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Well, president trump is set to speak any minute now at the conservative political action conference there. and hes expected to announce new sanctions against north korea. this as his daughter ivanka trump is in south korea as part of a diplomatic charm offensive at the winter olympics, wasting no time, eke yochoing the administrations stance on north korea, calling for, quote, maximum pressure. joining me from seoul, will ripley with the latest. will? >> reporter: hi, pamela. ivanka trump wrapp...

Symbolize to all who cross her path the enduring friendship between the united states and australia. there is no closer friendship. today, strengthened by our common values and history were working together to promote our mutual interests. i want to thank the prime minister for serving as a strong voice for peace and stability across the entire endo pacific region. australia is one of our closest partners and our campaign of maximum pressure to denuclearize the korean peninsula. today, we put th...

Say. we dont need to predict what their stance is going to be. its always going to be the same. the nra is a political actor, not a gun safety advocacy organization, theyre a political organization. all you have to do is look at their track record in playing in political campaigns. when they ran ads in the presidential campaign last cycle, they were about benghazi. they werent about guns -- >> im an nra member, a gun owner, i support second amendment rights. i think its important we take into co...

Between the united states and australia. there is no closer friendship. todays strength by our common values working to promote our mutual interests. i want to thank the prime minister for serving as a strong voice for peace and stability across the entire into pacific region. australia is one of our closest partners in our campaign of maximum pressure to denuclearize the korean peninsula. today we put the strongest sanctions on korea that we have ever put on a country. we must continue to stand...

Ceremony. in his words, he didnt think it was proper for the u.s. to give attention to her in that forum and then recounting the horrors of the famine in the regime. back to you. >> dana: lets bring in the south korean chair at the senior brookings institution. i heard you on the global political pod cast. i was so interested in what you had to say. you talk about the unknown. do you think that we know any more after the sisters visit to south korea? >> i think the sisters visit to south korea w...

Undignified he chose to sit when the north koreans came out. the sources have said that vice presidents behavior was unbecoming of a super power. instead of asking like the big brother of the united states he took the low road. when he was flying back on air force ii he would be willing to speak with the united states without preconditions. apparently the united states meaning mike pence had discussions with south koreas president moon jae-in and they basically agreed that moon jae-in wants to e...

At one point, the vice president was feet away from the sister of north korean leader kim jong un. they did not exchangeglance, bu, they may have cracked open a diplomatic door to possible talks between washington and pyongyang. i want to bring in our cnn national security analyst and cnns political analyst, josh rogan. this reporting comes from you, you were on air force 2 with the vice president, you spoke out, and pence told you about north korea, quote, keeping maximum pressure, but if you w...

Different approaches on north korea, that he and president moon are on familiar footing. so there was definitely a show at that hockey game of them sitting side by side chatting, and as we heard, the briefing to reporters on his way back to the u.s. that there is no daylight. because frankly, north korea likes to play a game of divide and conquer, that is what theyre doing right now, by trying to get south korea on its side. but what the allies here need to do, not just the u.s., and south korea...

She is younger, relatively charming, and they say they are leading a charm offensive. as the person to lead this charge. and so she essentially is, was sent there, sent to the meeting to talk to the president, and to tell him that kim jong un wants to talk. what the north koreas zan they c -- gain is they can extend this period of talks. north korea might want economic sanctions lifted as a part of this. north korea has a lot to gain by making this offer without making any concessions. vice pres...

Unification and want to have a peaceful resolution. however, you know, we need to stand firm and this president is going to stand firm that the way to get to a peaceful resolution is by maintaining pressure and his policy of maximum pressure is the correct policy going forward. and the south koreans have to stay on board with that. >> martha: its significant that vice president pence was seated with the south korean president moon and abe from japan. they present a very strong alliance. >> kim j...