> one of the big challenges when north korea, there is almost no shame in intelligence north korea. ththe cia because of the hottest of the house. if they were recruiting kim jong-nam, thus understanding of their regime. if i was working at the cia and heard the president say that and think to confirm that kim jong-un was working for the cia, i think i'd be quite demoralized. >> i want to turn to the book it's an extraordinary narrative and like a novel it has arc and will get to where the arcos and to me it was a surprising place. but i would begin with the question is how you as a journalist put the story together, you say at one point early in the book that kim jong-un became an enduring obsession for you. obsessions are good things for journalists because it puts us in a place that we got to know the next factory walk the audience through your research into this amazing compound on the beach where he and another one per centers of north korea hung out in your tracking stories about him answer to them. how you assembled with the narrative in the book. >> when i returned i previou

sanctions against north korea. plus that big if that fight against fat cheney we need that indian theatre group standing up to socialistic marxist. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining deadly violence has hit a remote part of indonesia this week violence that appears to have started because of a text message it happened in papa province which is next to pop in a guinea it's a place ethnically and culturally distinct from much of the rest of indonesia and it intermittently sees tension the latest violence was apparently sparked by a text message from a student who said that a teacher had racially insulted a pop and student officials have called the text fake news in any case that message spread and angry crowds turned out torching cars shops and buildings more than 30 people have died in the unrest so far. joining us is fed rianna fear dowse a journalist based out of jakarta who has been following the story this seems a really dramatic response to a text message what's going on this is actually i

somebody who moved to north korea. but he had this access to kim jong-un at a very young age and he told me, about the birthday party where he was present and he was presented with a little uniform and called the little general. in real generals came to his birthday party and saluted to him. and i managed to track down his aunt and uncle who had been his guardians and switzerland posing as his parents while he was at school during his teenage years, we were able to confirm that and they were also at the birthday party where he was named the successor. i really just try to seek out to find everything a person that i could have any kind of encountering him. in the lot off the stories are superficial and i was hoping to get anything that we could add that would increase the understanding of the man who is such a threat to the outside world. >> one image thatt hunted me was that of kim jong-un at the perhaps 11 or 12 as a schoolboy with an obsession for basketball. every afternoon putting on his chicago bulls jersey with b

>> north korea. >> i'm not considering action, we are getting along well with north korea. we have a good relationship with kim jong un and not considering actions at all, there's a reason for actions. if i weren't president we would be at war with north korea. of the same group -- we would be in a war with north korea. we have a good relationship, we will see what happens. >> just now -- >> more breaking news. there is always breaking news, usually breaking fake news. >> just landed -- -- >> i don't know anything about it, did you just told me it is breaking news. i will have to see it. i'm right here, haven't heard it. when did it happen? >> in this industry -- >> i know nothing about it. in the last four days -- >> in north korea -- >> we didn't discuss that. i will be discussing it. and in short range missiles, a lot of countries test short range missiles, nothing spectacular about that but we will be discussing that. >> would you like to stop it from happening? >> we will talk about it. we didn't discuss that with kim jong un. we did discuss nuclear testing and other t

minister from north korea had said that north korea is willing to re enter into negotiations with the united states probably later on this month and maybe at the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly so this could be a way of north korea trying to bolster its bargaining position ahead of those expectations talks north korea also likes to mark important anniversary and we've just had the 71st anniversary of the founding of north korea we also know that the north koreans know that short range missiles do not seem to bother the u.s. president donald trump he says that as long as there are no launches of much larger i.c.b.m.'s intercontinental ballistic missiles then the dialogue stays on track but of course with each missile launch north korea is improving its missile know how and that is of a concern to military chiefs here in south korea and also across the water in japan as this missile testing does appear to be continuing and judge and the u.s. state of california has once again blocked the trumpet ministrations plan to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum at the border with me

