ivan watson, cnn international correspondent: "in just two years."logist: "in just two years."australia is now in a race to save what's left of the reefin april, the government pledged around four hundred million u.s. dollars to come up with ways to protect it.line bay, australian institute of marine sciences: "all our pilot studies are suggesting that it's possible to help the reef help itself."dr. lineays one of the scientists at a government research center trying to genetically engineer heat resistant corals. scientists are also experimenting with a kind of i- v-f treatment to boost reproduction in the wild.in this lab, they test what they call a sunshield.thinner than a human hairit could theoretically protect coral from the sun.guided by artificial intelligenceits designed to one day patrol the reefand protect the coral from predators.line bay, australian institute of marine sciences: "there are still options available to us if we start looking at it now. we just can't wait 20 years and then start thinking about this." (jrstone)that was ivan wa

ivan watson, cnn international correspondent: "in just two years."o years."australia is now in a race to save what's left of the reefin april, the government pledged around four hundred million u.s. dollars to come up with ways to protect it.line bay, australian institute of marine sciences: "all our pilot studies are suggesting that it's possible to help the reef help itself."dr. line bay is one of the scientists at a government research center trying to genetically engineer heat resistant corals. scientists are also experimenting with a kind of i- v-f treatment to boost reproduction in the wild.in this lab, they test what they call a sunshield.thinner than a human hairit could theoretically protect coral from the sun.guided by artificial intelligenceits designed to one day patrol the reefand protect the coral from predators.line bay, australian institute of marine sciences: "there are still options available to us if we start looking at it now. we just can't wait 20 years and then start thinking about this." (catherinei) (catherinei)three new crew

fredricka. >> ivan watson, thank you. here to discuss this historic summit, reap rpresentative judy, house republican, ways and means committee. what do you anticipate the u.s., president trump, can accomplish in this meeting? >> well, i hope that he can accomplish world peace, and that he can get the process going for denuclearization of north korea. but i am very, very concerned, because he has not prepared himself. he doesn't think he has to prepare. in fact, he said it's his attitude that will carry the whole thing. but there are many details that are important to have a successful summit in north korea. >> he said he's been preparing all of his life. he also just said this morning that he believes he can size up. he'll know within a minute, you know, how things will go. how wise is it for him to kind of telegraph that sentiment? >> he is a person who is impulsive, who is subject to anger. if he doesn't have the facts in hand, what is to say he won't just walk out when a critical moment occurs? we don't know that. to

>> all right, ivan watson, thanks so much. all right, let's talk about this with michelle ckaczynski, natha gonzalez, and joululian salazar. the series of photographs really do resinate a lot. what is to be read in that when the president says the relationship is a ten and we see arms folded, don't see a whole lot of smiles. might this punctuate the g7, you know, what did or didn't happen, or might this punctuate the relations between the leaders? >> it's great, because they are essentially the same photo, just taken from two different angles, so, of course, in the one angela merkel's team put out she's in charge and she's schooling donald trump and he has his arms folded. right? isn't that what's happening? the answer is, we have no idea. they could have been talking about lunch. in the one that the white house released, tourump is at the cenr and everyone is gathered around him to see what is so important. those are the photos they choose for obvious reasons. when the president says the relationship is a ten, come on. he's b

thank you, ivan watson, paula newton, ryan nobles. i appreciate it. again, president trump on his way to singapore, in the air right now, gearing up for tuesday's historic summit with north korea's kim jong-un. the two men will finally meet face-to-face and the president today casting the summit as a once in a lifetime opportunity for kim. watch. >> he's got an opportunity the likes of which i think almost, if you look into history, very few people have ever had. he can take that nation with those great people and truly make it great, so it's a one-time -- it's a one-time shot. >> let's talk it over with democratic congressman john garamendi, former lieutenant governor of california. congressman, good to have you with us. this is an important discussion. president says he is feeling confident about this summit. do you feel confident? >> well, given the expectation that he now has set out, he should be confident. i guess he just wants to look across the table and have a good feeling that, well, we know each other and i guess we feel okay about each oth

