what north korea would want in exchange, would they want the united states and south korea to continue to postpone their joint military drills, economic sanctions lifted, but clearly it is a diplomatic effort on the part of the north koreans, even as the united states has been calling on south korea to disengage after the olympics and join the united states in this campaign of maximum pressure. will ripley live for us in pyeongchang, thank you. a cnn exclusive gold medal winning gymnast aly raisman weighs in on disgraced former dr. larry nassar. pampers is the first and only diaper
say this week, as the world knows, north korea is sending a delegation to participate in the winter olympics. they ll march under the same banner as south korea. we should not forget that north korea and south korea have marched under the same banner before only to see north korea continue its threats of provocations. reporter: pence went on to say that you can expect soon from the u.s. to unleash what he described as the toughest and most aggressive round of sanctions on north korea ever. we re all looking ford figure skating looking forward to figure skating, but politics looks like one of the main events in pyeongchang. thank you. david bowie s space oddity will be playing on loop from a tesla roadster hurtling through space. you can thank elon musk and spacex. more on the successful falcon heavy launch next.
closely in and around the opening ceremony in a few day s time here. ivan watson in pyeongchang, thanks so much. here in the united states, something that we don t see very often, a possible big bipartisan deal that could have government working like it s supposed to. the president though, not exactly helping. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that s why there s otezla.
vice president mike pence in tokyo overnight with shinzo abe. he vowed to stand with japan in the face of north korea s provocation. ivan watson in pyeongchang live where members of the north korean delegation are arriving for the olympics. reporter: that s right. vice president pence has been vowing that at every stop on his journey to south korea to lead the u.s. delegation at the opening of the olympics in a couple days time, he said he s going to tell the truth or his version of the truth about north korea. and in his speech alongside the japanese prime minister, both of them basically said do not be taken in, do not be fooled by the friendly face north korea is showing by participating in these winter olympics, albeit at the last minute. listen to an excerpt of what he had to say. this week as the world knows
winter olympics. they ll march under the same banner as south korea. we should not forget that north korea and south korea have marched under the same banner before only to see north korea continue its pursuit of threats and provocations. reporter: pence went on to say that the u.s. will soon unveil what he described as the toughest and most aggressive round of sanctions on north korea ever. amid that tough talk, though, he has avoided ruling out the possibility of meeting with the north koreans here in pyeongchang. one important note. ivan watson, thank you very much for that. meanwhile, nearly 90 people are still unaccounted for in taiwan following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake. the taiwanese news agency says at least seven people have died and more than 250 were injured. the quake was centered in the east china sea, some 13 miles north of the city of walleen.