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

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

president and the leader of north korea. it was a welcome improvement to see the two of them having a dialogue rather than enging in name calling and saber rattling. certainly, americans feel better about talking than name calling and threats of war, which had characterized the relationship up until now. though we are all rooting for diplomacy to succeed, we must be clear-eyed about what a diplomatic success with north korea looks like. a diplomatic success would be the complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula. nothing less. and why do we say that? it's not to make any political points. but a nuclear north korea with icbm's probably presents a greater danger to the united states and the safety and well-being of our country than any other in the world. so it's imperative that we actually get action here, not just photo ops. previous negotiations have sought the same goal with good reason. and in 1994 and 2005, those negotiations yielded agreements that were in fact much more rigorous than th

that north korea wants. well, according to the south korean delegation, i m with kim jong ts t noh rea said. according to chinese press after kim's visit to beijing, this is what north korea said. we're not getting a lot straight from the horse's mouth. but also when north korea has announced things, it's not that it's code words, but it's using phrases that people have been following it for a long time know what they mean. even in the south korean delegation read out of their meeting with kim, he's willing to talk about denuclearization. and in return for security assurances and they didn't use end of u.s. hostile policy, they used a different phrase. well, security assurance of which they have been provided many times, including in the september, 2005 document, all to no avail. and the end of the u.s. hostile policy is the long list of security and diplomatic and economic demands and even sort of demanding curtailment of south korea's actually protected freedoms of assembly and expression. wh they talk a t

then do because the previous policy was maximum pressure on north korea if they think north korea is not abiding by by by the process that they agree here today as they go forward then are they going to go back to sanctions it's going to be very hard to get more sanctions in place china won't want to put more sanctions in place south korea won't want to put more sanctions in place if you go to the u.n. security council it was very easy to get sanction not very easy but it was that they were able to create this the message to the other countries that you really need to do this to put this pressure on the rogue regime well if this is no longer seen as a rogue regime but a leader who is engaging in diplomacy and certainly the narrative of north korea has changed very much it might be much harder to get agreement around the u.n. security council table for fresh sanctions that of course is the scenario if things go badly right now at this very first meeting things seem to have gone well at least with the body language of the two leaders who we expect to come out from that door which is fi

-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

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

part of his administration and a credible negotiation process with north korea because north korea made the ready clear that they have some red line so they are not going to cross in any way so i think that for trump will be extremely difficult to strike a balance between achieving some results with north korea and satisfy their work part of his that means for now i heard you say before that the united states cannot really afford a military option in north korea and this is exactly what mr bolton has advocated as he always does eat you just mentioned that this striking the balance between you know the rational in the rational part of the. administration would be a challenge but i wonder if you are perhaps overestimating. the reliance of the said ministration on the careful eye malices and the capital weighing of all of its options. yeah i mean i don't think that the military option is an option and it's never been a real option i think that when trump started with his inflammatory rhetoric last year i think that it was mainly to try to play the card of the madman like richard nixon trie

north korea tack against north korea has the possibility of escalating into a nuclear option that's the difference between today and one thousand nine hundred . we are prepared to take more drastic actions in ninety four there were prepared today and short nuclear weapons do work as a deterrent they were for the united states as a deterrent but they also work for north korea that in turn and that's exactly what the north korean leadership knows and that's exactly why they built the nuclear arsenal to deter the united states from taking military action against there is in my judgment no military option against north korea today. into orbit while his fans watch from the earth the truth is that if a new young oak is president if i did not get to fight what makes. alexander a guest is heading back to the i assess after two years of intense preparation what's the german astronauts mission and what challenges does he face. today. thirteen w. . we make up for but we watch as a officer that found out that if we are the civil service or. the want to shape the continent's future shifts should be

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

and if north korea backs lies at any point they need to cut off all exploits to the north korean regime that is everyday from c and numberhree the nuclear warheads and other dangerous weapons in the delivery systems are real threat administration must not call for those the asterix and false concessions as we cannot afford to be sidetracked. after all nothing wld sto north korea from conducting another nuclear missile test if it even believes the warheads and missiles need more testing. number four the american diplomatic capability and infrastructure diplomacy is a team sport and a matter what commitments leaders make to be well staffed and resourceti diplomatic corps that it becomes a reality. the statee department must have the resources it needs to conduct american form policy around the glo and the outcome of the summit clearly indicates how much we need t carr diplomats and technical experts and also come to congress to achieve ati lasting solution but the trump administration must work with congress to shape the contours of any future deal. and any final agreement should be a tre

