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. six character should go first to 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 whatever just small and we would say oh yeah it's really impressive no 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 kind of centrifuges and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see them. too much point worse somebody wanted us. and that this and that the situation had 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 said whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launched the

we have war in north korea and north korea weapons. looking at it from a journalist, can you just avoid to keep it unstable because it allows them to rebuild in korea and prevent north korea or south korea which can be a power house in the united states. so a meeting between the korean officials and russia. so not work out that this will be taking in themselves. and it is presented to trump is already something that we're already doing. and trump is going to go with it just like in atlantic city. >> all right. so that's plan e for expelling the u.s. next one, please. >> thank you for coming. this is a good quality compensation care. i feel that this is the first of many sum mitts to come. summits to come. it's so complicated, it's going to take a long time. there has to be a lot more. i was talking to nuclear experts, so-called experts. i don't know if they are but they're real knowledgeable people. they were saying it will probably take ten years -- ten years or even longer as he mentioned. that's a lot of years. there's a step to fol

-north korea summit. korea the u.s.-north summit meeting, i would like to refrain from mentioning this at japan'scture, but resolutions were explained at length and president trump has given his understanding and promised that the issue would be brought up in singapore. i am delighted of this. i would like to closely work with president trump on solutions to the issue. itself needs to have direct consultations with north korea. i have not changed my resolve in doing this. results,s decision and what will be conducive to solve the abduction issue, of course i will have to think about the summit meeting. if we are to have the summit , the solutions to all these issues must be resolved, and i hope that we will be able to realize the summit meeting which would lead to a solution of the problems. but first and foremost we need to seek advancement. japan and u.s. should closely cooperate with each other so we will be able to see great success for the historic u.s.-north korea summit meeting. japan would like to give all our e

is to engage with north korea, to bring north korea back into the international community to promote communication between north korea and the outside world. to address that north korea paranoia, the best way is to start a good relationship between north korea and the united states. fundamentally transform the relationship. in that regard, the first point in this joint statement is that both countries are committed to a new relationship. i think that is important in the long run. eventually, that will help mitigate their paranoia, gradually addressed north korea insecurity and make north korea less dependent on nuclear weapons in the future. even though he himself might not be aware. >> that is an interesting question and we have seen this reflected a little bit in the recording here about how china has engaged this issue and the narrative is china is increasingly concerned about being left on the sidelines during those u.s.-nortrea responses. does this ki of set up, maybe set up between the u.s. and china for north korea's favor going forward. >> right after the news of the norta-u.

and china for north korea's far going forward. >> right after the news of the north korea-u.s. summit, there was serious concern in beijing worrying about china being 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 knows for a long time that north ren'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 worrabout north korean nuclear threat. the u.s. knows very well north 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 threat as an accused to strengthen -- given the deep chinese disrupt toward the united states, there was extreme c

and north korea. including a preview of the presidents planned meeting with the north korean leader, kim jong-un next week. this took place at the heritage foundation in washington. >> welcome. first an admin thing if you have a phone turned off or turn it to vibrate. the event today is the u.s. and north korea summit that was canceled or postponed so i guess we got it right. all they over the weekend one of the panelists tongue-tied said now that trump officially said we are back on, should we change the title? can we said well, it will probably change two or three times before the event or our event even. but actually, there's a bit of a story behind the event. when i lined up the six panelists, the first three and that we have a second panel focused particularly on japan. i had not got around to sending the notification flyer. i came in one morning and i said, i'm going to do nothing else this morning but get the flyer out. just the slum it and was going to happen in one of the implications. and i

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

so do you believe north korea because north korea mentioned some steps? how can you ensure you are not repeating mistakes by allowing north korea endless negotiations and try to run out the clock? do you have specific measures? speaks japanese. that was a question about how you will verify denuclearisation. now a question we are getting in corian. we'll see how the foreign minister a nswe rs. we'll see how the foreign minister answers. bear with others. -- bear with us. great to see multilingual representatives with our correspondence. 0k, representatives with our correspondence. ok, so answering in corian. let's go back to what we had a few moments ago in that press conference. from the three representatives. she talked about the substantial progress that had been made but saying that his was a shared goal to see complete denuclearisation, going on to say the alliance between south korea and the alliance between south korea and the united states was as robust as ever. mike pompeo said the summit was a pivotal moment in history. the countries are staying

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

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

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

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 and 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 as

