north korea has made toward coming together with south korea it does seem like it's the south that is making the most effort why is it more important for the south korea. we want to take a more leading and where the rule. if. you want to avoid a catastrophe oh oh come under. these words he's making every effort to be fugitive to revoke the momentum for dialogue. you told c.n.n. it was trump's tough talk that brought the north koreans to open dialogue but say all that there was some kind of a combination in which closed the door on direct talks with the yes therefore the north koreans have to turn to the south so you think all the provocation traitor insults threats to wipe north korea off the map all that was a part of a comic plan to actually get north and south to talk. noshing doing the persian come and made us some important contribution in reaching north korea is coming to south korea but there are some other some other regions which you know it's clear that you know come to that in the south korea because north korea might want to have some kind of economic cooperation with the

south korea well maybe. sold in washington but south korea knows all those you know intentions from north korea but we don't it. is do you feel like trump's contribution was intentional to bring the two countries together are an intentional base a big plant or was it not i remember going with the united states directly they would have not come to south korea. to even north korea comply i am i heard you say in an interview to c.n.n. back in september that if the u.s. had spent at least one fifth of effort put into the iran deal on the north korean issue is the whole problem could have been resolved do you think the u.s. is reluctant to bring about a plausible solution to the issue. you know if you had to pay more attention to. the north korean nuclear issue i personally believe the us code can come up with a solution but. to use his pain too much attention for military no solutions but i hope the us would pay more attention to the peaceful solution to the north korean nuclear problem. presently and you right

imposed the fat battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery we're look at how the u.s. refuses to pay the unit costs cleaning up the environment to destruct destruction on the military bases it's close. i don't think through the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these to add this and that into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interests but actually it's not the u.s. that is targeted to actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all disco head brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defense is meaning it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a war between north and south korea north korea wouldn

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 could suffer the most if there is a complex here they have a real vested interest to start sitting down and deescalating what is been happening over the last few months here so what is the leeway the south koreans have gregory in columbus police you know of course we don't know what kind of discussions they're going on behind the scenes between trump and moon and i imagine there's an enormous amount of press

tonight -- the winter olympics are under way in south korea. but will the north be looking to play a game of sport, power or politics? my conversation with chung-in moon, special adviser to the president of south korea. >>> also ahead -- the celebrated british artist creating a splash with his californian canvases. david hockney opens the doors to his l.a. studio for a rare, revealing interview. >> announcer: amanpour on pbs was made possible by the generous support of roslyn p. walter. >>> good evening and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. the winter olympics are under way. the politics that infuse every games are heightened this time by nuclear tensions on that peninsula. but its northern neighbor has fueled hopes of a thaw by sending athletes and an official delegation, including kim jong-un's own sister, an influential figure who will dine with the south korean president, moon jae-in, even as her brother threw himself a massive military parade in pyongyang on the eve of the ceremony. this

my suggestion is what if north korea offered south korea the have soexpertise they that south korea wouldn't have to be afraid of north korea and that would cut the united states the deal but so what. maybe it's time for the united states to get out of everybody else's business. host: i want to give nicholas to respond.nce nicholas: obviously you're entitled to make your own and conclusions about the situation in north this country. to would certainly what you think isn't incorrect. out thatertainly point the unitedon in states is not in any way near in termsn north korea of how the people live. if you look at the economy, g.d.p., per capita, and so on. big, big differences. point that one should have -- a government should have their priorities and whether you want to spend your resources on this or that, it's ultimately a decision the administration has to make your owng care of people is one of the things that any government should do. i would just mention that the united states has very, very interest in the asia pacific and it's not realistic will just leave out a deal to hammer with th

it seems like the olympics event like this has started a dialogue between north korea and south korea which i have to think that dialogue even if it different produces a little bit of shouting between people is better than people shooting each other lethal tropic can. they will do you think talk to probably go because in my opinion to pretty much the same people an unlikely friendship made reality by the people in chiang games and with official opening of events just hours away people here will be hoping diplomatic relations can piggyback on the feeling of good will to make the winter olympics more than just a sporting success. but. say look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. senate has passed legislation to end a government shutdown all stuff that. it midnight on the bill is now before the house of representatives if the house adopts the vegetation government offices will be able to reopen it is normal in the morning passages not certain. activists say air strikes in syria is eastern guta near the capital damascus have killed over two hu

