The United States may soon "make a deal" to denuclearize North Korea.
This according to U.S. President Donald Trump who cited "very positive" behind-the-scenes
developments between the two sides during remarks at the UN Security Council,... and
a rare solo press conference on Wednesday.
Oh Soo-young tells us more.
The United States is making "positive progress" on striking a deal with North Korea on denuclearization,...
but isn't rushing to specify a timeline just yet.
This according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday,... after attending a gathering
of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.
Addressing criticism he failed to secure a timeline on denuclearization or concrete pledges
from the North,... Trump said there had been substantial follow-up action after his June
12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
He said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media," noting U.S.
officials have been holding secret meetings with the North.
Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."
The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...
expressing confidence Kim also wants a deal to secure peace and prosperity for his regime.
At a press conference later in the day,...
President Trump reiterated he isn't in a hurry to specify a timeline on denuclearizing North
Korea,... saying he has all the time in the world.
"Steve.
I don't wanna get into the time game.
You know why?
I told Mike Pompeo, I said, Mike, don't get into the time.
They're taking down plants, they're taking down a lot of different testing areas.
They're going to take down some more, you'll be hearing about that very soon.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you'll be hearing about that soon."
He also insisted he hadn't "given Kim Jong-un anything" amid criticism their Singapore summit
had seen few concessions from North Korea.
President Trump said "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions on the North
must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he previously
said are being breached by certain nations.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
For more infomation >> U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:18.-------------------------------------------
Iran accuse US of 'economic TERRORISM' at UN meeting as tensions with Trump SOAR - Duration: 3:35.
For more infomation >> Iran accuse US of 'economic TERRORISM' at UN meeting as tensions with Trump SOAR - Duration: 3:35. -------------------------------------------
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:13.
Washington's top diplomat will be heading to North Korea next month with hopes of making
some progress on dismantling the regime's nuclear program...
AND prepare for a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un. Lee Ji-won has more.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh
bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after
Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines
of the UN General Assembly.
She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang
next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,
including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a
second summit between the two leaders.
The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August
until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress
made on denuclearization.
Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed
the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.
This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is
working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during
the second summit.
He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after
that.
President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be
meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.
He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.
The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
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U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, with good news in coming months: Trump - Duration: 0:59.
The United States may soon "make a deal" to denuclearize North Korea,... according to
U.S. President Donald Trump who cited "very positive" developments between the two sides.
Chairing a UN Security Council meeting on nonproliferation on Wednesday, President Trump
said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media, noting his officials
have been holding secret meetings with the North.
Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."
The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...
expressing confidence Kim is seeking peace and prosperity for his regime.
He was quick to add, however,... that "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions
on Pyeongyang must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he said
are being breached by certain nations.
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China and US military ties may be in a downward spiral 'for a long time' - Duration: 3:17.
For more infomation >> China and US military ties may be in a downward spiral 'for a long time' - Duration: 3:17. -------------------------------------------
U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:06.
The United States may soon "make a deal" to denuclearize North Korea.
That's coming from President Donald Trump who cited "very positive" behind-the-scenes
developments between the two sides.
He also held a rare solo press conference on Wednesday.
Oh Soo-young shares with us his remarks.
The United States is making "positive progress" on striking a deal with North Korea on denuclearization,...
but isn't rushing to specify a timeline just yet.
This according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday,... after attending a gathering
of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.
Addressing criticism he failed to secure a timeline on denuclearization or concrete pledges
from the North,... Trump said there had been substantial follow-up action after his June
12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
He said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media," noting U.S.
officials have been holding secret meetings with the North.
Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."
The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...
expressing confidence Kim also wants a deal to secure peace and prosperity for his regime.
At a press conference later in the day,...
President Trump reiterated he isn't in a hurry to specify a timeline on denuclearizing North
Korea,... saying he has all the time in the world.
"Steve.
I don't wanna get into the time game.
You know why?
I told Mike Pompeo, I said, Mike, don't get into the time.
They're taking down plants, they're taking down a lot of different testing areas.
They're going to take down some more, you'll be hearing about that very soon.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you'll be hearing about that soon."
He also insisted he hadn't "given Kim Jong-un anything" amid criticism their Singapore summit
had seen few concessions from North Korea.
President Trump said "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions on the North
must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he previously
said are being breached by certain nations.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:13.
