but said he is still open to talks. ~ , ., talks. my government will resond talks. my government will respond firmly talks. my government will respond firmly to - talks. my government will- respond firmly to provocations. and at the same time, we will keep the door open for dialogue for north korea s denuclearisation. ., ,, ., denuclearisation. congressman mike lawlor. denuclearisation. congressman mike lawlor, who denuclearisation. congressman mike lawlor, who visited - denuclearisation. congressman mike lawlor, who visited southj mike lawlor, who visited south korea this month, says the us needs to take any security threat seriously. we needs to take any security threat seriously. needs to take any security threat seriously. we need to continue threat seriously. we need to continue to threat seriously. we need to continue to have threat seriously. we need to continue to have peace - threat seriously. we need to i continue to have peace through strength. and the only way
other legal fronts federally that someone like pence or a member of his white house staff should not be able to testify because of what he is citing as, asserting, as executive privilege which means that any presidential conversation should not be part of an investigation because it lives investigation because it lives in this legal zone called privilege, where it s somewhat private and not entirely open to scrutiny or investigation, but judges to scrutiny or investigation, butjudges have repeatedly ruled whether it is on pence or other witnesses that because a crime may have been committed in and around january six, that executive privilege is effectively waived, taken off the table. they ve told trump s lawyers again and again you can continue to assert executive privilege but we will not accept it. privilege but we will not accept it accept it. thank you for “oininr accept it. thank you for joining us accept it. thank you for joining us on accept it. thank you for joining us
live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. both sides in the conflict in sudan agree to extend a ceasefire for another three days, despite reports of heavy fighting in the capital khartoum. south korea s president yoon urges us congress to stand with seoul in the face of an increasing north korea nuclear threat. and the biden administration announces new plans to curb illegal migration at the border. hello, i m sumi somaskanda in washington. in sudan, rival military groups say they have agreed to extend a fragile ceasefire for another three days. the sudanese army and
security threat seriously. we need to continue to have peace through strength, and the only way to do that is to have these strong alliances. and, yes, you know, they continue to provocate but if we are going to fully deter, there needs to stronger economic ties and military ties in the region. signs of those historic ties still visible in the us capital. yoon played a tribute to korean war veterans and thanked the us for its support over their 70 year partnership, which began in the wake of world war ii. south korea and the us formed the alliance in the aftermath of world war ii. in 1950, the two sides fought together, fighting off attacks from the north. many koreans died.
of north korea s aggression. bbc s carl nasman has been covering the south korean president s visit in the us. carl, it s good to see you. what do you think this tosses about the relationship between washington and seoul? this alliance of washington and seoul? this alliance of course washington and seoul? ti 3 alliance of course goes back several decades and that relationship and that has been on full display over the past few days in washington, dc but they have also been some signs that there have been some question marks hanging over the future of this partnership. its, future of this partnership. a historic speech to a packed bipartisan chamber. find historic speech to a packed bipartisan chamber. and open new era of bipartisan chamber. and open new era of the alliance. - bipartisan chamber. and open new era of the alliance. it s i new era of the alliance. it s the first new era of the alliance. it s the first speech new era of the alliance. it s the first speech by - ne