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

will be north korean commitment to a complete denuclearization. of north korea.to be said. or trump can't really claim he succeeded. for north korea the deliverable is american commitment to begin to remove sanctions. >> but. is kim jong un ready to make a deal? >> you have two unpredictable people. we have never had this kind of negotiation before. of the stakes are incredibly high. the risk of failure. and the blowing up and return to fire and furry. is catastrophic for the world. >>> what i think is quite clear is the country wants to move in a different direction. >> a half century after his death, robert f. kennedy remains a hero to millions of americans. he was tough. >> whose back are you going to break? >> yet compassionate and idealistic. >> negro citizens are being treated as second class people. that's something that needs to be done about it. >> today as in 1968, america is deeply divided. >> what's going on in poor

this is the highest-ranking north korean who's been allowed to visit north korea in 20 years. the immediate former head of the north korean intelligence service who in fact built that service. are you sure this is definitely the one guy you who want to let in? are you sure there's no particular risk about him in particular coming over here? i mean, technically there is the matter of him being sanctioned multiple times personally by the u.s. government. legally he's not even technically allowed to set foot in this country. but they was. eating filet mignon and vanilla ice cream we're told with mike pompeo at some new york restaurant last night. and then this afternoon we got this note. "kim yong chol will meet briefly with potus in the oval." what? that news moved at about 1:00 this afternoon. and then infrastructure he did show up. and it was not a brief meeting with the president in the oval office. it was nearly two hours. and you know, from a distance without captions on what you're looking at here, he's this quiet-seeming older gentleman. sort of a short guy compared to ou

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

for are they cynical and critical because these kinds of promises have been made before by the north koreans when my past meetings with south koreans i could see a generational divide the older people that have still lived through some of the years still had family they were very keen on reunification and the younger people were but they were kind of doing the math and say this is going to cost us a lot of money they have seen the german example they've seen what we can if acacia means so i think they used to be a big divide but with the moon government coming in last year he has really reinvigorated that spirit of engagement with with north korea and i think this is sort of wearing off on the younger generation too they're seeing the opportunities that this might bring and they're also kind of in that spirit it is something that is it's a vibrant now that if you look at south korean news it's a lot of positive reporting about the summit summit as well. so there they think that this could actually this could actually be different and it could mean change and it could actually mean peace for

official or media figure talking about how china has the answer and the solution to the china -- north korean nuclear problem now lies in china. the reality it doesn't. north korea operates for its own reasons and those reasons are usually driven by the desire by the kim family to rally the people behind them and prop up their government. usually in times when they are facing internal weakness. what i wish if there is anything we can take from this, treat all nations as independent countries that act for their own domestic internal reasons and we in the united states at a policymaking level have looked for a lot of years easy solutions to north korea that involve dismissing them as crazy or simply saying the stalinism and tied to the soviets, chinese, whoever the enemy is. we need to take them seriously on their own merits. susan: how concerned are you about the current situation? mitchell: i am concerned. i am not concerned maybe as you might think. the reality is the military consequences of a conflict in north korea, in korea would be so devastating that they're really not a rational optio

>> i was teaching in 2011. 2011 was an important year in north korean history. in north korea, they count the years from the original leader. year, the university was shut down and college students were sent to construction fields. they were transferred to the school. some of them were already there, but my ignorance had just gotten there. of 2011.re in july the aspire the most creme de la creme. building. .hese young men were selected by the end of that year -- the announcement happened. that was my last day in north korea. >> what was that like? and you know it was going to be your last day? >> yes. i could not believe it when i was told that he died. , when i wass there told by a colleague that he died , it was christmas time. country, they view the great leader as a god. >> where your lesson plans controlled? >> yes. >> for you given scripts? we had toipts, but get permission for everything today and before. it does not sound -- i actually loved -- i fell in love with all of them. i real wanted to teach them. it was always a conflicting feeling. they do not r

what they have to convince the north koreans of is they are going to be safe and they're going to exist in their current form, meaning accepting north korea as it is, despite the criticism over human rights, despite the criticism over the way that the government of north korea stays in power and how it handles the lives of its citizens, how it steps into the lives of its citizens. they need guarantees that they'll be able to continue like that before they're willing to talk about denuclearization and then the economic concessions that they would expect in return. >> on monday, state media in north korea finally actually mentioned that kim jong-un was out of the country for this summit. and it wasn't until he got all the way down to the last paragraph of a fairly lengthy report is there any mention of denuclearization. so i've beyou've been in north korea 18 times. how much is happening in singapore and how life changing this could be? >> well, i think it's north worthy, john, that they actually did a report at all ahead of the summit. because i was expecting, as in other cases of signif

