kim jong un's sister tell south korea's president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and one day in said he'd be willing to go to pyongyang if conditions are right. it's good to have you with us israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. and it's really just in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mission but israel disagrees it has released this unverified video which it says shows the drone in israeli airspace next they say it followed the drone ac

clinton and bush were dealing with different kims-- kim il-sung, kim jong-il, and now kim jong-un, but i guess to trump, all rocket men look the same. or maybe, maybe he just can't tell kims apart. maybe that's his thing. he's gonna be walking in the street, bumping into lil' kim and looking at her like, "you son of a bitch!" tensions with kim jong-un loomed over the entire excursion, and it didn't help that north korea released a statement calling trump "an old lunatic." and donald trump was like "i've got 280 now." - moments ago, president trump openly mocked the leader of north korea. this is what he wrote: "why would "kim jong-un insult me by calling me 'old' "when i would never call him 'short and fat'? "oh, well, i try so hard to be his friend, and maybe someday that will happen." - okay, it's a little weird for donald trump to diss kim jong-un's weight when they have pretty much the same body type. i mean, yeah, i'm not judging, but i just think people who live in gingerbread houses shouldn't throw scones. also, also, i love that trump's response was "how dare you call me old?"

jong sister kim jong became the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war she came with an invitation kim jong un is asking the south korean president in to visit pyongyang at a convenient time soon if this meeting transpires it would be the first time that kim jong un has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven president moon says he'll begin arranging the conditions to make that visit happen but he stresses that any rebuilding of interest in relations must involve dialogue between the united states and north korea u.s. vice president mike pence sat very close to the north korean delegation during the opening ceremony he m. a north koreans rebuffed president moon's attempts to facilitate a midi skeptics say that this north korean charm offensive is heavy on the symbolism but they doubt that it will result in anything substantive they say this is an attempt by the north koreans to drive a wedge between the united states and the south koreans into an advance their own agenda but for now president moon and many sout

and a sign of a warming relations between the divided korea's northern korean leader kim jong un has invited south korea's president to meet in pyongyang kim jong un sr delivered the invitation in seoul against the backdrop of the winter olympics the diplomatic comes despite an acceleration in the north weapons programs last year and pressure from sols allies and washington. excited fans wait to greet the combined korean women's hockey team a first an olympic history and a coming together on the ice symbolizing hopes of woman relations between the south and its belligerent more than a neighbor was easier than to feel when your leader is the result doesn't matter i hope they play their best and try their hardest in a show of unity the fans. so much this is a god given chance that we seventy million korean people can be of one mind to support the team for. cuba. those heights feasted by another historic moment off the ice meeting in seoul kim jong un's youngest sister kim jong delivered an invitation from the north korean leader for south korean president moon j. in to visit pyongyang

she is, afterall, kim il—sung's granddaughter and the brother of kim jong—un. the symbolic visit, it was very symbolic. mike pence was trying to counter that and did end up looking a little bit too unsupportive. what is important now, though, is that as president moon explores a summit with kim jong—un, what can north korea offer president moon? will there be a conversation between pyongyang and washington? you have some idea of how things work in north korea. where will we be diplomatically after the olympic games? will things improve? will things go back to how they were with a belligerent north korea intent on a belligerent north korea intent on a nuclear arsenal? i have not lived in north korea but i have been there quite a lot. i think there is a significant chance that after the olympics no real breakthrough is found. it depends very much on if north korea is willing to incorporate the language of denuclearisation in whatever offer they make to the united states. umm, imean, they make to the united states. umm, i mean, president trump does appear to bea