but south korea, the president of south korea as he's invited to north korea, what will he have to bring home substantive to make this worth while? >> thanks for having me back. so, on the substantive side, the south korean public which has grown used to seeing this movie several times for the past several decades, actually, would want to see him bring back some sort of promise and commitment to denuclearize. to give up the north's nuclear weapons. that is going to be a complicated and tricky thing to do. that is ultimately what it is going to come down to. that piece means no nuclear weapons. south korean president has his work cut out for him. he has to try to convince washington to seessentially com on board with this vision and game reconciliation leading to a north korea nuclear dialogue and eventual negotiations to solve the nuclear problem. but we've heard vice president pence say reportedly that he would like to see all doors shut after the olympics to go back to maximum pressure campaign. and that's going to be difficult for president moon. the north really has attempted preside

some of them have become stars in north korea and south korea. this is the first time in a decade that they have represented pyongyang. molly: it's interesting how they are being seen abroad. we see this in "the new york times." says thatthe times" this is about state led sexism. they say it is interesting how they are portrayed in north korea, that they represent. he and innocence and that -- they represent. he -- they represent purity and innocence. beauties is hand-in-hand with being a cheerleader, the cheerleading is in essence a top socket and -- a top topic and h will. they say they can be distracting . they say that it is so really -- ridiculous it is almost thrilling. molly: the french and international press has been having some fun. solange: yes, to demonstrate , we have a cartoon by okeke --i hope i am not browsing that wrong. "e prize goes to a cartoon in lithographed young -- headacion," kim jon-un's an ice skater. they say they have put the nuclear tensions on hold and created a positive buzz about the regime. molly: we will turn ou

two thousand and six north and south korea. under unified korean flag the other big story obviously in the buildup to this is russia one hundred sixty nine russian athletes competing as independents will be marching the flag itself to. compromise effectively. clean to participate once all the speeches and the way that we have the show the centerpiece really of these kind of ceremonies the theme we don't know too much about the show is understood to be centering around pace not surprising given the politics and also it's going to incorporate some korean culture past and present that may include music fans who are interested in. the weather is also going to be a significant thing at this ceremony it's going to be very very cold and there's no roof on the stadium so people have been given see them hats and blankets just to keep the. fireworks we're seeing some pretty. really beautiful this is a huge ceremony a very big event important for south korea as you were saying and a lot of people you mentioned one aspect of this that peop

in south korea are quite nervous but i think the u.s. military is not in the habit of respecting the wishes of the south korean people or even the full korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fab battery on south korea without. prior approval or even has and this . the knowledge came with a surprise for us with them paul we think if the battery were look at how the us refute the a the in. cleaning up environmental destruct before trucks from the military because it's close. i don't think through south korean people are happy being vulnerable or whatever but your throw perry commands you know what i mean that would be go back to running these things into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that they do us says it's there to protect their interests but actually it's not the us that is targeted the actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean it's sad stance for the terminal high altitude area defenses meanin

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mediation of south korea. so obviously this talks between the two koreas in early january they have been viewed as a huge breakthrough i mean the last time it happened was back in two thousand and fifteen and since then things were deteriorating how do you make sure things go well this time i want to slide back into another blame game. i'm not really optimistic about the future over into korean relations but what i have been are used to and we make every effort to you know that happens if it is not really you know not of to misty prejudice projection but if you know our mandate to what we've knows we have to focus on problem. great now when we're back we'll continue talking to you and morning special advisor for the national security and foreign policy to the president of south korea we'll talk more about ways out of the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula stay with us. seem wrong why don't we just don't. let me get you to shape our business comes out to. and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find th

