and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert cullen an expert on north korea's nuclear program who's visited the country often. november two thousand and ten are sick heard that professor john morris and me they took us to young ground they walked us into this facility which we were not really expect we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges i don't know how many ten the hundred were just small and we would say oh yeah it's really impressive. instead they took it took us into this building. took us up to the viewing window and there are. two hours in centrifuges . they let us in our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to come through centrifuges and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see them. causing too much point worse somebody weiners an order. and that this and that the situation become more common. kim jong il died in december twenty seventh he was succeeded by his son kim jong il and many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launched the first i

that is against north korea and south korea. we know that previously president nixon used the troops card against south korea entirely, actually, withdrew an entire division, 20,000 troops, in 1970 and 1971. and in 1974, before he was ed to seek a job elsewhere, he actually seriously considered, he had made up his mind to withdraw u.s. troops. then jimmy carter talked about it. then in the bush years, gorge w. -- george whereby busch, more american troops were reemployed. let's say withdrawing 5,000 or 10,000 troops, president trump will likely calculate he' accepteding a stern message to both snd pyongyang. you keep cozying up to the north like that, are you on your own. fend for yourself. as he himself said during the campaign. to nor korea president trump will think this is sending a strong message. we're removing our troops from the south. thereby we willlonger allow our troops to stand in harm's way within the range of your artillery. thereby we will be more prone to strike first. now, it may work, but i think that is a fal

troops in south korea north korea does not like having them there and they consider that part of the nuclearization of the korean peninsula in that those u.s. troops are representing a nuclear power and so if there was a conflict at some stage between the u.s. and north korea involving those troops and their troops that could call in a nuclear response so the north korean version of denuclearization of the korean peninsula is if we give up our nukes you pull out your troops i think that's certainly something that the u.s. to be very reticent to do certainly at an early stage it's interesting that the question was asked to secretary of state pompei o when he gave a news conference here on monday and he refused to answer it he could have said as the defense secretary james mattis said just a few days earlier that he is not on the table we are not discussing those troops they're not going anywhere but the secretary of state refused to answer the question and then added he said don't read anything into the fight i'm not answering the question but then he added this he said we are going t

north korea and the united states. when moon met kim at the landmark summit that paved the way for this meeting viewing figures peaked at thirty four percent almost the same number watched kim meet with trump people in seoul following events thousands of kilometers away that could shape the relationship with their fractious neighbor fifty kilometers to the north its primary what i thought looking at meeting reunification is not far off. negative. so let's see what's going on. can you condone when you actually condone and has a different open mind said compared with his father and grandfather that in previous declarations to denuclearize were made with kim's pretty decisive only to end in failure and some north korea watchers a warning against over optimism but sometimes it looks i would say in slightly comical to see their exit expectations and of course our public is going to be dealt sometimes it's very strange to see how files say for war. what have been happening here for decades and will happen again and again and

and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert cullen an expert on north korea's nuclear program his visit to the country off in. november two thousand and ten are secured her first year john morris and me they took us to young ground they walked us into this facility which we were not really expect we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges i don't know how many ten one hundred where they're small and we would say oh yeah but it's really impressive. instead they took it took us into this building. took us up to the viewing window and there are two hours in centrifuge. they let us in our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to come. years and then they were steps out of their cars they didn't want to see them. too much point worse somebody won. and then the situation become more common. kim jong il died in december twenty seventh he was succeeded by his son kim jong il and many western experts dowsett whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launched the first in a series of purchase in twenty fifteen he had his

nuclear weapons pose to south korea to the united states into the world but you know that north korea itself is under an axis existential threat and there's a reason why they have built a nuclear arsenal over time and it's not just kristi's but there is a self defense deterrent component to it as well you know the you know north korea . during the korean war there was talk about using nuclear weapons against north korea to end the war there have been you know the introduction of tactical nuclear weapons to korea after the war even though they haven't taken out since then but there's still always you know south korea's under the protection of the u.s. nuclear umbrella as is japan and if you're north korea you're sitting in the middle of a new killer neighborhood of economic and political giants with and you're the only country that technically does not have you know nuclear weapons either your own program or by proxy state and so you know there is a reason why the peace matters and there's a reason why you know north korea's always sort of posed the process we have to have peace first

