and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert carlin an expert on north korea's nuclear program who had visited the country often. remember two thousand and three are at sea characters first to john morris and me they took us to young ground 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 how many ten the hundred were just. 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 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 steps out of there because they didn't want us to see them we think too much point worse somebody wanted. and that this and that the situation had become more common and we're going. to him jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launch

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

and north korea and you've got south korea and north korea and that adds a different dynamic to it it's not just about the narrow issue of north korea's nuclear program but it's clearly the problem the world in the u.s. wants to solve but south korea is talking about all sorts of other things which might encourage north korea not just the idea of economic development of being like a country like vietnam one day but also the important korean factors the idea of unity and reconciliation career is effectively one country which has been divided now for seventy years james we're looking now at live pictures of the two leaders of donald trump and ken john and sitting down to have that dennet together and one of the few things that we head for president trump say after they shook hands was that he thought he perhaps would make a success from the last summit was that they have. a very good relationship a very good personal relationship. thank you very much relatively short sided in that hotel on some toes are all of the compiler hotel they seem to have built up quite a group or can they transla

we think about it as disarming north korea. the north koreans think of it as are no nuclearre threats to north korea and they do not have nuclear weapons. their interest is making sure the united states is not preparing or does not have , whether nuclear or nonnuclear that could hit north korea. definition of negotiation is vague. they are going to have to work through it as negotiations move on. tests ofhave seen various missiles out of north korea. guest: the u.s. intelligence committee has assessed in independent experts that we work with we believe north koreans have ballistic missiles. 14 that can reach targets in the u.s.. how accurate they are is not clear. how reliable -- this is the device that delivers the nuclear bomb to the target. they have a missile that can to decide allo nuclear bomb across the u.s. they have no more than a couple dozen of these missiles. they are probably manufacturing more and this is one reason why we cannot be comfortable they are not flight testing. we have to make sure they are not produci

and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert carlin an expert on north korea's nuclear program who had visited the country often. remember two thousand and ten. seeker first to john morris and me they took us to young 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 how many ten one hundred were destroyed and we would say oh yeah it's really close. instead they took it took us into this building. took us up to the viewing window and there are two thousand centrifuges. they let us in our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to come to the center of use and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see that we the whole thing too much point worse somebody wanted us to not do that. and that this and that the situation had become more complicated then when. kim jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim

and north korea the intra korean talks between north korea and south korea and south korea's been way ahead of the u.s. talking about building joint railways joint railroads and ending the korean war and all these things how does this affect that separate korean process i think it creates a roadblock for the korean process a question was asked to president from by n.k. news about this very issue he didn't answer it he obviously doesn't have an answer to the problem of what does president moon do next or he gave us some platitudes about moon being a great guy who's working very hard so we'll have to wait and see how the south koreans are going to try and spin this christopher green from the international crisis group thank you very much indeed for joining me just before i leave you standing here seven months ago as with you michael called for rick who is from the international crisis group another expert on north korea worth telling our viewers he is still a former canadian diplomat still in a chinese jail he was working as an analyst on these issues and he is being held by the chinese

and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert carlin an expert on north korea's nuclear program who had visited the country often. remember two thousand and ten. sucre professor john morris and me they took us to young gun they walked us into this facility which we were not really expecting we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges and i don't know how many not 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 window and there are two thousand centrifuges. they let us in our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to come to the centrifuges and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see that we think too much point worse somebody wanted our snorter to him. and that this and that the situation had become more complicated and we're going. to kim jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to th

