but in the case of north korea, he says that ship has sailed. >> do you think north korea has the capability to strike the u.s.? >> oh, yeah. they can hit the united states with a nuclear weapon. >> monterray, california is home to the middlebury institute where lewis is a professor. it's not a secret department of the cia or nsa, it's part of a liberal arts college. there are no spies here, just a team of researchers working what is known as open source intelligence. >> we can function sort of like a parallel intelligence community and analyze photographs, videos, build computer models to understand foreign nuclear weapons and missile programs. >> can you learn that much from open source material? >> it's incredible. the open source has way more information than intelligence communities had, say, 40 or 50 years ago. you can learn a ton. when the north koreans do a missile launch, they release images and videos and we can figure out where the missile was launched, how big the missile is, how fast it's taking off and if you know how big it is and how quickly it's moving, you know how powerful

ok and they didn't deny north korea they treat north korea is a normal count and leadership commitment was another important that and he was a very effective in the communication channels. says things might not be so bad now if the current us administration were willing to negotiate instead the us president derides and threatens kim jong on. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime those kinds of so-called hostile rhetorics could be very very counter productive and honestly he has been only baiting can do instead has to he stares. tells us he remains committed to dialogue even though he too has been the target of verbal attacks from north korea. that not might not. make the north koreans and they told the north koreans ok ok i came here the dog american imperialist here how the hell do you can you can criticize me in that way i've been walking meet you we've all my heart and i made a big shouting at the north koreans and head of the north korean delegation told me did. mr moon to provoke handle the situation and how what organisation to put them and to be unite

or used in north korea in the last two years? >> i think it's more likely they arrived in north korea in the last two years as opposed to being transferred in the 1990s. >> many weapons experts and north korea watchers think it's entirely possible the regime reverse engineered the designs with help from rogue russian scientists. he disagrees and points out that process would require lots of engine testing, which would be easily detected from a satellite. >> couldn't they have built these engines locally? >> it's a possibility. but if they did develop it locally, they would have done dozens, if not hundreds of ground tests to prove out the system. you would expect the engine to perform differently and look different. it doesn't. >> he believes that the transfer could have gone through what he calls elicit networks operating along the north korean border and all it would have taken is a few corrupt officials. >> there is a lot of corruption. it's not surprising that it occurs how far up in the government it goes is impossible to sa

and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea demands will be which will help china will because. it's a visit that would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave. china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and nort

of north korea. referred toimes be as non-euthanization, of the peninsula. when they talk about the peninsula, they are talking about south korea, is south korea denuclearized? they are talking about the u.s. nuclear umbrella, u.s. capabilities. we need to keep all these in before we get overly excited about the summit. in the north korean press, they ma, other official channels to communicate this. they were really silent about the summit for about two weeks. they finally said something, but it was more of a warning to those to not ruin the atmosphere, whatever that means. what happened in the north jong-unress is that kim about thehis cadres potential federation of the korean peninsula, and how they will achieve federation. what does it mean? korea and about south what is happening right now, the issue of constitutional reform in south korea. bit, therea little was a committee formed in the national assembly in south korea. it was around february or march of last year. draft of up with a over 100 c

i think improvement in the north korea china relationship ahead of the into korean summit and u.s. north korea some much more we hope for in solving the problem in the korean peninsula such as denuclearization and establishment of peace there are conflicting reports about who is in control of the northern syrian city of tal afar turkish troops have been closing in on the area after taking the kurdish held enclave of a free ten days ago to his president time birder one has said his forces will continue to move east as far as beach to push out the y.p. g. fighters who he says are terrorists. a french peace officer killed in last week's supermarket see has been posthumously awarded the legion honor the country's highest accolade the talent colonel noble trump has hailed as how the hero after trading places with a female hostage at a supermarket inch rabb in the south of france last friday funerals are being held for some of the victims who died in a shopping center fire in the siberian city of kemah rovio on sunday flags have been flying at half mast across the country on a day of nat

