i can confirm that that is what the blue house has announced, that is the presidential palace.sman has said that within these talks that will take place between north and south korea and, hopefully, between the us and north korea, they will be seeking a peace treaty. just to remind viewers, the korean war endedin to remind viewers, the korean war ended in 1953 but the two sides as technically still at war. they are yet to sign a peace treaty, they have only signed an armistice to this point. what we are hearing from the blue house is that this is not something they will completely put on the table for kim jong and. they are potentially offering it as an incentive to give up his nuclear weapons. they are looking for a way to reward him for denuclearisation and they believe a peace treaty may be the way to do that. an important thing to note is that i mentioned the us would have to sign it. it could not just that the us would have to sign it. it could notjust that be between the north and south korea is. earlier today while president trump was speaking with the japanese prime min

so president moon isjust shaking hands, leaving the blue house a head of this very historic summit. iew, who house a head of this very historic summit. in your view, who can take the credit? because president trump likes to say that it is thanks to him that tensions have somewhat the escalated since i guess the beginning of this year. escalated since i guess the beginning of this yearlj escalated since i guess the beginning of this year. i want to give wholly my credit to president moonjae—in give wholly my credit to president moon jae—in and president give wholly my credit to president moonjae—in and president trump, as well as kim jong—un. as well as that very good goal, as a broker at between very unique political leaders like mr trump as well as mr kim. so trump has a very high level of negotiation skills, which is good to get kim jong—un to the table. at the same time, kim jong—un has some sort of pragmatism, that unlike his father and grandfather, is very conducive to this kind of summit. so we are now seeing conducive to this kind of summit. so we are now seeing the live foota

he had an interesting phrase according to the blue house.is not kind of person to launch a nuclear missile to the united states. that is odd because last year those were the threats we were hearing from north korea. we heard from john bolton saying he wants actions and not words. we know mike pompeo has been speaking with japan's foreign minister in jordan at the moment. a huge amount of diplomatic activity surrounding the new events. clearly we're seeing on both sides of the border that south koreans want to show the hostile policy is over. >> paula hancocks live for us at 6:30 in seoul. >> joining us this morning is chris deaton. friday was just unbelievable. moving quickly ahead here. i know they were chanting nobel on saturday night in michigan. there is still a lot of work to do here. >> it is putting the cart before the horse and 750 miles of the trail. that is pretty aggressive. look, you know, mike pompeo talking about needing these steps to be irreversible and referring to the past saying the trump administration will pursue the typ

we heard from kim jong-un through the blue house. he said the chinese geologists said the site was obsolete and it collapsed. it was incorrect. it had two tunnels that were in good condition. if the u.s. is not going to have a hostile policy, they don't need the nuclear program. he said he is not the kind of person to launch a missile against south korea or the united states. this is a very different kim jong-un that we are hearing from. months ago, that is the kind of threat we were hearing from north korea. now also on the south korean side, they are trying to show the hostile policy is gone. they are dismantling the propaganda broadcast speakers along the demilitarized zone that used to blare propaganda into north korea. the u.s. wants to see actions rather than words. john bolton saying there will not be concessions before evidence that north korea is dismantling the nuclear weapons program. christine. >> paula, thank you. >>> in an immigration showdown at the u.s. and mexico border. a group of central american migrants camped ou

president stated if you come to the blue house we'll have a far better show featuring. the supreme leader replied we if you are providing us an invite i am ready to go whenever. then followed the traditional korean military parade. all once the parade was over. by so i shook hands with a tash by sites. that. we all. need a camera they said there are members who need to return to the north today normal role after the meeting is done and president suggested why don't we take a picture before your return then with us and then the first. time to place. a wise. well you don't war you once thing in the house of peace the. kinds of good even today at my be. but can mountain picture. the. leader came the question what is the technique used to throw this. president newman explained this is the traditional korean way. she watched him go. by frieda's and the meeting room at nine thirty eight this morning. president. former. introduced to the supreme leader a piece of art on the wall from one. president mean father explained this piece of art. takes inspiration from means i'm sort

