with the right hand man to north korean dictator. kim jong un. >> the former head of the north korean intelligence service arrived in new york for talks with secretary of state. >> he's the most trusted intelligence and national security advise herb. >> he told secretary pompeo he had a personal letter for president trump. from kim jong un. >> on june 1, 2018. he hand delivered lt letter at the white house. >> the contents of the letter in the huge envelope have not been disclosed to my knowledge. we can infer that they said enough about north korean willingness to discuss the issues that the u.s. views as essential. the denuclearization of the north korea. and then u.s. willingness to help the north korean economy in exchange. >> after receiving the letter, there was a noticeable change in tone from the president. the confident commander in chief who believes a significant deal was imminent. began to temper expectations. >> it's a get it though you kind of situation. and i think it will be a process. i never said it goes in one meet

the north koreans have a sligly different definition. plus, u.s.that military assets that could be used to launch nuclear weapons or to strike regime in the strike and could that is what the north koreans are worried about. working off the first definition, you mentioned concrete actions. what would be the first couple action steps that would be necessary for that to happen? guest: when need to look at this in phases. to make surese is north korea has frozen its program. we cannot ducarize ifhey are improving their arsel.northa of important first steps. president trump talked about they stopped ballistic missile testing, closing their test site, ending the clear test explosions, but they continue to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. for the trump administration has to be to solidify those. we have got to make sure that heey are boasting dismantling of test facilities and production. soon after, we need to have a declaration from the north koreans of their program. what do they have? where is it? so inspectors can come to check arsen

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president has met a north korean leader. really great to really take you to a lot of progress really very fatherly better than anybody expected comparable to. well i dream brown reports on a historic day that many people thought would never come up in this diplomatic drama here was act one for. getting to know you the handshake to could change the course of history president donald trump it said he'd know within a minute of meeting kim jong un if he'd get on with him so this was the moment he began sizing him up from. the start perhaps of an improbable relationship. in improbable times. two nuclear armed leaders one of former real estate developer and reality t.v. star the other an international pariah. we were. speaking through an interpreter kim jong un said the way here had not been easy. in the region it wasn't easy to get here and oprah did as in practice has worked as obstacles in a way forward but we overcame all of them and we're here today. they met at nine am local time in singapore so prime time viewing in the uni

korean tv and north korean media. list media.he according to the agreements we have had over the years, that has been distributed to the media which is what we will now be sharing with you once we have those pictures inside the meeting room. is scheduledtself to get underway at about 9:15 eastern time. if we five minute session. a bilateral meeting. only four people in the room. the north korean leader. let's watch the same. seen -- scene. >> the north korean leader will be in the room along with president trump and two translators. these are live pictures from inside the meeting. >> mr. president, how are you feeling? i am feeling safe and i think the meeting will be tremendously successful. have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. >> we will look for a way forward. we are here today. thank you very much everybody. thank you very much. thank you. >> those pool reporters know leaving the venue of the meeting. meeting off the coast of singapore. we want to open the phone lines to hear what you expect. those are l

and north korean delegations. president trump: [indiscernible] working to the -- together, we will get it taken care off. -- of. translator: speaking korean. >> [indiscernible] [indistinct conversations] president trump: we will be successful. it will be done. thank you very much. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. thank you very much. host: on one side, the north korean delegation, on the other side the president of the united states, donald trump, seated next to him his secretary of state, mike pompeo and john bolton in general kelly. this is another live to you. you can see the flags, the north korean and u.s. lags way that handshake took place. we should the camera situation has been moved out. you are seeing a live picture of the resort island hotel. temperatures in singapore in the mid- to the upper 70's. late spring,ly, early summer day in singapore with a 12 hour time difference. it is called they compel a hotel sentosaapella hotel on island. ghity and a favorite for celebrities who visn island tha

either the north koreans lied or never carried out commitments. the question is whether kim jong-un is different. whether he is prepared to take steps toward nuclear disarmament . we will find that out in the course of the next months and years as secretary of state pompeo tries to put some flesh on the bones of this joint andunique which is general lacks detail on timetable asing reciprit verification, all these critical issues which were not result in the singapore summit itself. host: here are the bones of that agreement. president trump committing to provide security guarantees for north korea. the united states and north korea committing to establish new relations in accordance with desires of teople the two countries for peace and prosperity. the united states and north korea will join efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime. reaffirmed north korea's commitment to work toward a complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. at the united nd north korea commit to recovering pow mia remains including the repatriation of those al