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 ballistic missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike anywhere in 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 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 grahams in the leadership picked up on the fact that this was a really big deal. at the end of the war korea like germany was divided by the allied powers. the border between the two occupation zones was drawn in on the thirty

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

korea who xscape from north korea what were you thinking. i was so sorry. i. was not you know as. we know he's a murderer he he denies that there's a human rights violation or not that. yes accuse on the boys knew how and how this man who people in the concentration camp in the name of the. man is a lunatic and she is not a little. later and that's why it just i don't know what the word and leaving me and what i mean for. me saying we really just in. no way. christmas politicians say oh it was not nice who she is they don't even know it really means they don't even know let injustices looks like and why only one was watersheds. i don't know how she didn't think of this now how can the next. three months you know just what kind of. leasing and how to make a fence. so to make said so yummy christine i was looking at your twitter feed and . share this with the world i just woke up to this i'm awake all dreaming. impact that thought for us but we think you just think it was surreal to see. a statement that was agreed by both trump and kim i mean

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

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

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 often. remember two thousand and. six characters professor john morris and me they took us to yongbyon they walked us into this facility which we were not really expect we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges i don't often maybe ten one hundred where. just smile and we would say oh yeah that's really impressive. instead they took he took us into this building. took us up to the viewing room and there are two thousand 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 stars out of there because they didn't want us to see them. causing too much point worse somebody weiners. and that this and that the situation had become more common. to meet 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 o

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. remember two thousand and ten our secret her trip professor john morris and me they took us to your gun they walked us into this facility. which we were not really expecting we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges i don't know maybe ten one hundred were destroyed and we would say oh yeah it's really impressive no instead they took it took us into this building. took us up to the viewing and there are two hours in centrifuges. they let us you know our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to come to the centrifuges and then they were stars out of there because they didn't want us to see them we think too much point worse somebody wanted us. and that this and that the situation become more common and we're going. to meet 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 men would be up to the job. kim soon launched

korea in look at north korea today we have a north korea that is equipped with this missile i've been talking about that is able to reach chicago and possibly even this town we're sitting in a large lot and then to the bargaining table even if we're not striking the right bar sanctions blew up in our face in north korea they drove the north koreans closer to the chinese and russians so by by trying to punish them financially which the united states always reaches to first as its as its first tool we ended up geo politically moua lining them with with the russians and the chinese so i would say no sanctions have been counterproductive this is an economy that is not very subject such as iran to sanctions pressure or russia to sanctions pressure so they have not worked in north korea the way the united states and the united nations wish that they would have in we welcome international why our trade expert thank you sir for being here thank you very much appreciate it. and while we are a long way off some like i mentioned former defense secretary william cohen who says it could be a decad

korea's neighbor it is north korea's biggest trading partner north korea's had more relations in recent years with china although the real relationship has been far from perfect how will china see this i think china would clearly be the most concerned stakeholder right now amongst the three countries we're talking about south korea japan and china and for china really what's going to be a red flag for them will be point number one establishment of new u.s. relations on this really might possibly be a red line for the chinese now what's going to happen we can expect. over the next few days is for beijing and john young to have conversations to clarify what this means it has to be clearly for beijing president xi jinping this will have to be if at all done in a manner that's going to be acceptable to the chinese and i can't quite see how that's going to play out right now in a way that's favorable to china because this smacks of alliance possibly or partnership that for them naturally would just fit into this hypothesis of a growing containment strategy against china that all the ducks ar

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

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

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. to remember two thousand and. six characters professor john morris and me they took us to your ground they walked us into this for us. which we were not really expect we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges i don't know how many ten one hundred were destroyed 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 room and there are two thousand centrifuges. they let us you know 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 that we think too much point words somebody wanted. and that this and that the situation had become more common. kim jong il died in december twenty seventh he was succeeded by his son kim jong il and many western experts said whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launched the first in a series of

this test sites in north korea but we don't know. there will be any independent experts on the grounds to collect evidence that this missile test site is really being destroyed and we have to keep in mind that shortly before this summit in singapore the north korean plants to destroy a nuclear test site in the country and they even invited to join the lists to witness these events but later u.s. secretary of state home kayo criticize they were no independent experts no inspectors to confirm that this site was really destroyed it. was wonderful norman in singapore thank you. 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

