to begin with north korea late today launching a new missile korea has announced it successfully tested a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile to join the fish this is a miniaturized nuclear warheads a capability the world hoped north korea would never reach north korea's new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic missile it flew high. and longer than ever before a triumph and north korea says its latest a 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. that. 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 and many koreans had seen those weapons seen the affection knew about it they went home to korea after the war and des

korea. and if it happens, that would really undermine the security of the korean peninsula and might create absolute worst situation then were before. and finally i scenario, i would call gorbachev scenario. even remember in 1987 on this day, june 12, ronald reagan, then president, u.s. president reagan asks gorbachev to tear down the wall, berlin wall. gorbachev actually did tear down the berlin wall, but together with awol he tore down the soviet union, his country, right? and kim jong-un might do the same thing. he is interested in undertaking reform in his country. his country, he might end up destabilizing the country which might end in the collapse potential and in the collapse of north korea which can create peace, create work, create a civil war, i don't know. we can go anywhere so we have to wait and see. >> tong, president xi jinping has had to so much recently with kim jong-un, not in singapore obviously, but how do you compare what you saw out of the xi jinping -kim -kim jong-un

and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert cullen an expert on north korea's nuclear program who's visited the country often. november two thousand and ten are sick heard that professor john morris and me they took us to young ground they walked us into this facility which we were not really expect we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges i don't know how many ten the hundred were just small and we would say oh yeah it's really impressive. instead they took it took us into this building. took us up to the viewing window and there are. two hours in centrifuges . they let us in our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to come through centrifuges and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see them. causing too much point worse somebody weiners an order. and that this and that the situation become more common. kim jong il died in december twenty seventh he was succeeded by his son kim jong il and many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launched the first i

it was not targeted not only o nort korea, but south korea. he has been saying they are a free rider. they have aade agreement with the united states. soutrea is benefitre than t u date -- united states. i think president trump, by talking about the possibility of upending u.s. exercises with south korea, is telling the southoreans, we might stop helping you anymore. if you do not want that, you have to pay more for the stationing of the u.s. force south korea, and renegotiate. that will become more favorable to the united states. so i think it was a double message the south koreans and north koreans. said, in terms of japanese response, [indiscernible] generally concerned about the outcome because japan has always been hopingru will position. strong has used his position so much in this meeting. i do not know whether he talked about t auction issue in the meeting with kim jong-un. in what way, we do not know. n e overtone of the outcome, i do not think trump made the strong point, of the concerns japan has. they have mid range ballistic missi

that is against north korea and south korea. we know that previously president nixon used the troops card against south korea entirely, actually, withdrew an entire division, 20,000 troops, in 1970 and 1971. and in 1974, before he was ed to seek a job elsewhere, he actually seriously considered, he had made up his mind to withdraw u.s. troops. then jimmy carter talked about it. then in the bush years, gorge w. -- george whereby busch, more american troops were reemployed. let's say withdrawing 5,000 or 10,000 troops, president trump will likely calculate he' accepteding a stern message to both snd pyongyang. you keep cozying up to the north like that, are you on your own. fend for yourself. as he himself said during the campaign. to nor korea president trump will think this is sending a strong message. we're removing our troops from the south. thereby we willlonger allow our troops to stand in harm's way within the range of your artillery. thereby we will be more prone to strike first. now, it may work, but i think that is a fal

and south korea. many see this as a turning point. so they must have gone a bit confused by all the momentous changes underway you know consider to model the meisner and was able to do this project because the two countries are so different but the good to go kind of if they grow closer my idea wouldn't work as well the book to be honest i'm glad i managed to do it when i did there my. money yet they were cut out to you know i suppose it's not the whole of. the unification between north and south korea it's still hard to imagine he she does audience already has a hard time telling comes from earlier. on the day is nearly done but don't forget as after the conversation continues online you can find us on twitter either at t w news my handle is at sarah kelly t.v. and don't forget you can use the hash tag a day this is live from berlin we thank you so much for joining us and don't forget we have a news update every hour on the hour. will the north korea u.s. summit happen a little poker game. the two si