., south korea and the north. maybe easing some sanctions and return for whenever north korea follows through. reasonable? se daryl: they are. we can remember north korea has a substantial nuclear arsenal, 10 to 20 nuclear bombs, material for 30 to 60. they have dozens of nuclear facilities. even if the sides agreed to a years longll be a process. we have to look at action for action process, each side confident they will follow through. roadwe can get along the that that is possible. the summit is perhaps trump's less best -- last best opportunity. host: questions, you can ask our guest, 202-748-8000 for democrats. for republicans. how do we know that they are actually doing what they say they will do? don't have to trust the north koreans to do what they are going to do. we need to have inspectors on the ground at the sites where they will dismantle facilities. when we get to this point, if we do, talking about this dismantling of nuclear bombs, we need to have u.s. specialists and north korean specialists worki

than the one that exists in north korea today. those are the kinds of things. i've been with chairman kim i think more hours now than anybody, including dennis rodman. we've had these conversations now over an extended period, and with what senator coats, director coats said is the history. we're hoping to move forward and change that history. >> north korea wants the united states to end the declaration of war. of the korean war. is that on the table for the summit? >> talked about a lot of things, jake. i just prefer not to get into where the negotiations stand today. >>> the united states announced it was pulling out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia. vladimir putin this week threatened to respond to any new u.s. missiles in europe with missiles of its own pointed at the united states. i haven't heard any response from the united states government about that, but that seemed like a fairly threat -- dire threat. >> that's a bluster out of moscow for sure. i think that blufter is aimed at covering up the

and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert carlin an expert on north korea's nuclear program who had visited the country often. remember two thousand and ten. seeker should go first to john morris and me they took us to young 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 how many ten one hundred whatever just 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 when you're in there are two thousand centrifuges. they let us in our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to comfort centrifuges and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see that we think too much point worse somebody wanted our snorters a handgun and that this and that the situation had become more common than when. kim jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to th

korea and the north korean people. maria: wasn't there speculation that our team wanted a list of the sites, wanted more recognition of where the nuclear sites were even if the u.s. knew about them already? >> that's the point. we think we know about them but if they give us a list, you might find other things, how do you verify denuclearization unless two things, we know where they have the stuff and you are there to check it out personally and make sure that it's been removed so we have to start out with the common framework of these are the sites that we are interested in and this is the disposition, you have to have the common operating picture and the only ones that can really truly verify that are the north koreans. maria: real quick, on china, congressman, do you think we will see a deal that would include some of the big issues like the ip theft and forced transfer of technology, how often that that is closed? >> well wi will tell you those issues and more are essential components of the deal, i know that china

and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert carlin an expert on north korea's nuclear program who had visited the country often. remember two thousand and ten. seeker professor john morris and me they took us to young gun they walked us into this facility which we were not really expect we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges and i don't know how many have ten one hundred whatever 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 when you're in 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 stars out of there because they didn't want us to see that we think too much point words somebody wanted us in order to have done that and that this and that the situation had become more complicated and we're going. to kim jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced yo

and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert carlin an expert on north korea's nuclear program who had visited the country often. remember two thousand and ten. sucre did professor john morris and me they took us to a young 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 automate not ten one hundred whatever just more and we would sit over there 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 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 steps out of there because they didn't want us to see that we both think too much point was somebody wanted us to know there's a handgun and that this and that the situation has become more complicated and we're going. to kim jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young

what does north korea need to do at this summit? what do they need to pledge to do for you to consider it a success? >> you have to go back to where we entered this in the trump administration to think about the path forward. we've always known this would take time and it would be a step forward and slower than the world has demanded, right? this is a u.n. security council resolution that we're attempting to achieve by getting north korea fully denuclearized. we started when the obama administration had a policy which was essentially test, pray and cower. let them test nuclear weapons, pray they stop and cower when the north koreans make a threat. >> they did sanctions also. >> not remotely what this administration has done. an enormous coalition we built in the united nations to put that pressure in place to have what would have been real negotiations over the past now six or seven months. i'm hopeful when president trump and chairman kim get together, they'll realize a big step with what chairman kim should realize. >> what would

i emnot sure how many fantasy movies people enjoy in north korea. an interesting choice of words, he said he's to bring a go the d result, and it is too early to tell. what do you predict will be in the agreement. >> a fantasy movie in north korea is a still shot of a guy eating dinner. kennedy: oh, my. >> this is most excitement in hanoi since jane fonda pole danced on that antiaircraft missile, what will we see? at least there was a happy ending there. what are we signing at 2 p.m., hanoi time, i am afraid as i have said 10 times in two years, they are not denuclear -- denuclearizing, this for president trump is damage control. i heard around camp power that folklorico will pledge no -- >> campfire that north korea will pledge not to use nuclear weapons first. that will be defined as defacto denuclearization, there something in it for them to denuclearize, that is their life insurance. a absolute guarantee there would be no regime change, they would no longer rather slit their throats, this is -- idea that hey, at least kim is talking to trump. lo