tell us jason stearns time in south korea thank you for talking to us thank you. and the winter games and john are underway with five medal decisions on saturday the first gold of the games went to cross-country skier charlotte scala this week powered her way to the finish line in the fifteen kilometer scattered on to see off the rest of the competition meanwhile norway's marred barragan how to settle for a silver but made history in the process american won her eleventh matter overall and becomes the most decorated has seen the winter olympics. and a rapidly escalating situation in the middle east and israeli fighter jet has crashed in the country's north syria says it shot it down in response to what it calls israeli aggression israel said the pilots abandoned the plane after it came under heavy fire israel's minute military ses its jets were carrying out air strikes on targets within syria in response to an iranian drone entering israeli airspace one pilot from the downed f. sixteen is said to be in serious condition if serious claims are confirmed it would be

as we will later today in south korea. and at the olympics. and also being involved in the legislative process. i'm very grateful for that. we'll leave those white house staffing matters for when we get back to washington. raj: a quick follow back on north korea. first of all you mentioned you spoke with the president this morning. has there been any additional instructions in terms of what's going on in the region with north korea and a possible meeting? could you just give us a little flavor of the dynamic going on with the possible meeting, even despite their rhetoric where the north koreans sending mention through the south that they'd like to meet? or the south koreans trying to get to you meet? there's just this wind in the air about you meeting with them. how did that come about? vice president pence: as i said a few days ago -- raj: exactly. how did the idea -- reporter: exactly. how did the idea? -- vice president pence: leave that to others to discuss. at this point in time we're headed to the olympics. and there may be a possibility

to go we have more good luck correspondents in south korea. syria says it's shot at an israeli fighter jets offense as israel carries a airstrikes in syria to find out if this means a new escalation of the war in syria. the world's biggest street party gets underway in brazil. party goers in rio aren't letting the poor economy spoil carnival celebrations we'll tell you and why this woman is set to become and make a song about history this year. i'm honored on a welcome north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korean president to pyongyang it would be the first meeting of korean majors in more than a decade says the earliest days sr has responded to the invites with a call for both sides to build the conditions needed for the business. oh more on this now when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site of the olympics thing going on in south korea hey jason how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be v

that north korea has made two words coming together with south korea it does seem like it's the south that is making the most effort why is it more important elsewhere want to take a more leading employer can role and most of the present mood what is why he's making every effort to momentum for dialogue you told c.n.n. it was trump's tough talk that brought the north koreans to open dialogue but say all that there was some kind of a combination in which trump closed the door there for the north koreans had to turn to. enrich north korea is coming to south korea but there's some other some other regions you know which you know north korea you know come to south korea because north korea might want to have some kind of economic cooperation with the south korea or maybe you know which solon washington but south korea knows all those in no intentions of north korea but the spy or don't.

. >> can choi win it for south korea? here comes choi to the line. south korea wins it! a faulty exchange costs both canada and italy. they both got knocked out on the same scrambled exchange. it left south korea and china in a two-team race. >> here it is. there's the one missed exchange. here's the second. barely touches the skater. you can barely see if they even had contact. >> there's no medal for canada unless, unless, there's penalties involved. >> the relay always one of the craziest races to watch. full of just chaos, unexpected mistakes, volatility. everything you want to watch in a sport. right now, the race is still under review. they're not sure if this is the official results. everyone is waiting and watching. there are two penalties. there are two penalties. canada and china. korea wins gold. italy will win silver. the netherlands, which set a world record by winning the b final, is going to win bronze. remarkable. are you surprised? this is short track. south korea wins gold. >> that's short track at its best. you race to get into the final. if you don't

fireworks filled the skies over south korea's. the winter olympics kick off with a show of unity among south and north korean athletes but how long can the fault last. and a german coalition already in crisis the social democrats former leader martin schultz withdraws from a post us foreign minister bowing to pressure from his party the announcement comes just days after he said he was stepping down as party head. it was a night for the history books as the twenty eighteen winter olympics kicked off n.p.r. chuang the two koreas march together and south korea's president shared a historic handshake with kim 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

