you're watching beyond one hundred days. the french aren't happy. the canadians aren't happy. the brits aren't happy. donald trump won't get a warm welcome at the g7 meeting. there's speculation in washington that he doesn't really want to go to the quebec summit anyway and prefers to focus on his historic one—on—one meeting with kim jong—un. he's getting a politer response from japan's prime minister. shinzo abe is at the white house to talk north korea, not trade. the president says the summit is a go — and he is as ready as he needs to be. i think ithinkl i think i am very well prepared. i don't think you can prepare very much, it is about attitude. mrabe and mrtrump are expected to speak to the press any moment now. when they do, we'll take you live to the white house. also on the programme... the president's approval ratings are on the rise, but what do they think of his foreign policies in the swing states where he won? we will take you to pennsylvania. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyondioodays

hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. donald trump is about to go into a historic, high stakes summit with a nuclear nation and doesn't think he really needs to prepare. the art of the deal president trusts the power of personal relationships over detailed briefs. that theory of negotiation will be tested when he meets kimjong—un next week in singapore. sitting with the japanese prime minister in the oval office, mr trump said the summit is a go and the preparations are moving ahead well. and then he said this on his own readiness. i think ithink i'm i think i'm very well—prepared, i don't think i have to prepare very much. it is about attitude, a willingness to get things done but i have been prepared for the summit for a long time, as have the other side. i think they have been preparing for a long time also so this isn't a question of

preparation, it is a question of whether people want this to happen and we will know that very quickly. joining us now is james clapper, former director of national intelligence and author of facts and fears: hard truths from a life in intelligence. let's just start there, is the president right that they summit like this is as much about attitude as it is about reading your brief?” think he has a point because i am assuming there are not going to be detailed negotiations to achieve the grand bargain of denuclearisation. this is a short summit, i think it has great value in meeting and greeting and getting to know one another. the only specific thing i think that i would recommend by way of preparation is it might be useful to ask kim jong—un what is it that you and north korea would require to feel that you would not need to rely oi'i feel that you would not need to rely on nuclear weapons for your

security? and it might be very interesting to get an answer for that question. you do not need to prepare very much for that. what has changed since the number 2014 when you went to north korea. indeed... in their attitude to make not go to singapore next week?” in their attitude to make not go to singapore next week? i think in my owi'i singapore next week? i think in my own assessment what has changed is the north koreans finally achieved whatever it is they wanted that made them feel as though they had there are credible nuclear deterrent and they could come to the negotiating table not as supplicants, which has always been the case in the past. i think that is the difference. always been the case in the past. i think that is the differencem always been the case in the past. i think that is the difference. it is interesting that the japanese prime minister has gone via washington to quebec. in a way he is the odd man out because several other presidents have met kim jong—un and out because several other presidents have met kimjong—un and it is the japanese prime minister who is going to be fixed in the area. what you

think he wants from the american president? obviously the japanese prime minister is very concerned, i would think, about making concessions to the north koreans because obviously if we strike some kind of a bargain on denuclearisation with the north koreans, this could have an impact and implications for japan. koreans, this could have an impact and implications forjapan. so i'm thing that is what the japanese prime minister is most concerned about. do think he will impress on president trump that he has to take this slow. if we were to repair this toa this slow. if we were to repair this to a football game, these are incremental steps to the end zone. you cannot have that donald trump have been effect that suddenly a hail mary and we arrived at the finish line. i think there is understanding of that fact. i think the white house has recently made a fairly deliberate effort to damp

down high expectations about this one meeting, as brief as it will be the achieving a grand bargain. i think all it can really can do is lead to more discussion and this is a good thing in itself. we are in a much better place with now than we we re much better place with now than we were six or eight months ago with the exchange of the rhetoric between the exchange of the rhetoric between the two leaders. so negotiation is the two leaders. so negotiation is the only way ahead, however long ahead and bumpy it may be. see you do not subscribe to the theory that donald trump was already given the north koreans too muchjust by having this summit. it was something president clinton was pressed to do but wanted a guarantee of dealing causation before doing so. the north korean leadership is always wanted a direct personal interface with the president of the united states. but it is one thing that struck me when i was there myself in november 2014

is that while the north koreans have long been stuck on their narrative and ina long been stuck on their narrative and in a sense we are stuck on our narrative, and i believe only the bigger partner can change that. so, yes, it is a concession but i think it has led to something that perhaps will lead to subsequent steps that will lead to subsequent steps that will relax tensions on the peninsula. we'rejust will relax tensions on the peninsula. we're just seeing the secretary of state taken his seat in the rose garden, how important will he be? the president is saying he will not need to be prepared but the former cia director has been to pyongyang twice, does he stay in the room when the two men meet?” certainly hope so. i think the now secretary of state pompeo is a crucial player in this and the fact that he has been there twice and he has a good sensing, i think, of what

