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>> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right. now. the war games taking place in the korean peninsula. the united states and south korea are kicking off an annual military exercise. the u.s. says it's similar in scope to drills like this one last year, but will be shorter. >> this show of force comes despite thawing tensions on the peninsula. north korean leader kim jong-un is set to meet with south korean president xi jinping and a meeting between donald trump and kim jong-un could be a month after. >> let's bring in paula hancocks live in seoul, south korea. let's talk about the serio...

That have done a lot less according to what they call moral. i may not agree what they call moral, but the question is do they really agree and believe what they're saying. >> okay. reverend al sharpton thank you very much for weighing in, as always. let's go to an inside look to south korea. lester holt is in pyongyang and sent aus a preview of the thawing tensions ahead of the games. >> we were invited to take about a four-hour ride out of the north korean capital pyongyang today to come to this modern ski resort. we're here because this is one of the places that athletes in the north and ...

A nuclear button but it's much bigger and more powerful than his he tweeted and my button works let's be clear the u.s. president doesn't have an actual button but that's a story for another day so despite the war of words across the pacific there have been signs of thawing tensions on the korean peninsula itself today north korea reopen the suspended hotline with the south the communications link of the country's border had been disconnected since two thousand and sixteen the two koreas have been making overtures of ours improving ties since new year's eve after north korea's kim jong un sign...

By threatening other things. but i think it's going to be a public relations problem for them. >> david, the president has been obstinate, too, saying he's not going to negotiate on certain things. when it comes down to it, he will probably have to compromise on some level. what is it he's most likely to compromise on? >> somewhere on the debt. there could be cuts, spending going on. but back to boehner. the president's in a better position -- i think john boehner's job is on the line here. there's 80 house republicans that held a gun to his head and he let this deal in january pass which rais...

Two sides remain far apart on issues to do with refugees military spending education and health care. the prime ministers of poland and hungary have criticized e.u. migration policies and called for a bigger say in the blocks future the two leaders said austria's new conservative government showed that anti immigration positions were gaining support in europe they were checked you quotas for redistributing refugees and say the bloc should focus on preventing migration. a seventeen year old palestinian has been killed in clashes with israeli soldiers in the west bank israel says soldiers opened...