and north korea told china jan reports. a south korean delegation delivered p. on yang's invitation to president trump during a visit to the white house he expressed this that even if the president felt that's on as a possible. president trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet. by may to achieve prominent need to provide situation. north korea has carried out six nuclear tests under kim jong un since he took power seven years ago in january of two thousand and sixteen it announced the successful testing of its first hydrogen bomb and in november north korea announced it had tested a new long range missile on with a nuclear warhead capable of reaching the u.s. mainland the growing nuclear threat caused a global outrage on tough sanctions were imposed against the north trump and kim jong un have exchanged a war of words for months last summer trump or north korea against making any threats or he will be met with what he said fire and fury he then said he would totally destroy north korea and called kim a rocket man at the united nations it's a pember

for we have a liberal president in south korea with president then we had the olympic games the winter games also we have a very self-confident north korean leader now with the atomic weapons program and we have a very pragmatic donald trump now right well let's talk a little bit about the role that south korea place because they've been pushing really hard to broker this meeting between president trump and the north korean leader talked about that yes south korea definitely was here the crucial the most the size of facilitating the whole process as we know president. at his brilliant speech here last year he invited north korea to participate in the winter olympic games and this gave the north koreans a very good opportunity without losing face coming back into dialogue which was very much much needed for them also within south korea the un to reproach him and our forces the right to conservatives are now in a crisis they are very weak because two of the former presidents are embroiled in big scandals convolving corruption so this was very important for a lot of it has to do with just

ambassador to south korea and head of u.s. negotiations with north korea between two thousand and three and two thousand and seven he surprised by this latest news but says the really hot begins now it is quite unprecedented i spent four years negotiating with north korea koreans in my capacity as the head of the u.s. delegation to the six party talks and i tell you we've never had a day like today so this is quite unprecedented quite extraordinary and the question really is how much will president trump try to ensure that a meeting which is apt defter all over climate of the realm when you have a meeting with the president the united states whether that meeting will really lead to the full dinnick denuclearization that we all are demanding if he has in mind just to sort of get together i think that's going to be very poorly received politically in this country so i think he's going to have to get his staff to work and they're going to have to figure out what the steps are they want to see coming from north korea they want to

the white house reaches an agreement with south korea. and at the cenr of it, the automakers. >>> riding in style. why a luxury sedan just doesn't cut it anymore. those stories and much more tonight on "nightly business report" for this wednesday, march the 28 >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. tech is struggling. as evident today again a the sector fell again. one of the biggest decliners was amazon. shares were down more than 4%, wiping billions off its market value. on reports that the president wants to rein its power and change the way the companys taxed. the white house though says it is not considering any specific policy. then there is apple. goldman sachs cut sales estimates for the iphone, apple's flagship product. the dow component is facing multiple lawsuits over its controversial move to slow older smart phones. and sharesf facebook were higher after that company edesigned some of its security settings. >> whatever the decline in tech did weigh on the broader market again toda although the losses were modest this time.

the talks have been brokered by south korea and are already being seen as a success for those within trump's administration. i think as we've seen in the last twenty four hours a policy that was put in place and has been executed by the state department over the past year has exceeded this summit meeting between the u.s. and north korean leaders is expected by me with the world waiting to see if two months is enough time to dampen down fire and fury into meaningful dialogue. let's get more on this from one of the most who's professor of korean studies a balance of free university you know welcome to the doubly let's start about port about whether each can trust the other and whether this will actually happen do you think it will happen this meeting well that's a point of time very difficult to say because there could be a lot of different obstacles to actually then have having the meeting but as of now both leaders quite straightforwardly said they want to beat even from said yes uneaten so as of now we have to expect that it will be yet except vats in the last few minutes it's been

defense these fat systems in south korea now and. the threat of an independent united korea historically korea has stronger ties with china and greater animosity with japan however right small amount that is that would be a break in the u.s. containment of china that they cannot allow so they they can't allow this go for this is why i think the deep state is actually trying they are behind all of this trying to interject in the process i think they know for what trump was doing now quietly from what i understand south korea talking with china china has been talking about russia and china providing some security guarantees to. north korea and south korea has been making some promises that under theoretically you know far down the road in the event of reunification korea would join any anti the chinese that eight zero design are going to be the ad and they've also promised to limit the number of systems not allow any more to be erected you know if you know what's really interesting here is that you know again our viewers may not know t

