mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may
mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may
be that difficult to get to a deal by the end of the week. the president is canceling part of his upcoming overseas trip. returning to the u.s. sunday after the g-7 economic meeting in japan. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has our top story live tonight from the north lawn. kevin mccarthy says there is a gap between the two sides in moving forward but, as the president leaves for japan tomorrow, the white house is appointing senior adviser stevery chety, louise taylor and shah landra young to run point for the white house and talk to will deputies. pressure is on after the treasury secretary put the deadline at june 1st or the days following. we re having a wonderful time everything is going well ha ha ha. message of reassurance convening congressional leaders as the country creeps forward to possibly defaulting on debt with no agreement to cut spending and raise the debt limit. biden canceled plans to visit australia and pap go p&a new guinea he would be out
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, aid groups around the world are rushing to help turkey and syria after monday s deadly earthquake. i ll speak with the head of the norwegian refugee council, about the efforts to help survivors. plus, parts of the southern u.s. are surveying damage after severe storms ripped through the area. we re live at the cnn weather center with the latest. and after surprise visits to the u.k. and france, the ukrainian president is headed to belgium where he s been invited to an e.u. summit. we re live in brussels and london, on zelensky s unannounced diplomatic tour of europe. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. the death toll from the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria has nearly doubled in just the past 24 hours. now, more than 16,000. president erdogan
That they hope to spook kim jong un by making this meeting so public and putting the eyes of the world on him and on this travel, that he will decide it is just too dangerous to go, and by thwarting the meeting they probably hope they can thwart the arms deal. The us priority in this right now seems to be to stop these weapons getting to the front line of ukraine. But here in south korea the concerns run much deeper. It is, what does this mean for the future of russian and korean cooperation . Russia is desperate and it is expected that kim jong un would put a high price on any weapons he would sell the russian leader. The things he will broadly worry about are, could this increase Military Cooperation in this region between north korea and russia . Could we see Military Drills between the two sides . Another fear is that kim jong un might ask for russian weapons at some point far in the future when north korea needs them most. So by far the biggest worry is if he could demand from Vla