everybody assumed it was from north korea. it's credible right because the capabilities of north korea have advanced very rapidly when my husband said calmly and my me now that the kids were safely ended up finding a culvert in the middle of the field and they went under the dead soldier and then he called me he said you have ten minutes to get here so the assumption was i needed to get in the car and drive to him. and i was really have a tent what if what if i'm stuck in traffic whatever it happens before we think it's going to happen when we survive it all this is not a drill you know if we did get hit with a nuclear missile and i think i finally called them back and said i don't think i should go which was heart wrenching right i couldn't see that. i just couldn't see myself getting there in time. when you talk to girls when the sun comes that you should go to talk to your kids. or i didn't yeah it was hard yeah. i didn't know if the other so was happening so i didn't want to scare them how long before you realized it was a

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious person of the us from the north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to a complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it cleage to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and uclear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. well the pledge to stop missile testing comes after a busy year of launches by north korea and twenty seven thousand there were twenty three in total last september north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan its right distance was thirty seven hundred kilometers which put the u.s. territory of guam under threat a few days later speaking at the u.n. the u.s. president called kim jong un a rocket man on a suicide mission and he warned the u.s. may have

intelligence agencies estimate north korea already has twenty to sixty nuclear weapons in september north korea celebrated the test of what they claimed was a hydrogen bomb it was or six the most powerful nuclear test so far in the world words escalated the united states has a great spring and pace but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime it will get a look that even reach about how do they see. the november north korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile they claim could strike the mainland united states they've had you know weapons for a while since two thousand and six but last year in twenty seventeen when they tested the intercontinental ballistic missiles that's when the threat perception of the u.s. went up dramatically right because south korea and japan had been within missile range for a long time estimates vary but north korea seemed to be within months of being able to deliver a nuclear weapon on an i.c.b.m. and kim was close to achie

north korea, the sense or the tone was that north korea was a much more desperate country. it did not have nuclear weapons at that time. that really is the key. it is why many people believe that north korea, kim jong—un, has the confidence now to wa nt to jong—un, has the confidence now to want to engage with other leaders in direct talks, because he feels his country has reached a certain level. back then in those previous summits i think it was felt, really, that north korea was a regional problem to be dealt with but it did not pose the same international threat that it could pose now. i think that is why the tenor of this has changed, the stakes are much, much higher. they are in a global sense. i wonder for kim jong—un, who we often look at, we do not know that much about north korea, it structures and the political make—up, we see a man sitting atop a nation, who bestrides it as almost a regal figure, but presumably he will have plenty of political challenges, there is a political challenges, there is a political risk in him making that move? it is very, very

further north, the best of the sunshine in the far north of england and scotland. heavy showers. quite cool. temperatures of 9—13 celsius. certainly cool near the east coast. as we had through friday evening and overnight, the rain peters out. further north and west, you can see clear skies with another chilly night. into the weekend, it doesn't look too bad, particularly northern and western parts of the uk. sunshine and showers, quite cool in that northerly breeze. that wet and windy weather arriving. this is the picture to saturday. a damp start across the south—east, some spells of light rain, low cloud, mist and murk. a bit of an improvement but the best of the sun shone across the north and west with a few heavy slow—moving boundary showers. cool again for the time of year. 9—12 celsius, particuarly cool across northerna nd eastern coasts. sunday as well. dry around, variable cloud, a bit of sunshine again, a few heavy showers in the north. tater in the day, the wind begins to pick up across the south—east with outbreaks of rain and those temperatures again, 9—1

the high emotions i felt in the north korean camp two. is of great great great pleasure and i have news you all know for you only to have the respected martial here today and to watch my son play. i know there are many players in the world but i think these must be the happiest in the world to go on. with their achievements starting to sink in the play is begin to celebrate. one hundred. thank you thank you us through us thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you. the next day the u.s. players but the few soreheads head out for some specially organized are in our time with the north korean team we are exacerbating right with the national team so we want to water for our troubles lars together guys folded over. even though it was a different leg was very rich richard would enjoy it in the meantime dennis and a few of the group head off on a separate trip. during the game dennis was told that the marshal had prepared something special he wanted them to spend the weekend in must agree on north korea's new and only ski resort was just

