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Cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what are you hearing? >> good morning, kate. a mysterious explosion indeed in northern russia in the arctic region last week. u.s. officials so far are not saying anything publicly about it. we talked to norwegian nuclear authorities a short time ago. they told us that the russians did tell them this explosion did have a small release of radiation they believed. but even those reports are very conflicting out of russia. apparently upwards of fiv...

Territory and shut down communications neighboring pakistan which also claims kashmir has warned indias actions could lead to war. at least 95 people have been wounded by a car bombing in the afghan capital kabul the attack was claimed by the taliban and comes to start a group holds peace talks with the u.s. to withdraw its troops from afghanistan a un report says that north korean cyber experts have circumvented sanctions to raise $2000000000.00 for the countrys weapons programs or for ledges n...

Weapons programs. state department correspondent rich edson has the latest tonight. >> north korea testfired a new type of short range ballistic missile, punctuating the security threat the kim regime still poses. >> we urge no more provocations and that all parties should abide by our obligations under u.n. security council resolutions. >> the trump administration is trying to resume negotiations and while it does, officials say the severe sanctions against north korea will remain until kim jon...

Mike pompeo, demanded the united states change its negotiation position, and offer north korea sanctions relief. the u.s. has said sanctions will remain until north korea dismantles its weapons programs. last month, president trump unexpectedly invited tim to meet him in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea. the two leaders agreed to resume discussions between officials. there has been difficulty getting the talks moving. in february, president trump and kim jong un failed to rea...

Warren asked if he would repeat a pledge he made during his army secretary confirmation process to avoid dealing with them for two years. >> if you are confirmed, will you do the same, and commit to extending your recusal from any and all matters involving rep jan for the duration of your tenure as secretary of defense? >> on the advice of my ethics folks at the pentagon, career professionals, no, the recommendation is not to. >> bret: senator warren, by the way, received nearly $9,000 from rayt...

Koreans want to get, this kind of international standing. in the meantime we have gotten very little from the north koreans. what bothers me is the lack of organization. what are we actually proposing to them? what do we want to see? there was a piece the other day in the press how the trump administration is now talking about some kind of freeze. you dont have to go to singapore or hanoi or the dmz to get a freeze in weapons programs. what that would really mean is weve accepted north korea as ...

I appreciate that. we will stay in the region. fresh off the visit to north korea, new reports this morning of cracks inside the trump administration when it comes to dealing with kim jong-un. some officials are considering a freeze as a first step toward a more comprehensive agreement for kim to give up his entire nuclear program. john bolton insisted north koreans give up the whole thing altogether and give up their arsenal of warheads before getting any kind of rewards. betsy with "the daily ...

Negotiations, one that would freeze instead of eliminate north koreas weapons program. national security adviser john bolton tweeted, i read this "new york times" story with curiosity. neither the staff nor i have discussed any desire to settle for a nuclear freeze by north korea. this was a reprehensible attempt by someone to box in the president. there should be consequences. while north koreas weapons programs are largely intact, kim jong-un has adhered to his commitment to halt ballistic mis...

Democrats say the administration needs to show more results than that. >> i have no problem with him sitting down with kim jong-un in north korea or anyplace else. but i dont want it to be a photo opportunity. the whole worlds media was attracted there what will happen tomorrow or the next day? >> secretary of state mike pompeo says steve beagan, the representative for the u.s. for north korea will still lead the negotiations. the kruk of this and what is driving this has been the personal relat...

The u.s. special representative for north korea will still lead the u.s. team discussions. while north koreas weapons programs are mostly intact, chairman kim has adhered to his commitment to suspend ballistic missile testing and nuclear testing as well. >> bill: thank you. it waiting for more reaction on that when we get it. >> sandra: so, will it help them in 2020? lets bring in caitlin owens. will it help? >> it depends on who youre asking, i think. president trump is most likely hoping that ...