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Motives. vice president mike pence is in south korea, as was within very close view of kim jong-un's sister at the opening ceremony. he's carrying the message to seoul, don't trust north korea's overtures, the kim regime is still a brutal regime. let's bring in cnn's will ripply who has reported extensively from north korea. joining now from pyoneongchang, south korea. what do you make of this invitation from the north korean leader for the president of south korea to visit? >> i learned about this on friday morning local time, george. before the north korean military parade, which my sources ...

Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> that was then. this is now. the white house says president trump is open to talks between the u.s. and north korea under the right circumstances. it's a different tone than we've heard from the president the last few months, and it comes as north korea prepares to take part in the winter olympics next month in south korea. very pleased to have cnn's will ripply here with us this morning. he is live in seoul where it's the evening. and he's got the latest for us on the state of ...

It should have been made more strident. again, thousands of people have been killed in the philippines at the hands of duterte and i think it's woeful that this administration wouldn't be human rights. saying you did it privately and it sends a message to the rest of the world, not to mention a mesage to the american people about what we'll stand for when we conduct foreign policy abroad. >> admiral john kirby and steve paul, great to have you with us. thank you so much. this morning this after the president says he has hopes of a friendship with kim jong-un who he referred to in passing as ...

President trump did. so i think that tells you something. >> thank you for the insight today. the view now from north korea. cnn's will ripply is in pyongyang where he's the only tv reporter from an american news outlet. he has an exclusive report on how north korean's are reacting to the president's tough words to their country. >> reporter: in north korea, state mead crugave only a brief mention of president trump's speech at the south korean national assembly. no details of his scathing indictment of north korean human rights and harsh words for their supreme leader kim jong-un. >> north ...

Korea. but here no deviation from the party line. they say this country is not hell, it's home. will ripply, cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >> the u.s. first lady melania trump did not accompany her husband to the apec summit in vietnam. instead she'll be staying behind in china to tour a section of the great wall. earlier he visited a renown panda exhibit. after leaving china she will fly to alabama to spend some type time with u.s. troops before returning back to washington. still ahead here on "newsroom," the latest celebrity accused of sexual misconduct. we'll tell you about the fall out a...