what i think north korea wa nts survival. what i think north korea wants from this? well, north korea wa nts to wants from this? well, north korea wants to be treated as a nuclear power on an equal footing with the us. it wants arms—control talks and not to give up its nuclear weapons, and so the points you raise a very important and valid. we are dealing with human rights abuses and so president trump, if and when he meets kim jong—un, he should certainly treat kim jong—un like the leader of a sovereign country, it sure, but there are very tough, complicated issues that the north really needs to show in action that it is serious to be a peaceloving state, as it tries to portray itself to be. it needs proven action that it will abide by international norms and rules, that it will really contribute to peace by surrendering its nuclear weapons, but their track record is not good. we have seen them cheat on many agreements and so... we must leave it there. thank you so much for talking to us, thank you so much for talking to us, thank you so much for talking to us

that gets aclue place where north korea is denuclearizing -- if we get to a place where north korea is denuclearizing, that will make the world much safer. president moon said this is because of the leadership of president trump. given the economic news and the north korea news, what words would you do -- would you use to describe the president's mood? >> the president is in a great mood. the president has been in a great mood. we have had a successful year. we have to make sure we have seven more. >> was this done in a haphazard way? sen. sanders: not at all. this has been an ongoing campaign that has been ongoing for a number of years. the individuals were involved in the conversation doesn't mean the appropriate pop -- appropriate parties weren't in the room and want a part of that discussion. spam is appropriate? should he have not reached out to international partners first? we have had: ongoing conversations with leaders across the world. the president simply said there would be an announcement. the president had conversations with world leaders last night and today. all of these

do you think mr trump is willing to go to north korea? yeah, ido willing to go to north korea? yeah, i do not think will take place in north korea. i would probably stake money on that, i am not betting man but at the same time, you just never know what is going to happen given the announcement that we have had this evening. i think what you are seeing as though is a remarkable step forward in terms of relationships and just to give you an idea of how remarkable, it is worth just reflecting on what the secretary of state rex tillerson said only a matter of hours ago. within the last 2a hours, he responded to questions about north korea and whether they could potentially be negotiations, he said goa potentially be negotiations, he said go a long way from negotiations. in of direct talks with the us, we are a long way from negotiations, yet all of a sudden we have the president of the united states and the leader of north korea meeting potentially by may. that is a remarkable change and gives you an idea ofjust how fast remarkable change and gives you an idea of just how fast all

and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china. india it's a visit the would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea

about north korea. we're all watching. colonel. >> well, you know, i think what this president fully understands is that in order for diplomacy to work, north korea and more importantly china had to believe that there was a credible use of military force. they had to believe that this president would exercise the military option before he allowed north korea to have a fully capable nuclear arsenal capable of striking the united states and its allies. i think north korea believes this president will go there. i think china believes it and that's what our diplomats needed. they needed that military stick behind them to actually make diplomacy work. that said, martha, i'm incredibly skeptical. we have seen this movie before. we know that the north korean missile engineers are going to be busy at work. they didn't take off a month during the olympics. and that the head of our intelligence community has said that he believes they have about -- that we have about a year before that icbm is capable of reenteri

than the two men that shaped north korea. but someone's missing why. portrait of kim jong on the current laying up on the classroom mole's. regarding kim jong un so far we don't have any direct guidance or support from him. so i don't think about hanging up his picture . kim il sung in kim jong il are the leaders who shows continuous support in our school seventy year history can do this so we hang up their portraits to show appreciation of. this loyalty comes at a cost japan's government recently slashed funding to any school with ties to north korea. what makes it legitimate or not fair to say their money on institutions that are constantly telling people that the japanese are your enemy it does it just doesn't make sense that the school that you talk about is legit my saying everything that north korea dollars doing you want to send your children to that school that's the question that those parents must ask themselves very seriously. song can understand the criticisms of the school. bus on the internet the more we use the

