in north korea. economic front, sanctions, should be enforced fully, tougher, we should see hundreds of north korean -- park officias targeted. and so, we have a policy of maximum pressure it has not been fully enforced. >> what about the details that have to happen betweens teams on both sides in days ahead, what do you want to see, beyond sanctions, so we know it is verifiable? >> well, we have to see the north koreans actually firmly committing to ending the missile test they have been holding, they had a series of short range missile tests, we have so see, north korean abiding by 11 u.n. security council resolutions. so far there is not a shred of evidence they are abiding by any of them, we also have to see more pressure applied to u.s. side in terms of reintroduction of allied military exercises between u.s. and south korean forces,y and really apply the kind of pressure that we apply on the iranian regime, bring this regime to its knees, basically for them to make concessions. >> i hear you sa

korea, or the people of north korea. on insects, i would say it is fragile at best and the u.s. administration given its overwhelming hostile view towards iran will be quick to make insolvent everyone related to it or otherwise subject to major u.s. criminal liability, if this can be accomplished. as soon as it violates iran sanctions and to court connectivity with north korea would i think skrermt that process as well. so i don't expect that that is the conduit towards moving money into north korea. and the kind of leap frogging through jurisdictions sump as germany or russia as problematic as that has been may be the best kind of modality for achievingf humanitarian financial flow into north korea whether or not that improves upon cash careers is a different question. >> let's go back to the audience. over here. >> i am with the school of public service over by the national cathedral and my question was, with the recent situation with ron where the u.s. has let the wrong deal despite their seeming compliance and the ve

north korea's diplomatic relations. to my left, we have josh stanton, a d c lawyer who played a significant role in drafting sanctions laws, including the north korean sanctions and policy enhancement act and the korean interdiction and modernization of sanctions act. josh also served as a u.s. army judge advocate general in south korea, and runs the website "one free korea. is onnie klein albright the panel of experts established pursuant to you and security -- to a u.n.st security council request. she provides her conditions to the security council on implement a sanctions. she has had a long career as a u.n. official, as a director of the northeast asia program room at the -- program at the crisis group, and was a usip alum. we have liz rosenberg, director of the security program at a center for new american security. she focuses on the national security and foreign policy implications of the use of sanctions and economic statecraft, as well as shifts in the energy market. previously, she was a senior adviser at the

cross talking north korea i'm joined by my guest ray mcgovern in raleigh he is a former cia analyst and co-founder of veterans intelligence professionals for sanity in jerusalem we have from inbar he is president of the drucilla institute for strategy and security and in plymouth we cross to patrick henningsen he is the executive editor of the news website 21st century wire dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to ray 1st in and raleigh i just want to comment i know that you're growing your beard to give attention to the maltreatment that julian a song. is being is experiencing right now so good for you my brother a man for your protest but let's go to the play affairs at hand north korea. you're an old hand of international politics trump made an unprecedented bold move he's been slammed left and right and center for it i think it is brilliant he's thinking outside the box because the policy towards north korea is over and over again the same policies are attempted and they fail now we have a

ok they are potentially a threat but south korea's not going to acquire a bomb just because north korea they haven't started to date they don't need to because the united states provides that deterrent they have that and okinawa they have that in guam and they have that in south korea and they manage the d.m.z. so this is part of the united states is extended deterrent post world war 2 security agreement and pact with japan to control the pacific but i think what's more important here is that north korea provides the absolute keystone to the united states pacific rim strategy so if there is peace on the current korean peninsula they provide that's the public facing keystone the back end is china and everybody knows that but in terms of the front end how it looks in the public there the villain north korea pyongyang is the villain if there's peace on the korean peninsula then you have a little bit of a problem in terms of u.s. geo strategy they'll have to reengineer towards china at that point because there's no other threat in the pacific to basically justify that sort of extended turns