the biggest clue of all was two north korean cameramen in formal suits with badges of the old north korean leaders. badges that north koreans who work for any official where on the lapels all the time. interference i think we have lost communications with rupert there. we will see if we can go back to him because he is at the shangri—la and we want to see pictures of donald trump arriving at the hotel. it is interesting that he was describing, he was saying that they had two cameramen there who we re they had two cameramen there who were wearing the badges. you are telling me earlier when we were talking about what north korea is. we should not lose sight of the fact that this is a mafia state. it is run bya that this is a mafia state. it is run by a mafia boss. yes, the one family at the top and the famous photo of north korea as night where the city is at a light but the rest of the country is in darkness. all the resources go to the capital and to some extent that is how they are a lwa ys to some extent that is how they are always asking for aid and hand—outs. what kind of deal with

. >> north koreans want the kim family to continue ruling north korea. it is about regime survival. >> kim jong-un quickly embraced the first rule of regime survival. control all information. >> kim jong-un is to a certain extent, everything. he is the rock star, the celebrity. he is the be all and end all. ♪ >> which is good. because he is the only show in town. there's only one kind of television. and it is all broadcast by the government. >> it is all part of the brainwashing. complete indoctrination since people are born. >> in a program about the leaders extraordinary abilities, we are told he is a world-renowned composer who learned to drive at the age of three. children are taught to worship him. this tv show for kids is not exactly "sesame street." ♪ >> these small children sing, america go down on their knees and beg kim jong-un for their life. a child draws a picture of the u.s. on fire. a kindly grandfather says good job. most north koreans have no internet, no access to outside media at all. >> the regime wants to be sealed out from the o

this is what a lot of us in the analyst community think the north koreans want from this, the north koreans want from this, the symbolism, north korean imagery next to american imagery, the flags and the handshakes and it validates north korea as distinct and independent from south korea, making the division more permanent, some recognition. the north korean flag next to the american flag, something ofa next to the american flag, something of a recognition of one of the worst countries in the world to be honest. amnesty international and human rights reports from the un about north korea paint it as an awful place. that's a big achievement, that shot, with the flags. regime change has been spoken about in north korea after the death of kim jong il, kim jong—un‘s north korea after the death of kim jong il, kimjong—un‘s father, we know the status quo was maintained for the following six years and we fast forward to this moment, james, describe for me how much of a difference this truly is for north korea? we also understand that the state newspaper is covering this now, front—page a

side and for the north korean side. what we do know is there is still a lot of gaps behind what this definition is. this briefer meeting with preside president. it really empowers negotiators on both sides to take in the details. >> lisa labott is with us as well. you've been doing a lot of reporting on the stage that's been set here. once again, walking down the colonade, kim yong chol and john kelly. i'm sure they'll be going into the oval office to meet the president. how significant were the meetings that mike pompeo, the secretary of state, had with kim yong chol in new york city ever the past few days. >> i think that meeting was very significant. it was about putting cards on the table. what does denuclearization mean to the u.s., what does it mean to north korea? you could see secretary pomp eo lay out progress. when he said there was progress, he did not say there was progress on narrowing the gaps. he kind of said everybody understood each other better. my understanding is when you mentioned what's going on in

even by north korean standards. he ordered the kidnapping of a south korean actress. ♪ he also kidnapped her husband, a movie director and he ordered them to make movies. >> look i need to improve the north korean film business. anything you need, you just let me know. >> as the '90s approached, kim jong-il was spending huge sums to build a nuclear weapons program and the economy began to collapse. when flooding destroyed north korea's meager food supply in the 1990s, there were no resources left to feed the country. it was one of the worst famines the world has ever seen. at least 2 million people died of starvation. and finally, there is kim jong-il's legacy of political imprisonment. begun under his father, he greatly expanded it and it continues to this day. this is the dark side of a brutal and secretive regime. but there is another north korea. a country many people have never seen. with entertainment. wealth. luxury. >> people are going to these restaurants. they are taking taxis. >> there's even a glamour