bryant has more now from chang on south korea's reaction. the office of the south korean president moon j.n. has hailed this as an historic accomplishment that potentially moves the korean peninsula towards the ultimate goal of denuclearization moon's office has heaped praise on both kim jong un of north korea and also donald trump of the united states saying it was their wisdom and bravery that has helped push this forward and agree to this historic meeting in reality many people here in south korea will credit moon j.n. for the his achievement in this diplomatic breakthrough for sending its delegation north and getting this agreement it's still not clear exactly what this meeting will look like what preconditions have been agreed or will be agreed before hand but the hope here is that given the acrimony of relations in the past any kind of meeting any kind of handshake or smile must be good in trying to move things forward if this meeting does take place this will be the fulfillment of a long held north korean and bishan to meet with the u

and south korea went there. we put very strong sanctions and lots of other things we have been doing right from the first day i was in office. and after having gone to north and --seeing kim jong-un no, it is positive. we now have to be very nice because, let's see what happens. the south korean top representatives, they walked out the white house to a throng of these characters. big room. and everybody wanted to find out what happened. and just left north korea north korea is tough. they are doing a lot of things. this should have been handled over the last 30 years. not now. they should have handled this. this should have been handled. and everybody will say it but that is ok. we handle things. host: that was the president, also tweeting over the past few days saying "north korea has not conducted a missile test since november 28, 2017 and has promised not to do so through our meetings. i believe they will honor that commitment." reaction? north koreans are pausing in their testing because they progress.tremen

the south korea national security advisor will announce a meeting between south korea and kim jong-un along with an invitation for kim jong-un to meet with president trump. they are coming clears and closer together. we expect more information and we'll keep you posted as those developments come. president trump hosting members of the video game industry and critics debate the possible link between gun violence and graphic video games. president trump vowed to take decisive action against gun violence including banning bump stocks and raising the purchasing age to 21. joining me, brent bozell. take us inside the room, please. >> i think the president is genuinely concerned about the outbreak of violence in our schools. he called for this meeting. he brought in a diverse group of people. he asked an awful lot of questions, probing questions. and was look for solution solutions. for anyone who put forward a position, he would ask fear a -- for a solution. he listened intently for an hour. i think i can speak for everyone in that room that folks were impressed by him. charles: the video

nuclear and missile programs jay and of south korea says that his intention all along in getting into this dialogue of having a summit is ultimately the denuclearization of the korean peninsula but as many critics point out north korea seems to be so close to having a long range nuclear missile there's very little chance or it's almost inconceivable that they would give any ground on the nuclear question so it does beg the question what kind of summit would this be it would critics argue that would it would be based on such flimsy grounds so vague an understanding that it really wouldn't be worth having it would just be mainly a cosmetic exercise a grip and grin as they say in the trade and also we are waiting to see any details about negotiations or the creating the conditions for negotiations between north korea and the united states that was the other stated intention of this mission and on that subject we have heard so far nothing at all thank you for that rob. still ahead on al-jazeera. i'm waiting for you on board the u.s. craft carrier the col vinson which is on a symbolic visi

korea and was open to improving relations not only with south korea but potentially with the united states since then we've seen them reach out to international leaders around the world what he has said he is interested in is international recognition for north korea as a responsible nuclear power the united states on the other hand has said that it will settle for nothing short of north korea completely giving up its nuclear weapons so whether all sides can find some kind of compromise within the summit so it means to be seen josh we're also hearing that japan is considering a summit with north korea can you tell us anything about that. japan has a lot of worries about what's been going on japan has quite poor relations with north korea next to the states japan is often singled out for threats from north korea and as this flurry of some planning has gone on they've being increasingly worried that they could be left behind and possibly some of their security concerns be left by the wayside so they've been reaching out to pyongyang and trying to arrange their own meetings to make sur

