korea?visit to north >> the announcement of the , he got promoted and became state counselor and foreign minister. visit isncement of his another example of the effortsng of diplomatic in the region by the different parties. missions is to make provision --for for president xi jinping's visit later this year. tose indicate china wants see the opportunity. momentum to push forward the resolving the nuclear problem through diplomatic peaceful means. i think china believes we have the opportunity. the parties should seize the opportunity. so it should be interesting to watch what will happen out of these visits. thank you. now key difference between and the time when agreements were reached, north korea's theile capability, hitting united states. this has the attention of president trump as it would president hillary clinton or india -- or anyone else in the white house. point north korea breached that capability, that would be a red line and needed to be dealt with. this requires the president

and south korea it was signed between north korea and the u.s. and its allies again complicated because they call themselves the u.n. command these days they have nothing to do with the u.n. the u.n. doesn't supervise what they do but back in one thousand nine hundred fifty the u.n. russia was boycotting the u.n. china was a member of the u.n. and so when the korean war happened the u.s. and its allies took up the u.n. flag in this war and still the u.n. flag flies there although the u.n. in new york have no control over this military operation which is basically a u.s. run operation with the south koreans and their allies still worth noting the u.s. has twenty eight thousand troops still stationed in this country ok and james we're going to bring somebody else into the conversation now someone who is speaking with us a while ago from seoul carl freight often a fellow at the chicago council on global affairs and a scholar at the korea foundation man scale foundation so. have you been able to take and some of these pictures as we were as we've bee

everybody assumed it was from north korea. it's credible right because the capabilities of north korea have advanced very rapidly when my husband said calmly and my me now that the kids were safely ended up finding a culvert in the middle of the field and they went under the dead soldier and then he called me he said you have ten minutes to get here so the assumption was i needed to get in the car and drive to him. and i was really have a tent what if what if i'm stuck in traffic whatever it happens before we think it's going to happen when we survive it all this is not a drill you know if we did get hit with a nuclear missile and i think i finally called them back and said i don't think i should go which was heart wrenching right i couldn't see that. i just couldn't see myself getting there in time. when you talk to girls when the sun comes that you should go to talk to your kids. or i didn't yeah it was hard yeah. i didn't know if the other so was happening so i didn't want to scare them how long before you realized it was a

and south korea and also between north korea united states. basically north korea requires u.s. and south korea to provide sufficient a security guarantee in order for north to consider denuclearization however as we all know security guarantee is better definition reversible is basically a political commitment to not threaten the other side but these commitments can be withdrawn any time so it's very difficult for most clear to trust to this security guarantee and therefore as we all saw in north korea no longer demanding the u.s. and south korea to provide the science community guarantee in the longer required the u.s. to withdraw its troops from south korea i think that's a signal to north korea also no longer think about completely gave up its nuclear weapons so for the forseeable future i think north korea will likely. continue to keep some nuclear capabilities in the meantime to might agree to make some concessions for example the north korean leader kim jong un has already made explicit the high level political commitment to to where th

and south korea. the leaders of the country or speaking. i don't know if we could get some live pictures. it is quite something. you see the leaders over a glass of water chatting. to theup, we speak electrolux chief executive after the company posted earnings. later we talk tech and outlook for u.s. stocks. a little bit later this afternoon we also hear from the chief financial officer of intel. first, let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. nejra: the bank of japan has left its monetary stimulus program unchanged, as governor kuroda started his sixth year at the helm. the central bank also removed previous wording on reaching 2% inflation around fiscal 2019, while leaving its inflation forecast largely unchanged. the u.s. senate has confirmed that cia director mike pompeo to be the secretary of state. the vote came after weeks of heated debate that was much about the discord of the trump administration's handling of the policy as it was about the nominate itself. u.s. p

not denuclearization of korea. so the general concept like denuclearization of korean peninsula would be in the final announcement of tomorrow's north and south. and so far, north korea has been consistent that the nuclear issue should be discussed between north korea and america, both of them are nuclear states. so they wanted to be treated as a nuclear state from america. >> so president trump has said that he will -- he's prepared to meet president -- president trump has said he'd prepared to meet the north korean leader, kim jong-un, and we'll see whether this summit prepares the way for that meeting. do you think president trump should meet him? >> i think so, yeah. meeting is always very important. i think president trump should use the opportunity of dialogue and meeting that kim jong-un -- to tell him kim jong-un cannot reach his goal of nuclear state if he continues to possess nuclear weapons. and president trump should state very clearly that ame would continue its economic sanctions and military buildup

