precarious balance of power that's often been threatened. 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 fishes is a miniaturized nuclear warhead capability the world hope north korea would never reach north korea's new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic missile if true higher 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. the united states. and. the world is shocked by this test but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. they've been working towards this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in nineteen forty eight. 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 effects knew about it they went home to

rocket man. we had north korea testing a large icbm which can target the united states. had four months ago you this amazing reversal, and north korea marching with the south korean team in the olympics. six weeks ago you had the inter-korean summit, and the hopeful statement. in this short time, we have witnessed major shifts in the outlook there. it is fair to say, had any of us been able to predict this, we should have quit our day jobs and bet on horses or something. it is unbelievable how quickly things have shifted. we started thinkabt ving march,ent already in before we knew there would be a summit. mostly was bause w reporto launch, that is looking at the longer-term developments of deterrence around the korean peninsula. 12 is a out that june great day to talk about deterrence. we will do that today. will have a conversation with these experts from the region. that we will have good diversity of views and perspectives. and we can do sect what we think happened, and what may not have happened, and what might happen going forward, and talk a little bit about how the differ

north korea. >> he may have 20 nuclear weapons, missiles that eventually might hit the united states. >> he sees having nuclear weapons as essential to his survival. >> after seven decades in near isolation, is the country's leader, kim jong-un, changing the global game for north korea? >> for the first time, the leader of north korea stepped into south korea. >> one of the first things he has done is make himself a more acceptable figure on the international stage. >> kim jong-un does something which nobody expects. he again changes the balance of this regime. >> as the historic summit between president donald trump and kim jong-un nears, what will it mean for north korea, the united states and the world? >> we have never had this kind of negotiation before. the stakes are incredibly high. >> this will be the critical test of the trump administration. this is what history will remember trump for. >>> president trump accepted an invitation for a face to face talk with the nuclear armed dictator. >> it came like a bolt out of the blue. after months of taunts and insults between

relations between the u.s. and north korea and perhaps even in world politics right now. oh yes it's a very very important turning point in north korea's relations with the u.s. and with the world they certainly turn direction whether they reach a destination is clearly clearly a different matter yes very interesting that we still don't have a copy of this whether it's a letter or a declaration president trump called it a letter because normally when you do these things you have it prepared you have your media strategy prepared president trump said they'd be distributing in the room they didn't so the copies aren't ready that suggests to me maybe and i'm purely speculating here that maybe there were some last minute changes maybe the final version took you know in the last few minutes a few words had to be chain. here and there and they're now preparing that version getting ready to send it to us but you just have to look on social media and you'll see those of my colleagues who cover the white house who cover the state department who cover asian relations journalists going what

dangerous time. to make . it. as north korea's kim young want to just president donald trump take a first step towards ending decades off was still a c. on the korean peninsula economies in asia expect a boost through increased stability in the region and business is keen on new opportunities if the agreement to denuclearize through all. this is d w business live from berlin i'm god alpha's welcome. historic day is story agreement north korea's leader kim yong one and the u.s. president on the trump sign a deal to denuclearize the korean peninsula if it holds it could deliver an economic push in asia north korea can hope for a badly needed boost but it has far to go to catch up with south korea lets see just how far the split into north and south korea after the korean war was meant as a temporary solution but became a permanent division at the time it was actually the north that had the economic advantage with the lion's share of industry located right that the two koreas are similar in size but they're at least twice as many people living in south korea than in the north at least

. >> this is north korea? >> kim jong-un at the water park, on the roller coasters with his beautiful wife. >> but one thing has never changed. >> they always wanted a nuclear weapon. >> how much does donald trump really know? >> he's a pretty smart cookie. >> about the man with whom he hopes to make a deal. >> incredible uncertainty. >> if you wait you die. >> consequences for the next 60, 70, 100 years. >> good evening. i'm fareed zakaria. i want to show a video, one that tells the story of north korea. this is our planet. specifically, asia as seen from the space station. that area is south korea. ablaze with life and light. this black hole, it looks like water. 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 h