we heard this from the blue house. this is a stepping stone or warm-up act with the summit with the u.s. and the north korean leader. the first one ever with the north korean leader and american president. this is remarkable. we know the working level talks and high level talks before the summit could not narrow down what denuclearization meant. that was left to these two men. you can see they have been talking now for 15 or 20 minutes. there is very intent discussion ongoing. it is rare to see two leaders at the summit without mikes or anyone around them or closest aides to check what they are saying. this is a candid moment. she is beamed around the world. they have a hotline now that is set up between the two leaders. this is not going to be the last time they will talk like this according to those leaders. kim jong un i kim jong kim jong un invited president moon to north korea. they are talking about future summits. this is not just about today. we are looking forward to seeing what kind of communication and what

and this has all come from the presidential palace, the blue house, here. —— blue house.jong—un made all these comments. we will start at the beginning. this nuclear test site in north korea, i think you and i were talking a couple of weeks ago, kim jong—un was planning to close this test site, but what he is saying is, not only will i close it, i will allow experts from the united states and south korea and the media to see that it south korea and the media to see thatitis south korea and the media to see that it is closed. there has been lots of speculation around this test site. a number of reports have come out that during the last test in september it was badly damaged. kim jong—un said he was aware of those reports and he denies them. he said the test site is still in good condition. he says it has not been closed down, and is not being close down because of its condition, it is being closed down, he says, because he wants to make a gesture to say that this is for real. when it comes to the test site itself and letting in the media, we are still waiting to hear any

coming out of the semi official news agency yonhap attributing those comments to the presidential blue house saying that is one of the things that may indeed be on the table but it must be said of course the korean war is still officially going on it did not end at the end of those hostilities but south korea was not a signatory to the armistice that was signed so this is it seems to be that these are topics that could be discussed between me and kim jong un they could talk about how they might go about transitioning the armistice into a peace treaty but perhaps that may ultimately just lead the groundwork laid the groundwork rather into the summit that would be expected between kim jong un and donald trump because it was actually the u.s. that led to the united nations command on this side of the demilitarized zone that signed the armistice at the end of the fighting in the korean war all right we'll leave it there for now flynt so much over. north korea's already been dominating talks between don trump and japan's prime minister shinzo arbaaz visited trump at the president's mar a lago res

the blue house determining whether we will hear from kim jong un. dave. >> extraordinary meeting. paula, just to see those pictures will be mind boggling. >>> ten minutes after the hour. police just solved a cold case from the 1970s. >> for the 51 ladies who were brutally raped will sleep better tonight. he is not coming through the window. >> more on what is the capture of the golden state killer next. >>> we found the needle in the haystack. the words of california authorities following the arrest of the former police officer. the now elderly man suspected to be one of the state's most prolific serial killers and rapists. the alleged campaign of terror dating back 40 years. we have more from dan simon. >> reporter: dave and christine, what a scene in the neighborhood where police are going through the suspect's house going through evidence. the arrest came about after authorities collected discarded dna from the suspect. whether that was from the suspect's trash or by some other means, we don't know. it was matching dna that allowed police to say

two thousand and sixteen into two thousand and seventeen to see her removed from the presidential blue house . would have liked to seen the book thrown out there but the fact of the matter is president is not the first south korean leader to be convicted in corruption in a corruption case three of her private she's the third and three of her predecessors were also convicted but none of them spent the entirety of their sentence behind bars president park has a week to file an appeal today's verdict and there's no doubt that that appeal will be launched. and we're now seeing protests in south korea in favor of the former president president park so clearly there are those who feel that she shouldn't go to prison or at least think the sentence is too stiff. ever since president park was detained about a year ago her supporters who are mostly in their sixty's seventy's eighty's even have taken to the streets and held quite regular protests they do not represent the majority of south koreans views on the former president these individuals are very conservative they have spoken with many they feel