that is a major concession to the north koreans. it seems to be something the pentagon might not have known we are still to hear from the defense secretary jim mattis. he will have a very interesting reaction. that is a major development when it comes to u.s. military matters and its engagement with south korea. speaking of south korea, that is where secretary of state mike pompeo is traveling next. mike pompeo is going to south korea and then to china. thanks -- these will be very interesting discussions. see if they ha because of what was announced by the u.s. president of the end of joint military exercises with south korea. there seem to be plenty more advantages of kim jong-un. here is one of them. huly symbolic, an invitation of the white house from donald trump th would be happening at some time in the future. an invitation that was accepted by the north korean leader says resident donald trump. as for what we were expecting to happen from this joint statement , there are some of these things. the fact that kim jong-un would

the plight of the north korean people. north korea is supported by the power elite, if you like, a dictatorial regime, a gangster style regime. the fact he is mining here and having a conversation, kimmich, we cannot disregard the human rights abuses so why has it not been on the table in terms of what we heard from the press briefing yesterday?‘ terms of what we heard from the press briefing yesterday? a great question and to be honest it's because the north koreans react so badly when we bring this up, but has sunk negotiations with the north in the past between us and north korea and south korea and north korea. the un did a big report on human rights couple of years ago and the north koreans reacted sharply to that and the argument from the doves is this is something we have to hold for the future, get the ball rolling and bring it up maybe in the future. i'm hopeful. this is why there is so much anxiety with north korea, it isn't your run of the mill dictatorship, it is 0rwellian, like 1984, there will be lots of pr

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it allows those north koreans to launch north korean cyberattacks from other geographic locations. which is helpful in terms of avoiding accountability. but it also lets those north korean de facto spies, it lets them learn about international innovations in the cyber warfield and it turns out when they compete around the world they are as good as anyone or better. in 2015 at a global hacking competition that's called code chef, 7,600 teams competing from all over the world. at code chef 2015 north korean teams came in first, second, and third place out of more than 7,000 teams competing worldwide. that's what kim yong chol built. so for people who follow this stuff closely, particularly national security and in foreign policy who have watched north korea not just for its nuclear program but have watched north korea in this very short period of time turn into this global cyberwar, cyberespionage powerhouse it was a remarkable and very specific thing when it was announced that north korea would be sending somebody to the u.s. to talk to the trump administration. they'd be sending a

it's now between the north koreans and the south koreans, the north koreans and china. that's the way it's been for most of history. that's the way it's returned. >> ian bremer, founder of the political risk consultancy, appreciate having you here. it is remarkable the transformation he's talking about there. we talked about this at the very beginning of our broadcast tonight that before -- not only before this year, b before this spring, kim jong-un, the dictator of north korea, had never, ever met with the head of another country. now because of this opening that the american president has given him, he's met with the leader of south korea. he's met with the leader of china twice. he's met with the prime minister of singapore. he's now tonight meeting currently with the president of the united states. we expect that the president of russia is going to be next. what has he done to achieve. >> very notably he's left his country, which is very rare. >> this is the fuirst time he's done that as head of country. what has he done to earn that sort of international acceptanc

north korean negotiator. he's been to north korea on several occasions, met with kim jong-un's father, kim jong il, back in 2005. governor, thank you so much for joining us. now told that the first round, if there's more than one we'll see, but the first round will be the president and the north korean leader one on one with only their translators present. is that wise? >> yeah, that is wise, because the north koreans, you don't make deals with them across a negotiating table. as you've covered north korea, they vent on the negotiating table, they do their talking points. you make deals with the north koreans on the side. hopefully they'll get a chance to build some trust, know each other. i think the vibrations i'm getting from this one on one and kim jong-un walking on his own is one of confidence. i must say for the first time in a long time on u.s.-north korea relations, i'm a bit hopeful. >> well, that's very encouraging to see at least a meeting, and many of us are hoping it will be at least successful

but we doubt the north koreans are coming to the table in good faith, remember the north koreans are thinking the same thing about us. they're wondering if donald trump can be taken seriously. kim yong chol has seen three leaders. so we have a credibility gap on both sides here. >> do you think the president is listening to the advise he received from mitch mcconnell. >> he hasn't in the past, and i don't think he would in this case. the president fancies himself a capable negotiator and probably much more than he thinks mitch mcconnell is a good, capable negotiator. because the president would look at his business record and say i've made millions of dollars and mitch mcconnell is just the leader of the senate. so that comparison, i think, would give the president a little bit of pause when he's listening to mitch mcconnell's advice. however, i think to sam's comment that the president is thirsty, he is thirsty because it's essential that he reach a deal that there not be nuclear capabilities on the korean peninsula. and he has a political imperative to bring home a win heading into

