the day began with that historic handshake we saw the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea north korea shake hands with the president of the united states the first time that that has ever happened to countries that have basically do technically been at war for well over sixty years and knowledge in each other shaking hands at the summit began now we know there was a one on one meeting to begin with in which it was only trump and kim and their translators in the room no one else was in the room that one on one meeting took place it's not clear what was exchanged no one has any idea what the two top. about in the one on one section and then from there it expanded into a broader bilateral in the room we had donald trump we had john bolton we had mike pompei oh we know that there were different officials from north korea that were also in the room we've seen kim kim in the room we've seen her at the summit so different officials are there it's an extended bilateral they had what is being referred to as a working lunch where they continued their conversation over lunch now at this point we

president of the united states and the president the chairman of the democratic people's republic of korea north korea signed a lot of questions remain but at the moment let's let's go over what happened today now the day began with a historic handshake the first time we ever saw the president of the united states and the president of north korea ever meet heads of state met together shook hands it was historic there was a one on one meeting that took place in which they were alone in the room other than their translators there was no one other than then the two heads of state after that there was an expanded bilateral we understand mike pompei o and john bolton were on on the table on the same side as trump and then on the other side of the table was cam with some of his advisors including kim jong il who is his sister and so you know the meetings have taken place it's not clear what was discussed but now we understand they have signed a document now everyone was holding their breath in the lead up to today's meeting in singapore people saw the exchange between donald trump and the leader of north ko

seen a president of the united states meet with a leader of the democratic people's republic of korea or north korea two countries that have been technically at war for the past sixty years with no armistice are no peace treaty signed at the end of the korean war they had an armistice but no peace treaty signed no north korean embassy in the usa no consulates the usa does not acknowledge north korea but now we see this historic handshake then there was a one on one meeting that took place with only trump and kim the meeting took place with only trump and cam and their translators no one else and then from there it moved into by laterals and we understand that now they're having a century a working lunch but let's take a look at that historic handshake with the world was kind of holding its breath as they watched let's take a look. now from there we understand it's now an extended bilateral we got some of trump's advisers who were in the meeting as well as some of the advisers of kim jong on and they're sitting down there eating some lunch as they continue to discuss and the world doesn't really know

president and the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea and north korea that ever met we saw them a shake hands acknowledge each other quite an exciting turn of events all eyes are on the meeting on the summit in singapore a quick recap of the rollercoaster lead up to this summit the talks were announced in march but in may kim voiced his anger over military drills between south korea and the u.s. and threatened to call off the summit nine days later trump canceled the meeting accusing him of hostility but the next day the white house and pyongyang said the plans were back on the table and on june first washington officially said that the summit would go ahead human rights attorney eric thinks the summit could redefine the relationship between the u.s. and north korea. i think it's a huge breakthrough based on where we were at recently and where we thought that the threats and the rhetoric could lead to someone losing control in a very violent situation happening but what's essential to remember is that a peaceful north south korea china japan for the world if we can get

president and the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea and north korea that ever met we saw them a shake hands acknowledge each other quite an exciting turn of events all eyes are on the meeting on the summit in singapore all right all eyes indeed are he's been for us there in new york we know you'll stay across this as the situation develops thanks for being with us we are now joined live by human rights attorney eric. eric thanks for being with us as always here on r t international. you and i have had conversations about this in the past we've kind of wondered what was going to take place if this meeting was ever going to take place now trump and kim they finally met we don't know exactly what was said but judging by the positive body language. what is going through your mind right now. well so much is going through my mind as you've said we've spent four years now talking to this day we've talked about a need for a peace treaty we've talked about getting people in the room and having a dialogue has the sation and and principles of peace and and seeing the two countri

united states a president of the united states and a president a head of state of north korea the democratic people's republic of korea this is donald trump's anticipatory words about the meeting that's about to take place how long will it take to figure out whether or not. maybe in the first minute. now relations between north korea and the united states have been rather hot and cold on and off since trump took office let's just take a review of some of the exchanges that we've seen that when they head of state kim jong un who the president of united states is about to meet with and and donald trump let's take a look. and actually guys you can see right now donald trump and kim jong un meeting for the very first time the summit between the two leaders was initially confirmed by the white house back in march but in the middle of may it can threaten to end the negotiations when the military drills by the south and the united states you can see there the two leaders seem amiable moving over to the side having taken pictures in front of the north korean flag and the united states flag and they are now moving into a venue

