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#56 - The Toys That Made Us - Brian Volk-Weiss - Duration: 35:24.

Love the show by the way I got to watch the the first episode last night I've

seen all four definitely a good job job I win

jeff has more time but I mean it was really incredible I found out a shit ton

of stuff I had no idea about um but I'm really curious how did this project come

about did Netflix approach you or is this something that you had in mind

yeah no no net Netflix did not approach me no that would have been nice yeah so

I mean the the origin origin of the show is very extremely simple as the show the

premise of the show is extremely simple you know I'm a huge toy collector the

oldest pieces of my collection I mean we're toys I actually played with

so basically playing with toys led to collecting toys so that's been going on

you know 37 38 years and I'm 41 and then I'm also

a huge history buff so you know I basically you know it's like I've read

you know all these books about world war two in the Civil War and world well you

know whatever and I there are all these toys that I collected and you know you'd

have to sit there digging and digging with Google to find anything out about

anything other than Star Wars or Barbie right and even Star Wars and Barbie

there was just so much stuff that was in conflict you would have two or three

people being interviewed over and over again and other people and even in those

interviews they would name other people who are a part of it but those people

who were named had never been interviewed so it was always interesting

to me that there was like you know 500 books about you know world war

2,000 books about world war ii and you know he-man it was a huge thing for

millions and millions of people all over the planet and there was nothing about

you and really um now there has and I just want to be clear there was a

documentary made before us there has been stuff about he-man there have been

books read about a men which we read but I really wanted to do a deep dive

into the history of the toy so that was the origin

I basically was pitching it for probably at least five or six years maybe more

and then I are you know what we're very known for stand-up comedy we produce a

lot of stand-up comedy especially for Netflix and because of that you know I

know a lot of the people that work there know I just get bugging them you know I

would conservatively say it was for a year and a half it might have been over

two years included in that five or six years by the way yeah and you know

eventually you know one of the executives there you know it was very

kind and you know actually listened to what I had to say in detail and thought

about it and said you know what here's the type of show we would do about this

and gave me direction as to what he thought would work on Netflix

we made a five-minute sales tape that basically showed how we would do a

series about this they loved the sales tape they asked us

for treatment we did a 20-gauge treatment that broke down the series

episode by episode and then also showed how the whole thing would work in the

long run and that's what finally did the trick and they bought the show that's

awesome I have to follow questions of that how big is your toy collection I'm

sitting in it right now I mean it's gotta be at least four or 500 at least

400 400 at least 450 unique objects and what's the bulk of it is it like

Simpsons characters I would say I mean without a doubt the number one biggest

portion is Star Wars then probably a close tie between

GI Joe and Star Trek and then right behind that would be a tie between

Batman and and transformers so no Barbie no

well I do it to Barbie dolls now yeah you know Barbie episode the two the

two things we covered that I knew the least about was Barbie and he-man yeah

and I bought my first he-man figure ever about five months ago and my first

Barbie dolls probably about three months ago so I definitely have Barbie now and

I don't know and I'm sorry I don't know who to but I know one of you said you'd

seen all four that would be me the Barbie episode yeah sorry it was

that that's Jeff is that yeah Jeff sorry yeah the Barbie doll that I bought was

the one that had the eyes looking forward for the first time ever that

everything I learned in these eight episodes that was probably in the top

three most interesting and powerful things I learned so that's the one I got

and then of course I just on general principle had to get Malibu Barbie right

of course and it's it's great that you brought that up because after watching

all four episodes and for our listeners the first four are on Netflix now they

cover Star Wars Barbie GI Joe and He-man and I was impressed with some of like

you were saying like being able to talk to the myriad of people that you talked

to some of the stuff that you guys uncovered I never knew and I'm an avid

collector of toys and loved the history of it and stuff like that I did not know

that obviously you know not collecting Barbie but I did not know that Barbie

didn't look forward until the 80s I thought that was really surprising

another thing I thought was really surprising in the Star Wars Episode when

they were talking about how specifically the the Ewok line was repurposed for the

Robin Hood Prince of Thieves line in the 90s like all those toys were just kind

of got new stickers slapped on them in a new coat of paint and we're just and

repackaged for that and the same thing happened to actual Star Wars toys they

would took just random toys and slapped a Star Wars sticker on it and repurposed

it and resold it I didn't know that that was such a big thing in the toy industry

was this recycling of toys yeah it's so funny you bring that up you know in a

couple minutes ago we made that sales tape that got the show greenlit and in

the meeting where we pitched the show there were audible gasps from everybody

when we showed the gomorian guard became friar talk yeah and that is the oh we

redid it of course in a bigger fancier way yeah but the only thing that

literally happened in the sales tape that occurred in the series was that

gomorian guard Friar Tuck thing so I'm so glad you brought that up but yeah that

that literally like I said we updated it and made it pretty but that we did that

almost shot-for-shot so I'm so glad you brought that up that's really funny it's

it's it was just so interesting to me because you know I think about

especially a property like Star Wars or you know even go towards GI Joe where

there are just hundreds and hundreds of characters there for thousands of

different versions of toys and that kind of stuff but then the industry kind of

eats itself and kind of repurposes you know itself like it's it's it's very

very that's why I think a show like this works so well and you're gonna have four

more episodes coming out in 2018 you're right what can you talk about what toy

lines those will deal with yeah its Transformers Lego Hello Kitty and Star

Trek excellent excellent and I feel like I mean those are those

eight I think are probably some of the biggest most iconic and I know and

obviously that's what the show was going for but there's so you guys I think are

touching upon a niche that it touches everybody whether you grew up in the 50s

or the 80s you know like action figures toys dolls they were a part of your of

your everyday play and I feel like I feel like this show the show that you're

creating the toys that made us I could go for multiple seasons are you are you

looking towards that I mean yeah yeah I mean that would be that's the goal and

the dream you know I I feel like there's still a lot of iconic lines that we

haven't touched like Hot Wheels matchbox oh yeah

Power Rangers My Little Pony I mean without a doubt the number one

top of the list Ninja Turtles yeah and then you know

through Facebook and social media one of the other than Turtles the number one

toy we keep getting asked to cover if we get any more seasons is WWE WWF toy I

didn't even think of that either but as soon as you said yeah dawns on me the

amount of toys that cuz I remember being a kid in the 80s and I remember having a