accept, but trump is right and just getting north korea to the table to talk is an impressive outcome. thedahye yim from communications research center here in berlin who says that understanding and knowing korea is the key to peace. for evening and thank you being here. the south korean president has been quoted as saying that the trump-kim summit opens the way to a new era of peace and cooperation on the peninsula. do you agree? i totally agree. it's a very historical moment with the south and north korean summit in april and the following summit which happened a few days ago. i think it's very historical that north korea came to the negotiating table on the same level with the u.s., and also when we look at the articles of the agreement, article number one was not denuclearization, which is very unfair -- which could be unfair for north korea. however, they first said that a new relationship between the u.s. and north korea would be a priority and also that the piece regime -- the peace regime should be protected. the u.s. agreed to give protections to north korea, which is a big s

. so weusdd these myriad threats. and as it turns out, negotiating with north korea is harder than the presidentught. so we muste to squeeze the regime so that it cannot access the resources necessary to maintain our expand its military capabilities. after all, the combination of direct engagement backed by pressure is the only solution to the north korean threat to the united states, our allies, andp. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnela few hoursgo, president trump, secretary of state pompeo, security advisor bolton and the rest of the delegation ended their meeting with north korean officials. this was an historic first step in negotiations. in the words of the joint statement agreed to by the united states and north korea, both ses cmitted to pursuing a lasting and robust peace regime and complete denuclearization of the korean peniula. the next steps in negotiations will test whether we can get to a verifiable deal which enhances our relationship with northeast asia and our allies. this challenge will take a great deal of hard work. as president trump expl

>> a discussion about u.s.-north korea relations, pounds discussed next weeks plan summit in singapore and president north korean official with at the white house. this event was hosted by the foundation for the defense of democracies in washington, d.c. >> all right.and ten minutes. good afternoon and welcome to the foundation for defense of democracies. my name is david adesnik. i'm the director of research. it's my pleasureid to welcome al ofh in their the audience and new ones. i hope this really shows quite a broad audience, thehe kind of wk were doing here and how proud we are to bring some super experts to talk about north korea today. so i couple of housekeeping items. today's event is being live stream video recorded and broadcast on c-span, so it's on the record which means would like you to turn off your phones so we don't have any interruptions, otherwise your frozenaught for posterity and never forgotten. to set an example i will go ahead and turn off my phone right heater. so with that i'd like to turn to the issue at hand and i will say a word about why this is

state north korea's foreign minister and other key officials on both sides followed then by a working lunch and then what we've seen in the last few minutes which was both men leaving the working lunch interestingly you saw trump and kim walking together talking together it seemed with no interpreter we've always speculated that perhaps kim speaks a bit of english obviously enough to make small talk with the u.s. president they walked past the photographers they were asked a few questions it was only trump who answered because i think the questions were in english and that's where he made the comment about better progress than anyone could have expected then they walked back around to the hotel and we got some shots of them chatting there for some time and that's where we thought having already signed or not it's clear they haven't the signing is still to come and then we thought that perhaps was kim was leaving because we saw trump walk him to a car what we know though that was and it shows how the two met a bonding it was trump showing kim because perhaps he doest the inside of the

issues that necessarily will have to be resolved in reaching the agreement on nuclear deal. in korea therefore you know the rather and substantive document that was produced didn't surprise me at all i thought this was about what one would expect from the first meeting ever between a u.s. president and the current leader of north korea given the history of that issue and the politics that attend the issue particularly in the united states you know obviously this is not going to be a document this is going to give you a roadmap to a settlement it's not going to have the. timetable that some people in the media said was missing of course it wasn't no surprise there this was a political document that shows that they got along well and they're ready to start a process but with them basically the same question to you i mean i agree with gareth it's not really a road map i mean least the document that they released i mean it's kind of long on hope is this a beginning of something being in washington go ahead while i certainly agree with gareth and i've also argued exactly the same thing bu

signed a deal vague on details it says the united states and north korea will work towards denuclearization but missing the would verify. by and irreversible at a news conference trump was pressed on that saying he now trusts the north korean leader it does take a long time to you know pull off a complete de nuclearization you takes a long time scientifically you have to wait certain periods of time and a lot of things happen but despite that once you start the process it means it's pretty much over can't use them that's the good news and that's going to start very very soon i believe it's going to start very soon we will do it as fast as it can mechanically and physically be done in the meantime sanctions will remain but trump said the regular exercises between the militaries of south korea and the u.s. would end but again no specifics or mention of a peace treaty either act one in this diplomatic drama that began almost five hours earlier with a handshake that may have changed the course of history. u.s. president donald trump said he had no within a minute of meeting him

