventional cigarette which one do you think has helped my opinion i think they're both da

you're a former ambassador to south korea. there's currently no u.s. ambassador to south korea. famously, the north korean envoy for the state department resigned, retired a couple of weeks ago. the infrastructure, the normal diplomatic infrastructure is not in place for something so huge as this. >> it is huge. frankly, in a certain way, in terms of foreign policy, in terms of national security, he's betting his presidency on this. that would put it in the huge category. i would like to say though there are a lot of extremely talented people in the state department who are still there, working every day. i hope the president notices that because he can't -- this is not a one-man sport. he needs a whole team, and he needs to go to the state department. >> but he says that he has feelings, he works on his gut, and he says that his gut, his -- you know, these tweeted insults and then the return insults, all of that kind of stuff, the maximum pressure, the savsancti that has done what no other president has been able to do. >> what i would like him to do since he doesn't want to li

the president also launched an attack on close american allies including south korea accusing south korea of ripping off the u.s. for decades and poaching american work force. the president threatened pulling american troops stationed in south korea if seoul does not make the concessions he wants. >> donald trump said we lose money on trade and military. we have 32,000 soldiers on the border. let's see what happens. for more on that story, let's bring in david mckenzie live in seoul. it is a complete break with american philosophy and values for the last half century. >> reporter: that's right, christine. in terms of the troops, they are the frontline between north korea and south korea. the korean war just ended in stalemate in the armistice agreement. for president trump to make the perhaps offhand comments will in private irritate the south koreans. in public, they said they cannot comment anytime president trump says anything or makes remarks. it comes at a critical juncture. the foreign minister of south korea on her way right now to washington, d.c. where she will meet with the acti

and north korea told china jan reports. a south korean delegation delivered p. on yang's invitation to president trump during a visit to the white house he expressed this that even if the president felt that's on as a possible. president trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet. by may to achieve prominent need to provide situation. north korea has carried out six nuclear tests under kim jong un since he took power seven years ago in january of two thousand and sixteen it announced the successful testing of its first hydrogen bomb and in november north korea announced it had tested a new long range missile on with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the u.s. mainland the growing nuclear threat caused a global outrage on tough sanctions were imposed against the north trump and kim jong un have exchanged a war of words for months last summer trump or north korea against making any threats or he will be met with what he said fire and fury he then said he would totally destroy north korea and called kim a rocket man at the united nations it's a pember

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state department confirmed it will hold a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential deal nuclearize ation talks with pyongyang the north and south have agreed to hold a historic summit next month u.s. president donald trump welcomed the news saying he believes the north most is for the talks are genuine. i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because the sanctions and what we're doing with respect to north korea including you know the great help that we've been given from china and they can do more but i think they've done more than certainly they've ever done for our country before so china has been a big help i think that's been a factor but the sanctions have been very very strong and very biting and we don't want that to happen so i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find out it's going to rob mcbride he is in so how is all of this being viewed from south korea and its regional neighbors. general sense of optimism here jane in south korea a widely held belief that this is indeed a landmark agreement

north korea and south korea plan to hold a summit on the 27th of april and of course, donald trump and kimjong—un april and of course, donald trump and kim jong—un that will be meeting hopefully, after that, in the month of may. if we take a look at this revised deal, us automakers will get greater access to the south korean market. at the moment, far more cars are shipped from south korea to america than in the other direction, making upa america than in the other direction, making up a big chunk of the annual trade deficit between the two countries. as the south korea, it has secured a partial exemption from president donald trump's new steel tariffs, it will be pleased that it did not have to give ground on opening up its agricultural industry the us imports. korea is america's sixth largest trading partner, totalling $145 billion worth in trade in 2016 and this deal will hopefully reduce america's trade deficit with the rear of around $26 billion. according to both sides, it isa billion. according to both sides, it is a win—win situation. billion. according to both sides, it