it follows another historic moment of the it's amazing and so kim jong un desisted kim jong delivered an invitation from the north korean leader the south korean president in to visit pyongyang she's visiting for the winter olympics the star player in the diplomatic games taking place alongside the sporting events. moon responded positively his spokesman said. in reply president moon expressed his will to make it happen by creating the right conditions in the future years. it's not clear what those conditions are but south korea will have to navigate the tensions between its know the neighbor and its ally the u.s. which are at loggerheads over north korea's nuclear ambitions. u.s. vice president mike pence has used his presence at the games to keep up pressure on the north and cause in the south korean government against falling for a charm offensive with that in mind president moon who has always advocated for engagement with the north said better ties between the two koreas rested on dialogue between the u.s. and north korea german president frank about to steinmeyer also attending

kim your jaw. imitation for anyone to come to pyongyang and meet to kim jong. il to this convenience and improve relations he said well let's create the necessary conditions and there has to be dialogue between north korea and the united states in order for south korea and north korean relations to improve. predicates that improve and u.s. relations with the u.s. . imports we did not return a letter in response to kim jong un's personal letter but what the south korean government is talking about is that and as an initial step is to set a private. low level envoy not connected to government that would discuss domestic issues. reuniting divided families and so forth as a starting point and from there are try to slowly expand the types of contacts but to be very low key and i think i think that it's still tied in to the view that he's got to bring a lot of the united states you know yeah to make it maybe kicking in that way and kicking in dry dragging them to peace here kicking and screaming kicking and screaming absolutely brian i'll give you the last word here

the sister of kim jong un she perhaps is the only person that kim listens to and you have vice president pence who has not ruled out conversations with the north koreans and obviously there are going to be small steps but they're irreconcilable differences here because north korea has a position going back to its founding in one nine hundred forty eight that it is a legitimate government for all of korea and the korean war was an intent to impose a solution by force and north korea since that time has been willing to use force to kill south koreans kill americans to achieve that goal so there's a lot to gap here in this incense erect wild bill but you know these conversations that could occur during the olympics are arranged by president mode could certainly help the child chunk from a chinese perspective what's that what's wrong with having the took arias come together and unite does it pose any strategic risk for china i think it so he sees the as a number of countries are dividing china it's along the countries and the saucepan and not square off the counties and i think a tougher tim

alongside kim jong sr of north korean leader kim jong il. some south koreans particularly younger generations were critical of this sudden union between north and south preceded by the nation's providing together a four days opening ceremony said it would harm the host nation's medal hopes but all those including those lucky enough to have tickets welcome the step towards peace however temporary it proves. it was a good idea to form the united team i'm very much looking forward to this guy and the feeling that our nation becomes one of you know. i think the united team is beneficial is a part of improving the relations between the koreas. parents and i saw a win or lose a meaningful event i'm so glad to see this game. the korean team took to the ice in white jerseys with the unified flag two hundred twenty nine north korean cheerleaders across the border on the korean so you are providing for the symbolism of the current unity by how the early chances to score but it was switzerland half way through the first period the swiss are going to hi

and even more important, someone so close to kim jong-un, his sister, was going to be there. there was some discussn that pence was playing it coy. we will see what happensit meeting with the north koreans, some kind of meeting, but obviously, that didn't occur. jane: how much do we know about e leader's sister? what is her role in the regime? bruce: she has been behind the scenes in photos with kim jong-un and there were times when she was out of the picturer on thehery, but she has been closer, literally, as well as in her title. in a way the titles are less important than the family ties, wed she is someone that kim jong-un trusts wheave seen so many of the senior leadership in north korea has been purged d permanently set out fo reeducation and brought out later or demoted. she really is close to kim and will have a lot of real power. ja: her proximity to mike pence, does that raised security concerns at all? bruce: i don't think so. clearly, both sides would be nervous about the other, and the security service would be there, and no one expects that mike pence or ki's si

