leverage in the denuclearization process because at some point they are going to have to give the united states a list. will they disclose this facility. we don t know the answer to that. but certainly the united states knows that it exists and is that one factor that will be playing into the talks as they move closer to this planned second summit that is supposed to happen at the end of february, the likely location vietnam. will, thanks. we ll be following that closely. the u.s. expected to make a formal request for the did x. tradition of because boy ohuawe ambassador. and saying this is a legal matter and not a clip in a trade dispute. a spokesperson from canada says it hasn t received the full extradition request. deadline for filing is january 35. dump urging china to stop
breaking overnight, u.s. citizen paul whelan making an appearance in a moscow courtroom, he faces up to 20 years on espionage charges. they claim he had information on him that was considered a state secret. today the judge will be reviewing the justification for whel whelan s arrest. the defense is asking for whelan to be released on bail. we ll bring you more throughout the morning with updates on all of that. as the u.s. formalizes plans for another summit between trump and kim jung-un, the think tank claims an undeclared missile base may be operating inside north korea. win ripl will ripley is live for us. has this base been known about by at least u.s. intelligence? reporter: it has. and chinese intelligence and
about 15 minute, but essentially this is a pretrial bail hearing, trying to get out on bail until his actual trial begins. not massive hope of that actually happening, but his lawyer saying cases like this one, it is almost impossible for defendants to actually receive bail. but we do expect that we ll at least hear when the decision is announced about actually the first time that we ll see paul whelan since he has actually been are arre been arrested. we ll obviously keep you posted as well the moment that we hear something from inside that courtroom. thanks, fred. we ll check back with you in a bit. as the u.s. formalizes plans for another summit between kim jung-un and the think tank, the center for strategic and international studies claims an undeclared missile base may be operating inside north korea.
south korean intelligence. they have access to a lot more data than we do in the private sector. however this analysis think tank, they have put out this report indicating that this secret base that they say is operating at sino-ri is one of 20 secret bases around the country. these reports have come out periodically ever since the june 12th summit in singapore when president trump and kim jung-un signed that vague agreement to work toward complete denuclearization, an agreement that never indicated that north korea to it is close its top secret military facilities. and by the way lots of other countries have top secret military facilities as well. but you do wonder if the north koreans are genuine in their willingness to close all these things down. the fact that they are still upgrading and expanding some analysts feel president trump was hoodwinked. however the u.s. is aware of all this, they have gone into talks aware of all this, some accusing
and you re depending on those stock values to fuel your retirement account, you re living in the middle class, this is a perilous time. troublesome indeed. as we have been having this conversation, we ve seen the markets tick down a bit. so perhaps we should stop talking about it for just a smidge. costello s fault! congressman, don t go anywhere, i want you to come back. our other big story of the day, president trump back in washington after the surprise trip to iraq after defending his decision to withdraw forces from syria. also spent some time criticizing democrats in front of the troops. and new clues about a mystery case involving special counsel robert mueller that is now reaching the supreme court. first though, time magazine looking back at 2018 with its top photos of the year. and this picture is of that historic june 12th summit in singapore between president trump and north korea s kim jong-un who he previously