that's the democratic people's republic of korea that's north korea commit to establish a new us north korea relations in accordance with the desire of the people of the two countries for peace and prosperity your view on that point it doesn't say diplomatic no it doesn't but it seems to suggest that that could clearly be the case down the road if it insists it's a sore cordons with the desires of the north korean and american people saw it opens a door towards normalization opens a door towards diplomatic recognition recipe. it's and doing the stuff that all normal states do with each other which is to interact in economic political diplomatic scientific terms i trust or i think it opens a doorway to that anything that's quite promising and quite new i would say ok point to the u.s. and the d p r k that's north korea will join their efforts to build a last thing and stable peace regime on the korean peninsula this isn't quite new i think this is still all the wine in new bottles that time and time again over the years there have been statements and variation of this about a commitment

north koreans to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula was carried out. the world should rest assured the united states, the republic of korea, andjapan, united states, the republic of koreaain committed to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearisation of north korea. these alliances are ironclad. we have a close friendship and will continue to closely co—ordinate with respect to north korea as you move forward together. we understand that the united states will advance the discussion on provision of a security guarantee while carefully monitoring whether north korea takes concrete steps to fulfil its commitment to the net to —— removal of north korea's nuclear weapons. but we also note no safety guarantees have been made yet. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. the british aid agency, oxfam, has been permanently banned from operating in haiti after its staff were accused of sexual misconduct after the 2010 earthquake. haiti's government says the decision was taken because of oxfam's violation of the country's legislation and serious breach of the principle of human dignity. oxfam has apologised, saying the behaviour of some former

leader of the united states and the leader of north korea contains four points of agreement the first point is to establish relations between the usa and the democratic people's republic of korea official relations between the u.s. and north korea the second point is to build a stable and lasting peace regime on the korean peninsula that's making sure the north and south korea can coexist stable lasting peace regime the third porritt is reaffirming the agreement between north and south korea for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and the fourth point is to return the bodies of m.i.a. missing in action prisoners of war and other folks who died during the korean war so those are the four points that were agreed upon at this meeting now not yet official still waiting for confirmation on that now we've heard you know some very very positive words we heard donald trump praise kim jong un say that he's very talented say that he loves his country very much we heard a lot of optimism come from kim jong un we heard donald trump even say that he'd be willing to invite kim jong un to the white house people were certainly nervous not knowing what to expect in the lead up to toda

republic of korea and japan will be critical to the success of that outcome. the world should rest assured states, theted republic of korea and japan remain committed to achieving the complete, verifiable and irreveization of north. the u.s. alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad. we have developed a close friendship, and together we will continue to closely coordinate with respect to north korea as we move forward together. president trump has also made it jong-unat if kim denuclearize is, there's a bright future for north korea and its people. he outlined that vision beautifully here in seoul when he spoke at the national assembly last november. when vision is strong, connected, secure and prosperous, north korea that is fully integrated into the community of nations. kim jong-un indicated in singapore that he shared the vision. we are eager to see him take the next step to achieve it because the united states is ready for a new chapter in our history. thank you. haidi: we will be listening and for anything else that comes out of that. secretary of state pompeo will be headed to beijing for a similar debriefing. let's head over to beijing now. pompeo really on a mission across the region to

agreement with north korea for denuclearisation, north korea has been one of the suppliers of this technology, missile technology to iran. if you disconnect north korea from the islamic republics in syria, or elsewhere in the middle east, this is the strategy they are thinking of probably, to disconnect the. what is important with north korea and which is very important with iran is the status of the economy. the iranian people, what they will do with, whether they bring regime change or not, doesn't matter to the united states, it is the state of the economy which is dire. such as north korea, north korea needs the money. thank you all very much. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week, same time, same place. goodbye. hello there. a good deal of sunshine and warmth again for many of you today, but for many, those storm clouds are once again brewing. we've seen clouds spilling of the near continent through today. that brought early rain across some eastern parts of england, spreading its way northwards and westwards. but a few showers and storms dotted around and they will continue to develop as we go through into the afternoon. mainly across norther