i think north korea can be -- north korean leader can be a person to negotiate with. i think it's worthwhile for president trump to have a talk with chairman kim jong-un. >> these summits have happened before, this is the third and declarations have been made before, similar declarations, and they've not come to anything, anything long term. do you think this is different? >> there is a difference because both north korean leader and south korean leader shared the view that past agreements should not be violated, they should be honored, that was the first in an ateam that was discussed between the two leaders and chairman kim jong-un raised the issue. we made several agreements in the past that they were not honored. this time we make an agreement, we wish to keep them. >> well, thank you very much, indeed, for joining us dr. moon chung-in, thank you. >> thank you, thank you very much. >>> if the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step you can only imagine the sense of possibility that many koreans may have felt as they watched kim jong-un cross into the

if north korea advances in the .ight direction if north korea takes the right there could be a possible normalize the medic relationships. -- diplomaticppen relationships. to the upcoming historic u.s.-north korea summit, we strongly hope for a breakthrough in the situation. alliance is not just limited to security, but also contributes to peace and prosperity of the world as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market and that in the pacific region. i have spent time with president trump to discuss ways to make that happen in a candid manner. first, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s., including energy, aircraft, among others, have also been increasing significantly. further, following the tax reform from president trump, japanese companies investments in the u.s. have been gaining momentum, which is creating a large number of jobs in the u.s. and contributing to the expansion of exports from the u.s.. in order to benefit both japan and

founder of north korea part of that tree you can't cut it down the north koreans did not like that at all and they set about attacking the two americans and actually killed them with their axes that led to almost war during the time of gerald ford who was the u.s. president he sent a show of force and they did finally cut down the tree and here's the amazing part of that story back nine hundred seventy six u.s. soldiers were involved in the end of it in the end cutting down the tree so were some south korean conscripts and one of them you can see right there in your pictures in it was one of those south koreans on that moment of real tension here and now a moment of real optimism indeed and as we follow the progress of this summit minute minute by minute and and that's certainly how the south koreans are following it isn't it james because they've got they're being treated to live extensive coverage of their everything that goes on during the day but what about those in the north how is this being presented to the people of north korea. well north korean state television isn't even on

-north korea summit. we strongly hope for a breakthrough in this situation. >> translator: the japan u.s. alliance contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make it happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s., including energy, aircraft amongst others have already been increasing significantly. further, following the tax reform by president trump, japanese countries investments in the u.s. are being, gaining momentum which is creating a large number of jobs in the u.s. and contributed to the expansion of the exports from the u.s. in order to benefit both japan and the u.s., we will further expand trade and investment between the two countries. building upon that foundation, we will a

gettingther north korea rid of the warheads or north korea demanding that the u.s. gets out of the region. bill: all of the above. insistedun has not that american troops lee south korea, but we are at the first -- leave south korea, we are at the first chapter of what is going to happen. we will have to see if we have this meeting between president trump and kim jong-un and what will come out of that. haspresident of south korea spent his whole life talking about trying to reconcile with north korea. he has a big stake in this personally. tom: we are going to go to another analyst later in this half hour to wrap up equities coverage. i want to get this out of the qualified tocohen be the chairman of citigroup? can you take a goldman sachs east coast -- goldman sachs ethos and bring it over to jonathan reed? bill: that is a big question. you are talking about is the chairman, and i am no longer -- i am retired out and no longer advising them. chairman, michael neal, who has done a great job and is probably going to retire. we think william rhodes for that nonanswer.

if north korea takes the right path under the japan-north korea pyongyang declaration, there could be a possible path to settle the unfortunate past and to normalize diplomatic relationship. for that to happen, a comprehensive resolution of multiple concerns, including abduction, nuclear, and missile, will be the fundamental precondition. through the upcoming historic u.s.-north korea summit, we certainly hope for a breakthrough in this situation. the japan-u.s. alliance is not just limited to the sphere of security, but it also contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world, as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo-pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make that happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s., including energy, aircraft, amongst others, have already been increasing significantly. further, following the bold tax reform by president

and north korea and exactly what will north korea ask the u.s. in exchange for its denuclearization indeed president trump seems to have bought into this and says this is a great thing. as korea's and for the world but what about his his team his advisors because of coals right now he's assembled a tough hawkish team around him some of even called it a war cabinet obviously thinking of john bolton and. that's right men might compel the current cia chief and the nominee for the u.s. secretary of state he notably made a secret trip to north korea over easter weekend in which he opened a new line of dialogue with the north korean leadership little has been said about that publicly the white house but it is understood to be laying the diplomatic groundwork for this upcoming summit between the two presidents and then of course you mentioned john bolton he's the newly appointed national security adviser and he is has been deemed very hawkish when it comes to north korea and he has publicly said that nothing north korea says should be trusted so he expe