America's top diplomat will travel to North Korea next month.
Mike Pompeo's expected to make some progress on talks to dismantle the regime's nuclear
program...
AND help prepare a second summit between the leaders of Pyeongyang and Washington.
For details let's turn to our Lee Ji-won.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh
bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after
Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines
of the UN General Assembly.
She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang
next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,
including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a
second summit between the two leaders.
The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August
until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress
made on denuclearization.
Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed
the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.
This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is
working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during
the second summit.
He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after
that.
President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be
meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.
He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.
The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
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U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25%p, forecasts optimistic outlook for U.S. economy - Duration: 1:48.
In a highly-anticipated move,... the U.S. Federal Reserve has raised interest rates
for the third time this year.
It also raised this year's economic outlook for the United States.
Kim Hyo-sun tells us more.
The Fed raised interest rates by a quarter point on Wednesday as widely anticipated,
and indicated it plans to raise rates again in December.
The Federal Reserve increased the target range for its benchmark interest rate to two to
two-point-two-five percent,... setting the rate at its highest level since April 2008.
All nine members of the Federal Open Market Committee voted in favor of the decision.
"Today the committee raised the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage
point bringing it to two to two and a quarter percent.
This action reflects the strength we see in the economy and is one more step in the process
that we began almost three years ago of gradually returning interest rates to more normal levels."
This is the eighth increase since the Fed began normalizing policy in December 2015,...
and the third rate hike in 2018.
Along with the rate increase, the Fed also expressed a more optimistic outlook for the
U.S. economy.
It forecasts the economy will grow at a faster-than-expected three-point-one percent this year,... an upward
revision from the two-point-eight percent projection back in June,... adding it will
continue to expand moderately for at least three more years.
As the Fed also hinted on raising rates again in December,... global market analysts are
eyeing the speed of the rate hike.
With the latest increase,... the rate gap between South Korea and the U.S. widens to
zero-point-seven-five percentage point,... possibly prompting foreign investors to move
capital out of South Korea.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.
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U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:08.
President Trump says the U.S. might make a deal soon for North Korea to denuclearize.
He was speaking at a rare press conference on Wednesday in New York after attending the
UN General Assembly.
But he said he doesn't see the need for a timeline as long as the regime isn't testing
it nuclear weapons.
Oh Soo-young reports.
The United States is making "positive progress" on striking a deal with North Korea on denuclearization,...
but isn't rushing to specify a timeline just yet.
This according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday,... after attending a gathering
of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.
Addressing criticism he failed to secure a timeline on denuclearization or concrete pledges
from the North,... Trump said there had been substantial follow-up action after his June
12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
He said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media," noting U.S.
officials have been holding secret meetings with the North.
Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."
The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...
expressing confidence Kim also wants a deal to secure peace and prosperity for his regime.
At a press conference later in the day,...
President Trump reiterated he isn't in a hurry to specify a timeline on denuclearizing North
Korea,... saying he has all the time in the world.
"Steve.
I don't wanna get into the time game.
You know why?
I told Mike Pompeo, I said, Mike, don't get into the time.
They're taking down plants, they're taking down a lot of different testing areas.
They're going to take down some more, you'll be hearing about that very soon.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you'll be hearing about that soon."
He also insisted he hadn't "given Kim Jong-un anything" amid criticism their Singapore summit
had seen few concessions from North Korea.
President Trump said "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions on the North
must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he previously
said are being breached by certain nations.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
-------------------------------------------
U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:05.
The United States may soon "make a deal" to denuclearize North Korea.
That's coming from President Donald Trump who cited "very positive" behind-the-scenes
developments between the two sides,... and a rare solo press conference on Wednesday.
Oh Soo-young shares with us his remarks.
The United States is making "positive progress" on striking a deal with North Korea on denuclearization,...
but isn't rushing to specify a timeline just yet.
This according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday,... after attending a gathering
of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.
Addressing criticism he failed to secure a timeline on denuclearization or concrete pledges
from the North,... Trump said there had been substantial follow-up action after his June
12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
He said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media," noting U.S.
officials have been holding secret meetings with the North.
Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."
The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...
expressing confidence Kim also wants a deal to secure peace and prosperity for his regime.
At a press conference later in the day,...
