that s about 120 miles from where we are standing right now and they could tell us something about the state of the troubled nuclear negotiations. those celebrations allabout the anniversary of the founding of this country. along with very well orchestrated government planned events . we will be watching that very closely. our contact on the ground already seems the regime s emphasis is a bit off the nuclear program and anti-u.s. propaganda. more on feel-good topics like the economy. observers in the region will be watching if icbm missiles are foldout in a big military parade planned as well as what north korean leader kim jong-un will say in a speech he is expected to give, not just to the united states, but also as one expert told us, to his own people. take a listen. the real message being sent tomorrow will be to the domestic audience. reporter: saying what? saying we are strong countr . reporter: as you mentioned,
that is a major holiday inn north korea and if you don t celebrate, there are penalties. the celebration comes as a fall in the relationship between the united states and north korea appears to be stalling. so perhaps reheating would be the operative word. - -joins us from seoul, south korea . have they started getting nervous over this? there certainly watching it. we are a couple hours away from the big doings in pyongyang. about 100 miles north of where we are standing right now. and it could tell us a lot about the state of the troubled nuclear negotiations. that anniversary is on sunday of the founding of the country and people there are gearing up for some very well orchestrated events. our contact on the ground already sees the regime s emphasis is a little bit off its nuclear program and anti-u.s. propaganda. more on the economy and other topics. still observers in the region will be watching if icbm
you know, the president needs to separate these issues. and what is, i think, most damaging here in this flap phone call, david, is that this is a presidential election year in mexico in july, and what the president is doing is stoking the fears of the candidates that are most to the left that may be most anti-u.s., giving them an issue. so this is why president pena nieto didn t want to raise the issue, overdo it, because it s right in the middle of a presidential election in july, which whoever is president with mexico, we want a good relationship with that president. there is this report here that north korea is open to having talks with the united states. i just want to read a bit from the statement from the white house today, president donald trump s administration is committed to achieving the complete, verifiable and
a few significant milestones. yesterday s statement by president trump i think he is a milestone. tomorrow, the region is bracing for more violence. friday is the muslim sabbath. it s a day for prayers. with so many people off from work, there could also be widespread anti-u.s., anti-israeli demonstrations. chris. chris: david lee miller reporting live. thank you. roads and schools are closed, buildings burning and thousands of people are under new evacuation orders as four major wildfires burn in southern california. senior correspondent adam housley has the latest tonight. relentless winds led to another intense firefight overnight and into thursday as flames carved a path of destruction across bone dry southern california.
acquire a patch of land holds the nuclear button. these are what constitute the grave est threat to the international peace and security today. mr. trump responded to the foreign minister in a tweet. he wrote, quote, just heard foreign minister of north korea speak at u.n. if he echoes thoughts of little rocket man, they won t be around much longer, exclamation point. he goes on to say, little rocket man, that is mr. trump s new nickname for the north korean leader kim jong-un and it appears to be getting to him. north korea held an anti-u.s. rally saturday to denounce president trump. also on saturday, the u.s. says that it flew bombers to the east of north korea. the pentagon says that it was a message to pyongyang over its nuclear ambitions. our ben wideman following this story live in tokyo. ben, let s talk about this. we ve been talk berkshire hathaway rhetoric from north korea, also met with name