Fastsigns. Make your statement. The pentagon says it is concerned that north korea is weighing providing arms and Military Equipment to russia as it appears that kim jong un is on this armored train. As you see there, bound for russia to meet Vladimir Putin. South korean Government Official tells cnn that kim is believed to be traveling to the eastern russian city of vladivostok. The u. S. Says there have been alarming signs of a growing cooperation between the two countries. Russias Defense Minister visited pyongyang in july in an effort to buy Artillery Ammunition for the war in ukraine. U. S. Officials tell us there are major worries about what north korea could then ask for in return, and that pyongyang wants technical help, not just for its satellites but also nuclearpowered submarines. Cnn Senior International correspondent will ripley joins us now from taipei. Kremlin spokesman has just given some details on this trip. I wonder, what does the kremlin say . What does the u. S. Believe about what russia is asking from ukraine and what it expects to give in return . Reporter the kremlin isnt saying much, jim, and for obvious reasons. If Vladimir Putin actually has to go to kim jong un of north korea, a global pariah no longer standing on his own because putins right there in the same boat after his unprovoked war in ukraine, and essentially, putin ask kim for weapons, the Russian Military being exposed for its battlefield deficiencies, needing things like ammunition, that north korea is sitting on a huge pile of, and of course, russia has Ballistic Missile knowledge, decades of Institutional Knowledge and knowhow that kim wants as he continues to grow and develop his own nuclear program. Kim jong un not only continues to build up this legitimacy, if you will, sitting down with major global figures. Of course, this all began, as you know, jim, with the former president , donald trump, even that though diplomatic effort fell apart. Kim jong un learned his lessons and now he is riding on the exact same train that he road to hanoi, vietnam, and hes heading to russia under very different circumstances, potentially securing a valuable deal with russia. They get cash for those weapons, cash that north korea needs and perhaps even more valuable, they get information and technology to continue to perfect these intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that theyre testing at a dizzying clip, jim. Not unlike russias appeal for help from iran as well from those drones. Will ripley, thank you so much. Brianna . Lets talk about this now with david singer with us. What does this signal to you that russia is hitting up north korea for weapons to fuel the war in ukraine . Well, a few things, brianna. The first as jim just suggested is theyre shopping around. Theyve been to iran for drones. Now to north korea for artillery. The second thing it suggests is that kim jong un, whos been pretty well isolated, Biden Administration hasnt spoken to him at all, has now suddenly found a way to be important again. He had a Brief Moment In The Sun with donald trump. Youll remember that President Trump said at the time that he had struck agreements that would result in north korea beginning to give up its nuclear arms, and some of its missiles. They not only didnt give up a single missile or a single nuclear weapon. They have added to their arsenal. And now, suddenly, china and russia, which had aided the effort to try to contain north korea in past years, have basically pulled back, and the russians are making them relevant again. And not only are they making them relevant, they make them a little bit less poor, provide them with oil, and one of the things that kim really needs is a way to bolster his missile program. How does it make russia look . How does it make Vladimir Putin look, and how does this make how much russia can depend on china apparent . Well, russia has come to the conclusion that chinas with them with everything except what they need the most, which is arms. We believe the chinese are sending technology. We believe that they are doing things that help russia along, but they are not doing anything that the russians providing anything that the russians can shoot at the ukrainians. North koreas got a big stock of arms that is useful for that. And the russians probably think, not without reason, that there is some justice in this, because the United States arranged, quietly, to get 650,000 rounds of artillery to ukraine from south korea. They had to do it through a complex swap mechanism, but they did it. So, what were discovering is that the way the Korean Peninsula armed up on both sides with artillery for a future war if there ever was one between north and south, is actually exactly the kind of arms ukraine needs. When the u. S. Is warning north korea on this, you have Jake Sullivan saying to pyongyang that it would pay a price if they do this. What can the u. S. Really do . Its a really hard question. We have had a lot of things we have said the north koreans would pay a price to do. There arent many sanctions left on north korea. I mean, this is a country that the United States has been issuing sanctions for since the mid1950s. Not a whole lot left. There are some military steps that the u. S. Could do to bolster the relationship with south korea, but already, the u. S. Has invited south korea into their nuclear consultation group. In other words, the group that looks at how and when you might have to use Nuclear Weapons on the Korean Peninsula if the south was attacked. They already run military exercises with south korea. Unless were willing to actually interdict these ships at sea, i dont really see a very high price that the u. S. Can make north korea pay. David singer, always great to talk to you. Thank you so much. Boris . This just in. Important information for all of us. The fda just approved an updated Covid Booster one day ahead of tomorrows cdc meeting of the vaccine advisory committee. Lets get right to cnn medical correspondent meg terrelle. What needs to happen before this booster goes public . Boris, the fda and cdc both need to sign off before people can start getting their updated Covid Vaccines and cdcs group of outside advisors meets tomorrow to make specific clinical recommendations for who should get this updated shot and then the cdc director is expected to sign off pretty quickly after that and then these vaccines could start going out really within the coming days, in pharmacies and other health care settings. Some things to know about this updated Covid Booster. Its been cleared for people ages 6 months and older. For people who are at least 5 years old, the recommendation is wait at least two months from your previous Covid Vaccine shot. For people under 5, it depends on how many vaccines you have had and when you got them. This targets a strain of the virus known as xbb. 1. 