President Trump reiterated he isn't in a hurry to specify a timeline on denuclearizing North
Korea,... saying he has all the time in the world.
"Steve.
I don't wanna get into the time game.
You know why?
I told Mike Pompeo, I said, Mike, don't get into the time.
They're taking down plants, they're taking down a lot of different testing areas.
They're going to take down some more, you'll be hearing about that very soon.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you'll be hearing about that soon."
He also insisted he hadn't "given Kim Jong-un anything" amid criticism their Singapore summit
had seen few concessions from North Korea.
President Trump said "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions on the North
must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he previously
said are being breached by certain nations.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:23.
After a series of diplomatic events on North Korea and its denuclearization, it's been
confirmed that Washington's top diplomat will be heading to North Korea next month.
Mike Pompeo hopes to make progress on dismantling the regime's nuclear program AND prepare for
a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Lee Ji-won has more.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh
bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after
Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines
of the UN General Assembly.
She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang
next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,
including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a
second summit between the two leaders.
The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August
until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress
made on denuclearization.
Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed
the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.
This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is
working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during
the second summit.
He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after
that.
President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be
meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.
He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.
The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:14.
America's top diplomat will fly to North Korea next month.
Mike Pompeo's expected to make some progress on talks to dismantle the regime's nuclear
program...
AND help prepare a second summit between the leaders of Pyeongyang and Washington.
For details let's turn to our Lee Ji-won.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh
bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after
Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines
of the UN General Assembly.
She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang
next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,
including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a
second summit between the two leaders.
The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August
until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress
made on denuclearization.
Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed
the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.
This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is
working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during
the second summit.
He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after
that.
President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be
meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.
He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.
The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:23.
After a series of diplomatic events on North Korea and its denuclearization, it's been
confirmed that Washington's top diplomat will be heading to North Korea next month.
Mike Pompeo hopes to make progress on dismantling the regime's nuclear program AND prepare for
a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Lee Ji-won has more.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh
bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after
Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines
of the UN General Assembly.
She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang
next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,
including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a
second summit between the two leaders.
The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August
until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress
made on denuclearization.
Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed
the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.
This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is
working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during
the second summit.
He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after
that.
President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be
meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.
He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.
The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
-------------------------------------------
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:13.
The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, will be heading to North Korea next month...
with the hope of making some progress on the regime's denuclearization.
He'll also be coordinating with officials there on a second summit between President
Trump and Kim Jong-un. Lee Ji-won has this report.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh
bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after
Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines
of the UN General Assembly.
She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang
next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,
including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a
second summit between the two leaders.
The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August
until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress
made on denuclearization.
Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.
He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed
the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.
This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is
working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during
the second summit.
He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after
that.
President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be
meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.
He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.
The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
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BREAKING NEWS: Third Kavanaugh accuser is decorated US government employee - Duration: 2:36.
For more infomation >> BREAKING NEWS: Third Kavanaugh accuser is decorated US government employee - Duration: 2:36. -------------------------------------------
Josh Groban Wrote the U.S. Government About Aliens - Duration: 2:02.
NOW, JOSH GROBAN, YOU HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS.
YOU ARE STARRING A NAAH BRAND-NEW NETFLIX SERIES CALLED
TO THE GOOD COP.
>> YES, I AM.
>> James: IT STARS TONY DANZA.
IT IS A GREAT SHOW AND EXPLAIN THE DETECTIVE MUST BE A DREAM
COME TRUE FOR YOU.
>> OH IT IS.
>> James: AS SUCH A HUGE X-FILES FAN.
>> I WAS A HUGE X-FILES FAN.
I WOULD WATCH EVERY EPISODE AND SIT ON THE FLOOR, WE WANTED TO
MAKE LIKE A REALLY COOL FUN FAMILY FRIENDLY SHOW WHERE WE
SOLVED THE MYSTERIES AND X-FILES WAS THAT FOR ME WHEN I GREW UP.
I WANTED TO BELIEVE, I WANTED TO BELIEVE, I DID IN
EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND I WAS SO OBSESSED WITH THE FACT THAT I
WOULD LIKE SIT IN THE WINDOW AND JUST GO, TAKE ME!
I WAS NINE YEARS OLD AND AND DEPRESSED.
BUT BEYOND THAT I ACTUALLY WROTE, I WROTE A LETTER TO THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT AT THAT AGE, IT IS TRUE.
