a denuclearized korean peninsula. >> mr. vice president, how is that thefferent policy trump administration is pursuing compared to the obama administration and why do you believe you can trust china at this time to follow through? half the imaginations have sought help from china and they often have not come through. president i know that trump is very hopeful that china will take action as necessary to bring about a change in policy in north korea and abandonment of its nuclear weapons program and its ballistic missile program. we are hopeful they will use the they haveary leverage an relationship they have with north korea in order to achieve that objective. president made very clear, either china will deal with this problem or the united states and our allies will. change, we have literally gone through decades. it was some quarter century ago that we first learned of the presence of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula and the possession of north korea. there was an agreed framework, a period of strategic patience, b

i'm hearing that his father fought in the korean war. so an emotional visit for the vice president as well. paula hancocks, thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, china is the critical wild card in the north korea equation. the vice president had this to say about china and their willingness to cooperate on north korea. >> it is heartening to see china commit to these actions, but the united states is troubled by china's economic retaliation against south korea, for taking appropriate steps to defend itself. the better path would be for china to address the north korean threat that is actually making such defensive messages necessary. >> the campaign trail, president trump hammered china for their practices. but he is toning down his rhetoric, saying, quote, why would i call china a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the north korean problem? good morning to you, matt. let's back up a little bit if we can and remind us why china has allowed this nuclear program in north korea to go on so long. >> frankly, china has an int

. >> those are the north korean guard post. anotheriers and then inside the building. if you look very carefully, -- you also see them on your next stop. >> this building ever hear is built for the same purpose -- samehere was built for the purpose. that make suregs their building is taller than ours. those type of posturing things. these are observation towers. >> do those run the whole l ength? the demille's tri-zone is fitting on the cross - lesmilitarized zone is 15 mi across. [indistinct conversation] >> the white line is as far as you can go. >> yet, i'm going to go in. >> thank you all for being here. it is my great honor to represent the president of the united states here in the demilitarized zone. i'm grateful for the leadership glade generals and the i'm and beautiful alliance represented here by these two strong military leaders. to give evidence of the people -- of the commitment of the people of the united states is a great honor to me. greetings to the soldiers of south korea from the president of the united states. resolve of the people of the united st

soldierse more chinese in those ranks then there were koreans. -- than there were koreans. host: let's go to webster city, iowa, he opposes a preemptive strike. good morning. caller: i have been listening to this talk back and forth. koreak, you know, talking being one of our enemies. iran being an enemy. the people are not taking the time to think. they are not our enemy. they do not plan on attacking us. they just want to defend themselves. we have troops with nato in europe and somalia. they already took out a leader, they took out qaddafi. they are just after resources. they have no empathy for the refugees, the bombing, or for the children they are sending to fight. none whatsoever. these psychopaths running these countries for the last 40, 50, 60 years have gotten this country and the people brainwashed with mainstream media. who owns mainstream media? if you figure that one out, the fority them are -- aqu the military industrial complex. the rockets that donald trump shot off, who profit from that do you think? host: a tweet/ poll.ding to the what purpose what a pree

how much protection can this provide to the south koreans? >> sad is a good system for reentry vehicles. it's ideal if they could intercept these things in the boost phase. but most defensive systems are set up to catch the warheads, the missiles as they are coming back down, not going up. as long as we continue to do what we have been able to do, the jamming, keep them on the launch pad or have them go bad right after they launch, that's great, and catch the leakers off the navy ships as they come back down. charles: north korea has a million-man army and they can call up 6 million reserves. a nation led by a megalomaniac. we know he grew up in privilege, the third generation of maniacal leaders. can we prevent some conventional reengagement beyond exchanging bombs and things like that? >> charles, as you know. we did not have a fees treaty with the korean war. we are technically at war. we are under a ceasefire. that could light off. if it does light off, the conventional capability everyone keeps talking about are artillery pieces in north