>> i think it would likely be in south korea. frankly, i think president trump should take kim jong un up at his word and have this as soon as possible again for that time line to see if kim jong un is being serious. why not do it next week in the only issue i think if both sides are willing is the secret service. what would they have to say about it? but functionally again the key here is not going to be word. it's not going to be pledges along the future time line. the urgency of action now. i think the united states, it will come down to if it is possible, to have that suspension of military training, north koreans say they don't care about that at the moment, fine. they are not offering from talks. when it gets to the meet, can you get those enemiers n a matter of weeks, two weeks or less. can you get a verified report. can do you snap inspections the kind of things you haven't seen in iran. if you can't get that, proof he is not serious and big game as he has played before. if he is serious, president trump deserves credit f

the white house reaches an agreement with south korea. and at the cenr of it, the automakers. >>> riding in style. why a luxury sedan just doesn't cut it anymore. those stories and much more tonight on "nightly business report" for this wednesday, march the 28 >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. tech is struggling. as evident today again a the sector fell again. one of the biggest decliners was amazon. shares were down more than 4%, wiping billions off its market value. on reports that the president wants to rein its power and change the way the companys taxed. the white house though says it is not considering any specific policy. then there is apple. goldman sachs cut sales estimates for the iphone, apple's flagship product. the dow component is facing multiple lawsuits over its controversial move to slow older smart phones. and sharesf facebook were higher after that company edesigned some of its security settings. >> whatever the decline in tech did weigh on the broader market again toda although the losses were modest this time.

state department confirmed it will hold a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential de nuclearization talks with pyongyang the north and south have agreed to hold a historic summit next month. president donald trump welcome the news saying he believes the north's motives for the talks are genuine i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because these sanctions and what we're doing with respect to north korea including you know the great help that we've been given from china and they can do more but i think they have done more than certainly they've ever done for our country before so china has been a big help i think that's been a factor but the sanctions have been very very strong and very biting and we don't want that to happen so i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find it's being robbed mcbride he's live in seoul and i'm just wondering how this is being viewed from south korea and the regional neighbors that. i think generally jane there is a sense of optimism here in south korea supporters of the gov

not far from here at the border between north and south korea on the south korean side and to hopefully discuss these matters of course a change in tone mood to the swiftness of sort of the diplomatic moves these past few months is something perhaps that none of us could have imagined as we ended twenty seventeen and we looked ahead to twenty eighteen. absolutely not i think it took many many people by surprise towards the end of twenty seventeen we were still talking about regular provocations coming from north korea regular missile launches of increasing range their biggest nuclear test ever but then on new year's day with a speech from kim jong un things seemed to turn around he extended an olive branch to south korea and of course then we saw high level meetings with the same men at the d.m.z. who were meeting today in january it was then that it was decided that north korea would send a delegation to south korea for the winter olympics and everything seemed to change and now we're seeing these plans for leader level meetings between north and south korea between north korea and the

south korea's president echoes the cautious sentiments of world leaders summit with the north. i'm sammy's a dan this is al jazeera live from also coming up lucky to live another day bombs continue to fall in syria's eastern altar as the u.n. repeats calls for an urgent cease fire plus. homes destroyed lives shattered in egypt's sinai our exclusive report on the military operation against armed groups plus. i'm adrian brown in northwest china where president xi jinping recently vowed to eliminate poverty it's going to be a big challenge find out why here on al-jazeera. south korea's president says it's too early to be optimistic about progress in relations with the north. says he has no plans to ease sanctions against pyongyang ahead of a historic summit with leader kim jong il next month and don't trump says he believes north korea stance is genuine but mcbrien has more from seoul. there is widespread optimism in south korea at what many believe is a landmark agreement but conservative opposition parties still suspect north korea of playing a game of deception to buy time for

korea is most likely to retaliate against south korea. then there will be a full-blown conflict escalation. collateral damage would be catastrophe. therefore, south korea cannot really tolerate american military action on north korea. that is why we have been pushing for the idea of diplomaticso tion of north korea nuclear problem.f: >> woodrufell, mr. moon chung-in, we thank you very much for coming in todaalk with us >> thank you. >> woodrf: in many central american communities, a mysterious disease has affected fa workers. salvadorspecial correspondent fred de sam lazaro focuses on workers who arcaught in the middle of trying to e out a living while maintaining their health. this report is part of fred's series "agents for change." >> reporter: the cutters begin early, trying to sneak a couple of hours before the tropical sun begins to scorch the sugar ce fields. it's dirty, brutal work that requires the stana of the young and physically fit, the exertion likened to running a half marathon every day. but 20 years ago, doctors began not