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

reaffirmed north korea's commitment to work toward a complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. at the united nd north korea commit to recovering pow mia remains including the repatriation of those already identified. negotiator any u.s. understand about north korea when they sit down & a document with those specific commitments? specific areas of commitment? guest: i think the biggest challenge for secretary of state pompeo, north korea has not been has notrelinquish -- been willing to really push completely their nuclear program. they have been willing to accept limits on testing and production of some material. but they've never been willing to give it up completely. the question is whether kim jong-un is different. whether he is actually prepared to give up that capability in exchange for security assurances , lifting economic sanctions, economic cooperaon, trade and investment, and so forth. i'm skeptical but we will have a chance to see whether or not he's willing to take steps to limit the program. in particular, any agreement should begin with a north korean declaration

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

this godfather like drama ran for days on north korean television. became propaganda. ♪ >> it is the life blood of north korea. and one of the key reasons that the kim dynasty endured. >> north koreans want the kim family to continue ruling north korea. it is about regime survival. >> kim jong-un quickly embraced the first rule of regime survival. control all information. >> kim jong-un is to a certain extent, everything. he is the rock star, the celebrity. he is the be all and end all. ♪ >> which is good. because he is the only show in town. there's only one kind of television. and it is all broadcast by the government. >> it is all part of the brainwashing. complete indoctrination since people are born. >> in a program about the leaders extraordinary abilities, we are told he is a world-renowned composer who learned to drive at the age of three. children are taught to worship him. this tv show for kids is not exactly "sesame street." ♪ >> these small children sing, america go down on their knees and beg kim jong-un for their life. a child draws a p

they were not fans of the deal. >> i don't trust north koreans. a very questionable deal. >> we're going back to the days of president carter of appeasement. >> many in congress didn't want to pay for north korea's reactors or the oil and the shipments were delayed. meanwhile, north korea didn't live up to its end of the deal either. they pursued a second path to the bomb. separate fthe nuclear reactor route. enriching uranium. >> we are happy that it was successful. >> enter a.q. khan, the master of pakistan's atomic bomb. can admitted he ran a nuclear black market for nations like iran and libya. north korea was set to be one of his best customers. can took back the confession but nuclear experts say it was all true. >> states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil. >> the bush administration called north korea out for its uranium program and gave up completely on president clinton's deal from the 1990s. in hindsight, that was a big mistake. the north responded by restarting its moth-balled reactor and converting plutoni

that is what the north koreans fear and they do not want to see the clear strike systems anywhere near the korean peninsula involved in war exercises that go on on a regular basis with south korea to make sure that our forces are working together. host: gloria, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. my comment that i would like to add is i think americans should .ome to a higher level the good of people and the good of human beings, the good of the people that needs to occur in north korea and their neighbors in japan and south korea. china, russia, just start thinking more about the group and leave our hatred behind. host: did you want to talk a little bit about the regional allies and the summit from their perspective? japan, south korea. guest: sure. great point.kes a there is a yearning from the see inpeople who want to end to this decade-long animosity. when he to recognize, there is a ation aboutel the possibility of peace but there is also a nervousness about how this process is going to evolve. korea oh to see the process move forward. they want to see concrete acti