withdrawing some of their troops from south korea which is obviously something that north korea wants but we don't know that that's going to be one of the one of the contentious issues in that negotiation and also. from peo made it very clear that the sanctions economic sanctions against north korea won't be lifted until that denuclearization takes place so that's going to be a sticking point because we talked about the modernization of north korea now that's obviously only going to be possible if these sanctions are lifted or at least eased so more trade can be done with north korea which at the moment is is is prohibited so and if they if those sanctions are lifted then there's going to be no modernization of north korea than the directive that kim gave out of modernizing the economy isn't going to happen if it's going to happen or not a lot of that is going to depend on the outcome of today's summit sarah. with the latest from singapore as we can see it is daybreak there at the summit getting underway in just a matter of hours a historic day and past and we thank you so much for se

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

president and the leader of north korea. a welcome improvement to see the two of them having a dialogue rather than engaging in 91 -- name-calling americans feelal better certainly about talking rat thanri name-calling and reservoir -- threats of war. we must be clear eyed with a diplomatic success looks like. the complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsulasu and nothing less. but a nuclear north korea with icbm presents a greater danger to unitedin the world. previous negotiations have sought the same goal and in 1994 and in 2005 those yielded agreements thatere more rigorous than the communiquÉ issued by president trump this list as a far-off goal but includes no details. or how they might verify if they are disarmed when they repeatedly lied in the past and no detail about stopping the enrichment of plutonium or uranium no details of the definition of complete denuclearization which has been the main point of contention in previous negotiations. t unfoately the entire document as we have lea

and china for north korea's favor going forward. >> right after the news of the north korea-u.s. summit, there was serious concern in beijing worrng abo chinaei sidelined, being marginalized and losing control. i think that -- we even heard wide concern from chinese experts in extreme cases -- there was a chance that when the u.s. and north korea might make some deal in which they collude together against china. because china knfong time that north korea doesn't really like china. if conditions were right, they would be more than happy to establish a close relationship with washington. north korea wants to play this role. many conservative chinese always believe the u.s. doesn't really rrabout north koreanuclear threat. the u.s. knows very well north korean nuclear weapons are simply for survival. north korea would nevee nuclear weapons without being seriously provoked and invading nvaded. therefore, the u.s. has to begin using north korean nuclear threat as an accused to strengthen -- given the deep chinese disrupt toward the united states, there was extreme concern. when these

if we acknowledge north korea at the same level, then north korea forward the denuclearization process, and in this sense, i found that kim jong-un was quite genuine in his way during the last two summits, and what i find from him is that he is eager for peace in the korean peninsula. denuclearize nuclear weapons if his regime is protected and if north korean security can be protected, so in verysense, i find him positive toward the peace regime and the korean peninsula and also in the global society, and also, he is quite eager to denuclearize the nuclear weapons in north korea.. problem infound a many media and public opinions. they only put conditions for denuclearization. they only focus on denuclearization of north korea. why don't they put any conditions for u.s. or the other countries not to intervene with the regime or not to propagate them any more? should viewpoints actually change in order for this summit or in order for this agreement to last long. there are so many suspicions purpose,m jong-un's which he never said about, then this agreement will not last long, of course,

if we acknowledge north korea at the same level, then north korea forward the denuclearization process, and in this sense, i found that kim jong-un was quite genuine in his way during the last two summits, and what i find from him is that he is eager for peace in the korean peninsula. denuclearize nuclear weapons if his regime is protected and if north korean security can be protected, so in verysense, i find him positive toward the peace regime and the korean peninsula and also in the global society, and also, he is quite eager to denuclearize the nuclear weapons in north korea. problem infound a many media and public opinions. they only put conditions for denuclearization. they only focus on denuclearization of north korea. why don't they put any conditions for u.s. or the other countries not to intervene with the regime or not to propagate them any more? should viewpoints actually change in order for this summit or in order for this agreement to last long. there are so many suspicions purpose,m jong-un's which he never said about, then this agreement will not last long, of course, a