Hulk a Hulk Hogan action yeah III definitely had one of those but I mean

you could collect all of them but now with the rebranding and WWE and and all

the WCW and all these other other factions the toy lines I got I never

even never even dawned on me but that is that's that's amazing that's so many

toys ya know we you know very similar to the he-man episode yep a as they think I

told you I I never played with he-man I didn't know anything about him until

about a year ago but similar to that I don't know anything about wrestling I

was never interesting but because I've seen it come up so often I've been

googling it and very similar to he-man if not even more so the people involved

with making the toys are wonderful characters yes we're not just going to

make an episode because it's a big brand right it has to have interesting

characters like which again I feel like he-man is the best example of the first

four of just large you know the people that made he-man

yeah we're that interesting is He man and you can argue it's not more so

oh my god yeah like that the I think that I not to throw this word around but

I think that's probably the most controversial episode of the first four

just because the the handful of people that you interview about creating he-man

and they kind of are all fighting for who actually created he-man and that was

that was interesting that there is that kind of behind the scenes

of this that's underbelly of this industry did you find that with other

toys as well yeah right all your interview yeah I mean yes I mean the the

thing that I learned having made the show is that there this there isn't like

with movies and books there's usually one person maybe two you know

responsible for something but in toys it doesn't work that way the business isn't

structured that way she saw with the GI Joe show even the guy who originally

came up with the GI Joe figure to be the male version of Barbie you know he

didn't just go out and make it he had to bring it to Hasbro yeah and Hasbro had

to involve you know dozens of people so it really is common the he-man thing and

some people might absolutely disagree with me but in fact I'm sure a lot of

people will disagree with me but the thing about the he-man controversy is

the people involved they were just for whatever reason that toy line had a lot

of real characters gravitate towards it so it you know if if all you know about

he-man comes from our episode if you were to watch there's another

documentary which I haven't seen that was made about he-man and there's been a

couple books written the controversy is actually a lot crazier and overblown

than what we showed in our episode we really kind of toned it down and we did

that for two reasons one reason was that's just not the kind of show we're

making you know we were trying to make a show that was about the fun good you

know joyful history we didn't want to sugarcoat or hide things or cover up

things so we did acknowledge it but we didn't we definitely could have played

it up into this much bigger thing but at the end of the day you know when we

interviewed these guys who supposedly hated each other but they really don't

you know these people that all work together some of them for decades what

we really found out was like the big overall story was like oh you stole

you saw that but once you really got into it and you talk to these guys and

you asked detailed questions like we you know the other thing like we would

interview people then interview someone else and sometimes we would go back to

the first person because we had learned more like Marty Abrams we interviewed

him I think three times Wow so you know Mark Bevers who is in the Star Wars

Episode you know we interviewed him you know he didn't where is he he's in Palm

Springs we went there twice so with the he-man of it all you know we

really started asking nuanced questions and what we learned which is in the show

is you know one guy sort of invented he-man but he does he admits and we even

put this in the show he admits he didn't invent Skeletor right but he like he

takes credit for the beginning but he freely admits he didn't and once we told

the other people that he had said that people were like oh well that's kind of

true you know other shows are done we like try and stoke fires as I go she

said this he said that this one we just really wanted to get to the essence of

the story and have it be enjoyable we didn't want people turned off by you

know anger rage you know that by the way we truthfully really didn't find right

and I thought that was what was like you said before what was interesting about

this show is you guys are are not only you know coming from a place of the toys

that made us but really involving the characters that created these toys and

and uncovering some of those stories which i think is really interesting one

of the questions I wanted to ask you was each episode which I thought was an

incredible choice but I'm kind of curious as to where the choice came from

each episode starts with a very well-put-together reenactment of a

iconic moment of the toys like in you know Star Wars they bring the guy in to

see the Millennium Falcon for the first time in his eye his jaw hits the floor

and it looks real like you guys did a great job on where did that where did

that idea kind of come from you know it's a great

it just was always there I've done a lot of you know I produced a lot of TV shows

and you know to be completely it's funny no one's asked me this before it's a

great question here's my answer to that question is best in like I said I

haven't really thought about this before because like I said I've been working on

this for over half a decade um I think a lot of the inspiration came from a I've

produced a lot of television and that's just kind of what we do and you know

it's a great way to start an episode and you know it just brings people in and it

also says to the audience from the first second hey we put a lot of time and love

into this show so you know give it a chance but the other thing is I'm gonna

be honest like I just I don't know why I and you know this you know what and I'm

sorry I'm rambling like I said I haven't thought about this in a long time

but like I said I'm a big history buff and I've seen a lot of documentaries

about history and they're always doing reenactments of history and I really

think the origin of this idea I just wanted to recreate ILM that's

awesome nah tell em since I was a little kid and I am the building you know we

filmed in the building where it's a place where the real ILM

was it we didn't shoot exactly it's in the same building basically the same

building is divided into like three to five little sections that are all the

same yeah where ILM happened we couldn't film in there because it's just there's

too much heavy equipment in there that could be moved for what is in there now

it's like a company that makes big fancy signs but we filmed like within the same

like under the same roof two sections down so yeah I just wanted to recreate

ILM and it it you know if you I'm looking at a picture I have right now

the real ILM and the ILM we built and you know even from five feet away

looking at this picture I mean you really can't tell the difference we

matched the same you know what people were wearing

no it's not you cant pull a James Cameron with like Titanic by any stretch of the

