political breakthrough on the korean peninsula. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the games have begun the younger sister of north korea's kim jong un has captured the attention of the media while u.s. vice president mike pence was mocked as a dud even undiplomatic the two koreas are engaging each other this makes the washington foreign policy swamp if you. cross the koreas i'm joined by my guest brian becker in washington he's the director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily new show on radio sputnik and in. we have gregory illich he is a korea policy institute associate or a german cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate brian let me get me go to you here i'm sure you saw some of the mainstream corporate as coverage of the opening of the games and the what appears to be some kind of reproach moment between the two koreas but i thought a lot of that coverage has really missed the point in the what's real

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 that none of those institutional power centers in washington want there to be a real rock taking place in korea by koreans without the supervision of the americans gregory went way you know on that because you know what what leeway does south korea have to make any kind of reproach with the north if there is a mutual engagement in any engagement that is real ok i mean i think western viewers tend to forget is that these are the two countries that co

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i do not wish foreign abrupt reunification on the korean peninsula. it would be chaotic and dangerous. in terms of reconciliation, the two sides have to commit that living peacefully, whatever the political structures might be, whether unification or ,ederation or separate states that for the time being, living peaceably is the only option. host: thank you for the time this morning. guest: thank you very much. up, democratic delegate member of the reform committee discusses the recent in the aftermath of the rob porter story. ryan costello talks about the future of health care. c-span'so watch washington journal this morning. join the discussion. >> the c7 -- sees them bus it recently stopped in montgomery, alabama, asking what is the most important issue? >> being here and the birthplace of the modern civil rights movement, the most important issues are equality, freedom, and equal justice for all people. we cannot talk about this every february. we have to live it every day of the year. we have to do more to build bridges. a famous educator in alaba

alferez and made it very clear no more war under the korean peninsula no military action without prior consultation an agreement with us will not be accepted. the u.s. and south korea light allies cannot take a mini test and they can make this it's a lie south korea suffer from immense collateral damages given all of these things ok we'll hoping that the u.s. would not take a military action we cannot rule out the post lead that you nice committee to action but the united states to do expect you know who's opposition from south korea and the controversial missile shield that has been deployed in south korea already with the deployment help advance to go shake hands with the north or hinder progress. i would say that assad has not produced any profound impact going into korea and talk so these become a major. issue between china and the u.s. in the south korea being century to the north korea criticize the deployment of the thousands said it was has not become any major impediment to into korean talks the u.s. and south korea are not the only ones involved in affairs for instance china

which is a nuclear-free korean peninsula. reporter: would you advise president moon against meeting with the north koreans? vice president pence: i will tell you i look forward to visiting with president moon tonight and talk about our common interest and common commitment to freedom. but i also look forward to being with president moon to celebrate the olympics. as the president said this morning, south korea's done an incredible job getting ready for these winter olympics. it will be a great celebration. a great testament to a free and prosperous nation. i look forward to sharing a great experience and great memories with president moon. the backdrop of his discussions with north korea, about joint olympic efforts, i expect will be a topic. but at the end of the day i know that we're going to reaffirm in our discussions the strong alliance between the united states and south korea. it's an alliance that will grow economically and grow strategically and my great privilege to reaffirm that. >> as president trump met with supp

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here it comes to my wife is chinese and i will talk about the korean peninsula here. you know the obama and clinton administrations were perfect when they doubt with north korea. nowave got a problem right thanks to bill clinton giving them billions of dollars. the north korean government, conned the clinton administration, giving them all that money, and they put it in their pockets and then they built nuclear forces. coinhey are almost out of or they could talk cities in the country. months away, ok? thanks to the clinton and obama and the bushns, administration. host: what is the question? this and menstruation will have to do with it because they do not want them to target u.s. cities. guest: thank you. i appreciate that. my view on the united states being a global leader and playing an important role in the world and being the one to help set the agenda and drive out positive outcomes for our people, it came from growing up in a middle-class how -- household. i grew up in the cold work turn ronald reagan and i agreed with him when he said america could be a shini