about north korea. then we heard what the south koreans had to say. the president tweeting tonight saying "kim jong un talked about denuclearization with the south korean representative, not just a freeze. also no missile testing by north korea during this period of time. great progress being made but sanctions will remain in effect until an agreement is reached. meeting being planned." and here is the extraordinary announcement by south korea's national chung eui-yong shortly after 7:00. take a listen. >> i thank president trump that his leadership and hi maximum pressure policy together with international solidarity brought us to this juncture. he expressed his eagerness in meeting president trump asss soon as possible. president trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet kim jong un by may. >> now, shortly after that the national security council held a conference call to kind of walk us through the background ofro all of this and where it goes from here. asked why the president didn't sta

a major announcement about north korea. south korea's national security advisor will address the reporters outside the white house. sources tell fox news this will include an invitation from kim jong-un to meet with president trump. it will also cover an upcoming meeting between the south korean president and kim jong-un. the other big news. the president defying opposition from his own party, siding with the hard working men and women of america. the president make his tariffs official. a 25% tariff on steel and 10% for aluminum with an exemption for canada and mexico while the white house renegotiates nafta. president trump: we have to protect our steel and aluminum industries while showing cooperation towards those who are really friends of ours. trish: new tariffs take effect in 15 days. joining me, ed rollins. now a senior presidential fellow at hofstra university and fox business political analyst. i want to start with this news that kim jong-un would like to sit down with president trump. ed: i take it as a very posi

in normalizing ties between north korea and the united states you know how much this week with the north for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula or not coming here at the same time we should focus all our efforts to quickly effectively create defenses against north korea's nuclear and missile programs. also coming up from the plague of ebola to the plague of corruption voters in sierra leone on the eve of a national election. these so-called as we've never seen they've created a plastic plates or christine with a leak is using everybody sooner because our. own we begin the day with north korea's shocking yes two possibly no nukes after rare talks between north and south korean officials the north has sent a message for the united states we are willing to meet and discuss denuclearization in exchange for security guarantees north korea is also reportedly offering to put on hold all nuclear weapons tests during those talks a stunning turn of events u.s. president donald trump has reacted with guarded optimism but others in washington are still urging caution. we have come certainl

news mind from berlin tonight a stunning offer from north korea to the united states ready to talk about the nukes and the u.s. president reacts with guarded optimism we have come certainly a long way at least rhetorically would love guru it would be a great thing for the world it would be a great thing for north korea a great thing for the financial dance as the leaders of the two koreas agreed to meet face to face in april also coming up growing injury tonight british police decontaminate the site for a former russian spy collapsed after being exposed to a mystery substance he's now in critical condition and a refugee crisis in south america tonight a special report on tenet's wayland's fleeing their country's economic crisis into neighboring colombia the story of their daily struggle just to survive. it's good to have you with us we start with a stunning offer from north korea to the united states ready to meet and ready to talk about getting rid of nuclear weapons the north has agreed to hold a summit in late april that would include the leaders of both countries and expected turn of

related to north nal activityctio related to north korea. the administration also recently toued a public attribution the russian military. these actions build on our government effort to counter russia's aggression. in venezuela, the regime has continued to undermine democracy, impoverish its citizens, and lose the country to line his pockets. the regime puts salt on democracy combined with its irresponsible economic policies have had a devastating impact on venezuela. food and medicine have become increasingly scarce. food scarcity is not accident. weaponime uses food as a and to enrich itself while refusing to allow humanitarian assistance into the country. he is a dictator who once again prioritizes power over people. to counter his continued assault on democracy and his own people, we are using our sanctions authorities to target those in the regime responsible for the country's dire economic, social, and political situation, as well as those engaging in a list of activities. on the secretary's first day in office, he announced the desi

