Li thehi there, im brianna keilar. North korea opening the door for diplomacy with the United States saying it would end its Nuclear Program if its security is guaranteed. What does that mean though . Officials from seoul and pyongyang will host an interkorean summit next month, this is following a round of talks that saw kim jongun meet with high ranking south korean officials including the president there. For more on the major developments i am joined by Cnn Asia Pacific editor andrew stevens. Tell us what youre learning. Reporter well, it is such a lot to take in all at once, brianna. This came just a few hours ago after the delegation from south korea came back to seoul. And we got this readout from the president. So basically there is a diplomatic path which the north koreans seem to be serious about following. And they have changed their mind on a couple of important issues. Number one, agreeing to sit down with the United States and talk about denuclearization. It was two days
Were questioning that statement, was it too tough, maybe it wasnt tough enough. Theyve been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. And its about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. So if anything, maybe that statement wasnt tough enough. And were backed by a 100 by our military. Were backed by everybody. And were backed by many other leaders. And i notice that many senators and others today came out very much in favor of what i said. But if anything, that statement may not be tough enough. What would be tougher than fire and fury . Well, youll see. Youll see. President , is one of the options being considered we dont talk about that. I never do. Im not like the other administration that would say were going into mosul in four months. I dont talk about it. Well see what happens. Butic tell you that what theyve been doing and what theyve been getting away with is a tragedy. And it cant be allowed. Mr. Presi
Be attached to missiles. Sara murray is in new jersey wi where the president is on a working vacation. Sara, this is shocking news. North korea has produced a miniaturized warhead. Thats what the support respopr responding to today. Heres what he said. North korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. The question is whether donald trump is drawing a red line here when it comes to north koreas actions. He did not offer a lot of details about what his next steps might actually be. We do know this is something the president has spent a good bit of time contemplating as hes been here in new jersey. He spent an hour on the phone yesterday with his chief of staff john kelly as well as secretary of state Rex Tillerson, discussing the situation in north korea. Weve heard from a number of senior officials in the Trump Administration essentially saying all options are on the table when it comes to this conflict th
Trump. How will he respond now that north korea appears ready to cross his red line . In just a few hours, the president is scheduled to appear before cameras in bedminster, new jersey. With him will be the Vice President , National Security advisor and his new chief of staff. The appearance comes after north korea appears ready to test the president s fire and fury talk threatening to land four missiles about 20 miles off the coastline of guam. No timetable has been given for the launch, although north korea says it is finalizing plans. Reports and analysis from two continents this afternoon. Lets start just over the bridge in new jersey with Kelly Odonnell following the president on this working vacation. Kelly o. , lets start with this meeting, tell us all about that. Reporter well, first there is a lunch with the Vice President. And this is something that happens routinely at the white house. And the Vice President will be going out of the country on his own separate agenda. So thi
For candidates. Kristen welker at the white house. I now understand you have a new statement from the white house. Craig this just came in moments ago. Let me read it. This is from the Deputy Press Secretary here. He essentially defends Kellyanne Conway. He says in a statement that was, again, just released moments ago, Kellyanne Conway did not advocate for or against the election of any particular candidate. She simply expressed the president s obvious position that he has people in the house and senate who support his agenda. In fact, kellyannes statements actually show her intention and desire to comply with the hatch act as she twice declined to respond to the hosts specific invitation to encourage alabamians to vote for the republican. Again, thats from hogan gidly who is the Deputy Press Secretary here at the white house. The exchanges under question do relate to that race, that senate race, in alabama, between roy moore and doug jones. And youll recall that at the time President