that's for north korea, whether north korea is an immediate threat in its region. now, i also believe that there's only one country in the world that can stop nuclear proliferation. and we're in it. we can use help, that's for sure, but if the united states fails in this mission, there is no other state or combination of states, and no international organization that can be a substitute. if we fail, nuclear proliferation succeeds. now, let me just read to you a quotation from winston churchill. it's a very pessimistic statement that he made to parliament in 1935. but i think it applies to american policy over something like 30 years when it comes to north korea. churchill said, describing germany, of course, he said when the situation was manageable, it was neglected. and now that it's thoroughly out of hand, we applied too late the remedies which then might have affected a cure. there's nothing new in this story. it is as old as the civilian books with. it falls into the long dismal catalog of a fruitlessness of experience and the confirmed unteachability of manki

peninsula neighbor, north korea. this is 15 minutes. >> thanks to the dedication of the united states, nations many problems have been solved in your effort toward peace and they're coming to fruition. i like to convey my deepest respects and appreciation. many let me offer my congratulations to the ambassador for assuming the presidency of the general assembly. i'm confident that under his outstanding leadership you and you will become a catalyst for promoting multilateral cooperations. the u.n. and the korean peninsula have the same goals of sustaining peace. i'd like to pay tribute to the endeavors of the secretary-general to sustain peace throughout virtual cycle of peace and development. distinguished president, secretary-general and representative from member states, the commitment of the u.n. to appease all people will certainly bear fruit. the world is joining forces to help each other in disaster and emergency relief cooperation as well as in peacekeeping efforts. the u.n. must continue to play a central rol

south korea will guarantee the security of north korea. i hope north korea will do the same for south korea. when the security of both sides are assured it will be possible to accelerate the establishments of peace receives on the current peninsula at the very least all [inaudible] must be put on hold while the dialogue is ongoing and i hope they will also work together to elevate the political concerns. the third principle is prosperity. peace does not simply mean the absence of conflict. genuine peace is all about enhancing mutual inclusiveness and interdependence of working together for prosperity. a piece economy in which korea will state part will solidify peace on the peninsula and at the same time contribute to the economic development in east asia and the whole world. today based on these three principles which are in complete accord with the values held by the un i like to propose to the un the idea of transforming the cuts across [inaudible] that tmz is a causal green zone that stretches 250 kilometers from east to west and 4 kil

maybe even could look like north korea. what is most disturbing is that moon has been trying to take down the defenses. they took up the september agreement been reached when he went to pyongyang. that's favor the attacker much more than the offender and has unilaterally taken down defenses in the demilitarized zone and he's also been implementing plan to make the army smaller in circumstances that are quite puzzling. there is one country that has pledged to the defense of south korea. after the north koreans crossed the 38th parallel on june 25, 1950, it is the one country that has 28,000 forces in south korea now. it is the united states of america. most people support the allian alliance. this was made clear by the foreign relations poll. he's made it difficult for the united states to maintain its one battery at the terminal high altitude defense system and going behind the back of his only ally and protector he came to an agreement with the foreign ministry late in a cover of 2017. the infamous pre. note to the partici

there also north korea. bolton thought the trump administration should be more muscular in approach and not sit down with the north korean officials. iran, similar thing. bolton thought a strike against iran should have happened but president trump cancelled that strike hours before it was supposed to happen. so these tensions have been bubbling for quite sometime. and there is a very, very far distance between these two when it comes to foreign policy. someone close to bolton describing the two to me today as a round hole in a square peg from the beginning. >> certainly was come plick -- complicated. and jamie, this relationship i never understand given their public disagreement on u.s. troops overseas and war overseas and clashed in policy and personality and even clashed as far as facial hair is concerned. his exit, though, it was not unexpected. >> no. not at all. for anyone who missed it, donald trump never liked john bolton's mustache. but that was the least of their problems. look, these two men not o