troops in south korea north korea does not like having them there and they consider that part of the nuclearization of the korean peninsula in that those u.s. troops are representing a nuclear power and so if there was a conflict at some stage between the u.s. and north korea involving those troops and their troops that could call in a nuclear response so the north korean version of denuclearization of the korean peninsula is if we give up our nukes you pull out your troops i think that's certainly something that the u.s. to be very reticent to do certainly at an early stage it's interesting that the question was asked to secretary of state pompei o when he gave a news conference here on monday and he refused to answer it he could have said as the defense secretary james mattis said just a few days earlier that he is not on the table we are not discussing those troops they're not going anywhere but the secretary of state refused to answer the question and then added he said don't read anything into the fight i'm not answering the question but then he added this he said we are going t

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

both south korea and juju talks about this, south korea and north korea for different reasons want to reunion fie that peninsula. this will allow president moon to work on the peace treaty. it has to be a peace treaty between north and south korea. this was back in 1950, a civil war. that civil war has to be ended by the combatants. >>> up next, our exclusive interview with president trump one on one moments ago. >> and one of his closest advisers suffers a heart attack. the latest on larry kudlow coming up. smooth scarred soaked the sun does not care. but we do. walgreens beauty consultants are specially trained to know what works for the health of your unique skin. walgreens. trusted since 1901. now, all sun care products are buy one, get one 50% off. feeclaritin and relief fromwsy symptoms caused by over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity. and live claritin clear. and it's packed with powerful cranberry nutrients that can help your body defend against certain infections. i'll be your body on cranbe

nuclear weapons pose to south korea to the united states into the world but you know that north korea itself is under an axis existential threat and there's a reason why they have built a nuclear arsenal over time and it's not just kristi's but there is a self defense deterrent component to it as well you know the you know north korea . during the korean war there was talk about using nuclear weapons against north korea to end the war there have been you know the introduction of tactical nuclear weapons to korea after the war even though they haven't taken out since then but there's still always you know south korea's under the protection of the u.s. nuclear umbrella as is japan and if you're north korea you're sitting in the middle of a new killer neighborhood of economic and political giants with and you're the only country that technically does not have you know nuclear weapons either your own program or by proxy state and so you know there is a reason why the peace matters and there's a reason why you know north korea's always sort of posed the process we have to have peace first

it would be great for north korea, south korea. it would be great for japan, the united states and the world. our partnership is valuable in reaching this moment and we will continue to be in close communication in the weeks ahead. including the issue of japanese abductees which i know is a great personal importance to prime minister abe. i hope the upcoming meeting in singapore represents the beginning of a bright new future for north korea and indeed a bright new future to the world. the denuclearization of the korean peninsula would usher in a new era of prosperity, security and peace for all koreans, north and south and for people everywhere. prime minister abe and i are also working to improve the trading relationship to the united states and japan, something we have to do. the united states sees a bilateral deal with japan based on the principle of fairness and reciprocity. we are working hard to reduce our trade imbalance with which is very substantial. we moved barriers us exports. and to achieve a fair and mutually benefic

korea. i think this committee for its consideration. mr. corker: thank you for being here with us in both of you for your comments. you're welcome to go about your day. admiral, i understand why you have that hawaiian lei on. you may wish to take it off before you testify. ms. hirono: i would be really hurt if you did that. [laughter] mr. corker: thank you both again. today we will consider nominations of and the jewels to serve our nation as ambassador to south korea, and assistant of assistant secretary to both near and eastern african affairs. they will represent our interests, from the syrian civil war our ongoing dialogue with north korea. we welcome all of you and thank you for your willingness to serve, and thank your family the same way. we first have david shanker. he has personal experience in the middle east and speaks fluent arabic. i'm confident he is well-equipped to promote u.s. interests in the middle east. no area has more high-level attention than the middle east, one of ou