peninsula. comes before. cation. and that's i think what most korean people will prefer as well right ambassador thank you very much for this interview on inside we were talking to. former national security advisor to the president of south korea about the ways out of the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula that's it for this edition of something called see you next time. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somehow want to be preached. to going to be press was like them before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in my house. first sit. join me every thursday on the all excitement show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics school this list i'm showbusiness i'll see that. hey everybody i'm stephen bob. taft hollywood guy you'll suspect every proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v.'s to suggest this is my buddy max fam

the world has agreed that we need a nuclear-free korean peninsula. and we're going to continue to put all the pressure to bear economically and diplomatically while preserving all of our military options to see that that happens. >> let's talk about the military options. did that come up in your conversation with president moon? has he spesktcally said please don't launch a military strike? >> president trump and our allies in the region have agreed to delay our military exercises until after the olympics, but we're going to make it crystal clear that our military, the japanese self-defense forces, our allies here in south korea, all of our allies across the region are fully prepared. >> military options? >> to defend our nations and to take what action is necessary to defend our homeland. >> the vice president comes to south korea with a guest, the father of otto warmbier, the american college student who died days after his release from a north korean prison. what do you want the north koreans to see as they look across and see the two of you? what

and temperatures also recovering for the korean peninsula seoul they're seeing a high of five degrees across more central and southern parts of china and taiwan the weather's not looking at temperatures up on the ship at this time be a fine sunshine in hong kong fine fine annoying vietnam though twenty four degrees and across the rest of indochina weather conditions are looking generally pretty good and that continues to head on through into friday being the to shanghai still a chance of rain and only seven degrees celsius into southeastern parts of asia this circulation of low pressure has been give us a very heavy rain across central parts of the philippines but it does begin to clear away and then further towards the south heavy showers across many parts of indonesia but further north fine in kuala lumpur. different sides of this is the never want to fight i joined a party just because it was the closest one to my house. even gone for. but united now on the road. on a motorcycle we see things with the. world is open. fighters two bikers. at this time. it's good to have you with us

olympics closing ceremony's are having on the korean peninsula. justresident's daughter arrived in south korea. is that time in more than a coincidence or you're trying to send a coordinated message? sec. mnuchin: ivanka trump has been briefed on this. she's been part of the team. she had dinner with president moon. they had a private discussion in advance about this occurring, and this is been an interagency process. so i think i said earlier, when the vice president went over there he announced the sanctions, were not ready at the -- he announced and ease, these sanctions were not ready at the time. had he been ready to be released we would have done this earlier and there's an extensive process, an enormous amount of work that's been done with the intel community on an interagency basis to get where we are today. in the back. >> [indiscernible] in other words, what shows if it doesn't work? what next? sec. mnuchin: i don't think will make any comments on what options are or are not in the future. we will continue as we see things that should be

peninsula over recent years. and in the past couple of hours, appeals by 47 russian athletes and coaches hoping to take part in the games have been dismissed. and coaches hoping to take part in the games have been dismissed. it follows a ban imposed on the country by the international olympic committee after an investigation into state—sponsored doping. the ioc has already invited a further 169 russians who have met the anti—doping criteria to compete as independent athletes. bbc sports reporter alex capstick is in pyeongchang, and he was at the news conference when the court of arbitration announced their decision. it was a very short announcement, matthieu reeb, the secretary general of the court of arbitration in sport — that's sports‘ highest authrity — said that the cases brought by the russian athletes, 45 russian athletes, two support staff, earlier this week, have been dismissed so they will not be able to compete at these olympics and that is significant because the ioc had been very, very conc