needs to be done, what could and should be said. and in turn, the secretary is being supported by andrew came, a long—standing expert oi'i andrew came, a long—standing expert on the korean peninsular —— andrew kim. sol on the korean peninsular —— andrew kim. so i think the present will be well served to have the secretary of state in the negotiations. do think that it state in the negotiations. do think thatitis state in the negotiations. do think that it is useful that the national security adviser who of course was the person who had raised the idea that this could be a libya model for north korea, do think it is useful but he seems to have been sidelined from these preparations? that was not a helpful statement on the reason i say that is because the north koreans brought that up with me whenl north koreans brought that up with me when i was there... back in 2014? yes. when gaddafi negotiated libya's

weapons of mass destruction and it did not turn out well for him. i think similarly the statement by mr giuliani about getting kim jong—un oi'i giuliani about getting kim jong—un on calling on his knees to seek the summit has been equally unhelpful. that is a huge insult to any korean, north or south. it is the image of crawling on hands and knees demeans someone. crawling on hands and knees demeans someone. those statements are not helpful if the objective is to resolve this through negotiation. that is an insult anybody actually. you for coming. thanks for having me. well, president trump and prime minister abe will fly from washington to quebec to take up some of those international concerns. that's where mr trump will face strong criticism from american allies for imposing tariffs on their exports. that's the disagreement of the moment. it follows of course the president's decision to pull out of both the paris climate deal and the iran nuclear agreement. here's the french leader emmanuel macron earlier today. the us is of course a strong

economic power but if they become more isolationist they become far from their own history and values. asa from their own history and values. as a leader, if it decides to withdraw, that would be bad for the united states. it would be bad for its image, or its country. in the medium, long term it would be bad for its citizens as well and i think the president knows that. and for more on the economic implications of the us policy, we arejoined now by mohamed el—erian, chief economic advisor at allianz. thanks forjoining us. what do you make of the reception that donald trump is likely to get when he goes to quebec, assuming that he decides that he is get a job in canada?” suspect he will see six of the seven g-7 suspect he will see six of the seven g—7 members tell him that tariffs are not helpful. and i suspect that he will pave it and say, look, why

don't use do something to promote your own economic growth. so there may be two different narratives coming out. one, pressure on the us on trade but the other, the usa and the other countries, well, why don't you do your homework before you come to me and complain about what i am doing? you have been watching g-7 meeting is for many years. can you remember a time when the world's biggest industrialised democracies we re biggest industrialised democracies were so clearly set against the biggest economy in the world, the united states, as they are at the moment? no, this is new. and it shows you that the us has decided to ta ke shows you that the us has decided to take a different approach to a goal that all the g—7 share. the 6—7 agrees that you need fairer trade. that something has to be done about the theft of intellectual property, but something has to be done about

nontariff trade is, that something has to be done to modernise trade agreements. but in the past this was played in what was cold an operative game. it was cooperative league. the us has taken a different negotiating approach and i think that is shocking the g—7. approach and i think that is shocking the 6-7. the last time you on the programme we were talking about growth and confidence returning. but i wonder if suddenly things are looking a little more shaky. we've got tariffs, brexit, italy, there is a growth concern now in china. do you think the world picture is looking a little more wobbly? yes, if you remember, i have been cautioning people not to get too excited about the so—called synchronised sticker bingo ball growth because it was due to a co nflu e nce growth because it was due to a confluence of different factors. it was not policy driven. in europe, it was not policy driven. in europe, it was a natural healing process. think about a patient coming out of hospital, they are no longer in a

bed, they can talk but they are structurally impaired. they cannot run. in many emerging economies, it isa run. in many emerging economies, it is a bounce back from a specific shop. politics in brazil demilitarisation in india, these policies do not last. you've seen the pick—up in global growth has a lot less momentum to it and the message is very clear, it is an important one for the g—7, you need progress on pro—growth policies. ultimately though, is it trust that is the problem here? because the rise of popular is around the world, which is undermining this growth, comes down to a lack of trust in the star published order, a lack of trust in bankers and experts. is it that that is really underpinning the problems that we're seeing around the world? you absolutely right. the lack of trust in so many things, in institutions, the economy, the establishment, is a very important pa rt of

establishment, is a very important part of the explanation. but then there is the question of why do we have lack of trust? and there is a very simple answer, you simply cannot run advanced economies at low growth and you cannot have the benefits of that growth go to a very small segment of the population without things breaking. and what has broken is trust. so, yes, trust isa has broken is trust. so, yes, trust is a big issue but behind that is the need to grow at a higher and more inclusive rate. ok, thank you for joining more inclusive rate. ok, thank you forjoining us. just ahead of that g-7 forjoining us. just ahead of that g—7 summit, let's see how those g—7 members manage to get on with the united states. as mohammed said, it is an extra ordinary tamarind. i cannot remember covering past us presidents moving to these summits, even when they are reluctant to go, we knowjohn prefers to get audiences where they are welcomed and well received by these big campaign style rallies that it gives around the country. turning up in