ever since donald trump has beenin korea. ever since donald trump has been in powerwe korea. ever since donald trump has been in power we know that north korea has been an issue globally for a numberof years, korea has been an issue globally for a number of years, notjust since president trump has been in place, but it has been president trump's administration that has really pushed this, he has pushed the sanctions on north korea and whether it isa sanctions on north korea and whether it is a direct result of art, the economy on north korea has really struggled and now we are moving forward in unprecedented areas. i think forward in unprecedented areas. ithinki forward in unprecedented areas. i think i would doubt that the sanctions have not gone as far as they could have. china is the driver when it comes to the north korean economy, they are responsible for 90%, the vast majority, of north korean trade and give north korea the vast majority of its food and fuel aid and china has not done some key things. it has not sealed off but very porous border between china and north

people in those korea so. it is the sign of a north korean refugee his father founded the tonga lodo newspaper to serve separated from their loved ones in north korea now sean is this. he says witnessing his father's quiet pain and his contributions to the community gave him a sense of responsibility to continue to run the newspaper even as refugees die and readership declines. then. there was a little bit while all. the new. war more kids. kids. and year. there were. all the. other poaching. cheat on. their tongue on their little old ella. but you're get this into him with the middle part give me that what are your recollections of what it was like for your father being a refugee from north korea in the society. think of and. putting it in the month. and then couldn't do it again. i mean they are when you me do you think growing up that big a north korean refugees and being the son of a north korean refugees you face any kind of intolerance or stigma. hunger the hope they'll run. she hung in there you know. t

in south korea there is enormous hope that a seismic shift in the relationship between the two koreas is a foot. because of all the global attention i believe unification for the government is making efforts and i think people are rooting for it. but there is also skepticism and a wait and see approach. is a priest and an activist who participates in frequent protests that she disagrees with president moon's policy of engagement with north korea she worries he's giving kim concessions without compromises in fact she doubts the legitimacy of moon's presidency she says his predecessor president park geun hay was unfairly impeached and removed from office in two thousand and seventeen in the largest corruption scandal in south korean history. because a cadaver dog major turn mother would you know able to pick each pair tom tom smith there i'd like to talk a little bit if you don't mind about north korea and the attitudes and feelings that you grew up with with regard to the country later on and to true things you can or i want to your i wonder you get there when they're twenty nine i'm b

do you think north korea would ever actually fire a nuclear weapon. well first of all i'd like to state that even though inspectors were there before these were from the i.a.e.a. and they were only inspecting civilian facilities so no international inspectors a personnel have ever seen or inspected any component of north korea's nuclear weapon program other than dr siegfried hecker who was shown the uranium enrichment plant and some plutonium some years ago secondly. if north korea is to denuclearize it needs to also bring in not only the international atomic energy agency but also the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization which is the only international entity that has the credibility to verify the closure or the north korean nuclear weapon test site just because american and south korean and diplomats or officials might visit the site is not sufficient for international credibility with regard to your question about whether north korea whatever fire a nuclear weapon i seriously doubt that i also seriously doubt that the united states wo

south korea half in north korea where officials in the past have met instead of walking through those hearts though he'll walk between two of the huts between t two and t three t. stands for temporary even though they've been there for a very long time and they're between the huts there's a line of concrete line that marks the border between north and south korea and we are going to see in the next half an hour or so supreme leader kim cross that line the first time a north korean leader has entered south korea since the korean war he'll be greeted by president moon and then they'll go to a building called the freedom house go through that and then for the talks in the peace house i have to say this is an amazing turn of events if you look what's happened in the last eight months or so because remember last summer it was really the tenses time we've seen on the korean peninsula for decades so what changed things was it the tougher and tougher sanctions that the international community have put on the north korean government or was it the intervention of president trump particularly th