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

between the united states and north korea so it's certainly unconventional in diplomatic practices but it can be a very important opportunity for both contraries and for the whole region that you mentioned a possibility that this could be part of a broader strategy on the part of the trumpet ministration and from what we understand there have been some preliminary torts but hardly over technical nature of the negotiators most likely simply didn't have time to get into the needed greedy of technical specifications of the north korean nuclear program does it even matter is it even necessary in this particular case whatever the result of the singapore summit even it's likely to be mostly political rather than technical well i think that through the negotiations have been taking place are more technical than political but for sure this is part of a broader strategy on the side of north korea that's for sure they sort of the diplomatic offensive in january. for the part of the united states i'm not sure if it's part of the brother strategy what i think is that donald trump really wants this su

korea that's for sure they sort of the diplomatic offensive in january. for the part of the united states i'm not sure if it's part of the brother strategy what i think is that donald trump really wants this summit especially to. find a way a chance to break with the previous administration of the previous american administration that obviously failed. in dealing with the north korean issue so i think that for trump this can be a breakthrough with the past well let's explore the motivations of both leaders a little bit more i've heard one american experts suggest kim and are preparing for totally different games ciampa said to be gearing up for a game of checkers while kimi is supposed to be positioning himself for a multiplayer multi board chaffed match do you agree that they approach did this meeting in totally different way i agree with that because continuing clearly started to play. this game with different actors not only with the united states and this is particularly clear if we take a look at what happened in the past few months can turn started with the olympic diplomacy

korea. north korea has borders with three other countries. what are the three other countries? i will spot you the first two. obviously, north korea has a border with south korea, one of the most famous borders on earth. it features a real live dmz. it's one of the mostught conflict lines on the planet, and it has been for decades. so that's one of the two i will spot you. obviously, north korea borders south korea. north korea also borders china. north korean border with china is way longer than its border with south korea. the length of that border, the 23 different road crossings across that north korea-china border, all those things make china acutely interested in north korean affairs. not justs i friendly neighbor but also because china quite desperately doesn't want north korea to suffer some sort of catastrophic collapse. north korea falling apart, war in north korea, an unimaginable korea, anything that might cause the collapse of that weird isolated repressed, poor place, that would produce potentially millions of north korean refugees, which china believes would become

peace you know declaring the end of the war yes that is between the two koreas and it is not for anybody else whether it's china or the united states or any other country that was involved during the korean war or the united nations which was the official come right at and to be involved the two koreas must decide this but let me also point out that peace does not equal stability on the korean peninsula also does not equal unification ok which also does not necessarily mean that the end of conflict or hostility so these are all different things which also does not mean the end of north korea's missile programs or the end of north korea's threats or the end of the north korean regime or the end of north korea's nuclear programs so all of these issues are all completely separate and the world different countries in the region and americans we all need to understand these a separate issues and i think everybody just thought that on june twelfth that president trump and kingdom would want sit down and suddenly americans and everybody else would feel safe if well the summit succeeded

the the north korea-u.s. north korea summit that wrapped up in singapore from this morning's "washington journal." , the executeall director of the arms control association for -- association. have you, how much closer do you think we are today to a denuclearize korean peninsula? john. good to be here, it is much better that the two are talking than exchanging threats of having nuclear missile threats. --s is just the first threat first step in a long process. basicmmit communique is and minimal basis for the further negotiations that secretary mom -- secretary pompeo are going to have soon to hammer out the details of what denuclearization entails. how we can guarantee that security will begin airing tv -- how nuclear weapons it can guarantee that security uaranteed without nuclear weapons, that is hard work. it looks a lot like the tt.-north korea of 1994 halted plutonium production by north korea for eight years. it looks like the agreement in 2005 with president george bush. are there going to be real actionable steps -- that is the measure of success. i'm concerned about