quebec to be heckled by people like angela merkel and even possibly a manual macron whom he had such a good relationship with when he was here. but he feels that he is in the right here and i do not see trump turning up in quebec and giving up any ground on these policies. i suspect it would have this position if anything if he feels his under siege because of it. there is speculation that he might have even sent vice president p to quebec and is based. as you say, he prefers to go to countries where he's fated as the us president. when he goes to these places he is on the level with six other leaders who are not particularly enamoured with his policies at the moment and there are so many things he is diametrically opposed to where they stand on. the paris climate agreement, the iran nuclear agreement, and it is go to be so interesting to see how he reacts to those other world leaders.

and a lot of his supporters will say that's exactly what they want from him. mohammed there and you saying about the issue of trust economic policy. they think that finally they have a us president who is standing of the united states in a way that barack 0bama didn't. thickly on the issue of trade they feel that he's in america's interest first. some really interesting things been written this week about the fact that he's on the outside of this summit circle and that mike pompeo is taking the lead and maybe there is taking the lead and maybe there is tension between the two big foreign policy experts within the administration. yes, and it was partly those libya comments. what interests me about this is thatjohn bolton is the person that has been mentioned in the context of foreign policy positions in this white house rival in the beginning, right through the transition. john bolton

is somebody who was flagged as a possible secretary of state, the position mike pompeo holds now. and the fact is he couldn't hold that because you couldn't make it through congress. it would have been very difficult for him to get confirmation and so he was then brought in late in the process. i am surprised at how quickly the relationship between donald trump and john bolton seems to have deteriorated over the past few weeks and how quickly he has been eased out and is now the person who has been sidelined over this critical north korea summit. you will remember there was talk when he made those comments about libya that as a hawk, john bolton was deliberately perhaps trying to scupper the negotiation process, to scupper the peace process because he wanted a more robust hawkish military position when it came to north korea. he did not want in fact the summit to go ahead. i have not had any confirmation on whether that is the case but john

any confirmation on whether that is the case butjohn bolton's critics have certainly been suggesting that in washington. yes, well this is the position in the rose garden. that, poor thing having to deliver her words to the network while everybody else is sat there. trump says it is about as when i get there. what you make of that? what kind of attitude we thinking of having? it was interesting to hear that the comments that the present is right because it would be right to poke fun at the fact you are not preparing for some it is big and important as this but i guess i'm getting to know you basis, a mcgrane, that is what is really important because as we saw with bush and reagan, big things can come. but the two are not mutually exclusive, you can have the attitude and be well prepared. just because

you have an attitude and a good agrippa in print, doesn't mean that you cannot read your brief. and jim clapper who sat for many hours in the oval office with president 0bama would have been the person who provided extensive national security briefings to a past american president, which was the case certainly for bill clinton. george bush was not such a great reader of the although he became much more of a reader over the course of his presidency. at the beginning, he was not exactly like president trump but more on that scale. he did not particularly like the long, detailed briefing. but the form is for american presidents to have their security briefing and for it to be detailed and for them to wade through binders and binders full of policy and then you have the attitude on top of that. you are just taken a bunch of shirts because you're worried about the humidity! i've been told i have to take three shirts in case i sweat! anyway, what i'm really looking forward to is

that first moment, the nine o'clock on the tuesday morning when they meet, which is being time for prime time united states. he wants the biggest audience that he can get watching this moment when he meets kimjong—un watching this moment when he meets kim jong—un face—to—face. we have seen kim jong—un face—to—face. we have seen it before with other leaders with a handshake and the way that he tries to dominate the person that is sitting opposite him. how is that going to goad you think with someone like kimjong—un, who was a going to goad you think with someone like kim jong—un, who was a pretty proud man? xxx and he may have met his match in the visibility. donald trump seems the prize unpredictability as part of his negotiating tactics. we have seen him do it on several occasions where he has praised the leader and then criticise them. criticised a leader as little rocket man and then praise them as being very honourable. it can lead to a slight lack of trust if you are sitting across the negotiating table from somebody and kimjong—un, if you had to pointany