stephan: the blue house has been incredibly tightlipped about what is going on.nds who worked there and they have been keeping wraps on what happened. a declaration of intent to do something with rick -- with respect to do new glories asian -- with respect to denuclearization. to really get into detailed plans about what denucleariz ation would look like. ramy: they are also talking about symbolism and the cultural context. noodles fromten pyongyang, and there is a mountain in the background. they are trying to forge this personal context. how important is that? stephan: koreans see one another as the same people, north and south. the division has been there since 1948. countries formed. over urgede dramatically, the culture, understanding of the outside world. south korea is an advanced, capitalist country. low capitalhas a income, as of a poor african country. i do not know if some agreement can be reached on korean intent. that is the core issue. yvonne: can the north koreans be bought? seems like what we saw in the sunshine policy proved otherwise. do you thi

by his blue house staff. civil affairs question i believe. so he had a sort of domestic affairs within the blue house. and he presented it partly because president moon is traveling. he was visiting vietnam and the uae and the uae trip, that portion was his joined by his chief of staff. who went in december. so he wants to present this at the june 2018 election. so he was presented for the june election and while he was still in country, he urged the national assembly to do this quickly and his chief of staff addressed the general assembly, urging them to quickly pass the constitutional reform. at this time, nobody has seen what this has produced yet. they were urging them to put it in front of the june election vote. so 26. is today 27? okay, so i believe in korea time, starting the 26th or around that time, it was basically released. it was trickled down over three days. some of the items, they never released the draft. but some are that came out is ability to recall the national assembly. so they are to a two-year term. but they can be rec

so the main thing obviously will be denuclearization and the blue house is saying it's the perfect opportunity to find out if north korea is, in fact, willing to discuss this. natalie. >> you were also saying that this meeting will be broadcast live in south korea, not the entire meeting, right? is it going to be? audio included? >> reporter: well, what they're saying at this point is it will be broadcast live from the firsthand shake. so the formalities. this is the first time that a north korean leader is going to cross the border, cross that mdl, the military demarcation line in the middle of the dmz and enter into south korea, so it's a historic moment and the blue house appreciates that. they're going to broadcast that and the pleasantries. the meeting won't be broadcast, that's behind closed doors. but both sides have made an effort to make some concessions before they said this. monday the south korean military saying they're going to stop their propaganda broadcasts across the border. these are broadcasts they've done on and off the border. the last one was 2017, they broadcast k-pop m

the blue house did not believe washington was completely behind this moment.s is an historic moment and very significant day. we do not have the details we were hoping for as to how exactly denuclearization was going to happen. >> paula, we know you mentioned the meetings and this is not a one-off meeting. we know north korea and south korea want to meet with the united states and maybe china on july 27th to declare the official end of the korean war. that is the 65th anniversary of the armistice. another potential tri-lateral. if china comes in, four nations. you are watching the remarkable pictures. i want to listen to south korean president moon and what he said at the announcement. listen. >> translator: we had historical meeting and reached a very valuable agreement. there will not been any more war on the korean peninsula. the new era of peace has finally opened and we are declaring that. >> south korean president moon jae-in on the commitment to end the korean war and work toward the joint goal of complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. welco

as he left the blue house he was greeted by supporters certainly many people very happy about the efforts that he's carrying out here his approval ratings and fluttered around a bit but they are still pretty high and worth remembering that this is a president who's only been office for less than a year and whose previous sesa certainly was not popular like this and certainly was discredited and eventually impeached and sent to prison all right james it's going to be a busy and busy night and it's a morning say close i'll come back to you shortly thank you. plenty more head on the news hour and clearing. more controversy for members of us president donald trump's administration. in sport the world change that could result in female athletes with high testosterone levels having to race against men . in. the white house has released photos of the new u.s. secretary of state meeting the north korean leader i pompei i travel to pyongyang earlier this month as the cia director to lay the groundwork for a meeting between kemp and u.s. president on a trump pump aoe is now on his way to a nato mee

