donald trump has gone in for his one—on—one bilateral meeting with prime minister lee hsien loong. onald trump, and last night, kim jong—un, but he is seeing donald trump, and last night, kimjong—un, before but he is seeing donald trump, and last night, kim jong—un, before the summit tomorrow. may be facilitating, maybe gauging the two leaders as they go into this as well. it is a courtesy more than anything else, the big event, as you we re anything else, the big event, as you were saying, is this rather extraordinary meeting. we understand donald trump and kim jong—un are going to sit down tomorrow morning on sentosa in a hotel for two hours of discussions, and we think it will be one—on—one with only translators in the room so a really extraordinary meeting the likes we have not seen before. as you say, rupert, an extraordinary meeting. donald trump has already said he will know in the first few seconds what he makes of chairman kim. it could go both ways. in terms of outcomes, what are people saying? well, we have the optimists and we have the sceptics. they're sort of equally d

my interview with the host of the summit, the singapore prime minister lee hsien loong. good evening, everyone welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in the city state of singapore, which is playing host to what could be a highly significant summit between president donald trump and kim jong-un of north korea. as he has done from the beginning of this process, the north korean dictator seems to be setting the tone. an extraordinary walk about downtown for this reclusive leader, waving and looking confident hours ahead of the meeting. it's the only country besides china has visited. he was all smiles when he was taking selfies. president trump is hold up in his hotel planning to meet his adversary. after the g7 summit in canada went so badly. some are asking whether the trump administration is trying to wreck the western alliance. they hosted unprecedented abuse on the leader, justin trudeau. here is some of what mike pompeo had to say. >> we're prepared to take what will be security assurances that are different, unique, than have been provided -- that america h

lee hsien loong's decision to have a meeting with kim jong—un yesterday, the north korean leader.takes place in singapore tomorrow. as you been hearing from our various correspondence who are there. it's incredibly historic and highly anticipated and there is much excitement in singapore. we waiting on the us president, donald trump, to appear. you can see the press all gathered waiting for this moment when he will arrive. 0ur correspondent outside the president's official residence, rupert wingfield—hayes, was talking about the fact that donald trump's motorcade was 30 cars or more, a very impressive show, as they arrive for these meetings. donald trump sounding confident about how the summit will go, but, of course, much speculation about how successful it will be, or not, as the case may be. i want to bring for you my guest, who is with me here this morning, on the briefing. so let's begin. with me isjoseph sternberg, who's a columnist at the wall streetjournal. we shall return to the footage. and you can see it here. we are rolling in at the moment. joseph, really, it has got

president trump has been meeting with singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong in a working lunch with aides in the run up to tomorrow's summit it will be the first time a sitting american president has ever met with a north korean leader. trump has been building expectations calling the meeting a one time shot at peace and he says he'll know within the first minute of meeting him if a deal with north korea is possible. from photos to friends the route to the historic summit in singapore has been more than a little rocky. an exchange of insults followed after north korea repeatedly tested long range missiles infuriating the u.s. president their rocket man their rocket man rocket man is a sick puppy. when pyongyang announced an august last year it was close to developing a missile capable of reaching the u.s. trump responded with a threat of biblical proportions. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. kim jong un oncet by calling the u.s. president a mentor need to range don't taunt. and the war of words culminated in a contest over who had the biggest nucle

he arrived at last and shook the hands of lee hsien loong, the singaporean prime minister.their giving the handshake shot for the world media. the day before, singapore prime minister matt dee letter of north korea, and to two shall meet tomorrow to this historic summit. it is one mentions other views. in london says we should live in hope, will this bearfruit, this meeting? he says in past performance in his business dealings, donald trump's this is dealings, he will renege on any agreement. thank you for your views. if you want to look at what people are saying, #thebriefing. i will season. hello there. on sunday, we saw heavy thunderstorms and showers across northern england into south—east scotland, but the majority of the country was warm, dry and sunny, and it led to a lovely end to the day for many. some glorious sunday evening sunsets. we start monday morning off on a fine and dry note. we've lost the overnight showers and storms across northern areas, but we almost do it all again. it looks like we'll see plenty of sunny spells again. as those temperatures rise, it

korean leader for donald trump though it has all been about the catering singapore prime minister lee hsien loong surprised the u.s. president with a cake on monday ahead of his seventy second birthday which will be on thursday and it's not.