now the conflict over the korean peninsula has been casting a shadow on the imminent winter games in pyongyang chang for some time and it's not only activists clashing over the crisis but politicians as well. since. today's military parades will show off the council status of the democratic people's republic of korea as long as hostile policies from the u.s. continues and mission of the korean people's army can never change. the united states of america will fall into the stand shoulder to shoulder you know the effort to bring back from the pressures to bear on north korea until that time comes when the final terminal in your reversal of their nuclear and ballistic missile and. let's bring some live pictures for you right now here on our international correspondent just outside the olympic venue with protests erupting hours before the launch of the winter olympic games ceremony. here in moscow can you bring us down what's the what's the latest that you know. rory i can. not hear you very well but just for you to understand what is happening behind me see for yourself this is an anti

we will look at the new sporting diplomacy on the korean peninsula next. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: we are back. i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. to sendorth korea plans a high ranking to the closing ceremony of the pyeongchang winter olympics in a step towards better relations with the south. let's talk about this with a professor emeritus at seoul national university and a former south korean foreign minister. great to have you. that games are coming to a close. on thee your thoughts significance of the north participation and whether this sports diplomacy that has been popular for the last 10 days, does it have longer-lasting implications? >> yes, i think it was an important event in the sense that there was high to mention -- high tension on the korean peninsula. ofe estimated the potential war on the korean peninsula as high as 50%, for example, so we monthsave at least three of reprieve, which is very precious. and i think that was the positive impact of the olympic games. i think there will be a continuation of this calming down of the conven

and for the olympics because the korean peninsula, yes, temperatures in seoul may be above freezing but it isa seoul may be above freezing but it is a temporary warming. the cold air returns next week. notjust is a temporary warming. the cold air returns next week. not just across career but china. not necessarily for tokyo. some shelter here and some sunshine but for bajan it stays cold and it will stay cold because the commune macro “— cold and it will stay cold because the commune macro —— korean peninsula. it was high 30s for adelaide and melbourne earlier but that will end with thunderstorms. we have some heat building in the interior. we could see some nasty storms for western australia and northern territory ‘s. in the south and east, temperatures are baiting a little bit. very wet indeed. wet and windy with some tropical air mixed in across this low—pressure system in new zealand. another one waiting in the wings for next week. this draws the attention across central parts of europe. at the area of low pressure will stop heavy rains and strong winds. then we have yet

well the conflict table the korean peninsula is constant a shadow over the games and it's not me and to miss clashing and the crisis but also politicians. it's cruel to put a little bit of. today's military parade will show off the powerful status of the democratic people's republic of korea as long as hostile policies from the u.s. continue the mission of the korean people's army could never achieve. the united states of america will see to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring back from the pressures to bear on north korea until that comes from the finally a permanent in your reversible abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile and. the north korean leader kim jong sr arrived in south korea on friday to attend the opening ceremony top south korean officials greeted her at the airport where she arrived on her brother's private jet in north korea kim jong is responsible for propaganda she's the first member of north korea's meeting formally to. the south since the one nine hundred fifty s. . when we watch south korea's president shook hands with north korea's ceremonial

peninsula look at that let's look at the region we've got japan. we've got south korea we've got north korea we've got china we've got russia those countries can solve this tension on the peninsula all by themselves but the us will not let that happen the us will not allow south korea full sovereignty over its defense planning and this is the real problem here i think it could be solved with regional players go ahead. i would agree in fact i just made a made a comment on our blog recently they were talking about there was some type of conference in vancouver that canada was hosting of course the us was there and and other players but two players to discuss the resolution what direction to go forward on korea and of course the two players that probably should most importantly be there russia and china were not invited and so i think it's. it i agree that i think and i also think the new president south korea is open to dialogue with north korea i think you saw that during the olympics a potential you know mel maybe a slight melting of some ice there

peninsula, still wants to draw attention to the major, major differences and the major problems that are coming out of the north. host: a busy week here in washington and at the white house. jeff mason covers all of this for reu the senate's back at 3 p.m. eastern to consider the -- to be secretary of commerce for intellectual property. and the director of u.s. patent and trademark office. a vote on that nomination at 5:30. 2. senate live on c-span >> tonight, author bill james talks about his book, the man from the train, in which he investigates one of the deadliest serial killers in history. >> many happened within 100 yards of the railroad track. us of the things that helped identify his crime as opposed to so many else's is they usually happened at the intersection of two railroad tracks. it's at the intersection of two railroad tracks because he knew, after he committed his crime he had to get out of town before dawn and he didn't want to be stranded there waiting for a train to come through. being at the intersection of multiple railroad tracks give him the opportunity to get