having known the two south korean president to an up to the north and who have been in the blue house an emotional moment. let me say it is historic and several dimensions —— in several dimensions, our watches have summarised this, but i will briefly. it is the third such presidential summit on the korean furniture were sent the division of the korean can insulate. —— korean peninsula. it is the first in over a decade and so the first in over a decade and so the dialogue on the peninsula is resuming now after a decade hiatus. 2000, 2007 they went up. it is the first ever for 2000, 2007 they went up. it is the first everfor a dprk 2000, 2007 they went up. it is the first ever for a dprk leader, 2000, 2007 they went up. it is the first everfor a dprk leader, a north korean leader to step foot into south korea. is truly historic andi into south korea. is truly historic and i have a lot of them is with regard to what can come out of today's summit. that is what i wa nted today's summit. that is what i wanted to ask you about, the key thing that so many people are watching for his wording

this is coming from the presidential blue house here in south korea briefing journalists on the outcome of the interview and some of that of course was held on friday between monday and in the north korean leader kim jong un now according to the south korean blue house kim jong un told monday and in that meeting that north korea intends to shut down a nuclear test facility in may and as you say invite international experts and journalists to inspect that facility very interesting because last weekend of course north korea announced that it would stop the testing of nuclear from nuclear test and stop testing missiles and also shut down a nuclear test facility it had been speculated around that time that perhaps that was not a big concession for north korea because experts had speculated that perhaps the test facility how to ready been so compromised because of previous nuclear tests of course the last test was the most powerful ever north korea claimed that was the test of a hydrogen bomb and some experts had been speculating that that kind of testing had compromised the test facility so

we have seen some announcements from the blue house, the south korean presidential office, of the menu to serve some swedish dish of potato to remind kimjong—un of his schooling time in switzerland, even though north korea has never confirmed that he went to school there. we also have the north korean dish of noodles being served at the dinner as well. there has been some controversy, as well, of the desert that is going to be served, that it shows the map of the unified korean peninsula, with some islands that japan claims as well. so we had some complaints made from the japanese government about it as well. not all in all, this is a very historic and symbolic summit between the leaders of the two careers. south korean president moonjae—in and north korean leader kimjong—un. the progress has been very, very rapid. 0nly the progress has been very, very rapid. only at the beginning of the year, we heard north ‘that f “k; vkimjung ,,.., ,.,, ’ “$51; 7 kimjung ,,,. the, f ’ studies ‘ the convoy the 1221‘s; let“; us. 7 to the bridge behind us. we have some opinions being split of what thos

from what we are hearing at the blue house is that is not something that will completely be put on thele, what they will be put on the table, what they will be offering key kimjong—un be put on the table, what they will be offering key kim jong—un as an incentive to give up his nuclear weapons. they are looking for a way to reward him for denuclearisation and thinka to reward him for denuclearisation and think a peace treaty might be the way to do it. an important thing to note is that i mentioned the us would have two sign it, it has to come from the united state. earlier today, president trump while speaking with the japanese prime minister, he said that he would give his blessing to any peace treaty, to any end of tension between north and south korea. so if it comes to it, it seems like they have the blessing of president trump, but the emphasis coming from here in seoul is that this is a long—term plan, a process and not something that will be on the table immediately and that north korea have to give up its nuclear weapons for this to happen. us media is reporting that the cia di

the full version if you come to the group can join immediately responded i would love to go to blue house whenever you invited me so that really shows north korea wants to continue this high level you engage humans with korea continuing to open up to not only with its south korea but also potentially to village other countries in this region i think kim jong un has shown a willingness to gradually transform north korea into a normal member of international community and also another interesting moment during the summit meeting when it was when kim jong un was talking about inviting the south korean president to north korea he joked. he would be embarrassed because of the poor road conditions in north korea asking about another city no north korea wants to focus on economic development from now on and would welcome international you and. cooperation in trade and economic development i think that's important signal that we the international community should seize upon these opportunity to encourage a north korea to further the brown eyes and further open up i think china would feel very enc

