tests. the journalists will be allowed to inspect with the experts and watch the destruction and dismantling of the site and the president thinks kim jong-un is sincere. kim jong-un, who has been very open and very straightforward so far, i can only say again so far, but he s talking about getting rid of the site, which was the big site. he s talking about no research, no launching of ballistic missiles. no nuclear testing. and he has lived up to that for a long period of time. reporter: here in seoul, president moon raised eyebrows when he said that president trump deserves the nobel peace prize for his role in bring about the talks and that would make people here on the ground say it is president moon who deserves that prize but he continues to praise and flatter the president. the president responds well to that and stays engaged. that is his strategy all along here. will ripley in seoul, south korea. meet the ex-con and accused
as i said they ll walk out when they walk out and you ll hear what they have to say. what this announcement is that the president of the united states felt was so momentous he needed to jump into the briefing room and tell the a press all of a sudden live announcement at 7:00 eastern. begin our coverage with jim acosta at the white house. will ripley in seoul, south korea. jim let me start with you. stunning things in terms of the theater or lack there of, then you have kim jong-un inviting trump to a meeting. reporter: that s right, erin. welcome to our world at the white house. things are changing a mile a minute. and you are right, what we do expect to see in a few moments here is the leader of the south korean delegation, he will be coming to the microphones out here, we suspect without any other u.s. firms mainly because that s the guidance from the white house. but keep in mind, erin, the president liked to break the news earlier this afternoon.
a round trip ticket to seoul from new york or l.a. is almost $1,000. you have to add on train tickets and hotel prices, food, more. the folks at wallet hub estimate the average person will spend $4,600 for a week in pyeongchang. overall, travel is up 24% but experts say it is typically much higher for a major sporting event. in our world lead for the first time ever, a member of kim jong-un s family will go to south korea. his sister will be there to watch the opening ceremonies. the announcement coming hours after vice president pence pledged the u.s. would unleash the toughest round of sanctions yet against north korea. i want to bring in will ripley in seoul. friday night all eyes will be on the delegation in south korea. i understand you have some breaking news on north korea s diplomatic situation. reporter: that s right. i m speaking with diplomatic sources who say don t be fooled by the fact jong jon s sister
statements and assessments so as not to undermine such a fragile chance for some more or less stable political process. accordingly statements of a threatening nature, signals, even if not from officials but politicians, still have an impact on the situation. obviously referring in part to president trump s fiery tweets which have added fuel to the fire here on the korean peninsula. the big question moving forward, john and poppy, after they get the olympics out of the way, will there be further talks and talk about other bigger issues, the biggest, of course, north korea s nuclear program. yeah. will ripley in seoul, thank for the reporting. other news in hours the united nations will hold an emergency skecurity council meeting on a meeting in iran. this was requested by the united states and nikki haley praised the anti-government protesters. this is coming during the third day of government protests under way right now. michele kosinski joins us from washington with more. what
and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i ll drive it every day of the week. together, we re building a better california. all right. new this morning president trump going after china s efforts to rein in north korea. the president writes, the chinese envoy who just returned from north korea seems to have had no impact on little rocket man. hard to believe his people and the military put up with living in such horrible conditions. russia and china condemn the launch. these comments come after north korea successfully launched a new ballistic missile that is capable of hitting the u.s. mainland. washington, new york, anywhere. cnn correspondent will ripley in seoul, south korea. reporter: john, right now we re waiting for the north korean response to all of the developments that are happening over the past 24 hours including the tweet from president trump