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korean leader for donald trump though it has all been about the catering singapore prime minister lee hsien loong surprised the u.s. president with a cake on monday ahead of his seventy second birthday which will be on thursday and it's not just the leaders making the most of it their lookalikes are living it up as well. wouldn't show me i'm still looking for the. starving something like. i want to so it's going to take on twitter facebook going to get the job looks like two weeks ago the first show of. the actual starts it needs. to be. very close. touch. i. say. to the real thing we have a president trump and kim jong un having a press availability before their meeting let's take a listen to what they're saying. by the. t.v. tonight. we're going to give you. what it is in the words of who follow. who didn't want to leave the book you could argue that in the day we will leave. the power for a moment as fred has done all right so the two leaders sitting there obviously we don't have a translation immediately available for what kim jong un is saying but they do appear to be having a press availabi

by the bay for donald trump though it's all been about the catering singapore prime minister lee hsien loong surprised the u.s. president with a cake on monday and of his seventy second birthday on thursday let's not just the leaders making the most of it their look alikes are living it up to. i. wouldn't tell me i'm still looking for the. starving musician. like. i the suits want to take on twitter facebook want to look like weeks ago my first job and the stuff you need. to be. great. cities in the. world. and i don't think they've been short of work either well despite all the positivity surrounding the summit the negotiations ahead could still take several more runs before they produce any concrete results you're sure reminder of what the two sides hope to take away from the meeting in washington say said once the complete permanent verifiable denuclearization of north korea in exchange for the pyongyang is asking the toughest sanctions imposed on it's our ease as well as security guard and he's gregory illich from the korea policy institute thanks said deal will only be reached if the u.

trump was on the move his motorcade heading to the official office of singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong. but the president was not in a talkative mood and the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so also has a lot at stake north korea's leader kim jong un who met the premier on sunday says he knows the whole world is watching him and so too are his people. the country strictly managed media was quick to release pictures of kim's arrival reporting that is isolated country would discuss a stubler showing a new relationship with the united states that significant. in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors and so sanctions will remain until that process is going to five a message reiterated by the u.s. secretary of state who says we won't be fooled

narendra modi has arrived in singapore on a three—day visit at the invitation of prime minister lee hsien loongt his newly—elected counterpart mahathir mohamad and before that indonesia where both countries signed a number of pacts to enhance ties. subramanya jaishanker, the former foreign secretary of india joined me here in the studio earlier. i asked him what prime minister modi hoped to achieve on his visit. i think the important part is that within three, four months of the asian summit in delhi is here in singapore which has been a gateway for india and asia. he was in malaysia are very early to meet the new prime minister, he had a very solid visit to indonesia. so overall i think the fact that you have an indian prime minister here indicates a priority, indicates a degree of commitment which i think welcome is very much. how much of this commitment is a counter to the rise of china in this region? i would not necessarily see this as countering china, if you look at the economic stakes, the security sta kes, economic stakes, the security stakes, the fact we have a community here, the fac

trump was on the move his motorcade heading to the official office of singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong. but the president was not in a talkative mood and the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so also has a lot at stake north korea's leader kim jong il the premier on sunday says he knows the whole world is watching him and so to his people. the country strictly managed media was quick to release pictures of kim's arrival reporting that is isolated country would discuss a stop pushing a new relationship with the united states that significant. in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors and so sanctions will remain until that process is going to five a message reiterated by the u.s. secretary of state who says we won't be fooled again the be ma

trump was on the move his motorcade heading to the official office of singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong. but the president was not in a talkative mood the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so also has a lot at stake north korea's leader kim jong un who met the premier on sunday says he knows the whole world is watching him and so too are his people. the country strictly managed media was quick to release pictures of kim's arrival reporting that is isolated country would discuss a stablish ing a new relationship with the united states is that significant in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors and so sanctions will remain until that process is going to five a message reiterated by the u.s. secretary of state who says we won't be fooled agai

bodyguards and the us president meanwhile been doing some fine dining singapore in prime minister lee hsien loong surprise donald trump the cake on monday ahead of the president's seventy second birthday this coming thursday however it's not only colin remaster pieces that everyone's talking about in singapore also making the most of it are some of the leaders look alikes. wouldn't tell me i'm still looking for the. starving musician somebody like. this it's going to take on twitter facebook going to look like two weeks ago the first. time. what if any were all that simple despite all the positivity surrounding the summit the negotiations ahead could still take several more rounds before they produce any concrete results here's a reminder of what the two sides hope to gain from tuesday's meeting washington says it wants the complete permanent and verifiable denuclearization of north korea and exchange for that pyongyang is asking that the toughest sanctions imposed on a to east as well as some security guarantees as well gregory from the korea policy institute thinks a deal will only be reached i

