hanoi hilton. ivan. reporter: good morning, dave and laura. the prison here known as hanoi hilton, is now a museum. it is filled with flight suits with pilots would carried out combat missions over vietnam. john mccain spent a big chunk of the five and a half years as prisoner of war and he is presented prominently here with the exhibits. and this is a moment where he was badly hurt after being taken prisoner here when he splashed down. the display here shows the transformation in relations from the conflict. i ll zip around here to 2000 when he was a visitor here to the same museum talking about the time and also talking about
serena williams making a return to the u.s. open. as usual, in style. coy wire has the bleacher report. coy. good morning, laura and dave. you are looking stylish this morning. as you are, my friend. it has been two years since we have seen serena williams on the court at the u.s. open. last year, her daughter was born while the tournament was going on. she said she had a broken spirit because she could not say good-bye to her daughter. serena broke the spirit of her opponent magda. it took an hour to win in straight sets. the 17th seed, but the favorite
was laid to rest. now the white house is saying that is exactly what would happen. we asked press secretary sarah sanders about the change here at the white house. the president s second statement started the lowering of the flags. dave and laura. thank you. senator mccain had one final message for americans in a letter read by his long time campaign manager rick davis. we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries which sown resentment and hate and violence in all of the corners of the globe. we weaken it when we hide behind balances rather than tear it behind walls rather than tear it
there will be a lot of activity over the next number of days. we very much appreciate everything that senator mccain has done for the country. reporter: the comments were the first the president made on monday after ignoring questions from reporters on five straight occasions when they asked him to comment on mccain s death. mr. president, any thoughts on john mccain? do you believe john mccain is a hero? nothing at all about john mccain? press, let s go. make your way out. let s go. we re finished. mr. president, any comment on john mccain, sir? reporter: the president had faced push back from democrats and republicans on capitol hill and veterans groups and even from within the white house. finally, on monday afternoon, he
the letter from the top aide to kim jong-un. it warned the denuclearization process could fall apart. will ripley is live in hong kong with latest. will. reporter: dave, this could be the biggest threat to the new diplomatic relationship with the united states and north korea. the north koreans saying in the letter if the u.s. doesn t move on the key sticking point which is peace treaty, this process to fall apart. that means north korea could go back to prior to the diplomacy which is testing nuclear devices. a source told me the u.s. is still not ready to meet north korean expectations in terms of taking a step forward to sign a peace treaty. that is the key sticking point here according to sources. we have been reporting this for a while. the north koreans want assurances and guarantees that kim jong-un will stay in power. a peace treaty that has been in