problem for republicans to the point where the president is blaming the democrats for the issue even though it s jeff session whose is choosing to prosecute with the no tolerance policy. eric: it is the administration policy and he can change it with a phone call. that s right. this legislation is dealing with some of the kids who are separated. there s a huge political divide and i don t think democrats could support any policy that didn t deal with this issue en masse. eric: do you think this will grow? we see criticism, cardinal dolan and franklin graham has criticized the policy. let me read you what the american academy of pea ya pedis says about the policy. the doctor said i have seen this with my own eyes. separating children from parents contradicts everything we stand for add pediatricians,
deputies, killing them both. from what i observed and what i believe the investigation will show is they followed proper procedure. is so we always evaluate procedures, but we did confirm that they did follow proper procedure. reporter: they a also say this happened in a secure gated area at the courthouse and believe the gun was possibly taken from one of the deputies. to their best knowledge, investigators believe the inmate was cuffed at the time. eric? eric: and how is the community reacting tonight? reporter: well, the kansas city, kansas, mayor says both deputies will not be forgotten and that they are heroes who died protecting their community. but there s also an overwhelming sense of shock being that it happened in a usually secured area of the courthouse. investigators saying deputy patrick rourke and deputy teresa king were transporting the suspect and somehow were overcome by the inmate. deputy rohr had been on the force for seven years, king served for thirteen years
peter doocy and the other white house reporters after he talked to steve doocy. he was talking bouts his planned phone call that s going to happen tomorrow with kim jong un. this of course follows the historic summit with the north korean dictator. secretary of state mike pompeo says a lot of work has to be done with the regime including being able to identify its nuclear facilities. we have a reasonable understanding. it is incredibly important that we get a full understanding of that as quickly as possible and as part of the efforts that will be undertaken in the weeks ahead. we will work with the north koreans to come to have a fuller understanding of that so that we can begin to execute together the commitments that president trump and chairman kim made. eric: we have a reasonable understanding, not a full one. we have the former national
know. but it will escalate if china decides that it is willing to take the risks by really going hardball, and it s going to withstand all of the pressure is and it s going to continue to escalate. but if china backs down, then i think the rewards will be very, very high for the united states. meaning that china will back down and begin to change its behavior, and i think that s what president trump is trying to get china to do ultimately. arthel: so you re are saying the u.s. is in a position of strength. we have to leave it there. thank you very much, d.hwang. thank you. ashing. eric: major fighting in yemen. we ll take a look. plus, tragedy in the heartland. two sheriff s deputies paid the ultimate price following a deadly confrontation while they were transfer aring an inmate. since my stroke, he hasn t left my side.
i can t speak to that. i can only speak to the fact that we signed an incredible agreement, it s great, and it s going to be great for them too. eric: so what are those abuses? professor walter hatch joins us from colby college in waterville, maine. how would you rate the human rights record of kim jong un? well, first, thanks for inviting me on, eric. i would say that the human rights record in north korea is perhaps the worst of any country in the world. it s truly atrocious. eric: any country? the worst? yeah. i can t think of another that has a worse human rights record. this is a country that has up to 200,000 prisoners detained at any one time in four different gulags around the country. people are executed right and left for being political dissidents or simply not being sufficiently loyal to the regime.