imagination but it's like you know you know somebody you know there were like

five people in the famous picture that we recreated you know there was a red

guy if there was a guy in a red flannel we add red flannel you know we relive

the whole thing there with the Millennium Falcon the whole Death Star

docking bay I mean that was all there I mean no that was CGI I'll tell you right

now Falcon CGI but we had a real model there that was built out on I'll tell

you right now I'm an incredibly huge Star Wars fan and I did a double take

when cuz that was that's the first episode and I was all excited for the

show to come out and I put on that first episode and it starts with that

recreation and it and you guys did such a good job I've seen all the behind the

scenes of Star Wars and all of that you know the old school photos of them you

know at ILM and stuff and it really made me do a double-take like is this actual

footage no it looks too good to be actual footage like out like like it's

too HD but but you guys did a really good job and you did that for every

episode which I thought was like you said really fun really brought draws you

into it and I got almost like a guy's discovering his religion for the first

time right exactly I gotta ask though and Dustin you

haven't seen this at this episode yes but spoiler the beginning of the Barbie

episode the recreation with Jack Ryan they're filing off the nipples is that

actual that's real that actually happened

twisted it's so like cuz you guys do that as what's great about that little

scene is it another reenactment and if you've watched Star Wars you already

kind of know where the show is going so you're like okay I get what this is but

you do that with no regard like there's no explanation afterwards there's no

nothing and like I started watching the episode and I was like wait go back to

that I thought that was really well done what we tried to do with all the

openings was give a story that very quickly you know explained the essence

that toy but also especially with Barbie explain the essence of those two people

so it was just a great story because it said a lot about Ruth it said a lot

about Jack and it said a lot about Barbie and you know again you really

want to start the show off you know every episode in a way that pulls people

in and as you know that was you know pretty jazzed about that yeah yeah no

that's that's that's pretty pretty pretty great I thought you might have

some insight on this idea music fashion and pop culture it kind of seems to

repeat for example like 15 years ago every girl was wearing bell-bottoms and

now we see synth music coming back we see comic books especially in the the

theater just blowing up and we're seeing action figures come back even down to

the company that we're familiar with Sideshow Collectibles they make the

biggest most badass action figures I've ever seen in my entire life and it's all

becoming popular again it kind of seems like do you do you believe that we're

revisiting the 80s or is it just a result of people who were from those

eras are now running the industries I think it's two things one of them kind

of cool the other one not so cool no I think you hit the nail on the head I

think part of it is people like me are turning 40 and now you know have more

you know like I said I was trying to sell the show for a long time you know

took me a while to sell it so and maybe that was lucky because the show sold

when it was more relevant than added sold you know five six or seven years

ago yeah so I think that's a big part of it and I also think that connected to

this point nostalgia just in general it's a very common thing that happens to

everybody brought thanks to YouTube and social media there has never been an

easier better time to quote-unquote get your nostalgia fix just because you know

you you know when in a tea you know is literally unless you

like the Library of Congress or the TV Museum and Staten Island or whatever you

couldn't watch a commercial from the 50s right now you google 1980s commercial

and you can watch every commercial pretty much that's ever been made so

that's the first thing that's the cool one the uncool one the second one is

accurate or not accurate I'm not going to get into this debate but I think

there is a perception that we as a country and we as a people were better

in the 80s and 90s than we are now and I think that these toys in many ways

nationally are just reminding people and they I mean I will say I think that's a

bit ridiculous I think a lot of it is when you're a kid you don't understand

like you say the word terrorist when you're eight years old for a bad guy I

don't know what that means know what I mean so you know and who you

are at eight years old is this very innocent soul and when you're 15 let

alone 25 it's not that your innocence has gone because you've done bad things

necessarily but your innocence is gone because you know what a terrorist is you

know venereal you know what you know you know you probably know someone who's

been very sick with cancer so when you see these toys and these things come

back it just reminds you of who you were at a time in your life when you might

not think about it but you weren't dominated by all these kind of negative

things that just our normal course of living on planet Earth

and during any time yeah it's kind of like the the ugly side of the coin to

nostalgia are our security blanket we're just kind of trying to grasp on because

it feels safe but it's it's just it's just almost unhealthy nostalgia I think

that is a cyclical argument though I mean like you go back to the 80s and you

know the parents in the 80s would think fondly back of the sixties

in the 50s and be like that was the greatest generation you know like that

well in the country was good so that's entirely accurate and you know one of my

favorite things that almost cracks me up and we didn't put it in the show because

we had to be very careful especially with Star Wars and Star Trek to make

sure that we were always talking about the toy and we didn't get into the movie

right what are the things about the toy that was in the first cut of Star Wars

you know the first kind of Star Wars was almost two and a half hours long yeah we

had to cut hot out of it but you know one of the things that everybody forgets

about Star Wars to the point you're making is when George Lucas wrote it and

when the audience saw it the the rebels were too Vietnamese and the Empire was

the United States yep but when I'm three years old I didn't understand that to

put it mildly fact I would probably in my 30s by the time I understood what

that was about huh so I mean you know that's a great

example of the adults made something that was completely lost on the kids

yeah I'd say I didn't even know that oh yeah no it's in in like it goes back to

your your what you said earlier you know like when you're an eight-year-old so it

was George Lucas sympathetic to the Vietnamese you know this is not a theory

of mine not very well documented saying that George Lucas is repeatedly spoken

on and but if that translates to all these different Toyland you know because

like you were saying like you're in eight-year-old playing with these toys

and and the larger picture is lost on you um like you brought up you know like

an eight-year-old says the word terrorist but doesn't really know what

it is I always tell this story well actually when I was eight years old

I got in trouble with my mother and she told me I had to stop watching GI Joe

because I called her one of the names that GI Joe called Cobra and it was like

a slimy terrorist or you know like something so buzz word you know like

like like they were yelling at Cobra at something and I got mad at my mom

because she took my she took a toy away or something so I called her that

name and she said where did you learn that from another GI Joe and she's like

I couldn't watch GI Joe for like a month

if you think about it that that would be a great way for George Lucas to show his

view on the Vietnamese War without being so controversial that people just

totally look past it and just just think oh you're siding with the enemy instead

he's giving you a totally brand-new story to give you some idea of what it's

like to sympathize with your enemy which is actually really really cool

yeah we touched upon it a little bit earlier you are a producer of not just

this show but also you are the president of comedy dynamics which produces some

of my favorite comedy specials and all sorts of other places and I wanted to

ask you as someone who is not only producing all of this this amazing

comedy but then you know has a project like the toys that made us like you said

you know it took you years to really pitch this and get this done it's a you

know a pet project of yours we asked this question of every guess we have on

the show what fuels you to actually keep going out there and finding these new

projects and creating incredible entertainment for the rest of us to

enjoy you know it's a very simple thing it's there's there's no greater feeling

that I'm aware of outside of my family there is no greater feeling than

somebody telling you an emotional reaction that they have to something you

helped create so you know from people telling me they love the star wars

episode of the Barbie episode - you know they love one of the comedy specials

that we made it's just it is the great and again I've been doing this for

almost 20 years but the feeling that some guy in Kentucky or some girl and

you know Madrid you know watch something that you were a part of there's no

greater feeling and you know just talking to people about it is you know

it it's the greatest feeling in the world

you know being you know just being a part of that and you know it's funny I'm

friends with a heart surgeon hmm and I'm absolutely fascinated by what he does

you know and you know he's fascinated with what I do and you know it's just

really interesting because from my point of view this guy is literally saving

lives obviously you know and he's doing some crazy shit with scalpels and

microscopes and cameras and lasers I mean it's unreal what he does and and I

you know we talk about it all the time but the thing which I'm very fortunate

in the career path that I chose is you know if you're a surgeon you know you're

really working with people one at a time and if you're lucky maybe they'll send

you a you know Christmas card a year later but when you're a TV producer or a

movie producer you know you know I get emails and social media and texts and

whatever all the time you know from people seeing stuff that I did 15 years

ago and it's it's it's the greatest feeling in the world and it that is

without a doubt the single most important driver that I have that's not

like that is there any comedian that you haven't

worked with that you'd like to work with I mean the main two are dead so you know