trump was on the move his motorcade heading to the official office of singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong. but the president was not in a talkative mood the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so while so has a lot at stake. north korea's leader kim jong un who met the premier on sunday says he knows the whole world is watching him and so too are his people. the country strictly managed media was quick to release pictures of kim's arrival reporting that is isolated country would discuss a stablish ing a new relationship with the united states that's significant in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors. but that's a process that will eventually have to involve others says the leader of the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. this could be a his

kimjong un, left here, went to meet with the prime minister of singapore, lee hsien loong, and their ister lee's facebook page, which is very singapore in 2018, shall i say. but this hotel is a five—star hotel, bang in the centre of a very popular orchard shopping district here in singapore. the presidential suite here would cost thousands of dollars, so the question has been asked, who is footing that bill? i put that question to a singaporean minister earlier, but he remained rather tight—lipped, as you can imagine. of course, the meeting between president trump and kim jong un is not until tuesday. so the question remains what kim jong un is doing on monday. but also, it's interesting to note that opinions amongst singaporeans are somewhat split about being the host of this historic summit. some are, of course, excited. but others are slightly annoyed about all the traffic jam that it's causing. the opinion page of the national newspaper, straits times, urged singaporeans to smile for the world's cameras. behave, don't complain about the government, and if you have a table booked a

the presidential building here in singapore where he's going to meet singapore's prime minister lee hsien loongof course is the third prime and the third leader that singapore has had and of course kim jong un is the third leader that north korea has this of course is the first time that the north korean leader has been to singapore and he's in fact only been to two other countries before this that with south korea of course as well as china now here rival here a little over three hours ago he flew in on an air china seven for seven not an airliner from his own country and then i think clearly demonstrated adrian that north korea still does have influence with north korea and of course it demonstrated the important role that china has played in ensuring this summit takes place now the north korean leader was met at the airport by singapore's foreign minister who himself was in pyongyang just a few days ago and in washington before that finalizing details for this summit president donald trump is due to arrive any time now he'll meet the singaporean prime minister some time. on monday now what's

on it saying a for around five and a half hours ago now he thanked singaporean prime minister lee hsien loong for his help in organizing the talks saying that the entire world is watching. trump's arrival in singapore is being overshadowed by his early departure from the g. seven summit in canada the leaders' summit ended in disarray with trump rejecting a joint statement by the g seven francis warned that fits of anger cannot dictate international cooperation. well north korea's closest ally china hasn't been invited to take part in the singapore site but as florence louis reports now beijing's influence over proceedings is pretty obvious. welcome to dandong city on the chinese border with north korea here you get a sense of china's relationship with its neighbor a large part of it to even by trade chinese goods flow across the border although international sanctions have slow this down somewhat china has long been a close ally of north korea siding with the north in the korean war in one nine hundred fifty and then providing it with political and economic backing since. in recent years thou

arrived earlier this afternoon and he left here to meet with the singaporean prime minister, lee hsien loongp is staying. you can practically walk it within ten minutes. this is a 5—star hotel buying in the middle of the area, a famous and popular shopping district. —— bang in the middle. one suite would cost thousands of dollars so the question has been asked who is footing the bill. i put that question to the singaporean minister earlier and he didn't want to go into the details. this is where chairman kim is expected to be staying. the summit with president charm is not until tuesday so the question remains on what he will be doing. —— president trump. opinions among singaporeans are somewhat split about being the host of the summit. some are excited and others are annoyed about the trafficjams it is causing. it was also interesting that the singaporean national newspaper had an opinion column saying that singaporeans behave, don't complain about the government, and if you have booked a table at your restaurant and there isa table at your restaurant and there is a foreign journalist, give

the president met with prime minister lee hsien loong on monday, sounding optimistic about the sit down. president donald trump and the leader will discuss possible peace and denuclearization. it's an event the president said he can size up quickly. >> i think within the first minute, i will know. just my touch my feel, that's what i do. >> reporter: this is the first time the heads of state from the u.s. and north korea have met. >> they could say hello, have a handshake or they could hug it out. i think kim jong-un will go in for the hug because he wants to see as literally embracing president donald trump. >> reporter: some have concerns about pyongyang's trustworthiness. >> it's a government not within the community of nations. it's an isolated government, and unpredictable with what appears to be a growing nuclear prowess. >> reporter: the administration said president donald trump will stand firm. >> kim must not see american weakness. >> reporter: john lawrence reporting. >>> last week, president donald trump said he didn't have to prepare much for the meeting with kim jong-un, s