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

but what about north korea? joining me now from new york is msnbc former secretary of state nightmares, securing the of world before its too late and bomb scare, the history and future of nuclear weapon he also happens to be pulling an all nighter. we're joined by wendy sherman, a formerundersecretary of state, wainvolved in iran's nuclear deal and a friend of the show. to you both welcome on this big morning. joe, let me start with you because i want to get your reaction to what you heard from president trump, what you saw in that brief statement that as we've been talking about didn't have too many specifics in it. what do you need to see to feel confident in what's coming out of the summit? >> you just heard the president say this is the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. well, that statement says that, but doesn't provide any details. so we start off with a handicap. there's less verification, less details in this than in any other agreement previously negotiated with the north koreans. >> an

-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

and south korea. many see this as a turning point. through the passing going to be confused by all the momentous changes underway and so little model to massenet and was able to do this project because the two countries are so different. if they grow closer my idea wouldn't work as well. to be honest i'm glad i managed to do it when i did my. money to you know the whole of the. of the unification between north and south korea is still hard to imagine he she does audience already has a hard time telling comes from lawyer. and a proper minder now the top stories we're following for you here at e.w. singapore is waking up to a historic day the summit between north korea's kim jong un and us president donald trump is about to get under way trump says that he will leave early because. glimmer narry negotiations on denuclearization have moved faster than expected. stories of people who were rolled over information may provide. the means we want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter and up to date in touch

today particularly in the border towns of china dividing china in korea and north korea the very fact that with we're having this summit shows and north korea is willing to talk willing to open up and perhaps we willing to cooperate on a tree issues and talking is a very very good start. which asian economies would profit most from a denuclearized korean peninsula and an opening of north korea well immediately we're looking at the northern age in a country such as china japan and south korea as mentioned in the in the clip these are the countries that stand to immediately gain from a prosperous north korea apart from that high yielding emerging markets also stand to gain from denuclearization from north korea and we're already seeing that in currencies like the singapore dollar the other u.s. dollar even the u.s. all itself and the currencies that a picked to the u.s. dollar such as the u.a.e. durum saudi and qatar in ryall and the lebanese pound will also be expected to see . slightly positive wave in the in the days to come i'm tracking that joining us live from singapore thank you

-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

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

and north korea summit was about to be collapsed however he called north korea. kim jong un right away and he talked with condolence and he negotiated with him and he lead it north korea and us to finally meet together so whether or not this will last long or it will just be a show as some people have argued i think that the fact that u.s. and north korea has met on the negotiation table has a big meaning in the historical perspective and for this i get i believe the president when jane made a fateful so as i'm sure we've read with the situation has moved forward that there is that everybody is saying there are problems with the timetabling and especially with the details of this agreement what's missing. it isn't missing the verification actually concrete us on the steps and the plan for this and but it is clear for this meeting it was not nobody expected really that they could within the time they had to have such a result however we need now. a legal structure in which we integrate this peace process and this legal structure has to consider both sides not only

with north korea. they came to the white house, they told me a lot of things, including the fact that they would be willing to do yo de-nuke, we have a lot of great people here today, that they were willing to de-nuke. once that started, we have been talking about that to save various things, including de-nuking. >> if i may, a second question. in the document that you signed earlier today, north korea agreed to denuclearization. how do you ensure that north korea is not all talk, no action? pres. trump: i think -- can you ensure anything? can i ensure that you will be able to sit down properly when you sit down? sure anything. all i can say is they want to make a deal. deals.e life has been is what i do. a lot of politicians don't, that is not their thing, but it is my thing. i think this could have been done a long time ago. but i just feel very strongly, my instinct, my ability, my talent, they want to make a is great makinga al for the world. it is also a great thing for china, because i cannot ima