north korea. the world should rest assured that the united states, the republic of korea and japan remain committed of north korea. the us alliances with these two countries are absolutely ironclad. and on the crucial issue of sanctions — the way the world has punished north korea — he was specific. we believe that chairman kim jong—un understands the urgency of the timing of completing this denuclearisation, that he understands that we must do this quickly, and that sanctions relief — we should recall these are un sanctions — that sanctions relief cannot take place until such time. but we still don't know much about how kim jong—un will ditch those weapons. and he wasn't about to tell us. mr secretary, bbc news, if north korea is no longer a threat, why does it need to denuclearise? in the heart of seoul a reminder of the military alliance between the us and south korea. almost 30,000 american troops are still here. part of that alliance is on hold after the president announced he'd be stopping joint military exercises. but no stand down, says the south. next up on this tour is china and it's far

of the democratic people's republic of the democratic people's republic of korea and have a blunt conversation about the changes that would need to be undertaken for north koreae reduction in threat that follow from that it was with eyes wide open. he said that in his press conference. it could be the case that al—assad will not walk. we are determined to set the conditions so we can write this failure of decades and reset the conditions for north koreans, for north korea's participation in the community of nations. for north korea's participation in the community of nationslj for north korea's participation in the community of nations. i am absolutely assured of our shared goal. our shared approach. and how we will proceed to reach complete denuclearisation. i have been assured of that from day one working with mr pompeo, sol assured of that from day one working with mr pompeo, so i did not need additional assurance today. this is additional assurance today. this is a fundamental basis, a premise that we work together. it has been clear and confirmed since meeting with secretary pompeo, the first meeting with him in a month, right after he assumed the positi

be president moon of south korea who i think is certainly one of the most astute president in the history of the republic of korea. i think he's done a lot to manage his account up northin pyongyang and in washington and to bring this apparent calling of the stormy waters in the relationship between north korea and the rest of the world. so i'm hopeful there. when i went to north korea in november , it had a profound impact on me, just engaging with senior north koreans at the time and i do think there was merit in dialoguing with them. i think that's the only way out so if this result in a good thing, i think there's value to say if it's nothing else but meet and greet and grip and grind and have more discussions. >> host: right now it's a little unclear whether the summit will happen. it's been typical for people who follow north korea but if you could overcome your genetic uncomfortableness talking about policy, what would you advise donald trump with respect -- what's the success? the united states is saying we want total denuclearization. it seems unlikely for me so what's a win for the united states? not many americans have been there. what would you advise the

agreement with north korea for denuclearisation, north korea has been one of the suppliers of this technology, missile technology to iran. if you disconnect north korea from the islamic republicr it is in syria, or elsewhere in the middle east, this is the strategy they are thinking of probably, to disconnect the two. what is important with north korea and which is very important with iran is the status of the economy. the iranian people, what they will do with, whether they bring regime change or not, doesn't matter to the united states, it is the state of the economy which is really dire. such as north korea, north korea needs the money. as someone said not long ago, it's the economy, stupid! thank you all very much. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week, same time, same place. goodbye. hello, good evening, the wettest weather today has been across more northern parts of the uk, big storms in scotland for example, slow—moving thundery downpours with warmth and sunshine we have triggered big towering cumulus like this. we still have slow moving thundery downpours mainly inland across scotland, around the coasts it is generally dry with sunshine to

rid of the kim regime and in the end once to get rid of the existence of north korea and have a reunified korean peninsula under the republic of koreatrump today is going to have to try to win kim jong—un over to the idea that he can trust him. rupert, for now, thank you. rupert wingfield—hayes, to give you an idea of the conversation between the two. this is what we're getting about the latest reports of what was said a short time ago when they met. donald trump 5aid short time ago when they met. donald trump said to the selected media," i feel really great, we're going to have a great di5cu55ion feel really great, we're going to have a great discussion and i think tremendous success. it will be tremendously 5ucce55ful, we'll have a terrific relationship, i have no doubf! a terrific relationship, i have no doubt". kim jong—un said," a terrific relationship, i have no doubt". kimjong—un said," it a terrific relationship, i have no doubt". kim jong—un said," it wasn't easy to get here, the old prejudices and practices worked as obstacles in our way forward but we overcame all of them and we are here today". indeed they are. you're wa

