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>> hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and all around the, world im rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, the window for miracles is closing in turkey and syrias quake zone, as search and rescue efforts will soon become a recovery mission. plus, -- >> this is a blue collar -- to rebuild america. >> after the state of the union address, president biden takes this economic message on the road, and later, a massive military parade in north korea that highlig...

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Gillian: you had in the national review, a poignant message for the president, you said, quote, dear president trump, china is playing you. can you unpack that for us a little bit? >> it was the washington examiner. gillian: im sorry. >> used to be national review. no worries. the main take away is that if you look at what president trumps relationship, he obviously has a close personal relationship with xi jinping, the chinese leader, but at the moment it seems one-sided that china pledges to d...

Youve been to north korea more than john and i have. have you ever been there? >> i have not. ive been to the dmz. >> tell me how it was different this trip for you? what you inferred from the behavior and the comments, and i think you were there after the u.n. speech where the president was so harsh? >> this time it was really different than previous trips. there is a mobilization for war that i had not seen before. all around pyongyang, the capitol, there are billboards showing nuclear missile...

Do. >> reporter: now, of course, thats his concern, that he wants something done right away. he said that hes concerned about these u.s./south korean military drills which start at the end of this month. we just heard today that thats going to start on february 24th. because he said if tensions escalate on the korean peninsula, then he could be stuck for another several months. and he said if that is the case, he is convinced he will be back in hospital. so, certainly, he will be hoping that thi...

Indra petersons is tracking the storm for us. >> welcome back to "early start," everyone. im deborah feyerick in for christine romans. >> and im john berman, in for me. it is 30 minutes past the hour right now. and this morning, an american held for more than a year in north korea is speaking out. kenneth bae insisting that he hasnt lost hope. a former u.s. ambassador is now on the ground in pyongyang as his family steps up its efforts to try and bring him home. paula hancocks is live in seoul...

Touch down on the same day that we heard from a swedish embassy official just last week that they were hoping robert king, the u.s. ambassador, might be going on monday, today, into pyongyang. so, it would be a coincidence if its not connected. >> all right, paula hancocks, thank you so much for us today. >> 34 minutes after the hour right now. today, many same-sex couples will gain new benefits from the federal government. attorney general eric holder is set to formally give legally married s...