President Trump Has Had Tough Words for North Korea in the Past

Arielle: All right,now, let's get this Wednesday rollingbecausewe have got a lot to get to. I am Arielle Hixson, and here we go.

President Trump continues his Asia tour after meeting with leaders in South Korea yesterday. Tom Hanson is in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, with a rundown of the president’s visit.

Tom:Yeah, Arielle, the world is watching to see what happens here in Seoul as President Trump wraps up an important trip to South Korea. While members of the South Korean government met with the president of the United States, the people on the ground had mixed reactions.

South Korea rolled out the red carpet for President Trumpas he arrived to meet with its president, Moon Jae-in.But his visit was less about South Koreaand more about its neighbor, North Korea, whose unpredictable leader has threatened the U.S. with nuclear bombs.

President Trump has had tough words for North Korea in the past.

President Donald Trump: They will be met with fire and fury.

Tom: He has also said negotiating with North Korea is a waste of time. On Twitter he criticized the South Korean president for being too soft on North Korea, calling his outreach to the secretive country “appeasement.”But yesterday President Trump took on a different tone, sayinghe was willing to make a deal.

Trump: It makes sense for North Korea to come to the table and to make a deal that's good for the people of North Korea and the people of the world.

Tom: During his one-day trip to South Korea, President Trump also visited Camp Humphreys, a U.S.–South Korea military base near the capital,Seoul.He called out the presence of three U.S. aircraft carrier groups and a nuclear submarine in the region.

Trump: We have unparalleled strength. There has never been strength like it. We hopeto God we never have to use.

Tom: Not far away, protests for and against the American president.Some in South Korea fearTrump's constant threats against North Korea will bring war.

Jaehee Jang: What concerns us most is the peace of the Korean Peninsula, which has been constantly threatened by U.S. policy and especially Donald Trump.

Woman: We deny Trump’s coming here, and we deny Trump's bad words to provoke war.

Tom: But Trump supporters said it is time to confront North Korea. Many people, this man said, wish that President Trump would attack Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea.

The president ended his visit by pointing out the difference between the two Koreas: one based on democracy and the other based on dictatorship.

Trump: One Korea in which the people took control of their lives and their country and chose a future of freedom and another Korea in which leaders imprison their people under the banner of tyranny.

Tom: Next up, the president heads to China, one of the most powerful countries in the region. One thing he hopes to do is to get China to do more in managing North Korea.Arielle?

Arielle: Thanks,Tom. And the president will spend the next two days in China. And did you catch today's Word in the News?Appeasement, which is the act of giving people what they want.

Now, it was Election Day yesterday — an off-year election, so not the normal year for Congress or the president. But there were a lot of local contests, like city councils, school boards and local initiatives, and a few big races that people were watching, not because they will mean much of a shift in power, but because they could give an idea of the influence of President Trump one year into office.

Here are four races that were on the national radar. New Jersey has a new governor, Phil Murphy. The Democrat won a state that has had a Republican governor for the last eight years —Chris Christie — who had close ties with President Trump and a very low approval rating, which many say helped give Murphy the win.

Virginia's race for governor was seen as a real test of President Trump’s support. In the end Democrat Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam came out on top to become Virginia's new governor.

Now, in New York City it was no surprise that Democrat Bill de Blasio won another term as mayor.

And last up, in a special election in Utah, Republican John Curtis won the open seat in the House of Representatives. The seat was left vacant when Representative JasonChaffetz left earlier this year.

So there is no change in the balance of power in Congress, but set your calendar, because next year may be another story with the midterm elections.That is when every seat in the House of Representatives is up for grabs and 33 seats in the Senate.

And on that note, Azia Celestino has a capital pop quiz for you.

Azia: Hey guys, I am here in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. This is home to our legislative branch of government— our Congress that passes bills and decides how to spend the government’s money. And,as you know, there are two groups in the legislative branch: the House of Representatives and the Senate. So here is a question for you.

How many lawmakers are in the House of Representatives, and how many are in the Senate?

Is it:

a. 435 in the House, 50 in the Senate
b. 100 in the House, 435 in the Senate
c. 50 in the House, 100 in the Senate or
d. 435 in the House, 100 in the Senate
Take 10 seconds.