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

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

with north korean leader kim jong—un, with a motorcadejust korean leader kim jong—un, with a motorcaderiving outside of the hotel 2.5 minutes before donald walked in. we understand the two men will walk through the hotel towards the library to greet each other with only translators be for expanded bilateral talks begin. —— before. we have never seen that before, the american flag side—by—side with the north korean flag. it truly is a moment many thought not possible. we we re moment many thought not possible. we were here decades before, 9092, 1994, 1996, previous presidents trying to start dialogue with this regime. there is some hope things will change today. rupert, interesting to note, joining us on the island, interesting to note the timing, kimjong—un, the first to walk in, and then donald trump 60 seconds before the start of the historic meeting, right until the end. presumably, there would have been negotiations about all of the choreography about how this happens. donald trump arrived first, but kim jong—un got into the hotel first. you can read that as kim waiting for donald

they don't want the north korean regime to collapse. the peninsula because they don't want to democracy on their borders with the possibility of u.s. troops and south korean armies on its borders. of course with the stable north korea there will be more trade between china and north korea and china supports and supplies a lot of goods north korea needs as well as receiving goods from north korea. they benefit from that trading relationship. they don't want to impose these sanctions but they have gone along and is having an effect on north korea. they would much prefer more peace and stability and predictability with respect to the crampton for. neil: i wonder if you can settle a bit of a debate that has gone on that the chinese can't handle kim jong-un that he thumbs his nose at everyone including the benefactor of the chinese. is that true. >> the early relationship between china and north korean leader was very frosty when he assumed power. he started all these military tests and weapons testing and very much concerned china. china ba

has left all of the details for the future negotiations to be carried out by secretary pomand hi north korean counterpart. that is where the difficult parts always are with the negotiations of -- with the koreans. the question is the timeline and the conditions and what they would expect from the u.s. >> back in 1993 when the sides met, they said we agree to an end of using nuclear weapons. nothing has changed. >> history is repeating. what we have is meetings from the leaders. the gamble for donald trump was that by having the leaders meet, they would talk down to a decision. what they have is u.s. security guarantees and return for a commitment to denuclearization. what needs to happen is to flesh out the details of that intent to actually lock north korea into a step-by-step process. to get north korea to freeze the current capacity, no more testing, no more nuclear weapons. no more missile launches. also eventually moved to monitoring and evaluation commitment and a freeze on production capacity. all of these steps to deepen the until until we can let -- we can be locked into a path that

trump playing up the drama as he met with the north korean dictator's right hand man at the white house. while down playing expectations for any summit break throughs. this after cnn learned that north korea's blowing up its test tunnels appears to have been propaganda. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. there's some reason at the same time to be skeptical? >> reporter: absolutely. it was on and off, and president trump was all smiles when he announced the summit was back on with kim jong-un. the question is is the president giving away too much? giving the north koreans what they want without delivering much of anything in return. top republican senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell is worried the president could be sno snookerred in singapore. >> after meeting more an an hour, president trump declared the singapore summit he cancelled last week is back on. >> getting to know you meeting plus. june 12th we'll be in singapore. it'll be a beginning, i don't say it ever happens in one meeting. >> reporter: the president is making it clear he's not expect

the very sophisticated and modern military equipment also tanks tank the tell us a look at the north korean border for some contingencies that could happen there this would potentially freeze some military capabilities here it would allow potentially also a connection from north korea building of and the closer use of russian port where you could station submarines this is all something that the chinese could be thinking about but they are also very careful about what this would in the end mean it could also mean that along this process something goes wrong and then john bolton is very close to donald trump and he might want regime change in the end after all and this with then lead to a completely different situation and even a military escalation so i think the chinese have very very careful times leadership is very very careful they have to make sure that they're part of the conversation they have met tennessee to see the pain has met twice with kim jong un before he met with donald trump is make sure that there might be some economic engagement and they're the ones actually controlling

at that time north korean press referred to me as a war. north korea continue to produce to tell me i'm at the young gun facility and in two nine hundred ninety four announced that it would pull out of the international atomic energy agency. tensions between pyongyang and washington were running high the u.s. considered its options. and one of the things that was being looked at at that point was the possibility of striking north korea's reactor we knew where it was we knew where the facilities were. and so that was looked at very seriously other things that were looked at were even broader military options. at a white house meeting on june sixteenth defense secretary william perry outlined the possible consequences of a military strike i told him that there would be many casualties in south korea as well as american troops there almost a million men. massed on the border and those going men are very close to seoul. so the greater area so has a population of twenty million people all over and all of them with about a one a two hour drive to