and so before you know it, we're in a second korean war. if people want to do that, they ought to think through it and know that that is exactly what they are doing. so this idea there is is some quick military solution to this, i think is not quite accurate. >> rose: were you in south korea. what do they want us to do? >> i think the south koreans want us to be in close contact with them. they want us to understand that we can talk about what we want in places like washington. but when you live some 20 miles from north korea, you need to be pretty sober about what you are saying. i think they would like to see us talk to the chinese and have an understanding of how we might cooperate to alleviate the pressure from the north korean regime. again i don't want to talk about coups an things like that. but we need to have an understanding with china that north korea as its presently constitutedded is not a stable element for the future. and i think the south koreans would like to see that but with one caveat. i don't think they want us going an

situation on the korean peninsula. >> that is the north korean building, that is the equivalent to this one. >> those are guard posts, those are north wing guard posts. >> the concrete line is clear. >> there are two soldiers, they have another one there. >> listen very carefully. >> this is to the east of here. >> this building over here is the same purpose as the freedom house. >> there is another building in front. that one is taller. their flagure that is taller than ours. other posturing things. >> we're going to start the meeting. [indiscernible] >> we will go in, once their set -- they are sets. vice president pence: thank you all for being here. representingto be president trump here. to stand here in this place, to be able to give the commitment to ourunited states long-term alliance with the people of south korea is a great honor for me. to our shoulders here and the soldiers of south korea, we commend them for their vigilance. historicg this frontier our freedom. of theess the resolve people of the united states of in the to stand together months and years ahead with the peop

korean americans call what happened korean for "4/29," the fateful day in april when it found from the ashes a new community is forged. >> revisiting 1992. a lot has changed in 25 years. >> reporter: for 25 years, richard kim has tried to suppress his memories that haunt these streets. >> that corner went up in flames. >> reporter: korea town, home to his family's hopes and dreams, devastated by hellish street fighting, looting and arson. >> that strip mall burnt to the ground. there was a whole lot of looting going on here. people without a voice in the community are the ones that are going to get victimized. we're not victims. victim sounds helpless. i want to say survivors of the riots. that sounds more powerful. >> reporter: richard among those who took up arms as l.a. descended into chaos. he says they were seen through the media as gun-toting vigilantes. but he was motivated by necessity. >> we have to be able to protect what's ours. i think that is -- that's a perspective they've had. we have to fend for ourselves. >> reporter: kim's family came to the states for their shot at t

states during the korean war. we stopped using this in 1961. the reason this is not a menacing weapon to an adversary is because it has a high failure rate. >> reporter: at first glance these appear to be sophisticated grenade launchers, but experts say they're really outdated bullet magazines with a high failure rate. we are told some missiles at the parade were likely mock-ups. experts say it is too risky for them to display the real thing. but the flaws may not have been just with the weapons. >> even the sunglasses have a problem. >> right. you expect a commander to look like the soldiers he is commanding. in this case you have a commander of this commando force wearing $5 sunglasses, flat face sunglasses so they're not ballistic. they don't protect him from a blast. >> reporter: but one analyst says for the north korean audience this kip equipment doesn't have to be combat ready. >> staging realistic image of north korean military and society is not the point of these parades. i mean these parades are suppose

forces do off the korean peninsula. they could conduct live fire drills, really show american firepower, demonstrate to iranians what can be done if america is pushed too far. analyst say they haven't done enough of that. >> brian today, reporting. breaking news, white house summons lawmakers to unusual briefings on north korea. we are learning new details of what they were told. finding time to get things done isn't easy. but we've got the digital tools to help. now with xfinity's my account, you can figure things out easily, so you won't even have to call us. change your wifi password to something you can actually remember, instantly. add that premium channel, and watch the show everyone's talking about, tonight. and the bill you need to pay? do it in seconds. because we should fit into your life, not the other way around. go to xfinity.com/myaccount >>> happening now, breaking news. tax code overhaul. the trump team unveils a plan for broad and dramatic rate cuts emphasizing popular tax breaks while dodging tough que