leader in the world who is unpredictable and hard to read and ha rd to unpredictable and hard to read and hard to trust, i think it would have to be kimjong—un, right? so this is somebody whom the president has really met his match. whilst we're waiting for the president to come out, we get a two—minute warning. i think we're bawdy habit. shall we just fitting a quick bit of news from around the world and then we will come back to that seen in the rose garden as quickly as we have it. president putin wants russian access to us cripple. —— yuli script all. president putin wants russian access to yulia skripal. in an annual televised phone—in, putin said it should play a role in investigating the poisoning in march of ms skripal and her father, a former russian spy. the uk says moscow was behind the assassination attempt, something russia denies. guatemalan opposition politicians say the head of the country's emergency response agency should be sacked for failing to give advance warnings about sunday's eruption of the fuego volcano. volcanologists say they warned officials the area should be evacuated —

but it didn't happen before the eruption that killed almost 100 people. britain's supreme court has rejected an appeal about the legality of northern ireland's abortion law — but only because of a technicality. a majority ofjudges agreed the law, banning abortion in cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormality, was incompatible with european rights law. but they couldn't make a ruling without an individual victim being identified. amazon has purchased the rights to show english premier league football matches. the online giant will stream 20 games in the uk for each of the next three seasons. the deal breaks the dominance of tv networks sky and bt sport. let's ta ke let's take you back to those live pictures of the rose garden. we have a two—minute warning for the press conference. as we were saying, shinzo abe, twice a guest with trump had quite a strong relationship with

president trump ahead of those tariff decisions. whether it is still a strong we do now —— we do not know. here they come. clearly he wa nts reassu ra nces not know. here they come. clearly he wants reassurances on what president trump will be talking about when he gets to singapore. and here we have them, president trump and shinzo abe. the united states and japan about to speak to the press in the rose garden at the white house. let's hear what they have to say. sky thank you very much. today i am greatly honoured to welcome my good friend prime minister to mac to japan to the white house. 0ver friend prime minister to mac to japan to the white house. over the last few months the prime minister andi last few months the prime minister and i been working closely on challenges which there are many, seize opportunities and advance the opportunities of our nations. today, we have had another deeply productive and valuable discussion.

we have developed not only a strong working relationship over the last year and working relationship over the last yearand a working relationship over the last year and a half, specifically 503 days, but a great personal friendship. i was honoured by the tremendous hospitality the prime minister showed me when the american delegation went to japan last year. it was really something very special and we have the prime minister and his wife as our guests. the steadfast alliance between japan united states is an enduring force of peace and stability in the pacific region and around the world. from the beginning of my administration, the prime minister andi administration, the prime minister and i have been working to expand our cooperation in a range of areas, including defence and commerce. which is what we discussed today. as i prepared to meet next week with

kimjong—un and i want to bring up the fact that the prime minister and also president moon of south korea we re also president moon of south korea were extremely helpful, cooperative andi were extremely helpful, cooperative and i would like to see something happen. it would be great for north korea, south korea, it will be great forjapan, united korea, south korea, it will be great for japan, united states korea, south korea, it will be great forjapan, united states and the world. our partnership has been invaluable in reaching this important moment and we will continue to be in very close communication in the weeks ahead, including the issue of japanese abductees, which i know is of great personal importance to prime minister shinzo 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 for the world. the denuclearisation 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 shinzo abe and i are also working to improve the trading relationship between the united states and japan, something we have to do. the united states seeks a bilateral deal with japan that is based on the principle of fairness and prosperity. we working hard to reduce our trade imbalance, which is very substantial. reduce barriers to us exports and to achieve a fair and mutually beneficial economic partnership and we are on our way. the prime minister was telling is just moments ago that they are buying billions and billions of dollars of additional products of all kinds, militaryjets... you're watching beyond 100 days from the bbc. viewers in the uk can continue watching on the bbc news channel. there has never been a better time

to invest in united states, thanks to invest in united states, thanks to our tax cuts, historic the regulars at trade policy that has just begun. as i wrote tell you, over the years that has been an extraordinarily weak trade policy. the only north american energy and the return of the rule of law. 0ur economy is absolutely booming, the best has ever been. unemployment is at the lowest level in nearly half a century and for african—american and hispanic american workers, unemployment has reached its lowest level ever recorded. we welcome and encouraged japanese investors to open new plants and factories in the united states and that all happen. the prime minister has told me that will happen. we want new auto plants going to michigan and pennsylvania and ohio and many of our states that have them and some that don't and they will be doing that. japan is

also ——japan they will be doing that. japan is also —— japan has also they will be doing that. japan is also ——japan has also remained critical partner in our efforts to promote a free and open pacific region, where sovereign name and is abate the rule of law, respect the rights of their neighbours and on the interests of their people. these co re the interests of their people. these core principles allowed diverse nations to thrive and prosper altogether in one beautiful, peaceful atmosphere. we are all happy about it so it is happening now. prime minister shinzo abe, it isa now. prime minister shinzo abe, it is a true privilege to work with you, you are a true friend. i want to thank you for being here at the white house for our meeting stick day, so productive. i'm also fred proud to say that the bonds between our meetings —— i'm also proud to say that the bonds between our nations are strong. and ensure the

