For more on this, i spoke withjean lee, the former Ap Pyongyang Bureau chief and co host of the bbc podcast, the lazarus heist. Thank you for being back on the programme. First of all, whats the significance of this potential deal between two countries that really are becoming even more isolated on the world stage . I think you laid it out. If the two leaders do meet and arrange a deal of some sort, this is a deal that is possibly going to help the russian president extend that war in ukraine by supplying him with munitions that he desperately needs, and in exchange, possibly, food that north korea needs, but beyond that, quite possibly technology that north korea needs to take its Weapons Programme to the next level, and that certainly has implications that have a far greater reach because it is about Nuclear Proliferation and so it may be that the leaders meet, they hold a high level summit, lots of pomp, lots of propaganda, but it will be interesting to see what they say about any d
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A tanker truck in flames in connecticut, a crash killing five in georgia, one car falling 50 feet. Airports packed capping off a record summer. And the dangerous heat this holiday from the central u. S. To the northeast, potentially record breaking and the new tropical threat were tracking tonight. Plus, President Biden on the attack using a Labor Day Event to go after former President Trump as mr. Trumps gop rivals flock to New Hampshire can any of them make a dent in his primary lead. Remembering the voice behind the hit song all star as many fans play tribute to jimmy buf buffett. Tonight, the newly revealed video, his Surprise Performance. Wasting away again in margaritaville this is nbc nightly news with lester holt ask good evening, im tom llamas in for lester tonight we begin with the main gates finally opening at burning man after some Festival Goers including celebrities defied a shelter in place request and walked for hours to get out of the mud and muck today a line of vehic
An israeli bombardment in the Eastern Parts Of Rafah has already displaced Tens Of Thousands of palestinians. Mr blinken has been talking to cbs news as we look at rafah, they may go in and have some initial success, but potentially at an incredibly high cost to civilians. But one that is not durable, one that is not sustainable, and they will be left holding the bag on an enduring insurgency because a lot of armed hamas will be left, no matter what they do in rafah. Or if they leave and get out of gaza, as we believe they need to do, then youre going to have a vacuum and a vacuum that is likely to be filled by chaos, by anarchy, and ultimately by hamas again. So, weve been working for many weeks on developing credible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding. We havent seen that come from israel. Weve been working with arab countries and others on that plan. We need to see that, too. Pick we have the same objective as israel. We want to make sure that hamas cannot govern gaz
Abortion back before the Supreme Court. The nine justices this is here, another case touching on one of the most divisive issues in american life. This time of challenge to a state ban. And the question of what can be done in emergency this situations, a new Voice Calling for the president of Columbia University to resign as propalestinian protesters refused to stand down House Speaker mike johnson is heading straight to campus today and were following his visit. Plus a Cnn Exclusive new video, Casting Doubt on the pentagons account of the horrific attack or cobbles air in 2021. Attack that killed 13 Us Service Members at about 170 afghans were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central right . Now, the Supreme Court appears deeply divided over one of the biggest Abortion Cases since roe v. Wade was overturned. Today, the justices heard arguments over whether hospitals have have an obligation under federal law to provide abortion