south korea's presidential blue house has been in a briefing on the historic meeting between monday and the north korean leader kim jong un on friday we're told that kim jong un told monday and during that meeting that north korea intends to shut down a nuclear test facility and invite u.s. and south korean experts and journalists to inspect it last weekend ahead of the summit north korea announced that it would stop nuclear and missile tests and shut down and nuclear test facility in the declaration that was signed between monday and kim jong un there was a broad reference to complete the nuclearization of the korean peninsula but no specific reference to steps that north korea would take in order to dismantle its nuclear program now this is piers to be a new concession from north korea ahead of the meeting that is expected between the u.s. president donald trump and kim jong un in addition to north korea says it will also be changing its time zone back in twenty fifteen it changed its time by half an hour because it said that its original time was imposed by japanese imperialists duri

un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue house it's part of a series of meetings designed to canvass the views of south korean community leaders and he told the group that the intercalary and summit must set the scene for a successful summit between the united states and north korea and that it must pave the way for denuclearization of the korean peninsula but many analysts have pointed out that historically north korea has taken a different view of what denuclearization might mean when compared to the interpretation in the united states or in south korea north korea for example might want it to can include the complete removal of u.s. troops from the korean peninsula but president moon has said he does not believe there is a. in the definition he told the group that north korea has expressed a willingness to completely denuclearize and he said that it has not proposed any conditions that the u.s. would find it difficult to accept but he did seem to play down any hopes of major concrete agreements being reached at the summit next

console really about presidential power and what a president can get up to when they're in the blue house. absolutely this has been the biggest corruption scandal to sweep the nation but it is far from unique in fact every former president of south korea since the one nine hundred eighty s. has faced some kind of corruption scandal either directly or because of allegations against their family members and when you speak to south koreans particularly elderly south koreans i think when this country was facing economic hardship there was a bit of an acceptance that maybe not everything was always above board when presidential decisions were made in order to improve the economy and for the good of the country but now south korea is in a very different position the economy is doing much better and there is more of a public expectation that people in power both in the corporate world and in the political word world should do the right thing and that's what we saw with that people power movement protesting against this corruption scandal involving cochran hay and now the current liberal presiden

well this is coming right now from the south korean presidential blue house the office of president mungy in that has been briefing journalists following that historic meeting between president monday and the north korean leader kim jong un on friday and in that briefing we are told that kim jong un told monday in that he intends to close the north korean nuclear test facility and invite experts from the u.s. and south korea as well as journalists to inspect it he seemed to refer to the speculation that some experts had been saying that perhaps after six nuclear tests the most recent one being the most powerful in north korea said it was a hydrogen bomb that perhaps the nuclear test facility had been compromised that north korea would not be able to conduct any more nuclear tests anyway but apparently what kim jong un said was that there are two more tunnels that the international community was unaware of and that's something that they would see if they came next month as invited to inspect the nuclear test facility of course the two leaders signed a declaration on friday and there was a

can now call each other directly thanks to a newly installed hotline south korea's presidential blue house in north korea's state affairs commission test of the hotline for four minutes it's in preparation for expected talks between south korean leader when j. and a north korea's kim jong un ahead of next week's summit. in the asian fishermen have rescued a boat load of a hinge of muslim refugees thousands of kilometers from their homeland the group of about one hundred was brought ashore in a chip province it's unclear how long they've been at sea that they were reportedly weak and also moammar rushed about seven hundred thousand ranger have fled me in mars' rakhine state mainly by land since the military crackdown started in august well flooding has hit refugee camps in bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of range are still sheltering daphne cook from save the children says work is continuing to ensure the refugees are kept dry and safe. we've been strengthening hillsides with sandbags and with stairs to make sure that people can still access critical services when the rain stops we'v