president had stepped over into north korea. again to the bolton part of it, this speaks to the larger theme of the administration in that key players in his administration are usually left on the outside, sometimes to their frustration, that they don't get adequate information they need or they would typically be privy to. this so-called progress that the administration is trying to say they are making with north korea could also give trump some kind of talking point entering into 2020, which is maybe why they are pushing so aggressively for some kind of agreement. >> if they get to keep their nuclear weaponry, not dismantle any of it, just freeze it, how does that differ from the iran nuclear deal president trump hated. >> yeah. the president is having some trouble making the case that his diplomacy has been better than what his predecessor was able to do with iran or any other country in part because the president has talked about complete denuclearization in the past but now it seems like he seems to be saying i'm very happy

/north korea negotiations that trump may become the first american president to greenlight a north korea nuclear power, writing -- a freeze that enshrines the status quo and passively accepts the north as a nuclear power, something administration officials often said they would never stand for. and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. the director of korea, japan under obama and bush, and with us at the table former republican from california, now an independent, sam stein, the politics editor for daily beast and with us from "the washington post," white house bureau chief phil rucker. phil rucker, i start with you, just tell anyone, anyone who was unplugged over the hot summer weekend, give us a little ticktock. take us through how this meeting came to be. >> president trump was always plan to go to seoul, south korea for a meeting with the president there. he went on twitter and said i'm going to be going to the demilitarized zone. kim jong-un if you're listening, if you're watching, come meet me there and say hello and we'll shake hands. >> doe

korea columnist for the daily beast he's also the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he joins me from new york city gordon welcome to the program thank you so much matthew so the significance of a u.s. president stepping into north korea what are your thoughts completely inconceivable if you go back 10 years ago or 70 years ago because north korea has been a country that has seen the u.s. as its enemy and to have president trump step across the military demarcation line as he did on sunday is ultimately and issue of reconciliation between the u.s. and north korea so there are a lot of implications of all this but that was a stunning and a very good moment do you think that it was an appropriate time to make that step. probably not that step should have been reserved for a time when north korea and finally given up all busy its missiles and nukes president trump does this differently what he's trying to do is create such a favorable atmosphere that kim will feel secure enough to give up his most destructive weapons this isn't trying to entice the north koreans no

donald trump has become the first sitting us president to enter north korea. in a moment broadcast around the world, he walked across the border into the north from south korea shortly after meeting kim jong—un. mr trump has now returned to the us as critics dismiss the occasion as political theatre. but the us president is claiming to have brought peace to the korean peninsula. this report from our correspondent nick bryant in seoul. "meet me at the dmz," said the president. his impromptu invitation on twitter to the north korean leader like a diplomatic form of online dating. donald trump was savouring this moment, a smile of satisfaction as his choreography came together, because the chance of this brief encounter had kim jong—un almost skipping down the steps. and from the lips of this brutal dictator came almost starry—eyed words of welcome, delivered in english by his translator. this place is where the armistice in the korean war was signed, the line that divides the north from the south — a threshold no american president has ever crossed. pres

of missile for north korea. at that time it took certainly the south korean military quite some time to realise that they had flown over 600 kilometres before landing in the sea ofjapan, kilometres before landing in the sea of japan, also known kilometres before landing in the sea ofjapan, also known as kilometres before landing in the sea of japan, also known as the east see here in south korea. so when it comes to these kinds of missiles, it does take time. but what we do know is north korea issued through state media warning, what it called a solemn warning, to south korea. it said that that is one of the reasons why they tested these short—range missiles. it said that south korea was doubledealing. it accused the administration here, president moon's administration, of talking peace while acquiring new hi—tech weapons and taking part injoint us - rok, weapons and taking part injoint us — rok, south korean military drills, which are due to start in just a few weeks' time. that's right, you mention those