begin with north korea late today launching a new missile korea has announced it successfully tested a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile usually this is a miniaturized nuclear warhead capability the world hope north korea would never reach north korea's new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic missile it flew higher and longer than ever before a triumph and north korea says its latest ability stick missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike. in the united states. the world is shocked by this test but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. they've been working towards this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in one thousand nine hundred forty eight. during world war two many koreans were taken to japan a slave laborers so when the nuclear weapons went off in japan during world war two the end koreans had seen those weapons seen the effects knew about it they went home to korea after the war and described it to the kor

north korea. kim il sung was forced to find new sources of foreign aid to help him revive the country's stagnant economy. and ninety ninety two came from states and states said you must reconcile yourself with your commitments to the international. going to. be made pursuing. your history between our frustration treaty which. soviets insisted before giving you where you need your assistance but you do so so this is. the root of the problem they are drawing the train you're pretty except safeguards and of course it's a sequence. ultimately except inspections and inspections turn up an inconsistency in their. hunts flix director general of the international atomic energy agency visited the young young nuclear facility in may nine hundred ninety two. north korea played a game of cat and mouse with international inspectors and this went on for to hear this. on some days they would allow the inspectors access to sensitive sites on others they threatened to expel them. later blix admission that he had l

that's something north korea would say, not south korea or the united states. again, it seems the president has undercut our foreign policy by drawing a false equivalency between joint military exercises with our allies and the nuclear testing of a rogue regime. ultimately, if this is the result, it will have failed president trump's own standard. the president has said that, quote, if north korea doesn't denuclearize, that will not be acceptable, unquote. president trump has not made much proess toward that goal yet and has given up substantial leverage already, the leverage of joint military exercises, the leverage of an audience with the president of the united states. imagine for a moment if a democratic president had gone to north korea in similar circumstances and came away with little more than a hand shake and a photo op. imagine if a democratic president had placed the flag of the united states next to the flag of north korea and met a dictator on equal terms. the common tators of the right wing media and in fact the entire republican party would be sh

korea. kim il sung was forced to find new sources of foreign aid to help him revive the country's stagnant economy. i mentioned many to you came from states and states said you must reconcile yourself with your commitments to be international. agreement may pursue or. here is to be true in our frustration treaty which appeared to. soviets insisted before giving you a nuclear systems but you do so so this is. the root of the problem very very joining the. g except safeguards and of course. ultimately accept inspections and inspections turn up an inconsistency in their declaration. huns flix director general of the international atomic energy agency visited the young jiang nuclear facility in may nine hundred ninety two. north korea played a game of cat and mouse with the international inspectors and this went on footing here. on sunday so they would allow the inspectors access to sensitive sites on others they threatened to expel them. later blix at mishap that he had learned next to nothing

north korea summit. republicans, (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8000, independents (202) 748-8002. your calls until 9:00 as we continue to show you some of the images of that historic su mmit. we are also showing you the front pages from around the world. english language newspaper out of singapore, heading into the summit yesterday. their headline, "trump upbeat ahead of today's high-stakes ." mit with kim "donald andline, show." to the front page this morning of the calgary sun, "the best buds." president trump find a new friend and north korea. and from the english language newspaper out of dubai, "world history." that was there a newspaper going into the summit yesterday. nelson is up first and this open phones segment. tuscaloosa, alabama, line for democrats. sir.er: yes my grandfather was in world war ii -- my grandfather was in world war i, my oldest sister has five children in the vietnam war, four sons and one daughter. something, a lot of my european brothers and sisters in this country ar

is north korea. it's a country so impoverished, so backward that it's sometimes seems to be from another century. the economy of south korea is 36 times larger than that of the north yet somehow the north korean leader now commands the center of the world's stage. this is the story of kim jong-un, his past, his present and how has managed to bring an american president to his doorstep. ♪ december 28th, 2011. kim jong-un had just inherited the cruelest, most repressive dictatorship on earth. his father kim jong-il was dead from a heart attack. in icy pyongyang, tens of thousands lined the streets. for many mourners, it was a chance to catch a glimpse of their new leader. >> people believed he's too young. he's too inexperienced. >> there were real fears that kim jong-un still in his 20s was not up to the job. >> he looked like a boy. there he is sobbing over his father's casket. >> some doubted that he could ever command the kind of cult-like worship his grandfather and his father inspired. a reacti