our analysts remain concerned that kim jong-un is not hearing the full story. that is that those around him aren't providing nuance aren't suggesting the tenuous position, the deep connections between china and the republic of korea, we are not certain that the leaders are sharing that in a way that is accurate, complete and full. >> in a recent "washington post" op-ed victor shah, who was recently under consideration on the united states ambassador to south korea warned of the dangers of a preventative united states united states military strike against north korea. he cautioned that would not halt north korea's nuclear weapons program and could spark an uncontrolled conflict in the region that could kill hundreds of thousands of americans. he is not the only one. a number of experts on the area have said that. and he argued to continue to press for multilateral sanctions at the u.n. to provide japan and south korea advanced weapons training and intel and some other things. has the intelligence community assessed how the north korean regime would react to a pr

yes elizabeth this is another historic milestone in into a korean relations her name is king kim jong she's the younger sister of kim jong a close advisor of his she was elevated to a pretty high position within the ruling party and she will serve as his emissary here is stepping foot on south korean soil this is a first for a ruling family from north korea now she does come with baggage the united states has sanctioned her for human rights violations tied to censorship she is not the only member of the twenty two high level north korean delegation that is facing say sions by the united states she is expected to attend the opening ceremony tomorrow among that v.i.p. group will be american president mike pence the north koreans have already said they have zero interest in engaging in dialogue with the united states that might also be because just a few days ago pence said that another round of very aggressive tough economic sanctions is headed toward north korea all of this comes at a time though with north korea and south korea really warming up this is a very positive moment for pres

jong un sister kim jong she's a power broker in the north korean government and a trusted adviser of her brother there was a document sitting on the desk while she met with president moon and it has only fed speculation in the south korean media that she has a letter from her brother and that perhaps it contains an invite to president moon to visit north korea the choreography of this obviously very significant size ship but i guess that is the significant thing as well is that if you've got mr pence and the north korean leaders system even in the same city that's all deeply progress. yeah it was pretty cozy i'm sure you saw the photos as did the rest of the world it was pretty cozy inside that v.i.p. room at the opening ceremony of the young chang olympics now there has been some comment in the american media the tense snub of the north korean delegation the pence team says that is not the case but pence did greet others in that v.i.p. room but he did not greet the north korean ceremonial head of state he says it simply because he was not seated near him but it can't be denied that

if they're gullible pyongyang will have been pleased with the way the western media received jong kim jong un sister with the world watching the olympics she will put a young telegenic face on the regime there is no denying the significance of her presence at the games given that kim jong is the first member of north korea's ruling family to ever visit the south but before falling under her spell western news outlets might have done some homework and considered her day job propaganda is what kim jong does. as the head of north korea's department of propaganda and as a taishan. she does run a very important department that department make sure that north koreans have few if any real access to outside information that they remain in that dog and that department also does its best to restrict the flow of information out of north korea none of that was broached in reporting on. only the fact that she knew the softer image that she smiled for the cameras that she looked modest and sincere. may be seen as a more propaganda show to make create more pitiful walloping images of north korea but

north koreans travelled to the south on wednesday kim jong un says that kim jong il is expected to arrive empty on chinese soon but the real concern is over a north korean official listed in the u.n. travel ban more now from a diplomatic editor james bays who's at the united nations in new york. there's been a great deal of attention on the fact that kim jong un's sister is leading north korea's delegation to the winter olympics but the u.n. security council is actually more concerned about another name on the delegation list and that's choi who is a senior north korean party official and chair of the national sports guidance committee but the security council is concerned about him because he appears in one of their resolutions through june last year and he is under sanctions in that resolution for his role as the voice director of the propaganda and agitation department of north korea he's in charge of censorship in effect north korea's censor in chief in fact the resolution says he controls all media in the country and is used by the government to control the public members of the secu

received a rare invitation to visit pyongyang north korea's leader kim jong. il modi has wrapped up the first official visit by an indian prime minister to palestine he's met palestinian president mahmoud abbas a trip to the west bank it's part of a three nation tour to strengthen ties with the middle east well earlier he laid a wreath on the tomb of former palestinian leader yasser arafat let's get more on this with the stuff oh good good see he's the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative and joins us live via skype from ramallah survey where warm welcome to the program what do you make of modi's visit. well it can be a balancing act. people have been on was very supportive to the palestinian cause but during the last. government. building that relations with specially military cooperation with. israel and. has been. this visit is important because maybe it brings back some balanced. actions we of course appreciate the fact that voted with us in the most recent nations i guess mr trump's decision on the other hand this visit is also diploma