it signifies a easing of tensions on the korean peninsula. end us officials are considering what action to take after two british jihadi what action to take after two britishjihadi is were what action to take after two british jihadi is were captured what action to take after two britishjihadi is were captured in syria. the men were part of a team of four british is members who killed several hostages. the families of their victims say the men should face trial. hello again. most of us saw some sunshine yesterday, but there were also some wintry showers out and about. the highlands looked splendid, didn't they? after the recent snowfall here and clear blue skies as well. but looking ahead to the weekend's forecast, not so much sunshine to go around on saturday. sunday sees the sunshine return, along with some snow showers. it'll become windy for a time this weekend. here's the satellite picture. it shows an area of low pressure, a curl of cloud racing towards the british isles, and this cloud is going to be moving in, bringing a band of rain

peninsula they're terrified of that they're terrified that peace could break out in syria because the very fact that they stay there were nobody wants them to be there makes it a political outcome a peaceful outcome impossible i mean why are they so afraid of peace go ahead ivan . well i think you're absolutely correct they seem to want to maintain overseas president presence in south korea and japan that's where our major forces are right now and that gives us. you know an anchor in east asia and i think they do feel that china is rising and you know just like when saddam invaded kuwait that was a way to stay in saudi arabia for a long time and so i think these types of conflicts are useful in a certain sense for the has your mind to stay and whatever region they want to stay in you know earl if we if we look at the south korean peninsula look at that let's look at the region we've got japan we've got south korea we've got north korea we've got china we've got russia those countries can solve this tension on the peninsula all by themselves but the us will not let that happen the us w

peninsula near the korean peninsula so i think that there is a fear or still is still remaining and this is really truly started time that two koreas trying to go on you know piece of rock that the end of war a faster and this is this is typically treats just to strategic time to a halt. or longer in the. woman so i think that really i hope the united states. you know vice president respect the koreans as i go get i point out that what it said was because important think that the the korean unit here during the olympic winter olympic is you know a benefit not. but also the entire world so i really hope that you know my present vice president doesn't really wound this. opportunity and the spirit of didn't believe it that dr someone chon from the korea peace network thank you very much indeed thank you thank you. well there's been a new twist in the trump russia commission claims that story imo it's time to fight . appetite i mean for conflict is very very low these days public service much more eager to see economic improvement than they are to. actually get into a fight with a neigh

peninsula so let's head further towards the south where we have got an area of rain developing across more central parts of china along the young sea river valley you see this area here in fact on this northern edge colder air will drive in from the north and as a result we will see some snow here but otherwise across more southeastern heiresses looking fine and pretty warm though twenty five in hong kong fine conditions for annoying vietnam there were twenty seven is a high southerly flow for the towards the surf and pretty decent weather for the philippines through much of sunday wanted to borneo is looking fine but for much of java bali towards east timor it's looking rather cheri some heavy downpours are likely in jakarta. these explosions when. these nuclear bombs were experiments by the soviet union. to the kazakh people who lived in the vicinity the motives made little difference. rewind silent. at this time. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera and these are our top stories the f.b.i. has indicted and thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies of alleged tam

he has been overlooked for that job and warned about the threat of violence here on the korean peninsula. to this day, there is no u.s. ambassador here in the korean capital. dave. >> we are left to wonder where does this relationship go from here? ivan watson, thank you. >>> the white house is demanding the syrian government honor the cease-fire. the calls come amid reports of chemical attacks launched on civilians. russian president vladimir putin ordering a five-hour pause daily in the area of ghouta from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. eastern time. sam kiley has the latest for us. sam, is the pause holding and why does vladimir putin have the authority to call the shots? >> reporter: first, the question of the pause. it is not holding. there has been at least one death according to multiple sources in the town of dhouma close to ghouta. there have been five surface-to-surface missiles fired into another neighborhood. there is skuirmishing going on. there is less violence because vladimir putin has literally called the shots or instructed his clients stated to dial down on the violence to all