the north koreans wa nt of an agreement. the north koreans want some kind of peace regime both with the north and south, broader than simple denuclearisation. the us is concerned about the nuclear programme. the us wants to see the denuclearisation of north korea. if they can reach a broad agreement, and that would begin a process with the working level bureaucrats working out the details, of course. we know that north korea, as eve ryo ne we know that north korea, as everyone knows, they are a reclusive authoritarian regime, is there any negotiating with them? we always have to try to negotiate. that is what we pay diplomats to do. in some space, interests will converge. we can agree on something that we a lwa ys can agree on something that we always have to test where we can co—operate. and of course if we cannot, we have to look at that reality as well and come up with an appropriate policy response. i am very sceptical myself of the denuclearisation of north korea. i think it will be be a very long process. a necessary

north korean experts send to say that north koreans do this, north koreans do that. to what extent are the same, north koreans or difference with kim jong-un, he's certainly done a couple of boulderer things with marketization and the economy, he seems maybe more enterprising than his father, but the same old koreans. >> there are differences now kim jong-un handled things from his father and grandfather. he's more like his gndfather in the gregarious way and transparent way h deals with the publ for instance, in 2012 the first satellite launch failed the regime for the first time said it failed, but we'll keep going on. but we thought that was a very significant moment that he wanted to be a transparent sort of peon. and , the fact that he spoke in public for the first time whileisher shunned public speaking for almost 20 years, that he was the leader of north korea. but i think, you know, i think that goes to the question of whether kim is sincere, as everybody's-- a lot of people haven saying about giving up his nuclear weapons. i think it's hard to-- so while the

the us president and north korean leader are now set for i-to-i north korean leader are now set for 1—to—1 talks, with translators are not tensions and nuclear disarmament. the much anticipated summit follows a year of exchanging threats and many months of diplomatic twists and turns. a warm welcome to use. a significant, unprecedented moment here. and also, of course on the island of sentosa, playing host to these historic talks. about five kilometres away from where we are now. the two delegations derived, arrived, and john and made his way into the capella hotel. followed just 80 minutes later by donald trump. it is this, the scene that we will all be talking about. ——a few. donald trump shaking hands with the north korean leader. a firm handshake between the two men and we cannot underestimate the symbolism behind the flag there, side—by—side. some thought that many, this would never happen. a totalitarian regime and an isolated region that has deplored the west and called america the archenemy. their flag flying next to the american flag and brief smiles between the t

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between the north korean leader and president trump. we will keep you posted as we get information from the pool that is giving us the pictures. northt, talking about korea and security. booktv part of c-span2's coverage. as events unfold in singapore, we will break away and show them to you as we get those pictures. stay with us. >> how is everybody doing? loud voice.for my i'm half-death. half-deaf.'m i wore headsets for 25 years. thank you for bringing me here. i'm always treated like a king when i come. special thanks to linda for organizing this event. my lovely bri of 24 years is here. i would like to thank her for putting up with all of my 24 years.or the past i will see my youngest daughter next week. that will be my most fun trip. i'm going to iowa, which all of you know is the cultural center of the universe. i would like to thank my colleagues and friends who have encouraged my scholarship. university. state i appreciate that they have encouraged me to study what to me is a very interesting subject matter. i intend to do it f

we watched the north koreans build a small. gas graphite moderated nuclear reactor five megawatt hours since a research reactor it's a small reactor but it produces each year in its fuel about five kilograms or so of paternity and enough material for a single mature weapon each each year. at this time north korea had the technical capability to build me a kit weapons. in one thousand nine hundred eighty five chen yang ressa fight the nuclear nonproliferation treaty mostly to ease international concern about its weapons program. by the late one nine hundred eighty s. the soviet block was collapsing and that meant trouble for moscow's allies including north korea. kim il sung was forced to find new sources of foreign aid to help him revive the country's stagnant economy. and might be true if you came to the states and states said you must reconcile yourself with your commitments to be. a pursuer. your history teacher in our frustration treaty problem they are drawing the. except safeguards of course. ultimately except inspections

