[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] thanks for joining the panel on us rok travel corporation. I am the Deputy Director and senior fellow. In the previous session we discussed ways for us rok japan to expand their trilateral cooperation in the face of growing security challenges from north korea. The second panel, moving beyond the Korean Peninsula moving beyond escalating tensions between china and taiwan and ways for the us rok japan to Work Together to maintain peace and stability in the region. I am joined its my pleasure to introduce each of them. On my left is sunghan kim from the asiapacific center for Security Studies at the institute of the Us Department of state defense based in hawaii. His area of expertise covers korea, korea, china, china, Korean Peninsula relations, north korea simply a program, us alliance in east asia. Next is the director of contemporary chinese studies and professor of the graduate school of asiapacific studie
hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka witfield. no now to turkey where the death toll from the earthquake has hit 25,000. time is running out to find other survivors. one senior u.n. official warns they are approaching the end of the search and rescue window. many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one in turkey. most of the survivors are left with nothing. cnn s nick payton walsh looks a some of the amazing rescue stories. reporter: increased desperation, cold, a lack of shelter, a government desperately doing all it can that simply can t be enough given the millions affected. amid all of that horror are moments of joy and relief. a 70-year-old woman pulled after 121 hours under the rubble just in the last hours and three brothers also pulled out after 120 hours. we saw ourselves another rescue in the heavily hit key city of millions after 109 hours. here s our report. over 100 hours after the worst quake in nearly 100 y
it s really great. that was such a nice story that you brought. coy wire, thank you so much. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour in turkey, where rescuers are still finding survivors more than five days after the earthquake hit. the latest remarkable rescues happening just a short time ago. new video showing a woman being rescued 144 hours after the earthquake hit. [ speaking non-english ] wow. i mean, the rescuers celebrating her rescue. more than 25,000 people have died and time is running out to find other victims alive. and many of those who died are being buried in mass graves like this one, and there are growing fears of a humanitarian crisis as survivors cope without shelter or even running water. nada, what are the latest concerns? reporter: well, look, the days are passing sby and the death toll is growing. we have some glimmers of hope, more than 140 hours on we are still seeing people being
from the dead, build back better, okay? senate democrats are now pushing forward with a deal to fight climate change, and lower rising health care costs. i am talking about the inflation production act. pieced together behind closed doors between west virginia senator, joe manchin, and other democrats, this legislation will lower prescription drug costs, tax corporations, and reduce the deficit. then, there is the historic 369 billion dollar investment in the fight against climate change. now, that includes encouraging americans to go green, and by expanding tax credits for electric vehicles. and that s on top of a 7500 dollar credit for new clean cars, it adds 4000 dollar credit for used electric cars, targeted at low income families. it s a lot. so, it s democrats hope to get this bill across the finish line, the lingering question tonight really is, if any of it will give them something to sell, to voters before the midterms? new nbc reporting reads, quote, democrats belie
and an entire demonstration. what result do you want? do you want the democrats to keep control of the united states senate and house of representatives? oh, i would love you know, i m not making those choices or decisions. i m going to work with whatever i have. that front democratic senator joe manchin, a short time ago. i ll ask him to play out the scenarios for us on how democrats might hold power, and what could turn that power over to the gop. plus, abortion. it may be the single biggest issue driving voters to the polls, even more than the economy. how is this issue influencing voters in swing states? and will action at the state level to limit abortion rights make its we re going to dig. and we start with those hotly contested races and ballot box issues across the country. and kansas, and abortion rights vote is facing crucial test on tuesday. it s the first of its kind since the supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade more than a month ago. and, we re