korea that would have been the next phase if we did it or find it necessary to do but nuclear to me is always first. and we're going to be fine with respect to iran but we also say got something out of it that's very important a lot of the people that write about this some of whom i have great respect for but they haven't picked up a red and is not the same country that it was a few months ago they are a much much different group of leaders and i hope at some point they'll come to us and we'll sit in and we'll make a deal that's good for them and good for us and good for everybody and it will be great for iran i expected to be i wanted to be great for him or him but if they would have walked our side from some of the horrible provisions that you know as well as i do and probably everybody sitting here knows we could have had a great deal nothing wrong with the deal but there's something wrong with that deal we had a great opportunity to make a phenomenal deal so i am totally prepared to walk it could happen maybe it won't be necessary i hope it won't be necessary to walk because i real

korea. they could help us in syria as well, by finding ways of cooperating. unfortunately what we have had is, as again, this unrelenting hostility towards russia. that, we should find ways that are mutually beneficial in cooperation. korea is one of the areas where i think that could work. host: congressman dana rohrabachernal peace. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. >> we are appreciative you decided instead to be here with talking about what has happened in singapore overnight. transpired thet developments around the korean peninsula are really surprising. it targets the united states we hadn, four months ago this amazing reversal and the koreacs and north participating in the olympics and marching with the south korean teams. hopefuls ago the very statement, the decoration. so it was short period of time. , major shiftsajor in the outlook there. we should have started betting on horses or something. unbelievable how quickly things have shifted. so what is to say, we started thinking about having this event already in march. even before we knew was going to on this day.

between the united states and north korea are as of 3:00 eastern time on june 1. he said he thought that they were good. certainly a lot better than they have been between the united states and north korea over the decade. meeting with kim young chul for about an hour and 15 minutes. far longer than anybody thought when we were told by the white house that young chul and deliver the letter. there you can see him with john kelly. we heard that he was going to drop off the letter and be on his way out. it was on for 15 minutes, a half an hour and that stretched into an hour and beyond. the president said when they sat down together, they just started having an interesting conversation. they went over so many different topics. they went over sanctions, denuclearization. they didn't go over human rights. the president said that would be saved for another conversation: he said they talked about ending the korean war and ending it on june 12. that would be a monumental step forward in history, that they prepare the document. i asked the president if they had a document prepared or working

welcome to the program north korea has praised the summit between kim jong un and donald trump as a resoundingly success the north state media framed tuesday's summit as a win for pyongyang as a list of the concessions made by president trump including his pledge to end joint south korean military exercises critics are pointing to the lack of detail in the one page agreement signed by both leaders and that it contains no mention of washington's demand for a complete verifiable and irreversible decon gries ation of the north. nuclear weapons we never even discussed the other in an interview with the a.b.c. news network following the talks in singapore u.s. president donald trump said it was a big day for the world he also announced that he will freeze military war games with south korea and i'm doing something that i wanted to do from the beginning we stop playing those war games a cost us a fortune you know we're spending a fortune every number of months we're doing war games with south korea and i said what's this costing we're flying planes in from guam and we're bombing empty mou

at book tv.org. >> in anticipation of the u.s. north korea summit on june 12th, we have put together a block of programs on north korea. >> hello everyone. thank you very much for coming to tonight's event. please take a moment to silence your cell phones. i also want to let you know you can keep up with our comings and goings-online or we have print out calendars at every information desk. c-span will be filming this event and your image may be captured. your presence here gives permission to be filmed. please raise your hand and wait for the man with a microphone to come by if you want to ask a question. i also have an announcement, due to a technical need of moving to a new website platform, powell's books is closing early tonight. we expect this to be a lively discussion. we are not asking anyone to leave early. but we're asking that all purchases be made by 8:45. the bathrooms will also close at 8:45 tonight. tonight we are very happy to welcome our guest. she was born in north korea under the rule of kim jong-il in which she spent much of her childhood hungry and fearing of the

