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Pyongyang's message today, that it is willing to hold talks, representing the first steps along the path to denuclearization. in the meantime, the united states and the world must continue to make clear that north korea's nuclear and missile programs are a dead end. end quote. cnn's senior international correspondent, ivan watson, joining us now from the north korean capital of seoul. so, ivan, what can you tell us about this overture from the north koreans? >> reporter: this was relayed by the south korean government. the south korean president met with the north korean delegation up there in...

Obviously there are a number of warning signs with respect to mr. cruz in florida and the system didn't work the way it should work and we need to find out way and we need to make sure it doesn't happen again. maria: sir good to have you on the program this morning thanks so much. >> thank you for having me. maria: meanwhile north korea has left the door open for diplomacy with washington an en view saying that his country is willing to hold open talks with the united states. the announcement coming today as that official shared a vip box with first daughter ivanka trump at the closing ceremon...

Serious conversations with senior officials here in north korea. here in south korea, including the south korean president moon jae-in. because there is no u.s. ambassador to south korea more than a year into the trump presidency, you have the first daughter serving in her role as senior adviser to the president, briefing the south koreans on these highly sensitive issues. a critical time when you have president trump saying things like he did on friday, that if these sanctions don't work, the united states is prepared to move into phase two, which a lot of people interpret as a military first...

And what not so north korea can sell the materials to countries like china and russia, which obviously are not affected by the current sanctions. so the u.s. treasury is trying to crack down on that. ivanka trump laying out the policy even as her father made some pretty provocative comments on friday, saying if the diplomacy doesn't work, he's prepared to move to phase two, which a lot of people are believing could be a military option. a strike against north korea to stop them from developing the nuclear capabilities. a very sensitive situation. just hours from now, she'll be sitting possibly...

House with the president moon jae-in. her picture was plastered over the south korean tv networks. she will head to pyeongchang for the winter olympics tomorrow. she will watch athletes compete. all eyes on the closer ceremony on sunday. everybody wonders if ivanka will sit in the same vip box with the north korean delegation much like vice president pence with awkward moments ignoring the north koreans. north korea is sending somebody controversial here to south korea. the former spy master. the vice chair of the workers party of korea central committee. he is believed to be the mastermind of...