south korea the u.s. and china for example moving towards a more permanent peace regime and moving on from the armistice that was signed in one thousand nine hundred fifty three that was significant there was an agreement that plans to visit pyongyang in the autumn so that will be significant if that goes ahead but in terms of your question about denuclearization that was where some of the detail was missing some of what was mentioned in this declaration was that the two sides shared the view that measures being initiated by north korea are very meaningful and crucial for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula they weren't specific about what measures they may mean but we do know of course that north korea just in recent days announced that it would stop its nuclear and missile tests and shut down a nuclear test facility that's a move that was broadly welcomed by south korea by the united states other countries around the world including japan though there was a caution from japan's prime minister t

he doesn't want to see a korea -- north korea, or any korea -- that has nuclear weapons either. so he's also fighting for china when it comes to this. but he has been terrific. can he be better? i always say yes, he can be better. i said, "president, you've been great. can you be better? yes." but he's been very good, and it's had a big impact. and what we've done has had a big impact. so we've never been in a position like this with that regime, whether it's father, grandfather, or son. and i hope to have a very successful meeting. if we don't think it's going to be successful, mark, we won't have it. we won't have it. if i think that it's a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we're not going to go. if the meeting, when i'm there, is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting, and we'll continue what we're doing or whatever it is that we'll continue. but something will happen. so i like always remaining flexible, and we'll remain flexible here. i've gotten it to this point. president moon of south korea was very generous when he said, if it weren't for donald tru

he doesn't want to see a north korea or any korea that has nuclear weapons, either. he is fighting for china when it comes to this. he has been terrific. can he be better? i always say yes, he can be better. good, ands been very it has had a big impact. and what we have been has had a big impact. we have never been in a position like this with that regime, whether it is father, grandfather, or son. i hope to have a very successful meeting. if we don't think it is what to be successful, we want to have it.- we won't have i think if it is a meeting that will be fruitful, we are not going to go. if the meeting when i am there is not fruitful, i will respectfully leave the meeting and we will continue what we are doing or where ever it is -- will continue, but something will happen. i like remaining flexible, and we will remain flexible here. i have gotten to this point, and president moon of south korea was generous. he said if it wasn't for donald trump, the other picks would be a total failure. it was my involvement in the moment of our great country that make the oly

and north korea u.s. talks and the south korean north korea us china talks they're coming up to the podium and i'm sure you're going to hear more about the details i've got more details here that i can give you but let's listen to the two leaders after signing this is storage agreement marty. them. tough day. coming to the dog the. book about a. dog on a dog but the dog. i'm got to agree. had on political. can dominion jungle no no come out on on monkey really you're going to go your car or join one of you don't divorce. him bond or later you song change your going to. show and tell us their god you're going so more. so don't tell us. if you say we're going on and on in saddam's focus of all. here ok well while we're waiting for translation of president moon's words we can continue talking to diplomatic editor james she plays james so while president moon is obviously introducing some of the aspects of the declaration that you started to you started to tell us about what stands out most of all seems so fa

north korea summits. china has also welcomed the announcement while japan's prime minister was more cautious person of the others from the north korea's announcement is forward motion that i'd like to welcome but what's important is that this motion leads to complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile programs north korea's promise to stop weapons testing didn't go that far it cleage to never use nuclear weapons unless there are nuclear threats and you clear provocations against it cathy know that al-jazeera seoul. well the pledge to stop missile testing comes after a busy year of launches by north korea and twenty seven thousand there were twenty three in total last september north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan its right distance was thirty seven hundred kilometers which put the u.s. territory of guam under threat a few days later speaking at the u.n. the u.s. president called kim jong un a rocket man on a suicide mission and he warned the u.s. may

both sides north korea has talked about denuclearization south korea has talked about the north need to denuclearize and the united states has talked about the north need to denuclearize when each of those three players talks about denuclearization are they talking about the same thing i'm afraid not and i think that all the braid talks happening at the moment between the secret services from north korea and the u.s. and also in various generals into korean relations they were. we'll have to sort these differences out so when north korea talks about denuclearization what does it mean they don't talk about giving and getting rid of all the nuclear weapons necessary maybe to keep small stockpile of nuclear weapons for symbolic reasons as well but also for a kind of security insurance for themselves because ultimately for the north koreans this is a matter of national survival so they will not give up this brokerages this is what i thought i couldn't understand about this what why would north korea give up its biggest bargaining chip that the chip that has brought the world to the table