north korea 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

south korea's president moon j.n. has also welcomed the agreement promising to write a new history with his country's northern neighbor it was full of praise for kim jong un's decision to go ahead with the summit and a statement released by his office president said leaving the dr days of war and conflict behind we will writes a new chapter of peace and cooperation will be there together with north korea along the way let's get more reaction then from a south korea correspondent and jason strother in the so welcome jason the other south koreans also think they are leaving the dock days behind the people i spoke to today following the signing of the declaration at the end of the summit saying they do feel that this is perhaps the start of a better times some people i spoke with who were watching the summit unfold at a television on on a television inside of souls main train station said that they feel that this could lead to a sustainable peace on the peninsula maybe even denuclearization no one was expecting a breakth

united states and its allies south korea and japan and north korea so i don't think that the military option is really an option is never been a real option the fact is that after a couple of months of verify amatory rhetoric of threat of use of force donald trump backed down from this position if we take a look at the speech of the u.n. general assembly supply member and then the speech the trump gave the south korean national assembly in the van der it's a very different speech no threats of use of force focus on the development of north korea the abuses the abuse of human rights of course but there were no threat of use of force so i think that he really backed down from his options like months ago not speaking about inflammatory rhetoric i think this is a very peculiar thing about donald trump he can be very aggressive when he's on social media but i think he's also. malleable to personal touch and number of american partners like israel for example have already exploited this trade in his personality do you think do you think i can john only will try to leverage this because he o

korea will be one of in first to invest heavily north korea. according to our estimation, if, again, this is a blue sky scenario, if everything goes very well then you could have .1% impact on korean gdp, or .2% of gdp. but that movement would not be enough for the central bank of korea to change the rate policy. but going forward beyond the short-term, obviously we're theing about, you know, in eventual full integration between south korean and north korean economy, south korea's $500export is between billion in $2 trillion to invest for the next 10 to 20 years. that is quite significant. rishaad: thank you so much for joining us. head of research for korea at goldman sachs. just coming through at the moment, i look forward to working forward with it on you. this is tall trump to kim jong-un. there we go. what have you got for us? >> it looks like optimism. the headline, it is good for peace. seems to be a lot of optimism and willingness between trump and kim. this is a historic summit. a lot is hanging on the balance, given that we have north

we should be talking to north korea. we should be trying to resolve this through diplomatic means and i understand that the president thinks that if he flatters kim jong-un that maybe kim jong-un will submit, but a lot of history suggests that there's -- this is a bigger challenge than the president suggested at his press conference. >> another head spinning element of this, david, is all of the president's media boosters who is heads exploded when barack obama suggested he would meet with the u.s.'s enemies even without preconditions are now champions of this move and cheerleading president trump who just did the same thing that president obama said he would do. do you think president obama should have done something different now in hindsight now seeing all of this what seems to be, you know, warm reception with kim jong-un and maybe a possible path forward? should president obama have done it differently? >> i think it is fair criticism to say that a succession of american administrations have failed to subdue north k

the north korea and south korea split in 1948. there's cessation of hostiliti in 1953 but we don't have a peace treaty. technically hostiliti a still ongoing, which seems insane and is like a weird way to think about it. what would it be substantively to move toward a peace treaty, to move toward that sort of an agreement? >> well, for north korea what it would mean is a diminution of our presence in the korean peninsula. that would start with us ceasing certain military exercises in the region. it would then move to us moving certain military hardware out of the region. sxumtly it would get at this question of whether there should be u.s. troops in south korea. because technically they're there as part of the arrangement where we're providing to it their security given that there is no peace agreement. so for the north koreans, look, be very clear as you're talking about, it i'm a progressive, i like like talking better than fighting. but my worry here is he's going to put stuff on the table you that shouldn't put at the beginnin

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

south korea today is like island. for if we cooperate with north korea we can directly connect to the trance iberian road. or the transfer china route to reach the netherlands amsterdam germany. frankfurt for a state take to a thaw in relations with the north would be good news if the case song industrial zone were to reopen they could easily double their production they say and that would help boost north korea's economy to. the former greek finance minister yes but if i kiss says his country's economy is it flourishing he says it's drawing up a europe's been praising the latest growth figures as a success story but debt is still at one hundred seventy seven percent of g.d.p. and in an exclusive interview with g w get this put it to mr that effect this that he was ready to let years and collapse back in twenty fifteen look i am a committed you to be honest my every speech i gave was all about what we need to do in order to save the eurozone and save the european union but at the same time i was saying we are not goin

