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Alicia: bryan llenas is live in the new york city newsroom with more. reporter: secretary of defense, james mattis suggested the return of 55 cases filled with the possible remains of u.s. soldiers is obviously a gesture of carrying forward the president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un agreed to during the one on one summit on june 12. he also said that while we have no indication that there is anything amiss here, the u.s. government is sending the cases to the laboratory in hawaii where they will be tested to make sure they are in fact humid and are in fact the remains of u.s. serv...

Forensically. vice president mike pence will be there for the ceremony august 1. jim mattis said this about the testing quote, we have no indication that anything is amiss, but we don't know. that's why we go through all of the forensics. last year, i visited dover air force base where much of the dna is tested. now during dna testing that will take the dna of remains and compared to a databank. for a lot of these 7699 soldiers missing in action, there is no dna to compare. so officials are using family members, brothers, sisters, even second and third cousins to help compare to identify these...

1950-1953. of those, 7699 are still listed as mia. - - are still believed to be on north korean soil. the handover of remains came on the - - anniversary of the korean war. a poignant day for veterans. >> military personnel dies or parishes in another land, fighting for a cause. he should be brought home. no matter what it cost and what consequences, he should be brought home. >>reporter: defense secretary jim mattis says is under consideration for military personnel to go into north korea to conduct search missions for remains. >>eric: that would be amazing if that indeed does happen. what's ...

Remains of u.s. soldiers who fought in the korean war. these remains will undergo forensic testing in hawaii to verify they are human and that the remains are in fact, of missing u.s. troops. yacyk, u.s. military c-17 transfer the 55 cases of remains from north korea to the airbase and south korea. where they were received with military honors. more than 35,000 americans died on the korean peninsula during the korean war. from 1950 to 1953. of those, 7699 are still listed as missing in action. 300 are believed to be on north korean soil. yesterday's ceremonial handover remains came on the 65th...

Leaders talked about the "immediate repatriation of those already identified." but more than a month on, no remains have been returned, although earlier this week secretary of state pompeo sounded an optimistic note. >> we're making progress to get the remains returned. progress being made there. >> the pentagon has said that 7,699 u.s. service men are missing from the korean war, including 5,300 believed to be in the north. north korea has long used them as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the u.s. for families of the missing, it would help bring some closure. 65 years on from the war. ...