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious. with the us that north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it pledged to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you can hear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. that speech to alan fischer who's live in washington alan tell us more about how this very important decision by pyongyang is being viewed over that. well i think the viewing it optimistically but no one stringer the banners thinking this is actually going to happen we've seen many examples in the past where before summit some negotiations the north koreans have promised one thing but then fail to deliver so the americans will be wary of this it's interesting

north korean arts festival? well, ok. you enamoured the north korean crowd. well, i tried to interact as much as i could during the festival. so these are the cards. unique cards. yes, different cards, the ten of hearts. they need you to choose one. touch one. i will touch this one. touch one. i will touch this one. well, let's see what card that is. the five of spades. five of spades. everyone can see it, all 400 million viewers. i amjust spades. everyone can see it, all 400 million viewers. i am just going to rub it on my sleeve over here, and it becomes the five of spades. how did it happen? magic, yes. i will do it one more time. so it is like this, iam it one more time. so it is like this, i am just going to rub it on my sleeve like this. i changed the back. so do you think, mr bottle, that you were used as part of a propaganda machine from kim jong—un and the north korean leadership to show a positive image of the country? well, this was like any other festival i have attended, actually. so it is normal, like you see in singapore and the uk, just norm

not a good record in north korea the north korean regime has zero diplomatic credibility i think that on our side as far as the trump administration is concerned this administration has signaled that this is going to be realistic diplomacy based on a full on the standing of north korea as a lack of diplomatic credibility and also based on a full understanding of the fundamental strategic objectives of the came regime the fundamental strategic objective is the survival of the regime of course the kim regime does not want its people to die by the millions but what if what it has to do is to sacrifice them by the millions in order to stay in power it will do it in the blink of an eye and this happened in the nine hundred ninety s. when up to three million people starved to death scott two i'm sorry to cut you off the president of the committee for human rights in north korea many thanks for your time. stay in china seven school children have been stabbed to death in the country the children aged between twelve and fifteen were attacked as they made their way home after school in me she c

in the summit next week between north and south korea has more from seoul. well with donald trump leaving open the possibility that he may still walk away from any talks with north korea the south korean government is finalizing plans for a summit in just over a week between the south korean president and kim jong un it says a record number of journalists almost three thousand have registered to cover the summit and at least some portions of it will be broadcast live the south korean government says it wants the focus to be on denuclearization and promoting peace on the korean peninsula in the past north korea has seemed to not rule out discussing denuclearization but what that might mean to north korea could differ to what it means to south korea the united states and japan we heard donald trump and the japanese prime minister shinzo of a refer to complete verifiable denuclearization whereas in north korea it has tended to take a more broad view saying that it needs its nuclear weapons to counter any threat from the united states and that it wants for examp

delegation to those six party talks on north korea's nuclear state and he says that north korea's announcement is a welcome one but he also counseled caution i would. issue a few cautions here first of all the way he's selling it is to say we have already completed our nuclear program we're all set to go we have of him who are well aware who don't he that's that it is more it's not the first time said that he could certainly be the player wohl in a process of even if he was a ship but it could also simply be boiling over sense of we're nuclear power or don we don't he tells us it's nothing anyone can do about it so i'll be able to auschwitz secondly with respect to the shutting down of the test side to the where they've had some six nuclear test there have been widespread reports in the media and elsewhere about the fact that you know he may be entering its final phase of the shelf life. test would cause a collapse of the wound there's a lot of concern about just the ecology there so i'm going to be a little cautious but all that said it is pretty clear that we are better position today than w

without even knowing if the north and the south in the north in the u.s. even have of the same view about north korea giving up its nuclear weapons ok and all eyes will be on those talks as they kick off next friday we want to thank you very much journalist for us harrison joining us from seoul putting it into perspective. there is big news coming in from the english premier league arsenal have announced that manager arsene wenger will be stepping down from his role and leaving the club at the end of the season the frenchman who has been at arsenal since one thousand nine hundred six is the london pubs most successful manager he has won three league titles including going unbeaten for an entire season and seven f.a. cups now despite him taking arsenal to the champions league for twenty consecutive years his relationship with the club and its fans has become increasingly difficult in recent seasons. so reaction to his departure has been coming in thick and fast as you might imagine former arsenal and england goalkeeper david seaman had this to say it is a s