>> for north korea. >> i'm not considering actions. we're get eight long well with north korea. kim a good relationship jong-un. there's no reason for actions. if i weren't president you'd be at war with north korea in my opinion if the same group that preceeded me we would be in a war with north korea. we're not looking at any actions. we have a good relationship with kim jong-un. maybe we'll make a deal, maybe not. go ahead. >> mr. president, just now -- >> more breaking news. it's usually breaking fake news. go ahead. >> two rockets just landed in the green zone in baghdad. o you see an escalation -- >> i haven't heard it. when did this happen? >> just now. it's not the first time. president no, it's not the first time. we're going to look into it. >> are you worried about the security there? >> we'll look into it. i know nothing about it. you just told me breaking, so i assume it's relatively new like within the last four days. >> i will be discussing. we didn't have an agreement on short range missiles. and a lot of people in a lot of country test short range missiles. ther

of the founding of north korea and north korea knows that with the current u.s. administration it can get away with these sorts of tests u.s. president donald trump has said that he is not that concerned by short range missile testing but of course there is a concern here in south korea and also across the water in japan just about the nuclear the missile know how that is being acquired with each of these launches they do seem to be more sophisticated as time goes on russia ok on the private the latest from seoul thank you. president as peace talks with the afghan taliban are dead. by a delegation to the summit at camp david called off the talks after the taliban claimed responsibility for an attack that killed several people including a u.s. soldier and washington alan fischer reports. the president's confront what he suggested in a series of tweets over the weekend peace talks with the taliban are over we had a meeting scheduled it was my idea and it was my idea to terminate it i didn't even i didn't discuss it with anybody else the u.s. and the taliban had one

korea and with those level of negotiations between united states and north korea and then for that to resume soon. and that i hope this will go down truly as a historic moment. and for this on the peninsula. >> [speaking native language] >>translator: during this time to be with you that we can revise the bilateral free trade agreement. and by those increasing investments in america. [speaking native language] >>translator: during my visit we will be signing the deal regarding a joint venture so all of this will reinforce our strong alliance. >> we look forward to engaging with these discussions and truly to make progress in our life and other aspects. >>. >> before people like to see that happen we like to know what's coming out of it. we had a very successful summit as you know there's only been an increasing of the sanctions that we have our hostages back and that's a very big deal we had the remains of our great heroes back and actually they're ready to start coming in again. one of the things that has happened with the last period of time at least from what we can detect. simi wi

we didn't go to north korea, we went to the border of north korea and china, northern north korea border which there's only a river that separate it is two countries. many of you have seen satellite photo of korean peninsula, the north, except for the capital is essentially dark and south, of course, is the wonderful lights and elements of light going every direction and you see china on the northern side, china has developed quite nicely dark section of north korea, when we arrived in north korea it was dark and we got to the river we were excited, we will see north korea, it's right across the rivers, 100 yards away and it's -- it's dark over there. nothing over there, the guide book says there's a city, we were worried that maybe we went to the wrong city because there didn't appear to be anything on the other side of the river. that satellite photo wasn't photo shopped, it's actually real and you can stand on the chinese side and look over to complete darkness, the chinese side meanwhile it's not shanghai or beijing by any means but substantial modern prosperous chinese city with sky

i think north korea will be there obviously. the larger context of the japan china conversation these days is how we can we work together across the region? this is what i thought was interesting about the prime minister abe trip to china is that i think both governments were trying to find a place where japan and china might find economic cooperation opportunity together that highlights not necessarily be à Ãbut also highlights the prime minister's idea of a free and open pacific. so can we find common cause? can we find a place where we are not logging our heads where we may be able to find a constructive balance between our visions of what the future of asia should look like. >> i think we will open for questions now. i think there's a microphone around the room. raise your hand if you'd like to ask a question and when you do, please wait for the microphone, state your name and affiliation and please make your questions short and make sure they are questions. we will take questions now.we will start over there. >> can you t