security and prosperity of our citizens for a long time to come and thatis citizens for a long time to come and that is what we intend to do. thank you very much. translation: mr president, i am so grateful for this meeting and feel hospitality at such a - time with hospitality at such a busy time with the g-7 hospitality at such a busy time with the g—7 summit and the singapore meeting coming up. i would also like to extend my appreciation to the people of united states for always welcoming us as your ally. five days, the us north korea summit is to take place. first of all, i would like to pay my deep respect to the outstanding leadership of president trump as he made this decision that no past president was ever able to

accomplish. in the last 18 months, we really spent many hours to discuss this issue. we shall never repeat the past mistakes. while this thought is completely share between us, we are able to witness an historic tour which will take place shortly. today, with president trump, our discussions focused on theissue trump, our discussions focused on the issue of north korea. what should we do as we approach the upcoming us north korea summit as well as for the peace and stability of northeast asia after the summit? 0n of northeast asia after the summit? on this topic we took a good amount of time and carried out in depth and candid exchange of views. i'm not able to talk about the details of what we discussed but one thing i

can say is that japan and the united states are always together. i strongly hope that this historic summit in there is a beautiful port town of facing the sea ofjapan. a mere 30 new old girl living there was abducted by north korea. 45 years have passed since then, during which time, family members, single—mindedly prayed for her return and kept on waiting. the parents became old, remaining time is slipping away. it is the long—held desire of the japanese people to have her and all of her abductees come home, so that the parents, while they are healthy can

embrace the girl, and other adult teas again, in their arms. —— embrace the girl, and other adult teas again, in theirarms. —— other abductees are in their arms. of course, i wish to directly face north korea and talk with them so that abduction problems is resolved quickly, to this end, i am determined to take all forcible means “— determined to take all forcible means —— possible means. 0n the half of the citizens ofjapan, i would like to thank president trump and the people of the united states for their understanding the people of the united states for theirunderstanding and the people of the united states for their understanding and their support towards the resolution of the abduction issue. translation: japan will continue to ask the complete... there is no change at all forjapan's policy, to

seek and perhaps a solution of the abduction, nuclear and missile programmes, and to realise, real peace in the north—east asia, this is what japan strongly hopes for. now, a major step forward is about to be taken, president trump, you are about to make a new history. not onlyjapan, are about to make a new history. not only japan, but the are about to make a new history. not onlyjapan, but the whole international community is strongly looking forward for the united states north korea summit to open doors towards peace and stability of the north—east asia. north korea abounds with the rich natural resources, north korea has a diligent workforce, if north korea is willing to take steps towards the right direction, north korea can see a bright future ahead for itself. japan, based on the japan north

korea john yang declaration is prepared to settle the unfortunate past, to normalise our diplomatic relations and to provide diplomatic... —— pyeongyang. donald, i value highly strong commitment to world peace and prosperity. in closing, i wish to add that japan stands ready to make every effort to assist you for the success of us you north korea summit. thank you.” appreciated. so, we will take a few questions. go ahead. mr president, on the subject of north korea, how farare on the subject of north korea, how far are you willing to go in terms of economic security, political guarantees with kim jong—un, are you

willing to move down the road towards normalising relations with north korea as the prime and is there suggested he was willing to at some point? cuties das, you said la st some point? cuties das, you said last week that you might sign a peace deal to end the war, where are you with that? and what was in the latter? well, the rack letter was just a greeting. it was really very nice, perhaps i could... it was a nice, perhaps i could... it was a nice, warm letter and i appreciated it very much. nothing other than we look forward to seeing you, and we look forward to seeing you, and we look forward to the summit, and hopefully, some wonderful things will work out, so it was really very warm, very nice. we appreciated it. i think, john, that we are going to have a great success, i don't think it will be in one meeting, i think it will be in one meeting, i think it will be in one meeting, i think it will take longer than that. this has been going on for many, many

decades. this is something that should have been solved by other presidents, long before this point. they waited for the last second, and they shouldn't have waited. they should have been solved by many others. and not just should have been solved by many others. and notjust saying president obama, i am saying other presidents. a long time ago, it could have been solved a lot easier. and a lot less dangerous manner, but it was not well solved. we will get it was not well solved. we will get it done as far as the prime minister is concerned, we will agree and we have agreed that we are going to be helping, if the deal is done, we will be helping north korea, we will work with china, south korea, the president has been terrific. the border has been more closed than ever before. i would like to close ita ever before. i would like to close it a little bit more, and that it has been more closed than ever before. china has never worked with us this day. i give them a lot of credit, because we are in a dispute as to the imbalance of trade. there