jong moon kim go junk but i. sure as much as south korean president moon j.n. would have liked to have had an environment where perhaps the u.s. and north korean officials could have informal talks there is no indication from either side that either is really eager to speak to each other or pence came out swinging before even landed there for even gets theirs to south korea is promising but u.s. vice president new sanctions on the north what could that entail. well he was quite vague on that and i haven't seen anything out of washington yet indicating what those might be i think it's just another part of the trumpet administration's plan to put maximum stress on the kim jong regime they say it's already working helped and helped lead to the current. decrease in tensions that pave the way for north korea to attend the olympics of course all these goodwill gestures that are happening right now on behalf of the kim jong un regime walking in with south korean athletes to the opening ceremony on friday fueling the joi

kim jong un sister tells south korea's president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and jake and says he would be willing to go to pyongyang if the conditions are right. thanks for joining us i'm mary and evan sting israel has struck what it said were iranian targets inside syria after an israeli fighter jet was shot down by syrian forces the two pilots parachuted to safety and were taken to the hospital with one of them in serious condition the incident was sparked by a rainy and drone entering israeli airspace from syria is the most serious confrontation between israel and syria in yours. and israeli jet in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mission but israel disagrees it has released this unverified video which it says shows the drone in israeli airspa

kim jong-un's sister, kim yo-jong, just feet away. she shook hands with the south korean president in a historic moment. but there was no interaction between the north koreans and pence. although some events began earlier. >> that's so rad! >> reporter: u.s. figure skating champion nathan chen probably wishes they hadn't. >> wow. >> reporter: in his olympic debut, the 18-year-old phenom struggled with his signature jumps. >> i think it was a little bit in my head and just let that get the best of me in the program. >> reporter: chen will have another shot next week. skier lindsey vonn with dog lucy at her side has waited eight years to come back to the olympics, after an injury kept her out of the sochi games. this time she brings the memory of her grandfather who served in the korean war and died just last year. >> i know that he's going to help me, and i'm going to win for him. >> reporter: with the first gold medals to be awarded tomorrow, the u.s. olympic committee spent the majority of today's press conference talking about the s

cnn says kim jong-un's sister stealing the show at the winter olympics, yahoo is saying kim jong-un's mysterous sister gets her star turn at the winter olympics so we've got all these athletes training for years and years to be on the world stage and we have to talk about the sister of a dictator? rachel: i love this somebody tweeted back to that cnn article yes, work it, oppress your people get that crime against humanity, girl. that's the kind of glowing weird coverage that they're sending out and they also in this say that she is the ivanka of north korea. wrong on so many levels, putting those two women on the same page one is working for paid leave. the other is complicit in really a dictatorship that is murdering its people, starving them and again, the word complicit used for ivanka in the trump administration why isn't it being used here? griff: it doesn't even stop there. already a representative, a u.s. representative to the olympic committee is suggesting that the north korean/south korean women's hockey team should receive, wait for it, the nobel peace prize. pete: really

>> there is a certain amount of fascination with kim yo-jong, the younger sister of kim jong-un because we so rarely get to see members of the kim family. this is really her big first international appearance. and so much of the appearances in north korea are managed, right, they're stage managed. here we have her appearing live. so south koreans are certainly fascinated by that. but, i should note that all of this may look to you from the outside like great moment of hope and peace and promise, but for south koreans, it's much more complicated. they've been through this before. they also know that it can go wrong very quickly. and so i think that people have mixed feelings, and i do, as well, as somebody who has lived here for the better part of a decade. although we all want peace. nobody here on this peninsula wants another war, we're also very skeptical. we know how the north koreans operate. and we know that it's going to be very tricky in the weeks and months ahead. >> hmm. we heard from the u.s. vice president mike pence. he said there is no daylight between the united states and