let's check in with ivan watson senior correspondent live for us. xpectations for the historic meeting. >> we just had a series of statements come out on north korea's state news agency, kcna, which has given us some details or at least north korean perspective on north korean talks saying this would be a meeting that would be historical an face great attention and expectation the whole world and then mention the issues that would be discussed such as, quote, building a perm inept and durable peacekeeping mechanism on the korean peninsula. realizing, quote, denuclearization of the korean peninsula. that, of course, is the key thing that the trump administration is pushing for here and saying that denuclearization is something required by the changed era. it comes on to point out, describe how kim jong-un the north korean leader left north korea and came here to singapore and used chinese plane to make the journey pointing out the plane was for, quote, his personal use. that underscores one of the other factors here. that is it's pretty rare we see ar

ivan watson in singapore with me. joining me now, national security analyst jim walsh. jim, thanks so much for being with us. you were involved in negotiations with north korea back in 2005, the six-party talks. that was one of the four nuclear agreements that north korea made and then broke at various stages. what will make this sit-down different? >> well, i do think the agreed framework, it lasted for eight years. we had eight years without a long-range missile test or a nuclear test. that sounds pretty good to my ears these days. but i wasn't -- in 2005, we weren't really having negotiations when i was in north korea. when i was in north korea, i was there in the capacity of a private citizen, and we used to do that back then because there weren't diplomatic relations and sometimes the north koreans would tell you stuff and you would take that back to your government. i remember sitting across the table from the head of the six-party delegation and is now foreign minister. it's me on one side and a bunch of north

our cnn senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kozinski and senior international correspondent ivan watson. ivan in just a few hours, president trump arrives in singapore. if this plan holds, this historic meeting will happen between him and kim jong-un on tuesday. does anybody involved expect real tangible results, or is this meeting alone enough of a major moment? >> reporter: well, it's certainly a major moment because it would be the first ever meeting between a north korean leader and a u.s. president. so that's already quite a big milestone. as far as expectations go, well, for more than a week now president trump's been kind of downplaying expectations, really since he met with a top north korean official, kim yong-chol, who had met with secretary of state mike pompeo in new york and then traveled down to washington and hand-delivered a letter from kim jong-un to president trump at the white house. and they spoke for some time then. and since then, the trump administration has not been talking about immediately getting a deal for north korea to scrap its nuclear weapons or, as the t

i'm ivan watson. here are the headlines this hour.trump administration says some 500 families separated at the southern border have now been reunited. but more than 2,000 children remain separated from their parents. on friday, president trump met with families of victims killed by illegal immigrants. he called those permanent separations. >> the u.s. defense department announced it is suspending some upcoming military exercises with south korea. the decision was made after the summit between the u.s. and north korea. the pentagon says additional suspensions depend on productive negotiations with pyeongchang. >>> protests broke out in pittsburgh, pennsylvania for a third straight night after a police officer shot an unarmed teen to death there week. four people were arrested friday as protesters blocked the streets. the officer involved in the shooting is on leave while police investigate. >>> let's go to the world wup. the super eagles were soaring friday at the world cup. nigeria took on ice wland l

let's check in with our senior international correspondent ivan watson also here in singapore. e we seen so far today from these two leaders? >> well, the north korean leader, he arrived in the afternoon on sunday here in singapore on a borrowed plane from china, an air china flight, and there were onlookers in the city snapping photos as his motorcade snaked through the city. we saw his security guards jogging alongside his limo, which was a scene we've seen before as he went to meet with the singaporean prime minister, singapore, of course, the host of this potentially historic summit. and he thank ed singaporeans fo hosting this, saying he was treated like a family affair saying, quote, if there are positive outcomes then the singaporean effort will be recorded in history forever. so sounding quite optimistic there. president trump arrived several hours later and was whisked off to his hotel in town. we know that an ambassador will be headed -- that's ambassador sun king, will be leading a working group to meet with the north koreans on monday at a ritz-carlton hotel, presuma