we've got a good mobile flow and our weather across the korean peninsula at the moment kind of right making their way through and some snow off the coasts a clear skies there into japan for a time we are going to see that making its way through as we go on through wednesday will be the foul weather cloud nine celsius there for tokyo temps just getting up to around two or three degrees across the korean peninsula these will add up as we go on into thursday so six celsius in seoul by this day any success is their fault ok but it should be last the try little bit of a wet weather some wintry weather will move through the sea of japan but nothing too much to speak of and we have the rain clouds gathering across central and southern parts of china at present some wet weather over towards the southwestern corner and this will become rather more expansive as we go on through thursday so some really big downpours certainly a possibility hong kong should stay lousy dry if a little on the gray side temperatures no higher than around seventeen degrees celsius plenty of showers meanwhile across

policy is towards south korea and the korean peninsula given that you were the chief negotiator for the fda? >> i have the highest regard for victor chow -- i was surprised like others that his nomination is not going forward. it is not a great time not having an ambassador in korea, given what is going on with the north korean peninsula and given what is going on in negotiations. what position does this but the united states when you have china and other countries trying to increase their global presence and trying to extend their influence in multilateral associations as well? you have their own bank now -- how does this play into the u.s. retreating from the world and their influence? so clear as the u.s. is retreating from the asia-pacific region on economic issues, other countries, particularly china, are trying to fill the void. in addition, what we are seeing is that countries with whom we have negotiated deals with in the past are countries of the recent ppp agreement that we withdrew from are coming together to do these deals without the united states. i'm not sure how this is

we've got weather systems going up to make their way across the korean peninsula easing over towards japan big massive cloud mass little area of low pressure developing here that's going to introduce a very wet and windy weather. some wintry weather for a time too as it makes its way across the sea of japan big downpours that it's in northern parts of honshu easing up into her car that was some snow for her kyra nineteen celsius in tokyo so at least the rain is going to be on the warm side it'll turn a little cold as we go on through friday wintry showers continues in northern parts of japan but further south it will brighten up and it won't be too bad at all we got up to around four celsius across the korean peninsula now just some wet weather coming into central parts of china by the states with a bit of wet weather in place here as we go on through thursday warm southerly winds in hong kong temperatures at around twenty five degrees celsius further north that rain will intensify as we go on into friday but for southern parts of china it will stay lousy fine if i was into spells of

peninsula do look there is action i believe we all want to be peaceful and within the framework. regional security framework. it is true that recent weeks we witness an improvement even relations i was myself in the olympic games of your chair and it is always with the. motioned that we see north koreans and south koreans together in a competition like this world and of course the fact that the dialogue between the two koreas was established is a positive one and specially the fact that the hot line between the military of the two countries was of established is an important factor to avoid misunderstandings and their selections but even if the relations between the two could is improved let's be clear that is not the central question we are facing the central question remains the question of the nation and the question of the equalizer should in my opinion requests that we all in gauge actively in order to be possible for i would say the two key stakeholders in the nation to these crises the united states and north korea here to be able to come together that it's absolutely esse

peninsula after the olympic games are over stay with us. are you confused by washington syria policy rest assured you're not alone trump says one thing while his generals do otherwise also brinkmanship with north korea is it working in one movie in the u.s. embassy to jerusalem is still a bad idea. fifty years ago britain and within to come together as a sleeping pill does this is what i believe because this is. the side effects were terrible but not on. the wall. across europe victims are still waiting legal battles demanding at least some compensation. in two ways first will the physical damage itself as well that the concert mind that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been able to justice and there's been a couple of. brushes been reaching out for decades for years down under food and saying look we've got to trade more this more trade and america is like no no you're an existential crisis because we have to give these deadbeats in congress a lot more money if you're going to create a fake enemy called with demand

