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♪ >> live from "america's news headquarters." merry christmas to you. the world holding its breath after north korea promises to deliver the u.s. a "christmas present." nuclear negotiations between president trump and leader kim jong un have all but collapsed, with kim demanding sanctions relief as president trump calls for more denuclearization efforts. the president downplaying the christmas threat claiming it might just be a nice vase. and astronauts in space are teaming up with norad to track santa this year. norad has been tracking santa since 1955 when a young girl mistakenly called th...

The administration has said, for example, north korea is no longer a threat, isis is defeated. do they still stand by that this missile defense system is targeted at north korea or is there someone else they have in mind for this? >> a quick preview to our viewers, we expect a meeting here with kim yong-chol, the high ranking north korean official, who is coming to washington. he's only been here once before, to set up the summit in singapore. we think that's imminent, to set up a second summit. that's despite the conclusions that officials have reached that the north koreans are not even meet...

Been committed to determine the facts to the best of our ability. we have sanctioned 17 individuals in connection with that investigation. we are at the same time committed to making sure that we place america's national security interests and all the actions that take place in the context of doing the right thing to make sure that america continues to thrive and grow and when we do that, the world is better off for it, too, and the middle east is better off as well. >> reporter: you mentioned -- i wanted to ask what's the message he's going to be send being as far as what the u.s. government ...

Spent. the u.s. took a very strong response. we have sanctioned 17 individuals in connection with that investigation. we are at the same time committed to making sure that we place america's national security interests and all the actions that take place in the context of doing the right thing to make sure that america continues to thrive and grow. when we do that, the world is better off for it, too, and the middle east is better off as well. >> i just wanted to ask, what's the message he's going to be sending as far as what the u.s. government would like to see south korean government do as ...

What happened there. the united states took a very strong response. we have sanctioned 17 individuals in connection with that investigation. we are at the same time committed to making sure that we place america's national security interests and all the actions that take place in the context of doing the right thing to make sure that america continues to thrive and grow. when we do that, the world is better off for it, too, and the middle east is better off as well. >> you mentioned the meeting with the south korean counterpart. i want to ask, what's the message he's going to be sending as far...