it wants north korea to know that this is training, that it is routine business, that these are not upcoming military operations. but the sensitivities in the region right now, the effort to get a diplomatic solution is leading the pentagon to pull back publicly on its own discussion about exercises. but now it will be up to president trump to decide whether he is going to take that line or he may once again engage in very aggressive, public rhetoric about the north. barbara star, cnn, the pentagon. well, there s no doubt the tensions on the korean peninsula are affecting preparations for the winter olympics in south korea. security officials are faced with a multitude of threats from their neighbors to the north, but they are termed to have the games go ahead as planned. here s brian todd. reporter: as tensions with kim jong-un s regime intensify, u.s. law enforcement and security agencies are ramping up
coming up. the u.s. military is saying it will keep a more quiet view. it will not be talking so much about any upcoming training or exercises, because of the sensitivities in the region. typically, the pentagon talks about it, it wants north korea to know that this is training that it is routine business, that these are not upcoming military operations. but the sensitivities in the region right now, the effort to get a diplomatic solution is leading the pentagon to pull back publicly on its own discussion about exercises, but now it will be up to president trump to decide whether he is going to take that line or he may once again engage in very aggressive public rhetoric about the north. thanks. breaking news overnight. 40 people killed in a suicide bombing in kabul.
u.s. diplomats in ongoing talks. we have more from the pentagon. reporter: the u.s. intelligence committee, keeping a sharp eye as always on north korea. there are preliminary signs cnn has been told that the north again is moving equipment around. is it aimed at another upcoming ballistic missile test? are they planning to launch a satellite? two say we simply don t know. this comes at a very sensitive time. the olympics in south korea are coming up in the next weeks. and the u.s. military is saying it will keep a more quiet view. it will not be talking so much about any upcoming training or exercises because of the sensitivities in the region. typically, the pentagon talks about it, it wants north korea to know that this is training that it is routine business,
republicans in the white house on infrastructure. what is unclear there, how many democrats want to work with the president, which is a mid-term election year. congress still has routine business to take care of. the government is funded to the middle or latter part of january. so to keep the full government operating, congress has to address that and has to address other issues like the debt ceiling and the president on top of all of that has asked congress to fill a couple of other requirements like immigration and the dreamers. those that were brought to the country illegally as children. the president is phasing out obama era protections for them and wants congress to deal with that, jon. jon: and he also wants to deal with healthcare? that s right. healthcare on top of that. the president has tweeted that he wants democrats and republicans to work on healthcare. there was a healthcare provision in the tax law that the president just signed. eliminates the individual mandate in
dangerous globally, not just in the pacific region. as the cia director mike pompeo said, they are within a matter of months of being able to hit targets in the united states. we don t know how many months. but this an imminent possibility. once they get the ability to hit new york with a nuclear weapon. our ability to take preemptive action against them is effectively over. that s what they are playing for. we tried to rely on china. so far i have to say there is no evidence china macedon a blessed thing any differently than they have don t past 25 years which is essentially to let the north advance their scientific and technological capabilities. that s routine business for the chinese military and for the