ambassador, and showing off on the korean peninsula. the only way the north koreans can frame it could be referring to vice president pence who attended the olympics later this week and the opening ceremony. >> i love north korean propaganda. it never fails to get a laugh from people. this is the real face of north korea. this is the regime that is very very close to getting deliverable nuclear weapons and it was interesting that they used the term deter america, their nuclear capability. they are kind of puffing themselves up year. they are worried about a u.s. preemptive strike against their nuclear program. not that i have any evidence that's that to happen. that's for sure. they are trying to apply if we start than we start them will hit with nuclear weapons. they don't have that capability at the moment. it actually shows they are nervous and what they really want to do is knock us off. vice president pence as you mention will be going to the opening ceremony. it's an important assignment. he's not just there to watch the ceremony.

the political undertone of the games extends beyond the korean peninsula lawyers of fifteen russian athletes appealed to the court of arbitration for sport as they seek to be admitted to the olympics they follow thirty two russians who unsuccessfully appealed on tuesday but the i.o.c. expects one hundred sixty eight russian athletes to compete under a neutral flag other athletes have still found time to get into the olympic mood. my game face on the ice is totally different from right now and it's not. it's like. you don't in my way because i'm probably going to kill you. is hoping jokes and smiles will prevail as athletes continue to arrive ahead of the opening ceremony on friday. mr king. and here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you germany's biggest political parties have announced an agreement to form a coalition government. calling the deal that her conservative structure with the social democrats a basis for good government the social democrat leader martin show says that the deal will bring fundamental change for both germany and europe his party's rank and fi

peninsula and. north korea will be watching very closely what happens with this netanyahu wants the united states to to forge any kind of peace as only the united states can do this where you have the palestinian side saying it's certainly the united states the trump administration will not be doing this it's not a credible negotiator as far as the palestinians are concerned and we. that once again a kind of half hearted pledge towards a super two state solution with netanyahu saying that sure palestinians should be able to govern themselves but that overall security would have to be under control of the israelis the reason he gave that being that the middle east is as he called it littered with failed states so clearly a message do not mess with israel's security and a very acute situation there particularly on that syrian border with iran potentially becoming a major and visible player so this really has the potential to turn into a hot confrontation at any point indeed you said do not mess with i

peninsula back on the table. that is certainly the question that comes up now here in south korea the winter olympics are winding down and this was an event that officials here had hoped would possibly be true broader political breakthrough possibly leading to direct talks between jiang and washington however with this latest round of sanctions while washington says it remains open to some kind of talks with north korea if they are interested in coming to the table these latest sanctions certainly set a tone that makes many people worried. after amazing on saturday in china the international olympic committee said it will resume discussions on sunday about whether the international athletes of russia will be allowed to march under their country's flag at the closing ceremonies the i.o.c. has alleged so russian oscillates to compete but only under an olympic flag at their case is all the more difficult they say that two russians have been caught doping in china the first a courier who had his medal stripped on the

research fellow, korean peninsula future forum"this is also kim jong's ploy to try and pull south korea further away from the u.s."saturday's invitation was extended during a meeting between the two countries at seoul's presidential palace. vice president mike pence stated on his flight back home from south korea, after leading the u-s- olympic delegation, that he'svery confident the united states and south korea are going to continue to pressure north koreans nuclear ambitions.i'm kim hutcherson reporting. (jrstone) coming up... a brazen robbery caught on tape in a san francisco taxicab -- we've got the surveillance video. (justine) license plate readers are coming to alameda -- we'll talk about when it will happen --- as well as the privacy concerns that go along with them. (justine) pitchers and catchers don't report to spring training until next week. but today was the unofficial start of the giants baseball season with fan fest. (jr)the gates were open to anyone who wanted to come in and explore a-t-and-t park...and kron four's spencer blake was there.he's live at the ball park rig