minister from north korea had said that north korea is willing to re enter into negotiations with the united states probably later on this month and maybe at the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly so this could be a way of north korea trying to bolster its bargaining position ahead of those expectations talks north korea also likes to mark important anniversary and we've just had the 71st anniversary of the founding of north korea we also know that the north koreans know that short range missiles do not seem to bother the u.s. president donald trump he says that as long as there are no launches of much larger i.c.b.m.'s intercontinental ballistic missiles then the dialogue stays on track but of course with each missile launch north korea is improving its missile know how and that is of a concern to military chiefs here in south korea and also across the water in japan as this missile testing does appear to be continuing yes president says as far as he's concerned the afghanistan peace talks are dad says it was his decision to end . the taliban leaders but the current claim cuts ac

we'll see north korea. it's 100 yards away and it's -- it's just dark over there there's nothing over there. we were worried. this guide book said there's a city. we word maybe we win to the wrong city. didn't appear to be anything on the other side of the river. in the morning there is in fact a substantial city over there so that satellite photo is real and you can stand on the chinese side and look over into complete darkness. the chinese side meanwhile, the cities is not shanghai or beijing but a substantial modern prosperous chinese city we skyscaper and lyings and advertising, and all the modern things. so, that was north korea. and then you see the dark picture again. the upper left is north korea and then in the morning and you can see there's actually a few hundred thousand people on north korean side of the border but at night their empty. as we went up and down the river and -- at one point remember thinking -- there were chinese patrol boats, chinese navy, coast guard and i was very happy to see

south korea's military says north korea has fired 2 unidentified missiles into the sea just hours after offered to resume denuclearization talks with the united states the projectiles a report of in north from south callaghan province near the capital seoul says they flew across the country before landing in waters of the north east coast talks between pyongyang and washington been gridlocked as the country's leaders failed to reach a deal in february the pride joins us live now from the south korean capital rob so what more details emerging about this latest launch by the north and has there been any response there in south korea were you up. that's right daryn we've just had a briefing here from defense ministry officials who haven't given us many more details we knew that these 2 projectiles that still technically what they are being described as haven't been definitely described as attained yet as missiles but they flew for 330 kilometers it's likely to be the same type of missiles we expect that have been launched pretty much consistently over recent weeks a lot of that was thought

iran, russia, north korea, afghanistan. so with the legendary hawk out, let's take stock of american foreign policy three years into the trump administration. mina, why don't you start off with the successes, triumphs, victories, defeats? well, trump's foreign policy is yet to really be determined because as you said, bolton is out as national security advisor but he's not the first. we have been through a succession of officials. it is clear that donald trump wants to run his own foreign policy. but we're still not clear what that policy is beyond his belief in maximum pressure, whether it's on iran or north korea, threatening them with all—out war. or then offering the carrot, then the stick, and the carrot of the meeting. beyond the meeting, it's not really clear what can happen. for the time being, withjohn bolton out, it is clear there is possibility of it opening up and talking. but about what? iran's problems. their actions in the region, continuing as they are whetherjohn bolton is national security adviser or not

thing north korea. -- and i think, north korea. those are two countries we are dealing with right now, and i think iran has tremendous potential. there are incredible people. we are not looking for regime change. we hope that we can make a deal and if we can't make a deal, that is fine, too. i think they have to make a deal. they've never been in this condition. by the way, china is having the worst year they have had now at -- in 57 years. 57. it was 27, 22, and then 27. 57 years of the worst years that they have had. and, it's only going to get worse. so i think they want to make a deal, too. they are coming in sometime in early october, and we are speaking to them. -- them constantly. and they also, the needed a a couple of moves last night that were pretty good. reporter: what moves? president trump: they were pretty respectful to our people. you didn't see it because you're one of the people that reported it. your group. they took tariffs off certain things. a lot of things. reporter: are you happy about that? president trump:

