the current detainees, that would reflect the president s comments that he made. otto warmbier, who returned to the u.s. in a vegetative state and died weeks later. where does that leave things with the current american prisoners. that is the most important thing after all. paula, do we know anything concrete about the current status of the three americans in north korea? anderson, what we know is from officials who are actually dealing with this ongoing negotiation, and they say that the release of the three detainees is imminent. they don t give any more specific timing than that. the word they use is imminent. they also say this has been months in the making. the north korean foreign minister went to sweden back in march. sweden handles all the diplomatic issues for the u.s. with north korea. he proposed they release these three detainees. at that point officials said they didn t want to be linked to
that allegation the allegations, the president has continued to not whether you were in the dark i think it s a fairly simple question. i think it s a fairly simple answer that i ve given you several times now. i m going to continue to do my best to do that every single day. can you give us an update on the three americans in north korea? rudy giuliani said they were going to be released today. is that true? we can t confirm the validity of any of the reports on their release. we certainly would see this as a sign of goodwill if north korea were to release the three americans ahead of discussions between president trump and kim jong un. in addition to being in addition to being an attorney for the president, does mayor giuliani have a wider remit to
welcome back, everyone. representatives from north korea, south korea, and the united states a set to meet in finland ahead of the potential talks between president trump and kim jong-un. a top north korean diplomat was spotted boarding a plane from beijing to finland on sunday. finnish officials say the talks will not include members of the u.s. government. remember, the u.s. has no diplomatic relations with north korea. that s right and some other developments to tell you about. north korea s foreign minister returned to beijing earlier after three days of talking in sweden to discuss security on the korean peninsula. sweden has also been helping to negotiate the release of three americans being held in north korea. and let s talk more about this. our paula hancocks joins us now live from seoul in south korea. paula, what is likely to come out of the efforts to release the three americans in north korea? well, rosemary, this is part
fiery rhetoric between the u.s. and north korea, i think it s important for our viewers to know that there are talks going on between washington and pyongyang, and there have been for some time. now, we re talking about discussions between the u.s. envoy to north korea. his name is joseph yun, and several of his counterparts, both the north korean ambassador to the united nations, and also some top officials in the north korean foreign ministry. now, originally, these talks started in may. they were really about the release of u.s. hostages in north korea, and you remember otto warmbier, the young man who was ultimately released by north korea and died back here in the united states, it was about trying to release them, but the hope was that these talks, these talks about releasing americans in north korea would also lead to some kind of fuller dialogue. they did address the issue of poor relations between the u.s.
hard on being sure that americans have the training they need for the jobs in the future. i also want to thank ivanka, my daughter, for her leadership on workforce training and her efforts. she s been working very, very hard to create new economic opportunities for women across america and actually for women across the world. she s been working with the chancellor of germany on helping women all over the world. in the past seven months, we ve made enormous gains in getting americans back to work. the symptom marktock market is highs, unemployment is at a 16-year low, and manufacturers have never expressed more optimism about the future. the optimism has been truly incredible. recently, foxconn announced it is going to invest $10 billion to build a new factory in wisconsin. we want to make sure that every job that comes back to our shores is filled with american workers. we have a lot of companies moving back to our country.