none of the north koreans speak openly. but later, remarkably, one man did agree to talk to our korean journalist. like all the north korean workers we interviewed, he can't be identified. speaking out could result in a death sentence. translation: you're treated like a dog and you have to eat trash. you have to give up being human, this is what working here means. he's just finished a night shift. despite the long hours, he says, the workers earn little for themselves. translation: some make $50 a month for themselves, some make $100 and some make nothing. there are many who slip into the red and return home with debts. the fact that people earn so little is due to a mandatory fee. some call it party duty, others call it revolutionary duty. those who can't pay it don't stay here. ten years ago it was about 15,000 roubles a month. by now it's twice as much. right now i have to pay 30,000 roubles, but this year the amount will probably rise to 50,000 roubles a month. later, the team meets up with another north korean. he fle

controlled the north the us controlled the south and one nine hundred fifty the north invaded the south starting a three year war that ended with a cease fire but no formal resolution meaning technically the countries are still at war the following decade saw the north become increasingly isolated from the rest of the world a drop in food production imports led to a famine in the one nine hundred ninety s. which killed hundreds of thousands of people despite peace initiatives in the two thousand. with its plans for militarization antagonized its neighbor in the south by staging its first nuclear test in two thousand and six escalating tensions led to the shutdown of the case song industrial park a joint enterprise between the north and south in two thousand and sixteen and this inner korean summit is only the third of its kind in history the first was held in two thousand during the so-called sunshine era another followed seven years later kathy novak looks back at those events and what might be different this time around . he was the architect of the so-called sunshine policy the korea

mr trump's cia boss went to north korea. and the winter olympics allowed north korean officials to visit the south. the next step will be a meeting next week between kim and his south korean counterpart, moonjae—in. a new direct telephone line between the two leaderships was formally opened on friday. however, the fact that pyongyang is telling its people about the progress suggests that it is serious about decreasing the tension on the korean peninsula. our washington correspondent, chris buckler, assesses the latest development. there is no doubt that the last few months have seen huge diplomatic leaps. remember, it was only the latter half of last year with donald trump calling kim jong—un little rocket man and threatening fire and fury for north korea. and in response, they were saying that they had developed intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach north america. so things have changed, but in this statement is not what america wants, which is commitment to denuclearisation. certainly a lot will be welco

a good dealfresher across the north—west. a further cool down with the weather as we look in the forecast for next week. that's your latest weather. the headlines: president donald trump and japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, have said maximum pressure must be maintained on north korea until it agrees to complete nuclear disarmament. at a joint press conference after talks in florida, mr trump also promised to press the north korean leader to send home japanese citizens abducted in the 1960s and 70s. cuba's vice president, miguel diaz—canel, has been named as the country's next leader. he's 57 and is expected to take office on thursday. the handover of power will bring to an end nearly six decades of rule by mr castro and his late brother fidel, who led the revolution in 1959. air safety officials are investigating the death of a passenger who was almost sucked out of a plane window in mid—air. the southwest airlines flight, which had taken off from new york, made an emergency landing in philadelphia after a window, wing

and also coming up the leaders of north and south korea are praised for committing to peace at their historic summit but will this time be any different we'll get reaction from seoul. and it's that time of year again the relegation dogfight is nearing its climax in germany when this league i find teams are fighting to beat the drop we give you the lowdown on the line ball and who has hold busting it. and welcome to the program we start in washington where german chancellor angela merkel has held talks with u.s. president donald trump it was the second face to face meeting between the two and merkel's first trip to washington since being reelected she's trying to persuade trump to stay in a landmark nuclear deal with iran which he's threatened to pull out of on may twelfth it was just one issue where differences between them are proving difficult to bridge. as chancellor merkel met president trump at the white house the focus was on style as well as substance. after a frosty first meeting last spring in washington this time there were signs of a thaw no handshakes persist on this occa

the same animal driven north was the incentive to go north. i did not talk about -- during the gold rush in california there were cattle driven all the way to california in the 1850's. the late 1840's into the 1850's. they could be worth $35 to $45 a head depending on the size of the animal. a tremendous difference between two dollars and three dollars to $35 or $45. >> thank you for coming out. let's give jim a hand. [applause] jim: thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter @cspanhistory to keep up with the latest history news. cases,ay on landmark katz versus the united states was arrested katz -- the supremeg court's decision ultimately expanded americans rights to privacy under the fourth amendment and forever change the way law-enforcement

let's talk again about north korea and the president telling north korea what has to happen in order for them to sit down. did you ever think in your lifetime you would hear the words "i want you to dismantle your nuclear system? >> i didn't think it was possible. i do think it's possible. i think it's really at the point where ronald reagan was in his second term sitting in iceland, he was negotiating for nuclear rejection. he was getting most of what he wanted, reagan had a dilemma, should he get up and walk away or stay? he realized if there is no freedom, there is no ability for peace. he got up and walked away and had he not the berlin wall would not have collapsed. this is really what president trump is saying, he wants to negotiate but he is not going to be soft about it, he has his demands, he's upfront and this is what he expects and if you want to do that, we can have a relationship but it's like ronald reagan, trust but verify. >> harris: i want to move onto the midterm elections. what happens if the president as he has said, you know he will do this, if it's not going to