unfortunately I didn't get to work with Carlin I never even met Carlin I never

even saw and also Richard Pryor you know I never met him or even saw him so

that's very depressing to me but if I'm not to take a cheesy kind of BS answer

to your question the two people that I am dying to work with more than anybody

without a doubt that I haven't worked with would be Dave Chappelle and if he

ever does stand up again which I think he will would be Eddie Murphy so those

would be very very very not very high on the list that would be tied for first

place and I don't work with Chris Rock as well he's someone who have met about

time but I've never worked with him but he's another one who literally you know

can read the phone book and make me laugh so yeah it would probably be those

three nice that's awesome finally I I wanted to kind of end on

this question because the word producer is thrown around all the time I mean you

see it in the credits of anything and that you consume in entertainment and

I'm curious as a producer of a comedy special does your job differentiate is

there is there a big difference as producing a comedy special as producing

something like the toys that made us is your job like more involved it other

than the fact that we're dealing with something that ultimately will be on a

television set in people's homes there's I mean and the fact that we're using

cameras hmm there's really nothing in common okay

and you know this is where I'm glad you asked the question because you know I

just I really want to give a shout out to Netflix because they like we're

famous for making stand-up specials all we've done for Netflix before this is

make stand-up specials yeah so the fact that they trusted us with eight episodes

of series which is financially and politically exponentially a more

dangerous greenlight for an executive yeah they they took a huge risk you know

allowing a couple yeah and don't get me wrong we've done lots of stuff that

hasn't been stand-up but for Netflix we had never done anything that wasn't

stand-up and this was also everything we've done other than stand-up was pure

comedy so you know we've done sketch shows and whatever but this really and

yes I know we injected a lot of humor into every episode and that's definitely

because of you know my comedy leanings but this was not a comedy and Netflix

really they just let us do what we wanted to do they gave us great like I

said the first cata Star Wars was almost two and a half hours long and they very

gently helped mold a show that you know would not only appeal to the point oh

one set of fans right there's nobody even me

I don't want to see you if I didn't mean even if I mean I don't want to see their

two and a half hour episode of my Star Wars toys right Jeff would ya right yeah

well they they were just so supportive you know they gave us notes sometimes

that we push back on and they always said hey it's your show and they you

know 98 percent of their notes we listen to but 2 percent we push back on and

they always respected it and we absolutely made a better show because of

the guidance that we got from them that's that's so cool

well I think you guys made something that is pretty special because it not

only is very entertaining and filled with nostalgia obviously for people that

grew up with these toys but I think it it really tells the stories that are

worth telling like you said or like we've talked about in this episode you

know I personally like yourself didn't really know much about Barbie and you

know that entire world is is brand-new to me now you know like knowing all that

different the different stories that came came from that and each episode is

chock-full of that kind of stuff so I'm very excited for the next four episodes

that are coming out in 2018 and I really hope that you know the response is as

big as it possibly can be so you guys can make multiple seasons of this and we

can just get every every toy ever yeah thanks again so much Brian for taking

the time to talk yeah thank you thank you appreciate it

this has been fueled by death cast a Deathwish coffee company podcast

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A South Korean government and business delegation appeared before a public hearing in the U.S.

on Wednesday, to make its case against proposed import restrictions on large residential washers.

They said the safeguard measures would violate World Trade Organization agreements and that

it could lead to increased import controls around the world... adversely affecting U.S.

exports as well.

The measures recommended by the U.S. International Trade Commission would affect LG and Samsung

washers and include a 50-percent tariff above a 1-point-2 million unit quota, and a zero

to 15 or 20 percent tariff on units less than that quota.

The move comes after a safeguard petition was filed by the U.S. manufacturer, Whirlpool.

President Trump will make a final decision by February.

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Tokyo-based Sankei Shimbun reports... the U.S. had a track one-point-five meeting with

North Korea in early December, immediately following Pyongyang's ICBM test.

Part of Washington's efforts to halt the regime's nuclear development, but according to our

Oh Jung-hee it wasn't a very productive session.

In mid-December,...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had a proposal for North Korea that came seemingly

out of the blue -- that Washington is ready to talk... "at any time without preconditions."

(English) December 12, 2017 "We have said, from the diplomatic side, we

are ready to talking anytime North Korea would like to talk, and we are ready to have the

first meeting without preconditions.

// But can we at least sit down and see each other face to face.

And then we can begin to lay out a map, a roadmap of what we might be willing to work

towards."

That comment in support of official dialogue... diverged significantly from the Trump administration's

policy.

But according to the Tokyo-based Sankei Shimbun, it may have been prompted by a secret, unofficial

talks with the North days earlier.

Quoting various Japanese government sources,... the Sankei Shimbun reported... that officials

from Washington and Pyongyang secretly met in Beijing in early December.

John Merrill, who's a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins SAIS, reportedly led the U.S.

side... but who represented Pyongyang is not known.

During this track 1-point-5 meeting,... they're thought to have discussed the conditions and

format of possible dialogue on an official level.

Experts in South Korea see it as part of U.S. efforts to keep in contact with the North

to stop the regime's nuclear weapons program, efforts they think continued throughout last

year.

But at the same time, it's hard to see it as a big success... since leaders of the two

sides are still exchanging hostile rhetoric.

But the U.S. is expected to seek ways to start talks with Pyongyang... through a foreign

ministers' meeting scheduled in mid-January.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland who's co-hosting the event with Secretary

Tillerson has said... the meeting will be another visible sign that the international

community's willing to talk to North Korea.

Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.

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S. Korea and U.S. agree to continue diplomatic efforts to solve nuclear issue - Duration: 0:38.

And while all that's happening between the two Koreas,... allies are talking.

South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

over the phone,... looking for solutions to the North Korea nuclear issue.