our ivan watson went scuba diving off the coast of australia with the world's leading authority on thisal wonder of the world. >> reporter: in aqua marine waters off the coast of australia, there's a world so fantastic that words cannot do it justice. a sprawling marine habitat of coral reefs that's larger than italy. i'm at the great barrier reef. it's one of the natural wonders of the world. and it's in trouble. >> this is the beginning of a planetary catastrophe. >> reporter: charlie veron is the world's leading authority on the great barrier reef. in a career spanning nearly half a century, he's discovered a quarter of the world's coral. >> do you still remember the first time you came out and saw some of this? >> i'll never forget the first time i did it. it made an immense impression on me. i was absolutely -- my life started. >> reporter: the 73-year-old godfather of coral gives me a guided tour. with a few short strokes, we dive into a vibrant underwater universe, a place where living coral, some of it centuries old, provides shelter and food for countless species of marine life

let's check in now with cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson. the leaders did arrive here today. we saw both of them briefly. >> that's right. kim jong-un arrived first. he's staying at saint regis hotel here, incidentally that his half brother was known to stay at. that's the half brother kim jong-nam that was assassinated in kuala lumpur airport, accused that north korea was behind that murder with vx nerve agent, a charge that north korea denies. anyway, he traveled to meet with the singaporean prime minister and was overheard cameras thanking him for hosting this saying, quote, if the summit produces a positive outcome, then the singaporean effort will be recorded in history forever, sounding optimistic. president trump sounded optimistic, saying only a few words to cameras upon arrival, very good, before being whisked off to his hotel. there will be north korean and u.s. working groups that will be meeting on monday here, but the two leaders aren't expected to meet face-to-face until tuesday. the trump administration has indicated that it's

also joining us from singapore, our senior international correspondent ivan watson. kaitlan, talk a little bit about the president's exps for the summit. we've already had a schedule change, i take it. walk us through that. >> reporter: we have had a schedule change, wolf. right now it's the calme the sit-down. we're about eight hours away before president trump and kim jong-un are expected to sit down together and shake hands. it's unclear, still, what is going to come of that one-on-one meeting between the two leaders. you heard from secretary of state pompeo there really telling reporters that the north koreans have not made any concrete commitments ahead of that expected meeting, but what we do know is that what the day is shaping up to look like for president trump. he's going to be in that one-on-one with just him, kim jong-un and their translators, and then they will move on to an expanded bilateral meeting before holding a working lunch with a slew of other united states officials and north korean officials. but then president trump is going to hold a press c

cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson joins us in the studio today.sit and wonderful to see you. >> so nice to have you in person. >> it was a real shock to a lot of people how the president said that he was suspending these military training exercises, war games he called them. what was the reaction in south korea? >> oh, the south korean defense minute city quickly put a statement out saying we have to know what president trump meant when he said that. >> they had no clue this was something? >> it didn't sound like that. that was strike because the south korean have been working very closely with the u.s. government and with the japanese, for example. it did look like it caught them offguard and highlights how deep the cooperation is between south korea and the u.s. the u.s. has 30,000 forces on the ground there and they work so closely together and this is cooperation that goes back to the 1950s, the korean war. >> in light of what you just said that they didn't seem to know that that was coming and in light of what we know today the president is g

joining us now, cnn's ryan nobles, also cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson in singapore. ryan, that's the president's side of how this g7 summit went. great meetings. everyone understands. not quite the same view, though, from the other leaders there. >> you know, ana, i spent the last hour watching all the press conferences from these foreign leaders at the end of the g7 summit and it's interesting to get their perspective on how things went. they're very careful to not be overtly critical of president trump, and they really made an attempt to try to convince reporters that's there was broad agreement on a number of big issues, but when reporters pressed them on these big divides between president trump and some of these other countries, they were hard-pressed to come up with any examples of where these barriers have been broken down, specifically on that issue of tariffs and trade. take a listen to what the country of the -- the host country prime minister justin trudeau had to say about his meetings with president trump. take a listen. >> it would be with regret but i