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious person of the others from the north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it cleage to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you clear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. well the pledge to stop missile testing comes after a busy year of launches by north korea and twenty seven thousand there were twenty three in total last september north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan its right distance was thirty seven hundred kilometers which put the u.s. territory of guam under threat a few days later speaking at the u.n. the u.s. president called kim jong un a rocket man on a suicide mission and he warned the u.s. may

, under north korean control. so that is very different from what we typically hear about in south korea, which is a very democratic, liberal economic kind of unification. they would not be the case in a kim jong—un style operation. would not be the case in a kim jong-un style operation. thank you very much forjoining us. thousands of people have returned to the streets of the northern spanish city of pamplona to continue protesting, after a court acquitted five men of raping a teenager at the annual bull—running festival. the men were convicted of sexual abuse instead. it's the third straight day of demonstrations. sophie long reports. this is the third day people have filled the streets of pamplona and other cities across spain after a court acquitted five men of gang rape. their 18 of victim had been at pamplona's bull riding festival when they surrounded her and made her have sex with them. they used to smart phones to film it and brag about it, calling themselves ramanada, or the pact. at this court acqui

intelligence agencies estimate north korea already has twenty to sixty nuclear weapons in september north korea celebrated the test of what they claimed was a hydrogen bomb it was her sixth the most powerful nuclear test so far in the war of words escalated the united states has a great spring and pace but if it is forced to defend itself or it's our lives we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime it will get a look that even reach about how do they see how did they see. the november north korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile they claim could strike the mainland united states they've had nuclear weapons for a while since two thousand and six but last year in twenty seventeen when they tested the intercontinental ballistic missiles that's when the threat perception of the u.s. went up dramatically right because south korea and japan had been within missile range for a long time estimates vary but north korea seemed to be within months of being able to deliver a nuclear weapon on an i.c.b.m. an

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister it was more cautious. it's never thought of north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to a complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it pledged to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you can hear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. well diplomacy between the united states and north korea has gone through cycles of hope and disappointment before with pyongyang often renee getting in two thousand and seven for example north korea agreed to shut its main nuclear reactor in return for a young and signed an agreement to dismantle its nuclear weapons facilities but missed the deadline in two thousand and eight the government demolished a cooling tower a symbol of its commitment to e

this is e w news live from north korea freezes its nuclear testing regime announces a suspension of all new clear and long range missile tests the state media says pyongyang will also be scrapping its new kid testing sites leader kim jong il and a says he wants to pursue economic growth and peace instead but what about the weapons he already has also coming up. demanding change to protect children in india the indian government approves the death penalty for child rapists off the days of protests and the nationwide outrage over in action. and gone too soon superstar d.j. ricci has been found dead at the age of twenty eight this song say pounds of health programs and his struggles with the demands of the spotlight. i'm head of the home free thanks for joining me it could be a significant reversal from north korean leader kim jong un off to spending is celebrating his country's weapon program he's now announced north korea will stop new clear and intercontinental missile tests international reaction has been broadly positive with south korea china and the u.s. praising the move and neighb

trumbo ever said that maximum pressure would be maintained on north korea until it to denuclearize his comments reaffirmed by the japanese leader. just because north korea is responding to dialogue should be no reward maximum pressure should be maintained and actual implementation in concrete action towards denuclearize ation will be demanded this firm policy has once again been completely shared between a committee holcomb's joining us now live from west palm beach in florida that's near trump's monologue of resorts where he's been meeting the japanese prime minister campbell a overshadowing the summit of course is the fact that the former head of the cia has been having this meeting with kim jong un in north korea how has that played out in this press conference have we learned any more about what's been going on. certainly that was that the president seemed to die he really wanted to focus more on i think what is the major headline coming out of this with respect to north korea and that is that you know we've constantly been focusing on the fact that these two men could meet for som