korea to do the same thing japan also very pointedly reminded south korea that this latest spat comes to very difficult time when japan and south korea along with the united states should be showing a united front to the village or its of north korea with regards to into korean relations and also used his speech to call to build upon the goodwill that has been generated during these limpet games saying that north and south korea should be looking towards collaborative projects that will build two wards peace and economic progress if that is followed through if they can agree on projects between north and south korea that would be very tangible evidence of improvements in korean relations i'm just international says egypt's army is using banned cluster bombs in its military operation in north sinai the human rights group made the accusation after analyzing egyptian military video human counterparts. this is a gyptian military video the army says it shows improvised explosive devices planted by what it calls a terrorist elements human rights group amnesty international says one of the s

you're a former ambassador to south korea. there's currently no u.s. ambassador to south korea. famously, the north korean envoy for the state department resigned, retired a couple of weeks ago. the infrastructure, the normal diplomatic infrastructure is not in place for something so huge as this. >> it is huge. frankly, in a certain way, in terms of foreign policy, in terms of national security, he's betting his presidency on this. that would put it in the huge category. i would like to say though there are a lot of extremely talented people in the state department who are still there, working every day. i hope the president notices that because he can't -- this is not a one-man sport. he needs a whole team, and he needs to go to the state department. >> but he says that he has feelings, he works on his gut, and he says that his gut, his -- you know, these tweeted insults and then the return insults, all of that kind of stuff, the maximum pressure, the savsancti that has done what no other president has been able to do. >> what i would like him to do since he doesn't want to li

he doesn't multiple lies north korea he now knows that north korea is ready to take the seat with south korea even with the u.s. and that's for sure the reason why she's in being was very open to invite kim jong un to china today we saw the tweet from the u.s. president you know announcing that this meeting took place in what was interesting is that in the tweet double drop says i was informed by chinese president xi jinping. that shows a tremendous amount of clout on the part of the chinese president doesn't it yes absolutely and it's very important that all involved actors now act responsibly and try to build trust and this shuttle diplomacy also between south korea and all the involved russia china japan and the u.s. was therefore very important and that's very important now that china also talks directly with the u.s. and look at these talks what do you think is the biggest risk right now to these talks. very bad coincidence that for example in the u.s. administration all of a sudden the hotline is take the seat and the whole process or that within north korea something happens that

an ambassador in south korea. we do not have an ambassador in jordan or somalia. we have troops and critical -- contact in somalia, we have critical equities and all the other countries. does it disturb you that we do not have the state department engaged like that across the globe? >> as the former ambassador i would like to see ambassadors get nominated and confirmed, but that is really a question for secretary tillerson and the state department to address. there has been ongoing discussions on that but i do not have any insight knowledge in terms of decision-making. >> thank you. again, thank you for your service, and you point out that the chinese are investing a huge amount of money in quantum computing and if this technology is realized, it would be revolutionary and i say that emphatically in terms of encryption, in terms of identifying underwater vessels, etc. do you think the united states is putting sufficient resources behind this effort? >> i can only speak to where the chinese investments are going in

let us stay in south korea. general motors has warned that its units that will file for bankruptcy if the workers union in south korea does not agree to concessions by april 20. general motors has four factories in south korea but is seeking a government bailout to help keep its money—losing business in south korea float. they employ nearly 16,000 people but is looking to cutjobs and worker. twitter will bana to cutjobs and worker. twitter will ban a cryptocurrency from tuesday, hot on the heels of a similar ban by facebook and google. they said the policy will cover initial queen offerings, which is a method of raising money for new digital coins. bitcoin fell on this announcement. it is official, because amazon is entering the french food delivery market. the us e—commerce giant is teaming up with the casino group in france to sell products on their site. amazon's high—speed delivery service will launch later this year, starting with paris. finally, dictionary .com may be put up for sale. its owner has h

south korean envoys have had a rare meeting with north korea's leader south korea's president sent them to pyongyang to encourage kim jong un to a conflict and talk to the united states about a nuclear bomb and missile concerns. china's parliament is expected to approve a change to the constitution which will allow president xi jinping to stay in the job for life he said i'm only on national people's congress is holding its annual conference in beijing china correspondent adrian brown reports. tiananmen square has been the setting for some of the most of fining moments in recent chinese history not all of them peaceful now a new political drama is unfolding this carefully choreographed gathering involves almost three thousand delegates and almost as many journalists like parliament the media in china is controlled by the party offering uniform coverage of the national people's congress normally last for ten days but this year it's being extended by five days possibly to give delegates more time to discuss proposed changes to china's constitution which could mean she jingping being presi