president to step foot in north korea. trump met north korean leader kim jong-un at the military demarcation line at the korean demilitarized zone sunday, and then took 20 steps beyond the line, which has divided north and south korea since 1953. we will go to seoul south korea, and to hawaii, for the latest. in over 4 million people filled the streets of new york to celebrate world pride and mark the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that launched the modern-day lgbtq movement. we will hear voices from the que er liberation march. >> first, we're honoring our ancestors in the fight for liberation, who started this all 50 or's ago at the stonewall bar. amy: all that and morere, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a a historic first for a sitting u.s. president, donald trump crossed through the demilitarized zone and set foot in north korea sunday, walking side-by-side with north korean leader kim jong-un after kim greeted him at the demarcation line

trump's historic meeting with kim jong-un in north korea. of leadership, the courage and judgment to do. to meet with kim jong-un on kim's side of the korean dmz . and the national left wing media cohorts refuse to give the president credit for not only becomings first sitting president to enter north korea, but with a tweet, he invited kim to meet him in his own country, restarting the trump-kim denuclearization talks. while president trump was saving preworld, meeting with -- the free world, meeting with kim and xi, putin, erdogan, abe, merkel and others, human right protesters flooded into streets of hong kong, and smashed their way to city government headquarters creating greatest challenge to rule of president xi and the chinese communist party ever. the tens of thousands of protesters, the half million demonstrators, taking on the communist regime on the very anniversary of the former british colony' colony's returno chinese rule. worsening demonstrations like you saw in hong continental, edward lawrence, live at the white house with a

korea columnist for the daily beast he's also the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he joins me from new york city gordon welcome to the program thank you so much matthew so the significance of the u.s. president stepping into north korea what are your thoughts completely inconceivable if you go back 10 years ago or 70 years ago because north korea has been a country that has seen the u.s. as its enemy and to have president trump step across the military demarcation line as he did on sunday is ultimately and issue of reconciliation between the u.s. and north korea so there are a lot of implications of all this but that was a stunning and a very good moment do you think that it was an appropriate time to make that step. probably not that step should have been reserved for a time when north korea and finally given up all busy its missiles and nukes president trump does this differently what he's trying to do is create such a favorable atmosphere that kim will feel secure enough to give up his most destructive weapons this isn't trying to entice the north koreans

and frankly stepping into north korea was a concession to north korea. this is something that kim jong-un and north korean leaders would have wanted for generations and something no u.s. president would do until donald trump. so this is giving the north koreans something they wanted. it came on the heels of president trump giving china something it wanted too which is some of the restriction of technology sales to huawei. yes, the united states got a trip back to the negotiating table with china, but that's a major concession. after the president said he was going to basically try to starve huawei of this technology. >> yeah, i think a common lesson learned here is not be so bold about the mountain top pronouncements about the ultimate full monty on any issue. so i think it's not all that bad to be flexible and provided you get something in return. >> just reflect on this trip. because we have seen a lot of images. whether it was president trump with kim jong-un, a dictator. president trump and mohammed bin salman. and all kinds of other reports responsi

into north korea what should his next step be if he wants this to gain some momentum go ahead. he is an isolationist he would love to get out of korea he would love to get out of american commitment to do its allies we all know how he spoke to the net our nato allies and. i sings that he once some kind of agreement not necessarily peace and i don't know exactly what peace means in the. korean peninsula he wants an agreement of dodo to save money to the american taxpayer and i don't worry so much about american military industries because i'm a celeb too. in asia is rising china and all of the countries and i'm china buying more and more weapons is the way it is one beneficiary of it and. bank accounts of the military industries in america i don't worry about them. you don't worry about it that some say that because there's a lot of people on the receiving end proppant and dad ok patrick. the interesting thing is. actually the same question that i asked cat i'm going to say hang on a hang on let me go to patrick fair town fair but time for everyone here is said you know there is

