the korean peninsula is close -- more closely aligned with that of washington than pyongyang's. listen to what he had to say. >> i'm very hopeful in the day as head we will work -- we are going to work because we've agreed to very closely with china to try to change this dynamic from the past and not simply keep repeating this, you know, year to year. >> reporter: that's essential, you know, to try to get off the nickel. we've been through it so many times. china doesn't want a nuclearized peninsula and kerry says the united states doesn't either. the u.s. and china very much on the same page on that one, brooke. >> okay, jim clancy, we appreciate it so much from seoul. thank you. so the secretary of state john kerry, he will be making a special stop on the way back to washington from his asian tour. cnn's learned mr. kerry will stop in chicago to visit ann