i think that is where the north koreans -- the north korean goal is. charlie: so therefore what would it take to have them give up that goal? what combination of things, and one thing they want is bipartisan negotiations with the united states, some kind of agreement that united states will not attack them. i assume they want some kind of economic support. is that remotely possible if the goal is to be a nuclear state? the first point is to put pressure on them now prior to them getting to the goal of having the means of delivering ia an icbm tons v the united states, and that is why the engagement and pressure is now important. if you got into negotiations with the north koreans, i certainly don't think anybody in the united states would support the united states acknowledging them as a nuclear weapons state, but there is a whole range of about under discussion the various arrangements on the peninsula and the future of the peninsula, including taking into account north korea's security needs. charlie: can we trust them, or is this a trust but verify

north korean actions have not gotten any better. they've only become more dangerous and more treacherous. in addition, north korea is working with iran, the world's number one state sponsor of terror on developing nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles. it's clear that north korea is a state sponsor of terrorism. at the very least, the state department should go back to the drawing board and assess whether or not north korea meets the criteria for designation as a state sponsor of terrorismful that's what this bill does, h.r. 479. the north korean state sponsor of terrorism dez egg nation act. it's high time we call out little kim, the loose cannon of east asia, for what he is. a terrorist and a terrorist state. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. oyce reserves. >> i would like to note this resolution passed our committee without any opposition and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. royce. mr. royce: i reserve the right to clos

impressing upon south koreans that it's eessential to the defense in the region against north korean nuclear threat but it has caused some debate kin within south korea with some saying this is a move that could further irritate the north koreans. so, now you've got this move that we're talk about today with the u.s.s vincent coming in and closer. thernl is a significant move, the u.s. has been very clear, leaders have been very clear on their point they will do whatever is necessary to protect gents this north korean threat. and what we've seen on the peninsula is a ratcheting up of missile testing. more than 4 dozen missile tests in the last year. that's an acceleration of the missile testing program. there are analysts saying there are signs of evidence suggesting is we could be seeing another nuclear test from north korea. these are all moves that the u.s. and south korean counterparts are taking seriously and trying to respond to. >> all right. all of us stay with us. all of my guests i hope you will continue to be with us. we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right ba

now saying it blew up on north korean telltory, it never left north korean territory. this will not be acknowledged at all by north korea. they won't's nouannounce this. they don't talk about failures in this country. they only talk about their successful missile tests. don't expect anything at all said about this. we are guesting information coming in really in realtime. this is a secretive regime. they do not announce the tests ahead of time. it is not unusual to see conflicting information from different government agencies until all of the intelligence gets together. they do have some assemblance of information sharing between japan, united states and south korea. they look at the data. that's how they figure out exactly what happened. in this case, this is believed to be a kn-17. we saw these rolled out at the military parade on april 15th. they are believed to be a scud missile variant. they have a pointy tip and are on mobile launches. this missile, one, north korea has had trouble with tests of this missile. they are still trying to perfect it. they've had othe

navy ships is headed toward the korean peninsula, a direct response to north korean missile tests. we'll be live with the latest. >>> also this hour, deadly air strikes target the same town that was hit by chemical weapons in syria less than a day after the u.s. bombed a syrian air base. hello everyone. we're coming to you live from beirut, lebanon. welcome to all of our viewers in the united states and all around the world. >> and i'm hannah vaughan jones for you live in london. you're watching cnn newsroom. is so he the united states is showing its military force now in north korea in the hopes of stopping pyongyang's nuclear threats. and american carrier strike group is currently head towards the korean peninsula, a strike group is a formation of navy as sets. it's into the usual for the u.s. to send an aircraft carrier to the region, but defense officials say this is in response to recent north korean nuclear provocations. alexander field is live in south korea, but first let's go to north korea where will ripley is the only american correspondent currently in pyongyang. we und