on the heels of the g-20 and his monumental surprise visit to north korea. where he had an impromptu meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> i didn't expect to meet you at this place. the first u.s. president to cross this line. >> reporter: trump taking 20 step news north korea, making him the first sitting american president to set foot in the hermit kingdom. he was greeted by the smiling kim jong-un. >> this is my honor. i didn't really expect it. step ago cross that line was a great honor. >> reporter: the two leaders met for almost an hour, agreeing to restart negotiations on a long, illusive nuclear agreement. the president even suggested kim jong-un should visit the white house. all of this as the "new york times" is reporting the u.s. may be willing to agree to a nuclear freeze. which would pause further weapons development in north korea, but allow it to keep existing weapons. this would be a reversal for the trump administration's previous goal of complete denuclearization by north korea. white house national security adviser john bolton s

could president trump's visit unlock further progress in the us—north korea talks? at least seven people are killed in sudan after tens of thousands return to the streets to demand civilian rule. and sir david attenborough joins kylie and the cure on the final day of the glastonbury festival. senior politicians in hong kong have been celebrating the moment the city returned to chinese rule 22 years ago. led by chief executive carrie lam and joined by officials from china, they attended a reception a few hours ago. outside, a flag raising ceremony was held at the harbour front. in her toast — carrie lam wished successs to the motherland and to the stability and prosperity of hong kong. away from this though the mood is quiet different. this is the scene live as crowds of activists have been gathering from early this morning. they're now in a peaceful stand off with police. our correspondent karishma vaswani has the latest updates. in the last hour or so, we have been hearing that there is a stand—off between police and protesters on one of the main arterial roads

and north korea and does this action by north korea really help there. we are back into this kind of stop go scenario our expectations keep on being raised you mentioned there about this sudden meeting between donald trump and kim jong un at the d.m.z. nearly a month ago now which was held purportedly because donald trump decided to tweet an invitation and they met at the d.m.z. it was all very exciting stuff it was meant to herald possibly a reboot or a reset of the negotiations between the u.s. and north korea there were meant to be working level talks then between officials from both countries but we're still waiting for those talks to happen there does seem to be a problem for north korea in that when the u.s. president donald trump focuses on north korea they are very much top of the the jen and they dominate the world headlines but as we know the u.s. president has an awful lot on his plate from one news cycle to the next and north korea very quickly drops off the radar i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have m

says that north korea is the strongest nation on earth because donald trump actually came to north korea so this is counterproductive i mean most president trump uses other means this could really undercut his efforts to take away north korea's most destructive arms so what kind of move would north korea need to make now to to show willing more or to suggest that actually there has been progress would they need to invite in inspectors or what would what sort of things would be a confidence building measure. well certainly inviting in inspectors would be important but there are 2 initial steps which are absolutely critical 1st of all north korea needs to turn over a declaration of all its missile with new facilities and 2nd of all busy it needs to provide a firm timetable or disarmament and without that i don't think these talks are really going to be that productive and what about the the timing of this how does it tie in with the kind of apparent thawing or nations between trump and the chinese government. well i'm sure the siege and drink when he met with president trump at the press t

into north korea. the president says that they agreed to restart nuclear talks. >> it was a great success because we maintained our relationship. so we are going to have teams that made over the next few weeks and start up process. we will see what happens. >> both north korea and the united states had previously designated negotiation teams but had made very little progress toward actually getting north korea to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. >> sandra: what is the latest on the south three of us? >> yeah, it happened just a few hours after appear that scrambling of drugs, apparently because of unidentified objects flying between the border of north and south korea. well, it turned out to be a flock of birds, though it highlights the tension in that region that has existed for 70 years. the south korean government has been a strong supporter of improved relations and has push the negotiations with kim jong un's regime and the united states. they say about that quote, since