state department confirmed it will hold a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential deal nuclearize ation talks with pyongyang the north and south have agreed to hold a historic summit next month u.s. president donald trump welcomed the news saying he believes the north most is for the talks are genuine. i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because the sanctions and what we're doing with respect to north korea including you know the great help that we've been given from china and they can do more but i think they've done more than certainly they've ever done for our country before so china has been a big help i think that's been a factor but the sanctions have been very very strong and very biting and we don't want that to happen so i really believe they are sincere i hope they're sincere we're going to soon find out it's going to rob mcbride he is in so how is all of this being viewed from south korea and its regional neighbors. general sense of optimism here jane in south korea a widely held belief that this is indeed a landmark agreement

and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china. india it's a visit the would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea

the leaders of north and south korea have agreed to meet face to face in a border village next month they will be the third meeting between the two countries in sixty five years since the end of the korean war. the denuclearization of the korean peninsula has been the most important part of the agenda since the high level talks of january ninth and the exchange of visits between north and south korean invoice that's the issue we will focus on to further discussion as well. kathy novak has more now from seoul. well it is just a month now until south korea's president will meet north korean leader kim jong un forming up the date for the first intercalary in summit since two thousand and seven is another sign of improving relations between the two koreas which remains technically at war the agreement was made at a high level talks between south korea's unification minister and his north korean counterpart it's the second time to these two men have met this year and they remarked on how much has changed since they last met in january when it was decided that after two years of the two co

but since the winter olympics in south korea when athletes from the north and the south much together at the opening ceremony relations between the one time third have thought. whether north korea's leader really is willing to make any concessions and limit his nuclear ambitions will be revealed at the end of april. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world former french president nicolas sarkozy is to stand trial on charges he is that he illegally influenced an inquiry into alleged irregularities and his two thousand and seven election campaign his lawyers say they will appeal the decision to go to trial i'm sure sarkozy is facing a separate charges as he accepted millions of euros in funding in the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi. to tell the visuals in the u.k. say the daughter of a former russian spy alleged to have been poisoned by a nerve agent is responding well to treatment killed a scrip our absent father sergei were found unconscious in the english city of salzburg early this month british officials of the poisoning on the russian g

seizing the moment south korea's president in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders john young johnny president from leadership will be highly praised by the residents of both class korea and north korea by people around the world who are hoping for. moon's liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all wind up having u.s. rockets landing and coming in where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea special envoys went to pyongyang on a mission of hope bringing back a landmark agreement and seoul exploited its good fortune in hosting the winter olympics just when the world needed a path to peace it's still early days but this is being seen as a major diplomatic a

but to south korea? sheer number of artillery pieces and ballistic missile's that could be fired as an initial salvos. on the evening of february 7, the u.s. forces repelled an attack in syria. do you believe these russian mercenary groups are acting under the direction of or in coordination with the russian government? ori cannot speak to whether not that particular action was executed with the knowledge. what i know now is unclassified level. >> if i could follow up later with you on these. >> just ma'am. >> thank you. want the members to be aware we have two votes coming 11:00. it will be the intention of senator reid and myself to work through this. >> you and others have testified it is in fact the russia's continuing its efforts to interfere with our elections. last weekdgers testified he had no specific authority to counter these efforts. both of you pointed out that homeland security is the lead counter the russian efforts to interfere with elections. i understand the department of homeland secur

and south korea along the dmz. is that correct? >> certainly, the piece house will be the venue for the summit between the north korean leader kim jong un and south korean president moon. we don't have a secure fix on where president trump might be meeting with kim jong un, but i would imagine it would be some kind of a neutral location, which of that is, as you note, right along the dmz. we'll find out in just a few minutes. >> bret: greg palkot live in london. thank you very much. up next, the president pulls the trigger on tariffs and we await the statement from the south koreans just outside the west wing there on the driveway. the standard position, will bring that to you live. the panel will join us to digest all of this breaking news. first, though, beyond our borders tonight, there are no accusations that syria is using chemical weapons against its citizens again. the doctors and residents in rebel controlled suburban damascus say they can smell the chlorine odor and patients are having trouble breathing th