of north korea did better economically and the people had a better quality of life that. the nuclear ization process and. despite the sanctions there has been some progress and into korean relations two sides have explored railway corridors that could link north and south and to ease tensions along the heavily fortified border they have blown up guard posts on both sides. of the three direct meetings between north korea's leader kim jong un and south korean president in where the main driving force behind these developments one symbolic visit however is still missing kim jong said he wants to come here to south korea's capital seoul that would be historic no north korean leader has set foot in the city since the end of the korean war some sixty percent of south koreans think a visit would be a good idea if it helps build peace and it might surprise you but there are some here who are even outright fans of kim jong. un only head she regularly things at public events in support of kim jong il. seeing him frequently on t.v. over the last year sparked her interest. sometimes

we think about it as disarming north korea. the north koreans think of it as making sure there is no nuclear threat to north korea and that they don't have nuclear weapons. they are interested in making sure the united states is not preparing or does not have strike assets, whether nuclear or nonnuclear that could hit north korea. >> -- they are going to know it when they see it. they will have to work through it at these negotiations move on. have seen tests of various missiles out of north korea. do we currently have the capability something reaching the united states? that has been a matter of considerable debate. independent experts that we work with we believe north koreans have ballistic missiles. 15 or 14 specifically that can reach targets in the u.s.. how accurate they are is not clear. how reliable -- this is the device that delivers the nuclear bomb to the target. they have a missile that can deliver a payload the size of a nuclear bomb across the pacific ocean to the u.s.. they probably only have no more than a doze

of north korea. and eventually allowing inspectors in to view the dis- nuclear facilities, but we just don't know. there is the option that president trump could ease up sanctions on north korea before denuclearization, so there is just so many variables, so until we know for sure what is on that table, we just don't know if this summit is going to be a success in the eyes of republicans and democrats on capitol hill. for the white house and for president trump, from their point of you, they say that simply sitting down and simply having these meetings and building this relationship, that that in and of itself is a success. >> shannon: if you will stand by, thank you very much. this is rapidly moving and changing. we saw the timeline last night, they're having this extended bilateral meeting after an extended personal conversation. there is also going to be a working lunch before the ceremony and we don't know what will be included. at the details or anything else. all this is happening live. extende

the it's in north korea in the states and then the claim that they won the war against us in north korea was so claim that they want this korean war against which is that it's so clear that same time vietnam saddest was to maintain this on some sort of a social is the system so this is maybe chinese model part of china is available now in north korea is very interested in vietnam's model for their economy growth i just want to go back to your point of other change right actually it is a very big talking point in chinese social media. first of all the chinese people are there really proud that i came is taking this train ride across the whole china not the whole china like i read it all the way in china and china is responsible for providing security and i cleaning airing all the train tracks on roads fall for him to pass through. but then they also think that if they stop and for them because when they pass through the whole china pass through china like people cannot go to work on time they cannot take the train on time and i saw some videos and pictures of people taking this train and

korea and president trump on twitter making that clear saying that vietnam poses a model for north korea if it would be neat denuclearized he said on twitter the potential is also. he's meeting to me as leaders right now later he will of course meet with north korea's kim jong only when state evening their second meeting since the singapore summit what do we expect this time around any concrete commitments to expect out of the second summit. yes what we have to judge this i think. in the whole last two years we've gone from a feeling of imminent war a nuclear war that to one of the friendly relations between the two countries so that is a great success that is taking us to the singapore summit in july last year what's happened in the intervening period very little progress has stall there has not been any great progress on denuclearization the key term which the two sides may understand differently certainly north korea's not made any great concessions so yes the last meeting was historic because it took place just the fact that you had a sitting u.s. president in the city north korean l