-north korea summit. at the u.s., north korea summit meeting, as to the concrete matters to be discussed i would like to refrain from mentioning this at this juncture but in any case japan's position were explained at length and president trump, has given his understanding and he has promised that the issue would be brought up at the summit meeting in singapore, and i am delighted of this. president trump and international community, i would like to closely work with president trump as well as international community to fix solutions to the issue. in solving the abduction issue japan itself needs to have direct consultation with north korea. i have not changed my resolve in doing so. and under this decision and the results, what will be conducive to solve the abduction issue? of course i will have to think about the summit meeting for the japan-north korea summit meeting f we have the summit meeting, nuclear missile and be a stuck shun issue, solution to all these issues must be sought. i hope we realize

has over south korea as a way of protecting it from any attack from north korea so one would imagine that any deal in the long term that has reached a deal nuclearized peninsula may see a reduction if not the removal of those you u.s. troops from south korea there's absolutely no sign that the u.s. is going to agree to that any time soon but that would be something that south koreans would be particularly concerned about that. that protection that they enjoy having in place that they want here is somehow going to be reduced or even removed altogether you mentioned away moments ago sols keen for a formal end to the korean war would that mean for seoul. well it would mean a chance to move on really this country has been at war technically since the end of the korean war it's since it ended in an armistice not in a formal peace treaty back in one nine hundred fifty three so it is technically been at war for that entire time since yes it's been largely peaceful since then there have been some attacks have been provocations there's been violence at times between the two koreas but for the

and north korea summit was about to be collapsed however he called north korea. kim jong un right away and he talked with condolence and he negotiated with him and he lead it north korea and us to finally meet together so whether or not this will last long or it will just be a show as some people have argued i think that the fact that u.s. and north korea has met on the negotiation table has a big meaning in the historical perspective and for this i get i believe the president when jane made a fake rule so as i'm sure we've read with the situation has moved forward that there that everybody is say there are problems with the telling to you blamed them especially with the details of this agreement what's missing. it isn't missing the verification actually concrete is on the steps and the plan for this and but it is clear for this meeting it was not nobody expected really that they could within the time they had have such a result. we need now. the legal structure in which we integrate this peace process and this legal structure has to consider both sides not only

and south korea. many see this as a turning point. through the passing going to be confused by all the momentous changes underway and so little model to massenet and was able to do this project because the two countries are so different. if they grow closer my idea wouldn't work as well. to be honest i'm glad i managed to do it when i did my. money to you know the whole of the. of the unification between north and south korea is still hard to imagine he she does audience already has a hard time telling comes from lawyer. and a proper minder now the top stories we're following for you here at e.w. singapore is waking up to a historic day the summit between north korea's kim jong un and us president donald trump is about to get under way trump says that he will leave early because. glimmer narry negotiations on denuclearization have moved faster than expected. stories of people who were rolled over information may provide. the means we want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter and up to date in touch

with north korea. they came to the white house, they told me a lot of things, including the fact that they would be willing to do yo de-nuke, we have a lot of great people here today, that they were willing to de-nuke. once that started, we have been talking about that to save various things, including de-nuking. >> if i may, a second question. in the document that you signed earlier today, north korea agreed to denuclearization. how do you ensure that north korea is not all talk, no action? pres. trump: i think -- can you ensure anything? can i ensure that you will be able to sit down properly when you sit down? sure anything. all i can say is they want to make a deal. deals.e life has been is what i do. a lot of politicians don't, that is not their thing, but it is my thing. i think this could have been done a long time ago. but i just feel very strongly, my instinct, my ability, my talent, they want to make a is great makinga al for the world. it is also a great thing for china, because i cannot ima

united states and its allies south korea and japan and north korea so i don't think that the military option is really an option is never been a real option the fact is that after a couple of months of verify amatory rhetoric of threat of use of force donald trump backed down from this position if we take a look at the speech of the u.n. national general assembly sometimes and then the speech of the trump gave the south korean national assembly in the van der it's a very different speech no for us of use of force focus on the development of north korea the abuse of the abuse of human rights of course but there were no threat of use of force so i think that he really backed down from his options like months ago i'm not speaking about inflammatory rhetoric i think this is a very peculiar thing about donald trump he can be very aggressive when he's on social media but i think he's also. malleable to personal touch and number of american partners like israel for example have already exploited this trade in his personality do you think do you think i can john only will try to leverage this