, south korea, and the us administration. moon jae—in‘s administration, they will be hoping there will be talk surrounding the games and you have the us vice president with his group of north korean defectors trying to pooh— pooh the whole thing. the north koreans, they would be trying to talk freely, the north korean team is trying to do everything to keep its team away from the general community. the joint women's its team away from the general community. thejoint women's hockey team, the north korean players stay ina team, the north korean players stay in a different place. there is a tea m in a different place. there is a team of north korean performers who are coming, they arrive on a ferry, they will get off the ferry, go to they will get off the ferry, go to the performance space, go onto the ferry and stay there and eat there. they will not be with the rest of the people. what the whole 0lympic myth is built around, people really hope that for at least two weeks we can stop fighting with one another and that for

that this would be the first meeting of korean leaders in more than a decade south korea says' kim jong un's sister can deliver the invitation at the presidential palace in seoul she's visiting the south as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president moon spokesman said the south korean leader had responded to the advice calling from both sides to builds the conditions needed for the business. a home or in this town when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who was near the site of the olympic thing got none in south korea how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the plan young like you said it's been more than a decade the first enter korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for most a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and pyongyang so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong un sr is certain

has no intention to diena cries north korea has warned both south korea and us against a resumption of annual military drills the two countries hold near the north korean borders my understanding is that they will go have its planes now will the drills i'm knol all the progress made between the two koreas at the olympics. well i'm i'm not sure where those korea has always been opposed to joint military drills i don't know how do you from they are this year. if they are desperate. to. reduce any pressure for. sanctions and military option which stand in the way of their ultimate call of nuclear armament then i think. military drills can be only a temporary. us in the road to into korean. dialogue even at the summit level. president moon was invited to visit the north and he replied to the invitation by saying that the two sides should create the right circumstances to make it happen what would the right circumstances be here well i think it's important to noam. before hand what kind of outcome will be produced by the summit because a summit could be worse than no summit if it doesn't

when south korea was rebuilding after the war with north korea. but these days the government is determined to increase worker productivity the south koreans work less efficiently than their counterparts in many industrial states. over the past three years has tried to focus the efforts of its workforce right now john song is meeting with the head of his department. this cube shaped timer is used to make sure that the meeting doesn't go on too long . you set it up so that it shows how long the meeting should go five minutes serve fifteen or an hour and today will do half an hour that's enough. time for. bugs old habits die hard even when the staff use the time of meetings often last longer than they're supposed to. and many workers mix their business law. as with their private lives a lot of them spend more time with that coworkers than they do with their families . this is the city one young about two hundred fifty kilometers south of so. it's home to pasco the world's fourth largest steel manufacturer the company's state of the art production fa

his grandson is here in south korea trying to do the same. you can head to facebook for a ack.book live chat wite and n j. ♪ ♪ here comes the man, ♪ here comes the man, ♪ here comes the man ♪ here comes thma ♪ ♪ here comes the man >>go connors. it's a few minutes before 8:30 on this sunday. a first alert is in effect. we want to make sure you're prepared when you head we have flooding. this is a view from storm force 10 along the blue route north in delaware county. you can see wet and foggy driving conditions. first alert meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the conditions where you live. krystal, fill us in. >> unfortunately, the driving conditions won't improve much much the heaviest rain will continue to fall in pock throughout the morning hoursnd a ep up with rain in the e as hey. fog going to be an issue. it's not as several hourso. radar. the heaviest rain is arched out from bucks county to county ati against the jersey shorend still wrapping into kent county where is steady rain wit pockets of heavier areas la t an ar

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is also in south korea headed to morris' opening ceremony for the winter olympics he met with south korea's president. during their talks that dialogue was the key to solving standoff over north korea's nuclear program and also warned against easing the political pressure before it gives agrees to give up its weapons program. so for still looking at german cup football last year's finalists frankfurt booked their semifinal berth thanks to a three nil home win over mines they can however thank their opponents for some gift wrapped scoring chances. off to defeat al spike in the lead frankfurt's what king to put things right on say red beach had bad thoughts chops the resulting kona was delayed though as minds fans threw carnival sweets on to the pitch not great free by the referee and the minds defense was handing out gifts to keeper ready admins catastrophic era allowed the sign read page to make it one nail. off the half time he got even worse for minds on exam to housemates control dribble beyond out of his reach and into the nets to bale. and tackles it folds again soon after he slacks to