singapore is led by one of two men, lee hsien loong. people they are unequal, they will blame me for. being gaze illegal, but it's not even forced. it's giuliani to thenth degree. this would be a more natural transition for a north korea than sweden or an american version of capitalism. kennedy: in china there is a lot of controlver content and how people interface. is there a middle ground? >> it might be singapore. which is hyper capitalistic. but i was just there last year. and you describe perfectly. it feels like you are in a first world city. sort of western but with all the flavors of asia, then you do not spit on the ground or you are find. they have canings, and that sort of thing. but if you your entire existence even in the most of privileged possible in your home country of north korea and you come to singapore and have the eyes of the world about you and into hotels and people want selfies. you are maybe getting a taste of what life would be like if you weren't totally awful and crazy. is that enough to convince kim to libe

he has a one-on-one meeting with lee hsien loong. we'll probably hear from the president as he's in singapore in anticipation of that summit tomorrow morning, 21 hours from now with kim jong-un. he says he feels very good about a summit. down playing how much they will accomplish in their first meing. the president saying it may take to or three meetings to get the ball rolling. the president says he expects to quickly get a read on kim and whether or not he is serious. he said he spent his entire life reading people. he says tomorrow's summit could yield surprises. president trump: this has not been done before at this level. this is a leader who is an unknown personality. people don't know much about him. i think that he's going to surprise on the up side. very much on the up side. we'll see. but never been done. never been tested. reporter: we don't know what the president meant by he may surprise on the up but what of the things he has talked about on a couple occasions thursday afternoon at the white house is whether they will s

jong-un's motorcade and head down this thoroughfare in seining posterior to see the prime minister lee hsien loongs one of the busiest thoroughfares in this city so a major security effort to lock this down which is why we are seeing a very big police presence. we have seen special ops and see then in their gear. we have seen a number of north korean guards. we can tell them who they are because they wear these black suits and they have red badges on their lapels. they found out ten minutes ago and indicated to us something is happening and moving pretty soon. we are waiting for, i believe you can see there are barricades siphoning off that part of the road from the hotel making it easy for them to manage the security in and out. we have eyes on what was unfolding inside the hotel. we know the presence of guards, of security, of police in there was very strong. people's bags were being checked. people were told they could not stand when the north korean leader walked in and their bags checked and not allowed to use their phones. when he arrived after that flight, they landed here in singapore at a

he later met with the singaporean prime minister lee hsien loong whose country has picked up the $15 million tab for the cash-strapped nation and president trump will be meeting with him later today. as we have been saying at the aim of these talks is the denuclearization. verifiable, irreversible, complete denuclearization and president trump saying that if progress is not made on that front and others he is willing to walk away. ed. ed: benjamin, we've been talking all hour about skepticism and can this really happened and as you were talking there was video a moment ago of kim jung-un bulletproof mercedes-benz with the north korean secret service officials who basically were struggling to run around the vehicle because they're not used to this. he's never taken a foreign trip as long as we show this video again there is almost there jogging in place and is is how we do it much different than the us secret service with travels all around the world with the us president all of the time. can this really happen? can this deal come together? reporter: you know, as you say we were talki

spend monday the summit with kim jong un, meeting first with his host, singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong. the president also talked by phone with south korea's president and japan's prime minister, then huddled with his national security team for meeting that by its very nature will make history. secretary of state mike pompeo indicating that today will be just the beginning. speak of the discussions that will take place tomorrow will se framework for the hard work that will follow. we will see how far we get but i am very optimistic they will have a successful outcome. >> the first meeting will be an intimate affair. president trump and kim jong un one-on-one. >> president trump made clear he would like to meet one-on-one with just the translators with the other principle here, and that's very much the way this president has been doing business successfully throughout his career. it may strike many people who have been involved in the past as an unusual request, but remember we're looking at an entirely different framing. >> ahead of today's meeting, kim jong un took in the sights of si

president trump is meeting with singapore prime minister lee hsien loong.are holding a working lunch meeting ahead of the summit between president trump and kim jong-un tomorrow. the president hopes to open a dialogue and begin a relationship with north korea. the historic meeting could be a leap ford toward denuclearizing the korean peninsula. one person is dead and another critically injured in a home explosion in ohio. it happened sunday afternoon in east cleveland. the blast leveling the house and setting four o others on fire. no word on what caused it. now back to "life, liberty & levin." . mark: congressmen, you both have mentioned iran, that hangs over us like a dark cloud. and really it's an example of what not to do, right? so let's talk about this briefly. we had this iran deal, it skirted the treaty provision of the united states senate, and one of the reasons we have this treaty provision of the united states senate is so you can't skirt congress and so-called side deals have to be made available, and hamilton said that, you know, we want the f