jong un has and vice have south korea's president to meet in pyongyang kim jong un's sister it's in their first invitation in seoul against the backdrop of the winter olympics but the diplomatic relations between the two koreas doesn't please everyone right wing protesters again rallied in seoul against the north korean regime so far their protests have remained small however said the as powerful ally the united states shares protesters skepticism. u.s. vice president mike pence has again insisted that seoul and washington both agree that the pressure must be kept on pyongyang that's despite a very public show of unity between the two koreas as a joint women's ice hockey team to beautify at the winter olympics in. excited fans wait to greet the combined korean women's hockey team a first in and think history and a coming together on the ice symbolizing hopes of woman relations between the south and its belligerent know the neighbor ah he dances to win or lose the result doesn't matter i hope they play their best and try their hardest in a show of unity it wasn't. so much this is a g

by the sister of kim jong—un, kim yo-jong? i think kim yo-jong did a very good job. as soon as it was clear that the north koreans were sending her down, it was obvious she was going to bring some kind of message of significant. she of course, the granddaughter of the founder of the nation so the symbolism of her visit was very high. from a pr perspective, mike pence was trying to counter that and did end up looking a little bit too unsupportive. what is important, now, is that as moonjae—in explores a summit with kimjong—un, what is north korea willing to offer? what can he give moonjae—in to take back to washington and explore whether there is options for talks directly between north korea and washington. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — the bollywood movie that sparked widespread protests in india. we speak to one of its stars about why the film is controversial. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's pass

daryn if this meeting transpires it would be historic kim jong. korea has not met with the south korean president since he took office in twenty eleven in the last couple of days there and the south korean media had been buzzing was back elation that kim jong un sister kim jong a trusted advisor and high ranking party official was coming to the south with an invite in hand she had a letter and requested that president moon come to the north to meet with the north korean leader soon at a quote convenient time president moon says let's arrange that and let's prepare the conditions going forward the last time leaders from the north and south met was in two thousand and seven that was during an interview and summit it was hosted by kim jong un's father overall the discussion in the high ranking north korean delegation had with president moon of south korea was described as friendly and wide ranging president moon again signaling that he is keen to reboot the relationship between the north and the south but he says that the north must have dialogue wit

jong un sister kim jong was seated close to pence of friday's opening ceremony but he refused to engage with her or any other north korean official just before he left the games pins tweeted saying the u.s. would not allow the propaganda charade by north korea to go on challenge then the world can turn a blind eye to the oppression and threats of kim jong un's regime while north korea was quick to respond to that accusing the u.s. vice president of shameful snobbish behavior. well for more on this i'm joined by korea unless aid and force of cossar from exeter hi there aden i'm guessing you're watching all this activity with interest how much of this is kind of shell bolting in theater and how much of it is about genuinely making some sort of small progress . i think that a great deal of it is about i must say kim jong un and north korea who we don't do is associate with subtlety and charm of play the blind they both come in the last minute well mistaken novoa made themselves the center of attraction politically but that these games and it's left to the u.s. vice president mike pence to

president moon kid kim jong as well as kim young the second in command in the north korean regime as long as as well as vice president mike pence all sitting in the same room watching the ceremony together so it's certainly a big deal this is the first time that a family member of the ruling kim clan has ever come to south korea and read this and leave the delegation from the u.s. headed by vice president mike pence was there any diplomatic will clinton if. well local media is reporting that at a dinner reception that was held prior to the opening ceremony vice president pence made a very brief appearance he more or less avoided it mr kim young who's. basically the second man in charge in north korea. tenses office says that there was a scheduling conflict but it's being read here is more or less a snub now that the olympics have begun jason is it a sense of excitement on the korean peninsula which is they ran down. the hostile division between the north and south. right i think the opening ceremony considering how well it went off it is changing minds leading up to the games there w