-north korea summit. we strongly hope for a breakthrough in this situation. >> translator: the japan u.s. alliance contributes to the peace and prosperity of the world as well as the region. on the economic front, japan and the u.s. will take a lead and develop a free and fair market in the indo pacific region. i spent some time with president trump to discuss ways to make it happen in a candid manner. first of all, we must further strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. under president trump, exports from the u.s., including energy, aircraft amongst others have already been increasing significantly. further, following the tax reform by president trump, japanese countries investments in the u.s. are being, gaining momentum which is creating a large number of jobs in the u.s. and contributed to the expansion of the exports from the u.s. in order to benefit both japan and the u.s., we will further expand trade and investment between the two countries. building upon that foundation, we will a

is a disguised peace which means i will hand over south korea to murder of kim jong un's north korea and set up a federal system under the korean unification flag which means reunification under communism. but a rally in support of the summers has been taking place and part due to a large crowd watched the turn on the large t.v. screen and they say they hope to see improved relations well koreans whose lives have been affected by the ups and downs of relations between pyongyang and seoul spoke to al-jazeera. if by one in a million chance north korea announces did nuclearization to the world truly gives up the nukes then it's very good however i don't think they would they have been threatening us with nukes and said they are willing to have a nuclear war with the us are not go they wouldn't give a new north korea things that we counted that coaching will be converted to that a free and democratic nations people will be hard to control they will lose their standing in the international stage i don't think they will give up the nukes. i do . we hope that we can close the why didn't go

you are looking at pictures live of north korea and south korea. it will be the first time a north korean leader has ever stepped foot on south korean soil. bryan suits, welcome back to the show. brian: warm glance. so let's talk about this meeting. you have these two leaders that have an awful lot on the table. number one, denuclearizing north korea and reunifying the korean peninsula. what happens at this meeting? brian: the south korean goal line is to get south korea to sit down and sign a peace agreement and armistice. it's been a state of war since june of 1950. for president moon that's the ultimate brass ring for him. to come to the south korean people and say i got a peace treaty. for the north koreans it's to appear they are amenable to give and take. this is the warmup to the big event next week. it's extremely significant. this is the first time as you point out, whichever kim is in charge of north korea has ever met the south korean president. but the south koreans' expectations are very, very low. kennedy: they are low but the stakes

as it is now, japan and south korea, and china for north korea. mike: i think that is different, at least my understanding is different. now, i think that would be worthwhile to discuss. i would have no problem. china's interests here are big, as ours are. and we have to take them into consideration if we're ever going to make progress on the peninsula. ellen: do you want to come in on this? victor: i would just say that i think that historically, the chinese have a mutual treaty of friendship with north korea that for the duration of the cold war was seen as china's defense commitment to north korea. it was never clear whether that included a nuclear umbrella. probably it did not. as far as i know, china has not extended its nuclear ability to -- umbrella to any other country. the other thing is that -- the north koreans and the chinese, they share a border. they have fought in a war together. but they do not like each other. the north koreans feel like the chinese treat them like dirt poor province. the chinese can't stand that the north koreans

hopefully this south korea, north korea can make good progress. mr moon. so many people lined up on the streets to send me off to panmunjom. the village residents came to have a photo. so if we could have meetings in pyongyang as well. the pictures, one was from a nearby waterfall. i haven't been back to the mountain myself, mr moon said, but so many tourists had been to the mountain byway of the chinese border. mr kim said, if you can come to north korea, the traffic system is not that good. people who visited said, the transport system is well advanced, i was told. it might be embarrassing for us to host with the poorfunctioning embarrassing for us to host with the poor functioning transport system. that is my warrior, mr kim said. this south korea and north korea have a great connection, you may be a will to use it. that was written down in the agreement of the 15th of june last year and that kind of talk has not carried on. that is a pity. 0nce has not carried on. that is a pity. once again, we came to meet each other. it is a very positive side. we ha

