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MELISSA: NORTH KOREA KEEPING
ONE OF ITS PROMISES TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
REMAINS BELIEVED TO BE THOSE OF
SERVICEMEMBERS KILLED IN THE
KOREAN WAR.
THEY ARE ON THE WAY BACK TO
U.S. SOIL.
LANDING IN HAWAII THIS EVENING
WHERE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
WILL BE RECEIVING THEM.
RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL
DANIEL DAVIS IS HERE WITH ME
NOW.
SIR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WHAT'S THE HISTORICAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS?
WHY DOES IT SNAERT.
>> WELL, IT MATTERS TO US
BECAUSE EVERY TIME THAT I'VE
HAD ANY OPERATIONS IN THE
MAN GETS LEFT BEHIND, AND WE
MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE
REMAINS LEFT IN NORTH KOREA FOR
DECADES NOW.
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS MADE THIS A
CENTERPIECE OF HIS EFFORTS IN
NORTH KOREA AND THIS APPEARS TO
BE THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF
THOSE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
FINALLY GET PEACE AND
RECONCILIATION FOR WHAT
HAPPENED.
MELISSA: WHEN YOU LOOK AT NORTH
AND SOUTH KOREA TODAY AND SEE
THE REMAINS COME BACK, IT
REALLY REMINDS YOU WHAT OUR
SOLDIERS WERE FIGHTING FOR THEN
AND WHAT WE CARE ABOUT NOW.
THE PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S
COMMUNISM, WHETHER IT'S THIS
DICTATOR, WHEN YOU SEE NORTH
AND SOUTH KOREA AT NIGHT, YOU
SEE THE PROSPERITY OF SOUTH
KOREA, YOU SEE WHAT THOSE
DO YOU THINK IT SERVICE AS A
REMINDER WHAT ALL OF THIS IS
ABOUT?
>> IT CERTAINLY DOES FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND, AGAIN,
GOING BACK TO ALL THE
SERVICEMEMBERS AND THE FAMILY
MEMBERS, UNDERSCORES THE
DEDICATION THEY HAVE TO OUR
FREEDOM AND TO THE DEFENSE OF
OUR NATION AND OUR PROSPERITY
INTO THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT NOBODY SIGNS UP TO JUST
GIVE THEIR LIFE AWAY FOR
WHATEVER CAUSE SOMEONE MAY
WANT.
THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES OR PUT
THEM ON THE LINE BECAUSE THEY
CARE AND LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND
LOVE THEIR FELLOW SOLDIERS AND
DO ANYTHING TO DEFEND THEM.
DAVID: YEAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN
MADE OR NOT BEEN MADE SO FAR
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND
BETWEEN THE LEADER OF NORTH
THE LATEST ONES ABOUT MISSILES
CONTINUING TO BE BUILT OR
PLANTS THAT AREN'T BEING
BACK.
HOW DO YOU SORT IT ALL OUT?
>> I THINK THAT WE VIEW TOO
MUCH WHAT GOES ON IN NORTH
KOREA LIKE FROM THE TREETOP
LEVEL.
FLYING OVER A HELICOPTER AND
EVERY LITTLE BRANCH AND TWIG,
YOU WANT TO MAKE AN EXAMINATION
30,000-FOOT LEVEL.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TIME.
SOLVED IN THE NEAR TERM.
YOU LOOK BACK THROUGH DECADES
ALL THE WAY TO THE 1950s.
THAT'S THE NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR
GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT
UNDERSTANDING BUT RECOGNIZE
STILL WE HOLD ALL THE MOST
IMPORTANT CARDS.
MELISSA: LET ME ASK YOU,
THERE'S A REPORT NOW THAT IRAN
HAS PLANNED ONE OF THE DRILLS
WHERE THEY SWARM 100 SMALL
BOATS INTO THE GULF, YOU KNOW.
HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THAT?
A SIGN OF AGGRESSION OR
RESPONSE TO HOW THE PRESIDENT'S
BEEN TALKING?
THE ACTIONS OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS
NO POWER TO TRY AND MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE POWER.
LOOK, THE BOATS COULD CAUSE
DAMAGE, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT,
BUT IN STRATEGIC TERMS, MORE
LIKE A NUISANCE.
IF THE BOATS DID ANYTHING, THEY
WOULD FIND THEMSELVES AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE STRAITS IN SHORT
ORDER.
WE WOULD OPEN THE STRAITS AND
ANY DAMAGE DONE WOULD BE
MAGNIFIED OVERWHELMINGLY
BECAUSE WE WOULD THEN ATTACK
ALL THE PORTS FROM WHERE THEY
CAME AND THE IRANIANS WOULD BE
THE BIGGEST LOSERS IN THAT.
BUT OUR NAVY IS SO STRONG AND
POWERFUL, IT EXISTS TO KEEP THE
GLOBAL COMMONS OPEN, IT WILL