an agreement with north korea for denuclearisation, north korea has been one of the suppliers of this missile technology to iran. if you disconnect north korea from the islamic republice strategy of their thinking, middle east, this is the strategy of theirthinking, probably, middle east, this is the strategy of their thinking, probably, to disconnect the two. what is important with north korea and which is very important with iran, the status of the economy. iranian people, what they will do with whether they will bring regime change or not, it doesn't matter on the united states. it is the state of the economy which is really die. suchis of the economy which is really die. such is north korea. north korea needs the money. as somebody watch —— once said, it's the economy. thank you all very much and thank you, too, forjoining us. that is it for dateline london. we are back next week. goodbye. hello. the weather contrast continued again on saturday. some thundery downpours once more, a few for scotland and northern ireland and northern and eastern parts of england. there will be fewer to come dthe during first half of the week. some sunny spells, too, on saturday. pr

parcel of the defense relationship between south korea the republic of korea and the united states we shouldn't be stopping them unless we get something directly in exchange in return from north korea and i would posit that the thing we should obtain an exchange for canceling joy drills is the cancellation the permanent cancellation of rocket test the nuclear tests if donald trump had been smarter at the singapore summit he would have come home saying look at what we have here people were. stopping joint drills and he's stopping nuclear tests and mistakes as a real possibility that north korea will continue to actually test missiles i think there's absolutely that possibility particularly since they have the capacity to send satellites into space and they can say well we're just shooting up this rocket today to put satellites x. into space while it's actually giving them a lot of valuable data that they can you know their eyes she certainly make the present present trump look fairly silly let me ask you you know we talked a couple of weeks ago about sanctions and and more often than not they maybe don't work have they worked with regard to north korea in look at north korea t

parcel of the defense relationship between south korea the republic of korea and the united states we shouldn't be stopping them unless we get something directly in exchange in return from north korea and i would posit that the thing we should obtain an exchange for cancelling joy drills is the cancellation the permanent cancellation of rocket test the nuclear tests if donald trump had been smarter at the singapore summit he would have come home saying look at what we have here people were. stopping joint drills and he's stopping nuclear tests and mistakes as a real possibility that north korea will continue to actually test missiles i think there's absolutely that possibility particularly since they have the capacity to send satellites into space and they can say well we're just shooting up this rocket today to put satellites x. into space while it's actually giving them a lot of valuable data that they can you know their eyes she certainly make the present present trump look fairly silly let me ask you you know we talked a couple of weeks ago about sanctions and and more often than not they maybe don't work have they worked with regard to north korea in look at north korea

north korea got something for nothing. mr pompeo insists japan, south korea and china still support sanctions. here's more of what we heard. the world should rest assured the united states, the republicisation of north korea. each of those three countries also has acknowledged the importance of the work of president trump has undertaken and the commitments that chairman kim has made toward that very end. to achieve that denuclearization. the americans say they want major progress on denuclearisation by the end of 2020. but they know they need regional support for their approach, hence mr pompeo's post summit tour. here's more analaysis from celia hatton. look at what's on paper, what came out of that summit, it is quite flimsy and that's really where secretary pompeo comes into play. he's the one travelling the region now, he's trying to give reassurances and i think we need a lot of people are going to be looking to the us administration now but also to pyongyang to say what's next. because what is on paper really wasn't very impressive. the biggest policy shift at the summit was the us saying it'd stop its military exercises with south korea. here's celia on that. kim jong—un wante

the democratic people's republic of korea was proclaimed in september one thousand nine hundred forty eight. into nine hundred fifty north korea invaded the south and was of course it in this conflict by the soviet union and china the south by a u.n. backed international coalition led by this u.s. . the fighting dragged on for three years and killed an estimated two point five million. u.s. general douglas macarthur was chosen to lead the coalition troops. the u.s. . etree reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the conflicts. that prompted north korea to pursue its own nuclear option. once the korean war was ongoing camille sung went to the russians and said jamie i'd like to come in a little position where i had nuclear weapons and could deter the outside the russians said not on your life they were very resistant and he kept going back again and again eventual the they allowed some north korean scientists to go and learn to become nuclear engineers. after the war ended in one nine hundred fifty three kim tend to china to help in a quiet nuclear weapons. at that time china's nuclear program was still in the planning sta

