Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. The us soldier travis king who was being held in north korea is back in us custody. Us Media Reports say he is now in china. Hours earlier, north korea said it would deport private king who ran into the country across the Demilitarized Zone injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us to face military Disciplinary Proceedings when he escaped his escort and entered north korean territory. Live now to our washington correspondent gary odonoghue. In terms of the very latest, take us through what we have learned over the last few hours . We now know that the last few hours . We now know that the United States has travis king in its custody. We dont know where he is at this moment in time. There are plenty of Media Reports here saying that he exited north korea via china. We cannot confirm that officially at that point in time. We are waiting to hear, i think perh
actu actual demilitarization zone. it s what happens after, this trying to get north korea to a pathway to denuclearization. neil: don t i don t remember worry, there s a reason that no president steps into north korea because of the fear there s a lot of violence at the dmz zone. i m wondering, obviously he took that risk. obviously there were plenty of soldiers on both sides. but it could have been dicey. could have been dicey. we have to look at the fact that diplomacy is good. we see high officials like this meeting together. i was never discrediting that. there s a lot of atmosphere surrounding this issue surrounding nuclear proliferation where the north koreans are looking to grow their nuclear material. you also have some sort of military tensions still going on.
but i m really proud of the people in this country who are recognizing what is happening, and instead of turning this into a political game. laura: he went on to say, they are following their conscious, basically. that is steve kerr, coach for the warriors. where is he living? golden state is on the west coast, i remember when my father went to the pacific for almost five years. i never saw my father for five years, but fortunately he came back. many children s fathers didn t come back. i ve been to afghanistan. last june, i was in korea, the dmz zone. went to a hospital in afghanistan and see if people they still have a love of this country. you talk about politics, that is what is coming into this game. if you don t believe in something and i think it comes back down saying president trump is a racist, i get tired of hearing that, racist, homophobia, et cetera.
recognizing what is happening, and instead of turning this into a political game. laura: he went on to say, they are following their conscience, basically. that is steve kerr, coach for the warriors. where is he living? golden state is on the west coast, i remember when my father went to the pacific for almost five years. i never saw my father for five years, but fortunately he came back. many children s fathers didn t come back. i ve been to afghanistan. last june, i was in korea, the dmz zone. i went to a hospital in afghanistan and see people they still have a love of this country. you talk about politics, that is what is coming into this game. if you don t believe in something and i think it comes back down saying president trump is a racist, i get tired of hearing that, racist, homophobia, et cetera. for 70 something years, he did business, there was never a
they would like, they re more likely to back out of future stages of the deal. that s what they talk about with preparations. they have to make sure there s stop gaps in place because capitolism will produce civil liberties. that s what terrifies them the most. and we know there s the delegation from the united states in the dmz zone. they have or dmz. they put things in place now that are tangible for us to watch. we have to also take it to the right now. we ve been talking so big picture about this for so long. now we re coming down to minutes an hours here. we don t know the exact timing of the meeting to take place behind the north korean s right-hand man and mike pompeo. when i talked to governor richardson earlier today who has a lot of background knowledge dealing with the north koreans, he suggested it s time to let mike pompeo take the lead here.