BASICALLY I TOOK X-FILES TO A VERY DEEP LEVEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE GAME OF THROWN FANS THAT THINK IT IS
REAL.
>> YES.
>> BUT I TOOK X-FILES LIKE THERE IS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS UP TO
RIGHT NOW SO I WROTE A LETTER TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYING LIKE
I KNOW EVERYTHING.
THEY COULDN'T HEAR THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.
AND RELEASE THE INFORMATION OF ALL OF THE UFOS YOU HAVE SEEN.
WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE HIDING.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND A THEY WROTE ME BACK.
THIS IS WHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS LIKE COOL.
AND -- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THEY WROTE THEY BACK.
>> James: WOW.
>> THEY DID.
AND THEY ARE LIKE, DEAR JOSH, THANK YOU FOR INQUIRING, WE
APPRECIATE YOU ASKING US ABOUT OUR EXTRATERRESTRIAL
INVESTIGATIONS OF UFOS AND THEY SAY IT IS TRUE, THEY SENT ME A
BOOK OF ALL KNOWN UFO SIGHTINGS THE GOVERNMENT.
FEEL FREE TO PERUSE AND KEEP LOOKING AT THE STARS.
STAY COOL.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
>> WOW.
SO I STILL HAVE IT.
IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN TODAY.
>> NO.
>> James: NO.
YOU WOULD JUST GET LIKE A SIGNED PHOTO OF DONALD TRUMP.
>> A GLOSSY, UNSIGNED.
I WOULD GET IT UNSIGNED, STAMPED.
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Does Affirmative Action Make Us Less Equal? - Duration: 14:25.
Hi, welcome to America Uncovered. I'm your host Chris Chappell.
Asian Americans. Such an incredibly diverse group of people.
Chinese, Indian, Hmong, Cambodian, Bangladeshi...
there are 23 countries in what most people think of as Asia.
That does not include the Middle East, Central Asia,
or that giant part of Russia that everyone forgets about.
Oh, and as if Asians weren't diverse enough,
we throw Pacific Islanders in with them,
because where else are they going to go?
They're stuck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
So the question is
how can we lump these people all together to check off a box on a form?
But wait, I know what all Asian Americans have in common!
They're not nearly as likable as other ethnicities.
No, that's not me saying that.
That's what Harvard University says, according to a lawsuit.
"Harvard consistently rated Asian-American applicants lower
than others on traits like 'positive personality,'
likability, courage, kindness and being 'widely respected.'"
Those are allegations in a lawsuit filed against Harvard in 2015
by a coalition of more than 60 Asian American groups.
They're now being represented by Students for Fair Admissions—SFFA.
The group "largely focuses on Asian Americans."
And it's headed by Edward Blum,
a staunch opponent of affirmative action policies.
The lawsuit alleges Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans
in admission practices—that it's basically affirmative action gone wrong.
Asian Americans as a whole are more likely to have
higher test scores, better grades, and more extracurricular activities.
But despite that,
they have a tougher time gaining access to an Ivy League education.
Which if you think about it,
just perpetuates the problem in a never-ending cycle of Tiger moms.
Harvard has admitted that in a 2013 internal review,
"If Harvard considered only academic achievement,
the Asian-American share of the class would rise to 43 percent
from the actual 19 percent."
Now that would be similar to numbers at universities
like the California Institute of Technology, or the University of California,
where admission is based strictly on academics.
The SFFA adds to their lawsuit claim,
"An Asian-American male applicant with a 25 percent chance of admission
would have a 35 percent chance if he were white,
75 percent chance if he were Hispanic
and 95 percent chance if he were black."
But despite the findings of Harvard's 2013 internal review,
"Instead of taking even the most minor steps to address this problem,
or conducting any further investigation,
Harvard killed the investigation and buried the reports," according to SFFA.
In fact, Harvard has a history of discrimination against Asian Americans.
Asians weren't even recognized as a minority group until 1976,
the same year the school
"[refused] to admit two Chinese women
to a freshman minority orientation banquet."
The SFFA "compare[s] Harvard's treatment of Asian-Americans
with its well-documented campaign
to reduce the growing number of Jews
being admitted to Harvard in the 1920s."
Back then, Harvard didn't want a blatant quota system
since it could generate bad publicity.
