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You have to remember, the south koreans, 25 million live very near the dmz. we have american troops there. so i think this potential trip has the possibility of easing tensions, but the south korean president has to be careful. he can t go too far away from the u.s. on policy. and then secondly, the past two summit meetings ended in failure because there was a lot of promises for aid and investment to north korea, and north korea didn t deliver at all on easing tensions. so he s got to watch himself, this president moon, but he deserves credit. and north korea, like you said, has not kept promises in the past when deals have been made. vice president pence told the daily beast on this trip that the trump administration wants this warming of relations between the two koreas to end when the games are over. do you think that s the right call? well, i think what s ....
Possibility that families might be reunited, families who were divided by the korean war that ended in the 1950s. but that actually wasn t in the final agreement. so those families will be disappointed. south korea s delegation leader said at the beginning that he wanted north korea to stop its provocative acts and to move toward denuclearization. there was no comment whatsoever from the leader of the north korean delegation about that. but he did say look, we re sincere about talks and we want to move to easing tensions. now, the state department before the talks began made a very clear-eyed statement, saying the u.s. remained clear eyed about north korea s track record on negotiations. time will tell. it will indeed. because many people think this was a kind of pr master stroke. and that kim jong-un s real ....
Him, despite whatever, you know, parameters they put on this. david gregory, anna palmer, thank you for being here. breaking news right now just in to our newsroom. north and south korea announcing moments ago they ve agreed to hold military talks after meeting for the first time face-to-face in two years. will ripley is on the ground there. he joins us live near the dmz. all the breaking details. what have you learned, will? reporter: it s really been a remarkable day here on the korean peninsula, alisyn. when previous talks like this have taken place, it s taken weeks to hammer out the kind of agreements they agreed to today. as you mentioned, upcoming military talks on easing tensions. north korea has agreed to send a high-level delegation got olympics, including tae kwon do, cheering section, and a long dormant military hotline. they announced that today even though it happened almost a week ....
Two nations meet to discuss easing tensions and welcoming potentially north korean athletes to take part in winter olympics. the president tweeted about the demonstrations in iran saying quote the u.s. is watching. hours after iran s supreme leader accused enemies of meddling. iranian state television reports that 21 people died since protests began. u.s. ambassador to the united nations called on the international community to support the protesters. we must not be silent. the people of iran are crying out for freedom. all freedom loving people must stand with their cause. the international community made the mistake of failing to do that in 2009. we must not make that mistake again. let s bring in ambassador ryan conquer for the u.s. ....
Win back. laura, thank you. in an exclusive interview with nbc s richard engel south korean president moon jae-in said he hopes the olympics could send a message of peace to the world. north korean athletes have been invited to the games, although it s unclear if they actually will attend. president moon also said that he has suggested to the u.s. that the two nations postpone military drills ahead of easing tensions. adding the u.s. is reviewing the idea. and a rocket was fired by houthi remembers yesterday. saudi arabia destroyed the rocket with patriot missiles before it hit its target. there are no reports of injury. and it s the latest instance of escalating tensions between saudi arabia and neighboring iran which the united states and saudis say back the houthis with arms, something iran denies. ....