without south korea, but south korea is really the one who has been pushing this. if you look at what president moon said when it looked like the meeting was not going to happen and the south korean reaction -- i mean, they were absolutely central to this process. china, given that china is the country that enabled north korea to have these weapons in the first place, by standing by and allowing this nuclear program to progress, it is clear that this is all of one piece, but i think this is exactly what you want. you don't just want the united states and the north koreans to be sitting down at one table. russia is going to have to be involved in the process at some point, too, but in the end, if it does progress -- and in my view, this was just a first step, more of an icebreaker than anything. it would have been unrealistic to think that trump would have come out of that meeting with sort of a full-blown treaty that was ready to be signed, whereby the north koreans would be forgoing nuclear weapons hasver, but at least he created an atmosphere, it appears, where t

free world and a steadfast alliance with allies we can overcome whatever challenge north korea rose at the world the singapore powwow is the beginning of a realization for north korea that they must be denuclearization to move forward as a peaceful nation ards the president to be strong good courage and bold to deal with kim we are on a path toward the a precedent agreement in the united states must not waver with complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization with north korea and that is just the way it is. i yield back. >> the senator from massachusetts. >> mr. president i come to the floor today to raise my concerns over the outcome of the summit between the united states and north korea. now after witnessing rhetoric from both sides and the unexpected turn to dlomacy by president trump and kim jung-un by all accounts was a very welcome development. as there is noo military solution k to the north korea nuclear crisis i was pleased to see direct engagement and i have long advocated for this approach. however i am concerned that the agreent si this morning doesn't address the thre

are in south korea president moon j. and his promise to write a new history with his country's northern neighbor it was full of praise for kim jong un's decision to go ahead with the summit and a statement released by his office president said leaving dog days of war and conflicts behind we will write a new chapter of peace and cooperation we will be there to go with north korea along the way let's get more reaction then from a south korea correspondent and jason strother is in the soul welcome jason drove the south koreans also think they are leaving the dark days behind. people i spoke to today following the signing of the declaration at the end of the summit say they do feel that this is perhaps the start of better times some people i spoke with who were watching the summit unfold at a television on on a television inside of souls main train station said that they feel that this could lead to a sustainable peace on the peninsula maybe even denuclearization no one was expecting a breakthrough but this is a starting poi

and north korea summit was about to be collapsed however he called north korea. kim jong un right away and he talked with condolence and he negotiated with him and he lead it north korea and us to finally meet together though whether or not this will last long or it will just be a show as some people have argued i think that the fact that u.s. and north korea has met on the negotiation table has a big meaning in the historical perspective and for this i believe the president one day and made a fake will says i'm sure we've reviewed the situation has moved forward that there that everybody is safe there are problems with the timetabling and especially with the details of this agreement what's missing. it isn't missing a verification this missing actually concrete assignments steps and the plan for just a moment but it is clear for this meeting it was not nobody expected really that they could within the time they had have such a result to consider both sides not only north of the north korean side when you're talking about the denuclearization of korean peninsula.

and north korea summit was about to be collapsed however he called north korea. kim jong un right away and he talked with condolence and he negotiated with him and he lead it north korea and us to finally meet together so whether or not this will last long or it will just be a show as some people have argued i think that the fact that u.s. and north korea has met on the negotiation table has a big meaning in the historical perspective and for this i get i believe the president when jane made a fateful so essential we've reviewed the situation has moved forward that there is that everybody is safe there are problems with the timetabling and especially with the details of this agreement what's missing. it isn't missing a verification it is actually concrete us on the steps and the plan for this and but it is clear for this meeting it was not nobody expected really that they could within the time they had have such a result. we need now. a legal structure in which we integrate this peace process and this legal structure has to consider both sides not only north of t

and north korea summit was about to be collapsed however he called north korea. kim jong un right away and he talked with condolence and he negotiated with him and he laid it north korea and us to finally meet together so whether or not this will last long or it will just be a show as some people have argued i think that the fact that u.s. and north korea has met on the negotiation table has a big meaning in the historical perspective and for this i believe the president when jane made a vehicle so essential with with the situation has moved forward that there is that everybody is safe there are problems with the timetabling and especially with the details of this agreement what's missing. it isn't missing a verification it is actually concrete this on the steps and the plan for this and but it is clear for this meeting it was not nobody expected really that they could within the time they had to have such a result however we need now. a legal structure in which we integrate this peace process and this legal structure has to consider both sides not only north of

we know that north korea is.

