Former official at the north Korean Embassy in london who defected with his family in 2016. This hearing took place in early november. Thae distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. First, im glad to express my sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and gave me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on foreign affairs. As you are all aware, i worked at the front line of north korean diplomacy until i defected to south korea in summer of 2016. But my story is quite different from other defectors who may have experienced political oppression, Inhumane Treatment in prison camps, or to avoid hunger and other difficulties. I would like to tell you about my life as a north korean diplomat. Why i defected to the free world. Why kim jongun is developing a program and how best to deal with the north korean regime. I went through causes in north korea, which
Mr. Thae chairman royce, Ranking Member engel, distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. First, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and gave me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on foreign affairs. As you are all aware, i worked at the front line of north korean diplomacy until i defected to south korea in summer of 2016. But my story is quite different from other defectors who may have experienced political oppression, Inhumane Treatment in prison camps, or to avoid hunger and other difficulties. Economic difficulties. Rather, today i would like to tell you about my life as a north korean diplomat, why i defected to the free world, why kim jongun is developing nuclear and icbm programs, and how best to deal with the north korean regime. I went through causes in north korea, which cannot be dreamed by ordinary citi
Those markets are doing today. Its a red day for the most part, spain is in the green. 10year note yield were always watching that and that is at 2. 42 boy, its a big start to the year for crude well talk a lot about that. Crude over 60 bucks even though its ticking slightly lower today along with brent and wti and brent at the bottom of the screen the roadmap starts with the new year and new rally futures rising as we said as wall street shrugs over geopolitical concerns and the tax effect bp taking a major q2 earnings set but bullish on the tax laws long term impact apples mea culpa, looking to quickly make amends with angry customers. Stocks coming off the best yearly performance since 2013, including 71 record closes for the dow, 72 for the nasdaq and 62 for the s p the dow posting a 25 gain for 2017 and s p up 19 . The nasdaq leading the three major indexes up 28 jim, happy new year to you. Happy new year. Thank you very much. It would certainly seem as though we entered a new yea
Like cloud cover continues to increase at 1 00 a. M. With the storm speeding up, possibly a shower near the northern coastline at 5 00 a. M. , maybe a spotty north bay shower by 9 00 a. M. And it picks up by 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Well also see wind gusts 15 to 29 miles per hour. Well talk who could have over a half inch of rain. Breaking news now. A fiery landing caught on video. This is the Hawaiian Airlines an plane at the c tack airport. It was landing when the right engine caught fire. The plane was actually a ferry flight meaning it was only carrying the flight crew. There were no passengers on board. No one was hurt. An investigation is under way to find out the cause of the fire. Breaking news in san jose. The driver of that mangled car right there was killed. Heres what we know. Police tell us this car was speeding on south white road near peppermint drive not far from the airport. The driver lost control and crashed into the median into a tree. At the or she was ejected and die
These wins are just the beginning. Missed warning signs. New details about the texas church shooters troubled past. And twitter is expanding. Forget the cap limit of 140 characters. Its now double. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump is in china this morning where trade tops the agenda. The president begins a twoday visit amid growing complaints in the u. S. Over Chinese Business practices. The president will also discuss north korea with chinese leaders. Hell ask them to cut financial ties with pyongyang. And before leaving south korea, mr. Trump had a message for north Korean Leader kim jongun. The weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer. Theyre putting your regime in grave danger. Every step you take down this dark path increases the peril you face. North korea is not the paradise your grandfather envisioned. It is a hell that no person deserves. The president speaking