president to set foot in north korea. his nearly hour-longimeeting with k jong-un has raised new questions about whether the u.s. will drop its demand for full denuclearization. for more on where the policyes rom here, i'm joined by -- i was joined a short time k o by brungner, who served as the cia deputy division chief r korea and is now at the heritage foundation. the policy up until now of the united states has always been that north korea must have full and rapidenuclearization. from those you have spoken to, u make of the "new york times" article that they could call for a freeze? bruce: it is inconsistent with things i've heard from any u.s. official. they have always insis have to have what is a u.n. requirement of complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization. all the officials i have talkedd with have hat north korea has to commit to the u.n. definition of denuclearization as well as abandoning not only production facilities but the. existing arsen nada: president trumplaced a lot of value on his relat

just turn to our top story on north korea's economy its g.d.p. is estimated to have fallen by 4 point one percent last year benjamin silberstein is that is a north korean economy what she joins us via skype from seoul benjamin north korea's economy is decline now for the 2nd year running i mean clearly international sanctions are taking that toll how bad of the numbers do you think. i think they're quite bad which really isn't surprising given that north korea is essentially not able to export any of its main export commodities such as coal and minerals and products and other things so it's not not surprising i mean we're not talking about any devastating numbers such as in the 1990 s. but still it is looking quite grand and as you say trade figures and exports of plans drastically so how does this actually play out on the economy and what sort of impact does it have on ordinary people in north korea. i mean i would say that it's the worst for a certain specific sectors such as you know mining workers who essentially don't have. have any work to

so why does north korea do this? because military threat capacity, the ability to be a political factor in the region by virtue of its menacing capability, that is the one key north korea has in advancing state interest, the ultimate national task that the north korean constitution stipulates as reuniting the korean peninsula on its own terms. when you face another korean state across the border that is a magnet for your own people, so much richer and more prosperous, more open, you have a problem. if you are a dictator in your mid—30s, a dictator in perpetuity, you have another 50 years in power and to live with a far superior korean state is really not a very happy proposition. when you talk about their endgame being reunification with south korea on their own terms, what you that looking like realistically? south korea has been very successful in terms of nationbuilding. we know south korea is one of the world's biggest economies with a very impressive soft power. what that means is that the south korean public

before south korea, i can actually tell you in the past our north korea's stage broadcaster reported about that historic meeting between president trump and kim jong—un as well as north korea's main newspaper carrying out 35 pictures from that historic summit. or meeting i should call it. it goes to show that pyongyang was probably pleased with how it went. you might be thinking, iemma, of course they would report about it. in fact, in north korea, it usually takes a lot longer for the public to actually find out about these assignments, so that is quite extraordinary. of course there remains some criticism that it was just a photo opportunity, notjust for president trump, but also for kimjong—un, for president trump, but also for kim jong—un, that it legitimises north korea as a nuclear state, ignoring issues like human rights abuse, but nevertheless, there is a lot of attention and focus on this summit, and you can imagine, south korea newspapers carrying out that historic moment with the headline saying president trump became the first sitting american president to enter nor

from north korea's u.n. mission is essentially saying it's not going to say thank you for this shift its statement is accusing the u.s. essentially of talking out of both sides of its mouth while president trump was initiating these peace talks with the north north korean leader members of his ministration at the urging of the u.s. state department was leading an effort at the u.n. to try to get member countries to send north korean foreign workers home this was in response to u.s. allegations that north korea is violating saying sions against oil imports and in this statement from north korea notes that the u.s. sent a letter to member countries along with the u.k. france and germany that was delivered on june 29th urging for this retaliation against breaking the same sions and that on that same day trump had tweeted his impromptu invitation to meet kim jong un at the d.m.z. so certainly the fact that this statement from north korea's u.n. mission comes out today is an indication that it's saying things are