officials say, to keep kim jong-un's regime from capitalizing on kim's decision to send north korean athletes to the games. white house officials tell cnn that at every opportunity while he's there, pence will point out the repression of kim's regime, to keep the regime from hijacking the olympic message with, quote, propaganda. to hit home that point, pence will have a special guest with him during the opening ceremonies, fred warmbier, whose son ougtto died after being released from north korean captivity last year. south korean officials have so far not commented on pence's planned messaging at the games. >> they're not going to really like the fact the vice president is coming from otto warmbier's father. i don't think south koreans are going to be too happy about that or they cannot say that out loud to the americans. >> adding to that tension, diplomatic sources tell cnn north korea will show off dozens of missiles on thursday as the games kick off, missiles capable of hitting the u.s. it's an attempt, sources tell cnn, to, quote, scare the hell out of the americans. analysts s

>> well, north koreans typically demand, but we'll see what kim jong-un is up to. south korean president is in a difficult spot now. because there was a backlash after the 2000 summit. there was a backlash after the 2007 summit. even now with the peace olympics, so-called peace olympics, there's some domestic backlash against the moon administration, even coming from the younger generation, people who thought it was unfair that south korean female hockey players had to do this joint thing or why do they have to march under the unified flag. so there is some backlash there. so i don't think president moon can make too much of a concession or so the trump administration will not be happy about that, so i think president moon will be in a difficult spot and has to navigate through this, you know, what's going to be a little bit of a difficulty for summit to be realized. >> how has all of this kind of a prelude to the ongoing military exercises in the region? or, i mean, might this kind of diplomacy taking place by simply the virtue of, you know, north korea's presence

jong il who was kim jong un's father then head of north korea but when there was taking place at that time it was with washington's blessing and as a consequence we see right now and this is why i consider this to be a pivotal moment it's a test of whether or not the south korean government which is clearly looking over its shoulder to see how. much resistance it's getting from washington will be able to finally take a step to emerge as a truly sovereign entity and able to carry out with in korean politics and on the korean peninsula its own policy. it's a shame you certainly don't see north korea looking over its shoulder to see whether russia or china approves of its moves but here you have south korea with tens of thousands of american troops still in south korea and they they arrived in september one thousand nine hundred five they're still there. north korea doesn't have foreign troops on its soil so that is the big test will south korea be able to resist the pressure from washington it's the republicans it's the democrats it's the military industrial complex it's the cia none of

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first there was a meeting presidentuth korea's and kim jong un's sister and news thatng there is kim jong un has invited the talkskorean president for in the north. "u.s.a. today" reports that kim invited south korean president, moon jae-in, for first major development to stem from north korea's participation in the moon's office announced saturday. the information delivered by the the north korean leader when she and other members of the north korean lunch with moon at the south korean palace. new?is something nicholas: it is new because leaders of south and north korea in more than 10 years so it is quite significant. as some reports already indicated, south korea president accepted has already the invitation and few people expected he would turn it down is a significant opportunity. well, i hope that before he goes, american diplomats will way to make clear what the american position is. way, this is another challenge. we don't quite know what the is, whatposition american policy is toward north korea at the moment because we've heard different statements different officials. we h

what about all that media praise for kim jong un sister? let's talk about it with washington times opinion editor and fox news contributor charles hurt, who was already chuckling. and the former director of strategic communications for hillary clinton, adrian elrod. thank you both for coming in. adrienne, what did you make of this over the weekend? it got a lot of attention on social media. >> it got a lot of attention and it was really irresponsible that some of the national media organizations were glamorizing her, portraying her as somebody -- i don't know if it was because she doesn't maybe look the part of what they think a dictator may look like, if she was a little bit more glamorous in her appearance than they thought. it was really, really irresponsible. she is the sister of the most brutal dictator in the world who has done horrifying things to the people of north korea and of course to some american citizens as well. it's really irresponsible. >> shannon: the truth is she's part of the regime, she's part of the rolling party. som

