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FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting May 15, 2018

Day in four states, including pennsylvania. A potential make or break spot for democrats trying to take control of congress. Plus a passenger jet copilot sucked halfway out a window in mid flight. Lets get to it. Breaking news, Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news deck. Shepard President Trumps summit with kim jong un may not happen. Why . You cant trust the North Koreans. This is not new information. North koreans cant say what they want, worship as they want, congress grey gait were and when they want ever. North korean human rights vials are as deplorable as anything on the planet. The government has committed crimes against humanity, including termination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, other forms of Sexual Violence and the north korean government has forced its citizens to have abortions. The dictator had his brother murdered with a banned nerve agent. North koreas main cash crop is weapons. Giving them the ability to get away with all of is that, their Nuclear Program its on billboards all over pyongyang. Why would the dictator responsible for such atrocities in a hermit kingdom give up the weapons that let him do what he does with little push back . Very good question. And with that as background, here is the news. According to the news service in seoul, north korea has cancelled the summit with the South Koreans. Its done. And its now threatening to cancel the upcoming meeting between President Trump and kim jong un. It is set for june the 12th as of this moment. According to that same south Korean News Agency, north korea is angry about ongoing military drills between south korea and the United States. Its calling them a rehearsal for invasion. This happens every year. It always calls them a rehearsal for invasion. This is nothing new. But suddenly, its a bargaining chip with america. Or chairman kim is trying to make it that on the runup to a planned meeting thats now on the rocks. Rich edson is live at the state department. Rich . Good afternoon, shep. And u. S. Officials are still looking into this. Defense officials are telling our Pentagon Team that u. S. South korean exercises remain ongoing and the United States and south korea have no plan in giving up or canceling those exercises. Now, this is a little bit of change in the recent rhetoric from north korea in that according to reports out of the region over the last several weeks, north korea reportedly told south korea it had no problem with these exercises, which have been ongoing for some time now. At least in the shortterm have been going on for some time. They have been going on for years. The United States has always maintained these are expensive exercises. It has a right to conduct them with south korea. Its ally in all of this. And north korea has continually complained about them, shep. Shepard yeah, we have been hearing this for years. But the rhetoric had changed until, well like an hour ago. Yeah. They had called it the kim jong un Charm Offensive. And this rhetoric that we have now heard today reverts to what we have been hearing for years from north korea. For generations from north korea. You remember last week President Trump even thanked kim jong un he had treated those three prisoners excellently after he thanked them for sending them back to the United States and releasing them. Even when north korea over the last few months, at least, had differences with the United States, it also avoided verbal confrontation with the United States. North korean official said at a lunch with secretary of state mike pompeo that simply we just perhaps disagree a little bit with the u. S. Assessment that sanctions had anything to do with kim jong un wanting to talk to the United States. It was north korea that made that decision. Witbut that wasnt couched in the typical rhetoric we hear. Shep, the condition on the ground remains the same. While we have seen this historic verbal warning between the United States and north korea. North korea still has a Nuclear Program. North korea still oppresses its citizens. North korea still has an icbm program and the United States and several dozens of other countries continue a very robust sanction regime against north korea. We are working up to this summit here. And we have seen what analysts have been calling the Charm Offensive by kim jong un. But there are very, very long way to go between the United States and north korea would have what anybody would call a normal diplomatic relationship. Shepard Breath Holding on indefinite suspension. Thank you, rich. A fresh round of deadly protest in gaza and the west bank and israel is now facing International Backlash for using deadly force against palestinian demonstrators. But washington is standing behind jerusalem firmly. Meantime, Gaza Health Officials say Israeli Soldiers killed at least two more protesters today after shooting dead dozens of palestinian yesterday. The violence and the protests showing signs, at least for the moment, of easing. I want to show you where this is all going on. Yesterday we saw tens of thousands of palestinians at the gaza border. You see the green strip right off the med in the southern corn there. Today the Associated Press only showed dozens showed up there. Although reports are they saw hundreds of protesters in the west bank, including in the streets of bethlehem. The question is are they reorganizing for something later after funerals. The Trump Administration and israel each blame hamas for the violence. In fact, the Israeli Military claims the militant group is telling rioters in this area to break through the border fence and infiltrate nearby israeli communities. Thats the directive from hamas. Israel also suggests two dozen of the protesters died yesterday shot dead by israeli troops were actually hamas terrorists. But some of the palestinians who were hurt say they really did nothing wrong. A number of protesters and i were at the border and a peaceful march. We were surprised that military jeeps fired gas and live bullets and they used violence and wounded a number of us. Shepard a number of human rights experts working for the United Nations accused israel of, quote blatant excessive use of force, unquote, against the protesters. And eye for an eye lash in his words. And we are hearing concern from some of americas closest allies. Very tight allies, including france and germany and the United Kingdom who have separated from the United States on this matter. Meantime in gaza, families are now burying the dead for them, this fresh pain echos grief from long ago as palestinians mark the moment 70 years ago when a war in the middle east led to israel becoming a state. And the palestinians losing their homes. We have team fox coverage. Our Senior Correspondent Rick Leventhal at the United Nations where there is an emergency meeting today. First, David Lee Miller live tonight in jerusalem. David lee . Shepard, you make a good point. There was a key he is legs deesn today is it going to be temporary or is it meaningful . The Israeli Military did beef up today in anticipation of a significant amount of demonstrators out on the streets near the border. Today marks the anniversary of israels founding. It is what the palestinians call the day of the great catastrophe. The demonstrations which began two months ago were supposed to pee peak today. That didnt happen. Now, there are a number of reasons why. Egypt has intervened asking hamas to cool things down. The egyptians have leverage on hamas because they control one of the