trump was on the move his motorcade heading to the official office of singapore's prime minister lee hsien loongbut the president was not in a talkative mood the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so also has a lot at stake north korea's leader kim jong un who met the premier on sunday says he knows the whole world is watching him and so too are his people. the country strictly managed media was quick to release pictures of kim's arrival reporting that is isolated country would discuss a stablish ing a new relationship with the united states that significant in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors. but that's a process that will eventually have to involve others says the leader of the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. here this could be a histori

trump visited singapore prime minister lee hsien loong and expressed confidence the summit would succeed. he also spoke on the phone to japanese prime minister shinzo h abe and sorean president moon jae-in, trying to coordinate regional diplomacy. m jong-il denuclerizes, there is a brighter future for north korea. tomorrow we will get our clearest indication today of whether chairman kim jonun truly shares this vision. >> reporter: at night, a relaxed kim shared a stroll-- and a selfie-- with singapore's foreign minister vivian balakrishnan. he toured what's usually a popular walkway, surrounded by a phalanx of bodyguards. and tourists filmed him walking the u.s. has pushed kim to take unprecedented steps toward denuclearization, and today, secretary of state pompeo said the u.s. would respond with unprecedented guarantees of curity. >> we're prepared to take actions that will provide them sufficient certainty that they can be comfortable that denuclearization isn't something that ends badly for them. indeed, just the opposite, that it leads to a brighter better future for the north kore

trump was on the move his motorcade heading to the official office of singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong. but the president was not in a talkative mood and the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so also has a lot at stake north korea's leader kim jong il who met the premier on sunday says he knows the whole world is watching him and so too are his people. the country strictly managed media was quick to release pictures of kim's arrival reporting that is isolated country would discuss a stablish ing a new relationship with the united states is that significant. in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors and so sanctions will remain until that process is going to five a message reiterated by the u.s. secretary of state who says we won't be fooled

of course kim jong—un met with the singaporean prime minister, lee hsien loong, earlier today, at the the president of singapore tomorrow as well. —— at the as dana. sorry, mariko, for the moment. and i think you probably just lost sorry, mariko, for the moment. and i think you probablyjust lost me a few moments ago. but we have been able to reconnect. let's remind ourselves what the us is likely to be wanting to get out of this summit. in short, for north korea to give up its nuclear weapons but mr trump acknowledged that it "will take longer" than one meeting to realise that goal. but mr trump has indicated he might accept a phasing out of the programme, in exchange for a review of sanctions. i think that is a given. both men place great importance on personal connections — that could be enough to get the peace process moving. donald trump says the north's human rights record will be brought up too. that has been talked about quite a lot. a lot of people quite concerned there is not enough discussion about there is not enough discussion about the gulags. i% of the north korean popul

move but for him the day was more business than pleasure as he met singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so also has a lot at stake in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors and so sanctions will remain until that process is verified a message reiterated by the u.s. secretary of state who says we won't be fooled again the be matters. that the v. matters we're going to ensure that we set up a system sufficiently robust that were able to verify these outcomes and it's only once the v. happens that will proceed apace right that's that's what's been missed before this threat but that's a process that will eventually have to involve others says the leader of the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons here this co

trump was on the move his motorcade heading to the official office of singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong but the president was not in a talkative mood the prime minister is the host for tuesday's unprecedented meeting and so also has a lot at stake north korea's leader kim jong un who met the premier on sunday says he knows the whole world is watching him and so too are his people. the country strictly managed media was quick to release pictures of kim's arrival reporting that is isolated country would discuss a stablish ing a new relationship with the united states is that significant in some parts of singapore the security is high profile. but appeared to be absent in one of the places where it would have mattered u.s. and north korean officials were just told by the media as they left the hotel where they've been finalizing details for tuesday. trump wants to persuade the north korean leader to disarm a deal that eluded his predecessors and so sanctions will remain until that process is going to five a message reiterated by the u.s. secretary of state who says we won't be fooled again

this relatively mundane moment, president trump stood with his singapore host, prime minister lee hsien loongd sounded upbeat about the upcoming event, the historic summit with kim jong-un. >> you're my friend. >> reporter: after the working lunch, mr. trump was presented with a birthday cake in advance of his 72nd birthday on thursday. every meeting and movement, no matter how small, was fodder for more than 3,000 journalists. >> this is truly a mission of peace. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo, the president's point man, spent part of the day with north korean officials, laying the groundwork for direct talks between the president and kim. pompeo said the u.s. was prepared to offer new security guarantees to the north but offered no specifics. >> under the umbrella of security assurances, would that include removing u.s. forces now in north korea? >> we're prepared to talk what will be security assurances that are different, unique, than have been provided, than america's been willing to provide previously. we think this is both necessary and appropriate. >> reporter: before lea