united states and acknowledging also that in order for relations between south korea and north korea to improve they need to improve their relationship with the united states and this is a dramatic shift for north korea's tone and within the state media. they put out an article fletening tfle threatening the united states. calling those sanctions tantamount to an act of war. apparently the north koreans who are on the ground here are now acknowledging that talks with the united states will be crucial if they are going to actually move forward with their goal of easing tensions on the korean peninsula. the biggest one of all is north korea's nuclear program saying they will not give up their nuclear weapons by pressure. they are saying for the time being now, they are willing to have discussions. we also saw the first images