has been a lot harder to get on these tours, only a couple of operators we think are allowing foreigners to visit this area and you have to provide a lot of detail ahead of time, passport number, it is quite possible he had to give his military identification as well, he would have needed to do this days in advance, what the united nations command which runs this area is trying to establish by talking to the north korean military was what does travis king one and does he want to return, that will be the first question they need to answer. we have not heard anything from the north korean side, it will be interesting to watch for in coming days, is how they choose to respond to this incident, will they want to use travis king to extract information or use them as a bargaining chip in negotiations with united states, which have been stored nelson s 2019. ken mackenzie- let s get some of the day s other news 110w.
was going to be removed once returned to fort bliss. there was a sense that he was trying to avoid that, that he was trying to buy time and trying to escape any further disciplinary action, and there are no signs at this point according to the senior commander in the pacific that he had any sympathies for north korea or that he was trying to defect, for example, in order to give them secrets, perhaps, that he d learned in his time in the u.s. military. no signs of that as of now, but obviously officials are still working on this and trying to get more insight. natasha bell trand, we appreciate. we are looking live right now and a look into the halls of congress and minutes from now a bipartisan show of support on capitol hill with a key ally. the president of israel set to address the joint meeting of the house and senate. plus, indictment watch part 3. the possible charges that former
was going to be separated from the u.s. army. he was going to fly back to fort bliss and there he was going to be essentially removed from the u.s. military, but he went to the airport with u.s. military officials escorting him, but they couldn t take him all of the way to the gate and they essentially lost him. he was supposed to board the plane and he never did. on july 18th, that is when he took that tour of the dmz and at some point during that tour he ran across that line into north korea into, of course, the arms of north korean military. now, we have heard from his mother who spoke to abc and said that she doesn t think that travis would do something like this and she is very surprised because just a few days ago she had spoken to him and he said he was planning to return to fort bliss and now, of course, sara, all she wants is for him to come home. can i ask you whether or not whether the pentagon has released information about who
they are talking to or if they ve had conversations with the north korean counterparts? yeah, sara. we have gotten some conflicting information on this. u.s. forces korea did release a statement yesterday saying that he that the u.s. military had been working with north korean military officials to try to resolve the situation. however, the senior military demander in charge of the pacific, he told a forum that they had tried reaching out to the north koreans and this is not typical and the biden administration has been trying to conduct diplomacy with the north koreans since they took office and the north koreans never responded. so it appears that while they are trying to work with the north koreans on this, they are still getting radio silence from them and it remains unclear at this point where travis king actually is, what his condition is and if he will be released any time soon, sara. natasha, i should mention, we