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

on north korean policy as well as north korea's vice foreign minister, they sat down for two hours behind closed doors and south korean media has been reporting that what they hammered out or cobbled together is basically a plan, although we understand there may have been compromises on the key issue of denuclearization so there are a lot more people behind the summit than just the two main characters, the principles such as trump and kim jong-un. having said that, between now and then we're less than 19 hours away given ohow volatile this situation is and how unpredictable both of these leaders are or can be, one never knows. >> that's right, martin. let's broaden out this discussion and bring in an expert joining us is jim hauer. you were instrumental in setting up the u.k. embassy so you certainly know a lot about the region and north korea can i just ask you, are you optimistic that this summit is going to yield any tangible result >> i would like to think it would be successful because if it was successful, then perhaps the great tension which surrounded the korean peninsula since th

as north korean leader because he became the first north korean leader to step into south korea since the end of the korean war his grandfather was briefly in seoul and that's when briefly north korea took over soldier in the korean war but that was a historic moment for the two careers and from jay in the president of south korea he has been very key in the diplomatic initiatives he was elected on a platform of trying to reach out to north korea and for him this will be seen as a victory i think to a partial victory because we're nowhere near the end of the process but will be welcomed i think from the south korean leader who said he'd stayed up all night last night because he was so worried about what was going to happen this was going to be always with president trump particularly down to the chemistry well you seen the beaming smiles the chemistry works the two men seem to get on. all right james frey's there are diplomatic editor taking us through some of the latest pictures perhaps we can bring them in of what we were looking at moments ago there we go those are the latest pictu

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

trump is not expected to address the north korean dictator's human rights record. eturn, the trump administration may offer kim sanctions relief and security assurances. >> president trump recognizes chairman kim's desire for security and is prepared to ensure that a north korea, free of weapons of mass destruction, is also a secure north korea. >> reporter: the summit has drawn thousands of journalists and international observers. former n.b.a. star dennis rodman, who has developed a friendship with kim, arrived today. >> every time i see him, it's always a surprise, so maybe tomorrow it's the same thing. >> reporter: the summit will begin with a handshake followed by 45 minutes of one-on-one talks with only interpreters present. then a meeting with advisers and a working lunch. both leaders will depart afterward, for the president, more than half a day earlier than anticipated. that's sentosa island, site of this never-before-seen summit, president trump, kim jong-un. it happens after a rocky meeting in canada with long standing u.s. allies. here trying to make pe

i% of the north korean population have been in gulags in north korea.age donald trump is talking about here? barbara plett—usher is at the media centre in singapore for us. it has been a busy day at the media centre, barbara, because everybody is flying in to cover this summit. something like 3000 people accredited? something like that, yes. 2000 or 3000 people, lots and lots of journalists here yes. 2000 or 3000 people, lots and lots ofjournalists here very eager to follow this historic moment, and of course manyjournalists from the region especially, because for them it means something personal. you know, if there is tension on the korean peninsula, that affects the security more broadly around those countries. if there is peace, that also makes a difference, both in terms of security and also economically. there are a lot of journalists here, hoping i think to cover the summit, but also that it will be something of a breakthrough towards a peace process. 0k, barbara, we will come back to you later in the hour. thank you very much for now. let's take

if you are north korean and you have to kill that guy, you have to kill to guys. t me explain why. if you are a division commander, a brigade commander in north korea, you do not have one guy looking over you sr, y have to -- two. they are reporting back to the party. you have another guy over your although shoulder -- your other --ulder the peelings to the that reports back to the party. how in the world could you have a coup if you have that going on? it is very difficult. everybody and north korea is being watched. how about a palace coup? would they call a palace coup? he has hundreds of palaces and north korea that he inherited from his father. i say that is unlikely as it is a dynastic bridging. ast would somebody else use their raging? -- their regime. is the most likely scenario if north korea goes down? the most likely scenario is we keep seeing events like we saw last fall and early this winter. the what -- the country starts to slowly collapse and the kim family cannot hold it together anymore. that is about a 50-50 possibility. it could happen within th

expert on the economies of north and south korea thinks economic integration on the korean peninsula is a win win. south korea today is like an island but if we work together with north korea we can connect directly to the trans-siberian railway and to the chinese built and road and that will allow us to reach the netherlands and amsterdam as well as germany and frankfurt. for instate take to the foreign relations with the north would be good news if the k. song industrial zone were to reopen they could easily double their production they say and that would help boost north korea's economy too. so the agreement could be the big boost to trade if it holds again which is all but certain if you just consider what happened to the g. seven summit for example let's bring in general de milan of the frankfurt stock exchange so now what are we looking at here long term are investors already betting on closer economic relations between north and south korea and then potentially the well well trying to point out somewhat comically about the north korean coast would be good for us state investmen