north korea borders south korea. north korea borders china. what is the third country with which north korea has a border? it's right up there on the sea coast in the northeastern corner of north korea, where the tumen river filters into a muddy delta and reaches the sea. it's up there in the far north. it's a wicked cold, winged eye laited gray little corner of the world. north korea has a tiny little sniglet of a border way third country there. there's only one crossing over that border. it's a bridge. it is a bridge you cannot walk across, nor can you drive across it. you can only take a train across it. it's the one crossing on that border between north korea and that third country. if you take that train, which doesn't come very often, if you take that train across are that bridge from north korea and they let you cross that border, where you end up in is russia. that's the third country that borders north korea. in 1860 russia anne came in and annexed that little spift land at the delta of the tumen river. previously, that territory had

to begin with north korea late today launching a new missile korea has announced it successfully tested a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile to join the fishes is a miniaturized nuclear warhead capability the world hope north korea would never reach north korea's new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic missile if true higher and longer than ever before a triumph and north korea says its latest a ballistic missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike. the united states. and. the world is shocked by this test but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. they've been working towards this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in nineteen forty eight. during world war two many koreans were taken to japan a slave laborers so when the nuclear weapons went off in japan during world war two and many koreans had seen those weapons seen the effects knew about it they went home to korea after the war and described it to the koreans in th

korea will be one of in first to invest heavily north korea. according to our estimation, if, again, this is a blue sky scenario, if everything goes very well then you could have .1% impact on korean gdp, or .2% of gdp. but that movement would not be enough for the central bank of korea to change the rate policy. but going forward beyond the short-term, obviously we're theing about, you know, in eventual full integration between south korean and north korean economy, south korea's $500export is between billion in $2 trillion to invest for the next 10 to 20 years. that is quite significant. rishaad: thank you so much for joining us. head of research for korea at goldman sachs. just coming through at the moment, i look forward to working forward with it on you. this is tall trump to kim jong-un. there we go. what have you got for us? >> it looks like optimism. the headline, it is good for peace. seems to be a lot of optimism and willingness between trump and kim. this is a historic summit. a lot is hanging on the balance, given that we have north

and north korea together. receptiventext, a south korean president -- which often don't have and had not had . things are moving forward. not for the first time because this happened in the 1990's, also been engager with north korea, but moon jae-in is very experienced. he was chief of staff to another progressive president. he knows what he is doing. the primaryhat is reason that the u.s. is now in an engagement process with north korea. what every north korean nose iss a family member killed during the korean war and usually by incendiary bombing the u.s. --ried out with no limits basically, the apparatus of firebombing that was used to l gevean and japanese cities duringng world war ii was redirected to north korea -- which h had 15 or 1 16 c citiesf modest size. they were all just wiped off the face of the earth. official u.s. air force statistics show the percentage sometimesstruction, when under percent to north korean cities, was higher on average than the percentage of destruction in germany and japan

we should be talking to north korea. we should be trying to resolve this through diplomatic means and i understand that the president thinks that if he flatters kim jong-un that maybe kim jong-un will submit, but a lot of history suggests that there's -- this is a bigger challenge than the president suggested at his press conference. >> another head spinning element of this, david, is all of the president's media boosters who is heads exploded when barack obama suggested he would meet with the u.s.'s enemies even without preconditions are now champions of this move and cheerleading president trump who just did the same thing that president obama said he would do. do you think president obama should have done something different now in hindsight now seeing all of this what seems to be, you know, warm reception with kim jong-un and maybe a possible path forward? should president obama have done it differently? >> i think it is fair criticism to say that a succession of american administrations have failed to subdue north k

