people s fertility under the guise they are trying to protect their health, they are controlling that person s basic human rights and dignity, and that is a form of human rights abuse. the supreme court s decision will likely not come until next summer. over the coming months, many will pray and others will hope it goes their side s way. sophie long, bbc news, seattle. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. the bbc gets rare access on board an american aircraft carrier as itjoins with allies in asia, while politicians focus on china s intentions towards taiwan. it s quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. we feel so helpless.
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threatening to pull out. that s not true. you just saw the interest that the north has in continuing this summit process demonstrated dramatically on the korean peninsula today with his meeting with president moon. president moon and chairman kim, not supreme leader, are the ones who have been driving the process since the olympics to try to get the summit to happen. i think they are still both committed to it. so bolton advises the president incorrectly, gives him bad advice. secretary of state mike pompeo and secretary of defense jim mattis apparently aren t consulted in this and trump issues this impulsive letter, embarrassing letter, as you heard mike pompeo read it. okay. then he realizes this is completely unnerved the u.s. allies in asia. this rollercoaster diplomacy has raised serious questions about
this was a very based on preliminarily reports, a very deranged individual with a lot of problems over a long period of time. we have a lot of mental health problems our country, as do other countries, but this isn t a guns situation, i mean, we could go into it, but it s a little bit soon to go into it. reporter: the president s comment that it s too early to talk about guns mirrors his response to the las vegas massacre from just over a month ago. and we ll be talking about gun laws as time goes by. reporter: as for the president s korean for the mentally ill, critics noted that earlier this year mr. trump signed a measure terminating an obama-era regulation designed to keep guns out of the hands with people with serious psychological issues. even members of the president s own party were conceding that more can be done. i never felt that anybody on a no-fly list should be able to get a gun, for example. reporter: the church shooting in text threw the president off scri
korean presidents like kim dae-jung with that sunshine policy, which is to, you know, have a better relationship, have more dialogue and economic programs and try and coax north korea back to the table with a little bit more honey as opposed to more vinegar, if you will. trump and moon apparently in different positions on how to approach north korea could lead to tension between the u.s. and south korea. i think that kkd and i think what you see president trump is using this pressure on all u.s. allies in asia. you saw president trump sanctioned some chinese banks that are doing business with north korea even as he wants the chinese to put pressure on north korea, and you heard yesterday in his statement with president moon he s emphasizing the trade deal with south korea wants a tougher trade deal. so it will be really interesting to see whether president trump can get these asian allies to take greater pressure against