korean,riends who are from south korea, and they never hated the north koreans. they have always wanted to come together in that. , president and time trump had no choice but to deal and talk to president kim. because he has nuclear weapons. it comes out well and i'm glad to see it happen. thank you. joseph, illinois, independent. caller: hello, thank you for taking my call. i'm glad to see there is a meeting beingcaller: made. i would like to know exactly what he agreed to in this al because beforehand, i believe the term was we need a "concrete, verifiable and or something similar and i do not see any mechanisms for verifying that he will follow through which was the reasoning behind not trusting iran and pulling out of that deal. host: in new york, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. attempt atrump's diplomacy but the north koreans are only doing whatever it takes to have sanctions lifted. stop, theyt going to are not going to completely denuclearize. they are going to drag this out until sanctions are lifted and they will repeat the process that has

peninsula, rupert, do you genuinely think that the north korean leader wa nts think that the north korean leader wants and is prepared to go for this call of denuclearised asian? -- to go for this goal of denuclearisation? in my heart of hearts, i have to say it is very ha rd hearts, i have to say it is very hard to see how did north korea having spent tremendous cost in terms of isolation and also financial costs, to achieve that status of being a full nuclear power, how kim jong—un will turn around and just give that up. it is very, very hard to see the north korean leader doing so, but it appears that he does want to make his country economically better, and that he is committed to trying to end this isolation and to trying to lift sanctions. and he's going to have to give something up to do that. the question is what, how much and how fast. that is really the fundamental key to this. we're going to have to see in the next few days, what is he prepared to put on the line, what is he prepared to commit to down the road? and in what time frame? if he isn't, as you suggest, prepared to

and north korean officials have been able to work through. as many as these things go the times tend to slide a little bit and we will be waiting for him. jillian: and we will be waiting, of course, we will bring it to you live as soon as it happens. for now hours away from historic summit between president trump and kim jong un. so how did we get to this point? let's rewind for a second, march eighth, the president trump declared he was ready to meet with rogue regime's leader, on april 18th, confirmed that secretary of state mike pompeo met with kim in north korea just two days later north korea announced it would dismantle all nuclear weapon test, on may ninth, three american hostages were brought home. from may 22nd to 25th, the summit seemed to be up in the air. president trump speculated intentions of north korea and briefly canceled the summit from may 27th to june 1st, preparations were back underway for historic talks of course leading up to this week where the much-anticipated summit will take place tomorrow. a lot to talk about. ro

president would provide security guarantees to the north koreans in exchange for the north korean leader's unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula what does the rest of the agreement say and what would a reduction in tensions and ending of sanctions mean we'll get to all of it starting with international attorney and trade policy expert in and we will wilkie who is standing by and r.t. alex behala which also joins us to look at the economic opportunities that could come about if we got rid of the north korean sanctions particularly with regard to an important pan korean pipeline plus there's new data out today is the consumer price index increased at its fastest pace in six years and the u.s. federal reserve open market committee begins two days of meeting last danielle de martino both about it and about other economic indicators to catch up on exactly where the u.s. economy stands and what to expect for the remainder of the year all that directly ahead but first let's get to a few headlines. amazon has come back to win a second round in the battle in sea

. >> theook is called "in order to live: a north korean girl's journey to freedom." websitedline from the wrap up and kim jong-un a working lunch. that wrapped up less than one hour ago. we have been watching this very prepare for the two some sort of a signing ceremony. we do not have a lot of particulars in terms of what they will be signing, but we want to watch this and take you to the event at the compiler resort in singapore. the day began at 9:00 in the morning on tuesday morning, a 12 hour time difference, a 40 minute one-on-one session followed by a bilateral meeting that included north korea and u.s. officials led by secretary of state mike pompeo and the president, and then, a working lunch which lasted just over one hour. andtwo men shook hands departed to separate parts of the resort. the president also showing what is known as the beast, the presidential motorcade, to kim jong-un. it will show you that again in just a moment. you can see the hand coming up. we are probably less than five minutes away of president trump and the north korean leader who wi