only at north korea but also at south korea. he has been saying that south korea was a free rider d the signed a free trade agreement to the united states in a fitting more south korea than e ited states so we will have to renegotiate a deal. i think that trump by talking about the possibility of stopping the u.s. exercises with south korea is telling the south koreans wemight stop helping you any more on defense and if you don't want that you have to pay more for the stationing of the forces in south korea and renegotiate the fda so that become more favorable to the unitedstates. i think that was the message to north korea and south korea. that said in terms of japanese response, i think the japanese ticket especially and are generally concerned about the outcome because japan has already spent -- always been hoping that mr. trump will maintain the position in north korea. he has used his position so much in this meeting. i do not know whether he talked about that issue in the meeting with kim jong un and in what way we do not

korea. i think this committee for its consideration. mr. corker: thank you for being here with us in both of you for your comments. you're welcome to go about your day. admiral, i understand why you have that hawaiian lei on. you may wish to take it off before you testify. ms. hirono: i would be really hurt if you did that. [laughter] mr. corker: thank you both again. today we will consider nominations of and the jewels to serve our nation as ambassador to south korea, and assistant of assistant secretary to both near and eastern african affairs. they will represent our interests, from the syrian civil war our ongoing dialogue with north korea. we welcome all of you and thank you for your willingness to serve, and thank your family the same way. we first have david shanker. he has personal experience in the middle east and speaks fluent arabic. i'm confident he is well-equipped to promote u.s. interests in the middle east. no area has more high-level attention than the middle east, one of ou

china, north korea's chief enabler, already is easing pressure on north korea. north korean goods already are becoming more abundant in china despite being banned by united nations security council resolutions. and immediately following the summit, the chinese foreign ministry suggested making adjustments to existing sanctions on north korea. if china wants to be taken seriously as a responsible global power, it cannot shirk its duts to enforce sanctions on serial violators like north korea. and if north korea back slides at any point, china must be tougher on north korea, oil exports to the north o tf korean regime which still flows in every day from china. three, focus on the threat at hand. north korea's nuclear warheads and other dangerous weapons and their delivery systems are real threats. the administration must not fall for north korea's inevitable theatrics and false concessions, as we cannot afford to be sidetracked. after all, nothing would stopped north korea from conducting another nuclear or missile test if it even believes its warheads and missile

no skill north korea tack your stores in korea has the possibility of escalating into a nuclear option that's the difference between today and nine hundred ninety four we were prepared to take more drastic actions in ninety four there were. in short nuclear weapons. do work as a deterrent they were for the united states is a deterrent but they also work for north korea that they don't and that's exactly what the north korean leadership knows and that's exactly why they build a nuclear arsenal to deter the united states from taking military action against them there is in my judgment no military option against north korea today. was. the. arts twenty one special. because my dear the sword. was iranian are the. women may. pressure liberation exile home. these are some of the motifs in a march in the in her life. w. . time for an upgrade. funder church grows all white. coats with no. design highlights you can make yourself. since tips and tricks that will turn your home to some special. upgrade yourself with d w's interior design channel on youtube. union. leader. this is g w news live fr

to begin with north korea late today launching a new missile korea has announced it successfully tested a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile usually this is a miniaturized nuclear warhead a capability the world hope north korea would never reach north korea's new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic missile it flew higher and longer than ever before a triumphant north korea says its latest ability stick missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike any. the united states. and. the world is shocked by this test but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. they've been working towards this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in nineteen forty eight. and. during world war two many koreans were taken to japan a slave laborers so when the nuclear weapons went off in japan during world war two the man and many koreans had seen those weapons seen the effects knew about it they went home to korea after the war and described it to the

north korea. but u.s. leaders have declared that the alliance is vital for a regional security and regional cooperation. you look at all our joint statements, you look at joint -- two plus two statements, press conferences. there's always this repetition of a comment about how the alliance is important for regional security. looking at 2015, you see the -- it talks about the indispensable role of the alliance for regional peace, security, prosperity. trump and abe have talked about the alliance as the cornerstone for regional peace and prosperity. and even back in april at the mar-a-lago joint press conference, trump said that he and abe were working on the north korean issue together. so there's this -- this idea that japan and the u.s. are engaged together, working on this. working on regional issues. and yet with north korea being the most pressing security issue in the region, japan is not actively engaged in this. so when japan looks out -- like what bruce was saying. donald? donald? you have