Instead, they used a vague, subjective criteria
based on "character, personality and promise."
The court documents call Harvard's discrimination against Jews
the original sin of holistic admissions,
which is a term for accepting students based on qualities that can't be measured.
What's that, Shelley?
Harvard sucks and who would want to go there anyway?
You...got rejected from Harvard, didn't you?
Ok, I won't tell your parents.
The point is, Harvard, like many universities,
has a bad history of racial discrimination.
But attempts to address that discrimination have also been controversial.
Race quotas were ruled unconstitutional in a 1978 Supreme Court case.
But in a 2003 case, the Supreme Court
established that student diversity has inherent value.
And in a 2016 case, the Supreme Court ruled that
"considerable deference is owed to a university
in defining those intangible characteristics,
like student body diversity,
that are central to its identity and educational mission."
Effectively, these Supreme Court decisions
mean that race can be used as one factor among many
to promote student body diversity.
So while having quotas for race is illegal,
you can use other methods to get more students of a certain race
as long as these methods are not based only on race.
And really, is it Harvard's fault if Asians just don't have "positive personalities"?
And if you think that all sounds complicated and vague
in ways that can easily lead to unfairness
you would be right!
Statistically in the US,
Asian Americans outperform Blacks, Latinos, and whites
in high school grades and on SATs.
So under policies like Harvard's,
it's disproportionally harder for Asian Americans to be granted admission.
And this can be even more unfair for some Asian Americans.
Because while lots of Chinese American students make it into top universities,
a lot fewer Laotian, Cambodian, and Hmong students do.
They're even less represented in universities than Blacks,
and often come from poorer backgrounds.
But for admissions purposes,
all Asians get lumped together in a single group.
That's what they get for coming from the largest landmass in the world.
If only Pangea had broken up into smaller pieces.
One Princeton University study
looked at how much advantage and disadvantage
each broad racial group has when applying to elite universities.
It found that "The bonus for African-American applicants
is roughly equivalent to an extra 230 SAT points"
and "185 points for Hispanics".
But "The Asian disadvantage is comparable to a loss of 50 SAT points."
Which means that, on average,
an Asian American would need to score
50 SAT points higher than a white person,
and a whopping 280 points higher than a Black person,
to get merely an equal shot at being admitted.
Wait a minute.
Asian Americans effectively get a 50-point penalty on the SATs?
I think that means that I actually scored higher on the SATs than Shelley! Yes!
Ahem.
Here's a different Princeton study on affirmative action.
It's called "Ending affirmative action
would devastate most minority college enrollment".
Sounds like ending Affirmative Action
would be bad for minority students, right?
Well according the study,
it would result in "sharp declines in the numbers
of African Americans and Hispanics
accepted with little gain for white students."
But "Asian students would fill
nearly four out of every five places in the admitted class
not taken by African-American and Hispanic students."
So in a way, affirmative action sounds like
it's become a form of institutionalized racism
where the biggest victims are Asian Americans.
So what has been the response to the lawsuit against Harvard
the one brought by Students for Fair Admissions?
Well, Harvard has denied wrongdoing.
It defended universities' right to use race as a factor in college admissions.
Others were quick to defend Harvard,
saying this whole thing is a plot by Edward Blum
and the Trump Administration to promote a racist agenda.
This brief in support of Harvard from students and alumni
"condemn" the ones suing Harvard for their
"attempt to manufacture conflict between racial and ethnic groups
in order to revive an unrelenting agenda
to dismantle efforts to create a racially diverse
and inclusive student body through college admissions."
Jeannie Park, the head of the Harvard Asian-American Alumni Alliance
and co-founder of the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, said
"It's alarming that Trump is aligning himself
with anti-civil rights activist Edward Blum
in this subversive attempt to say that civil rights protections cause discrimination.
Trump does not speak for Asian-Americans, just as Blum does not."
Vox says this is a case of
"The 'racial mascoting' of Asians" by whites
to eliminate Affirmative Action.
But SFFA says it has no intention of promoting a pro-white agenda.
Especially since "White applicants would be most hurt
if Asian-American admissions rose."
In other words, the Trump administration
is being accused of racism
for pushing for universities to ignore race
even though this move would actually hurt white applicants.
So you might be wondering
how is the Trump administration involved in all this?