isa as to the imbalance of trade. there is a massive imbalance in china's favour. it has been that way for many decades, and it should have also been handled by previous presidents, but it wasn't. so we will handle that, too. i give president noonan tremendous —— resident moon tremendous credit. we have been living with the threat of war since the beginning, and does not make sense. i really believe that kim jong—un wants to do something, and it want to see something, and it want to see something incredible happening for the people of north korea. we have a lot of great opportunities, right now. should not have waited until this point, but we have got a lot of great opportunities. would you be willing as to go so far as to normalise relations with north korea, and what about the idea of signing some sort of agreement on the 12th end the war. we could sign an agreement, that would be the first step, but it is what happening after the agreement that is the big

point. yes, we could absolutely sign a agreement. we are looking at it, we are talking about it with them. the art of the about it with a lot of other people. —— we offer the about it with a lot of other people. it's an strange, but that is the easy part. the hard part remains after that. normalising relations is something that i would expect to do, i would hope to be doing when everything is complete. we would certainly hope to do that. i know that prime minister abe have told me very strongly and they will help economically tremendously. japan has a tremendous stake and so did they. we are very, far away. but japan will be helping, i believe china will be helping, i believe china will be helping economically, also. i think china was to see something very good happen, very positive happen. and certainly, south korea has restated their intentions. they will be very helpful, so, there are a lot of good practice find out for

north korea. a lot of tremendous factors that give a tremendous potential. it has tremendous potential, because the people are great, and we would certainly like to see normalisation, yes. prime minister abe, if to see normalisation, yes. prime ministerabe, ifi to see normalisation, yes. prime minister abe, if i could address you. we know how important an issue the ad that these issue, for you. president trump said it during last meeting that it is a very important issue for him, as well. we know about the medium—range ballistic missiles. did you get an insurance from president trump that you would address both of those in your first meeting with kim jong—un? transition mac today, we had long hours of discussion with resident john, a good amount of discussion. on the issue —— with president trump. on the issue of abduction, i think president trump fully

understand and the situation, he supports this of japan. understand and the situation, he supports this ofjapan. last year, president trump visited japan. on that occasion, he met with the families of abductees. i told you about the dirty new girl abducted, the mother of this girl met with —— the mother of this girl met with —— the 13—year—old girl abducted. the mother of this girl met with president trump and he listened to the voices of family members. president trump, amongst the world leaders, i think he is one of the leaders, i think he is one of the leaders who understand the issue, the most, the greatest. at the upcoming summit, the importance of abductees abduction would be explained to mr kim jong—un. what about the medium—range missiles? as isaid about the medium—range missiles? as i said earlier on in my statement, the security council '5 resolution must be implemented. all weapons of mass destruction and all ballistic missiles, these are the words that

are used in the resolution of the security council. in other words, the security council resolution must be completely implemented, on this point, between japan and be completely implemented, on this point, betweenjapan and the us and the international community, share the international community, share the same view, i am convinced of this. thank you. transition mac -- transition mac i have question or both president trump and also for prime and is the abe. you have not used the language of applying the largest of pressure on north korea, but, are you continuing with a deal with the sanctions, and the demutualisation, it will be asking for the fourth act, and what is the deadline for the denuclearisation,

and how to apply pressure to north korea in the tone of the language? are you in full agreement with the united states? president trump has stated that we are implementing sanctions, and those sanctions are very strong sanctions. he also stated that until north korea takes the action, these actions will not be lifted. —— these sanctions will not be lifted. japan is in full agreement, japan's position is perfectly in alignment with the united states, and in our summit meeting, this time, we had an in—depth discussion with president trump about how we should respond. to the north korea, and as for the future policy on north korea, inclusive of the us — north korea summit meeting, we have detailed coordination aligning our positions. japan and the unit is it's are

always together. japan and the united states will be in full alignment to seek success for the historic us— north korea summit meeting in singapore. yes, thank you very much. maximum pressure is in effect. we don't use the term, because we are in friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation, we will use it again. you will know how well we do, if you hear ms saying, we are going to use maximum pressure, you know that the negotiation did not go well, rightly. there is no reason to say it. in the meantime, we have not removed any sanctions. we have a list of over 300, massive, in some cases, sanctions to put on north korea, and i have decided to hold that until we can make a deal, because they really believe there is a potential to make a deal, and i do think it is nice to go in at under those circumstances. the campaign