is truly isolated from the north koreans, and the north korean regime is out on an island, they are going to be in big trouble, and they know that the conflict is not something they can win or they are going to want to fight. >> bret: i want to play this sound bite from leon panetta. >> i think there is a realization that the time for talk, the time for some of this -- if i can put it in this kind of long-term negotiation stay statement, is passed. >> if we were to try to attack them, they would virtually wipe out seoul and 20 million people who live in seoul. and if it became a nuclear war, which is likely, millions of lives would be lost. that is the reason we haven't pulled the trigger. >> bret: tom? >> i think the particular issue at the moment is to compare kim il-sung and kim jong-il, he might be mentally ill. i don't say that is a flippant comment. it puts everything in the past, that bellicose rhetoric -- >> bret: his father was out there, but he is really out there. >> he might welcome more. i think the u.s. military in the event of a conflict, no question the united states

the military said the north koreans had test fired another missile north of the capital. the newsagency followed that up and said it looked as though that test via failed, that the missile exploded shortly after it fired. they are still trying to determine what kind of missile it was and how far it flew and officials in the united states are saying that early indications are that it failed. they have been tracking the missile launch and try and figure out what kind of missile that was. there have been questions that president trump hasn't yet responded. secretary of state tillerson was talking to the security council about this kind of action, saying it had to stop in the current sanctions are pros wasn't working. he outlined steps to tighten sanctions and isolate north korea diplomatically, but this is clearly the response that the north korean regime has made to this attempt by the americans to really step up the international pressure against north korea. and at a time when, on the korean peninsula, that tensions are rising and there is a fear of further escalation. ye

they said to the north koreans, don't test another nuclear weapon. that's a good thing. >> sean: and they said that they might -- >> right. as you remember, they were in the middle of dinner at mar-a-lago when the president excused himself, went out, and held a press event to tell the world that we had just hit syria with 59 missiles and then went t back in and rejoin the chinese president. they do have some notion that he is a very serious guy and with the bomb they use in afghanistan, there also in a sense sending a signal. beckley have one bomb a little bit bigger than that and they're sending a signal that you could see conventional weapons used to take out most of these nuclear sites.. without ourselves using a nuclear weapon. so i think there are a lot of signals being sent. i find it very worrisome. my father fought there in 1953gh when back later in the army and served in the 1960s. south korea has come so far, so dramatically stronger, better, more prosperous, freer. you'd hate to see anything happen that would disrupt that development. so i

the japanese handed off to the koreans who then escorted the bomber through the korean peninsula to the other side. so this is pretty complicated operation. and it demonstrated to our allies and friends, and also to kim jong-un, we have this capability that we can bring these forces to bear from all around the pacific, to focus on him if need be. so i'm pleased with the array of forces that we have. in terms of fight tonight forces. but as i answered previous question, i am concerned about follow-on forces and the means to get them there. all of which is affected by readiness, which is affected by the budget and on and on. >> seems to me, part of this is a whole government response. are we doing enough in the nonmilitary instruments of power? for example, in the '90s we used banking sanctions that i thought were very effective. are there other things we should be doing to help put pressure on north korea? >> yeah, sir, i believe that it is a whole government effort. and the whole government effort would be required. and i believe that different parts of our government are involved in th

allies there in that region on the korean peninsula? we don't have to go very far to think of japan. we don't have to go very far to think of taiwan as well. >> reporter: going first to the slbms that you're talking about that were on display in the parade yesterday, it's not the first time we've seen. they tested one about a year ago, but it's the first time it was seen on parade. what was new according to experts was the appearance of what might be an intercontinental ballistic missile, the long range missile that kim jong-un has threatened there close to being able to test and may one day p capable of reaching the united states. so in terms of a lot of the tension and speculation that's been mounting over the past couple of weeks that's brought us to this current security environment, it was the expectation, the threat of either an icbm test or a nuclear test that has prompted the reaction that we've seen over the last week or so by the united states, japan and south korea. japan and south korea are always looking at these scenarios