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

it when north korea and the u.s. because ultimately if that happens north korea's want to depend any more on china. no i don't think so i think china is major factor in east asia china was a major factor is a major factor and we remain a major factor in the coming years and decades or so i'm sure it's this fact cannot be changed and therefore china does not worry or fall deep yaki have in our efforts fall with united states as a matter of fact china wants to create a situation where the united states and deep dark it can be friends rather then and emits because what china does not want is to have hostility on the korean peninsula chunk of those not want to have a war of confrontation on the truth of this is so long as there is peace and stability on the curb in this era china fed with its war then otherwise so don't get china wrong in what china wants i think china does not have us that fish vested interest in the instability on the tour import insula just on the contrary china wants to promote a situation where our

to the north korea and ask for the future policies on north korea includes the us north korea summit meeting, we have details for aligning our position. as i have already mentioned, japan and the united states are always together but japan and the united states will be in full alignment for the historic us north korean summit meeting in singapore. >> thank you very much maximum pressure is absolutely ineffective. we don't use the term anymore because we're going into a friendly negotiation perhaps after negotiation, i will be using it again . you know how well we will do with the negotiation. you heard me say we are going to use maximum pressure. we knowthe negotiation did not do well . there's no reason to say. we in the meantime agreed on sanctions. have a list of over 300 massive in some cases sanctions to put on north korea and i've decided to hold that until we can make a deal because i really believe there is the potential to make a deal and i don't think it's nice knowing in under those circumstances but yes, the campaign hasn't changed. china has continued to hold the border.

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 and let me go to gareth theory 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.

korea or between japan and north korea the meetings we would we wish to have on the issue of abduction in the final analysis. i german. and between me between japan and north korea problem has to be solved of course japan for japan missile issue and nuclear issue very important. nuclear issue missile issue regarding these issues at the u.s. and north korea summit meeting first and foremost i'm hopeful for the progress and then on the issue of adoption. we will live as we will collaborate with the u.s. and the international community and. and japan ourselves must . talk directly with north korea in the final analysis i am determined about that. so the highs and lows. thank you. well the prime minister of it i have question to prime minister as well as president trump starting with prime minister you have already had to mention to a certain degree on the abduction issue in order to hold japan north korea has summit the premise is that you need to obtain results for the abduction issue what kind of concrete pathway are you envisaging to hold at the summit meeting in the your meeting with

korea it has to be said however that they have faith that the sanctions on north korea would stay in place so obviously any declarations of an economic golden age impending for north korea would be premature . schools but the deep geo political race has seems to have decreased for the time being and that's good for invested over there really isn't it science. actually you know it really we've seen quite a muted reaction from investors but to be fair that comes with a lot of expectation management they were prepared to see the absence of disaster as a favorable outcome say in the form of a backward slide of hostilities between trump and kim instead what we have now are two leaders who seem to really like each other a broad agreement but flight on detail but for now that's enough for investors to retain their calm and keep from reacting to this in a market fashion. in front of their thank you. boss if there is to be a peace agreement the two koreas will have to overcome decades ok thank you so the two koreas go mr. that way since the armistice that ended korean hostages in one thousand

this is north korea? >> kim jong-un at the water park, on the roller coasters wl his beautiful wife. one thing never changed. >> they always wanted the nuclear weapons. >> how much does donald trump really know? >> he is a smart cookie. >> about the man he made a deal with. >> incredible uncertainty. if you wait you die. >> consequences for the next 60, 70, hundreds of years. >> good evening, i'm faree fareed, zakaria. i want to show you a video. one that tells you the story of north korea. this is our planet seen from the space station. that area is south korea, a blaze with light and life. this black hole, looks like water, is north korea. it is a country so impoverished and backwards it 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 commands the center of the world stage. this is the story of kim jong-un, his past, present, and how he has managed to bring an american president to his doorstep. ♪ >> december 2

north korea abounds with rich natural resources. north korea has diligently work for. if north korea is willing to take steps toward the right direction, north korea can see a bright future ahead for itself. japan, based on the japan/north korea/pyongyang declaration, is prepared to tackle the unfortunate past to normalize our diplomatic relations and to provide economic cooperation. japan wishes to play the role as much as possible. donald, i value highly your strong commitment to world peace and prosperity. in closing, i wish to add that japan stands ready to make every effort to assist you for the success of u.s./north korea summit. thank you. >> appreciate it. so we'll take a few questions. >> mr. president, on the subject -- i have a question for the prime minister as well. on the subject of north korea, how far are you willing to go in terms of the economic security, political guarantees with kim? are you willing to move down the road to normalizing relations with north korea as the prime minister suggested he was willing to at some point? you teased this as well