a representative of that can clamp down here in south korea although south korea has sent their presidents to the north on two occasions the north has never had a reciprocal visit. between this dinner gathering tonight and never meeting back in so i'm sure president moon and miss kim are going to have many discussions about future cooperation or it seems unlikely that denuclearization would be on the agenda. jason was so much media attention focused on the visit of that north korean delegation or the hosts of the olympic games there in the south not concerned that the athletic competition itself will be overshadowed. and there's no doubt that the athletic competition right now was overshadowed by north korea. the young china games have been generating some international media attention. as it was but once kim jong un said of the beginning of this year that he was willing to participate and the north and south declared that they would back into the stadium later tonight together under a unified flag and also fueled a joint women's ice hockey team that's been all the attention on that's all

news live from berlin posturing and provocations ahead of the winter olympics in south korea america's vice president arrives at the games with promises of tougher sanctions on north korea and john yang showcases the military by all the latest from seoul. poso coming up germany's new government starts to take shape revealing potential shift in policy that could ripple up cross europe we ask what could be ahead. and the man your needs but can barely stomach the post to crackdown orchestrated by turkey's president under scrutiny today as the european parliament examines that country's human rights record. i'm soo so much going to thank you for joining us north korea has staged a military parade and rally just one day before south korea opens up the winter olympics not the timing of this parade is that being seen as a provocation john yeah usually holds it in april to mark the founding of its armed forces now is speaking at this parade north korea's leader kim jong un said his nation had become capable of showcasing its stature as a world class military power to the world. well meanwhile

promote south korea. now at the opening ceremony the north and south koreans will march under a unified flag for the first time at an international sporting event in eleven years though elizabeth it's not the first time they've done so nine other times this is a way for the koreas to celebrate ethnic nationalism or to thank you very much for that for now that's fantastic and i'm joining us live from thank you. but just before the games began and a pail by forty seven russian athletes and coaches take part has been rejected the court of arbitration for sport dismissed the case the russians had appealed against their exclusion by the international olympic committee of the two thousand and fourteen doping scandal at the sochi games almost one hundred seventy russian athletes have been cleared to compete because their country is banned they'll be flying a neutral lympics flag. to the u.s. now with senators have just passed legislation to fund the government which has slipped into its second shutdown and just

north korea's leader kim jong un says he's satisfied with the talks held this week with south korea on the sidelines of the winter olympics his sister led a delegation on a story three day visit to south korea during the trip she extended a rare mutation to president moon jane to visit to pyongyang kim jong un praised south korea for hosting his delegation and called for more reconciliation and talks now serving as ruling a.n.c. is expected to hold a news briefing in the next few hours with state media reporting the party has given president jacob zuma forty eight hours to resign it follows a marathon thirteen hour meeting by the african national congress to discuss his face and see presence around a person is understood to have met zuma in person to inform him of the party's decision zuma faces hundreds of corruption charges but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year meta miller has more from janice berg. there's been no official word from the african national congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the national executive committee the stop decision making

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 caution the south korean government against pulling 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 carter steinmeyer also attending the games so the invitation as a positive sign. them and what do the olympics mean it's a sporting competition but it's also about olympic peace and has been a glimmer of that here so we hope that the dialogue that will begin will continue after the olympic games oh no demand to go in business being that i don't think that's what minsk hoping to the current thaw in relations looks like his first win of the game. short time ago i spoke to rafael russia he's a journalist based in

how much more this year because they're in south korea? >> yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter olympic games, known as the political games. they've been political from the beginning of time. even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b.c., the powers to be placed it in a sleepy little village called olympia to get away from perception there might be power associated with a town or a region. since then, especially the selection of where the olympics are being hosted, has become a political hot potato. just think about four years ago on in sochi. now in pyeongchang, korea. a mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. and in 2012, in beijing, china. it's a far cry away from st. moritz and the country clubs of winter olympics in europe in the '30s and '40s. >> so with this games in south korea, is there a particular political concern or at least a political outcome because of the location that you described? >> yeah, of course. as you know, north and south korea are basically in a cease-fire. they're at war. there's a demilitarized zo

