we continue to be concerned about his the tearing health and plead with the iranian government to grant him a full and unconditional relief on humanitarian grounds. namazis are not the only americans being unjustly detained by iran for there is princeton graduate student sheila wong, and basadari, who ran an art gallery in tehran end. come president trump has a valid to imposed actions on iran if these american prisoners are not released immediately. chris? chris: jennifer, thank you. history tonight on the korean peninsula. representatives from north and south korea sat side by side during the opening ceremony of the winter olympics. the u.s. delegation, led by vice president mike pence, was also a lot closer to the north korean contingent that many expected. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot reports tonight from seoul.
fireworks over the winter olympics and south korea. and muted fireworks in the olympic stadium, taking in the opening ceremony, the sister of the north korean leader kim yo jung, looking sternly ahead, vice president neil: pence. the south korean president created another korean official. the vice president only stepped in briefly. earlier today, pence visited a memorial to south korean sailors killed when the north korean submarine torpedoed their shift. he met with the and fred warmbier, the father of a student who died in north korea. all part of a declared strategy to prevent north korea from hijacking the games. the simple truth is that the time has come for north korea to permanently abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions.
unless these americans were released, iran would face new sanctions. and he makes this a priority, his skills in negotiation, his willingness to push for these issues can bring him home. levinson s wife send another son to the iranian government in 2011. i will continue to do everything i can to bring you home alive. just one of nearly 20 known american hostages who remain in captivity. a u.s. businessman was nabbed while visiting his family three months after the iran nuclear deal was signed. my father was lord back to iran from a brief trip abroad by the promise of instead, he was also detained. both are behind bars. iran also betrayed sheila wong, an american grad student from princeton, who was researching his dissertation.