After exchanging views on Kim Jong-un's New Year's speech,... they agreed to continue

pursuing a peaceful and diplomatic resolution to the nuclear crisis.

The nation's top diplomat also explained what led to the two Koreas' bilateral talks proposed

for next Tuesday,... and re-emphasized the government's goal of peace, especially through

the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

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Let's Play Finding Paradise | Part 3: WHO IS WATCHING US???? - Duration: 27:02.

hey great big hello to everyone watching this I'm Alliebeemac AKA... I hit my own

face but... aka a dog I can honestly say I have never looked better

moving on you are watching the third part of my playthrough of finding

paradise let's get right into the game and we're back with character creation

or character customization clothes stuff I got a couple of responses from you

guys about what you wanted to see and there wasn't a general consensus but

everyone really liked his I think someone said 1940s but the classic hair

in 1920s and people really wanted him to have a beard or a mustache so I'm going

with the mustache it's beautiful and socks we're doing mithril

so last time when I was playing she was very upset about her beautiful mustache

so the obvious consensus for her socks was the kick humber pattern because

she's been talking about cucumbers a lot and people did like her normal hair this

is the look we're gonna give evil we're gonna give her full beard long hair very

wizard light very wise she is not gonna like that but that's okay what the

cabbage Neal hey you don't blame me it's the system that chose it for you or the

system well the system is a dumbass whoa whoa whoa dude I like that you stared

directly at us don't insult the system that's not cool whatever

I'm changing back oh come on it was a lot of work to implement besides you owe

me for what happened at the tofu party last month humor me for a bit you did

take a solid hit for me at the tofu party I happen at this tofu party fine

I'll keep the look until we find : sweets

nice sucks by the way yeah I'm okay with the socks and I think this is where we

left off in the last video the current members position in time can be viewed

by moving the mouse towards the top of the screen

excellent oh let's turn off world interaction

before we wake her up after all that I'm surprised we didn't already outside

maybe there he is

: oh and now he's gone what the this isn't a stable copy let's find one we

can talk to okay this looks different than their normal

oh I pretty show the hole didn't look like this dude's old he can't even

remember his own home it's a bit rude but isn't the machine supposed to

autocorrect this kind of spatial inconsistencies Wow oh hey look what did

you do he did something not good

talk it - quiet let's go oh I thought you forgot me -

I'm so sad nope hem laughs all right no we work so hard on their beautiful

character creation attending own entity interaction I'm so so good : my name is

dr. IVA Rosaleen I'm a memory traversal specialist at signum core and my

colleague here is dr. Hatton what oh my god dr. Mann at Manhattan no you oh yeah

he said it cuz it's Edison you I your dr. Neil watts how did you know your

nametag

this isn't what it looks to be is it yes : your procedure has started good it's

not just me then

something fell off about this place is zipping both here and far away at once

either this isn't where I think I am all my head's going downhill faster than I

thought more like both actually thank you so

much dr. Watts very helpful okay fair enough my wife and son how are they

handling it no but there right yeah but they don't pressing around that's for

sure although given the circumstances I'd be worried if they were listen

there's not a lot of time and it's best if we get started you are the most

recent slice of colon we can load up and the only relatively reliable version

that we can interact with for info so I hope you can assist us in completing the

mission of course wow what are not good I'll keep your State saying so we won't

need to have this conversation again

stay from who say okay yes your highness

now in order to help you relive your believe your life here to fulfill your

last wish we are first gonna backtrack through your memories in that to connect

your timeline and that we'll be able to transfer your desire all the way to your

younger self and run the algorithm for you to live your life here over again to

fulfill your wish anyhow : we need your help

to jump between memories we need mementos there items of importance to

you that connect one memory with another do you have one here that we could jump

with wouldn't it be awful if like no sorry don't have any mementos and then

game over whoa slow down we still don't even know what his wishes

what is it that you want anyway Colin

actually I think I can answer both of your questions with this it's a Sigmund

contract one glad we found out the textures rather blurry but o it is a

memento sweet let's move this mementos barrier shatters out shatters by itself

yeah since it's so recent but the next one won't be so easy we'll need to

charge it up first

that was really weird and I don't understand what I was supposed to be

doing so I'm not sure if they're not good or not

activate thanks we might come back for your help again we'll help again I don't

understand what that minigame was I really don't get it what something

popped up as we're leaving huh all right then

still as an older person yeah that make sense with the gray hair and whatnot

wait a minute this place its headquarters oh this is I like this

music a lot it's the Sigma guest house oh wait I guess it's a headquarters uh

where they wined and dined the geezers into signing up for the service sure

it's been a while since I visited sure been a while since I visited looks a bit

different from when I was last here too let's check it out

explore to find memory orbs okay I got it

Dora Dora Dora the Explorer oh okay I've got a five memory orbs now maybe I will

have a memory when we look at this thing here we go we found someone what are you

doing outside in the cold mr. reads your appointment is about ready please right

this way yeah we found an orb that was easy peasy lemon squeezy are we good to

go why don't you sit back and enjoy some tea first you must have come a long way

to get here I need to get back home soon I just like to inquire about your

service very well someone will be here with to get you shortly

there's so much to the world isn't there much more than one could explore in a

single lifetime say wouldn't it be nice to visit where you've always wanted to

go I've already been there once upon a time okay so this random chick was like

wouldn't it be nice to travel and he was like I've already been where I need to

go and that's very when are we gonna understand what's going on maybe if he

had lost his paperwork like a bunch of ninnies which reminds me that there's

something secret sorry I'm freaking out but like there's something secret in at

the doctor's house or in his office what is it please tell me someone anyway this

photo is taken from the stages perspective exhilarating huh not many

people get to experience what it's like to be famous you sure get a lot of

requests for that so if it floats your boat consider it done if we have to do

another one of these I'm gonna take a nap it's not so bad at least we get to

done fast and go home early is that it somebody wants

if you'd like to choose bayman riches for your last wish consider it done of

course that's not gonna be it because that would be a very short game

you see our service is really quite simple you tell us your wish and we make

it happen fame wealth unreached goals and secret

desires you name it we're your genie Colin what is your wish

it's a pretty good sales pitch so if I understand this correctly just saying I

can't wish for more wishes I like Colin I like him a lot you know

I've done and seen a lot Matt a lot my lifetime I I'm having trouble with

actions as you guys know my actions are terrible but since I'm switching right

now between British and southern so often it's who knows what's going on

I've been aware on one side I never been seen what I once thought I'd never see

he's also a poet what a multi-talented man but in the blink of an ass suddenly

there's no more time this is making me really sad for no reason and I find

myself here just like everyone else I walk through these doors and I realized

that there's still this empty feeling inside of me why am i sad goof I don't

mean to be ungrateful to the life I've had but I just want to feel like I've

done enough in this world before I go you know

I want to say I've lived a happy life and I want to feel like I have a few

regrets hurt but somehow after all that I still can't that's why we're here

Colin just give us the word and we'll make it right

tell us your regrets what is it that you want us to fix regrets I don't know what