caller: i'm excited about north korean people. oppressionder such and over 10,000 people in prisons. if he would come into some kind of agreeme, what wonderful for northould be korean people. i think president trump will bring peace abo. host: let's go to democrats line, north dakota. what do think so far? caller: i think president trump is lying. i hope the north korean president does not listen to anything trump says. host: wind you say that? --t caller: because trump is a barefaced liar. host: is the fact that these two leaders are meeting a good thing? yes, but ialler: don't think he can believe anything he says. host: can we believe the north koreans? caller: yes. but we can't leave our president. all he does is lie to the american people. ho: good evening, what are your expectations? caller: how you follow that? myxpectations are i think it will be a success. i called the republican line, but i think today is the day people of the united states should not be republicans or democrats, i think they should be americans. this is

president has ever met with a north korean leader. that's historic, and talking is always good and preferable to the alternative. but when you get to the specifics, we talk about the north korea, the exercises on south korea and human rights, really it's fascinating what the president said. he spoke about human rights again on terms that i would think that kim jong-un would love, sure, things are rough in north korea. but things are rough everywhere, in a way equivocating on human rights, on a regime that has been called a wartimes commiter against its own people. >> yeah. john, for sure, the human rights issue is a massive issue when it comes to north korea. and there's no doubt about it. i mean, it has death camps and famine because of its own policies not because of an excellent of weather or crop failure, its own policies of course in the '90s, but it has a very, very dire record on human rights as we've all reported for endless, endless years. the president, as you said, sort of equivocated as he does, well, all sides have proble

north korean delegation i just saw the north korean foreign minister in the live picture and that i think is the car if you're getting the same pictures i am the will one of one of the cars that will take the north koreans away it looks like they're on time it's quarter to one local time and north koreans all along said that their leader and his entourage would be leaving singapore at two pm so that makes sense that the north korean car with the north korean flags the armored limousine would head back into the center of singapore to the ritz carlton sorry the cent regis hotel and then to the airport to take them on the plane the air china plane to pyongyang having concluded a meeting the president trump said has gone much more successfully than anyone could of thought there is a big question though if we have just seen the signing what did they sign we have not seen the text yet we do not know the word. we do not know whether they have come to some agreements on some key issues what is certain is that this is a historic moment but not a historic deal this is the first meeting the fi

what are the north koreans looking for in this summit? >> reporter: well, jeff just by sitting down at the table, and jois is the recognition that the kim regime has long sought from recognition by a president of the united states. but more than that, if you take kim jong-un's word he really wants to build a real economy in north korea, change the lives of his people, he needs these sanctions to go away and for that to happen, he needs a better relationship with the united states, jeff. >> glor: all right, ben tracy, thank you very much, the major now to you, what does the white house want out of this. >> mike pompeo the secretary of state says the big letter is v for verify, how do you verify denuclearization? and the secretary of state bristled as suggestions president trump wasn't able to drive the bargain or the united states was not tech logically capable of te process, that's key for the u.s., verify what is on the to north korean agenda in terms of getting rid of its nuclear weapons. >> glor: they really pushed back on the technica

i want to take you back to washington where we are seeing the highest ranking visit by a north korean official to take place in decades kim jong un's top advisor kim yong saul is currently delivering a letter to president trump from his boss kim jong un following all of this can be how kit too is there in washington as well and remarkable that we have a man who was previously sanctioned by the u.s. now sitting in the oval office. that's right and this is it appears from my monitor here they are still sitting in the oval office what are they doing well we know that the vice chair of north korea delivered a letter that was handwritten we're told by the. north korean leader kim jong un and that it was to be personally delivered to president trump and that is what is taking place right now this is building on of course the relationship building that was occurring in new york city just twenty four hours ago between the u.s. secretary of state and the vice chair of north korea kim yong cho and you're right just the optics of this are absolutely remarkable because a lot had to come into play

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 statement united states than the democratic people's republic of korea the d.p. r. k. commit to establish new u.s. d p r k relations in accordance with the desires of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity it goes on the united states and the d.p. r. k. will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula another point reaffirming the april twenty seventh twenty eight hundred pound month a declaration the d.p. r. k. commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula to move d.w. corr

i've had the chance to ask north koreans what they think. with government guides always nearby, their answers always seem to echo state propaganda. so if you're wondering whether north koreans will change their minds about americans after kim meets trump in singapore, look for propaganda that paints olden mys in an entirely new light. will ripley, c. >> thank you so much for your company. i'm anna coren live from seoul. >> i'm john vause in los angeles. for viewers in the united states, "early start" up is up next. for everyone else, max foster is in london. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. . . . . >>> one-time shot and i think it's going to work out. >> an optimistic president trump as he prepares to make history. can the self-proclaimed deal maker bring peace to the korean peninsula? we are live in singapore. >>> and president trump digging in his heels and crossing his arms on trade after a rocky weekend at the g7. why he is isolated himself from u.s. allies and how the world is reacting. boy did that photo speak