know soon enough whether a real deal between the us and north korea can happen. an end to conflict — will the talks pave the way for the korean war to be finally consigned to the past? and a sharp focus on singapore, with the media frenzy that's now engulfing singapore's city—state. this is bbc world news, it is newsday. so, here we are, just a couple of hours away from the moment when, on a small island just a few hundred metres from here, the leaders of the united states are north korea will finally meet face to face. who could have predicted thatjust months after the two men were exchanging insults on twitter, the pair of them would be sitting down together for a one—on—one, with just the translators present. so what are the prospects for some sort of agreement? well, the us says talks are moving quickly, but there's a note of a caution from the secretary of state, mike pompeo. he says the united states has been fooled before, and president trump will accept nothing less than the complete, and irreversible denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. here's our north americ

park is a human rights activist and author she fled north korea at the age of thirteen and in mongolia jenny town is managing editor for thirty eight north that's an online news portal covering the korean peninsula hello everybody it's good to have you here young me when you were watching the images coming out of this singapore summit as somebody who was born in north korea who excrete from north korea what were you thinking. i was so sorry. i. was not you know as. we know he's a murderer he he denies that there's a human rights violation or not that. yes accuse on he always knew how right or how this man puts people in a concentration camp in the name of the. man is a lunatic and she is not a little. later and that's why it just i don't know what the word and leaving me and what i mean for me saying we really just in. no way. christmas politicians say only nice who she is they don't even know it really means they don't even know what injustices looks like and why only one was all watersheds. i don't know how she didn't think of this now how can the next. three months you know

want to bring up the fact that the prime minister and also president moon of south korea were helpful, cooperative and they like to see something happen. 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

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communicators saturday: 30 p.m. eastern on c-span. pick to bet trump's u.s. ambassador to south korea, retired admiral harry harris, testified along with other state department nominees at a confirmation hearing. senator bob corker chairs the foreign relations committee. it is just under two hours. mr. corker: the foreign relations committee will come to order. sen. corker: we thank our nominees for being here. we especially thank our distinguished senators. as a courtesy to you, we will not go through you having to unbelievable opening comments that both the and i will offer in a moment. instead, i will let you go directly so you can go to other meetings. what are you go ahead and make your introductions? we thank you for being with us today. we think both of you for your service and look forward to your comments. hironochairman, senator and i would be delighted to hear the eloquence of the chairman and ranking member, but the fact you would allow us to go ahead, it is a personal -- [laughter] -- it is a personal reason we are here, because we know the nominee. we consider the admira

meeting and. working lunch the u.s. wants north korea's denuclearization north korea wants us curity guarantees commitments that have been promised and burnett done before trump is confident that this time will be different but its past efforts have shown it's a long way between a handshake and peace. alexandra how is the singapore meeting likely to go down with the us photos we have to remember that there are some very pivotal midterms coming up mid-term elections coming up later this year in the us how does this make president trump luck. yeah and we have to keep in mind that there were many experts that they were very skeptical at how the of this summit and political opponents were criticizing you asked president for holding this meeting in the first place or being ready for having we needs to have this summit without having guards and the concessions from the north korean regime so there was a lot of criticism going on the in the you asked i think that we will see a lot of you know people applauding the u.s. president if this summit is indeed going to be a success or if the presi

differences resolve the issues between the two koreas and between north korea and the united states so they want to see a broad statement made today that paves the way for these negotiations to continue in a peaceful fashion and therefore that also enables the working level meetings to continue we've already seen those begin and there's a sort of significant one coming up on thursday this week in fact with high level military talks being held between north and south korea so while all the attention is very much being on this summit in singapore in the lead up to it and of course today as well of beneath that here in seoul and in north korea there have been many meetings taking place between the two involving the united states as well many of those meetings happening in the demilitarized zone you mentioned there. the post of investment by the south korean president in what does a successful summit mean for him personally and politically. well certainly as i say it is something that he has always wanted to see it is something he campaigned again on very strongly before that election and