to tell you for regrets but I can tell you what I want I want you to make me

live that fulfilling life I wanted but I want you to do it without changing

anything I've been through you don't want us to change anything

Colin changing things is what we do we change things and we make them better

that's why you come to us so we can make it better we can solve your problems

everything you wanted but couldn't have in this life we can give you the chance

to get it but if you want to but if you want to get something you need to give

up something it's true so I ask so I ask again what do you want for your last

wish

very well

I want you to give me a fulfilling laugh while changing as little as possible and

if you have to change something please just keep the memories of my life with

my family intact so you want to wave specificity from the contract with

something like that I hope you know there are no guarantees of result I'm

aware this is gonna be like let's show money had all along although it does

seem like he appreciates it I don't know what we're going for here like just it's

just a general feeling he just I don't know needed some good fare it's settled

then I'll put our best people on it we're the best people that's us thank

you that's all I ask

try not to change anything and we have free rein over state what kind of last

wish is that I looked I don't even know where to start so I have we've seen

worse the important thing here is that the boss said we'll put our best people

on it I like where his head's at because that's exactly where my head's at we're

their best people Eva boo yeah actually about that oh no right cuz they wanted

the other people never mind okay I'm good let's get the momento

I think we should go back to the last memory and ask Collin about what he said

here can't really expect a reliable answers from that but we might

eventually have to try we'll cross that bridge when we come to it though let's

just continue on for now best docs in the house Booya you picked the right

people for the job oh just one more thing don't tell my family I don't want

them to think I'm not content with how things are I think that your family

would be very like they know that you're coming that they're coming that we've

come and I think that they would really appreciate knowing that you specifically

don't want to change anything about them don't change anything about your life

and that you barely want anything changed at all it's just more of a

feeling I think that's beautiful oh here it is shiny memento detective

satsu you know I've been rather impressed what for back in the days you

kept on yelling dumb juvenile to vanilla tease when shooting the barriers but

recently I haven't had any Hadouken or cami hammam or whatnot it's been rather

Pleasant unprofessional oh I was waiting for him to yell something I feel like

something's wrong with him and I don't know what it is I mean obviously we've

got that secret room in his office but what is going on all right

so now what I've been meant oh yes let's do it

this is music cap it's very cool very uh very in fashion love it

well here's the story taking place oh it's his son who's oats can say he

stills to be pretty old because his son has gray hair I'd better head out now

but before I forget here take this hat pops with the headache you've been

getting you should be more careful of the wind that wasn't supposed to be an

accent alright I'll wear it if it stops his

multi-directional nagging hey it's been a while since your thing with Pam didn't

work out ooh that's awkward listen I was talking with my old colleague the other

day he's got a daughter named Jenny I see just single look things but my

career right now so you guys gonna go back to feeding the Ducks or something

it's a bit rude I wouldn't have to resort to that if you visited us more

often you little bastard oh but that hat is 100% cotton well all

right you're off the hook drive safe dear we'll stay here and keep being

overlord of the Ducks bye MA I'm proud of you not for the duck thing but like

you know what I mean it looks like he's got like a binky in his mouth and I

don't know why don't stay out too long this time of year

maybe I'll give her a southern accent too other than just very breathy which

is the current voice I've got going for her but yeah it look like it a pacifier

another pinkie in his mouth Oh other people call those pinkies right

well that kid needs to make us a grandchild

what's wrong with Jenny anyway probably nothing but you know how it is

when you were young didn't your parents start to push people on you too sure did

it was awkward and forced mmm suck doll becomes tree out of it for me as well

what are you doing I'm texting him get his info to set them up don't do that

he's driving do it after he gets home good call make sure to include some

pictures too good puns but the lighting coming from the side no words it's cute

it's silly and dumb and cute receive note regret no Gant oh so we're trying

to get him some grandchildren oh he's a mustache not a pacifier okay so we're

gonna get him a grandchild that seems like changing a lot of your family's

life my dude send the pics with no duck face yep

sent her some pics of a shore to the ones where his eyebrows are on point got

it eyebrows on fleek grandma says this is beautiful send the pics for the chin

is down eyebrows on fleek chin down mm-hmm

what else does ship to say about these pictures don't send the ones with the

duck face you said that already I am Carl king of ducks excellent

are you serious one for each duck I'm not complaining wish there were a whole

flock receive no ducks ducks say quack brings up all right that's great

my granddaughter turns five this year can you believe it she's growing so big

so fast I'm thinking of making my knitting modular time time really flies

huh no kidding I didn't even realize how old it was good until I broke my other

hip they look much older for some reason part of advice don't go breaking your

hip yeah I've been looking on that front so far seriously I shouldn't even be out