>> north korea. mr. trump: i am not going to say any actions. we are getting along very well with north korea. i have a good relationship with kim jong-un. president, we would be at war with north korea, in my opinion. so, we are not looking at any actions. we have a good relationship with kim jong-un. we will see what go ahead.p: more breaking news? there's always breaking news. usually fake news. go ahead. reporter: they just landed in the green zone in baghdad. pres. trump: he just told me it is breaking news. i will have to see. i have not heard it. when did this happen? we will look into it. are you worried about the industry in baghdad? pres. trump: we will look into it. you just told me breaking. i assume it is relatively new. reporter: [indiscernible] pres. trump: yes, we will discuss that. i will be. agreement one an short-range missiles. a lot of people and a lot of countries test short range missiles. there is nothing spectacular about that. we will be discussing that, also. reporter: [indiscernible] would you like to maybe try to sto

north korea and i say with iran. iran could get back to business and do unbelievably well with all of the -- and just to finish this about vaping, this is a meeting that gets off a little track because you ask us questions about other things, and i think we're better off answering them than not, but we are looking at vaping very strongly. it's very dangerous, and children have died. people have died. and the acting commissioner is somebody that expert on it as much as you can be an expert on a brand new subject and we're going to have some very strong rules, regulations and more importantly, i think we're going to have some very important information come out very shortly. okay? and we'll be reporting that over the next couple of weeks and i want to thank you, and commissioner, thank you very much. thank you, everybody. >> thank you, guys. >> thanks. thank you for asking. >> thank you. >> mr. president. >> thank you very much. >> we're leaving now. thank you. >> keep moving, guys. >> c-span2 is live on the senate flo

point of view is the ball is in north korea's court. we heard from president trump's top envoy last week saying we are ready to talk. they need to respond to us. ,here is always the potential but i think this outcome -- this outcome does not affect as much as the black box of european politics -- of north korean politics. david: many thanks to bill ferries from washington. joining us with more is alix steel. you know oil like nobody else. once this tweet came out, i watch the price of wti and it went down .5%. now it has come back up to flat. what is oil doing? the initial reaction is we might have seen a softer line between iran and the u.s.. the reality of the situation is that it did not matter. that was not going to be true. iran has said multiple times that in terms to come to the negotiating table they need sanctions lifted. no matter who will be in the white house, and definitely not if bolton is in or bolton is out. the other issue is on demand. there already rumors in the market that iran has been selling their oil, to china pe

if the same group that preceded me, you would be in a war with north korea. we're not looking at any actions. we have a good relationship with kim jong-un. we will see what happens. maybe we'll be a i believe -- maybe we'll be able to make a deal, maybe not. >> [inaudible]. >> go ahead. >> breaking news -- >> more breaking news? it's always breaking news. it's usually breaking fake news. >> two rockets just landed in the green zone in baghdad. do you see this as an -- [inaudible]. >> i don't know anything about it. you just told me it was breaking news. i will have to see it. right now i'm here. i haven't heard it. when did this happen? >> just now. [inaudible]. >> we'll look into it. we'll look into it. >> [inaudible]. >> we'll look into it. i know nothing about it. you just told me it is breaking so therefore it's relatively new, like within the last four days. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah, we're going to discuss that. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah, i will be discussing. we didn't have an agreement on short range missiles, and a lot of people in a lot of countries tes

white house, he slams president trump's north korea policy saying kim jong-un will never give up his nuclear weapons. wolf blitzer is off today, i'm brianna keiler, you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. three house committees investigating president trump just issued a subpoena to his personal lawyer rudy giuliani for documents that are related to ukraine which is at the center of the impeachment inquiry. president trump now says his team is trying to identify the whistle-blower whose complaint about his ukraine call helped launch the impeachment inquiry in our poll just released shows support for impeaching president trump growing among independents and republicans. we're going to talk about the breaking news and more with congressman raja krishnonoorthi of the intelligence and oversight committee and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first go to cnn correspondent manu raju on capitol hill. and manu, the chairman of the intel and oversight and foreign affairs committees are jointly demanding do

