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>> what we have seen one by one in various committees, initially there was bipartisan commitments to have an investigation to get to the bottom of things and we saw that in early january and february, and one by one they have fallen apart. that means the investigation may be coming to a close soon. you know, really the last man standing here is the ssci, and they continue to sort of try their best to maintain that sort of partisan cooperation in a sense of hey, look, our job is to get to the bot...

Expects to send two figure skaters to compete in next months games being held in south korea. it, of course, comes a day after north korea announced it would hold talks with the south for the first time in more than two years. on tuesday, enjoys for both countries will meet in this room near the demilitarized zone to discuss the olympics and work on the relationship. >> meantime, the united states is reaffirming its commitments to defend south korea against any threat from north korea. thats the...

Giving billions of energy subsidies allowing north korea to keep their nuclear fuel rods and then goes on tv and tells you this is a great deal for the american people. what a lie that was. take a look. >> this is a good deal for the united states. north korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. south korea and our other allies will be better protected. the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. south korea with support from japan and other nations w...

Father, kim jong il, and giving north korea billions in energy subsidies, allowing north korea to keep their nuclear fuel rods and then goes on tv and tells you, "its a great deal for the american people." what a lie that was. take a look. >> this is a good deal for the united states. north korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. south korea and i were other allies will be better protected. the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. south korea, wi...

A green technology. how are you trying to make this transition in your country. as opposed to say members will put it i think it involves political commitments at the highest levels of us the president of cooking afonso was very involved in the green transition to renewables and the green economy. today no matter what they say but kenya still has the highest electricity costs in the region and now the rate of energy coverage in the country is still very low the dividend was. good we dont have ma...

South korea, with support of other nations, will bear most of the cost with providing north korea with fuel to make up for the nuclear energy it is losing. and they will pay for an alternative power system for north korea that will allow them to produce electricity while making it much harder for them to produce nuclear weapons. the united states andns international inspectors will carefully monitor north korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. only as it does so will north korea fully join...

Further into the influence of our greatest adversaries. i think in this instance we ought to be very careful about how we deal with pakistan because the fact is that pakistan, india, they are critical to stability in that region. and i understand the difficulty in getting pakistan to do what it should be doing in terms of trying to prevent terrorists from going across that border. i dealt with it and others have dealt with it. but i think to simply cut off security assistance, without at least t...

Tensions but not because of the actions of the north per se. south korean have been living with that reality for decades. but because of the concern about whether or not president trump and the new south korean president moon is on the same page. whether u.s. has same commitments and whether the u.s. could be marching south korea towards a war that no one on the pen peninsula wants. with these talks, father with risk, i worry that president trumps tweets actually risks playing further into kim j...

Possibility. if north korea was involved in the games at south korea, i believe thats a positive for south korea. the relationship with the united states cant get much worse. >> im talking about with south korea. >> no. i dont. i think right now i think weve got a good working relationship with them. i dont know what the relationship is between the two leaders, but i can tell you within the military organizations and so forth, we have very good working relationships. we get along. we train toget...

Economic risks on the road ahead, whether its the debt or an aging population they have to support. these are obstacles to overcome if they want to be able to maintain the present course. all of that being said -- and ive spent years arguing in a sense against assuming that china is necessarily going to become this sort of an uneasy path to superpower status. but something has moved in the world today. and power is a relative fact. chinas power is also governed partly by the global perception of...