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious a lot of north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it cleage to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you clear provocations against it kathy novak al jazeera sole. a north korea course its governing ideology jus change your self-reliance and the country's nuclear program is a key part of that our diplomatic editor james bays was given rare access to the capital pyongyang way found out more about the self-reliance philosophy. welcome to pyongyang certainly the cleanest most orderly and probably the most controlled place i've ever visited. rush hour in the city yet the traffic is like the roads of quarks although all of them are a little u

to north—easterly winds. the north—west bowser nicola zagame, but slow—moving showers with us back in northern ireland. looking at the weather picture through sunday evening in overnight, this band of rain gets heavier and more a sense of anglia and south—east england. that is a sign of things to come. this area of low pressure is going to be spinning its way in from france, the rain getting heavier, and continue to put a little further northwards and westwards. so on monday we are looking at some heavy rain. it is going to be a windy day with gales around the east coast, and it is going to feel cold, more like a february day for some of us than a day we would normally expect. so he was the band of rain. 0ver than a day we would normally expect. so he was the band of rain. over the high ground, we could see some sleet or flex of snow. mostly over 200 metres of elevation or so. the mist majority is cold rain that is go to be falling with strong winds. and it will be a cold day, which averages struggling.

north korea's leader has attended a concert. kim jong-un clapped at the concert and reportedly took pictures with the singers. the musical diplomacy comes ahead of a meeting between mr. kim and south korean president moon jae-in that is set for april 27th. a north korean summit with u.s. president donald trump could also be in the works. now all this signals better ties on the peninsula. but the u.s. and south korea are also holding annual war games. they kicked off this weekend, but they're shorter than past drills like the ones seen here. i'm joined now from bussan in south korea by robert kelley. he is an associate professor at bussan national university. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so the world has witnessed this incredible shift in north and south korean relations. in just a matter of months, culminating in this musical diplomacy on the korean peninsula. and all the summits we're waiting for now and the talks between both sides, both nations, what do you make of how far they have come

the talks with north korea well tell me what you learned about north korea growing up my parents were very sympathetic to north korea and they thought they were very one national police think then my peers so when i found like my peers my friends or. thinking they're going to make it to be about north korea i think myspace is something also pricing to know. would you say that that chasm in terms of attitude still exists today of course when you look at the survey . when you contrast between the opinion on the part of north korea and police in twenty's as opposed to those in stories and forty's you find that lots of young people are more conservative conservative than. old scene stories and forty's because we had more experience with those korean provocation stan talks in dialogues in north korea and i think it still has speaking impact in the perspective would you say that at times you felt afraid for your loved ones your friends or the country the south koreans were so used to meter threat of north korea that they don't feel insecure about their security situations when north korea l

you know when the north korean regime is lying, answer, when their lips are moving. chris: i have to tell folks that while you were playing ambassador bolton had a smile on your face, who should we believe that john bolton or this one? >> i will give you the same answer that i gave to martha mccallum the president tweeted my nomination when i didn't know i had been relieved of my duties of fox news, i have said and written a lot of things over the years and standby every one of them but i was a freelancer then, hayed the luxury of voicing my own opinion. that's not my job now. i'm simply an adviser. the discussion-maker is the president and i don't think there's really anything to be served by going back to those golden oldies and comparing to what the president's position is now. my advice to him, i give in private, he makes the decisions, that's how it works. kim jong un now, kim told koreans that he would give all of his weapons up if the u.s. promises not to invade, is that a guaranty that we would be willing to main? >> a discussion that remains to be had, while

north korea is coming along, south korea is meeting and has plans to meet with north korea to see if they can end the war and they have my blessing on that and they have been very generous without us and without me in particular, i guess you would have to say, they wouldn't be discussing anything, including the olympics would have been a failure, instead it was a great success. they would have had a real problem. and as you know, north korea participated in the olympics and it made it quite an olympics, quite a success that would not have happened. and people don't realize, the korean war has not ended, it's going on the right now, and they are discussing an end to the war. and so subject to a deal, they would certainly have my blessing and they do have my blessing to discuss that. japan and ourselves are locked and we are very unified on the subject of north korea, we will probably be, depending on the various meetings and conversations we'll be having meetings with kim jong-un very soon, it will be taking place, probably in early june or a little before that. assuming things go wel