now, on north korea. it has been less than 24 hours since president trump and chairman kim jong-un met in singapore. it is a welcome improvement to see the two of them having a dialogue rather than engaging in rattlinging and saber which, given north korea's capabilities, is truly dangerous for every american. although we are all rooting for diplomacy to succeed, we have to be clear eyed about what a diplomatic success looks like. please, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula, nothing less. when a country like north korea, with a leader who is as ruthless as kim jong-un is, has nuclear weapons and icbms that can threaten the u.s., photo ops will not do. we need followthrough. we need to see that that danger is removed. and yet, president trump seems to have given away two or three of the major things that kim jong-un wanted. a meeting, flags next to each other, no delay of exercises with south korea, without getting anything in return. a danger to america is ever present. what

-north korea summit. the meeting as a -- would like to refrain from mentioning this at this juncture. in any case, japan stops and explained, and president trump has given his understanding and promised that the issue would be brought up at the summit meeting in singapore. -- delighted for this, as told like to closely work seek solutions to the issue. -- direct consultation with north korea. i have not changed my result in doing so. to solve the abduction issue, of course i will have to think about the summit meeting for japan, the north korea summit meeting. if we were to have the meeting -- the induction issue, solution to all of these issues. i hope we will be able to realize that -- solution to the problem. -- should closely cooperate with each other so they should be able to see great success for the historic u.s.-north korea summit meeting. japan would like us to give our all-out efforts and support. pres. trump: i would like to pay my respects and love to the warmbier family, the incredible mbier

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,

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

completely in a new condition of north korea. so some interesting ideas that we're hearing there from the german public broadcaster let's get more now we're joined here in the studio are marcus climb a security analyst from the german institute for international and security affairs welcome to marcus good to be here what do you make of what we just heard there are both of these parties approaching this summit from a position of mutual respect and who might have the upper hand i think first glance the united states seems to be the stronger party in the negotiations but at the end of the day it's about how to the need to lower denuclearize north korea and if you turn the perspective around the think it's pretty obvious that north korea is in a strong position how can you get rid of the nuclear weapons of north korea it must be a mixture of economic incentives sanction relieved. support of the infrastructure diplomatic sanctions and so on and so on and so on therefore it will be very difficult for the united states to be to create s

north korea has been dependent beijing. russia fears a summit could ct its reputation as a major dealmaker in east asia. according to an online piece by former russian diplomat. let's ask experts how china and russia may react to any deal. we welcome victor davis hanson. michael malice, biographer and author of the book "dear reader." and gordon chain. gentlemen, there is so much i want to unpack. much has been made of kim jong un's affection for his grandfather. where his grandfather was in conversations with jimmy carter in '93. he died three weeks later. he looks heavy. he looks like his grandfather. how does that play into this, and your reaction on the russia-china issue? >> kim jong un is doing a throwback to his grandfather, very much revered to this day even by refugees. one of the greatest people who's ever lived, they think. when kim jong il took over, he launched a campaign called let's eat two meals a day instead of three. even his clothing is a throwback. i have the same suit kim jong un is wearing. i got in no

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

korea. >> bottom line, do you think icsre safer now regarding north korea or were they safer a week ago? >> well, the bottom line is that we need to make progress. we are never safe when a leader like kim jong-un has icbm's and nuclear weapons. have we moved materially in any way away from that worry and danger? no. >> what about -- i will put these two questions together here. we've heard some of your colleagues about we need to kind of verify what the terms are here, we need to have a follow up study. you also seen from your republican counterparts for giving a pass on the president for his position on trade and zte. >> i'm gratified that a large number of republicans are with us on zte and something that got much less notice than it deserved in the manager's amendment last night on the bill is a very strong zte amendment that goes even further than the original amendment in terms of undoing what the president has done and putting far more restrictions on them. in that area we seem to have a great deal of bipartisan support and we democrats feel very strongly and i think a lot of

