U.s. troops on the peninsula near the russian border. there s more that russia can do to squeeze north korea. bilateral trade between russia and north korea, more than doubled in the first quarter of 2017. so trump may be preparing to ask putin to do things like cut off oil exports to north korea. but putin s going to be less likely to do any of that if he thinks trump is only focused on a military strike. trump needs to convince putin all options are on the table so putin does more to squeeze kim. and that s a really interesting point. on the whole progress, though, point, bruce, the president saying that he thinks they re making a lot of groegs, what would that progress be? do you see progress? i we have to distinguish between whether he means progress on enhancing the international pressure on north korea or whether he is defining progress as some indication that kim jong-un is more willing to come to the table in a meaningful way. i think we have seen a lot really during the
london as police struggle to take back control of their streets. now americans are being urged to use caution when traveling around the city. good morning again. i m carol costello. three members of the congressional super committee have been chosen. nine more to go. there are 12. they will have 90 days to come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. the selections and reaction to them on this american morning. all right. good morning, it is wednesday august 10th. ali is off today after working i think 15 or 16 straight days covering the markets and all that. more on the markets and the economy in just a moment. you seem a little short today. i know. i have a high chair. i think so. i like that. you re taller than i am, carol. good morning. i m carol costello. actually we have to talk about this first, london is burning a fourth night of looting and violence in the streets, parts of london resemble a war zone with burned out buildings and destruction. 16,000