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States. >> this has been your complaint for five, six, seven years, we have been too singularly focused on the middle east. there was never a shift to asia. >> no. the rhetoric of the shift, so-called rebalancing or pivot didnt really happen. trump administration hurt itself by not going through with trans-pacific partnership trade deal with you going ahead with diplomacy and, two, greater military emphasis. this is a backdrop to some kind of negotiation in beijing, pyongyang to do something wit...

The currency that this country uses to develop their nuclear weapons. but the official i was talking to said their missile program and nuclear program would be the last dithing that they cut evenf sanctions are imposed here. and when youre walking on the streets, its surreal because just today hundreds of people including foreigners from europe and all over the world were here for the pyongyang marathon, running, smiling, high-fiving with locals cheering them on. so that is happening on the stre...

Leader kim jong-un is an intercontinental ballistic missile were a nuclear warhead capable of striking the mainland u.s. animal cysts say this country is ready to push the button on its sixth nuclear test at any moment. they provide valuable scientific knowledge and valuable propaganda for the north korean leader inside this country and also to project power to the outside world. we dont know whats going to happen on the ground here but officials say even if china were to, for example, enforce s...

Focused on russia, focused on the assad regime. this is all while the trump administration is trying to get china to pressure north korea to halt its weapons development program, its nuclear program, its missile program. a couple of days ago north korea launched another missile. this is all about on one hand getting russia to pressure the assad regime, and on the other hand getting china to pressure its ally north korea. its two ends of the globe here. aggression continues on both sides. >> than...

Few hours, how does this play into that conversation? >> it sets the table and an interesting way. dont forget one of the big issues he wanted to talk to the premier of china about was this issue of north korea and what it is doing in terms of its nuclear weapons program and its missile program, saying he was going to lean on xi to use chinas influence against the leader of north korea appeared he said in an interview with "the financial times" last week that if china did not come to the table a...

Getting them. usually we have to paraphrase but just 27 words in that statement. dr. pet are leiton joins us live from brisbane, australia. hes a visiting fellow. good morning. good evening to you halfway around the world for us. mobile launchers with solid fuel. that is the concern of military experts who have been watching carefully the development of this program. its missile program. how concerning is that to you? >> certainly very much so. the mobile rockets are one thing. however, on t...

Afoot? >> reporter: look, north korea is all-in when it comes to the missile program and nuclear program. every time i go into the country, i hear the same thing. they believe they have the right to be recognized as a nuclear state. they will do that at any cost. despite international saknction, the last to be put are the nuclear programs. the two big issues next week. this could be the opening act. the legislative gathering. the supreme peoples assembly. on saturday, the biggest holiday of the ...

>> in 30 seconds or less, what is the danger of the talks going on at mar-a-lago this weekend? >> the danger is that you have some kind of miscalculation that the north koreans lash out or trump orders some kind of rash military action which sets of a big war in the peninsula. at mar-a-lago, this will be a key topic of conversation. trump will be urging the chinese to pressure north korea to try to get them to dial back their nuclear program, their missile program. its just not that simple. the ...

Of more than $80 million from an american bank, money which could be funneled into kim jong-uns missile program. brian todd is looking into all of these important developments for us. brian, what are you learning? >> disturbing news tonight on both of those fronts. u.n. officials telling cnns barbara starr, kim jong-uns regime conducted another missile engine test on friday. this is the third engine test theyve done in recent weeks. the u.s. is now trying to determine whether the engine that was...

Ill be interviewing him live. thats come up. also, investigators are probing the brazen cyber theft of more than $80 million from an american bank, and authorities strongly suspect north korea was behind it. does kim jong-un have a new tool for funding his very ambitious missile program? hello, im an idaho potato farmer and i finally found our big idaho potato truck. its been touring the country telling folks about our heart healthy idaho potatoes, americas favorite potatoes, and donating to loc...