5 which is one of the recently circulating strains, and the fda cleared vaccines from pfizer and is moderna, which are both mrna vaccines. Theres a third maker, novavax, which is expected to be cleared in september. That would offer a different technology. And boris, this approval comes as we are in a bit of an uptick of covid cases right now. Hospitalizations are about 16 higher in the most recent week for covid. This is really an uptick that began in early july, and were still in it right now. And so, were going to see what the cdc advisors say tomorrow about who specifically should go out and get their boosters, but this has been cleared for everybody over 6 months of age. Boris . Good idea to stay up to date, especially with winter on the way. Meg tirrell, thank you so much. An escaped killer now 12 days on the run. Police in pennsylvania explaining why he was able to slip past their perimeter over the weekend or at least tried to. Plus an ongoing rescue operation, an Ailing American trapped for days in a turkish cave. Rescue teams now say he could be out in the coming hours. Later, a war game to study how a conflict between china and taiwan could impact the global economy. That and much more ahead on cnn news central. Y for what you need. Thats my boy. Stay off the f freeways only pay for what yoyou need. Libiberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Pano ai chooses tmomobile for business for 5g solutions. 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Now, the search area for the killer has expanded by many miles beyond the Chester County prison he crabwalked out of 12 days ago, and he has, we can tell from new images, changed his appearance. Shaving his beard, wearing new clothes. A native of brazil, he was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his exgirlfriend 38 times. The state police also revealed that his sister is now headed for deportation. The sister is an overstay, and she chose not to assist, and because of being in an overstay status, she has been entered into a Deportation Proceeding and is being detained at this time. Did she help him . She chose not to you wanted her to help you, she did not . She has not assisted. Well, they got her, they can get him. Cnns Danny Freeman was at the News Conference that ended just a short time ago, and danny, do they have any idea where he is . I mean, he broke through what they said they were confident was the perimeter he was inside of, and clearly, that wasnt true. So, what is their level of confidence now . They know at least the general area that he is in. Reporter you know, listen, jim, ive been covering this story basically since this man broke out of jail, and that level of confidence, i would say, has not wavered publicly, but if you look at the perimeter and just how this search has grown and grown and grown, i think that tells the story of, you know, the reality of the story of where Police Believe he is. It started out as a twomile radius just south of the Chester County prison, only a few miles away from us right now. Now were at the time where there is no perimeter. Police are saying, we believe that he is in pennsylvania. We believe he is still in Chester County, but the reason, at least publicly, theyre saying they believe those two things is because they have no evidence to suggest yet that he has left. But make no mistake, the last sighting of him that has been confirmed was back on Saturday Night when they caught him on that Ring Doorbell camera and that was after he broke out of the near to here, near to the Command Post Perimeter that had been established for many days. He was caught on that Ring Doorbell camera after he stole a dairy farm delivery van, drove it more than 20 miles away from h here to the phoenixville area and then he was trying to solicit help from other acquaintances of his. Interesting new bit of information we learned from this press conference. The police say these were not friends of his. These were not people that have been in regular conversation. They said its been quite a few years and they say that they, meaning police, say that means hes getting desperate. He is not able to reach Close Friends or close acquaintances. He has to reach out to acquaintances from years ago. But jim, i want you to take a listen to what the lieutenant colonel, george bivens, whos been leading this investigation of state police, what he said about why he believes cavalcante is still in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. I have no reason to believe that he is not. I dont believe he has the resources to get out of pennsylvania. And again, other pieces of information that we have generated within this Investigation Lead me to believe that he is still here. Reporter and last thing ill say, jim, is that the u. S. Marshal service now says theyre playing the long game, but they do say that the advantage was cavalcante in the woods. They pushed him out. They feel like the advantage has now shifted to Law Enforcement. We shall see. Its day 12. Jim . Certainly would appear he has the advantage. Hes still on the run. Danny freeman, Chester County, pennsylvania, thank you so much. Boris . A race to save an american man trapped in a cave in turkey may have just entered its final stage. This is new video of that rescue under way. Rescuers believe he could be out of the cave within the next few hours. Remember, 40yearold mark dickey fell ill in the third deepest cave in turkey about a week ago. He was suffering intestinal bleeding. Since then, more than 150 rescuers have been involved in a complex operation to pull him on to a stretcher and bring him to the surface from depths of more than 3,600 feet. Cnns jumana joins us. As were hearing, in the past hour, as of about 2 00 p. M. Eastern time, turkish rescuers and the Turkish Caving Federation are saying that this operation now has entered its final phase. They believe this is the final stage, and mark dickey, they say, is just over 300 feet as of an hour ago from the surface of the cave, and they are hoping that he is going to get out of there in the next few hours, potentially, they say, around 5 00 p. M. Eastern. But we need to keep in mind, of course, this is a very fluid situation. This has been a very complex operation, so things could change. This, of course, operation began on saturday. It is a multinational effort with various Rescue Groups from Different Countries that have been working to get Mark Dickey Out of that cave where he fell ill at about 3,000 feet from the surface, and as you mentioned, this is turkeys third deepest cave. These are very narrow and winding passages, making it very difficult to just putt him on a stretcher and get him out of there. What they did was they divided this rescue into seven different phases. You had the different Rescue Groups from the Different Countries setting up camps at each of these levels at about seven levels, and right now, we understand he got to and has started moving from the last point moving towards the surface, because what they have been doing so far is move, stop, rest, and move again. And what we understand right now is happening, theres no stopping or resting after this. They are going to work on getting him out of there in the next few hours, and boris, as weve heard from mark dickey himself in a Video Statement a couple of days ago, as we have heard from turkish and european Rescue Groups, they say that he is in stable condition. His condition has continued to improve. The bleeding as a result of the Gastrointestinal Bleeding has stopped. Theyre hoping as soon as they get him out of there, theyre going to get him on a chopper and get him straight to a hospital in southern turkey. The home stretch. We appreciate the update, jomana karadsheh. Thank you so much. When we come back, we are live from morocco where Desperate Search And Rescue operations are under way after a devastating earthquake. Stay with cnn news central. I was 5. 6 years of age and i knew i was g going to be a vet. Once alexandra called me to let me