it's always the excuse that north korea has used but they are really not the cause for north korea's missile development. they are an annual exercise and they really are for defense and deterrence purposes on the part of the united states and south korea. >> so jonathan, given that kim jong-un has said he's not going to do anything during the drills to set the stage for the upcoming meeting with trump, does it give the u.s. the upper hand? >> i'm not sure it gives us the upper hand but it is a good thing we are continuing to do this and i think that kim jong-un realizes that there is -- there was little to no chance that we weren't going to go through with this or that south korea would ask us not to. it's also these exercises -- these are the largest but we have many joint exercises with south korea that happen throughout the year, more than 60 actually in a given year. and so i think that he was very shrewd to make -- make it clear that this would not get in the way of diplomacy. >> i guess you could in some ways say well, kim jong-un is not firing off missiles, he is doing some ma

sunshine across north—western parts of england, maybe northern ireland, the north and west of scotland, where we're sheltered from that easterly wind which keeps it cold and grey around some north sea coasts, and still pretty misty overnight. some further bursts of rain as we head towards the end of the night, into thursday morning, but nowhere particularly cold. and, if anything, that rain is tending to move its way a bit further north on thursday, so it should be drying off across much of wales and the midlands. rain pushing northwards, patchy rain, across northern england into northern ireland, but turning wetter across south—east scotland and north—east england, and with that that wind from the north sea, it really will feel pretty cold. get some sunshine, it's a bit warmer, especially in the south—east, although there could be one or two showers around. not a great deal of change as we head into thursday, from thursday into friday. again, lower pressure to the south, higher pressure to the north. an easterly wind, which is going to be stronger to the north of the humber, and

in the south the visit showed the north korean ruler kim jong—unin showed the north korean ruler kim jong—un ina showed the north korean ruler kim jong—un in a new light. translation: before he seemed quite strange and like a person from different country and we were not able to see him before but through the summit on television it was very moving and he felt very friendly. he smiled a lot, he was just a human being. translation: surprisingly i found him frank and even capable of telling jokes, unlike his scary image, it was quite the opposite. but here and around the world others have been cautious about what the meeting might lead to. for years north korea has been working on improving its nuclear weapons, will kim jong—un follow through with a joint promise to denuclearise the korean peninsula? australia has emphasised the importance of carrying on with un sanctions and they are promising to send a military aircraft to monitor north korean vessels. we have had false dawns before on the korean peninsula and that is why it is really important to maintain the pressure of the s

we had officials being kicked out of north korea. what is different this time around in terms of making verification happen? scott: all of that is to be decided. a lot of that will be in the lap of the trump administration. declaration tries to set up -- deglobalization denuclearization process, but does not have many details. this will deliver a process that is satisfactory to the united states in terms of pursuing the goal of complete denuclearization. : take us inside the catalyst from kim jong-un at this point. it is perceived on the part of the west that he and his father and grandfather have stayed in part by demonizing the rest of the world. theyey give that up and say, these people are friends, isn't the regime in danger? : that certainly is the conventional wisdom. the question is whether or not kim jong-un is challenging the conventional wisdom. is already dealing with so much penetration of western influence into north korea through the markets. maybe he has come to a point where it is necessary to embrace that risk, and p

has clearly been having its own direct talks with the north. well south korea hasn't directly reacted to that news that my palm peo was in pyongyang but i think it is moving ahead at speed with plans for this intercourse summit and seems to view any progress in any dialogue with the north korean administration positively of course the administration of mungy and has long been pushing forward with a policy of engagement and dialogue and i would imagine that it sees any progress towards a meeting between donald trump and kim jong un positively what they have in common is both south korea and the united states are saying that denuclearization must be firmly on the table in any of these talks and it seems that north korea hasn't ruled out talking about denuclearization but what that means to north korea versus what that means to south korea or the united states navy different the united states wants north korea to do so mantel its missile and nuclear program whereas north korea when it talks about the asian tends to take a broader view and includes

the denuclearization of north korea. it says, the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. so that means to the north koreans the u.s. withdrawing its umbrella from south korea, potentially removing u.s. troops from the korean peninsula. and so there's no agreement on what denuclearization even means. and there's no sign whatsoever that the north koreans are willing to give up their nuclear weapons. that's not what they're saying internationally or signing and certainly not what they're saying at home. >> what we're seeing, though, i think is remarkable. some of these pictures, these two leaders, holding hands, lots of smiles, embraces. them raising the glasses and toe toasting to each other. you don't think this is the dawn of a new era? >> it could be, if the united states can live with a nuclear-armed north korea, this could be a new era, just like when president nixon went to china, the united states accepted that china would be a nuclear power. and that was the foundation of those better relations. so if donald tru