has not changed. china has continued to hold the border. again, we would like them to do more in that sense, but they have been really good, and the president has been really very good, but maximum sanction is there. we are leading all of the existing sanctions. we have many, many sanctions. we have many, many sanctions to go, but i don't want to use them unless it is necessary, and i don't think it will be necessary, but we will soon know. ok? thank you. thank you, mr president. under what exact conditions would you be walking away from that summit, and if the summit does go well, will you be inviting north korean leader, kim jong—un, to the united states? be inviting north korean leader, kim jong-un, to the united states? the a nswer jong-un, to the united states? the answer is yes to the second part of your question, but certainly if it goes well, and i think it would be

well received, thinking with a cat it very favourably, citing that could happen. —— i think he would look at it very favourably. i am prepared to walk away. you have to be able to walk away. if you are not able to walk away, we didn't walk away from the horrible in run deal that we signed, and if you look at what has happened since i signed that deal, iran and in all fairness, i say it's with great respect of the people of iran, but iran is acting a lot differently. they are no longer looking so much the mediterranean, or to what is going on in syria, what is going on in yemen, and lots of other places, they are a much different country of the last three months, and again, i say that, with hope that maybe something could happen. but when you mention sanctions, we are putting sanctions on iran, the likes of which nobody has ever seen before, including,

frankly, north korea. that would have been the next phase if we did it, orfind it necessary have been the next phase if we did it, or find it necessary to do. but nuclear to me as always first. and we are going to be fine. with respect to iran, but we also have got something out of it that is very important. a lot of the people that write about this, i have great respect for, but they have not picked it up. iran is - the same picked it up. iran is not the same country that it was a feud months ago. they are a much, much different groups of leaders, and i hope that at some point, they will come to us and sits down and we will make a deal that is good for them, and good for us and good for everybody, and it will be great for iran. i wanted to be great for iran, but if they had walked, our site 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 is something wrong with that deal. we had a great opportunity to make it the nominal deal, —— to make a phenomenal deal, scientifically prepared to walk. i hope it would be necessary , prepared to walk. i hope it would be necessary, because irony believe that kim jong—un wants to do something that is going to be great for his people, and also good for his family and great for himself. —— i really believe. if you do invite him to the united states would it be at the white house? maybe would side with the white house. you are the only world leader not to have a planned sit down with kim jong—un. do you have any plans currently to do so and would it be focused solely on absentees, or would you be

willing to have a separate the neutralisation discussion with kim jong—un directly without the us? transition mac —— jong—un directly without the us? transition mac -- translation: of course, on the issue of abduction we have two resolve this problem. this is of the highest priority in our administration, and if anything contributes to that resolution, if the talk leads to the solution of the talk leads to the solution of the problem, between the us and north korea, or betweenjapan and korea, meetings we wish to have on theissue korea, meetings we wish to have on the issue of abduction in the final analysis, chairman kim mac and between me, and betweenjapan and north korean, the problem has to be solved. of course, forjapan, abduction issue and nuclear issue

very important. —— missile issue and nuclear issue very potent. —— very important. first and foremost, i am hopeful for the progress. and then on the issue of abduction, we will liaise, we will collaborate with the us and international community, and japan, ourselves, must talk directly with north korea in the final analysis, i am determined about that. i have question to prime minister as well as president trump. starting with prime minister, you have already mentioned to a certain degree on the abduction issue in order to hold japan north korea

summit, the premises that you need to gain results for the abduction issue. what kind of concrete pathway are you envisaging to hold the summit meeting? in your meeting with president trump today, have you asked the president trump how to raise the question of abduction and the us north korea summit meeting in singapore? next is my question to president trump, kim jong—un has maintained his position that the abduction issue is something that had already been resolved, so what kind of explanation has been given to the united states on abduction issue, dart and how should we approach the north korea in order to seek solutions for the abduction, and what did you convey that prime minister abe mac had today in this regard? i can speak first because i will tell you on the prime minister's behalf that he very much

talked about abduction, it was pre—eminent, in our conversations. he talked about its long and hard and passionately, and i will follow his wishes and we will be discussing them with north korea, absolutely. absolutely. translation: at ourjapan- us summit meeting in debris, once again as president trump has mentioned already, i have explained on the abduction issue, once again, and i have conveyed to him the earnest wish of the families of the abductees, and president trump will once again, stated that the abduction issue will be raised at the upcoming north korea vomit. ——

upcoming north korea summit. i would like to refrain from mentioning this add thisjuncture, like to refrain from mentioning this add this juncture, but like to refrain from mentioning this add thisjuncture, but in any case, japan's position were explained at length, and president trump has given his understanding, and he has promised that the issue will be brought up at the summit meeting in singapore, and i'm delighted with this. president trump and the united community would like to close the work with president trump as well as the international community to seek solution to the issue. in solving the abduction issue, japan itself needs to have direct consultation with north korea, i have not changed my resolve in doing so. m and this decision, and resolve, what will be conducive to solve the abduction issue, of course, i will have to think about the summit meeting, for