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

wants north korea's denuclearization north korea wants u.s. security guarantees commitments that have been promised and reneged on before trump is confident that this time will be different but his past efforts have shown it's a long way between a handshake and peace. now the prospect of a peace deal for the korean peninsula is raising hopes that families who've been divided by the korean war could be reunited in our ranks next report sent by our correspondent boss dan heartache who we spoke to earlier covering the historic summit from singapore for g.w. we need a south korean man who thought his older brother had died during the war until a letter smuggled to him from the north prove otherwise. a few old photographs and a couple of letters that the only proved one sign has that he has relatives somewhere in north korea and it would put them in danger to show their faces on television. his older brother and sign tells me fought for south korea and the korean war almost seven decades ago chunks of bach was taken prisoner by the north the family

north korea. but u.s. leaders have declared that the alliance is vital for a regional security and regional cooperation. you look at all our joint statements, you look at joint -- two plus two statements, press conferences. there's always this repetition of a comment about how the alliance is important for regional security. looking at 2015, you see the -- it talks about the indispensable role of the alliance for regional peace, security, prosperity. trump and abe have talked about the alliance as the cornerstone for regional peace and prosperity. and even back in april at the mar-a-lago joint press conference, trump said that he and abe were working on the north korean issue together. so there's this -- this idea that japan and the u.s. are engaged together, working on this. working on regional issues. and yet with north korea being the most pressing security issue in the region, japan is not actively engaged in this. so when japan looks out -- like what bruce was saying. donald? donald? you have

leaders of north korea and the u.s. the american presidents explained what was keyed to bringing kim jong un to the negotiating table without the rhetoric we wouldn't have been here i really believe you know we'd sanctions and all of the things that you would do but i think without the rhetoric you know other administrations i don't want to get specific on that but there is a a policy of silence sometimes i felt foolish doing it. but we had no choice the summit in singapore was full of mutual reassurances but as more gadgety of reports next north korea should look to the example of other countries who previously placed trust in us presidents of the past. what's not to like a new nuclear disarmament deal potentially one less country with nukes where all bets are off all of us and we have this truly historic moment on film. so why does kim jong jr seem sue suspicious could be anything poison assassins or trump just waiting to backstab him the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal come to think of it ameri

free world and a steadfast alliance with allies we can overcome whatever challenge north korea rose at the world the singapore powwow is the beginning of a realization for north korea that they must be denuclearization to move forward as a peaceful nation ards the president to be strong good courage and bold to deal with kim we are on a path toward the a precedent agreement in the united states must not waver with complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization with north korea and that is just the way it is. i yield back. >> the senator from massachusetts. >> mr. president i come to the floor today to raise my concerns over the outcome of the summit between the united states and north korea. now after witnessing rhetoric from both sides and the unexpected turn to dlomacy by president trump and kim jung-un by all accounts was a very welcome development. as there is noo military solution k to the north korea nuclear crisis i was pleased to see direct engagement and i have long advocated for this approach. however i am concerned that the agreent si this morning doesn't address the thre

forces in korea. speaking with reporters on the way up, he says he expects to tart meeting a again with thert. he says while the president is in the lead of negotiations, he will be driving them forward. the secretary pushed back against critics that said that there was no mention of verifiable or irreversible in the communique. he said he was confident that north korea understand complete denuclearization. and soon mike pompeo will meet with men and then move to beijing will he will speak with theder china, president xi. >> shepard: what's state-run ia in pyang saying abot is summit? >> fascinating stuff, shep. yeah, about 35 miles north of where we are beyond the dmc , they're laying out the vision to theresidents. they get it out there across the propaganda newspaper. four pages, color pictures. president trump standing next to kim jo-un. they are not going to let this moment pass for their locals. in their version of the summit, the possibility of lifting sanc against north is raised. as for their