korea >> well, on paper north korea is a promising investment destination, right if we look at any industry, any economic sector, we would have to be modernized, rebuilt from scratch. it has trillions of dollars worth of, you know, untapped mineral deposits, but the reality is it is one of the most hostile countries in the world for foreign investors, right we've seen some promising signs on marketization, so the economy has opened up over the last few years under kim jong un, but further steps, let's say if we want to look at vietnam as a possible kind of template for an opening up, says it would require a certain liberalization, you know, societial, right, vietnam is still nominally a communist country. it has managed to transition into market economy while returning -- retaining its political system, but that kind of kmang will require chaksz to g from property rights protection to that kind of transformation is extremely risky from kim jong un's perspective. he has very little to gain personally, and he has very much to lose. we would be a little bit reluctant to necessarily view vietna

and north korea but also involves south korea and north korea and the trust easy a small steps and had there been any steps to speak of since the first summit in singapore last year well there were small symbolic steps being done the remains of missing in action soldiers were brought back to the u.s. there was. the. test side was dismantled and there were several as a small steps inside of north korea. and of course that both sides have to come together there were a plan working groups or they decide what kind of steps they have to do along the way bustin let me ask you from where you're standing there who is going into these talks with the stronger hand the north korean leader or the u.s. president. well so obviously they both want something out of these talks now the u.s. of course wants north korea to denuclearize but they know they've come to the realization that it's not going to be something that's going to happen very quickly and if you heard those comments that the president made just before the summit or just before the meeting today where he said speed is not important to him

vietnam is seen as a model north korea could use to reform. it remains a communist state, the party retains absolute control, yet it opened up its economy to become one of the fastest—growing in asia. duong thi thanh took the chance to establish her own textile business using traditional vietnamese methods. she employs dozens of staff and, after 2a years, her firm is now global. here is the fancy market! most north korean households have been making money on the black market for years. here in seoul, in south korea, one defector told me it is tolerated but still illegal. it is the only way some families earn money forfood, and she is not sure kim jong—un is serious about economic reform. these hanoi schoolchildren are singing about their hopes for the summit. they come from a country which has made peace with the us and gained prosperity. could north korea's next generation learn a similar lesson? laura bicker, bbc news, hanoi. joining me now is andray abrahamian from the asia pacific research centre at stanford university. he is here with

position north korea by denuclearization means removing the threat of nuclear war in north korea on the korean peninsula and in the whole region now by that it means that there could be no military threat from a nuclear power the u.s. is a nuclear power it has a military not just in south korea but it has military elsewhere in the region notably in japan so north korea i think means but a nuclear iran they should yes we'll do our bit when you go to remove all your armed forces from the region that's something the u.s. military won't be keen to do because it wants to remain there in readiness if there is still a threat from north korea so this i think is the difficulty they have a difference of opinion on this the south koreans i think have been trying to frame the whole discussion in a different way because they know that this has been a breaking point in the past and that's why they've had wider discussion not just about the nuclear facilities of north korea but about a wider peace between the two koreas talk of economic development reconciliation of trying to have infrastructure proje

says it's confident real progress can be made with north korea as president donald trump prepares for his second meeting with kim jong il and he predicts the country will become a great economic powerhouse. welcome to the program omarion evans dean venezuelan opposition leader and self declared interim president says a team of volunteers will be sent in next week to bring an aid which is currently held up at the border with colombia president nicolas maduro meanwhile said venezuela is not a nation of bankers and blames the united states for the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis. in venezuela medicine electricity and food are all in short supply. at this market hyperinflation means that even vegetables are barely affordable. as people struggle to put food on the table trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrive at the venezuelan border. anxious citizens wait in hope for food and medical supplies to be let through. when i saw the trucks with aid arriving i felt very emotional i felt deeply nostalgic i couldn't help but scream and cry. by calling venezuela's armed forces to be on the sid