of the korean people. south korea, republic of korea is a puppet of the united states. >> two years after kim assumed power, north the south with the goal of unifying korea under kim's rule. america entered the conflict in 1950. millions of lives were lost, including 33,000 american troops, who fought with united nations and south korean forces. the three-year battle ended in 1953 with a truce. >> there was no victory in korea celebration. no vk day. there were those who had reason to thank god. >> a 2 1/2 mile wide demilitarized zone was created along the border between north and south korea. more than 300,000 american troops troop s remained in south korea to defend against an invasion from the north. in the north, kim created a tightly controlled country, leveraging fear that an attack from the united states could come at any moment. >> north korea has been preparing for war from the moment the korean war ended. they have tens of thousands of pieces of artillery and rockets which could set that peninsula on fire. >> there has never been a peace treaty signed. so there is this constant feeling that the united s

north korea for denuclearisation. north korea has been one of the suppliers of this technology, missile technology to iran. so if you disconnect north korea from the islamic republicinking of, probably, to disconnect the two. i think what is important with north korea and which is very important with iran is the status of the economy. iranian people, they're — what they will do with whether they will bring regime change or not, it doesn't matter on the united states. it is the state of the economy which is really dire. such as north korea. north korea needs the money. as somebody once said not so very long ago it's the economy, stupid. nazenin ansari, iain martin, greg katz and stefanie bolzen, thank you all very much. thank you, too, forjoining us. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back same time next week. goodbye. hello. plenty of warm sunshine around on sunday with temperatures reaching the mid to upper 20s. in the day ahead, different weather so i hope you make the most of the blue skies. few showers on sunday compared to recent days. the day ahead brings cloud. high pressure to the north of us, low pressure to the south. a little further and

parcel of the defense relationship between south korea the republic of korea and the united states we shouldn't be stopping them unless we get something directly in exchange in return from north korea and i would posit that the thing we should obtain an exchange for canceling joyed drills is the cancellation the permanent cancellation of rocket test the nuclear tests if donald trump had been smarter at the singapore summit he would have come home saying look at what we have here people were. stopping joint drills and he's stopping nuclear tests and mistakes as a real possibility that north korea will continue to actually test missiles i think there's absolutely that possibility particularly since they have the capacity to send satellites into space and they can say well we're just shooting up this rocket today to put satellites x. into space while it's actually giving them a lot of valuable data that they can you know their eyes she certainly make the present present trump look fairly silly let me ask you you know we talked a couple of weeks ago about sanctions and and more often than not they maybe don't work have they worked with regard to north korea in look at north korea

parcel of the defense relationship between south korea the republic of korea and the united states we shouldn't be stopping them unless we get something directly in exchange in return from north korea and i would posit that the thing we should obtain in exchange for canceling joy drills is the cancellation the permanent cancellation of rocket test the nuclear tests if donald trump had been smarter at the singapore summit he would have come home saying look at what we have here people we're stopping joint drills and he's stopping nuclear tests and mistake there's a real possibility that north korea will continue to actually test missiles i think there's absolutely that possibility particularly since they have the capacity to send satellites into space and they can say well we're just shooting up this rocket today to put satellites x. into space while it's actually giving them a lot of valuable data that they can you know their eyes she certainly make the present present trump look for a. let me ask you you know we talked a couple of weeks ago about sanctions and and more often than not they maybe don't work have they worked with regard to north korea in look at north korea tod

north korea. >> a sitting american president sat down with the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea and had a blunt conversation about the changes that would need to be undertaken in order for north korea to rejoin the community of nations. when he talked about the reduction in threat that followed from that, it was with eyes wide open. >> reporter: pompeo said the u.s. hopes to achieve major nuclear disarmament of north korea by the end of president trump's first term in office. laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> pompeo will meet with china's president and foreign minister in beijing before returning to the u.s. >>> president trump's personal attorney is looking for a new legal team as the criminal investigation against him moves forward. prosecutors and defense attorneys are poring over 3.7 million files seized during an fbi raid of michael cohen's home, office and hotel room back in april. the raid revealed that investigators were zeroing in on cohen's financial dealings that includes a payment to adult film star stormy daniels on president trump's behalf before the election.