the president also launched an attack on close american allies including south korea accusing south korea of ripping off the u.s. for decades and poaching american work force. the president threatened pulling american troops stationed in south korea if seoul does not make the concessions he wants. >> donald trump said we lose money on trade and military. we have 32,000 soldiers on the border. let's see what happens. for more on that story, let's bring in david mckenzie live in seoul. it is a complete break with american philosophy and values for the last half century. >> reporter: that's right, christine. in terms of the troops, they are the frontline between north korea and south korea. the korean war just ended in stalemate in the armistice agreement. for president trump to make the perhaps offhand comments will in private irritate the south koreans. in public, they said they cannot comment anytime president trump says anything or makes remarks. it comes at a critical juncture. the foreign minister of south korea on her way right now to washington, d.c. where she will meet with the acti

tonight, north and south korea agree to meet face to face for the first time in a decade as diplomacy gathers pace. my conversation with renowned u.s. scientist sigfreed hecker. plus, the "island born" helping readers deal with issues facing our world. >> "amanpour on pbs" was made by the generous support of roz lynn b. walter. >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm cristiane amanpour in london. the date is set. the leaders for north and south korea will meet for the first time in more than a decade on april 27th. the historic summit between the presidents will be held on the southern side of the demilitarized zone. the announcement comes just a day after news emerged of kim's surprise visit to beijing where he said we wanted to resolve the issue of deknew leerizationn the korean peninsula and adds to the flurry of diplomacy ahead of trump's hoped-for meeting which could take place as soon as may. i put this to the scientist cigfried hecker who has visited north korea many times. sig, welcome to the program. you're one of those rare beings who has been to north korea,

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 but. i do not think the u.s. sees it is in their interest to actually have a dialogue unless it's unde

it's welcome to do business in south korea has agreed to cut steel exports to the united states by thirty percent in order to avoid. korea's trade minister described negotiations with the u.s. as fierce but insists that his country wasn't in a weak position the asian countries the third largest steel exported to the us off the canada and brazil pledge to reduce steel exports as part of revisions being made to the existing free trade deal between the u.s. south korea finally some good news regarding world trade let's cross over to our financial correspondent who's standing by at the frankfurt stock exchange germany's economics minister is looking at a similar way to avoid u.s. steel tariffs what equity markets saying about this recovering slightly. yeah well let me tell you carol this is actually a very interesting and dia and it also means that car companies from the u.s. will be able to export the double amount to south korea without paying terrorists for donald trump remember that cars are always a very important he stated in the past that he doesn't really understand why you see so man

and south korea. and that's a very important concession, john, because pyongya pyongyang's position in the past has been that removing its nuclear weapons, getting rid of that arsenal is a red line. it's taboo, non-negotiable. here he is floating this possibility. then we had an extension of an invitation to xi jinping to visit north korea in the future which we hear the chinese leader has accepted. what does this say? well, north korea's isolation which has been extreme in recent years is coming to an end and also some of the differences have been smoothed over which may give kim jong-un a stronger bargaining point when he goes in to talks with the south korean president next month, and then the expected historic face-to-face meeting with president trump sometime after that. john. >> very interesting to watch. kim saying the words he knows he needs to say to get the progress he wants. ivan watson, thanks so much. >>> questioning the president under oath. the lawyer for stormy daniels asks a judge to

korea and japan are condemning the terrorists south korea is one of the biggest exports is of steel to the us. we would actively consider filing a complaint to the world trade organization with agreement between major countries the trade minister kim already discussed this with the european union trade commissioner. could do with her it is extremely regrettable that the measures were decided i believe there is a concern that a broad trade restriction mechanism on the grounds of national security could disturb not only the u.s. but also the global steel and aluminum markets including those in the asian region and it could also cause a grave impact on economic relations between allies japan and the us as well as the multilateral trade system overall and the global economy. now it's the trade deal trump didn't want to be a part of the trans-pacific partnership has been signed in chile and what's being healthy is a powerful move against protectionism the revised deal will reduce tariffs for eleven countries and connect economies worth ten trillion dollars our latin america to see newman