right now well then don't be out old man uh why are you out right now it's like

just a big bag of loose bones rattle around there I'll tell you just clang it

and clung in and clung in and clanging how are you even standing up so we only

need one more more duck feeding more Carl king of ducks what's this I'm gonna

make her something to diss her bitch they're cool crowd I printed out another

segment cor what made you change your mind I still feel the same way about it

no I'm not doing something either but some days I wake up and see you on the

balcony looking out like that you don't say it but I know there's

something that still likes you it's likes you Oh tell me are you happy

of course I am I have you when Asha why do you want to go through with their

services yeah I would be really hurt if my husband wanted it well I'm not

married but if I had a husband and if they wanted to go through with it

just because I'm happy doesn't mean I don't have regrets not that it be

related to you - anyhow I don't know if I'd believe I don't know call them

but when you go through the procedure and live that new life just hold on to

something from here oh it's not like that for you I won't forget about you

Hey hmm I think I forgot to bring doc food huh me too

they're really cute well that explains her attitude I told you there was

something up with her you know she could always sign up a sick whore for a life

where Colin never said I was sick whore RR aha

so where is our device there it is I'm that doe detected

I don't understand what that I don't understand what I'm doing but apparently

I did it correctly so it's basically like I'm a professional in this game

thank you let's activate it oh what the

or story what's that pretending to be a cute

sweet story that was gonna make me cry and instead it's a horror story that is

still gonna make me cry is that what's happening here

can't zag me watching you so not elderly but kind of old what took

you so long I thought I saw someone we had back there ha did you see that to

their face and hurt their feelings uh we a dozen they were watching from the

woods but they can't watching from the woods yeah and when I looked it's almost

seemed like they never mind it's stupid ok Eva be honest now have you been

reading too much dusk light is he gonna be schizophrenic or have a multiple

personality disorder or something I already said never mind it was static

anyway so it was no one important hmm and we're going to end our video there

comment below let me know you thought about this video and what you think

about this game so far what do you think about cons are read of not having a

grandchild is it for lack of a better term fair I know I know we don't have a

lot of control over our innermost desires but that's kind of a huge thing

to put on a person and having a kid from what I've heard changes you so if we

altered that then we would be changing a huge part of who his son fundamentally

is do you think the Colin really wants a grandchild or do you think this is about

him pushing his own version of happiness onto the son do you think he just

doesn't want him to be alone the thing is there are plenty of people who just

genuinely don't want children oh I mean this is complete conjecture but maybe

he's not even interested in women or in any kind of romantic relationship that

again that's complete conjecture so I really don't know but let me know what

you guys think also who or what was that figured watching dr. Rosaline just call

and have disassociative identity disorder and

one of the manifestations of his personalities was it a hacker does it

have something to do with why dr. Watts has been acting so weird there are so

many possibilities there's also a pretty good chance that none of my predictions

will be correct as always this is your reminder to comment below with your

ideas for aka intros and I might use yours in a future video they give you

Bowling For Soup who submitted the idea I use for this one please like this

video and subscribe to this channel I am quite literally giving you actual

puppy-dog eyes you say no to that anyways thank you guys so much for

watching this video I'm gonna have the next video very very soon so I will see

you then

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Top 5 WWE Booking Decisions In 2018 That Will Surprise Us - Part 2 - Duration: 8:12.

Top 5 WWE Booking Decisions In 2018 That Will Surprise Us - Part 2

5 MONEY IN THE BANK – FAN FAVORITE LOSES OPPORTUNITY: Our of the 16 male holders of the Money in the Bank contract, three of them (John Cena, Damien Sandow and Baron Corbin) have attempted to cash in but failed during their attempts.

Each time, this has been a huge shocking moment because it does not happen very often. However, fans have become accustomed to the fact that the next year's winner will more than likely use their opportunity properly and become champion because of the success rate of the Money in the Bank briefcase.

WWE has become much more connected to what fans are expecting of them over the past couple of years, and uses this knowledge to "troll" the fans at every opportunity which keeps them on their toes (Daniel Bryan being eliminated early from the Royal Rumble, anyone?).

Knowing that WWE is on the pulse of how much fans are in to such wrestlers like Finn Balor or "Woken" Matt Hardy, it should not be out of the realm of possibility for them to win the briefcase only to lose their title match in grand fashion as a way of WWE asserting their control over the audience.

4 THE MIZ: WWE CHAMPION: Yes folks, you read it here first – The Miz will return to WWE in the main event picture and become WWE Champion again in 2018. If anyone is going to sit there and tell me that The Miz is not currently experiencing the best years of his career right now, you are out of your mind.

Miz has single-handedly been one of the most consistent and entertaining performers as Intercontinental Champion since 2016, and has knocked his feuds with Dolph Ziggler, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns out of the park, becoming one of the most well-respected wrestlers in the mid-card scene that WWE has on their roster.

Not only have his performances set him apart from others, but he has remained one of WWE's most hard-working wrestlers outside of the ring, filming movies for WWE Films as well as participating in Total Divas (and his reported spin-off show, The It Couple with Maryse) As a reward for working so hard to bring prestige to the Intercontinental Championship, WWE Management will be rewarding Miz with a main-event run upon his return from filming his latest movie.

Well-deserved accolades from someone who used to have to dress outside in the hallway. 3 REY MYSTERIO RETURNS BEHIND THE SCENES: Rey Mysterio recently revealed that he is looking to return to WWE for one last run before he finally retires.

At age 43, Mysterio would be one of the oldest members of the WWE roster, but the real question would be – what is his value on the main roster? Would he be best served to return to his previous main-event level, or would he better suited to help elevate the Cruiserweight division? While it is most likely that Mysterio will eventually return to WWE, the shocking piece is that it is not where we assume it will be – since Mysterio's performing days are numbered, it is most likely that he will find a role as a trainer at the WWE Performance Centre were his vast wrestling knowledge will assist with shaping performers.

We currently know that Shawn Michaels is filling an unofficial role at the Performance Centre as a trainer, and it's likely Mysterio will find a similar place.

Particularly with new wrestlers waiting to join the Cruiserweight Division, Mysterio's guidance will be helpful and hopefully assist with the floundering division by working with their up-and-comers.

2 JEFF HARDY MAIN EVENT RUN: Does Jeff Hardy have one more main event run left in him? I am betting that WWE feels that he does, and we should see Jeff begin his movement into the Universal Championship picture in 2018.

For those wrestling fans who are new to WWE and have only heard stories about Jeff Hardy, they may be underestimating his popularity.

Jeff's past main event runs in WWE marked him as one of the popular wrestlers in the past decade, with legions of fans behind him as he battled Triple H, CM Punk and Edge, and had it not been for his personal demons getting in the way of his career, he may have continued his career at the main event level.

With Matt Hardy continuing his "Woken" character, he is seemingly leaving the door open for Jeff to finish what he started during his last WWE appearances in 2009. While Jeff is currently 40 and much older than some of the current main-eventers, he has proven since returning to WWE that he can still hang with the best of them.

1 THE NEW DAY TURN HEEL: Would you see WWE taking their most popular tag team and turning them in to bad guys, foregoing millions of merchandise dollars in the process? Yes, because the gimmick has become stale and is losing its luster.

Recent appearance of the New Day have featured them shilling WWE merchandise in an over-the-top manner instead of focusing on their skills as wrestlers, which is a recipe for wrestling fans to begin turning on the popular trio. Keeping characters as baby-faces can only work for so long until the fans begin to lose interest, and there are already signs of this occurring with this team.

