small puff of smoke into a full raging, all consuming fire. norah: why firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes. the fire is moving pretty quickly. it s a difficult situation and it s a rapidly changing situation. norah: the record-breaking heat wave for much of the country. cbs evening news starts now. fast-moving wildfires, record-breaking heat, and a tropical storm threat. good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us. and the weather is where we re going to begin tonight because right now, americans are facing extreme conditions from coast-to-coast. 76 million people are suffering under oppressive heat across 24 states, as high temperatures scorch the midwest and northeast. and the worst of the heat is yet to come. down south, parts of texas are under tropical storm warnings. as we track a system in the gulf of mexico that is likely to become the first named storm of the season. and out west, dozens of wildfires are raging, includi
Thae distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. Express myglad to sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and date me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on 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 impression, local 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 actions oh moon is developing and a program and how best to deal with the north korean regime. Causes in north which cannot be dreamed of by ordinary citizens of their. At the age of 14, i was sent to china for a special educational program. More than 20 years of my
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
Continue doing this all over the world we will come to london again soon we want to go to ireland and we have a lot of friends in the united ok away from the Mainstream Media journalists they come under attack all the time what about the pictures surely they dont lie seeming to support the idea as a ruling elites here that your government is abusing human rights on a routine basis and theyve done that seen two thousand and two you know there was a coup detat against command and the charges and this was the george w. Bush best yes which was supported agitate by the then labor government. And then there was economical sabotage that same year and then these are the people of the opposition go to the streets with terrorist actions trying to overthrow our government and what do you get from the media the Mainstream Media is that we are repressing the the police man the national. Man you know in venice where they met in one thousand nine hundred eighteen in forty eight i was five thousand wh