korea to consider changing their conditions because both sides have been digging in heels, north korea with short range missile testing. from south korean point of view, this seems like a more realistic option even if this is one the united states said they would never accept. i can tell you from being in pyongyang many times and having officials over the years many times tell me, a, they would never give up their nuclear weapons, and, b, nuclear weapons have always meant to be a deterrent to get kim to negotiating table from a position of strength. it seems as if kim would certainly be getting exactly what he wants if the united states is willing to consider this pretty dramatic shift in policy. >> david sanger, i want to read a tweet from john bolton just a short time ago, the national security adviser to the president who notably was absent from the trump-kim meeting, the president's daughter, ivanka was there, son-in-law, tucker carlson was a guest inside that room but not national security adviser. john bolton tweeted the response, i read this "new york times" story with curiosity

on north korea appears to have conducted its 1st missile test since u.s. president met kim jong un nearly a month ago south korea says 2 projectiles was shot into the sea off one sun japan's government believes they were short range ballistic missiles earlier this month north korea warned military drills in south korea could derail nuclear talks with washington robin pride is live for us say in seoul so rob what more do we know about this and what can we read into the timing of it. and we're still waiting to get confirmation from south korean officials here about exactly what these projectiles were but they do say it's very similar to launches that took place from north korea in may which were determined in the end to be short range missiles they flew a similar distance around 400 kilometers traveling east into the sea separating the korean peninsula and japan the launches in may those were the 1st of those type of launches since 2017 and those launches as this one will be seen as a sign i think of north korea's frustration at the stalled nature of negotia

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north korea. kim jong-un accepted a last-minute invitation to meet at the dmz, which the president tweeted out just before leaving the g 20 in japan for south korea. both leaders agreed to restart the stalled nuclear talks between washington and pyongyang. >> i believe just looking at this, this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future. >> i just want to say that this is my honor. i didn't really expect it. we were in japan for the g 20. we came over and i said hey i'm over here. i want to call up chairman kim, and we got to meet, and stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. maria: joining me right now on the telephone house minority leader and california congressman kevin mccarthy to react. great to see you. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me, maria. what a historical night while america slept, president trump made history. the first president to take a step into north korea. the h

president to step foot in north korea. before, during and after his third meeting with kim jong un, trump lavished praise on the north korean dictator, and played up his relationship with kim. >> we have developed a very good relationship, and we understand each other. i do believe he understands me, and i think i maybe understand him. and then yesterday i had the idea, maybe i'll call chairman kim and see if he wants to say hello. we didn't give him much notice, but we become -- we respect each other. we respect each other, maybe even like each other, and since our first meeting, we got along. we got along. we had a great kind of feeling. >> joining us live from seoul, south korea, janice mackey fair for us. we're about 26 hours since that historic meeting between kim jong un and the president. how is it all going down right now there? >> reporter: well, it was another one of those warm exchanges that we aren't sure if it will actually produce any sort of policy. for the past several months, there have been very hard line

it may be north korea trying to say there isa be north korea trying to say there is a bit ofa be north korea trying to say there is a bit of a rush here unless you wa nt is a bit of a rush here unless you want missiles flying or being tested, and while you're tying to campaignfor tested, and while you're tying to campaign for the 2020 re— election, mrtrump. campaign for the 2020 re— election, mr trump. laura, many thanks for that and more on this a little later in the bulletin. 400 years ago, democracy was born in america in the town ofjamestown, virginia. today the commemoration of that historic moment was marked by protest — a mass boycott by black lawmakers who said they wouldn't attend the ceremony because of the presence of donald trump. chris buckler has the story. jamestown is regarded as a place where the foundations were laid for what would become america. the first legislative assembly met here 400 yea rs legislative assembly met here 400 years ago, in what was then the colony of virginia. the right here in virginia your predecessors... virginia is our home! yet for cen

divides north and south korea. following a handshake, mr. trump became the first u.s. president to step into north korea. both leaders spoke to the press during their visit. this is about half an hour.