and this olympics brings the first ever visit to south korea by a member of the north's ruling dentistry kim jong un's sister what's behind a diplomatic trip across the border. you. own a warm welcome to you i'm under thought she the leader of germany's social democrats martin schultz says he'll no longer seek the post of foreign minister in a future grand coalition government or any other post in the new cabinet on wednesday schultz a spot he struck a deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives should give up the s.p.v. leadership and announced his intention to take the post of foreign minister but that ambition grew strong criticism from s.p.d. members who must ratify the coalition deal in a vote show said he'd made the decision to ensure the success of that vote. now martin schultz wrote i will not be taking up a post in the german government sincerely hope this will end the debate within the s.p.d. about who does what we are all in politics for the people of this country that means my personal ambitions must come second to the interests of the party. from i'm joined now by our

stage on the eve of the olympic games in south korea u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and is promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north he met with south korean president moon in the following on his warning not to allow pyongyang to quote hide behind feel a big banner and today acumen presided over a military parade a show of force after sending athletes and performers over the border while that move is seen as either a bit to thaw our relations with the south or a ploy to provoke the us. north korea and the united states are still sending mixed messages a day before the twenty eighteen winter games. despite signaling it was willing to talk north korea hasn't traded the savior for the olive branch quite yet pyongyang staged a massive military parade marking the founding of its armed forces. addressing his troops north korean leader kim jong un called on his military to be on the ready to repel quote invasive forces much further celt yang is trying to put its best foot forward sending kim jong sr of the nort

games in south korea. u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and is promising new, more aggressive sanctions against the north. he met with south korean president moon jn, following on his warning not to allow pyongyang to "hide behind the olympic banner." today kim jong-un presided over his own military parade, a show of force after sending athletes, performers, even cheerleaders over the border. that move is seeing as a bid to thought relations with the south -- thaw relations with the south or provoke the united states. reporter: north korea and the united states are sending mixed messages before the 2018 olympic games. despite signaling it was ready to talk, north korea has not treated the sabr for the olive branch quite yet. pyongyang staged a massive military parade, marking the founding of its armed forces. addressing his troops, north korean leader him john kuhn called on his military to be ready to propel the invasive forces. further south they are try to put their best foot forward,

and south korea. north korea i think part of the reason for the olympic outreach is to try to take the toned down tensions in the korean peninsula because i think that they might have taken the threat seriously to warrant this outreach. and for the south korea side, the moon administration, senior officials from there including the president have been very vocal about making sure that military strikes, u.s. military strikes, do not happy without south korea's consent, which is a rare public rebuke or criticism to make sure that the u.s. does not do anything unilaterally. so i think the unintended consequence of the robust and strong and forceful language from president trump has ironically driven the two sides together in this way. >> i know that in your prior work at the cia, you were responsible for the preparation of portions of hundreds of pdbs, presidential daily briefs. so i think you are the perfect person to ask this question. how well do we really know kim? how detailed is the profile that th

invented situation where there's a security crisis in south korea and. exactly but if something like that is invoked then the entire south korean military is under the command of an american four star general this is you know south korea is a country of limited sovereignty when it comes to its defense and security of just like japan here and i think we've already mentioned here you know the united states is acting as a spoiler in syria as a spoiler in their alliances in the pacific much of the narrative is that you know north korea is trying to drive a wedge between the u.s. and south korea that's the narrative that you hear on the mainstream media in the u.s. you assert that you want to you north koreans have to civilizations that have been together for the libyan for millennia and i sort of see why does he want to run a nation and the worst part about that the bad optics about is that trump is making this statement during the olympics in south korea and it just looks so petty and so poor especially when you had mike pence wasn't standing for the for th

it's 9:00 saturday morning in south korea. the athletes are already there ape the excitement is building here in the bay area. especially for the korean-american community. robert handa joins us at the nbc bay area watch party. robert? >> reporter: well, it would be nice to be at the olympics but i have a good spot to watch the opening ceremony. we're here at players grill on pier 39 with their 36 tv screens ready to go. we have 20 olympians here to help us party. some are already seated here. there are quite a few events going on around the bay area. emotions will be running high at the korean-american watch party set to start later this evening. >> korean has 22 athletes at olympics. we can't show you video of the opening ceremony until it airs tonight here on nbc bay area. but these