we think about it as disarming north korea. the north koreans think of it as are no nuclearre threats to north korea and they do not have nuclear weapons. their interest is making sure the united states is not preparing or does not have , whether nuclear or nonnuclear that could hit north korea. definition of negotiation is vague. they are going to have to work through it as negotiations move on. tests ofhave seen various missiles out of north korea. guest: the u.s. intelligence committee has assessed in independent experts that we work with we believe north koreans have ballistic missiles. 14 that can reach targets in the u.s.. how accurate they are is not clear. how reliable -- this is the device that delivers the nuclear bomb to the target. they have a missile that can to decide allo nuclear bomb across the u.s. they have no more than a couple dozen of these missiles. they are probably manufacturing more and this is one reason why we cannot be comfortable they are not flight testing. we have to make sure they are not produci

vietnam's leaders less so but trump's summit with north korea's leader kim jong il has changed all that before his first meeting with kim on wednesday he met the host of this summit the country's prime minister and president on behalf of the united states i want to thank you very much for hosting and hopefully great things will happen later on with our meeting like north korea vietnam was once an enemy of the united states yet in spite of the history the relationship is now good with vietnam regarded as a strategic partner of the u.s. in asia. but it's trump's relationship with kim that's now the priority the hanoi summit to build on a historic meeting in singapore in june where they made of a commitment to rid the korean peninsula of some of the most powerful weapons created this time they need to agree a framework for how that'll happen vietnam was an acceptable choice to kim for this summit it's one of the few countries with the north korean embassy which came visited on tuesday night. and like china vietnam's achieve strong economic growth while preserving one party rule thriving li

like north korea is now so is that a message of a north korea donald trump kicks things off for us chairman kim and i will meet again on february twenty seventh and twenty eighth in vietnam. the time and place is set for a second summit. held last year's meeting in singapore a success so why choose vietnam for round. in its recent history vietnam has had a lot in common with north korea. it's also a one party communist state one that's been ruled with an iron fist. it's regime reinforced by propaganda and personality cults. and in the past and seen open hostility to with some cultural influence it's been isolated and an international pariah. but since ninety nine hundred six vietnam has taken a different path with reforms that have opened it up to foreign business. in a remarkable turnaround it's gone from basket case to one of asia's fastest growing economies could vietnam style change be a good fit for north korea. vietnam starting point before the reform is similar to north korea's now. you know there are many things that had to be changed fundamentally. when you switch from a centralize

the creation of us north korea liaison offices and north korea to stop producing nuclear materials at one of its primary facilities that we heard about during the singapore summit. it would include 300 different buildings and several acres. what do you think of that? if any of that ends up being true? >> that would be an okay deal but it would fall pretty far short of denuclearization let alone fire viable -- verifiable denuclearization. it is a step towards better relations but pretty far short of what some people expect. it would be a poor man's agreed framework which is what the united states got with the north koreans back in 1994. heather: olivia, your thoughts on the points and attendant deal? >> the most concerning aspects of this prospect of deal our first, the idea that a piece declaration is needed right now. i think a piece declaration threatens the ability of the us to maintain its alliance with south korea. even though it could be a very symbolic measure, this could lead to withdrawal of us troops on the peninsula and even more concerning, all these promises, north korea

we'll see what happens trump says he refused to ease sanctions on north korea in exchange for only posh and denuclearize station it was a meeting a waste of time. and as a u.s. president of looks away from his kids summit he's flying into a political storm back home trump angrily rejecting testimony from his film a lawyer michael cole and put told congress the president committed crimes before and during his presidency he says his life. last caucus on extends an offer to ease tensions over kashmir trying to stick in the wrong calm saying pakistan would release the pilot of an indian fighter jet that was shot down during combat time i spoke to part his fans and bassett edge of any. one of a warm welcome to you i'm on the. u.s. president daughter trump and north korean leader kim jong un have ended their highly anticipated summit in vietnam with no agreement the talks are aimed at agreeing on concrete measures for peace on the korean peninsula and build on positive sentiments expressed at their first historic summit the donald trump says talks broke down after he refused to lift all sanct