korea president donald trump has been in talks with singapore ahead of a meeting. one time shot at peace north korea's kim jong il and also preparing for an event. watched by the entire world we'll get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. and heartbreak turns to hold this man thought his older brother had korean war but a letter smuggled from north to south proves otherwise follows the search for his long lost family. and. damage control. over trade the german chancellor calls drawl from the group's joint statement sobering and. will retaliate against you. and welcome to the program the countdown is on for tuesday's historic summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un and preparations and host city state singapore are in full swing president trump has been meeting with singapore's prime minister louisiana in a working lunch with aides in the run up to to morrow summit it will be the first time a sitting you. us president has ever met with a north korean leader trump has been building expectations calling the meeting a one time shot for

. president, did you also discuss the cost of denuclearization and how north korea will foot the bill while the crippling sanctions remain in place? >> i think south korea and japan will help them very grately. i think they'll help them very grately. we won't have to help them. the united states has been paying a big price at a lot of different places but south korea which is obviously right next door and japan whi is essentially next door, they will be helping them and doing a very generous job and a terrific job so they will be helping them. yes, ma'am, go ahead, behind. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to follow up on steve's question. he asked how long it would take toedness the korean peninsula. you said a long time. what does that mean? >> well, i don't know when you say a long time. i think we will do it as fast as we can be done scientifically and mechanically. i don't think -- i mean, i've read horror stories, it's a 15-year process assuming you wanted to do it quickly i don't believe that. i think whoever wrote that is wrong but there will be a point at which

trump has just arrived for his historic summit with north korea's kim jong-un. president trump: it's a one-time shot and i think it's going to work out very well. >> this is the only opportunity kim jong-un is going to get to try to turn around the future of his nation because if these talks do not bear fruit and north korea goes back to its nuclear program that is not going to work out well for kim. >> there's really only two options, peace or war. >> secretary of state mike pompeo has just wrapped up a briefing from singapore moments ago. >> the set of state updating us on exactly what the president and the isn't have been doing today, more conversations between american and north korean officials to try to work through some of these difference s. president trump: i've said it many times, who knows who knows, may not, may not work out. >> there are only two people that can make decisions of this magnitude and those two people are sitting in a room together tomorrow. liz: we are now just four hours away from president trump's historic summit with north korean leader kim jong-u

denuclearization and crippling sanctions. >> south korea and japan will help them very greatly. they are prepared to help them. i think they will help them. we won't have to help them. the united states has been paying an a lot of places but south korea which obviously is right next door and japan which is essentially next-door they will be helping them and doing a very generous job and a terrific job so they will be helping. >> i would like to follow up with regards -- what does it mean? >> when you say a long time, we will do it as fast as it can be done scientifically, as fast as it can be done mechanically. i have read horror stories, 15 year process, if you want to do it quickly, i don't believe that. whoever wrote that is wrong. there will be a point at which when you are 20% through you can't go back. i had an uncle who was a great professor for 40 years and i used to discuss nuclear with him all the time. he was a great expert, a great billion she is, dr. john trump at mit. he was there 40 years, head of mit. we used to talk about a very complex subject, it is not just let's

top. please he's an impressive outcome and a very warm welcome suited to our union from the korea communication research center here in berlin who believes that properly knowing and understanding north korea is the key to peace well thank you full three of you for being here with me today on quadriga i'd like to begin with you to uni and south korean president moon j m has been quoted as saying that the trump kim summit opens the way to a new era of peace and cooperation on the korean peninsula do you agree i totally agree and it's already agree here is a very historical moment. with the faults and north korea summit in april and also the following summit which happened a few days focal think it's very historical that north korea came to the negotiation table on the same level with us and also when we look at the articles of the agreement the article number one was not the new clear i fish and which is very unfair for north what which could be unfair for north korea however they first said it that the new relationship between u.s. and north korea with be the priority for them and