last september, south korea's president moon and north korea's kimjong—un declared to work together towards disarmament. the two sides destroyed watchtowers along the heavily—fortified border, and removed landmines. but in recent months, harsher signals have come from pyongyang. they've tested missile after missile. injune, there was this surprise meeting between donald trump and mr kim. each month since, the us has said talks would follow in coming days or weeks, but there's been nothing. the north has also said it will no longer talk to the south. so, as crowd—pleasing as this concert may be, is it in vain? translation: if we keep trying, i believe one day we will be unified. so, for some, the dream continues. there are those in the south who cling to the hope that, even if the north is not talking, it is at least listening. laura bicker, bbc news, the dmz. one of the year's most eagerly awaited novels has been released at midnight in london. there were queues round the block at one book shop in central london. ‘the testaments‘ is margaret atwood's sequel to the handmaid's tale, i

of those expectations talks north korea also likes to.

let us tell you what is happening in north korea. it has fired two unidentified projectiles, just hours after expressing a willingness to resume nuclear talks with the united states. south korea's joint chief of staff said they were launched in an easterly direction into the sea. if confirmed, it would be the north's tenth missile launch since may. let's go live to the south korean capital seoul and join the bbc‘s laura bicker. what more can you tell us is yellow the south korean military are still analysing exactly what kind of launch it is. we believe it is short—range missiles. whether they are ballistic we will have to wait and see. as you say, this will be the 10th launch in just a few months by north korea. when it comes to those launches these weapons that they have been testing appear to be new types of ballistic missiles capable of flying low, capable of playing at very fast speeds, and capable of avoiding radar. but this one camejust capable of avoiding radar. but this one came just six hours after the vice foreign mini

capabilities sufficient to h that of japan and that doesn't mean north korea is about to attack. it doesn't mean china wants to have a war with japan but both of those countries have invested considerably both technologically and financially in building rapidly military capabilities that undermine japanese security . we saw the most recent indication of that in 2019 when the north korea were sending barrages of missiles over japan and re-sending a larger test missile that could potentially reach the united states into japanese airspace or over japanese airspace so the japanese now look at north korea and of course they worry about the nuclear peace obviously because that will be a test for all our allies, especially non-declared allies of south korea and japan so the japanese have lythis arsenal that lays bare the vulnerability of japanese capability. japan does not have yet a missile arsenal of its own. in other words it doesn't have the capacity, conventional capacity to strike its neighbors m. it has very carefully avoided developing that kind of capability. as stated very muc

and north korea. listen. >> one day, the doors are going to open with north korea and america and i still believe that one day, kim jong-un, donald trump will still be president and i think it's going to p ha in the next 18-24 months you'll see kim jong-un in washington d.c. david: wow what do you think about donald trump being re-elected do you think he should be? >> do we have a choice? david: do we have a choice? >> it's a lot of candidates out there right now, but i just think that people looking at the money factor the way he's changed a 180-degree. david: meanwhile south korea is warning that the situation in iran is distracting president trump from completing a nuclear deal with north korea, but is dennis rodman right about kim jong-un coming to washington to seal a deal? what do you think? >> david i'll tell you, unless kim jong-un has some frequent flier miles that he needs to use up, i really don't see this happening. that's true right so maybe a boat or something christina i just don't see

north korea had tremendous potential. north korea is in between russia, china and south korea. it's an incredible, incredible people. i think that they really will -- they have this truly unbelievable potential and i think they want to get to it. we'll see what happens. i really believe north korea would like to see something tremendous happen. this could be one of the most unbelievable -- you look at a country in terms of -- this could be one of the most unbelievable experiments ever, north korea. and i also say the same with iran. iran can get back to business. they can do unbelievably well. on vaping just to finish this is all about vaping. this is a meeting that gets off a little track because you asked us questions about other things and i think we're better off answering them than not. we are looking at vaping very strongly. it's very dangerous. children are dhave died, people died. and the acting commissioner is somebody that's a true expert on it, as much as you can be an expert on a brand new subject. we're going to have some very strong rules, regulations and more imp