is seen to be used from the blue house. that certainly had been the promise of the current liberal president and when he came to power on the back of that show of people power in the candlelight protest he promised to stamp out the corruption that has really been in demick in the south korean presidency for decades all of the south korean presidents two former presidents that is who were in power since the one nine hundred eighty s. have faced some kind of corruption scandal either personally or because they were brought into it with association with their families so with harken hey it really seemed to be a turning point with people coming out saying enough is enough we do not want to continue to see this level of corruption at the in the office of the presidency so what. and his party is trying to do now is as you say reform the constitution to try to take some of the power out of the hands of the president so among the things that monday and has proposed is changing the presidential term limits and that is among the prop

sends his sister she gets invited to the blue's house and invites him to the summit. sit down in a room and says i want to meet with president trump and deliver the mess annual to him. which they do. accepteds it to the cia director to begin to understand what the talks are about. he is sincere and tells them he will remove the requirement the precondition of 28,000 troops don't have to leave. tells them we know i will release the prisoners and makes a bomshell announcement about shutting down ballistic tests and clezing a nuclear sight. we have never trust third degree regime had is move nothing a positive direction. sigh are getting more positive. we could be autocusp of the most significant diplomatic achievement since the marshall plan post world war ii. we gotta get in. tell take months to happen. we have to verify and see all the sights. if he will do it we want mile stones and see a plan and check it every bit of the way. >> the japanese prime minister has been with president trump and now talking about this saying with crucialow tell lead to the verifiable and

officials can now call each other directly thanks to a new installed hotline south korea's presidential blue house and north korea's state affairs commission tested the hotline for four minutes in preparation for expats to talk to and south korean media and in north korea's kim jong un next week that has been a twist in the trial of two mean larger unless you've been covering the range of crisis but the policeman telling the court they were lured into a trap while on a and choice so all of the reuters news agency are accused of violating a state secrets law by acquiring official documents the policeman who was appearing as a prosecution witness alleged one of his senior officers had ordered colleagues to hand over the documents to entrap to journalists. so normally you know we're very surprised the truth has been revealed in this way we thought from the beginning this case was a set up but we didn't expect the police would testify like we have this testimony will be a very strong support for the defendants case. german capital berlin is slowly getting back to normal after the discovery of world wa

geography question for you james as you are very clearly describing that concrete line and there's blue houses on each side can you tell us what those houses are that our viewers are saying. there are a number of different hearts temporary heart soul that have been there for a long time to walk between the two of the blue hearts there are actually some white hearts as well all of these heart straddle the demarcation line the white ones actually controlled by the north koreans the blue ones. the south koreans and inside those hearts at least one of them has a table with the table having one side on the north korean side one side on the south korean side so in the past to try and resolve conflicts and difficulties both sides have had meetings in these hearts as a say he's not going to go into the hearts this time what we're going to see the historic moment the moment of the crossing and then the handshake will be between two of these blue hearts ok and again this really a lot of what is happening here can be seen as a sort of a set up if you will for what's going to be happening with the meeting

un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue house it's part of a series of meetings designed to canvass the views of south korean community leaders and he told the group that the intercalary and summit must set the scene for a successful summit between the united states and north korea and that it must pave the way for denuclearization of the korean peninsula but many analysts have pointed out that historically north korea has taken a different view of what denuclearization might mean when compared to the interpretation in the united states or in south korea north korea for example might want it to can include the complete removal of u.s. troops from the korean peninsula but president moon has said he does not believe there is a difference in the definition he told the group that north korea has expressed a willingness to completely denuclearize and he said that it has not proposed any conditions that the u.s. would find it difficult to accept but he did seem to play down any hopes of major concrete agreements being reached at the su