Well, the Justice Department, which is part of the executive branch,
released this statement of interest about the case.
It says, "Harvard's race-based admissions process
significantly disadvantages Asian-American applicants
compared to applicants of other racial groups
including both white applicants and applicants
from other racial minority groups."
It goes on to say, you know,
Harvard gets millions of taxpayer dollars every year
so the case really should at least be heard in court,
instead of dismissed before trial, like Harvard wants.
That could mean the case eventually goes
all the way to the US Supreme Court,
just like many affirmative action-related cases have
over the last 40 years.
And by that point, the Supreme Court will have
at least two justices appointed by Trump.
And depending on how the Supreme Court rules,
that could change the way colleges and universities
across the country look at affirmative action forever.
This is not the first time the Trump administration
has been accused of setting its sights on affirmative action.
In July, the Education and Justice department
reversed Obama era guidelines on affirmative action.
They said those Obama era guidelines
went beyond what was called for in the Constitution.
Then in August, the New York Times reported the Department of Justice
was redirecting resources to investigate and sue universities
over affirmative action policies that discriminate against whites.
Although as it turns out,
that New York Times report had a major error.
The Justice Department corrected them, saying,
no, the investigation was on the Harvard case
about discrimination against Asian Americans, not whites.
So how did all this whole Affirmative Action thing get started?
Affirmative action began in 1961,
in an executive order by President John F Kennedy.
It called on government contractors to, quote,
"take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed
without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."
In other words, under President Kennedy,
affirmative action meant being blind to race.
But then in 1969, President Richard Nixon
issued the revised Philadelphia Plan.
It called on requiring government contractors to, quote,
"take affirmative action to hire minority workers"
as a way to compensate for the injustices minorities
often faced when they applied for jobs.
Bet you don't think of Nixon promoting affirmative action.
Anyway, as time went on, affirmative action evolved
to not just compensate for the disadvantages minorities may face presently,
but also to compensate for the historical injustices
that minorities have faced in the past.
But redressing historical injustices can be dicey.
Especially considering that Chinese
also faced serious discrimination in the US,
including the Chinese Exclusion Act,
which didn't effectively end until 1965
the same era as the Civil Rights Movement.
But today, Chinese Americans significantly outperform whites in school.
So affirmative action is not helping them.
So there's a wide range of views on affirmative action.
Some say it was necessary once,
but there's been so much progress in 50 years
it's no longer necessary.
Others say we still need it,
because admissions and hiring are still unequal across races.
Still others say that the way current system is being implemented,
it's turned into a form of systemic racism against Asian Americans.
And yet others say white people
are using so-called discrimination of Asian Americans
to justify destroying affirmative action
and oppressing other minorities.
The most recent Supreme Court decision in 2016
on affirmative action was split 4 to 3.
And the court said that that particular case was unique
and their decision to uphold the University of Texas's admissions policy
did not mean that all affirmative action policies were constitutional.
In fact, they said that
"It remains an enduring challenge to our Nation's education system
to reconcile the pursuit of diversity
with the constitutional promise of equal treatment and dignity."
So if the Harvard lawsuit makes it to the Supreme Court,
it could be an interesting case to follow.
So what do you think about the lawsuit against Harvard?
Leave your comments below.
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US Government Setting the Terms for Argentina's Bailout? - Duration: 11:02.
GREG WILPERT: It's The Real News Network, and I'm Greg Wilpert joining you from Baltimore.
Argentineans are mobilizing more and more in the face of their country's growing economic
crisis.
Stores across Argentina were closed and the streets of Buenos Aires, the capital, were
quiet on Tuesday after the country's largest union called a 24-hour general strike to protest
President Mauricio Macri's handling of the economy.
Inflation is expected to reach 40 percent this year, and unions say that collective
bargaining agreements have not kept up with price increases.
Here's what one demonstrator had to say on Tuesday.
SPEAKER: We've been suffering from the IMF deal for a while now, with cuts in public
spending and education.
It's a crisis in the country framed in a global context in which the right is trying to advance
over the workers, over the people.
This crisis has been seen in lots of places.
Not just here, but in places like Greece and France.
They, the right, want to advance over the working class.
And we're here to stop them from moving even a centimeter, because they want the money
that's left to be paid to come out of our pockets.