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

president trump recognizes chairman kim's desire for security and is prepared to ensure that a north koreanpons of mass destruction is also a secure north korea. the president has expressed opens to expanding access to foreign investment and other economic opportunities for north korea if they take the right steps. all the preparations with the summit have come together very nicely. the president met this afternoon with minister li of singapore and thank prime minister of singapore for partnership and make the summit a reality. singapore is home to over 4,000 american companies and has long-standing commercial partner and we thank them for their help in making this summit what it is. the president also had a chance to visit with embassy team and thanked them for tirelessly work for making summit a success. for example, at tomorrow's summit there will be some 5,000 members of the media from all over the world that will be covering this historic event. president trump is going to this meeting with confidence, positive attitude and eagerness for real progress. he has made it clear that if kim

like a fire engine, actually, amongst other vehicles, heading off with the north korean leader. at kimjong—un has ever been. he has been to china, but he hasn't been to singapore or anywhere like that. so that's the hotel, where he and the rest of the north koreans are staying, and for people in singapore, watching on the streets, and the waiting media, really quite an extraordinary sight. no one knows, frankly, what is going to be the result of the summit. as we have been discussing with our correspondents, in singapore, both kim jong—un correspondents, in singapore, both kimjong—un and correspondents, in singapore, both kim jong—un and donald trump, correspondents, in singapore, both kimjong—un and donald trump, in different ways, very unpredictable leaders. they have exchanged insults and called each other all sorts of names, but now are going to be meeting. donald trump said he will noa meeting. donald trump said he will no a few seconds potentially whether kim jong—un is no a few seconds potentially whether kimjong—un is a man he can do business with, but also saying he is p

the white house in the oval office historic in and of itself allows for some legitimacy for the north koreans who as you point out have not been allowed here in eighteen years but as well this is a vetting process for the u.s. president donald trump because the vice chair of north korea also it's by chief certainly in previous years will be sending a message back to the north korean leader whether or not this june twelfth summit should take place whether or not the united states can be trusted so this handwritten letter from the north korean leader to donald trump a response to the letter by donald trump last week where he at one point said he was upset with the tremendous anger and hostility coming from north korea but overall felt there was an opportunity and that he was ready and willing to meet with the north koreans at any time just give him a telephone call they didn't make a telephone call instead the right hand man of the north korean leader heading to the white house where he is now in the oval office as this meeting continues we're not sure when it will wrap up whether or not it cou

and the north koreans just started up their program and ever stop. one of turban times two thousand and six north korea announced that it had successfully tested a nuclear device. an official statement was read out on state television. north korea has been forced to provide evidence of its nuclear capability to protect its national sovereignty against the threat of an attack by the united states. the test was fairly small. but it did show that north korea was pushing ahead with its nuclear program. despite promises from bill clinton and threats from george bush. in lieu of. an authoritarian or totalitarian regime like north korea has two advantages decisions are made quickly and strategies are designed for the long term to want to keep those kinds of strategies can offer real benefits cool to see it in you know. in democratic countries like the u.s. or japan i took a strategy can change with each new government. meet with little to no quarter but both of those countries are fundamentally opposed to the development of a north korean nuclear weapon. the

president trump heads home from the summit with kim jong-un saying he trusts the north korean dictator. but why is he relying on kim's vague promise to denuclearize when north korea has repeatedly broken its promises. >>> very provocative. the president shocked south korea by announcing a halt to u.s. military exercises that the u.s. has conducted with seoul for decades. did the commander-in-chief under cut a key ally and america's security by stopping what he called very provocative war games. >>> motivated by fear. despite kim jong-un's atrocities, president trump said his country loves him. the president may be impressed by north koreans display of enthusiasm, but human rights experts say those crowds know the alternatives are prison camps and execution squads. >>> and merger approved. a federal judge rules in favor of the landmark merger between at&t andearner. cnn's corporate parent that the government sought to block the move and how will it respond. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> president trump is heading home f