is a disguised peace which means i will hand over south korea to murder a human north korea and set up a federal system under the korean unification flag which means reunification under communism but on the other hand there's been a rally in support of of the summit that's been taking place a large crowd watched the historic meeting unfold on big television screens they saw they say that they hope to see improved relations between the two countries and the white house has reacted as well they've released a statement saying we are hopeful that talks will achieve progress toward a future of peace and prosperity for the entire korean peninsula the united states looks forward to continuing robust discussions in preparation for the planned meeting between president trump and kim jong il in the coming weeks. right let's go live now to another important player in this development and that of course is china the chinese government has applauded what it calls the courage of the two korean leaders in taking this historic step adrian brown is our correspondent there so the chinese watching sharin

kim jong—un shaking hands with the president of south korea, the start ofa president of south korea, the start of a historic meeting with international interest high in a secretive regime that suddenly, seemingly is more accessible. this is where the two leaders are meeting. the border village of panmunjom, between the two territories. the finest details already defiance. they will face each other across 2080 millimetres of table symbolising the year. and overlooking their meeting, a painting of a mountain, overlooking their meeting, a painting ofa mountain, a symbol of reconciliation designed to reflect the summit ‘s slogan, peace, a new start. the world ‘s major powers will be watching. north korea's nuclear programme part of the focus, kim jong—un has indicated nuclear programme part of the focus, kimjong—un has indicated a willingness to stop testing but will that translate to an end to its weapons programme or is that translate to an end to its weapons programme or is this part of north korea's entrance onto the international stage as an established nuclear power? propos

the brink of a war after falling out over north korea's nuclear ambitions. but president bill clinton ever the chairman sent his previous i said jimmy carter on a diplomatic mission and kim il sung agreed to put north korea's nuclear plans on hold that all changed when new leader kim jong il put the country's nuclear program back in motion after president george bush took a somewhat different approach by publicly naming north korea along side iran and iraq in an action. that brings us to the next administration and president obama's tactic of strategic patience which basically means refusing to speak to the third generation and new leader kim jong un until north korea agrees to disarm of course that means dennis is willingness to converse with north korea flies in the face of the u.s. as foreign policy no wonder the white house is keen to distance itself from his efforts. mr rodman is on a private trip. and our view. about north korea and its failure to meet its obligations have not changed in our view about kenneth bae not change i guess kenneth bae an evan

south korea says it welcomes north korea's decision to shut down its nuclear test site and to suspend nuclear and missile tests the announcement was made at a meeting of the central committee of the workers' party chaired by the leader kim jong un and it seems to represent a significant shift five years ago kim jong il unveiled his signature policy which was a jewel track of pursuing development of the nuclear weapons program and also the economy well now kim seems to say that the nuclear weapons program development is complete tests are no longer needed and the shift can be made towards focusing on the economy the question though is how will north korea be able to do that while it is still under intense campaign of sanctions imposed by the international community japan has said that campaign of maximum pressure must continue until north korea changes its policy japan's prime minister shinzo abbott has said he welcomes this announcement but added it must be followed by complete verifiable irreversible dismantlement of north korea's nuclear and missile program denuclearization is expec

and north korea and exactly what will north korea ask the u.s. in exchange for its denuclearization indeed president trump seems to have bought into this and says this is a great thing. as korea's and for the world but what about his his team his advisors because of coals right now he's assembled a tough hawkish team around him some of even called it a war cabinet obviously thinking of john bolton and. that's right men might compel the current cia chief and the nominee for the u.s. secretary of state he notably made a secret trip to north korea over easter weekend in which he opened a new line of dialogue with the north korean leadership little has been said about that publicly the white house but it is understood to be laying the diplomatic groundwork for this upcoming summit between the two presidents and then of course you mentioned john bolton he's the newly appointed national security adviser and he is has been deemed very hawkish when it comes to north korea and he has publicly said that nothing north korea says should be trusted so he expe