we'll continue to deliver that in north korea -- south korea and every appropriate setting. it should be an eventful couple of days and again, we appreciate all of you traveling along. i would be happy to take a few questions. reporter: sir, the speech you made today some might interpret it as preparing men and women for war. was that your intention? vice president pence: we're standing in a country that's literally seeing ballistic missiles overfly their land. twice in a single month, and they have seen multiple ballistic missiles land within their economic zone in the sea of japan. the american forces, japan, and self-defense forces of japan are ready for any eventuality. we will continue to make it clear to all parties that the united states and our allies in this region stand ready at a moment's notice to defend our people and defend our way of life. the message today is very much an affirmation of that reality and that truth, but we truly believe that peace comes through strength, as president trump has said many times. our continued hope is by advancing a maximum press

rediscovered in 55 relatieps ififi % south korea rediscovered in 55 relatieps ififi moth south korea to be north and south korea looks to be taking a backward step. officials said they have no intention of meeting with delegates. these satellite images from a few days ago show the troops practising for that display, all very much a contrast to the public relations image being projected on the eve of the opening ceremony of the games, which south korea's president has been calling the peace olympics. the games are being held in pyeongchang, in south korea. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell is there. bring us up to date. well, here at at pyeongchang there was hope that it was possible that this high level delegation from the united states in north korea, given that they are here in the games, might actually sit down and talk to one another. but we have heard from the north korean side that that delegation has, quote, no intention whatsoever of meeting with the us delegation. we are getting this from north korea's official state—run media, which said in an editorial, we have never begged the

president moon jae-in of south korea welcomed this woman, kim yo-jong. she's the sister of north korea's enigmatic dictator kim jong-un and the first member of north korea's ruling dynasty to step foot in south korea since the two went to war in 1950. after a spate of north korean missile and nuclear tests and a war of words between the regime in pyongyang and the u.s., president moon wants to kickstart talks. today, he was rewarded with an invitation to the north for a summit meeting. another sign of the warming came on the ice as a unified korean women's hockey team, with players from both north and south, competed against switzerland. it follows yesterday's opening ceremony, where koreans marched together, though vice president mike pence appeared to deliberately avoid all contact with the north korean delegation while sitting just a few feet away. some here in south korea say the olympics have been hijacked by politics. angry protesters clashed with police in seoul today. they accuse president moon of appeasing the north korean regime. "we're very up

withdraws all forces from south korea and south korea defends itself you know we wouldn't have to be immediately over time that's a possibility you know if you want to do something dramatic but that's of course that's not going to happen that's wishful thinking because there's a military industrial complex in many countries but the one here in the united states we tend to build up threats larger than they are and i think your assessment of the various threats was pretty accurate china may rise but of course all the countries in asia could band together and they have fairly good internal security japan's an island. it's very safe you just have to run a porcupine strategy is that are european allies have more combined economy g.d.p. than the united states so and have course in the middle east it's sort of it's sort of a canard that we need to defend or all the market is much better of providing more of the cheapest prices exactly you know one of the things that if you look at the client states in the in the alliances that the united states has created around the globe these client stat

on how this is inside a story south korea's president has been trying to sell the winter games in. as a peace lympics he may have got his wish with an axe and expect a thaw with the north the took korea decided to talk of the heights of tension over the north's nuclear bomb and ballastic missile development the first face to face negotiations in two years led to the north's inclusion in the winter games and now young is on the charm offensive. from the north of the games but due to launch with competitors from the south and a unified flag the delegation from north of the border is being led by the ceremonial had of the sate team young now he is the highest level leader to visit south korea also that is the sister of leader kim jong on came you know jong is set to be increasingly powerful and influential. but the u.s. isn't sold vice president mike pence has been speaking in tokyo before leading the u.s. delegation to south korea who warned the world not to get taken in by the north the united states and japan will continue to confront the most dangerous threat in the indo-pacific t