making headlines, obvioususly, n south korea. dheepthika: this is the front page of the "korea times," looking forward to the inter-korea summit announced for late april. the two officials from north korea met with kim jong-un -- from south korea met with kim jong-un yesterday, and really hailed kim jong-il's "warm welcome" to the officials, who were able to visit the buildings that house his official quarters, inching closer and closer into the life of their neighbor. the paper does urge north korea to carry on the "post-olympic momentum of peace by considering denuclearization." genie: the u.s. press is a little more skeptical about why this may not be as hopeful as everyone seems to think. dheepthika: the "washington post" has a theory, looking at possible reasons for why north korea is suddenly interested in denuclearization. one is that there is a natural gas pipeline between russia and north korea that has been in the works in whihich russia would tt this pipeline through north korea. so if the talks go well with ipe would

south korea. at least now if it's according to the wi-- coordinating with china, that puts it in a stronger position. and as for why north korea would be taking action before negotiation, that's classic strategy. you want to do more before you have to start pulling back, put more chips on the table so you have something to give away before the negotiations start, if in fact that report is verified. >> eddie, the president tweeted he's feeling good about this, he's been taking credit for getting the conversation to this point, does he deserve some credit for that? >> i suppose. but there are three components here i think we need to be mindful of, such as china's interests, as richard lays out, what's happening on the korean peninsula and what that would mean for their role in the region, although trump has ceded leadership in pulling out of ttp. i think we have to be mindful are of the background of this matter, and that is the question of libya and the issue of the iran deal. what does it mean for

their team from south korea have met the north korean leader kim jong un impure on yang the delegates are the first south korean officials to meet kim since he took power at the end of twenty eleven the south korean president moon jay in has said them in a bid to get pyongyang talking to washington and to avert conflict robert pride has more from seoul. from seoul with smiles south korea's delegation heads north hoping to build on the goodwill momentum generated at the winter olympics when a high level north korean delegation attended the games as guests of south korean president moon j.n. jiang sister of north korean leader kim jong un hand delivered the invitation to visit pyongyang from her brother south korea hopes this will be more than just a courtesy call. first of all i will deliver president moon's firm will and resolve to achieve the denuclearization on the korean peninsula and create true and permanent peace meetings between north and south are rare. summit talks were held in two thousand at the height of the so-called sunshine policy period that brought the two koreas clos

missiles to reach south korea, japan, guam and the united states. he has instituted a rapid missile development and flight test program that has over the last week 2 years brought north korea closer to its goals. north korea conducted its 6 nuclear test in september last year which generated a much larger seismic signature than previous tests. currently young gang invested in training to increase the threat to south korea. north korea's nuclear and missile testing deepened the regime's isolation. and additional sanctions, kim shows no interest walking away from nuclear and ballistic missile programs which additional missile launches near certainty, and if pyongyang seeks to refine its weapons design and reliability. in 2017 china armed forces with sweeping organizations to enhance the ability of people's liberation army to conduct joint operations with short duration, high intensity regional conflicts, greater distances from the chinese mainland. chinese military modernization includes capabilities for long-range attacks against adversarial forces,

korea's desire for diplomacy with north korea and allowing south korea to see whether this might produce something. remember, famously, president trump called the south korean president an appeaser in this regard. and i just want to ask you, because it's a bit concerning, chris whily, who as you know is the whistleblower on cambridge analytical, that john bolton had this super pac and one of the first to work with cambridge analytica he said that bolton wanted to do this. let me play it and then we'll talk about it. >> the thesis of the pac was that america and americans have become too limp wristed as it were. and in order for america to maintain its place in the world, john bolton and his pac wanted americans to feel more militaristic in their world views. >> i mean, that's really fascinating. i had never heard of that being used for this. we hear about elections and how to microtarget, but to actually affect people's views on national security, again, are you not worried about that? >> look, john is a very smart, very experienced, skilled bureaucratic player. he's very hawkish in his

korea's then lida are we seeing something similar here and is south korea more prepared than their previous governments have begun and then the u.s. is now well the south korean summit is is interesting in the sense that it's going to be very very soon and we strongly that they've motivated it almost equally in the same way as the north korean interest in particular using this idea in conjunctions new speech full this summit or this into crittur parchments take place both careers were very last year about the threat of war and i think that selfishly for the right reasons. oh beijing and pyongyang are kind of all in the same page with regards to probably won't wind wanting to provide optics that will satisfy trump at least until the end of his in his generation and so whatever it can take from those three i'm not saying they can be working side by side. they are coming from the same feel of concern and so if they can come to an agreement where north korea on the set face agrees to give up more amount of its nuclear program and if it before on the cephus then that could satisfy trump for a sh