Given the fact that the wrestlers can see the writing on the wall, the likelihood of this team becoming bad guys and turning on their "positivity" roots is becoming higher by the day, and 2018 should see it all come to fruition. Francesca II – she'll be gone. Unicorn horns? Oh, you bet they'll be gone too. Booty-O's? There will be no more cereal for anyone.

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A freak winter storm is slamming the eastern part of the United States,... causing at least

twelve deaths in four different states.

Park Ji-won has more.

An intense storm... packing strong winds and heavy snow... is hitting the northeastern

U.S., dumping piles of snow on the region.

The storm caused more than 27-hundred flight cancellations this week,... and CNN reports

that at least twelve people have died this week from the cold in four different states.

Six deaths have been reported in Wisconsin, four in Texas, one in Missouri and one in

North Dakota.

The National Weather Service forecasts that upto 40 centimeters of snow is expected to

fall in parts of New England.

"Snow covered roads, high winds, and the fact that this storm will bring two to three inches

of snow per hour will make driving hazardous and we are urging the public to please stay

off the roads tomorrow unless absolutely necessary and to use public transit."

The southeastern U.S. is also being affected by strong winter gusts and record snowfall.

Georgia has issued a state of emergency for coastal counties,... and South Carolina's

governor warned people to stay indoors.

"So don't drive if you don't have to.

If absolutely necessary, then drive, but otherwise don't.

And don't put the emergency personnel at risk because if you go out and something happens,

that means someone's going to have to come get you and that puts everybody at risk and

also takes them away from other tasks they need to be doing."

The stormy weather even brought snow to Florida on Wednesday... the first time snow has accumulated

since 1989.

Florida State University and Florida A&M University temporarily closed due to the severe weather

conditions.

Park Ji-won, Arirang News.

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South Korea's FX reserves mark US$389 bil. in Dec. 2017 - Duration: 0:38.

South Korea's foreign exchange reserves hit a new record again last month on the back

of the recent weakness of the U.S. dollar.

The Bank of Korea says Seoul's foreign exchange reserves marked 389-point-3 billion U.S. dollars

as of the end of December, up two billion dollars from the previous month.

The central bank said that the recent depreciation of the U.S. dollar increased the value of

non-dollar currencies when converted into the greenback.

As of end of November last year...

South Korea was the world's ninth-largest holder of foreign exchange reserves.

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US Figure Skating Championships Live Stream: How to Watch Online || CACAO TV - Duration: 6:42.

US Figure Skating Championships Live Stream: How to Watch Online

With the Winter Olympics a little more than a month away, United States figure skaters will get one last chance to make their case for inclusion in the Pyeongchang team when they compete in the 2018 US Figure Skating Championships in San Jose this week.

The main competitions (senior men, senior ladies, pairs and dance) will take place between Wednesday, January 3, and Sunday, January 7, and will be broadcast on NBC, NBC Sports Network and the Olympic Channel (a complete schedule can be found here).

If you can't get to a TV or don't have cable, you can watch a live stream of all of these channels by signing up for one of the following cable-free, live-TV services.

They cost a monthly fee but all come with a free trial, allowing you to watch the entirety of the 2018 US Figure Skating Championships at no cost:.

Fubo TV: "Fubo Premier" includes NBC (live in select markets), NBC Sports Network and the Olympic Channel.

 A free 7-day trial is offered, and you can watch on your computer via your browser, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the Fubo app.

DirecTV Now: All four main channel packages include NBC (live in select markets) and NBC Sports Network, while the Olympic Channel is included in the "Go Big" and "Gotta Have It" packages. It comes with a free 7-day trial no matter what package you choose, plus you can get $25 off your first month if you enter promo code "BDAY2017".

You can watch on your computer via your browser, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the DirecTV Now app.

Sling TV: "Sling Blue" includes both NBC (live in select markets) and NBC Sports Network, while you will need to add the "Sports Extra" add-on to also get the Olympic Channel.

 A free seven-day trial is offered, and you can watch on your computer via your browser, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the Sling TV app.

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The person to watch in San Jose–and Pyeongchang–will be Nathan Chen, who is considered the United States' best chance for an individual figure skating medal in South Korea.

Though the 18-year-old finished just sixth in last year's World Championships, he's the defending US champ and has yet to lose this season, having captured victories at the US International Figure Skating Classic, the Rostelecom Cup, Skate America and the Grand Prix final–the last of which marking the first time since 2012 a Japanese man didn't win.

"I definitely think there is additional pressure," Chen said.

"But it is reassuring.

I am happy with the way things have gone, happy I am in this position.

This is what I wanted for a long time.

I personally remind myself to embrace it.".

Chen is expected to be joined in Pyeongchang by fellow men's singles skaters Adam Rippon, the 2016 US champ, and Jason Brown, who finished ninth at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, though the likes of Max Aaron, Grant Hochstein and Vincent Zhou are also in the mix.

On the women's side, Ashley Wagner is an overwhelming favorite for one of the three spots.

Since finishing seventh at the Olympics four years ago, the 26-year-old won silver at the 2016 Worlds and tallied three consecutive Top-3 finishes (first, third, second) at the US Championships from 2014 to 2016.

There are several worthy candidates hoping to join Wagner on Team USA.

Mirai Nagasu, a 2010 Olympian, is enjoying a nice season that includes a second-place finish at the US International Figure Skating Classic.

19-year-old Bradie Tennell, the 2015 US Junior Champ, has shown her promise with a third-place finish at the Grand Prix Skate America.

Karen Chen is the defending US champ and finished fourth at last year's world championships.

Mariah Bell took third at last year's US nationals, and 2014 Olympian Polina Edmunds is also in the mix.

As a reminder, the results of the US championships don't fully determine who makes Team USA.

The results will simply be taken into account by a committee, who will use many other factors when deciding who represents the Red, White and Blue in Pyeongchang.

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A South Korean government and business delegation appeared before a public hearing in the U.S.

on Wednesday, to make its case against proposed import restrictions on large residential washers.

They said the safeguard measures would violate World Trade Organization agreements and that

it could lead to increased import controls around the world... adversely affecting U.S.

exports as well.

The measures recommended by the U.S. International Trade Commission would affect LG and Samsung

washers and include a 50-percent tariff above a 1-point-2 million unit quota, and a zero

to 15 or 20 percent tariff on units less than that quota.

The move comes after a safeguard petition was filed by the U.S. manufacturer, Whirlpool.

President Trump will make a final decision by February.