river and there you can see north korea now in a matter of hours it's in north korea that the events of friday are going to start because it is the north korean leader who is going to be crossing what is still an active front line there was no peace treaty at the end of the korean war in one nine hundred fifty three just an armistice or truce he'll be crossing that front line for this summit meeting at midnight thirty g.m.t. the very start of friday in europe here in asia it will be in south korean time nine thirty am north korean time nine am the two koreas can't even agree on a time zone to get the feeling after your days perhaps weeks across the other side of the border james that the reason that the main reason they've managed to pull this off so far is that they kept the dialogue pretty simple but ongoing the pressure has been there constantly. well the pressure certainly been on north korea with those very tough sanctions and also the words that have come out of the u.s. president donald trump and many analysts and diplomats i've spoken to here on the korean peninsula in europe

interests but if there was a reconciliation between north and south korea those. the u.s. . troops and. u.s. troops still stay you have any idea how much a year. it's generally not only and not only in south korea in japanese japan but the japanese don't want to see this kind of in oh they don't because they are historical at the moment he's due to the korea is in japan and if they do all. that would be the major bills and not just the united states because i don't think it's in the united states' national interest to have three areas permanent this station right next to north korea years and there's been. a recent example you gave the guns interest. unfortunately gentlemen let me jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real news today with our team. as one of the most controversial products of our time it's a subject vegetable fat that's very cheap. twenty seventeen production grew to sixty three million times that rapid growth in international demand for cheap oil has led to the massive expansion plan

after staking out a whole picture position on north korea, he wanted to make sure that north korea would not lose out if the americans sit down with pyongyang. —— hawkish position. translation: just because north korea is responding to dialogue there should be no reward. maximum pressure should be maintained and actual implementation of concrete actions will be demanded. this firm policy has been completely shared between us. donald trump went to some lengths to reassure shinzo abe that japan would not be sidelined by this burst of diplomacy over north korea. to convey that the us would account for its interests and remain committed to a security. when a candid disagreements over trade, donald trump did not any ground. despite a chummy round of golf, donald trump did not give shinzo abe the tariff exceptions he was looking for, bargaining instead for reductions in the trade deficit. at shinzo abe is well aware that donald trump's adventure with north korea would reshape regional relations, and for that he needs to secure a place at the table. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, west pal

with the historic summit with the leaders of north and south korea now over u.s. president donald trump says he hopes he can build on that success with his own meeting in late may or early june with kim jong un i think the responsibility has fallen on the shoulders of the president of the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it that goal complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the korean summit ended with few measurable steps to meet that goal the trumpet ministration maintains a meeting with the u.s. and north korean leaders will not occur unless concrete moves towards denuclearization are clearly demonstrated little rocket man traps tone has dramatically shifted from the name calling of last year a truck promised further missile testing from north korea would be met with fire fury and frankly power just this week trump referred to kim as very open. and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing the shift is evidence of the ongoing high level talks north korean and u.s. officials have been engaged

high levels with north korea. and i really believe there's a lot of goodwill a lot of good things are happening and see what happens as i always say we'll see what happens a response has now confirmed that cia director and secretary of state nominee mike pompei o met with north korean leader kim jong un last week. a stunning turnaround just three months ago trump and kim were engaged in a war of words sparked by p.r. yang's nuclear program and long range missile launches but the new year marked a new direction for the isolated country there was a thaw in relations with south korea with the north participating in the winter olympics and a joint korean talks move to end hostilities as well as talks of denuclearization. in early march kim offered to hold talks with washington to the shock of many observers trump except it. whomp a a secret trip to pyongyang is further evidence that those talks could go ahead five different locations are reportedly under discussion with trump adding that he's expecting to meet kim in

north korean relations. efforts.ess on today is a special event because event.ture is an annual we decided, instead of a single lecture that we have this standing panel to talk about an issue that is very preoccupying and perhaps the number one national security challenge for the trump administration. i direct the international security program at george mason turn school of policy and government. i am moderating today. our lecture series, we are delighted to have members of the wonky family joining us today and all they done is that have made this special event possible. --you know, our two state speakers are well-known. we have admiral mike mullen who was the chairman of the joint chief of staff. he's the executive officer of mgm consulting. and was a cochair of a 2016 foreign relations task force report. a shepherd choice on north korea. we will ask him to update and revise the judgment of that report. victor cha is currently the .enior adviser he is the curry of foundation chair and government and intern