-north korea diplomacy. from the stimson center, this is just over one hour. >> welcome to the stimson center. i'm the codirector of the program here. we are delighted to have our four very interesting speakers here to chat with us a bit about what is beyond the trump kim summit. when i give that title, beyond trump kim summit, please imagine the heart attack of me seeing that news, but sure enough, it now seems that the summit seems to be back on. we are basically getting whiplash moments every day on this one where the summit is going to be on, off, on, off. who knows what happens. in light of that, we are delighted to have our guests here. one formally served on the past committee expert panel. and jenny town from 38 north, which i am now proud to say is a part of the family. and my other codirector, my better half of the program is here as well. what i'm going to do is open the conversation with this four people by asking a brief question. i want this to be a dialogue rather than each of them giving 10 m

gradually address north korea's sense of insecurity, and therefore make north korea less dependent on nuclear weapons in the fute. in that sense, i think president trump makes some good decision, even though himself might not be aware of that. >> so this raises an interesting question, and we've seen this reflected a little bit in the reporting here about how china has engaged this issue. and the narrative is, you know, china is increasingly concerned about being left on the sidelines during this u.s./north koreara -- rapprochement. is that too strong a statement? >> i think right after the news of the u.s./north korea summit was announced, there were serious concern in beijing worrying about china being sidelined and losing control over future direction. i think that -- i mean, even -- we can -- we even heard wide concern from chinese experts from different background that in some extreme cases there was maybe a chance that when u.s. and north korea were talking, they might make some deal in which they collude together against china. because china knows for a long time that north kor

the denuclearization of north korea. president trump tweeted that a good relationship was formed at the meeting. >> got along with him really well, really great. i have a feeling it's going to work out very well. >> then a historic moment on the korean peninsula between two countries who after nearly 68 years are still officially at war. >> for the first time ever, the leader of north korea stepped into south korea. >> no north korean leader know leader had stepped across the border into south korea. it made it look like there was really peace coming to the peninsula. >> the letter sounded more like a high school break up. write me, call any time. it was very much in donald trump's voice. kyle: mom! mom! kyle, we talked about this. there's no monsters. but you said they'd be watching us all the time. no, no. no, honey, we meant that progressive would be protecting us 24/7. we just bundled home and auto and saved money. that's nothing to be afraid of. -but -- -good night, kyle. [ switch clicks, door closes ] ♪ i told yo

and china for north korea's favor going forward. after thes north korea-u.s. summit, there was serious concern in beijing worrying about china being sidelined, being marginalized and losing control. we even heard wide concern from chinese experts in extreme cases chance the ud north korea mighe they collude together against china. because china knows for a long time that north korea doesn't really like china. if conditions were right, they would be more than happy to establish a close relationship with washington. many conservative chinese always believe the u.s. doesn't really worry about north korean nuclear threat. norths. knows very well korean nuclear weapons are simply for survival. north korea would never use nuclear weapons without being seriously provoked and invading -- invaded. therefore, the u.s. has to begin using north korean nuclear an accused to given the deep chinese disrupt toward the united states, there was extreme concern. both countries might decide to put aside and try to forge a very close relationship. seeing that concern was likely mi

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

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

north korea's threats or the end of the north korean regime or the end of north korea's nuclear programs so all of these issues are all completely separate and the world different countries in the region and americans we all need to understand these a separate issues and i think everybody just thought that on june twelfth that president trump and kingdom would want to sit down and suddenly americans and everybody else would feel safe if well the summit succeeded or if it failed we would suddenly go to war well i'm simply not the case so i think the media and gareth you've been talking about this i mean the media's been pretty shameful in the narratives that they've been pushing but that almost has everything to do with domestic politics in the united states let me go to gareth because you wrote written recently on this topic go ahead. well yes of course it's true that the media have played a very nasty role in the run up to this summit really trying to discredit the idea that there could be an agreement that would effectively denuclearize and i guess i from from what i heard. say just a

for north korea. in 2000, kim jong-il came out of his antisocial shell and engaged the world visit -- vigorously for a series of summit meetings. kim jong-un on affected a very dramatic image maker -- makeover from a dictator to a reasonable global statesman with whom the world could do business. nuclear negotiations. standardso set a new for international shakedown. extortion. let me explain. in may of 2000, kim jong-un made his first foreign visit as the national leader. he went to beijing. in a fortnight he had a very important summit coming up with south korean president. after having pocketed $500 million in cash secretly wire transferred to the south korean government to kim jong-un owns secret personal accounts, he then received president vladimir putin on july 19. it was the first ever visit to north korea by the leader of russia or the former soviet union. chinahaving softened up south korea and russian, then he turned to the united states and special envoy to the white house. that envoy came

negotiation process with north korea because north korea made the ready clear they have some red line so they are not going to cross in any way so i think that for trump will be extremely difficult to strike a balance between achieving some results with north korea and satisfy the work part of his that means for now i heard you say before that the united states cannot really afford a military option in north korea and this is exactly what mr bolton has advocated as he always does you just mentioned these striking a balance between you know rational in the rational part of the. chump administration would be a challenge but i wonder if you are perhaps overestimating. the reliance of these administration on the careful and malices and the careful weighing of all of its options. yeah i mean i don't think that the military option is an option and it's never been a real option i think that when trump started with his inflammatory rhetoric last year i think that it was mainly to try to play the card of the madman like richard nixon tried to do in the seventy's but everybody knows that there'

