brent: i am joined tonight by our correspondent clare richardson and georg mathis. are, how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap allies and its biggest trading partners with these tariffs? clare: wilbur ross tried to turn this on its head, saying european negotiators failed to convince washington not to extend an exemption to these tariffs. either another temporary one, or a more permanent solution. now w this comes after months of , anxiety about what the united states was going to do here. we saw personal lobbying efforts by the french president and german chancellor, angela merkel, who came to washington dc to try to convince donald trump not to impose the tariffs on the european union. obviously that has not worked , out. originally, when donald trump said that the tariffs were going to take place, he made the argument on a case of national security. he said that it was a central -- essential for the united states to have aluminum and steel industries domestically because necessary to the united states' , defense. it app

clare richardson is standing by for us this evening. how has this news of detainees been received in the u.s.? claire: hi, rents. this is had a really positive reception. for trump supporters, any sign of warming relations the between the u.s. and north korea will be seen as a victory for trump. he believes it has been his strong arm tactics and strong pressure tactics that brought north korea to the table and secure the release of these prisoners. if you look at where we were a few months ago, it is a remarkable turn how far things have come. we talk about the possibility of a potentially historic summit between trump and can. -- hanand kim. he was threatening him with fire and fury. the release of prisoners is not something new. we have seen it in past administrations. north korea typically releases american prisoners after high-ranking officials from the united date go in person -- states go in person to secure their release. brent: president trump says a date and a venue has been set for the meeting between the two leaders. what mor

dw's clare richardson is at the border tonight. e: these are some of the faces that have invoked the regime of president donald trump. the reasons he has threatened to mexico and called for thousands of troops to be sent to the border. they have set up makeshift camps in tijuana, mexico. >> as you know, we're sending many, many national guardsmen down to the border. most of them are already there. that is having a big impact. clare: poster from honduras. they say the united states -- most are from honduras. they say they left their homes because they have reasons to fear for the safety. >> they killed my father. >> because of death threats. that is what forced me to leave. one of the men pulled out a gun, pointed at me, and said if i did not give him what he wanted, he was going to kill me. clare: they traveled together for over a month by foot, bus and train. they saw safety in numbers and what could be an arduous and dangerous journey. >> it was ugly, tiring, and boring. >> it always hurt my feet when i was walking. clare: they ha

brent: bernd reigert and clare richardson, thank you.ael's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is an outspoken opponent of the iran nuclear deal. he was one of the first world leaders to react to trump's announcement tonight. >> israel fully supports president trump's bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with the terrorist regime in tehran. israel has opposed to nuclear deal from the start because we said that rather than blocking iran's path to a bomb, the deal actually paves iran's path to an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs, and this, within a few years time. the removal of sanctions under the deal has already produced disastrous results. the deal did not push war further away, it actually brought it closer. the deal did not reduce iran's aggression, it dramatically increased it. brent: that was benjamin netanyahu there. increased aggression seems to be what israelis are preparing for. we have reports that israel is on high alert, the military saying forces ordered bomb shelters to be opened and go on height after sp

caravan called the caravan a provocation and warned it could be denied access to the country clare richardson reports from the border. these are some of the faces that have invoked the great president donald trump the reason he's threatened to mexico and called for thousands of troops to be sent to protect the border. stop short on their journeys they've set up makeshift camps into want to mexico. but as you know we're sending many many national guardsman down to the border most of them are already there and that's having a big impact most are from honduras they say the united states must hear their asylum case that they left their homes because they had reasons to fear for their safety but again because they killed my father. or i mean that's less than what they because of death threats that's what forced me to lay for one of the men pulled out a gun pointed at me and told me if i didn't give him what he wanted he was going to kill me soon all of that battle came up with maybe i'm at that. they traveled together for over a month my first bus and train. they sought safety in numbers and what

as it was all over the last couple of days let's go back to clare richardson our correspondent in washington is following this for us clarify the presidents are in the sounding very optimistic and raising the bar and expectations for what's going to happen at the summit coming up later this month beginning in june and possibly singapore. right we just heard him say that he's optimistic that kim jong un is serious about seeking a new way forward and this is again really he talked about their personal relationship and the fact that this could indicate cooling tensions between the united states and north korea he said it was nice of kim jong un to release these hostages early surely surely there is also a political reason at play and it's not simply from the goodness of his heart all of a sudden the thing that's going to be interesting is whether he can actually get north korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons as he said that he wanted to do just there i think you know many would most people would be extremely pleased if you were able to do that but north korea really sees its nuclear program