we see it with north korea. think about how often trump mentions those lovely letters, beautiful letters coming from kim jong-un. those are ego strokers. kim jong-un figured him out and as a result has been able to fire off missile after missile without any retribution. it's a very simple equation with him, stroke the ego, you get what you want. >> rick stengel, heaven forbid we should end up in a military crisis with iran, i think we'll be combing through this "the new york times" magazine piece, all of us, to understand the history not just under donald trump but under president obama, how that relationship -- how the sort of tectonic plates pressed hard. maybe it was reported in the piece as a divide between the cheney camp and push camp in terms of how far to go. but what do you make of all of the buckets of sleeping as yet realized crises on the horizon on the foreign policy front for this white house? >> well, i agree with ron's point. we've been blessed in a way to not have a crisis but the problem is don

first of all, what is going on with north korea? first of all, what is going on with north korea ? they've first of all, what is going on with north korea? they've offered to restart thoughts but they are firing missiles as well? mixed signals once again from the north koreans. i think the question here is not is north korean willing to meet, which trump once again, as you know, we've already had two negotiations in good us, it's between these two sides as well as a dmd meeting just earlier this year. i think the question is what will happen at the summit —— dmz meeting, both the hanoi summit and the singapore summit really ended with very little to show for it. the question i'm watching now is will there be anything that actually amounts to any thoughts that come from this? we saw from afghanistan that donald trump was make strategy seems to be he is quite unpredictable. but in north korea's case, could that works, getting the other side to come to him? certainly. i think in any diplomatic negotiation, some element of creativity when a previous approach hasn't worked, i think

military footprint reason only folding was against talking to north korea against pulling u.s. troops out of syria and against the president's latest idea of inviting afghanistan's taliban to peace talks at camp david that seems to have been the breaking point we have seen from this and from every other firing but what he really wants are people that echo what he already wants to do and with bolton's opposite. gone there could be obvious changes for example there's a better chance the president will meet with his are really going to part but this is very very clear is prepared to meet with no preconditions before he became president donald trump considered john bolton for the role of secretary of state but ultimately decided against it because he felt he didn't look the part meanly because of his moustache no after 18 months as the national security advisor john bolton once again finds that his face doesn't fit alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house donald trump has reiterated he's open to talks with iran. could happen it could happen yeah. no problem with iran should strai

>> north korea is closer to a techniques weapon than ever before. that includes further development after president trump went and met with the north korean leader. there seems to be no coherent strategy with respect to either afghanistan or iran. the president for whatever reason has surrounded himself with the yes man and yes woman like mike pompeo who don't challenge him at all and if there is somebody that's independent and challenges him and does not fit in perfectly with these photos, he gets rid of them. >> well, i think it is always better to talk than to go to war. i think we should talk to them first. this president has been half hazard of how he has hahn lndle that. should we meet with the iranian leader without preconditions. but you have to know what you want to get out of it and you have to allow the professional staff of the state department and others in the federal government to set it up so that it increases your chance of success. the president has no done any of that. he didn't do much of that with the north korea talks. you see

korea where information is to be prohibited so how effective you think that information to north korea will be effective in getting american values across western mark. >> i'm sorry, can you rephrasethat ? >> how effective do you believe pumping outside information into north korea will be effective in promoting american values ? >> we see a lot of value in sharing information with any close community or society. as you mentioned the properties more broadly,their separate from the state department but we sit on the board . we certainly have a valuable way in making sure we're trying to reach close communities in other ways. it remains a challenge. north korea is an example, i'd say some other countries, gcp tackles this challenge as well but you have to be created and thinking about not only media channels but influencers, communities, the networks grading for our people to people ties. >> and i'll take a question from the back. >> thank you for being here, i'm a graduate student at georgetown school and i would like to ask about how does gpa and the state department in general advocat

