Good afternoon, im Senior Adviser and chair here and as well as professor at georgetown university. We want to welcome you all here this afternoon for a very special event. Before i begin though, i do need to note we care a great deal about the security of our guests. And so we have a security plan for the building in the event of any emergency, your full cooperation will be appreciated. We have december designated officers for any event. For this it is dr. Green, please follow the instructions of dr. Green and his staff. The issue of north korea for the longest time was really a single issue, the Security Threat and Security Threat as it related to Nuclear Weapons. Then in good part thanks to the u. N. Commission of inquiry and Commission Members for about two years ago a report was issued that created a ground swell of interest of human rights abuses in the dprk. This movement is real. It has traction and it has results. And it will continue to do so into the future. But for each of
25 years after the fall of the berlin wall, a deeper look. Should it be illegal to feed the homeless . Why some cities want the practice to stop. The last two americans being detained in north korea are coming home. Kenneth bea was in detention, forced to serve in a labour camp. Matthew todd miller had been in prison. They are on a plane bound for the u. S. James clapper, director of national intelligence, is with them. Rosalind jordan has more. Reporter the days of life in a prison camp are over for kenneth bae and Matthew Miller. They were released on tuesday and boarded a plane for the u. S. Its a wonderful day for them and their families. We are happy for their safe return. Doing a great job on what was obviously a challenging mission. Director clapper is james clapper, the u. S. s director of national intelligence. In a statement, the u. S. State department called clapper to release its not clear why clapper was brought in to negotiate. The North Koreans prefer to negotiate with e
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eagle caw cheers and applause audience chanting Stephen Stephen thank you, ladies and gentlemen welcome to the report good to have you with us audience chanting stephen thats the sound of freedom, ladies and gentlemen thank you so much please, sit down cheers and applause what did an amazing night, ladies and gentlemen cheers and applause folks, please have a seat. Good to have you with us. Lot to talk about tonight. Obviously, were going to be analyzing the ongoing geopolitical realignment of the middle east with andy cohen over cocktails. laughter but first, nation, huge news out of north korea where dear leader kim jongun has reemerged in public after a courageous battle with stage 5 cheese ankle. laughter so good to see him back. Unfortunately, his best friend lubey wasnt available to celebrate with him, so instead kim paid a visit to the second happiest place in north korea. An orphanage. laughter of course, the beds are all empty because the kids are at work. Which is too bad. Ki
So good to see him back. Unfortunately, his best friend lubey wasnt available to celebrate with him, so instead kim paid a visit to the second happiest place in north korea. An orphanage. laughter of course, the beds are all empty because the kids are at work. Which is too bad. Kim was looking forward to teaching them how to smoke. laughter of course, hell eventually have to pass the cigarette off to the stuffed animals boning on the dresser. laughter cheering but folks, as much as this photo delights, theres an even bigger story coming out of the hermit kingdom. Two american prisoners, kenneth bea and matthew todd miller, returned to u. S. Soil from north korea. We had an indication that there was a possibility of release, and we pursued it. Its a goodnews story. Stephen is it a good news story, sir . cuz fox news is reporting, obama cans also two americans vacations. Yeah, shocking. Obviously, the most miraculous part of their release is that it was not negotiated by dennis rodman. l