kristin: elate an explosion and fire destroyed a multi-story apartment building in germany injuring 25 people. four of them severely. the explosion was so strong that it destroyed the attic in the top three floors of the building. following president trump summit with north korean tater kim jong un in singapore. anti-u.s. propaganda is reportedly being removed from high profile locations in north korea. there s also been a suspension of military training exercises in south korea following the president s promise of such. author of the book nuclear showdown and gordon chang joins us now. nice to see you as always, sir. we understand there s been about
theft, concerns there. it s not going to be through tariffs. we re going to end up hurting ourselves more than we actually end up hurting china at all by thinking about tariff as the solution to the problem all leland: all right, chad, it was nice to see you. thanks for your expertise. kristin: 100 coffins have been moved to the dmz to collect the remains of u.s. soldiers killed during the korean war, that began more than 50 years ago. the returning of the remains is a sign of good faith from the north korean regime following u.s. suspension of military training exercises in south korea after the trump/kim summit earlier this month in singapore. the pentagon called the joint exercises with south korea defensive in nature while the president called them provocative during the singapore summit, agreeing with kim jong un. leland: coming up, crews surveying the damage left behind after severe flooding sent hound dreads running from their homes in texas.
military training exercises, war games he called them. what was the reaction in south korea? oh, the south korean defense minute city quickly put a statement out saying we have to know what president trump meant when he said that. they had no clue this was something? it didn t sound like that. that was strike because the south korean have been working very closely with the u.s. government and with the japanese, for example. it did look like it caught them offguard and highlights how deep the cooperation is between south korea and the u.s. the u.s. has 30,000 forces on the ground there and they work so closely together and this is cooperation that goes back to the 1950s, the korean war. in light of what you just said that they didn t seem to know that that was coming and in light of what we know today the president is going to have a conversation. we think. on the phone, we think, with kim jong-un. how is south korea feeling about the way this is panning out thus
ago. he didn t brief reporters on the flight, we understand. he will be meeting with president moon, south korea s president, tomorrow morning, thursday morning here. he will also meet the foreign minister of south korea and the expected to update them. the latest we have from the south koreans about the issue and confusion about president trump s statement about ending those joint military training exercises is that they would like to get some clarity,e to knowsely what president trump means. they re also indicating a willingness to work with how the united states plans to move forward with the relationship with north korea because they believe it s fundamental to their peace and security. perhaps we ll hear more from secretary pompeo after he s had a chance to brief his counterparts here and the president here tomorrow. dave? for those wondering what was on television during the summit in north korea, it was a musical about mining, of course.
undoubtedly the opportunity to share enlightenment about the picture and military training exercises, the u.s. forces deal with south korean forces and hugely important for the preparedness and the level of readiness and they need to be ready to fight tonight is what they is the level that they re at because of the potential, immediate threat from north korea. so tomorrow fortary po the tougher meetings, meeting with president moon jae-in of south korea. after that, he s expected to meet with south korean foreign minister and japan s foreign minister, as well because not forgetting japan has a stake in all o this, as well and they re concerned about the regional security and they re concerned about north korea and they re concerned with the potential for a change in the u.s. strategy here and the diplomatic leg work that might have gone on before such an event like the summit yesterday. that s going to get perhaps more