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

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

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

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

president has ever met with a north korean leader mr trump has said that he will know within the first minutes of the meeting whether a deal with north korea will be possible u.s. secretary of state mike pump air has been spelling out u.s. preconditions. in light of how many flimsy agreements the united states has made in previous years this president will assure ensure that no potential agreement will fail to adequately address the north korean threat the ultimate objective we seek from diplomacy with north korea has not changed the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula is the only outcome that the united states will accept the w.c. i was on the phone number was about to briefing with secretary of state mike pump aoe she joins us live from singapore welcome sound so what did the your secretary say about the progress of the preliminary talks while pumping you know was quite optimistic about the. progress has been met made that the north koreans have demonstrated their willingness to the identical or is a chanel country he also said that he's hope

that the north koreans want miles. now about staying on the topic of denuclearization what does denuclearization actually entail what are the steps and how would we know if north korea has in fact a nuclear rise their new tory asli of described as a hermit kingdom would they even let inspectors in the world i think they would let their specters and they have done so on the possible as we have in the past frozen the program and undertaken steps a very great on what every observer has to be clear about that this cannot take place overnight that needs to have a roadmap for steps being taken all the technical steps are being taken and the real hard cases the nuclear weapons will probably come at the end first of all and we have seen that and the case of iran the need to be basic knowledge of what kind of technology there is how to decommission that and of course there needs to be very few occasions for that but before that happens of course. north korea needs some kind of security guarantees and that's a big issue what we'r

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

nuclear weapons and north korean nuclear weapons and north korean proliferation. y see. but we cannot underestimate the symbolism behind the fact that north korea or even a year, the leader, kimjong—un, as we have been hearing from a number of guests. —— are even here. it is a significant moment, would you agree? without a doubt. kim jong—un, operating by a familiar playbook that resembles what his grandfather used to use to intimidate and extort and extract concessions and benefits from the us and south korea in the international community. he is a millennial authoritarian dictator, he is very different. he has proven to be very savvy, both in tactics and robert relations. —— public. remember, the frightening escalation of threats in 2016, it was all the doing of kim jong—un. of threats in 2016, it was all the doing of kimjong—un. the belief he offered, the signals he sent when he announced in his speech on new year's, that he would consider participating in the olympics, working for world peace, that was also part of his gamble. —— —— relief. i agree the fact he

the complete and verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the north korean peninsula is the only outcome the united states will accept. sanctions will remain until north korea eliminates its weapons of mass distraction programs. if diplomacy does not move in the right direction, and we are hopeful of a continue to do so, those measures will increase. president trump recognizes chairman kim's desire for security and is prepared to ensure that a north korea free of weapons of mass distraction is also a secure north korea. the president expressed openness to economic access opportunities for north korea if they take the right steps. all the preparations for this summit have come together very nicely. the president met this afternoon with the prime minister of singapore to thank the prime hisster of singapore for partnership in helping make this a reality. singapore is home to over 4000 is acan companies and long-standing commercial partner and we thank them for their help in making this summit what it is. the president also had a chance to visit other embassy teams in singapore and

having said that, the should behe north koreans need to do x, y and z by this time frame and then we'll change around the drills. the pentagon was caught off guard and japanese and the south koreans. i wouldn't be surprised if we see the president wa it back once everybody sees what happens and wt the north koreans will do going forward. >> shep: as you mentioned, the process is different than it used to be. in the world you're discussing, president trump could lay out some sort of vague ideas and mike pompeo could go in there and really get some diplomacy going and maybe make some progress, which would be the best thing im now it'sp to mike pompeo. >> it is and the hard work of individuals behind the scenes at the state department in the intelligence community. all of these resources need to come into play in terms of laying out a structured timetable of phased negotiation. what i'd like to see here is something that lays out if we do x, that i follow with y and vice rsa over a period of time. that's how you build confidence and trust. it doesn't matter to me what kim jong-un said to t