and south korea. many see this as a turning point. so they're. going to be confused by all the momentous changes underway you know. you must know i was able to do this project because the two countries are so different but. if they grow closer my idea wouldn't work as well. to be honest i'm glad i managed to do it when i did my. mind yet they were cut out to you know i suppose it's not the whole of this thing. but the unification between north and south korea is still hard to imagine she does audience already has a hard time telling comes from earlier. and an update on our top story at this hour donald trump and kim jong un have sat down for a working lunch as part of their historic summit the leaders of the united states and north korea are in singapore for a bilateral meeting. and after a historic handshake for their one on one talks trump said the meeting was going quote very very well and that he and him already have an excellent relationship. as a new user have tried to get at the top of the hour

helped install s inouth korea. the signed joint statement calling for a nuclear free north korean peninsula is nonbinding and lax a time line or concrete commitments from north korea about how it w dismantle its de nir ars-- nuclear arsenal. president trump: we have a very good relationship with north erea. when i cnto this job, it looked like war. not because of me. if you remember the sit-down with barack obama, he said the biggest problem that the united states has and by far the most dangerous problem and he said to me that we've ever had, because of nuclear, is north korea. now that was shortly before i entered office. i have solved tt problem. robert: mark, when you think about the handshake, it was a historic moment but there's also the meaning of theke hands in terms of policy and the president's put war games and removing them from the south rean area on the table with the north korean region. what does that mean for thegi , for china, they want to see u.s. with a smaller footprint? mark: war games, a term

korea alliance. these personal connections began even before i was born, as my father was a sailer who fought in world war ii and helped teach korean sailers. the personal connections started during her first year of duty when she accompanied her boss to seoul on several occasions. these experiences afforded us lasting friendships and a deep appreciation of their history. everywhere i travel, whether on ships, in jungles or the embassies, i first the dedication and hard work of men and women committed to make our nation and the world a better place. i was reminded again and again of the tremendous diversity of our great county. if confirmed, i will carry with me those many voices of america, along with a commitment to strengthen the sheer values that lie at the heart of our relationship with the republican of korea. i am aware our relationship is not one dimensional. economically korea is our sixth largest trading partner and the fifth largest market for u.s. agriculture or goods. investment is alrea

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

if we are talking about engaging north korea, it's important to understand north korea will never give up its weapons. if they consider this important to the national security this is a legacy. he past that onto his sons and it's now a part of his grandson's legacy. this is how long they will be in north korea and they are going to keep the nuclear weapons it doesn't matter what they tell us. we can also plan on seeing north korea and other important pieces is going to continue to engage in proliferation and activities and when i say proliferation, one of the countries is syria for example the chemical weapons but they are all in the inventory purchased from the north korea, conventional weapons, tanks, trucks, artillery they are buying them from north korea and much of it is going to hezbollah which is a terrorist organization so when people ask why do you think they should be on the list might answer of course is because they support terrorism. we can expect to see a lot of proliferation anywhere from one to $3 billion for the regime. something else i would like for you to consider i

are still at war and of course people in both koreas especially south korea of course that's what they're looking forward to they want they want a peace treaty signed that's not going to happen here obviously because it's going to involve more parties china has to be a party to that as well so but what they can do here is lay the groundwork for that and say that they're going to that they're going to move on and they're going to keep talking president trump obviously already said that if these if this meeting goes well he's going to invite kim to washington so in also saying that of course this is the sort of a long process because of course denuclearization on the korean peninsula is not going to happen overnight. and more again we are watching live pictures right now on sentosa island where in just moments we are going to see u.s. president donald trump and north korea's kim jong un meet for the very first time alexandra there has been more than a year of heated rhetoric preparing tromping kim it's so easy to forget that now that they're ready to sit down and hold these talks is this a