he never left north korea as the leader. now he could have potentially something that his father and grandfather desperately want, a sitdown, face-to-face meeting with the president of the united states. >> he expressed willingness to meet president trump as soon as possible. >> reporter: president trump agreeing to meet with north korean leader kim jong-un in the next two months, setting the stage for an unprecedented encounter who just last year were threatening nuclear annihilation. >> they will be met with "fire and fury" like the world has never seen. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> reporter: north korea responding by calling president trump a dadard, old and is senile. b >> he is committed. he pledged north korea will refrain from any nuclear or missile tests. >> reporter: in addition to suspending weapons testing, kim jong-un accepts the joint military exercises between south korea and the united states. president trump expressing optimism about the possibility of denuclearizat

kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea demands will be which will help china. it's a visit that would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave. china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guest house where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea have

one of estimated 10,000 north korea women the u.s. state department says could be caught up in this dark trade. miss hahn has also become a den mother of sorts to other defectors serving up dinner to these former north korea soldiers led by commander cheung cho i. they're toasting an eventual turn return to the homeland they fled a country where two and every five suffer from mal nutrition. >> many came because they couldn't stand the hunger. here they shouldn't have to starve. >> choi military group of defectors former north korea soldiers plotting to bring down the rogue empire. even conducting a mock execution of kim jong-un's father. on this day he i i i defectors to the mountains for readiness training. >> if north korea prepare for war believe they will do it in the winter. >> they believe their training gives them tactical advantage. >> marching through tempts sometimes 20 below zero. >> lessons from the korean war. >> many americans and koreans froze so they call the ski troop special forces. >> the ski troop is as much team b

korea. >> brennan: are we in direct contact with north korea? >> i think secretary tillerson said there are channels open. >> brennan: but we haven't heard back whether kim will accept what the president has said is his willingness to meet as soon as may? >> i don't want to get into the conversations that may or may not be taking place, the president has indicated he is prepared to go have an initial discussion on this incredibly important topic and we are preparing for that time. >> brennan: now, the president accepted this invitation fairly quickly on the promise as you gestured to of a pause in missile and nuclear tests. why not ask for more? why not ask for actual freeze of their program so they don't use dip city as a cover to continue development? >> well, we have gotten more than any previous administration, an agreement to not continue testing nuclear weapons and their missile program. the things that would put them capable of getting across the threshold, that is critical. and he has allowed us to continue our exercises on the peninsula

strategy with north korea. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: balance of power." shery: u.s. stocks are mixed at the moment. industrials and materials leading the declines. there are gains and losses. energy and consumer stocks are rising. there was a pretty solid treasury auction. a 30-your debts, 13 billion dollars is being sold tomorrow. david: let's go to the bloomberg first word news. wilburident trump says ross will speak to european officials about tariffs on its goods. officials have not said if the tariffs are not fair to american farmers and manufacturers. muelleriller is at -- is at a crossroads. his investigation into whether president trump obstructed justice is a most finish, but he may put that aside to finish other parts of the probe. reveals other parts of the case, there is worried the investigation down. the bank for international settlements, household farming is seen as a danger in china. it may be at risk for an international crisis. jong-un is hoping to sign a peace

trust north korea now? but on the other side considering how many times a day donald trump has misstated or stated without evidence or outright by and considering in may 2 events will take place and one is the abandonment possibly of the iranian agreement and the other with kim jung-un should the north korean's trust united states? >> we will take those two and any final words. >> i do think that the president decides to withdraw from the iranian nuclear deal that would have an impact on negotiations negatively not just in the context to build trust with north korea but to marshal the international community around negotiations around the statement of sanctions so they see the president of the united states breaching trust on iran has a huge impact for north korea discussions down the road succeeding or failing. but the point of building trust we haven't talked about congress and the role they will play throughout these discussions with the framework we did have some serious problems with congressional enga