. i want to thank senators for being here with me. now a lot of tension is obviously on north korea and that's what my colleagues will discuss, but before i do, i want to just say something that's very important to millions of middle class families in this country, which is healthcare. democrats have not and will not lose sight of the fact that the trump administration and the republican congress have systematically worked to sabotage our healthcare stem, leading to double digit premium increases in state after state. if you ask the amecan people the number one issue they care about, it's healthcare. not anything else. and we are not going to get diverted. we're going to focus from now through july and the august recess on healthcare. so many millions of american families will pay more in premium increases than any tax break they will get. and that is not because it had to happen. it is because the trump administration and the republicans in the house and senate have dately undone our healthcare system to aid the big special interests. last week their decision to no longer defend th

korea's leader kim jong un after he be affirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the new at the korean peninsula president trump made the declaration at the press conference following their historic summit he went on to say that the north is already destroying a missile testing site and explained that this wasn't in the joint declaration as a great afterwards they want to he went on to announce that the u.s. would cease military exercises on the korean peninsula but that sanctions would remain. the president has gone on to price the north korean leader for signing the agreement. all right roeser the person is wearing an american person and the leader of north korea. really changes in the last. minute with your interview was ours. and preserved we got to know each other well very confined. so let's go through some of the main points in the joint statement the united states and the democratic people's republic of korea the d.p. r. k. commits to establish a new u.s. d p r k relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity the docu

future u.s. president donald trump has praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he reaffirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula the joint declaration also committed the two countries to continuing efforts to bring a lasting and stable peace to the koreans this is the first time a north korean leader at met for talks with a sitting u.s. president usa concept resisted such a meeting for decades describing north korea as a rogue state that should unilaterally abandon nuclear weapons. after the meeting the president expressed his gratitude towards the north korean leader for his engagement at that meeting. ortley i want to thank chairman kim for taking the first step toward a bright new future for his people are unprecedented meeting the first between an american president and a leader of north korea proves that real change is indeed possible my meeting with chairman kim was honest direct and productive for get to know each other well in a very confined period of time so what has been agreed well here are some of the main points the united states on the democratic

bold step to a bright new future u.s. president donald trump praised north korea's leader kim jong un after he reaffirmed a commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula president trump made a declaration of the press conference following their historic meeting he then went on to say the north is already destroying a missile testing site and explain that this wasn't in the that aeration as i said been agreed after they went on to announce that the u.s. would and military exercises on the korean peninsula but that sanctions would remain as jhumpa then went on to express his gratitude towards the north korean leader for his engagement at that meeting. what's important i want to thank chairman kim for taking the first ball step toward a bright new future for his people are unprecedented meeting first between an american president and a leader of north korea proves their real change is indeed possible my meeting with chairman kim was honest direct and productive for get to know each other well in a very confined period of time. so here are some of the main points in the joint state

for getting too little and giving too weave fox team coverage, greg palkot in seoul, south korea, with reaction there, but we start with chief white house correspondent john roberts on the summit and what comes next. good morning, john. >> good morning to you, chris. to hear president trump tele, the next app he hopes is that m jong un will start tearing down the nuclear program he just spent billions building. but the president's critics doubt this new relationship will ever pay off. >> it was a moment for the history books. the first time a sitting u.s. president has met with the leader of north korea. the road to get here was a long one. >> we will have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. >> there will be obstacles on the way forward but we overcame all ofm. >> white house officials told fox news the entire summit was dependent on how the first 101 between the leaders would go. after decades of political and rhetorical conflict between the two nations and personal insults they relet each other, president trump says he and kim jong un formed a personal bond. >> we are prepared

have a visiting senior research fellow at the korea research forum, a think tank in seoul. previously she was at the carnegie endowment for international peace. we have a professor for korean studies, assistant professor at test university. formerly he was a research fellow with the national asia research program. fellow at the center for korean and international studies. before that, she had a long career in the intelligence community or with the u.s. government, she was the director for korea, japan, and oceanic affairs at the national security council. she was the deputy national security officer for east with that element chairs here and i think we will have you go first then we will see who the next panelists is. aboutf them will talk their views of the upcoming summit. concern ashope or well as recommendations are what we hope to see come out of the summit. there is a lot of confusion. we may do some cross panel discussion or i may ask some questions then we will open it to the audience. 10? >> thank you. thank you for this opportunity and thank you ladies and gentlemen for taki