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Honor. well at the press conference following those dogs lavished praise on for hints for its help in global challenges including attempts to halt new thin north careers nuclear weapons program we are grateful for frances keep partnership in our campaign of maximum pressure on the north korean regime. as you know i will soon be meeting with kim jong un as we seek a future of peace harmony and security for the whole korean peninsula and in fact for the whole world however in pursuit of peace we w...

Their athletes. on a personal note, it was a real privilege to meet many of our athletes and their families and theyre just as impressive off the field as they are on. in addition, the winter games were very important from a diplomatic. on friday, the united states announced the largest set of new north korea sanctions. companies and countries around the world should know that the trump administration is 100% committed to the permanent denuclearization of the korean peninsula. were watching who ...

Days how precarious his relapse position is and how they are facing attacks on all sides. >> new pressures and tensions today. thank you very much. about that term maximum pressure campaign, trump officials using it to describe their strategies in iran, north korea and the middle east. garrett tenney has a report on it tonight. >> jared kushner is leading a team looking on an israeli-palestinian peace deal but with the move to jerusalem palestines pres. wont accept any deal from the us no matter...

The press secretary said this threat does not come as a surprise. >> this is something we fully expected. the pres. is ready for tough negotiations and if they want to meet we will be ready and if not that will be okay too and we will continue with the campaign of maximum pressure but the pres. will be ready. >> north korean officials cited ongoing joint military drills between the us and south korea as part of the reason they were reconsidering. they didnt like something john bolton said on fox...

Ceremonies led by ivanka trump, the entire country is very proud of our athletes. not only did they perform well in their events, they did it with extraordinary class and sportsmanship. on a personal note, it was a real privilege to meet many of our athletes and their families and they are just as impressive off the field as they are on. in addition to the athletic competition, these winter games were also important from a diplomatic perspective. on friday, the united states announced the larges...

North korea. so affirming the u.s. position and our joint position of maximum pressure with our south korean partners is very important. >> reporter: after kim jong-uns sister attended the olympics opening ceremony, local media called her north koreas ivanka. is that a fair comparison? >> i dont think so. i would far prefer to be compared to my sisters here in south korea who are thriving in this incredible democracy. >> now, there is also white house response to that -- the president of south k...

So its difficult to see where the momentum is going to be. but certainly thats something south korea needs to work on. as for the united states, ivanka trump has just left south korea this monday morning local time. and she did talk a little bit about north korea. >> we are 50 miles away from north korea. so affirming the u.s. position and our joint position of maximum pressure with our south korean partners is very important. >> there was also white house response to north korea telling the sou...

Her arrival. well get a chance to ask her for the first time in public questions about where we go from here with this announcement last night that the president has agreed to meet with kim jong-un, a time and place yet to be determined. one of the big questions arising out of this, is kim jong-un really serious about ending his nuclear program, denuclearizing the korean peninsula or is he making a play for time to get his program completed. the president at least on the surface cautiously optim...

Agreement reached. meeting being planned. we talked to the south korean minister and he said the presidents program of maximum pressure is responsible for getting to this point. rex tillerson saying things turned around very quickly with kim jong-un in just the last week or so. listen here. >> what changed was his posture in a very dramatic way that in all honesty was a surprise to us as well. he was so forward leaning. >> many people are still very skeptical this will lead anywhere. senator mar...

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