we saw south korea. you would expect abe to do something if he wants trump to do his bidding north korea. >> they alluded to the fact that japan ought to be buying more aircraft. i think the japanese are here, they want to come to the table, whether it's machinery, pharmaceuticals. there is a lot of wiggle room. charles: what about the tpp. japan is the largest economy in this group. president trump again tweeting and as part of his negotiating tactics. i'm taking a look at this thing. there are too many barriers. after america dropped out or changed, they took out 22 provisions that were helping us. it was already considered to be a bad deal for us and now it's even worse. >> i think part of the issue is whether the americans can cherry pick things out of it. japan seems to be opposed to that. they want it to be a package deal. if we think about win-win solutions, a big plum would be president trump saying japan is exempt from the steel and aluminum tariffs because of our alliance. charles: you talk abo

north korea. -- applied north korea. eight months ago saying must denuclearize, say they're going to denuclearize. you see this all over. and all of a sudden they said they're going to denuclearize and headline is, u.s. wary of north korea saying they're going to denenuclearize. give it a break.k. open your eyes. try to understand what is actually happening in north korea and south korea. and the fact is, the united states cannot control korea anymore. the united states has been in korea militarily since 1945. this time to end colonial-like relationship the u.s. has with south korea. amy: tim shorrock, thanks for being with us, correspondent for and the koreaon center for investigative journalism in seoul. when we come back, we look at the life and legacy of dr. james cone. ♪ [music break] amy: "feels like rain" by buddy guy. he performed last nigight along with bobby rush, about to turn 85, for the last night of bb in new york on the legendary jazz venue is closing down. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the w

south korea. he believes that kim jong-un is not playing them. he narrowed it down to two or three places with a meeting shortly and at the beginning of the playback with russia, for those who did not here, the house intelligence committee found noel it -- evidence of collusion. it was a partisan committee. the president is pleased a found no evidence of collusion. shery: he was optimistic about the korean summit. when it comes to the german chancellor, they will have to find a deal and also for iran as the deadline is may 12, not to mention trade, the temporary exception on the e.u.. a lot to talk about. david: a lot to talk about in two hours. shery: three days with emmanuel macron. david: we will get back to julie hyman who was in the middle of her market check. julie: russia related news today, that is key, a leg -- oleg agreeing to resign and reduces stake to less than 50%. the holding company owns 40% of rusal, russia's largest aluminum producer which is under sanction . the trump administra

i'm mariko oi in south korea. the headlines: we are just moments away from an historic summit between the two koreas — the first time a north korean leader has crossed the border since the korean war. so can the south convince kimjong—un to give up his nuclear weapons? i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: bill cosby is found guilty of sexual assault, in a retrial of charges brought against him. but his lawyer says the fight isn't over. and president trump's first trip to the uk is confirmed, but without the pomp and circumstance of a state visit. if»; és'fifiiéé if—zigigxér-sfi ii'ifiiiii 9-2 i , : , first, here is the bbc‘s laura bicker, who has been to one this man farms his seaweed on the northern limit line separating the two countries. translation: they draw lines on this ocean, and tell us not to go over them. it's like being in a prison without bars. the hazards of fishing in these waters have less to do with the weather and more to do with the political climate. even when things a

korea. this is the first time kim jong—un and moon jae—in our meeting, the first summit between the two countries. kim jong—un will become the first north korean leader to cross the border since the korean war. sorry, professor, i just interrupted since the korean war. sorry, professor, ijust interrupted you. there are some critics who are sceptical, who are worried that this summit between the two very unpredictable men, kim jong—un and donald trump, could go wrong. what is your view? yes, thus far, as you said, the unpredictability of the political leaders can, conducive to the happening of the historic summit, both recognise that there are bargaining leverage —— recognise the bargaining leverage of the counterpart, and they hope they can make good the meeting in the summit. and from now, from the... at the summit table, an productivity is transformed from an asset into a liability. instead, mr trump, transformed from an asset into a liability. instead, mrtrump, as well as mr k

an adviser on north korea. what's your reaction to the timing of this dramatic announcement from the north korean regime? >> wolf, i think it's interesting because he could have waited until he got into negotiations then offered this up as a concession. wouldn't be huge because as they point out, they already have a nuclear capability. they may be boasting more than comprehensive than it is. but you know, typically, when you start negotiations as has happened, we got into serious negotiations and this could be a confidence build iing measure. something that would offer. so it's unusual that it cops this early. i think it also raises the question of whether when mike pompeo visiting pyongyang, if he requested this before talks begin as a signal of seriousness, but the timing is interesting and also, i think it's a sign of confidence on the part of kim jong-un that he's willing to do this as a signal that their nuclear arsenal is significant and capable. >> christian, thank you very much. mr. whiten knows this su