make of freezing the regular military exercises how long the republic of korea forces and that's viewed as a major concession to north korea how they're going to read that in south korea. i think the south koreans are very perplexed by this because president truong made that announcement apparently without consulting the south korean government or as far as i can tell without consulting his own secretary of defense the dynamic in this summit frankly as someone who's followed the korea issue for a long time was really strange because the drug administration went into the summit saying they were looking for north korea to agree to c.v. id complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear program and of course last year president jiang threatened to go to war if the north didn't take steps in that direction but the statement that they came out with was very bland the north koreans agreed to less robust steps than they had agreed in earlier agreements with the united states and then president trump unilaterally offered this concession which the north koreans have been angling for for years and as far as i can t

rest assure that the united states, the republic of korea, japan remain committed to achieving the complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of north korea. two countries are absolutelye ironclad. the ministers and i have developed a close friendship and togeth wl continue to closely coordinate with respect to north korea as we move forward together. >> secretary pompeo went on to say that kim jong un, according to president trump, understand the urgency of a need to do nuclearize as quickly as possible, and that there would be no removal of sanctions until that denuclearization happens. these talks are expected to resume with north korea may be as soo he has also said, secretary of state pompeo has said that they could see substantial disarmament or expected within the next two and half years. yes, shannon, he goes on to beijing this afternoon, korea time, trying to time, meeting with officials they are, including, hhat, chine president xi. a lot of work ahead. >> shannon: thank you very much. our next guest was reportedly a bit surprise pre bold step with regard to the joint military exercises with south korea. how is he feeling tonigh

of the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong un speaking alongside chinese foreign minister weighing thank china for bringing north korea to the negotiating table japan the republic of korea and china all acknowledged that we have turned the corner that we have begun a process away from the threat of war and towards peace on the peninsula. each of those three countries to as a knowledge the importance of the work the president trump has undertaken and the commitments that chairman kim has made towards that very and to achieve that denuclearization meanwhile the two careers of hold their first high level military talks in more than a decade it happened in the northern side of the border and with the focus on donald trump's pledge to end joint military exercises with south korea. the un security council's to hold an emergency session on yemen where the biggest battle in the three year long war is underway a military offensive by government troops and a sandy and there are the coalition on the port of the data threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis politicians in argentina's congress are voting on whether to allow abortion in the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy they'v

koreas and significant u.s. military presence. there specifically to support our treaty of alliance with the republic of north korea and maintained that. that is one you can use as the baseline. -- and then there is some kind of a -- significantly reduced tensions between the two koreas. perhaps, there is some liberalization in north korea that allows for a better relationship with the south. that, there is a reduced level of tension between the two. there is an agreed upon political framework that has a impact between the two koreas. the three likeliest sort of pat's are the feet -- three general paths. one can be an escalation that gets out of control and becomes a war, but having said all of that, there are three different roles for the united states. that is what we kind of come across in our work. cross-border hostility and the to a.ial for a war speaks robust u.s. military force on the korean peninsula that remains tied closely to our korean partners and continued military exercises and operations intended to shape decision-making. a situation where any of the creates a very different dynamic for u.s. military presence on the korean peninsula. i think this is one of the biggest question marks, and we talked about that when we were here before. i would like to h

north korea and to that the central part of our advocacy? i'll do allmed, those things that you said. ith regard to human rights, believe that the government of the republic of korea, south korea, has a big role to play in the issue of human rights and the gross violations about the north. also, there are the issues of inductions of japanese -- abductions of japanese citizens. the president raised those in his discussions, so i think that's a positive, as well. >> let me close to saying to mr. schenker, we sent a letter to the president urged that he not withdraw forces from korea. arguing the vacuum would put at risk or harm our allies worked with us, our partners in combat against isis, and the vacuum would simply he filled by iranian proxies. is it your view that our departure from the ground in syria would create a significant vacuum and we would be at the risk of having iranian proxies fill that vacuum? >> center, thank you. i am concerned. i think we have to make a decision based on conditions on the ground and in conjunction with combatant commanders say is important. >> i appreciate your previous comments that white helmets do terrific work. i hope you wil