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. cnbc's bringing you live coverage until wednesday with our reporters in the south korean and chinese capitals, seoul and beijing. mike pompeo says president trump is, quote, well prepared for tomorrow's summit with kim jong-un. in a statement pompeo added that washington's position on north korean denuclearization remains clear and unchanged. let's speak to our colleague at the national gallery in singapore. nancy, what is the u.s. hoping to achieve from these talks? >> reporter: well, willem, i think the united states would like to leave singapore with a commitment from north korea that they are, in fact, serious about denuclearization you just mentioned secretary of state mike pompeo say the u.s. stance is unchanged on denuclearization when he says this he refers to complete verifiable, irreversible denuclearization. it's a good thing that secretary of state pompeo said the president is well prepared here. we did hear from president trump in his own right leaving the g7 meeting sayi

president coming face-to-face with a north korean leader. >> nice to meet you, mr. president. >> reporter: president trump and chairman kim jong-un. a man who's been accused of crimes against humanity. >> how do you trust him, though? is he willing to change? do you believe he's changed? >> well, you know, over my lifetime i've done a lot of deals with a lot of people. sometimes the people that you most distrust turn out to be the most honorable ones and the people that you do trust, they are not the honorable ones. >> reporter: abc's george stephanopoulos sitting down with the president just hours after the summit. >> thank you very much, that's fantastic. >> reporter: gaining insights into a day many thought would never happen. kim jong-un, known for being a movie buff, saying it was like a scene from a science fiction movie. >> we will have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. >> reporter: the morning began with smiles and pleasantries. it's easy to forget these two nations just months ago appeared to be on the brink of nuclear war. >> i feel really great. w

you know the north koreans you say goes. your policy strategic patience that's what this patient is you want to read just go look nuclear program and that's what they did. unfortunately. the talks between the u.s. and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert cullen an expert on north korea's nuclear program his visit to the country often. november two thousand and ten are secured her trip professor john morris and me they took us to your ground they walked us into this facility which we were not really expecting we thought maybe we would see a few centrifuges i don't know maybe ten one hundred whatever just small and we would say oh yeah it's really impressive. instead he took he took us into this building. took us up to the viewing window and there are two. follows in centrifuges. they let us in our jaws dropped we were sort of speechless as we tried to kind of centrifuges and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see them. the whole thing too much point worse somebody wa

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 people's republic of korea the d.p. r. k. commit to establish new u.s. d.p. r. k. relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace prosperity and small the united states in the d.p. r. k

how much change is the north korean dictator willing to allow? brian todd has been working his sources for us. what are you hearing? reporter: when he was asked today whether meeting with kim jong-un would be a betrayal of the 125,000 plus people held in north korean prison camps, president trump said those people could end up being winners in the process. tonight we're told it's unlikely kim will release those prisoners and unlikely that he will let in the kind of western investment that the president has dangled as a reward for a nuclear deal. >> a new world can begin today. >> reporter: this slickly produced movie trailer was designed to show kim jong-un what's possible for north korea if kim gets rid of all his nuclear weapons. >> what will he choose? to show vision and leadership? or not? >> reporter: the video which trump showed to kim portrays western investment, new ra factories, resorts. >> they have great beaches. you see that whenever they are exploding their cannons into the ocean. look at that. wouldn't that make a great condo? >> re

this is the top north korean official. the highest ranking north korean official to visit this country in almost 20 years. there's his biocard, as we call them. and, again, we were looking at the images there inside the oval office. it's very difficult to sort of make out who some of these officials are based on silhouettes. so i won't even attempt that, but we can go to singapore right now, i'm told. where we find our pentagon correspondent hans nichols watching all of this transpire as well and let folks know, hans, that you are there because the secretary of defense, james mattis is there. secretary mattis there, previously planned visit, but what more do we know, hans, about the preparations that are being made in that country ahead of this high-stakes summit? >> reporter: look, we know logistical conversations are continuing. the question is, it will all be likely overridden by what's happening inside the oval office. craig, the duration of that meeting inside the oval office matters. the longer, be the more likely th