we're going to get the perspective from washington now our correspondent there claire richardson standing by for us clare how is washington reacting to this surprise meeting between the two korean leaders. hi christopher we're still waiting to see exactly what kind of reaction we're going to get from trump and the white house we do know that the white house has announced that a team is planning to leave from washington to singapore today to iron out some of the details for the planned meeting on june twelfth as though trump had never walked away from this arrangement we know that the surprise meeting between the north and south korean leaders as you say also focused on they say that it focused on ensuring that a successful american north korean leader summit does take place at some point of course this would be historic if trump just sit down with kim it would be the first time a sitting u.s. president meets with a north korean leader a lot of the details still need to be fleshed out so that's why we would see this team in singapore trying to determine an agenda some of the nitty gritty details behind ex

for the latest on this let's bring in our washington correspondent claire richardson clare how did the three end up in a north korean jail. well as you say they were being held there on charges of anti-state activities however these are widely these were widely seen as politically motivated charges and all three men are korean americans who spend at least a year in detention in north korea including in brutal labor prisons they're being released just as secretary of state might pay is returning from telling the end where he was firming up some details of a potentially historic summit between president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong un details including the date and time of when this could take place and their korean americans were seen released were on their way back to the united states as we speak are benefiting from seemingly warming ties between the united states and north korea ok we're going to get some live pictures from andrews as we talk here how important is this release in the run up to that summit between donald trump and kim jong il and. well it's certai

view from the korean peninsula and from the united states richardson is standing by in washington and josh smith is joining us from seoul and clare i'd like to begin with you because we just heard the secretary of state cite there in that letter open hostility and anger what was trump referring to there and why cancel the summit now. it seems that he's referring to some comments that were made by the north koreans which in turn seem to have been prompted by things said by vice president mike pence he was referring to the libya model when it came to dealing with north korea and that of course would be seen by the north koreans as the incident in which wal-mart get off the agreed under george bush's administration to give up his nuclear weapons program and then during the arab spring uprisings we saw that he was brutally murdered by his own people and we talk about the libya model you can see from a foreign perspective that how that might be interpreted as a signal that if a nation is going to give up its nuclear weapons it's not going to mean good things for its political survival so with north korea looking at this mike pence as

coverage of this story deny our correspondent clear richardson is in washington and our very own parent rigger is in brussels to both of you good evening clare let me start with you in washington what happens next will sanction be reintroduced immediately. but we've seen the treasury department say that it's going to be over the course of a period of eighty days and a hundred and scares me ninety days in one hundred eighty days of a wind down period as part of reinstating these sanctions now there was some talk that this might happen that they would not go into effect immediately as a way for the u.s. government to try in a last ditch effort to bring iran to the negotiating table to buy some time but they have course have said that they are not interested in renegotiating the deal and this is truly a monumental moment in the united states foreign policy and possibly the biggest foreign policy decision of trump's administration to date let's take a listen to more of what the u.s. president had to say today in a few moments i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating u.s. nuclear sanctions on the uranium regime we will be instit

on george and i by our washington correspondent claire richardson and from brussels our correspondent. to both of you good evening clare let me start with you how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap its allies and its biggest trading partners with these tariffs. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross really tried to turn this on its head saying that european negotiators failed to convince washington not to extend i dig zemke chanson these tariffs either another temporary one or a more permanent solution now this comes after months of anxiety about what the united states was going to do here we saw personal lobbying efforts by french president and manual micron and german chancellor angela merkel who came to d.c. to try and convince trump and not to impose these tariffs on the european union obviously that has not worked out originally when trump said that this that these terrorists were going to take place he made the argument on a case of a national security he said that it was essential for the united states to have strong steel and aluminum allies excuse me industries dom

what this all means let's bring washington correspondent claire richardson and correspondent derek motus to help us make sense of all this clare want to start off with you if i may how is the commerce secretary the senate the american decision to slap its allies and biggest trading partners with these terrorists. well when the trump administration first announced these tariffs back in march they said that the tariffs were essential for national security reasons that having strong u.s. domestic production of steel and aluminum was important for national defense now of course key allies see them as unfair trade practices and trump really has a lot of political support in some of the states that are some of the biggest steel and aluminum manufacturers in the united states so he's perhaps looking to them with an eye of winning support in trying to prop up their industries. in the meantime and this can come at a worse time for the e.u. . there's never a good timing for something like this particularly if it comes from friends from allies from close partners as the u.s. has been called in a number of statements now coming from europ

richardson and correspondent. in brussels good evening to you both clare want to start off with you how has the commerce secretary defended the american decision to slap its allies and biggest trading partners with these terrorists. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross has essentially said that the european union failed to convince washington to extend an exemption on these tariffs and if you remember back in march when they were first announced to there was an outcry in the united states granted these exemptions to some of its key allies including the european union and since then we've seen an enormous lobbying effort from europe to try and convince the u.s. to either continue to grant or to grant another temporary exemptions that they did not go into effect or to grant a more permanent one we saw both medical and mcallen the german chancellor and the french president came to d.c. personally to try and lobby donald trump not to do this not to impose these tariffs and europe has been very nervous to see these come into effect when they first announced the tariffs back in march the original justification for i