. >> united states, republic of korea and japan remain committed to achieving the complete denuclearization of north korea. >> reporter: pompeo's remarks differed from the joint statement between the president and kim jong-un, which did not include the language verifiable and irreversible. nor did it mention north korea's human rights records. >> he's still done some really bad thingings. >> yes, but so have a lot of other people done some bad things. >> reporter: in an interview with fox news, president trump defended his new foe turned friend. >> you know, he is a killer. he's executing people and -- >> he's a tough guy. hey, when you take over a country, tough country, tough people, and you take it over from your father, if you can do that, at 27 years old, you -- i mean, that's 1 in 10,000 that could do that. >> reporter: and also expressed confidence that verification would be part of the process. >> i believe that chairman kim wants to get it done. >> reporter: but the president faced criticism for declaring there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. >> what planet is the president on? sa

north korea by the end of president trump's first term in office. >> a sitting american president sat down with the leader of the democratic people's republic of korealunt conversation about the changes that would need to be undertaken in order for north korea to rejoin the community of nations. when he talked about the reduction in threat that followed from stop for pompeo, beijing he will meet with china's president and foreign minister before going back to the u.s. >>> a new california budget plan could be approved today by lawmakers in sacramento. jackie ward has more in studio about the spending plan and benefit efforts to help the homeless. >>> reporter: it's not a done deal quite yet. mayors from some of the biggest cities across california like mayor libby schaaf are eager to get this money. mayor schaaf says the big 11 mayors, which includes san francisco and san jose, will each get a piece of $150 million that's specifically set aside for cities to address homelessness. this is all part of the nearly $140 billion general fund budget that the state legislature will vote on today. for the city of oakland, which has the biggest homeless popul

north korea? >> thanks, senator. if confirmed i will do all of those things that you said and with regard to human rights i believe that the government of the republic of korea, south korea, has a big role to play in -- in the issue of human rights and the gross violations by the north. also there are the issues of abductions of japanese citizens and the president raised those issues in his discussions. so i think that's a positive as well. >> let me close by saying to mr. she chanc chancre, a number of us send a letter to the president asking that he not eliminate forces from syria, indicating it would significantly put at risk or gravely harm our allies who worked with us, our partners in combat against isis and that that vacuum would simply be filled by iranian proxies. is it your view that our departure from the ground in syria would create a significant vacuum and we would be at risk for having iranian proxies fill that vacuum? >> senator, thank you. i am concerned about withdrawing precipitously. i think we have to make the decision based on conditions on the ground and in conjunction with the combatant commanders say is appropriate. >> thank you. i ap

assured that the united states the republic of korea and japan remain committed to achieving the complete the very fabric and irreversible denuclearization of north korea the us i insist with these two countries are absolutely ironclad minister mr kind and i have developed a close friendship and together we will continue to closely coordinated with respect to north korea as we move forward together. there's a trap as i made it clear that it came gently and denuclearize if there is a bright future for north korea and its people he outlined that vision beautifully here and said when he spoke at the national assembly last november when vision a strong connected secure and prosperous north korea that is fully integrated into the community of nations kim jong un indicated in singapore that he showed that vision we are able to see we are eager to see him take the next steps to achieve it because the united states is ready for a new chapter in our history thank you and then when you come. to the next stage is mr cool enough to pass. for i would like to express my gratitude to minister congo for hosting this trilateral foreign ministers meeting immediately aft

the winners were north korea and china, the losers probably the republic of korea and most certainly japan. the bottom line for me is the well-worn cliche is the devil is in the details and to use the phrase the president uses himself i we will see what happens. what will it take for north korea to feel secure. and that question didn't get answer. a >> there has been a lot of comparison of president nixon's visit to china. i wonder from someone who served in the administration, what do you make of that comparison? >> i think there is a parallel but farfetched to say this was a nixon trip to talk to the north koreans. and i was there in the white house when president nixon went to china. and it was dramatic but carefully thought through, a great deal more substance and that changed history. it pried these loose from their embrace with the russias. a divide and conquer strategy and that paid off. first ki first --hink the fact that they went in with vague anticipation and left early. so the president in part was doing this for his political fortunes back home as well as gaining peace.