policy towards north korea. between the time that we sent out the invoice i believe for this event and today, the secretary of state of the united states was fired and we will hopefully i guess have a new one at some point soon. and so, we'll see what else develops and of course this hour-long discussion today when we get to check our friends again. but i am very happy to have a fantastic panel with us. one of our esteemed panelists will be joining us momentarily. kurt campbell will be joining us any minute now. but i'm very happy to introduce suzanne dimaggio, a senior fellow at the new america with many years of experience in track two dialogs with a variety of different countries around the world and lots of expertise in this area. so welcome, suzanne. and my colleague, kelly nachman, vice president for national security policy here at the center for american process, where we have also been trying to do a lot of work on north korea, which include something we posted just this morning and i can do my shameles

normalizing ties between north korea and the united states later on how this week with the north for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula or not comes here at the same time we should focus all our efforts to quickly effectively create defenses against north korea's nuclear and missile programs. also coming up from the plague of ebola to the plague of corruption voters in sierra leone on the eve of a national election. these so-called others we've never seen they've created a plastic cliff to chris see where the leak is using everybody seen every concert. oh we begin the day with north korea's shocking yes to possibly no nukes after rare talks between north and south korean officials the north has sent a message for the united states we are willing to meet and discuss denuclearization in exchange for security guarantees that north korea is also reportedly offering to put on hold all nuclear weapons tests during those talks a stunning turn of events u.s. president donald trump has reacted with guarded optimism but others in washington are still urging caution. we have come cert

foreign diplomacy with augusta north korea has been based on the idea of incentives for the north koreans to abandon their program but that if the if that doesn't work then they would go for sanctions this time we don't have any idea. about what is the u.s. approach when it comes to engaging the north koreans. right to be fair to the administration they undertook a very comprehensive policy review when they came into office of the first one before the iran review and so on and they developed a wide range of possible options from the one hand they consider just accepting a north korean nuclear program so you have a mutual the term relationship such as we have with russia on the side that was unacceptable a previous ministrations the other extreme various first uses of military force either an all or invasion or we've heard recently about this single strike to try and intimidate them they reviewed possibly assassinating the north korean side so they went through the entire gamut and considered all the options and basically could decided to focus on diplomacy trying to work with the chinese

what you think north korea wants. there are talking about no more nuclear testing until the summit, if it is happening. and they are allowing these u.s.-south korean military exercises to take place. what does the u.s. one out of it? south korea? and north korea? teste looking at the unit reunification of the peninsula? >> unification is a long way off, but i think this is a first step. first there has to be peaceful. what the united states wants is the denuclearization of north korea and the denuclearization of north korea. that made that clear. but that was not possible as a condition for talking most of north korea made that very clear. what north korea has wanted and has been saying for years is an and to what they call bs hostile policy toward them. in and to nuclear threats against them, nuclear war threats against them, and and to these exercises with actually practice regime change. in an end to the sanctions that are definitely hurting the north korean economy. north korea wants normal relations with the unit

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korea because within north korea domestically north korea now tries to get on to the next step in of comic development and if it was only for survival they could have also survived with the sanctions but they want to develop economically that's very important to the north koreans that might have pushed them to re enter the dialogue but let's be optimistic and say this meeting happens all their risks to it they are always. risks of course but i think these risks can be reduced by before hand exchange of special envoys of the of the different parties and here in this process of course also south korea will continue to play a very important role as a broker between these two countries and good story how does a muslim from burdens for university thank you. kelly from washington now from correspondent accustomed phenomena welcome cost and how's this announcement been met capitol hill and in the media. well my impression is that the first initial response yesterday after the announcements of was very positive now skepticism is taking over of course there are supporters of president trump i