korea and the u.s. had been doing. mr. klingner: i will give north korea mixed reviews. sort of of on the one hand, the we have side, just as leadership analysts, they certainly should. i think north korea struggles like others to try to understand president trump because he is unique and different from his predecessors. i read finally "the art of the deal," on a long flight back from new zealand. if you sort of subtract out the week in the life of a real estate broker in new york, there are a number of precepts that's strike home. and to cite six of them. it is less important to be a point -- atat this this point, it is less important to be a north korea expert than to be a trump expert. what trump said is "i make deals." i do ito do . it is my art form." this question is doing deals, being better than the predecessor. the other is "listen to your gut." "i draw my own conclusion." i learned not to be overly impressed by academic credentials." if you think back to the campaign, he said -- i know more ab

neighbor south korea. that's very specific. north korea gave no specifics on time line for denuclearization. no specifics on how that will be verified over time. these are the things -- those are the details that folks were looking for to see what the u.s. got from this. there's a clear imbalance in specifics for what the u.s. is saying it's going to give and what north korea is saying. and what is a test? if south korea, again, your closest ally in this issue here, comes out of it and says we got to figure out what just happened here. that shows not only that you didn't coordinate with the south koreans on this statement on concessions, et cetera, but that south korea has questions about how this went down. if they're saying that publicly, i have to imagine that in private there's a fair amount of nervousness, joseph knows them better than me. they were concerned about what was going to be given and whether they will feel as secure afterwards. just one more point i would make, you talk about defining thin

-north korea of 1994 halted plutonium production by north korea for eight years. it looks like the agreement in 2005 with president george bush. are there going to be real actionable steps -- that is the measure of success. i'm concerned about the lack of specificity in the communique. it is understandable after meeting lasting only a few hours, it is not going to lay out all details. it is not clear yet what denuclearization entails. it is not ear whether they agree on the pacing and sequence we cannot say, mission accomplished, yet. there is a long way to go and a good start. host: what are some of those definitions of denuclearization that may be at odds? guest: the united states has made it clear in a number of statemts that we consider theclearization to be removal of all nuclear weapons of the stockpiles of material, nuclear test site and a permanent end to nuclear testing, this man filling the reactors and facilities used, and a commitment to work with the united states to make sure at the scientists involved are not using their expertise in the future. the

it was not targeted not only on north korea, but south korea. he has been saying they are a free rider. free trade agreement with the united states. south korea is benefiting more than the united date -- united states. i think president trump, by talking about the possibility of upending u.s. exercises with south korea, is telling the south koreans, we might stop helping you anymore. if you do not want that, you have to pay more for the stationing of the u.s. forces in south korea, and renegotiate. that will become more favorable to the united states. so i think it was a double message the south koreans and north koreans. said, in terms of japanese response, [indiscernible] generally concerned about the outcome because japan has always been hoping mr. trump will position.tron he has used his position so much in this meeting. i do not know whether he talked about the abduction issue in the meeting with kim jong-un. in what way, we do not know. given the overall tone of th outcome, i do not think trump made the strong point, of the concerns japan

that is against north korea and south korea. we know that previously president nixon used the troops cardigan south korea, entirely, actually withdrew 20,000 troops in 1970 and 1971, and in 1974, put elsewhere, he seriously considered, he had made up his mind to withdrew u.s. troops, and then jimmy carter talked about it, of course. and then in the bush years, more american troops were redeployed. withdrawing 5000 or 10,000 troops, president trump all calculate he is sending oulrn message to both se and pyongyang, you're on your own, fend for yourself, as he said during the campaign. korea, president trump thinks it is sending a very strong message, we are removing our troops from the south, thereby we will no longer allow our troops to stand in harm's way within the range of your artillery. thereby we will be more prone to strike first. work, but i think that is a false hypothesis. probably it will work in north korea's favor, not u.s. interests. sue mi: quickly, i will answer the second part of your question about u.s.-south a