least the official statements that are coming out of south korea and china, i'll read you what the blue houses saying within the last couple hours. quote, we welcome north korea's decision to discard its nuclear test site and suspend its launch tests of mid range missiles. in beijing, they say the announcement is conducive to the denuclearization of the peninsula. sustainable peace are in the interests of people on the peninsula and region and is expected of the international community. over in japan, also some cautious optimism, although i would say they are a bit more skeptical than others in the region. of course japan has been very hawkish aligning itself closely with the trump administration he'd previous stance and sort of blindsided when president trump so quickly agreed to a summit with kim jung-un. >> we'll have more about japan's response in a moment. but i also want to ask you, we are hearing there could be some developments on the americans who are currently detained in north korea. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we've been hearing that the swedish embassy in pyongyang which s

we had this from the summit itself in the blue house, more details on what exactly was decided at that summit on sunday. and they said that kim jong-un was wanting to make sure that the hostile policy as they call it of the u.s. changed, that there was no aggression, there was an end to the war. now of course the north and south korea leaders said they have agreed to end the war at some point this year. but appreciating you have to have the u.s. and china involved as well as they were the sigtaries to the original armistice in 1953. so he has said a few things what he he would like in return for giving up nuclear weapons program. but i don't think anyone's under any illusions that is all he will be asking for. it's assumed that further down the line once these negotiations continue, there will be more demands from north korea. but he has said that he will shut down the nuclear test site in may. now, we don't have an exact date, but may starts tomorrow. so that's a fairly quick time tail. he'll invite experts and journalists to watch for true transparency. and so we are getting more det

interesting meeting friday when the north korean leader meets the south korean leader moon jae-in at the blue house. they will talk about the willingness to the denuclearization and if they sea it -- if they see it as the same as they do. it will be really the devil in the detail. we are hearing more about the detail of the summit on friday. the south korean press will be able to go into the north to be able to film the north korean leader crossing the border to the south. >> paula hancocks, thank you. >>> french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor merkel will be in washington this week to press on the iran nuclear deal. macron arrives for the first state visit of the trump presidency. macron and donald trump share a bond as political mavericks. >> we have a special relationship because we are mavericks of the system on both sides. i think president trump's election was an unexpected one in the country. and probably my election wasn't expected in my country. we are not part of the common political system. >> trump will host macron for three days. including dinner at mt. vernon, george w

according to the blue house here in seoul, whatever they said, it is, as they say, enshrined in that declaration. we will wait and see. there have been other times when leaders made similar commitments. this is different because of when it comes, how it comes, and they are both together in public talking about it. we will see whether it plays out in the way the allies want. the south koreans, the u.s. and all the allies. we were told there will be no letup in sanctions until the world sees verifiable dismantling of the facilities, program, and current weapons. alisyn? >> christiane, just quickly, among the legions of amanpour fans, how are people reacting to this news? >> reporter: incredibly well. we're in seoul. there are public lights that keep going off. they put up chairs and screens and amount of media and people have been stopping by and looking. they have had a huge support for this process. south korea is right in the direct line of fire. intercontinental miss ballistic missiles. there are those who suffered deeply, whose families who escaped or defected from horrendous cond

right now, i assume the white house has been briefed by the blue house in seoul about these meetings. they know more than we do. we'll probably know more in the coming days. for us it's light in details. taking all of the promises on paper and putting them in action on the ground that,'s a challenge, heavy lifting to be done there. these countries have been separated by an armies advertise for -- armies advertise for 75 years. it's an aspiration, i support. that and the denuclearization issue, what does north korea mean by that. there are a lot of us working on north korea for many years, have been through the failed agreements in the past that are concerned about north korea isn't really willing to completely denuclearize. they have a different definition than we do. we're going to need to know more and there's a lot of work to be done. although, so color me cautiously optimistic but deeply skeptical of intentions. >> neil: we have seen progress the likes of which we have not seen in decades, to your point, the concern seems to be what would make president trump get away from the tab