>> there are some talks with north korea because they are just starting now between south korea and north korea. and it's likely that there could be some interaction between the americans and the north koreans but because of the weakness and disarray of the u.s. administration, the trump administration those talks are going to be very likely on north korea's terms because they are getting stronger in spite of all of the strikes against them and the united states unfortunately is getting weaker because of the disarray in the white house. >> do you think this north korea, change of heart of sorts stemmed from the participation in the olympics at south korea. was that a turning point? >> first, i disagree that i think the north korean position is necessarily stronger because the u.s. position is weaker. regardless of that, currently in disarray or not, when it domestics to north korea, of all of the foreign policy issues this is the one issue where the united states, the trump administration has actually been very consistent and is in fact rallied a very strong position towards north korea i

being tough on north korea. as prime minister he claims it poses the biggest threat to japan since world war two. the past of this nation is investing in missile defense systems increasing sanctions and pushing a tough diplomatic line against the regime. sees clearly that now is the kind for us to show a consolidated front against north korea. if there is any small spot for misunderstanding misinterpretation that's going to be kind to mount for you to showing weakness weakness in by its publication. professor thomas. is the prime minister's foreign affairs advisor the shia. and pace with which north korea has come out very much along the way to build its nuclear arsenal and missile technology have been a surprise for every one of us including the japanese chinese and the americans unlike other nuclear powers they say that they are willing to use the weapon and i think that a lot of people. it's put the country on high alert since last year. to prepare for a potential attack. in the past. in public buildings this

we know the sanctions have hurt north korea, but so far the sanctions have not brought north korea to the table. i think kim is coming to president trump now because he studied trump and knows trump is susceptible to flattery and president trump will come visit with him. that puts kim on the world stage. >> do you feel the united states needs to get out of this now? >> clearly we want peace on the peninsula. that's the ultimate goal. it's going to be very difficult. we have to work with our allies, not just south korea but japan. with very to work with china. there will be no solution here without the direct involvement of china. china will have its interests. they want stability. they don't want a peninsula controlled by south korea or for ma matter controlled by north korea. we have to look at this carefully, gradually find out what kim has in mind. we'll find out after he have some of these meetings. there should be initial treaties by the u.s. administration in the area before president trump sits down with president kim. >> again, simple yes or no. would you have taken this meeti

with north korea. -- japan has also offerered hola summit with north korea. we'll have more on the developments on north korea after headlines. a federal judge has allowed a lawsuit against president trump to proceed, which is accusing him of flouting constitutional safeguards against corruption and illegally accepting gifts from foreign governments without congreressional approval. on wednesday, a maryland judge ruled against the justice department's request to throw out the case. it centers on the trump international hotel in washington. in his decision, the judge said the accusation that trump hotel is illegally accepting gifts from foreign governments is "bolstered by explicit statements from certain foreign government officials indicating that they are clearly choosing to stay at the president's hotel, because, as one representative of a foreign government has stated, they want him to know 'i love your new hotel'," the judge wrote. "the new york times" is reporting that president trump's former la

than the two men that shaped north korea but someone's missing why. portrait of kim jong on the current laying up on the classroom. regarding kim jong un so far we don't have any direct guidance or support from him . so i don't think about hanging up his picture. kim il sung in kim jong il are the leaders who show as continuous support in our school seventy year history can do this so we hang up their portraits to show our appreciation of. this loyalty comes at a cost japan's government recently slashed funding to any school with ties to north korea. what makes it legitimate or part they're just and their money on institutions that are constantly telling people that the japanese are your enemy it does it just doesn't make sense that the school that you talk about is legit my saying everything that north korean dollars doing you want to send your children to that school that's the question that those parents must ask themselves very seriously. song can understand the criticisms of the school. bus and internet the more we use the internet freely. there

and normalizing ties between north korea and the united states you know most this week with the north for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula cannot come here at the same time we should focus all our efforts to quickly effectively create defenses against north korea's nuclear and missile programs. also coming up from the plague of ebola to the plague of corruption voters in sierra leone on the eve of a national election. these so called us we've never seen they've created a classic split or crazy with a leak is using everybody soon every question. oh we begin the day with north korea's shocking yes to possibly no nukes after rare talks between north and south korean officials the north has sent a message for the united states we are willing to meet and discuss denuclearization in exchange for security guarantees north korea is also reportedly offering to put on hoed all nuclear weapons test during those talks a stunning turn of events u.s. president donald trump has reacted with guarded optimism but others in washington are still urging caution. we have come certainly a long