Time is up. The answer is d. There are 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 100 in the Senate. In the House the number of seats each state gets is based on population. In the Senate every state gets two seats. Legislators in the House serve a two-year term; in the Senate it is a six-year term.

The Founding Fathers created the two different ways of dividing power to make sure that lower-population states still got their say but allowing for heavily populated areas to have their voice heard too.

Today there are more Republicans in both the House and the Senate, giving them the majority. And with a Republican president, it seems like it should be easier for them to get their laws passed, right?Well, not so much.

That is because the Republican Party is divided too, with some more moderate, or in the middle, and a powerful bloc of very conservative lawmakers. Some of those came from the tea party movement, which was about smaller government and lower taxes.

Arielle: Some good info, and it doesn't stop there. To learn more about the branches of government, with pop quizzes and even a rap, head to ChannelOne.com.

Okay guys,now, coming up, Friday night lights cost big bucks in Texas.

Arielle: You know the saying, “Everything is bigger in Texas”? Well, when it comes to high school football, it is the truth.Emily Reppert visited some Texas schools that are scoring big time.

Emily: With 12,000 seats, a gigantic video screen and a price tag of about $70 million,Legacy Stadium is the most expensive football facility for high schoolers in the country.That is right — high school. Legacy is home for high school football in Katy, Texas, a suburb just outside of Houston.

But Katy's title for most expensive stadium may not last long. Here in McKinney, Texas, a suburb just north of Dallas, construction has already begun on its brand-new 12,000-seat stadium, with a price tag of already $70 million. But see, the game doesn't end there; in fact, some believe this so-called arms race all started just south of here in Allen, Texas.

Colton Manning: The stadium race has gotten competitive, but our stadium — it was one of the first to ever be built.

Emily: Football is king here?

Tim Carroll: In Allen, Texas, it's pretty close, you know.

Emily: And in 2012 the Allen Eagles built a $60-million castle to prove it: Eagle Stadium.

Mason Grosser: Actually, I wasn’t in Texas at that time. I was living in Columbus, Ohio, and you know, it was all over the news, and I was like, what, 14; I was just like, “Wow, I would love to play there, someday." We made the move, and I’m here, in my dream place, so.

Emily: The 18,000-seat stadium made headlines when the district announced its plan to build the state-of-the-art facility, kicking off a whole different ball game in the Lone Star State.

Grosser: Football is very huge down here, so I don't blame them. I mean, who wouldn’t want a place like this?

Emily: School officials say this isn't about one-upping each other. Instead, it is to keep up with their rapidly growing districts.Katy has eight high schools, McKinney has three, and although Allen only has one, it is the largest in the state, with more than 6,000 students.

Michael Butterworth: What do you really need in order to play the game,and these facilities are more than just expanding the number of seats.

Carroll: The only reason I say this is because the weight room is, like, jaw-dropping, so you need to see it.

Butterworth: A high school football team having a multimillion-dollar indoor practice facility is very difficult to kind of wrap your mind around.

Emily: And even though all three stadiums were voted on and approved by taxpayers in the district, it still raises the question: Could that kind of money be better spent elsewhere?

Butterworth: And the reality is that's a mixed answer. But I think the other aspect to it is the symbolic level, and most people aren’t going to see the chemistry lab.And so we have to live with that symbolism, and I think there is some discomfort there. Does it send the right message?

Emily: Texas has one of the lowest-ranked school systems in the nation and spends less on students than most other states. The exceptions are the wealthy areas in Texas, like Katy, McKinney and Allen, where students do well academically and parents can afford high taxes to pay for multimillion-dollar stadiums.And they want it that way.

Grosser: It's very different in the state of Texas, I think, out of anywhere else. I mean, I think it’s the best place. If you’re looking for real football, I think you need to come to Texas, for sure.

Butterworth: So football in Texas is a way of life.

Emily: Emily Reppert, Channel One News.

Arielle: Thanks,Em.

Okay guys, it istime to touchdown and head out, but we will catch you right back here tomorrow.

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