they didn't get deeply involved in this north koreans have been able to hit in north korea and south koand japan. as you say, the abductees, a huge political issue in japan, it's onef the reasons you saw abe come too see president trump last week, to remind him that his issues have to be represented as well. >> in fact, there are only 12 abductees that we know about. that's a rather small number for the obsession that japan has with this. i recall quickly how japan's obsession with this is why the meeting didn't go right in 2003. nuclearization of this area, that's what the prime minister of singapore voiced to me his concern, south korea, japan may be forced to go nuclear, if the united states decides to pull its forces and its umbrella back. that would be a shift in the balance of power, the balance of forces and you have what may may not lap in the middle east. the idea of trying -- deciding whether to remove u.s. forces has so many sort of -- it's got to be a concern for allies, south korea and japan, given -- there you see kim jong-un's motorcade, you can see some -- i believe t

morning, president trump and the north korean leader kim jong-un are on the ground in singapore. it is 10:00 p.m. eastern 10:00 p.m. singapore time, and they are preparing for tomorrow for the historical summit that will take place at 9:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. go to www.c-span.org for more details. that will be 9:00 a.m. in singapore when they meet behind closed doors. earlier this morning, mike pompeo briefed reporters about thearations in advance of summit. here's what he had to say. >> good afternoon. thank you for your patience. certainly worth the wait. i would like to welcome the secretary of state mike pompeo, who will answer questions specific to the summit that will take place tomorrow and will be around to follow up with questions beyond that. thank you. >> good afternoon. said onresident saturday, this is a mission of peace. our ambassador led a delegation to meet with the vice foreign minister and her north korean delegation. as talks continue this afternoon, even as we sit here now, they are moving quite rapidly and we anticipate they will come to their logical

there as thepompeo north korean delegation departing the location. to set the stage, the meeting took place in singapore, a four hour session. the wall seet journal with this headline, the president signaling the summit with a signing. a team of reporters writing, president trump declaring a summit meeting with kim jong-un had gone better than expected as he emerged after four hours of talks with the north korean leader aimed at bringing about pyongyang's nuclear disarmament. we are now awaiting a presidential news conference that will take place. we will have it for you live. the meeting began this morning just after 9:00 at the resort hotel, followed by a bilateral meeting and a luncheon, and that joint signing ceremony. alex is joining us, austin texas, independent line. what do you think? dynamics of president trump i truly believe has brought all this to the forefront. it is unprecedented. it relates to john f. kennedy speaking to khrushchev in 1961 in vienna. with president nixon opening the doors with mao zedong. reagan and mikael gorbachev. h

i think the north koreans -- i have always been worried o the last year and a half that the north koreans and the chinese think they know this ministration, but really do not. while it seems like nth koreans have the u.s. on the we willd very word that get another version of the 2005 joint statement. the administration will come out of that meeting, and everybody will criticize i and tt could backfire on the north koreans. i think this administration could then move in a much different direction than they are expecting. so i'm worried about not just the nobel prize side of this administration, but also the sort of lashing out if they are embarrassed -- side. i hope kim knows what he is doing because both sides can be dangerous. ms. demick: bruce, you did an op-ed for the "l.a. times," in fact. going over past north korean statements about their policies to denuclearize. mr. klingner: it was after the inter-korean summit, where again, if you have been doomed to work on a north korea for any length of time, everything looks familiar. you remember things and times that north korea said somet

how can we contain the north koreans? that's really what we need to start talking about if this does not work? >> >> tucker: i should know you said no one rational north korea lindsey graham maybe not surprisinglys pushing that tonight. george, what's the chinese role in this? presumably the north koreans wouldn't have this without perms of. agreement of the chinese government. the chinese have been using the north koreans for a very long time diplomatic race. whenever the u.s. has placed extensive pressure on trade issues or other issues and north koreans have done something unseemly to put it at least, the u.s. has reached out to china to do something about north korea. and that's how this crisis started. but, look, the chinese would love nothing better than to seat united states bogged down in some military action in the korean peninsula. or they would love the united states to capitulate and leave the north koreans be. at either case they could pointed out how weak the united states is or how brutal the united states