our goal in korea is to have a stable nonnuclear korean peninsula. that can only be accomplished with the help of china without a war. >> you think it's realistic that the north korean regime of kim jong-un is going to up of their nuclear weapons? >> i'm not sure. our short term should be a freeze of their missile tests as well as their weapons. one thing we ought to do on the diplomatic side is have informal bilateral talks with north korea. number one reason is to prevent some kind of miscalculation that could lead to absolutely catastrophe. mistakes can be made. i think that kind of informal dialogue would be in and of itself -- >> you want direct talks between u.s. representatives and north korean representatives. >> i wouldn't call it negotiations. i'd call it dialogue at this stage. it's important to make sure there's no tragic miscalculation. also it's important because that's what china has been urging us to do for the last couple of years and we haven't been willing to do it. it could make a difference in china's willingness to step up and h

the situation in the korean peninsula is often in a state that goes out of control. the root cause lies in the united states. it does not abandon it its hostile policy toward prk but has an aggressive war exercise in and around the korean peninsula. the military exercise staged at largeoment is not only and aggressive fight it introduced various nuclear strategic assets and the murderous operations such as the nuclear carrier charges and bombers and stealth fighters. it has real warfare, military exercise and a hostile policy. unveiling its pretense of the exercise of defense. it is crystal clear to everybody that the united states -- is hell-bent on the dangerous cyber rattling. harassing the peace and stability on the korean peninsula and the rest of north asia. [indiscernible] the situation might lead to a breach of the peace. however, in dealing with the issue of the korean peninsula, the united states, united nations security council is now playing the role of covering up the high handedness of the .nited states in the name of the u.n., ignorance of justice and

the situation on the korean peninsula is highly complicated and sensitive. all parties concerned should exercise restraint and make joint efforts to ease tension in the region. ayes to the right, 522. noes to the left, 13. the go—ahead to have a snap general election in june. the first christian and ethnic chinese governor concedes defeat to his muslim opponent in a hotly contested election. and one of america's best—known cable news presenters has lost his job after a slew of sexual harassment allegations. live from studio is in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. thanks forjoining us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london at 7am in beijing, where china's foreign ministry has raised new worries about north korea's weekly programme. the chinese foreign ministry has called for calm and an end to actions that could further raise tension on the korean peninsular. at at the same time a spokesman said beijing had serious concerns about pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. translation: china's position on north korea's nuclear issue is c

north koreans we re but as long as the north koreans were prepared to negotiate on the basis of a languishing its nuclear capability on nuclear capacity, and thus far there has been no sign of the last koreans being ready to do that. how can the us and china then work together, can they work together on fixing this? what form would it have to take? absolutely. the united states and china can work together to fix this. china has its own strategic concerns about developments on the korean peninsula, and the us has strategic concerns. what i have long been interested in is to see how the us and china can sit down and discuss developments on the korean peninsula more constructively, in a more long—term way. if you want to look at the possibility or prospects of the korean peninsula after the disappearance of a nuclear north korea. what would you like to hear from mike pence? he's visiting tomorrow, that is sunday. from mike pence? he's visiting tomorrow, that is sundaylj from mike pence? he's visiting tomorrow, that is sunday. i think the vice presidents will clearly be travelling with a messag

lit occur on south korean soil or at japan. which means we need to coordinate closely with our closest allies in the region before thinking about any kind of military action. >> steve, very quickly. our intelligence in north korea is pretty bad. why is that? >> we have very little human intelligence on the ground. it's a closed, stalinist society. yesterday was similar to when we wo parades to know what the soviet union was thinking and doing. this will continue to bedevil us. >> thank you, steve. >>> president trump faces major decisions when it comes to dealing with north kia. the man who will help him make those tough calls is his top national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster. we'll talk to him in an exclusive interview. coming up in just two minutes. ♪ no two whale flukes are the same. because your needs are unique, pacific life has been delivering flexible retirement and life insurance solutions for more than 145 years. ask a financial advisor how yo