south korea says north korea has far too ballistic missiles into the sea off the country's east coast just days after a similar launch last week. and you're watching out there live from doha also coming up. sudan's military gentle orders all schools to be shut down indefinitely the crowds of students protest against the killing of 5 pupils at a rally on monday. a call for investigation u.n. security council members demanded inquiry into the bombing of hospitals in serious adlib province. and setting the stage for a presidential race u.s. democratic candidates begin a 2nd round of debates will be live in downtown detroit. south korea says pyongyang has far too ballastic missiles off its east coast this comes 6 days after north korean leader kim jong un oversaw the testing of 2 new short range ballistic missiles that south korean militaries joint chiefs of staff say they are monitoring the situation in case of additional launches we can go straight to so our rob mcbride is standing by for us or rob what more can you tell us about this. that's right these launches happened just after 1st

cnn's will ripley has been to north korea 19 times. he's joining us now live from seoul, south korea. will, put this trip into perspective for us. >> reporter: well, even though north korea waited more than 12 hours to tell its own people what the rest of the world already knew about that surprise meeting at the dmz, they celebrated it basically as a huge achievement for their leader, even despite the fact that now we're hearing that president trump might be willing to make an even bigger concession. >> president trump became the first sitting u.s. president to step foot on north korean soil, he did more than make history. kim telling trump through a translator, i never expected to meet you in this place. many experts call sunday's milestone a stunning propaganda victory for north korean leader, kim jong-un. trump seen on camera asking kim for the opportunity, lavishing praise on a man seen by many as authoritarian, even brutal, calling this moment a great honor. >> i was proud to step over the line. this could be a very historic momen

north korea notes that the u.s. sent a letter to member countries along with the u.k. france and germany that was delivered on june 29th urging for this retaliation against breaking the same sions and that on that same day trump had tweeted his impromptu invitation to meet kim jong un at the d.m.z. so certainly the fact that this statement from north korea's u.n. mission comes out today is an indication that it's saying things are not hunky dory between the 2 nations after this photo op and that tensions are still high. robert kelly is a professor of international relations at tucson national university he says the latest statement may be north korea's way of exerting pressure on the u.s. to make concessions on sanctions before returning to tools in the trunk of ministration it's been pretty clear for a while that sanctions are in place until the north koreans actually make some kind of meaningful concession on either nuclear warheads or missiles. i think the north koreans kind of knew this was coming i think what t

became the 1st sitting american president to step foot into north korea. has more now from the south korean capital. officials in south korea and also japan are analyzing data from this double missile launch working with their u.s. allies looking in particular at one of these missiles that traveled a total of 690 kilometers which they believe could be a new type of weapon with reports that possibly this missile has a guided capability unable to get to avoid interception now if this is true then it means that north korea while they have certainly stopped nuclear testing on the launch of bigger intercontinental ballistic missiles are still developing their weapons systems it's a message that has been driven home with the release of photographs earlier this week of kim jong un the north korean leader visiting a submarine in a shipyard now it's not known whether this is a new submarine under construction of the north koreans claim or simply an older type of sub that is being refitted but the consensus among analysts is that it is a submarine that is large enou

they are not from north korea if north korea does produce its own figures then it certainly doesn't publicize them but trade figures as you mentioned there saw. of the north korea's trade with its neighbors and some of the key sectors that have been affected for example the mining sector really have hurt the north korean economy one of its biggest money earners is traditionally been coal and with these new sanctions that were brought in 20162017 there was a complete ban on exports of coal so that really has hurt the economy it also hurts kim jong un's strategy his stated intention of trying to improve the economy and trying to improve the lot of the economic a lot of for ordinary north koreans he has made said in speeches he accepts that people have suffered and he wants to see an improvement in the economy down and rob more fallout from wednesday's missile launch north korea's warning the south it must stop importing high tech weapons and halt military drills with the u.s. i mean how is that playing out. that's right this seems to be this double strategy of north korea of wanting t