could say and do against north korea. and also, when it comes to afghanistan, we know that there was a bitter disagreement. that is one of the things our white house team is reporting, that broke the camel's back here. the straw that broke the camel's back, because there had been a number of disagreements, but that was the most recent one. what we saw today was secretary of state mike pompeo standing up there and really taking president trump's side here saying that it was the president who asked national security adviser john bolton to resign last night nap is not how bolton is stating it. he says he offered to resign last night and the president told him, talk about it tomorrow. lo and behold talk about it tomorrow for president trump meant, tweet, he was firing john bolton today. so it is shocking, but it's something that happens in this trump administration time and time again. we have seen so many national security officials leave this administration, and one of those who's left standing is secretary of state mike po

he has met with north korea's leader kim jung un and was prepared to strike a peace deal with the taliban in afghanistan just like bolton's departure has fueled speculation that u.s. foreign policy could. but senior administration figures caution against the idea. someone asked what would the policy be different absent any individual being here it is a been the president's policies but i don't think any leader around the world should make any assumption that because some one of us departs that president trumps foreign policy will change in a materialized designed to pressure iran into concessions over his nuclear program unlikely to remain in place or i would say secretary and myself and the president are completely aligned on our maximum pressure campaign i think you know we've done more sanctions on iran than anybody and it's absolutely working. even as bolton became the 3rd national security adviser to serve on the president trump brushed off suggestions that the national security team was in disarray. really this is a national security issue no notice to the internet absolutely not th

shery: north korea, a key issue. any indication at all when will north korea again resume negotiations with the u.s.? ms. kang: we expect that to happen within a week. there are indications that the readiness to come back to .iscussion is more complete the meeting between the presidents was a wonderful opportunity to touch base on where things are, and to exchange ideas on when the negotiations to resume, how to take the issue and produce some concrete results on all the areas that were agreed to in koreaore, which is north denuclearization, certainly, but also establishing lasting peace on the korean peninsula, and also improving relations between the united states and north korea. shery: would leaders meet again soon, perhaps in north korea this time? ms. kang: that is a big hypothesis. but we would want to see real movement on the discussions on the nuclear issue. shery: of course we have seen direct correspondence between washington and pyongyang. have leftdoes seoul to play here? ms. kang: we are there. we live

sanctions off a missile test and may trump downplayed the incident saying he wasn't spooked north korea fired off some small weapons which disturbed some of my people and others but not me. taking on iran was perhaps bolton's priority number one within a month of his appointment in april 28th seen the u.s. have pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and advocate of preemptive strikes he pushed for military action against iran ofter a us drone was brought down and as ever his thinly veiled threats centered around regime change we hope that these new measures directed at the arabian dictatorship will compel the government to re-evaluate its pursuit of terror at the expense of its people well i think he is on the verge of making a mistake i think his advisors are pushing him in the wrong direction ironically just as bolton prepared to depart speculations been rife on possible talks between trump and the rain in president through any it would have thought possible. hostile rhetoric perhaps the final straw was trump's plan to wind down the longest war in u.s. history including hosting talks wit

so we didn't go into north korea we went to the border of north korea and china of the northern north korean border where there is the river that separates the two countries and many of you have seen the satellite photo of the korean peninsula except for the capital it's essentially dark and their wonderful lights and filaments. nec china minerva sighed and china has developed quite nicely but there's this dark section of north korea. when we arrived in north korea it was dark and we got to the river and we were very excited. north korea is right across the river 100 yards away and it was dark over there with nothing over there. we were worried. the guide looks at there's a city over there and we were worried we are in the wrong city because there didn't appear to be anything on the other side of the river. when we woke up there was a substantial city over there. that satellite photo is photoshop. you can literally stand on the chinese side and look over into complete darkness. the chinese side meanwhile is not shanghai or beijing by any means but it's a substantial modern prosperous