GREG WILPERT: Meanwhile, Argentina's currency lost over 50 percent of its value, and President
Macri has imposed austerity and public sector layoffs, causing tens of thousands of people
to lose their jobs this year alone.
He also went to the International Monetary Fund a few months ago to ask for a bailout
to the tune of $50 billion, one of the IMF's largest such commitments to date.
Joining me now to look at the latest developments in Argentina's economic crisis is Mark Weisbrot.
Mark is the codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. and
the author of the book Failed: What the Experts Got Wrong About the Global Economy.
Thanks for joining us again, Mark.
MARK WEISBROT: Thanks for having me, Greg.
GREG WILPERT: So let's start with the news that the U.S. Treasury might give advice or
support to the Macri government.
Here's what Larry Kudlow, Trump's Director of National Economic Council, had to say about
this on Fox News recently.
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SPEAKER: Some of the people the government, they hate the IMF's medicine.
They actually hate the IMF, to be honest.
They would much rather be dealing with theU.S. Treasury in some form.
Is there any chance that that could happen.
LARRY KUDLOW: Yes.
The Treasury is deeply involved in this discussion.
Deeply involved.
Which is a great thing.
And as you and I learned, and others, the only way out of Argentine's dilemma is to
set up a currency board, the peso links to the dollar.
But you can't create a single new peso.
No money creation unless you have a dollar reserve behind it.
That worked in the '90s.
It brought down inflation and kept prosperity.
That's what they need to do it again.
And you know what?
The Treasury Department people are on it.
They're on it, David.
So you know, keep hope alive on that point.
SPEAKER: There's hope for Argentina.
That's great to hear.
GREG WILPERT: So Mark, what do you make of this, that Argentines would rather go to the
U.S. Treasury than the IMF because most Argentines blame the IMF for the last economic crisis
that took place in 2000 and 2001?
MARK WEISBROT: Well, I think the interesting thing about that clip is it shows that what
Kudlow is saying is that Treasury is involved in these negotiations, and the IMF is not
really just this multilateral organization that it's presented as by both the IMF officials
and also the media.
I've been writing about this for years.
For most middle income countries that go to the IMF, and low-income countries, too- everybody
but Europe, basically- the IMF is controlled primarily by the U.S. Treasury Department.
So here he is saying that Treasury is going to force this, or push this kind of ridiculous
idea on Argentina, which is that they should change their- very radical changes, they should
change their whole monetary system.
And I don't think it's going to happen, but it shows he's admitting something and, and
kind of bragging about something that most of the world doesn't get to see, which is
this powerful influence of the U.S. Treasury Department on the world's most powerful financial
organization, which is the IMF.
It's been for decades the main avenue of U.S. influence on the economic policies of the
middle-income and low-income countries.
GREG WILPERT: That sounds a little bit like an admission that they're being involved this
time, but they're not usually involved- although we know very well that they are.
But what about Kudlow's recommendation of pegging the Argentine peso to the dollar,
and that this supposedly worked so well Argentina back in the 1990s?
MARK WEISBROT: Well, it worked well for a bit because it was useful in getting rid of
their hyperinflation which they had at the time, but they don't have hyperinflation now.
And so it really isn't something that you would want to do at a time when there are
other methods to bring the 40, projected 40-42 percent inflation they have this year under
control.
So that's why.
And of course the last time, you know, it worked to get rid of the hyperinflation.
But the thing is, you have to get rid of it at some point.
You have to go back to having some control over your monetary policy, which you were
giving up when you just peg the currency at one peso, one dollar, and you make it a permanent
thing.
What happened was that led to the terrible crises that Argentina had, especially the
depression from 1998 to 2002, during which the peso convertability collapsed.
GREG WILPERT: So we talked about this before, but in a nutshell, how did Argentina get into
this mess of high inflation, capital flight, and a falling peso?
MARK WEISBROT: Well, I think they had relatively- they had inflation that wasn't quite as high
when Macri took office in December of 2015.
I think his biggest mistakes were all the foreign borrowing, increased foreign borrowing,
unnecessary foreign borrowing by the government.
Increased foreign borrowing from foreign debt, from $61 [billion] to over $140 billion.
And a lot of that was, you know, because they raised interest rates so high.
First the 40 percent, then to 60 percent short-term interest rate.