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

-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

part of his administration and a credible negotiation process with north korea because north korea made the ready clear that they have some red lines that 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 it you just mentioned that this striking the balance between you know the rational and the rational part of the. chump administration would be a challenge but i wonder if you are perhaps overestimating. the reliance of this administration on the careful and malices and be 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 cards of the madman like richard nix

and north korea weren't talking here. that prompted the letter from president trump threatening to scrap the summit. >> trace: and just to get this reaction, we're 11 days away. the early going, they said one of the reasons this is in singapore because they weren't sure how kim jong-un was going to get there. they're still flying these old military planes from russia that can't go more than a couple thousand miles. that was also a factor that played into this. now we're back to the drawing board, how does he get there, what will happen. a lot to play out. >> when you're talking about a logistic team between china and the united states. it's north korea. a different ball game. the first time that xi jinping hosted kim jong-un, kim jong-un left the country as leader for the first time. he took the train to china. >> trace: took the train. rich edson, great information. thanks so much. kim jong-un's father wouldn't fly at all. he was afraid the planes would be shot down. one more time, the trains he was on had to be guarded

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

korea, free of weapons of mass destruction, is also a secure north korea. >> reporter: the summit has drawn thousands of journalists and international observers. former n.b.a. star dennis rodman, who has developed a friendship with kim, arrived today. >> every time i see him, it's always a surprise, so maybe tomorrow it's the same thing. >> reporter: the summit will begin with a handshake followed by 45 minutes of one-on-one talks with only interpreters present. then a meeting with advisers and a working lunch. both leaders will depart afterward, for the president, more than half a day earlier than anticipated. that's sentosa island, site of this never-before-seen summit, president trump, kim jong-un. it happens after a rocky meeting in canada with long standing u.s. allies. here trying to make peace with a long-time adversary. over the weekend the president clashed with leaders at the g-7 summit, all long-time u.s. allies over trade and tariffs. canadian prime minister justin trudeau. >> canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around. >> reporter: pe

including frankly, north korea. that would have been the next fades phase if we did it or find it necessary to do. nuclear to me is always first. and we're going to be fine. with respect to iran. but we also sager, got something out of it that is very important. a lot of the people that write about this some i have great respect for but haven't pick it had up. iran is not the same country it was a few months ago. they are much much different group of leaders. and i hope at some point they will come to us and we'll sit down and we'll make a deal that is good for them and good for us and good for everybody and great for iran. i expect it to be, i want it to be great for iran. if they would have walked our side from some of the horrible provisions that you know and as well as i do and everybody sitting here knows, we could have had a great deal. nothing wrong with the deal, but there is something wrong with that deal. we had a great opportunity to make a phenomenal deal. i'm prepared to walk. it could happen, maybe it

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

most of those are in north korea. in the past we have had recovery of those remains that was stopped i think five years ago. and they to find the remains and match them to the missing, wanted that ort sny people.ell and but i think it would shock most people to know how many of those soldiers from the korean war still remain in north korea. you heard president trump say that he brought that up at the very end of the meeting. he obviously knew that was something on the minds of many americans to try to start that retrieval program once again. you also heard president trump talk about ceasing military exercises. they have big military exercises. i have been on them before myself from the ground, from a fighter jet, watching the military exercises with south korea. he said those will stop. that is something that toheidta president trump stood firm keeping those military exercises. he said they're expensive. talked about bombe guam, six hours. expensive. i would say the military has to exercise and fly those to stay curre

prepared to offer north korea? he did say they are prepared to offer the north korea ans these security assurances to ensure that denuclearization does not end poorly for them. now, a reporter asked does that mean potential troop withdrawal from the border in the korean peninsula. 25,000 u.s. troops are there. mike pompeo said not to read into that. but he did say they would be unique and different security options for the north korea ns f they show they are committed to that. he was asked about the cop ten shouse g-7 days of talks and diplomacy that have gone on. the tables were turned. instead of asked how the united states is supposed to ask north korea and whatever commits they make, he was asked how is north korea supposed to trust the united states and president trump after seeing the way president trump is now react to go united states' allies. mike pompeo said he doesn't think those are the same. he said it was a ludicrous comparison. he said essentially both of these leaders will have to come together and

liz: so what is north korea's bottom line? what does north korea really want? >> well, north korea that's a complicated question but if you're talking about the north korean leader he wants regime survival and recognize the need for prosperity in his country if he wants to hold on to the elite and the military in terms of their commitment to the kim family and also to bring along the millions oforth koreans who live in unmistakable poverty i think he realizes he needs prosperity and the way to get there is through a denuclearized korean peninsula through joining the community of nations through abandoned the enduring isolation that has led to famine in the country, and these are very difficult choices, because his goals are clear, prosperity but the route there may mean giving up some of his power or at least being a lot more vulnerable than he's been. liz: you're making such excellent points the question is kim finally ready to give it up it's also about reuniting the entire peninsula under the single nationalityf the korean s, it's about the s size as the uni