you could argue south korea just did by having an all-expense paid trip to the olympics. victor choa writing in "new york times "this morning i learn the regime never gives anything away for free. everyone should be aware this dramatic act of diplomacy by these two nuls leaders who love flair and drama may also take us closer to war. negotiations at the summit level leave all parties with no other recourse for diplomacy. this is not gorbachev and regan, although reagan was a former actor. this would be a monumental win for the president if they denuclearize. >> i think victor cha is pointing out important point. this could go one of two ways. it could go either the way of gorbachev and reagan where we have peace in our time to borrow phrase from another era or it could be something very different. it could bring us closer to war. the reason it could do that. if the two leaders are disappointed in each other and one doesn't get what they think they are due, it is going to create even more ridged positions on their part and once those ridged positions are created, it is goi

train in south korea we won't stay in south korea." and i think the north koreans are well aware of that in the u.s. military. we may see a shift in the approach. i would watch for that very closely. i hope the trump administration and the defense department is and how itout this may respond if you see this kind of tactical shift in how the north koreans layout proposals with regards to troop presence. much.nk you very gentlemen, the meeting is adjourned. we have another program in the pipeline for april. thank you very much. [applause] >> on c-span this week in primetime tonight on a pm eastern. perspectives on gun control for the march for lives rally. wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern, former white house director of communications anthony scaramucci. job, just got the like building a condominium or just like building a golf course or developing a television show, job, i ok, i got this got to go down to the swamp, i to drain the swamp, i got to hire people that understand the swamp. i think what he is learned is that you are not going to d

and, yes, it probably is significant south korea and the us wa nts significant south korea and the us wants this out of the way ahead of important summits at both the end of this month and potentially at the end of may. remember, south korea is agreeing to meet with kimjong—un by the end of april. and president trump says he will meet with kim jong—un at the end of may. they are looking for a deal on this peninsula, a big deal, on trying to get north korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons. so perhaps these kind of trade—offs, if you excuse the pun, are a way of getting this out of the way before this major political summit, summits, take place. thank you. you can watch more of the interview with the director—general of the world trade organization on hardtalk. that programme is on ubc world news at the times you should see a new moment on your screen. if you are in the uk you can watch it in full. watch hardtalk on the bbc iplayer. there are growing concerns about the safety of self—driving cars in the united states. that led shares in the chipmaker, nvidia, whose technolog

not far from here at the border between north and south korea on the south korean side and to hopefully discuss these matters of course a change in tone mood to the swiftness of sort of the diplomatic moves these past few months is something perhaps that none of us could have imagined as we ended twenty seventeen and we looked ahead to twenty eighteen. absolutely not i think it took many many people by surprise towards the end of twenty seventeen we were still talking about regular provocations coming from north korea regular missile launches of increasing range their biggest nuclear test ever but then on new year's day with a speech from kim jong un things seemed to turn around he extended an olive branch to south korea and of course then we saw high level meetings with the same men at the d.m.z. who were meeting today in january it was then that it was decided that north korea would send a delegation to south korea for the winter olympics and everything seemed to change and now we're seeing these plans for leader level meetings between north and south korea between north korea and the

place somewhere in south korea not into the camp rossini maybe one of the resort areas also south korea is the one place i would be watching for the summoning. b.j. kim aden force a concert which is why i say enjoy having the conversation with you thank you very much indeed and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and it's on by visiting our website is just that dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for us last a.j. it's i saw it you can also join the conversation on twitter i'll handle a.j. inside a story for me has so much about the whole team here by phenomenal and in . bigger and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's happening with a smoking alternative known as vapor i enjoy the taste of it and not get the harmful effects of what smoking does between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fourteen a lonely star tripling in use among us high school students and head to head comparison ysaye versus conventional cigarette which one do you think has helped my opinion i think they're both da

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 that'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 a sort of a canard that we need to defend or oil the market is much better of providing oil at the cheapest prices exactly you know one of the things that if you look at the client states in the in the alliances of the united states was created around. the globe these client states d