he knows that these troops alliance in asia, north korea, south korea, are a waste of money. if he says lower these troops a little bit, i'll denuclearize, and trump may go for that. then you will see an uproar. >> seeiwe went to south korea a seeing kim jong-un. after the meeting he may do that, but let's see what happens. let's see what happens. >> it's interesting. via tweet and everything else he was able to try to undermine kim jong-un and insult him, and now he says, come on, everybody, let's embrace this moment, et cetera. but what about that moment of south korea coming outside the white house and actually making this announcement, you know, ahead of the president who now sounds like he's kind of in control of this whole idea. was that strange to you? >> it was very unusual for the south korean national security adviser to announce a summit between an american president and north korean leader. i'm not against that in principle, it's just unusual. it might be a good thing in the end to have the south koreans to feel fully invested in this. but for south korea to entic

place somewhere in south korea if not into the camp rossini maybe one of the resort areas also south korea is the one place i would be watching for the summoning. b.j. kim a don't force a concert which is why i say enjoyed having the conversation with you thank you very much indeed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and its time by visiting a website i was just dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for was last a.j. it's i sorry you can also join the conversation on twitter i'll handle a.j. inside a story from the house and the whole team here by financial and in . a new level of luxury has arrived. an experience that will transform the way you try. a couple service remains but none comes breaking. revolutionary business plans. the old forces for the sake of fairness to. whether conducting business or sharing a special journey. with a list of all the search one of its. branches of mine in the depths trying to smile. you'll centuries in the sky introduce a. list of newsgroups. as owens going places together. when the w

korea and was open to improving relations not only with south korea but potentially with the united states since then we've seen them reach out to international leaders around the world what he has said he is interested in is international recognition for north korea as a responsible nuclear power the united states on the other hand has said that it will settle for nothing short of north korea completely giving up its nuclear weapons so whether all sides can find some kind of compromise within the summit so it means to be seen josh we're also hearing that japan is considering a summit with north korea can you tell us anything about that. japan has a lot of worries about what's been going on japan has quite poor relations with north korea next to the states japan is often singled out for threats from north korea and as this flurry of some planning has gone on they've being increasingly worried that they could be left behind and possibly some of their security concerns be left by the wayside so they've been reaching out to pyongyang and trying to arrange their own meetings to make sur

korea for the first time the government here in seoul in south korea is really playing up the landmark achievement of just this mission taking place but we are short on detail about what this agreement means in practice we are relying for the most part on coverage by the official news service of north korea no south korean media i've been allowed to accompany the delegation we are expecting to hear more detail when that delegation who are still in pyongyang having more talks when they return later today choose day to seoul when they'll brief not only people here but then possibly all equally important they will go on to washington to brief people there and obviously what makes it even more significant is how rare summit like this would be. that's right the last one was in twenty seven the summit though possibly there is more at stake given the summit now given the extent to which north korea has advanced its missile program and also its nuclear capability its nuclear development in the president of south korea says this whole process is day and the ultimate denuclearization of the kore

-south korea military drills, an american presence in south korea. chances ofny talks progressing if this is a condition? james: if you take in a separate of, yes. it is conceivable to me that the u.s. would suspend exercises during the negotiation, yes. honestly, sort of a removal of u.s. troops from the peninsula, that would be quite something to happen. asequal difficulty, i think, having an agreement that takes we all nuclear weapons on the peninsula. here is the interesting, -- here is something interesting, shery. south korea may be more open to that than the united states. south korea, the economy, big military, second-biggest arms fire in the world, and a country that wants to expand its sovereignty and have control over its own destiny. they may be more open to that idea in the long-term that u.s. officials are now. david: part of the heart of the matter -- how do we know as the united states that this is a bona fide and real attempt to move forward as opposed to an attempt to drive a wedge between the united states and south korea? when pre