one of the only borders other than israel. Another consideration to keep in mind is that today, as you mentioned, 60 funerals took place in gaza and a third factor, the hospitals in gaza are overwhelmed. There is a shortage of doctors, a shortage of blood, a shortage of equipment. That is something that may armayhave reduced the number of protesters out on the street today. All that said, one of the hamas leaders did say these demonstrations are going to continue. Shep . Shepard David Lee Miller, live for us this evening in jerusalem where we are monitoring developments along the gaza and the west bank and well have updates as they become available. U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley said the opening of the American Embassy in jerusalem is not to blame for the violence at the gaza israel border. She spoke at an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council. Ambassador haley said the Terror Group Hamas has been fueling deadly protests for years. Long before the u. S. Recognized jerusalem officially as israels capital. She said the violence also comes from those who do not want israel to exist anywhere. Team fox coverage continues. Rick leventhal live at the u. N. Rick . And, shepard, israel has long complained about a lack of support here at the u. N. Didnt get a lot of it today except from Ambassador Haley. One after another we heard from ambassadors fro ambassadort and bolivia, russia, sweden, france and a dozen others condemning the escalation of violence at the border. A couple did condemn hamas for use of civilians as human shields. Overstepped authority with lethal force referring to the protesters as peaceful and unarmed. The insinuations that palestinians themselves have the responsibility for their deaths because they are protestinprotesting against the protests are racist provocative situations. Once again, the palestinian leadership is using every ounce of its energy to attack us and to attempt to destroy us. The Palestinian Ambassador spoke for more than 30 minutes, shep. He called israel a cowardly power, acting above the law. What does the United Nations plan to do from here, rick . Well, there is no definitive action likely from the world body. Any move like a resolution would have to be unanimously approved by the Security Council and, of course, the u. S. As a permanent member of that counsel. Strongly protective of israels right to defend its borders. Kuwait today called for an International Investigation into possible war crimes. Says it will present a resolution to the counsel tomorrow to try to protect palestinian civilians. But Ambassador Haley says no matter what, the u. S. Is sticking to its plan to keep that embassy in jerusalem. There is no plausible Peace Agreement under which jerusalem would no longer remain the capital of israel. Recognizing this reality makes peace more achievable, not less. Palestinians have threatened that there can be no twostate solution as long as the embassy is in that holy city, shep. Shepard rick lesson that you live at the u. N. On the east side. Thank you. In the middle east, peace depends on getting two long feuding sides to pu put aside their differences. In north korea, it depends on convicting a dictator to put away his Nuclear Weapons. Even though they gave him all his power. Today, in both regions, the prospect of peace has, perhaps, slid a little further away. Well consider what comes next coming up from the fox news deck on this tuesday afternoon. Patrick woke up with back pain. But he has work to do. So he took aleve. If hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. Only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Aleve. All day strong. With tcalled audible. Le app you can listen to the stories you love while doing the things you love, outside. Binge better. Audible. 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Shepard these drills have been going on forever. The North Koreans have complained about them forever. Suddenly they are complaining about them again. As usual you got right to the point. The if you pleasey thing was though they didnt complain them b. Them for a couple months. In fact, when the south Korean National security advisor went to north korea a few weeks ago, it was remarkable that he came back with the news that kim jong un didnt mind the exercises, supposedly. And said that he understood why they had to happen, which, of course, is what we say and what we firmly believe. As long as there is a powerful military threat from north korea, even if the atmospherics are better these days, we have to that takethat threat seriously. Two big drills for a year for a very long time. It looked as if north korea wasnt going to care. That was going to be apparently a concession. Maybe they are starting to rethink their tactics, maybe they feel like they are giving away too many concessions for free before a negotiation or maybe kim jong un is looking for an excuse to get out of the summit all together because he decides he doesnt like the path that he is headed on towards denuclearization. There are all sorts of possibilities. Shepard who says he is headed towards denuclearization. Only he says that. He has already gotten a lot here, hasnt he . Well, he has gotten a lot of diplomatic attention. Shepard thats what i meant. I believe the chinese has lightened up in some of their enforcement of sanctions. They are not supposed to, by the way but they have. Otherwise he hasnt gotten much concrete or tangible now yet. He has gotten promise of potential down the road if he when he gives up nukes. The Trump Administration is holding up the line the benefits wont flow until all the Nuclear Weapons are out. I understand why President Trump would begin with that going in position. I dont think its realistic though as a way to get through negotiations. So maybe what we are seeing now is kim jong un starting to negotiate back before the talks even begin face to face. Shepard what does history tell us about where we are right now . Its not as if we havent reached this point or something similar in recent years. Right. Well, there have been a number of summits with north korea. Of course, the pace of these recent meetings with secretary pompeo and president moon of south korea and others has really incredibly intensified and the promise of a summit with a u. S. President is a firsttime thing, unprecedented in relations with north korea. But, we have had previous periods, socalled sunshine policy of about 18 or 20 years ago and south korea really tried to be warm towards the north when kim jong uns father was in power there. And that didnt work out. You know, the South Koreans changed president s. Kim judge ill behaved much worse. He broke out of a Nuclear Agreement he was supposed to at that time. State of belligerence. Thats the kind of thing thats happened in the past. Shepard i want to read something we have just gotten. This exercise targeting us, says the North Koreans, which is being carried out across south korea, is a flagrant challenge to pan moon jom and declaration running counter to the positive Political Development on the korean peninsula. Again, that from this report that has just come out. Quoting again, the United States will also have to undertake carefully deliberations about the fate of the planned north koreau. S. Summit in light of this provocative military ruckus jointly conducted with the south korean authorities. Now, that suddenly and finally sounds like north korea again. Yeah. All though the word ruckus is pretty mild by their standard. Shepard it. Usually find much more colorful language.

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