i'm ivan watson. this is cnn newsroom. >>> at this moment more than 2,000 children effected by president trump's immigration policy are being detained in facilities across the country. this is the scene outside a detention center in mcallen, texas. through the darkened windows our reporters could see children inside. president trump was at a republican party gathering attacking democrats on what he claims is their desire for open borders. if we did that we would have millions and millions pouring through our country with all of the problems it would cause. you could have millions. all it would have is yes, we want everybody to come. do what you want to do. if they see any weakness they will come by the millions. >> now, some members of congress who visit that hed that texas processing center were described as cruel and inhumane. >>> th >> they brought here to these areas. some of these groups tried to get their message to some of the people inside. we haven't seen any transport buses make their way in

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senior international correspondent ivan watson in studio with us.you here in person again. >> good morning. >> what about that? is there any indication that north korea has held up the end of its bargain to denuclearization since meeting with president trump? >> it secretary of defense mattis said we're at the early stages. there hasn't been concrete movement yet. there are signs of kind of goodwill gestures going on. we've just had the u.s. military in south korea announcing that they're moving hundreds of coffins and containers toward the demilitarized zone anticipating the remains of missing service people from the korean war from 1950 to 1953. there might be up to 200 people's remains that could be returned. that was one of the four things that president trump and kim jong-un agreed to about a week and a half ago in singapore. there are signs of movements in other areas, but it doesn't get to the nuclear weapons. >> right. >> a couple of days ago it might have been yesterday, so long, in the cabinet meeting the president suggested the nuclear th

i'm ivan watson and this is "cnn newsroom." 500 families separated as they cross the u.s.ted, that is according to the u.s. customs and border protect

colombians had a stark choice between the business—friendly ivan duque, a newcomer to politics, and leftist gustavo petro. katy watson% of the vote has been counted, and ivan duque has nearly 54% of the vote, with petro at 42%. this is a clear win for ivan duque. he is expected to come out on stage and celebrate that win. he is another right—wing president in a politically conservative country, but mr petro put up a good fight. it is the first time that left president has done so well. it seems that since the peace deal in 2016 left—wing politics has become a bit more acceptable, with the less violence associated with it. they have done enough, certainly, to win the presidency today. what does it mean for that peace agreement? because ivan duque has had some strong feelings about it. he has set along the campaign that he wants to make changes, especially when it comes tojustice. make changes, especially when it comes to justice. there make changes, especially when it comes tojustice. there is make changes, especially when it comes to justice. there is a feeling here in colombia that the former guerillas were... they

ivan duque will be the new president of colombia. he beat ex—guerrilla gustavo petro in a fiercely fought battle. it was the first election since the historic peace deal with the farc rebel group. katy watsonthe vote has been counted, and ivan duque has nearly 54% of the vote, with petro at 42%. this is a clear win for right—wing ivan duque. i'm here at the campaign headquarters of ivan duque, he's expected to come out on stage and celebrate that win. he is another right—wing president in a politically conservative country, but mr petro put up a good fight. it's the first time that a left president has done so well. it seems that, since the peace deal in 2016, that left—wing politics has become a bit more acceptable, with the less violence associated with it. they've done enough, certainly, to win the presidency today. katy, what does it mean for that peace agreement? because ivan duque has had some strong feelings about it. he's said along the campaign that he wants to make changes, especially when it comes to justice. there's a feeling here in colombia that the former guerrillas were — they were too lenient with former guerrillas. they were allowed to return to politics before actually s

earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s katy watson in bogota and i pointed but in the end that wasn't the case. indeed, ivan2%. very early on, we could see that duque was clearly the winner. the results came through within about an hour, which seems record here, the fact that it happened so quickly. so ivan duque is another win for the right in this politically conservative country. i think they were very keen on making sure they could win over the colombians, because this has been a deeply polarising election. on the one hand, you had right—wing mr duque. and he was also — he was backed by the former president, alvaro uribe, who is still the most popular politician in colombia. there were chants of uribe, there were also chants of duque, and people were concerned of what will that mean for the next four years — will duque be in charge, or will the uribe? he was very anti—peace deal and duque will make changes to that. it will be interesting to see exactly how far he can go on making the changes he promised. that is the big question. i'm looking at what the reports have been saying, and he wants to rewrite

watson reports. if the polls are right, this man will be colombia's next president. a conservative with little political experience, ivannge the peace deal struck with farc in 2015, which has w011 struck with farc in 2015, which has won over some voters. this woman's father was killed by farc seven yea rs father was killed by farc seven years ago. colombia has become so polarised because there has not been true justice. the polarised because there has not been truejustice. the deal polarised because there has not been true justice. the deal only divided the country. it was something people didn't want. but the man giving ivan duque a run for his money is former leftist guerrilla gustavo petro. he has vowed to keep the peace deal intact and has won over poorer colombians with his talk of tackling inequality and corruption. bought 50 yea rs inequality and corruption. bought 50 years the same people have ruled the country. it is not fair. he offers to change, to fight against corruption. colombia is a country with deep inequality, and one they traditionally conservative ruling class, and the fact gustavo petro has got this

watson reports. if the polls are right, this man will be colombia's next president. a conservative with little political experience, ivan taxes and increase investment. he also promises to challenge the peace deal struck with farc in 2015, which has won over some voters. this woman's father was killed by farc seven years ago. like many in colombia, she feels the agreement was far too lenient towards the rebels. translation: colombia has become so polarised because there has not been true justice. the deal divided the country. it was something that people didn't want. so it has become like in white, left or right. it should not be like that. but the man giving duque a run for his money is former leftist guerrilla gustavo petro. he's vowed to keep the peace deal intact and he's won over poorer colombians with his talk of tackling inequality and corruption. translation: for 50 years, the same people have ruled the country. it's not fair. he offers the chance to fight against corruption. colombia is a country with deep inequality, and one with a traditionally conservative ruling class. so the fact that gustavo petro has got

conservative candidate ivan duque has won colombia's presidential election, having campaigned to overhaul the 2016 peace agreement with farc rebels. let's stay with that story now. the bbc‘s katy watsonlections showed that it would be close, but in the end it wasn't that close, was it? indeed, duque got about 54% and petro about 4296. duque got about 54% and petro about 42%. very early on we could see that duque was clearly the winner. the results came through within about an hour, which seems record here, the fa ct hour, which seems record here, the fact that it happened so quickly. so ivan duque is another win for the right in this politically conservative country. have you had a chance to speak with mr duque yet?|j haven't, chance to speak with mr duque yet?” haven't, they wouldn't do interviews with the international press. i think they were very keen on making sure they could win over the colombians because this has been a deeply polarising election. 0n the one hand you had right—wing mr duque, and he was also, he was backed by the former president, who is still the most popular politician in colombia. there were chance of his name, there were also chance of duque, and people we

ivan dukay and former guerilla gustavo petro. the vote has polarised the country, with mr petro promising to uphold the peace agreement. his rival strongly opposes it. our south america correspondent katy watson two candidates. these elections have divided colombia. in this, the second round, voters have a choice between two very different candidates. on the right, relative political newcomer, ivan duque. he is the business pick, keen on boosting investment and economic growth here in colombia. and gustavo petro, a former rebel with the now defunct m19 movement and a former mayor of bogota. he had has made fighting inequality and corruption the heart of his campaign. the fact that gustavo petro has got this far is a big dealfor colombia. this is a politically conservative country and since 2016, the left has become legitimised, it has not been as associated with violence as it once was. it still faces big challenges. people here are still nervous of the left after more than 50 years of conflict. add to that the situation in venezuela. the right has capitalised on gustavo petro's leftist policies, saying that if the left wins it could usher in a new venezuela here in colombia. although there m