ally south korea may be overeager for the u.s. to begin these talks. >> glor: in the past as you know the north has used talks a cover to advance its weapons program. is there anything the culz do in this case to prevent that this time? >> reporter: that's what the u.s. position so far is diplomacy is not cost free. the trump administration plans to continue to tighten sanctions, target them to cut off fuel other and resources that power north korea's weapons program. they will not simply lift sanctions as a reward for talking. the hope is to avoid having north korea use the cover of negotiations while they continue their weapons program. >> glor: margaret brennan, thanks. the northeast is bracing for round two tonight, a second major storm in four days. heavy snow, rain, and wind will move in overnight. amtrak has cut back service, and airlines are waving change fees. more than 150,000 homes and businesses are still without power from the last storm. demarco morgan is on the massachusetts coast tonight. >> reporter: this footage

not as cold as south korea? actually, it is warming up in south korea, turning milder there and also for us. this was one of our spectacular pictures from the day fells fells covered in snow underneath sunny skies, a glorious day. but the weather is changing, and looking at the south there is low pressure and a waving weather front that will bring pulses of heavy rain northwards across the uk. that process is underway at the moment with the rain already arriving in southern england, into wales and the midlands and east anglia. you can see it turning increasingly heavy in central and southern england, london and the south—east in the next few hours. the rest of this evening and overnight, this rain will extend northwards into northern england and northern ireland. we will have clear skies for a time in scotland but with the south—westerly winds strengthening it will bring up some mild airand by strengthening it will bring up some mild air and by the end of the night we will have temperatures of ten or 11 degr

the winter paralympics are under way in south korea. north and south korea didn't march together under a unified flag in the opening ceremony as they did at last month's winter olympics because they failed to agree on which version to use. britain is being represented by 17 athletes, as kate grey reports from pyeongchang. the biggest winter paralympics to date. drummers and dancers, the traditional charms of korea opening the show. the weather playing its part too — nothing could be done about the fog—covered fireworks. and heavy snow had prevented a full rehearsal so a slight flag hiccup could be forgiven. but the flags were in full flight when it came to the parade, some more than others. and here they come, great britain. 0wen pick leading the way, a great honour for the soldier turned snowboarder. and the british team certainly enjoying the party atmosphere. the international pa ralympic committee had wanted north korea and south korea to march out under a unified flag but these games will be north korea's debut winter paralympi

ambassador to south korea and head of u.s. negotiations with north korea between two thousand and three and two thousand and seven he surprised by this latest news but says the really hot begins now it is quite unprecedented i spent four years negotiating with north korea koreans in my capacity as the head of the u.s. delegation to the six party talks and i tell you we've never had a day like today so this is quite unprecedented quite extraordinary and the question really is how much will president trump try to ensure that a meeting which is apt defter all over climate of the realm when you have a meeting with the president the united states whether that meeting will really lead to the full dinnick denuclearization that we all are demanding if he has in mind just to sort of get together i think that's going to be very poorly received politically in this country so i think he's going to have to get his staff to work and they're going to have to figure out what the steps are they want to see coming from north korea they want to

and south korea. dave? >> ivan, we have new polling at cnn showing nearly two-thirds of americans approve of the president's decision to meet with kim jong-un. how can the meeting between kim and xi affect the trump sit down, and is xi jinping really in the driver's seat now in the region? >> reporter: depends on how you look at it. the white house has embraced this and actually argued that the meeting is the result of the trump administration's maximum pressure campaign. trying to get other countries to tighten the economic vice around north korea. what is without question is -- incredible transformation. north korea always called the hermit kingdom has gone from incredible isolation a few months ago to now this surprise meeting with the leader of china, and now he's planning to have a summit with the south korean president in april, and sometime after that, what could be an historic meeting face to face with president trump, going from incredible isolation to suddenly a flurry of high-level meetings, argu

they want us troops out of south korea and out ofjapan, off this peninsula. but that's something that south korea and japan and the us don't want at this stage. what these allies really need to think about is, what are they prepared to offer kim jong—un, if anything, to get him to give up his nuclear weapons? meanwhile, the south koreans are on their way to the demilitarised zone to meet with their counterparts. this will all lay the framework for this summit planned between both leaders. that's right. we're just that's right. we'rejust weeks that's right. we're just weeks away but still nothing specific on the agenda, no venue and no date. we do have a venue. we know the talks between president moon and kim jong—un will take place at the dmz but we are waiting for a date. when the delegates meet later today, that is one thing they will talk about, as well as setting the agenda. what are these two leaders going to discuss in that historic meeting? when kim jong—un meets president moon, he will do so on south korean soil, making him the first north korea