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

-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

korea already has is north korea ready to give up what they really have or not now the north has always argued that if washington expects it to eliminate its nuclear stockpiles it will have to lead the way it will have to abandon this hostile policy possibly easy going on exactions decrease its military presence in south korea and japan if the united states flexible on any of those two points and the reason i'm asking is because during the previous administrations the answer would have been a definite no but with champ it's not bad simple and it's not that clear i can easily imagine him trying to play that angle to get more concessions or get more money from american allies be it south korea or japan and at the same time solid as a concession to north korea well i think that. flexibility will be the key word for this process for this negotiation i'm not sure how much the american administration is ready to be flexible on this bus for sure flexibility on both sides will be the key word because. usually people focus on the military security aspect of the nuclear weapons so north korea wan

he did not have a meeting with north korea. at this point some of the concessions donald trump has gotten, north korea agreed to halt nuclear and missile tests as part of the talks prior to this meeting today, we will see what happens moving forward, details definitely matter. thank you for joining us. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. the road to singapore has been months in the making, sarah sanders taking us along for the ride. we will show you the press secretary's firsthand account as live coverage of the historic summit continues up next. ♪ you've ever met. there's a lot of innovation that goes into making our thinnest longest lasting blades on the market. precision machinery and high quality materials from around the world. nobody else even comes close. it's about delivering a more comfortable shave, every time. invented in boston. made and sold around the world. order now at gilletteondemand.com. gillette, the best a man can get. they have businesses to run they have passions to pursue how do they avoi

think the north korean -- north korea is kim jong-un on an north korea is kim jong-un one. he has identified himself with a nuclear weapons program, with this particular brand of north korea, this modern, young, on the move north korea. nuclear weapons are part of north korea's identity, and kim jong-un's identity. that is why i think it i difficult say tt he is going to give up all of this after having completed what his iandfathertart, to say, am going to start getting rid of nuclear weapons. ms. demick: do you think he could get it -- give it up question mark would he have the support -- give it up? go for economic integration? with the military stand behind him? ms. pak: after the so-called purge, the recent purge of the three hardline military people with moderate military people, i be carefuled to about characterizing any north korean official as hard-line or moderate. poste are our terms thate on to them. they will be hardline when kim wants them to be. the person who met with president trump last three, when he became the united front director, everyone thought he w

so i think north korea is kim kim jong-un, and kim jong-un is north korea. he has identified himself with a nuclear weapons program, with this particular brand of north korea that is modern, young and on the move. i think that nuclear weapons are part of north korea's identity, and also kim jong-un's identity. that is why i think it is difficult to say that he is going to give up all of this , after having completed what his grandfather started. to say, i am going to start getting rid of nuclear weapons. ms. demick: do you think he could give it up? i think i have asked you this before, would he have the support of the military if he decides to basically got pretty capitulate and say, we will give up our weapons and go for economic integration? what the military stand behind him? ms. pak: after the so-called purge, the recent purge of the three hardline military people with moderate military people, i think we need to be careful about characterizing any north korean official as hard-line or moderate. those are our terms that we post on to them. they will be

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

to the threats from north korea. i will be traveling to meet with my japanese and south korean counterparts after the summit to continue to coordinate with them. i will also stop in beijing following the singapore summit. i will provide them with an update and under score the importance of implementing all sanctions imposed on north korea. president trump recognizes north korea's desire for security and is prepared to ensure a dprk free of its weapons of mass destruction is also a secure north korea. president trump has made it clear that if kim jong-un denuclearizes, there is a brighter path for north korea and its people. we envision a strong, connected , secure and prosperous north korea that is integrated into the community of nations. we think the people of the united states and north korea can create a future defined by friendship and collaboration and not by mistrust and fear. we believe that chairman kim jong-un shares this positive vision for the future and we are committed to find a path forward and we assu