japan, north korea's summit meeting, if we are to have a summit meeting, and the nuclear, the missile, and the abduction issue, the solution to all these issues must be sought. and i hope that we will be able to realise the summit meeting which will lead to the solution of the problems, but first and foremost, we need to seek advancement for the abduction, nuclear and missile programmes. the us should cooperate withjapan programmes. the us should cooperate with japan so that we can see great success that the historic us— north korea summit meeting. japan would like to get all our efforts and support, thank you. i would like to close by paying my highest respect and regard and love, frankly, i have got to know him very well, to the incredible family of a man who was

able relate and beautiful young man and he has not died in vain. i can tell you that. so to that family, our love and our respect. also i would like to say that we were tremendously successful in getting our free hostages back. tremendously successful in getting ourfree hostages back. and i'm very thankful to the cooperation that we received from north korea. and the three united states citizens and now ferri happy —— very happily ensconced in their homes with their families. very happy, they did not think this is going to happen, and frankly it might not have happened, but it has. so ijust want to wish them well, also. they had a top journey, but i really respect the fa ct journey, but i really respect the fact that we were able to work with the north korean boats and get them

out, very, very well ingrained, already. they are back into... they we re already. they are back into... they were telling me they are going into movies, go|ng were telling me they are going into movies, going out to dinner, and they are back. they are back in our country and it is a terrific thing. i believe that we are going to have a terrific success or a modified success , a terrific success or a modified success, but in one form of other —— or rather, it will all go. things can happen between now and then, but i know many of you are going and i look forward to seeing you there and i look forward to travelling with you, it's a long way. but i really believe that we have the potential to do something incredible for the world, and it is my honour to be involved, thank you very much. thank you. president trump and shinzo abe at the white house. forget about the summit of north korea. a quick read cap: president trump said he would

invite kim jong—un to the white house if the summit went well in singapore next week. he also said that he was not using the phrase maximum pressure any more because he is going into the negotiations, but if this summit did not go well, you can expect to hear him use it again. maximum pressure and he reiterated, christian, that he was prepared to walk away from this biggish eating processed, if you that it was not going well. yes, i walked away before, you said. he walked away from the iran deal. he walked away from the iran deal. he walked away from the iran deal. he walked away from the summit, a week ago. urging china as well to keep that pressure, that, really. sanctions will remain in place, but we want china to keep the order type. plenty to talk about next week in singapore. thank you very much for watching. good

evening. some areas of wales reaching 27 degrees, today. plenty of sunshine enjoyed across the north of sunshine enjoyed across the north of wales across northern ireland and northern england. these have had more cloud. this is a weather system heading its way northwards. it has produced a future hours, the odd rumble of thunder, as well. that process continues through the night. wealthy home—grown showers across northern ireland and the west of scotla nd northern ireland and the west of scotland tends to be to add. a quiet night, but more cloud, for scotland creeping in. from shetland across the north sea. that means it will not be as chilly as it has been in recent night. we have had a touch of frost and recent night. far from chilly in the south. maggie and oppressive. only 15 in towns and cities. friday will be a repeat performance. some sea fog in the north coast. it looks cloudier for north coast. it looks cloudier for north wales. its purpose and had

coming through further north, and that will encourage a few home—grown showers later. there will be a scattering of showers, but equally some dry, bright and sunny weather, to come. into the weekend a similar story. if you shop showers around. the emphasis has to be around a lots of warm, dry, bright weather. strong sunshine coming through, as well. friday evening and overnight, the fine weather continues and the showers peter out. the development of miss and low cloud again. they north sea coast. that will tend to this buzz and as you can see, it is back to that usual, fine, dry weather as the temperatures developed. we will start to see a few more showers in parts of scotla nd few more showers in parts of scotland and sold in ireland, compared to the next couple of days, but again into the low 20s, though showers not by any shakes... we have still got that low—pressure divvies up. that will drive the dad to the southern part of the uk. losing its gripa southern part of the uk. losing its grip a little, as i say, which is

why will see some of those shoppers as the weekend. mostly scotland and northern ireland, but the large parts of england and wales in finance bright weather. but though showers are not too far away. we are concerned about that as we go to the start of the new week and we stuck to see a change, potentially. will pick up the jet stream which will put weather systems out wave, but later in the week. goodbye. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 8pm: another casualty on the high street as house of fraser announces its to close more than half of its stores, with the loss of 6000 jobs. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets. and we have not taken this decision lightly. it is very dramatic for people that we care about a great deal. the brexit secretary david davis says he's not resigning after persuading the prime minister to include an end date in her brexit backstop plan. ahead of his historic summit with north korea, president trump says he will consider inviting kim jong un to america

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