. >> well, just a few minutes from now south korea's president moon is expected to leave the blue housein the drive here to the demilitarized zone where he will cross the unification bridge just behind me and head to pan minute jom, kim jong-un and president moon shaking hands and meeting face-to-face for the first time, kim jong-un crossing the military demarcation line, the first time a north korean leader has set foot on the south side of the dmz. he'll wau to the peace house and they'll begin those negotiations. while there will be a lot of photo opes the big question is whether the discussions will lead to the kind of change that needs to happen for the united states to be willing to engage further with north korea. they're going to talk about the definition of denuclearization. what does it mean to north korea, what does it mean to south korea and the u.s.? we know there are two very different views. north korea doesn't want to give up their nuclear weapons, they haven't said they are willing to do so even though they have said they'll freeze nuclear testing for the time being and

and what we've heard from the blue house is the reason they think it hasn't worked in the past is becauseashington wasn't behind it. president moon has brought president trump along with him when it comes to this. what we saw friday was truly remarkable in an optics way. the fact that these two leaders who had never met before seemed to be getting on so well. that there was such congeniality between the leaders two of countries which are still effectively at war. so it's -- it was an interesting view for many south koreans to see it. i think some i've spoken to said it was tricky to reconcile the kim jong-un that they saw on you from with the one they had been reading and hearing about for years. it was a matter of months ago that tensions were incredibly high on the peninsula. that there were threats of war, personal insults between donald trump and kim jong-un. i think there's a certain amount of relief here in south korea, as well, that we are way beyond where we were at that point. there have been small pockets of protests this saturday. a group of hundreds of defectors saying that ye

we know that south korean president is back here in seoul at the blue house right now.alking with president trump first over the phone and then flying to washington to brief the president about what he learned during the hours he spent with kim jong-un. we don't know what happened behind closed doors. we saw a side of the north korean leader we have never seen before. >> a charm offensive for the hift bo history books. kim jong-un, the first leader to set foot in the south. going off script urging him to cross the demarcation line onto his turf. kim writing his own rules with a bold message in the peace house guest wook. a new history begins now. each carefully kphoto op designd to have a wuding roman. it seemed to go so well you can forget 12 months ago north korea threatened to turn seoul into a sea of fire. rolling away in a black mercedes flanked by his elite security detail, his strong manmade an abrupt u turn, even cracking jokes oobt his country's lack of infrastructure. our roads are uncomfortable kim said. i know it because i just came down here. a dig on the s

also saying that according to the blue house, kim jong-un said he doesn't need nuclear weapons if there end to the korean war and official end. if there is no aggression from the united states, and if he is able to talk to the united states and have frequent discussions with them. and also we know from what the united states wants, they want this denuclearization in any shape or form. it has to be the irreversible complete verifiable denuclearization, we're hearing from u.s. officials, actions speak louder than words. also, there are still three americans detained in north korea, so clearly that is going to be a priority to get them back. >> paula hancock in seoul for us, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in max boot, you are a skeptic to say the least on this, that what we hear overand ovover and over again is irreversible. you said kim jong-un getting rid of nooks is like suicide, he's never going to do it so don't buy into the hype. >> this is a young leader, you don't know what to expect and you do have very unpredictable leaders in both the united states and north korea. so who

un next friday he has been speaking with executives of local media outlets at the presidential blue house it's part of a series of meetings designed to canvass the views of south korean community leaders and he told the group that the intercalary and summit must set the scene for a successful summit between the united states and north korea and that it must pave the way for denuclearization of the korean peninsula but many analysts have pointed out that historically north korea has taken a different view of what denuclearization might mean when compared to the interpretation in the united states or in south korea north korea for example might want it to can include the complete removal of u.s. troops from the korean peninsula but president moon has said he does not believe there is a difference in the definition he told the group that north korea has expressed a willingness to completely denuclearize and he said that it has not proposed any conditions that the u.s. would find it difficult to accept but he did seem to play down any hopes of major concrete agreements being reached at the su