want to build railway lines that connect south korea with north korea and eventually with china and with russia and obviously none of those dreams are ever going to get off the ground if the same sions stay in place so they're going to be bitterly disappointed they would have definitely hoped for they would have a hope for a huge breakthrough but they would hope for small incremental steps that prove that both parties the u.s. and north korea they're both both serious about this process maybe a reopening at least for a time of joint economic zone in case song between north and south korea in return for maybe weapons inspectors to enter the country something like that something that would show them ok we're heading in the right direction but this the events that happened here in hanoi if think that they're going to be bitterly disappointed and rita i don't alexander where do we go from here just ten months ago we had this historic meeting between came and and a south korean president a more what and what do you think trump say ah more talks between the u.s. and came jim are they more

north korea is a garrison state. if we want to see progress toward that, isolating them, doing military exercises, conducting sanctions that prevent the develelopment of the economy -- i mean, you look at u.n. the security council sanctions, for example. it bans exports of textiles. who do think wororks of these factories but women? we know when women have access to the resources, they control the purse, conditions of their family and communities improve. so how are we not seeing this context ofpolitical conditions in north korea? we have to say we have some culpability in this. amy: christine ahn,, thank you for being with us founder and , executive director of women cross dmz, a global movement of women mobilizing to end the korean war. speaking to us from hanoi, vietnam, where the u.s.-north korea summit has broken down. president trump has left. we will continue to cover this story. we will link to the joint letter to both leaders from hundreds of women around the world calling war.n end to the korean when we com

major player force and the nuclear talks with north korea as well. let's get right to it we can expect and how we got here. will spend the next hour in smart conversation with the leading military and the poetic experts and he's expecting a quote unquote, continuation of the progress made in singapore but president adding in a tweet, the word denuclearization followed by, yes, a? since that is indeed the question hanging tonight over hanoi. five team coverage. allison back washington for the president has a look at the colorful history between the president and chairman king. let's start with kristin fisher who's here in hanoi with me what is online the president when they meet. reporter: the singapore summit was all about historic bursts, simply seeing these two leaders side-by-side was a big deal but now here in hanoi it is all about pacific street will the north koreans agree to concrete steps to denuclearization? or will it be more big promises that are yet to be fulfilled? >> we put real economic pressure and build out a global coaliti coalition

we no longer have a new york threat from north korea. that of course is obviously demonstrably not true. and if you look at the facts they didn't come out with what denuclearization means. there wasn't strategic evidence by kim jong-un to denuclearize. the program has not frozen. because they're not testing, and by the way these tests stopped before the singapore summit. does not mean they stopped. they're proceeding on missile developments. and the formulation the president has i'm not in a hurry is really an analytic mistake for this reason. as the program continues they continue to at least put themselves in a position to make more and more nuclear weapons, that's a difficult problem for the united states, and in terms of missile defense. so we should wish our president success, but he needs to level with the american people about what's really going on here. and that's not been the case to date. >> when you see the president tonight -- he's done this before, but tonight he puts it right there in writing, kim jong-un is my friend, wha

and where does it appear threat from north korea this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm hard on that hamid sometimes you have to walk this was how u.s. president donald trump described the sudden end to his summit with north korea's leader kim jong un the pair rived in vietnam with hopes of building on last year's historic summit in singapore but less than two days later they signed no agreement and there's some clear when they'll talk again north korea's neighbors south korea and china both said they were disappointed with the outcome we'll bring in our panel in just a moment but first when hey reports from hanoi. before the summit u.s. president donald trump tried to lower expectations of a deal with north korean leader kim jong il but the expectation was at the very least that the pair would sign some form of agreement on denuclearization or make a joint statement instead the talks were cut short before lunch the table will sit by the diners didn't show leaving donald trump to explain why racially they wanted the sanctions lifted i