and just left north korea north korea is tough. they are doing a lot of things. this should have been handled over the last 30 years. not now. they should have handled this. this should have been handled. and everybody will say it but that is ok. we handle things. host: that was the president, also tweeting over the past few days saying "north korea has not conducted a missile test since november 28, 2017 and has promised not to do so through our meetings. i believe they will honor that commitment." reaction? north koreans are pausing in their testing because they progress.tremendous it doesn't hurt them deposit. there are questions today about whether or not they are stopping testing. the president is giving an account of how he feels this is going. and he is very much interested in the drama of this. talking about south koreans going out to the media and it was a production. flattery tends to work with this president. i think the challenge here is that this is a situation where you cannot wing it. it has consequences. and for the president to walk into the meet

just like north korea wa nts to with iran. just like north korea wants to be seen as an accepted country, we do know vladimir putin is operating in a way that he wants to see russia moved back into ce ntresta g e to see russia moved back into centrestage of their major player much like it was with the soviet union. eric ham, thank you to sharing your expert views, joining us sharing your expert views, joining us live from the washington studios. an awful lot has been happening in the past power. just an hour ago, we had the south korean delegation come out onto the lawn the white house. donald trump and kim jong—un out onto the lawn the white house. donald trump and kimjong—un have been invited to meet. that meeting has been accepted. we will expect that meeting to take place by may next year. we're not sure where that a lot the experts suggest that pyongyang will not be a location. they will want to look for a neutral location for that historic meeting to take place. during that announcement, we heard that kim jong—un h

to north korea, this is going to be a bit ofa comes to north korea, this is going to be a bit of a difficult turnaround. kim jong—un has sold anti—american is on to his people. they are the enemy. and now he wants to speak to them. there might be a kind of communication issue going on in pyongyang, how do we sell this to people? south korean diplomats making their regional rounds to get all stakeholders on board. a japanese and chinese. yes, and we heard from president xi in beijing after he met with the south korean on boy and he said and very much praise the government's approach. china has been pushing for talks for some time. china has a bit of a tricky one here because they don't wa nt to tricky one here because they don't want to be left on the sidelines, they don't want south korea and other partners doing all the works. they want to be involved. japan all along has almost kind of criticised south korea's approach, maybe believing it has been too soft on its neighbour, so we are waiting to hear a response from saintjoe —— shinzo abe. also making news today — a top united nat

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you've been special adviser on north korea. you've been with madeleine albright as secretary of state in that last time, you know, just before the clinton administration ended, to try to push forward these deals that would make the whole peninsula, the united states and everyone safer. what is it like negotiating with them. what do they really want? what is their mind-set in we ask because we don't really know what goes on inside the hermit kingdom. >> it's hard to fathom from time to time. but i do believe that kim jong-un is a rational actor within his paradigm. i do believe that he's not in any rush to denuclearize even though he may say, okay, we can talk about that. but let's see how we go from here to there. i think his objectives are several. one, he is in the driver's seat at the moment. he has been able to get the president of the united states, the most powerful leader in the world to sit in the same room with him as if he's an equal. so he's already achieved a major objective from his perspective. he ultimately wants

north korea. then we heard what the south koreans had to say. the president tweeting tonight saying quote kim jong un talked about denuclearization with the south korean representative, not just a freeze. also no missile testing by north korea during this period of time. great progress being made but sanctions will remain in effect until an agreement is reached. meeting being planned. and here is the extraordinary announcement by south korea's national security advisor chung eui-yong shortly after 7:00. take a listen. >> i thank president trump that he and his maximum pressure policy together with international solidarity brought us to this juncture. he expressed his eagerness in meeting president trump as soon as possible. president trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet kim jong un by may. >> now, shortly after that the national security council held a conference call to kind of walk us through the background of all of this and where it goes from here. asked why the president didn