jong un sr amid a spirit of unity in fact kim sr is the first member of the north's ruling dynasty to venture south since the korean war but is this rapid improvement in korean ties the beginning of a new era in relations or merely smoke and mirrors we will ask an expert in just a moment first this report. demonstrators outside the olympic stadium gave the north koreans a hostile reception they clashed with riot police and made their feelings towards the north known. reality. show you know what. we are we want to hold our own. north korea's olympic delegation mocked and historic first it included kim jong the youngest sister of leader kim jong un she's the first member of north korea's ruling dentist to cross the border since the korean war south korean president moon j.n. welcome to by extending the hunter friendship a sign of his high diplomatic ambitions for the games but not everyone was convinced that greeting the delegation with an open hand was the right approach and allow me to be sure you. the people of south korea and the united states of america will continue to stand shoul

kim jong-un's sister sits just feet away from mike pence at the olympic opening ceremonies. with the eyes of the world on the will winter games, is north korea controlling the narrative? i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> the number three official at the justice department is stepping down. we'll have more on that in a minute. also breaking, president trump's first public remarks on the resignation of key aide rob porter who stepped down after accusations of assault on his ex-wives and the president said, we wish him well. adding it was a very tough time for porter. the president made no mention of the alleged victims. we'll talk to former defense secretary leon panetta, also a former white house chief of staff. and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. let's begin with justice correspondent evan perez. there's a new report out now that a senior very significant justice department official is stepping down. what do we know? >> that's right. rachel brand is the number three official at the justice department and she would be the person

much further south yang is trying to put its best foot forward sending kim yo jong sister of the north korean leader as part of their olympic delegation shall be the first member of the north's ruling family to cross the demilitarized zone. the u.s. response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is meeting regional leaders ahead of the games he's already warned the u.s. is preparing more aggressive sanctions on the north and he promised south korea's president that the u.s. wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions and allow me to do assure you. and the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally sent permanently. reverse of abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions to. the world maybe coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. while a pass is meeting with moon and urged during that meeting to. for him to take a tougher lin

. >> in an you been receunprecede moon jae-in shook hands with kim yo-jong, the sister of kim jong-un. >> this is significant. kim jong-un has extended a personal invitation to the south korean president moon jae-in. >>> good morning. this morning the white house should be celebrating a new budget deal or the vice president's trip to the olympics, but instead there is a new round of resignations and there could be one more major resignation. >> in skris just one day, a sec white house official accused of domestic abuse is out. and the chief of staff himself is willing apparently now to leave. >> plus any of the bipartisan spirit that was on capitol hill after the passing of the budget deal is old news now as president trump blocked the democrat's memo on the russia investigation last night and now top democrats are accusing him of trying to hide something. >> abby phillip is live at the white house for us this morning. good morning. the president said yesterday that the release would come soon. hours later, it was blocked all together. is there any indication that this will ever go pu

d all began with a 13 sec video showing kim jong-un's father and predecessor, kim jong-il, in a building with some no dong missiles in th 2000s. >> it has these very unusual windows along the back and the side and in the roof. we thought, "if we know where the windows are then we cane model side of the building, use that to model the outside of the building., and th we know approximately where to look, we can find this thing in a r:tellite photograph. >> reporhey made a 3-d ckdel of the building and the missile carrying tased on the images, and homed in on their quarry. >>nd so, there it is. you could see it's exactly the building that we imagined. and you can see the reason that they added t big skylight was precisely so that the vehicle would fit in and that they could lift the missile all the way up. >> reporter: similar techniques can alsoive outsiders an inkling on how successful a missile test is. >> what u want to do is somehow correct for this distortion. >> reporter: langbroek found this image of kim jong-un very telling. the map evidently shows the intended trajecty of the miss