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Every day. they stand here on point. if there is a message to deliver, they go right to that line, the concrete barrier. that is the line with north korea, they yell the message to the north koreans. at which point, they are videotaped. that is the only communication back and forth. >> from that building, we have a hotline. we can see the wire dragged across to north korea. its a ring down phone. it works. we test it four times a day. >> basically, you pick it up, it rings there. >> yes, sir. th...

They stand here on point. if there is a message to deliver, they go right to that line, the concrete barrier. that is the line with north korea, they yell the message to the north koreans. at which point, they are videotaped. that is the only communication back and forth. >> from that building, we have a hotline. we can see the wire dragged across to north korea. its a ring down phone. it works. we test it four times a day. >> basically, you pick it up, it rings there. >> yes, sir. they are not ...

Every day. they stand here on point. if there is a message to deliver, they go right to that line, the concrete barrier. that is the line with north korea, they yell the message to the north koreans. at which point, they are videotaped. that is the only communication back and forth. >> from that building, we have a hotline. we can see the wire dragged across to north korea. its a ring down phone. it works. we test it four times a day. >> basically, you pick it up, it rings there. >> yes, sir. th...

North koreans. at which point they are videotaped. thats the only communication back and forth. >> from that building, we have a hotline. you can kind of see the wire. it is a ring down phone. it works, and we test it four times a day. >> bret: you pick it up and it rings there. >> yes, sir. they are not answering right now. >> we nicknamed it the bat phone. i was talking to a delegation of the state department. i said bat phone. she went back to washington, d.c., and sent us the batman sticker....

>> we have a hotline. it is a ring down phone. it works and we have tested it four times a day. >> you pick it up, it rings there. >> yes, sir. they are not answering right no now. [line ringing] no answer. >> if things are getting better connected between north and south korea, the gap between pyongyang and washington is getting wider. the regime of kim jong un has yet to react to president trumps latest tweet, stating his nuclear button is bigger and stronger than kims. >> translator: we hope ...