north korea's currency has held steady against the u.s. dollar, construction projects continue in the capital. but general, the article also notes that it's really tough to get accurate economic information out of north korea but they don't sound like they are desperate, at least at this moment. >> absolutely. if there's a couple things that are happening here. first of all, kim jong un departed from his father and grandfather and really he underscores the black market where a person who's working in korea is assigned a job by the state, but he pays the manager of that position some money under the table so he can go out and work his own enterprise and there's a lot of that going on, tens of thousands of people doing that kind of contributing to the growth of the economy. the other thing is that despite the fact that the united states still has the sanctions on, the truth is russia has never complied with the u.n. resolutions so they've been continuously transforming products to north korea and particularly out at sea transferring oil to n

with north korea eventually. he just wasn't ready to accept what he was calling a bad deal i think, you know, he will try to get china to play a bigger hand in this and to use their leverage against north korea, and he will want to develop -- president trump will want to develop his relationship with president xi so he can get a good deal on the trade front i actually do think that there are separate issues at this point. >> we have to let it go. one more quick question. we have an idea as to what president trump wants. you have sources inside the administration how much access did you or other members of the western media have if at all to kim jong un? >>le with, this was a scramble, but we did see david nocamura, an american reporter, have an opportunity to ask kim jong un a question he responded the question was, and it was a historical first question from an american reporter, to kim jong un. the question was are you willing to denuclearize, and kim jong un, through an interpreter, replied that if he wasn't w

korea than to get out and have a non-nuclear north korea. how on earth is that better for the united states? i would argue the only reason north korea spends its time threatening the united states is because america is there. the point is, north korea does not threaten to nuke china or the europeans or russian or -- or russia or singapore or iceland or anybody else because it doesn't give a flip. the point is the north koreans don't want to bring the u.s. in, but if america is there, the question is how do you make sure they don't come in? and the way you do that is to have the capability to turn los angeles or seattle or honolulu or dallas or chicago or somewhere else into a lake of fire. americans have to ask the question, if we really get a nuclear north korea with the capability to hit america, is the alliance worth it? what is the united states getting out of that? what is worth a nuclear war for the united states? these are issues that the united states also asked to be thinking about in this relationship. i want to give the president

want to build railway lines that connect south korea with north korea and eventually with china and with russia and obviously none of those dreams are ever going to get off the ground if the sanctions stay in place so they're going to be bitterly disappointed they would have definitely hoped for they would have a hope for a huge breakthrough but they would hope for small incremental steps that prove that both parties the u.s. and north korea they're both both serious about this process may be reopening at least for a time of joint economic zone in case song between north and south korea in return for maybe weapons inspectors to enter the country something like that something that would show them ok we're heading in the right direction but this the events that happened here in hanoi think that they're going to be bitterly disappointed and rita i don't alexander where do we go from here just ten months ago we had this historic meeting between came and and a south korean president a more what and what do you think trump say amo talks between the u.s. and came jim hall and then more sum

well moving to north korea now and the u.s. both of them are going up for their second summit in vietnam's capital hanoi which actually is taking place the thaw in relations not only between north korea and the u.s. but also with south korea a spot an unlikely boom the so-called de-militarized of the militarized zone between north and south korea which in reality is one of the most heavily armed places in the world is becoming prime real estate more and more investors on moving in. it may not look like there's much here but kim ensue is convinced he's walking on a gold mine. and over there behind those hills is the thirty eighth parallel from here it's about five kilometers to the demilitarized zone and another four kilometers to north korea. the village of hemmer who lives in the civilian control zone a buffer strip south of the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea you can only enter here with a special permit. that hasn't stopped him in sioux from buying up some six hectares of land here more than a decade

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. >> days away, take two of a summit with north korea. but the president and his secretary of state seem to have different views on whether kim jong-un is friend or foe. >> there's been no nuclear testing, no missiles, no rockets. >> did you think north korea remains a nuclear threat? >> yes. >>> plus -- >> here we are on the bridge which was supposed to be a scene of humanitarian aid passing in to venezuela. it's an acute crisis. >> crisis in venezuela swells as the protests turn deadly and soldiers abandon their posts. the desperate need for aid grows. >>> tools of satan. the words pope francis used today to describe priests who abuse children. "cnn newsroom" starts now. >>> hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. president donald trump and north korea's leader kim jong-un are gearing up for round two. the two men will have their second one-on-one summit this week in vietnam, and denuclearization is still the big topic on the table. president trump already setting up his pitch to kim