negotiators it was just thursday that south korea indicated north korea had made some indications that it no longer would demand the u.s. to withdraw troops from the korean peninsula as part of these negotiations now trump has surrounded himself with some hard line advisers namely john bolton the national security adviser who has said that nothing north korea says should be believed so certainly it is expected that these advisers will be cautioning the president not to be too optimistic preparing him to walk away from the table if negotiations don't go the u.s. is way which president trump has indicated he is willing to do say well who is the publisher of the magazine korea exposé he says an official statement from north korea was over june. the world was actually hoping to see if north korea would do something to indicate that it's sincere about the nuclear bomb is a shown and in a way it received precisely that this morning let's not forget that until now what we have heard about north korea's intention to commit to the nuclear radiation has been secondhand we heard it through the s

korea exchanging friendly overture holding meetings and north korea of course participated in the olympics earlier this year that's something that south koreans like to see because they makes the product or less likely the rest of the world tend to talk about the north korea threat in somewhat abstract terms but over here it's very real and i think the koreans welcome these kinds of moves because they make peace more likely and more sustainable stephen barr of akin so many thanks for that. now it's the elephant in the room of u.s. politics was there any collusion between russia and donald trump's campaign during the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election so far there have been three official investigations into that question two of them still ongoing and now the democrats are taking the matter to court the party's executive body the democratic national committee is suing the leaders of trump's election campaign the russian government and wiki leaks trump has repeatedly denied any collusion between his campaign and russia. they stand accused of conspiring to disrupt democracy. one is the

korea. this perhaps laying the ground work to full denuclearization of the korean peninsula. will it be verifiable? it certainly paves the way for a monumental meeting with president trump and kim jong un. let's check in with paula hancocks for the historic breaking news. paula. >> reporter: dave and christine, the word historic is over used. not today. this is truly historic. this agreement that the north and south korean leaders have signed said they will declare an end to the korean war some time this year. they also said that moon jae-in will go to pyongyang later this year. in the fall probably. they confirmed a common goal of a nuclear free korean peninsula through denuclearization. it is vague. we do not have specifics on what they will do with the denuclearization. we were hoping for that information. we confirmed they have a common goal of denuclearization of the korean peninsula. they said the armistice agreement which was signed 65 years ago is going to be turned into a peace trea

north korea views this as a way to dominate south korea. through this method and since i don't have time, i won't get into that. my paper does explain that. so if that is indeed announced, if a low level federation is announced or discussed or brought up, what would be the impact on the alliance because once a federation or if there's a low level federation, then the name of the country changes. it won't be republic of korea anymore. it could be some sort of unified fed rated korea, in which case how does that work with the name of whatever's on the document for the treaty changes and the entity it is no longer republic of korea, but it has an, is an entity that contained an alliance and a threat. so how do we dole with that? i'm not sure if that's going to come up during summit, but if it kuz does, we need to be prepared for it. so just wanted to highlight that and i will end there because my time is up. thank you. >> even better, i got the last word. i'm an dmis economist. the it's something i think a lot of us are missing. goes back to t

the foreign minister of south korea. made it clear that human rights would not be discussed it was not some how the joint declaration touched up on freedom of movement and separated families of course we must remember that this jovially smiling young man the leader of north korea had his own uncle executives' with an anti-aircraft machine gun in december two thousand and eleven his uncle john's on pick and had his own half brother assassinated with a vx nerve agent at a busy international air boarding or there are one hundred twenty thousand men women and children in north korea as a political prison camps there has been a savage purge going on on and swatch hundreds and hundreds of senior north korean officials have been purged executive sent to camps together with cole igs associates family members a u.n. commission of inquiry found in february two thousand and fourteen was that this regime commits crimes against humanity against its own people despite the choreography and the beauty of the inner korean summit we have