Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rain in kim jong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican Senatorjohn Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises theyre interests are aligned with the United States with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can t
Its 8am in singapore, 1am In London and eight in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rein in kimjong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican senator John Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises their interests are aligned with the United States, with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can they
Miles southeast of north korea. The American Military occupies 30 of the island. In a jarring warning, james mattis echoing the warning saying, the regime should, quote, cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and destruction of its people. People are waiting to see if the threat from the north continues. Lauren mayk has more. The threat is even more immediate for those who have close ties to guam. Thousands of troops and families. I spoke with a local man b who grew up in guam. E he has heard the threats before, but this time its different because hes not home. Today hes far away. But guam is always home. I wanted to get right and interpret my people. Now from a distance, hes hearing familiar threats from kim jongun. North korea has been threatening the island for decades. I believe its because of the large United States military population on the island. Reporter more than 6,000 u. S. Troops are based in guam, which is also home to his parents and
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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. How fortunate am i and pleased to welcome two comedy legends to this program. Carl reiner create the Dick Van Dyke show and created films like the jerk, with steve martin, but meathead in all in the family but went on to direct films like harry met sally, and on and on. Next week they will be honored with a hand and footprint at the chinese theater during tcms classic film festival. Mr. Reiner and mr. Reiner, its nice to have you. As you mentioned, we are the first father and son to get together. Kirk douglas and Michael Douglas have been, but they were separated. How cool is that . Its ridiculously cool. All i keep thinking is that people who are not knowing it, like my wife, who made this person. Yeah. And my father and parents, i said they would, they were so show business, in love with show business. Thats the only sad thing. If you go on the hollywood walk of fame, we both have stars. And theyre right next