korea. bloomberg's chief north asia correspondent, at stephen engle, in singapore. you momentarily. meantime, you can follow developments right on your own number. tliv to get commentary and analysis from bloomberg's editors as events happen. trump and kim to meet, market highlights from wall street. the trade drama out of g7 and focus has shifted to singapore as well as global central banks. has the details. it looks like you had a second straight jump for the s&p, but there were hurdles. su: especially in the last 30 minutes. we saw a lot of the gains given back. to heart trump's statement that we will know in the first 30 seconds how it goes. the dollar did not move much here. the big focus, the market coming out with a bit of green despite the selloff toward the end. the s&p had been up earlier. seven of 11 groups did close higher. mostly telecom. let's go into the big movers. the big decision on whether the time warner/att merger will be out on tuesday. up, with a big outsized move

as south korea and the u.s. had been doing. mr. klingner: i will give north korea next reviews. side, i think north korea struggles like others to try to understand president from because he is unique his predecessors. i read finally "the art of the deal," and if you subtract out a realk in the life of estate broker in new york, there are a number of precepts that's right home. citeo site six of them -- six of them, it is less important to be a north korea expert than to be a trumpet expert. what trump said is i make deals. it is my art form. question doing deals, being better than the predecessor. the other is listen to your got. i draw my own collisions. i learned not to be overly impressed by academic conventions -- credentials, knowing more about afghanistan than four-star generals. people worry about he is not listening to enough experts or reading a big briefing book, he goes with the gut, with the instincts. the other is think big. if you are thinking, you might as well think big. i was out to build somet

north korea. the president is about to have a summit in north korea, he moved considerable military assets off the peninsula of korea. several ships, submarines, and has put enormous pressure on korea as well as economic pressure. how do you think he's doing so far with respect to north korea? >> i think it's been great. kind of reminds me when reagan came in. we had the cold war, but throughout the 70s it was detente, all the smart people in washington, communism is here to stay and reagan is like no, we win, they lose, that's my policy. he upped the rhetoric. he was deploying missiles into europe with allies. all the people in washington thought the guy was nuts, this is crazy and look what ended up happening. eventually gorbachev realized he wasn't going to be able to beat the united states and that led to the fall of the berlin wall and the expiration of the soviet union. now north korea isn't as big a problem as the soviet union was in the cold war, but i think it's similar in the sense the l

north korea summit. thank you. >> i appreciate it. so, we'll take a few questions. if we can start. >> mr. president, on the subject and i have a question for the prime minister as well. on the subject of north korea how far your willing to go in term of economic security granteesithkim. wilng to move down the road to normalize relationships, normalize relations with north korea as the prime minister suggested he was willing to. you teased us out here last week in the t sign a peace deal and >> well, the letter was just a greeting. it was very nice, perhaps i can get approval to put it out. it was a very nice letter, warm letter and i appreciated it very much. nothing other than we look forward to seeing you and we look forward to the summit, and hopefully some wonderful things will work out. so really it was a very warm, very nice. we appreciated it. i think, john, that we are going to -- we're going to have great success. i don't think it will be in one meeting. i thinkt will take longer than that. thi

leaders of north korea and the u.s. the american presidents explained what was keyed to bringing kim jong un to the negotiating table without the rhetoric we wouldn't have been here i really believe you know we'd sanctions and all of the things that you would do but i think without the rhetoric you know other administrations i don't want to get specific on that but there is a a policy of silence sometimes i felt foolish doing it. but we had no choice the summit in singapore was full of mutual reassurances but as more gadgety of reports next north korea should look to the example of other countries who previously placed trust in us presidents of the past. what's not to like a new nuclear disarmament deal potentially one less country with nukes where all bets are off all of us and we have this truly historic moment on film. so why does kim jong jr seem sue suspicious could be anything poison assassins or trump just waiting to backstab him the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal come to think of it ameri

will notice the difference between korean peninsula includes both koreas and newer north korea well we're going to hear from donald trump we think in about an hour's time what's the question you would like put to him at this stage and another question from me where do we go next think the question i would ask is secretary of state said gee is the most important letter in the alphabet and i don't see a v. in the joint statement where do we go next it's not clear there's not clear if there's going to be another leaders' summit or even who the north korean negotiator with secretary of state pump aoe is as i said many questions unanswered not so many answers welcome thank you very much we'll hear from you again later so there you are just one of the experts somewhat underwhelmed and underwhelmed by already a pretty low ball set by the administration because if you remember going back in the earliest stage of this process it has been a very fast moving on off process but the suggestion was there had to be commitments from the north koreans before they even got a summit in singapore so we