well after days of rumors it has been confirmed that north korea's leader kim jong un did visit china this week his meeting with the chinese president xi jinping was kept under wraps until after he left yesterday and the hope is that this is the prelude to talks on nuclear disarmament today a u.s. president on trial tweeted that he'd received a message from president xi saying that the meeting had gone well and that north korea's leader was looking forward to meeting him mr trump went on to say that until then u.s. sanctions would remain in place and that pressure must be maintained at all cost well here's more on kim jong un's first foreign trip since he took. heavy security for an unnamed visitor making their way through beijing. then pomp and ceremony as a mysterious individual is confirmed as none other the north korean leader kim jong un it's a historic moment as kim's first diplomatic trip outside the rogue nation since he took power in twenty eleven. rumors had been circulating for days that the mysterious armored train crossing the yellow river from pyongyang had kim on board

north korea. -- japan has also offered hold a summit with north korea. we'll have more on the developments on north korea after headlines. a federal judge has allowed a lawsuit against president trump to proceed, which is accusing him of flouting constitutional safeguards against corruption and illegally accepting gifts from foreign governments without congressional approval. on wednesday, a maryland judge ruled against the justice department's request to throw out the case. it centers on the trump international hotel in washington. in his decision, the judge said the accusation that trump hotel is illegally accepting gifts from foreign governments is "bolstered by explicit statements from certain foreign government officials indicating that they are clearly choosing to stay at the president's hotel, because, as one representative of a foreign government has stated, they want him to know 'i love your new hotel'," the judge wrote. "the new york times" is reporting that president trump's former lawy

that has had a negative economic impact on north korea. and i think we should also acknowledge the role that south korea has played recently to make sure that we have an environment. now, these are serious negotiations, i hope that we do not have what i would characterize as the tuesday trump, who goes in and has the one on one talks with kim jong-un, promises all kinds of things and then on thursday he walks back. we need to have a full government preparation to these talks because it is that serious. there is a lot at stake. >> this administration has put new sanctions on north korea as part of the maximum pressure strategy. do you believe that maximum pressure strategy contributed to this diplomatic breakthrough? >> well, as i said, these kinds of sanctions have been imposed since 2015 or thereabouts. so it has been a process that bringing us to this pass. so here we are, and what i'm concerned about is are we going to be prepared to deal with north korea, kim jong-un, and the way that is going to lead to denuclearized north korea. this

and normalizing ties between north korea and the united states you know how this week with the north for the team will clear resolution of the korean peninsula here at the same time we should focus all our efforts to quickly effectively create defenses against north korea's nuclear and missile programs. also coming up from the plague of ebola to the plague of corruption voters in sierra leone on the eve of a national election. these so called us we've never seen they've created a perfect little chrissy with a leak is using everybody sooner because our. own we begin the day with north korea's shocking yes to possibly no nukes after rare talks between north and south korean officials the north has sent a message for the united states we are willing to meet and discuss denuclearization in exchange for security guarantees north korea is also reportedly offering to put on hold all nuclear weapons tests during those talks a stunning turn of events u.s. president donald trump has reacted with guarded optimism but others in washington are still urging caution. we have come certainly a long w

north korea does not want that. other than that, i think this is the rhythm of escalation and de-escalation we have seen for a long time. brent: but there is progress because just two weeks ago we were talking about the possibility of war. now we are talking about the possibility of talks. bernhard: absolutely. if you look at the war scenario, then this is a big improvement. if you are looking at actually denuclearizing north korea, nothing has happened much. but of course there is the hope that something might happen and that they might come to their senses. brent: and the united states has given north korea security guarantees before under u.s. president clinton. for example, written guarantees. so if north korea is asking for that again, why should we believe that they would follow through and get rid of their nuclear program? because we have been there before. bernhard: that's the tricky thing. both sides are very suspicious of each other. and there's not much reason actually to believe that north korea would be