-north korea does the u.s.-south korea alliance and what we should do about youth troops on the peninsula. it's interesting because so far in the negotiations the north hasn't seemed to make a a big l out of the troop presence. i wonder if we get to a point where the north koreans are not actually pushing to withdraw troops and they are on a path to eventually pyongyang what keeping them there in the north is amended there and the south wants -- denuclearization. the south wants them to say, what is the situation is the presence is no longer seen as it is kind of security threat to the north? [inaudible] -- and american interest, and in that situation it's not clear to me why we would want them there. the argument that you typical here is a dual purpose. that is, they help china. i think that is offense. i imagine the white house calling the blue house saying we want to use your base facilities in south korea so we can bomb the chinese mainland because they are attacking taiwan and i think that would be mass ca

-north korea nuclear summit is set. jeff glor is in vietnam. >> glor: as kim jong-un arrives and the president makes his way here, the white house is trying to manage expectations ahead of this second summit. >> i think it's going to lead to something very good and maybe not. >> bob kraft, the billionaire owner of the new england patriots, has been charged with soliciting prostitution. >> no one gets any special justice in palm beach county. >> as the mueller report nears its ends, rod rosenstein talks about how transparent the d.o.j. should be. >> just because the government collects information, doesn't mean that information is accurate. >> a weekend of unrest in venezuela. >> reporter: protesters have been working to clear this bridge, but are coming face to face with venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups. >> federal investigators are working to determine why a cargo jetliner crashed saturday near houston. >> reporter: the key here is to find the black boxes. they're likely somewhere in this debr

. —— denuclearised north korea. so will be watching out for those two litres meeting later tonight as they have dinner. very shortly president trump will be on the move, his motorcade is due to leave in a matter of minutes to go and meet his vietnamese counterpart for bilateral talks. ahead of all of that, let's talk about what is on the table, because it is denuclearisation, the person who has been with us over the last few hours, talking about this and having lots of insight, is andre ibm, from the asia pacific research centre at sta nford the asia pacific research centre at stanford university. he is with me now. what is interesting is that you have been to pyongyang about dirty times, so you would have real insight as much as any western person about what the north koreans want. —— 30 times. we hear a lot about what the americans want, which is denuclearisation. tell us about what north korea aims to get from this? kim jong-un really needs sanctions relief and he needs it as soon as sanctions relief and he n

whereas north korea, it is a really different dynamic. north korea has to change internally. the markets won't work there if the north korean government remains the same. vietnam changed dwra matticrama since the '60s. >> and tuesday there will be a huge house vote to block the national emergency and today 58 former senior national security officials writing to show support for blocking that national emergency. anyone from madeleine albright, jim clapper, susan rice, elliott cohen just to mention a few. and they say under no plausible assessment of the evidence is there a national emergency today and it goes on. it will pass the house. what does it mean if republicans don't stand up and join democrats in blocking this national emergency in the senate? >> well, on principle they will go on record as supporting what the president has done, going against national security advisers, going against many figures in the republican party who rhetorically say this is a bad idea. but the vote is what matters. and i think by the end of the week the republicans are going to go down -- or

solution for north korea and briefly well briefly what can north north korea has indicated that it expects a quid pro quo from washington i mean that's how negotiations work specifically on denuclearization though what can trump actually offer to sweeten the deal to make it worthwhile for the d.p. r. k. . well i believe. it is hoping to buy off north korea with trinkets sort of speak so one thing that they're probably going to come to agree to is a declaration that the korean war came through and rather than a peace treaty which is what north korea has been seeking. and i think maybe there will be. less obstacles put away from that a terror organization to operate in north korea. perhaps maybe the best the u.s. might rely on to allow south korea to reopen the case song the industrial complex but i'm not i don't think the choppiness creation monster will offer anything really meaningful at this point in time but i hope my hope is that as talks progress toward donald trump and mr ation that the most effective and quickest way for them to get dinner conversation is to offer something in retur