That's the interest rate that's set by the central bank, kind of like our Federal Reserve
sets those interest rates here, called policy rates.
And that incurs a lot of speculative inflows.
And of course, when in the beginning of May there was a sudden stop of these inflows,
and that's what led to the crisis.
And Macri makes a lot of excuses and tries to blame it on the previous government.
But you know, there's some a, little bit of truth in the sense that they did have some
inflation, and they did have to settle with the vulture funds, and they had to foot the
exchange rate, which I think the the Peronists would have done if they had won the election.
But I think the thing that's really wrong about it is the bigger mistakes were the foreign
borrowing, and then burning through billions of dollars of reserves trying to defend the
peso against the dollar.
That is, defend the exchange rate.
The peso has lost 50 percent of its value over the last year, and it's hard to argue
that it would have lost even more than that if they hadn't wasted all that money.
GREG WILPERT: So what would be needed for Argentina to get out of this mess, and how
could the U.S. help were it really interested in doing something that would benefit Argentina
and its people?
MARK WEISBROT: Well, they need to change these policies.
I mean, they are committed to this austerity.
They're going to cut 8 percent of spending in real terms over the next year.
That's the deal they just made with the IMF.
This whole IMF package is a very dangerous thing because they can get caught in this
cycle like the European countries did, and like Argentina did in the late '90s, where
they just continue to shrink the economy, which they're doing kind of semi-intentionally
in order to reduce the current account deficit that is trade- mostly trade deficit.
And so that's a big problem right there, is the requirement.
If the U.S. wanted to help them, they could allow the IMF to help them without shrinking
their economy.
But I think there's also, you know- there's other, another bigger problem, and that is
that both the government and the IMF share this agenda of trying to transform the economy
into something much more unequal.
You know, the prior government, the Kirchners, they reduced poverty by over 70 percent, and
extreme poverty by even more than that.
And you know, now they want to come back and they want to, you know, they want to do everything
they can- they're going to cut, they're goign to try and cut pensions, for example.
A lot of these- shrink the size of the government, do a lot of the standard neoliberal things
that they did back in the '90s when they made the economy into its last terrible failure.
So you see, this, it's a really big thing for the IMF because the whole world knows
how badly they messed up the last time.
And they don't want to do it again, because then it'll just be an even bigger stain on
their reputation.
But at the same time they are committed to this program that the government wants, too.
And there's conflict between the government and the IMF, also because the government has
another goal, which is to get reelected next year.
And so they want everything, they want the economy to be growing by then.
And so that's that's kind of why, a lot of where this crisis comes from.
GREG WILPERT: OK.
Well, we're going to continue to follow this, story of course.
I was speaking to Mark Weisbrot, codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Thanks again, Mark, for having joined us today.
MARK WEISBROT: Thank you, Greg.
GREG WILPERT: And thank you for joining The Real News Network.
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US economy grows 4.2% in second quarter - Duration: 6:56.
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U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:08.
The United States may soon "make a deal" to denuclearize North Korea.
This is according to U.S. President Donald Trump who cited "very positive" behind-the-scenes
developments between the two sides during remarks at the UN Security Council,... and
a rare solo press conference on Wednesday.
Oh Soo-young tells us more.
The United States is making "positive progress" on striking a deal with North Korea on denuclearization,...
but isn't rushing to specify a timeline just yet.
This according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday,... after attending a gathering
of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.
Addressing criticism he failed to secure a timeline on denuclearization or concrete pledges
from the North,... Trump said there had been substantial follow-up action after his June
12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
He said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media," noting U.S.
officials have been holding secret meetings with the North.
Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."
The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...
expressing confidence Kim also wants a deal to secure peace and prosperity for his regime.
At a press conference later in the day,...
President Trump reiterated he isn't in a hurry to specify a timeline on denuclearizing North
Korea,... saying he has all the time in the world.
"Steve.
I don't wanna get into the time game.
You know why?
I told Mike Pompeo, I said, Mike, don't get into the time.
They're taking down plants, they're taking down a lot of different testing areas.
They're going to take down some more, you'll be hearing about that very soon.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you'll be hearing about that soon."
He also insisted he hadn't "given Kim Jong-un anything" amid criticism their Singapore summit
had seen few concessions from North Korea.
President Trump said "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions on the North
must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he previously
said are being breached by certain nations.
Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
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