he knows that north korea is in ruins. north korea really is finished. it lags behind africa. north korea needs help. or things will fall apart over there in ways we would rather not see. i am sure the president discussed with this president xi who supported him. we don't want a war under any circumstances. no one in northeast asia does. president trump has the courage to step forward and make it clear we will contribute to a peaceful outcome. >> tucker: what would be the motive behind the statements you saw? everyone is washington said it's immoral for the president to shake hands with someone as evil as kim jong-un. that's worse than the prospect of nuclear war. where does that attitude come from? >> well, clearly if you want to promote human rights and improve the position of the korean nation. president moon really speaks for the majority of the korean nation. he wants the people in north korea to enjoy a better standard of living and a better life. he knows that once these two are in contact with each other, this regime as we have seen if over the last 50 years won't surv

trump making history by stepping into north korea this weekend. what does it mean for relationships going forward there? >>> police use tear gas on protesters in hong kong who busted into the main building. >>> shake-up at the top, new polls show joe biden is slipping quickly. kamala harris is rising fast. can the front-runner rise above the fray? all that and more on "making money." ♪ charles: it could be the largest trade deal ever. those words coming from president trump as we close in on an agreement from but of course a lot of work remains to be done like dealing with huawei. edward lawrence live from the white house with more. edward? reporter: the president shocked many china experts that american companies would be allowed to sell their technology back to huawei again. huawei will stay on the entity list. what is going to happen the commerce department will add or issue temporary licenses to allow companies to sell their products to the telecommunications giant. a source close to the talks says this process already started. for example,

capital inflows into north korea which i've been blocked is due to the u.s. efforts in making a strong conditions on financial does that you should not doing business with you so i think. you're going to kind of press for these cuts.

president to enter north korea and the north korean media and trump himself dubbed the meeting an amazing event the russian back home was far more muted if not outright critical. vague talk about talks while kim continues to develop nuclear warheads and missiles seems like this gigantic p.r. stunt in trenches unembellished his authoritarian rule without any real meaningful strategy for denuclearization out president shouldn't be squandering american influence on photo ops and exchanging love letters with a ruthless dictator instead we should be dealing with north korea through a principle diplomacy that promotes us securitate defends her allies and uphold human rights i have no problem with him sitting down with kim june in north korea or anyplace else by what's going to happen tomorrow and the next day if we're going to bring peace to this world we need to move forward diplomatically and not just a photo opportunities. after crossing the demarcation line between the 2 koreas with his counterpart kim jong un said a lot of progress had been made during their talks i think since against pyo

zone on the border between north and south korea where he became the 1st u.s. president to set foot in the north whilst in office is that diplomatic editor james bass reporting from pod that's close to the demilitarized zone in south korea. this went just the way president donald trump wanted pictures that will make history and potentially reinvigorate peace efforts waiting for him the other side of the line separating north korea and south korea kim jong on a handshake on the 3rd meeting and then. became the 1st ever sitting u.s. president to step on to north korean soil. the 2 then walked back into the south underdressed reports stepping of course that was agreed on a lot of progress. a lot of friendships have been made and it just didn't particularly great projects so i just thank you very quickly notice that i want to thank you chad i believe looking at this action this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate the unfortunate past and begin a new future. then what sounded like an invitation that would invite him right after this i waited to hear fro

south korea says north korea has launched 2 ballistic missiles off its east coast it's the 2nd such tests in a week now the missiles flew 250 kilometers into the japan see the south korean military joint chiefs of staff say they are monitoring the situation and case if additional launches and tests come at the united states struggles to reach a diplomatic agreement with north korea over its nuclear weapons program or we can get more on this from rob mcbride who's in seoul for us or rob what's been the reaction in south korea to these missile tests. that's right so the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea say that these 2 missiles are indeed similar to 2 missiles that were fired 6 days ago they traveled as you said there around 250 kilometers reaching an altitude of about 30 kilometers they are still analyzing the data from these launches the reaction has been fairly swift here we've heard from the japanese they said that the while the missiles didn't approach their territorial waters the japanese defense minister has said that this is deeply regrettable and that if this is discovered