the two significant observations come from a sushi chef and from dennis rodman. so we have to be very adaptable in looking at the north korea problem set and to make sure that we are working together especially with our allies, for south korea, especially to work on the north korea problem. >> if we had more time, i would want to pursue who is more reliability, the sushi chef whichever or dennis rodman. we'll save that for another conversation. thank you. let's see what you're saying. i think these are from facebook. what do we have, catherine? you're giving trump too much credit for north korea/south korea talks. trump is not that smart. he doesn't need to be smart. i think it begs the question, to be fair to the president, have those bellicose tweets of his caused certain such that they are having dialogue unlike anytime in the recent past? why else all of a sudden are they having conversation unifying their olympic teams and now saying that there will be a meeting between moon and kim? another one. what else do we have? do we really want a unified korea? wow.

terms of diplomatic efforts -- can rex tillerson do it, or vice president pence -- perhaps not dennis rodman -- can it be somebody else? if yous: at one point, recall, the president didn't with kim jongng un. the administration has been all over the place and i don't criticize lightly. in governmenteen so i don't -- not having it and the difficulty of it, i know a lot a difficulties of my work as journalist and author but i've not been in those shoes. inthe same time, again, terms of policy, you cannot carry out diplomacy if there's policy to implement and we just don't know what his mood be tomorrow or next week or next month about meeting. meeting with some north koreans is an option, i would diplomatnd an american with that south american delegation going to p'yongyang a lower levelit's diplomat, just to have eyes and ears there, rather than hear second-hand accounts from people who have been in those meetings, and start from there. high-level officials like the vice president, like the secretary of state, they're too visible. begin something like this, you want to test the waters. things

. >> you have been to north korea several times, so it's basically you, dennis rodman -- >> we're representing our country. >> so what can you tell the rest of us so we can understand the rhetoric that we see from both countries? >> there's the rhetoric and then there's the facts that you know about north korea. the problem is not many people have access to inside north korea. journalists have been there eight times, while we're there, we're followed around by minders, we cannot just wander around without the minders watching us. so every trip over to north korea, we can see something that's never been seen before, a story that's never been seen before, but we're not getting any kind of access to kim jong-un to interview him. but it's a country that's changing pretty quickly. and they were using a great deal of propaganda to be involved now in the olympics in south korea. >> will you go back? >> i would love to go back there, we have to try and get them convinced that it would be fine for me to go back there. i have done so many stories, we had a huge "20/20" hour hour past year. but we'll see

and dennis rodman confirmed this and he met both of them.top with all the miss missiles and everything else. everybody wants peace and nobody wants war. >> both leaders aren't planning on attending the games. kim jong un's sister is leading the north korean delegations. >>> for mens college basketball, it's nearly march madness after all. >> nearly march madness, we would love it if you joined us on ktvu plus mornings on 2 continuing to bring you toad's top stories. we leave you this morning with a shot of time's square in new york. if you have been out there and you want to go to see a show. >> they are like half price, never buy a ticket online. you want to see a broadway show, 50 buck. >> we'll see you on the plus. have a great saturday everyone. >> announcer: home to the 2018 fifa world cup. if you watching fox sports. >> today, a doubleheader featuring two giants of the big east. first, the number one team in the nation, looking to rebound after suffering just their second loss of the season. >> st. john's has done it! they knocked off

dennis rodman has been invited back for another round of so-called basketball diplomacy.ing a message from president trump to north korea's supreme leader, kim jong-un? >> i'm just here to come see some friends and have a good time. >> distracted by the rodman circus, we have no idea a secret handover is happening at the pyongyang airport. american college student otto warmbier is quietly put on a u.s. government plane, a final sad chapter in a story that began a year and a half ago. warmbier came here on a private sight seeing tour. after a night out on the town to celebrate new year's eve, the university of virginia student was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner from the wall of his hotel. for that, he got a 15-year sentence. soon after, mysteriously, he ended up with a brain injury. >> in north korea, otto warmbier has been released. let's go straight to our will ripley. >> this was one of the hardest reports i've ever had to give. i had spoken just weeks earlier with warmbier's parents. at the time, they had no idea about their son's condition. >> but this

we need someone that is able to talk to him, just like i said, dennis rodman, he is not into politicst he can convey the message that we do not want war, we want peace. it is something that he can possibly convey to their president, because the republicans, i don't think they want to do that. host: let me put that point to .icolas there is somebody if president trump cannot ease a leader in terms of diplomatic efforts. ken rex tillerson do it? -- can rex tillerson do it or someone else? guest: at one point if you recall, the president did not rule out meeting with kim jong-un. the administration has been all over the place, and i do not criticize lightly. i have never been in government, so not having any experience in the difficulty, i know about it because of my work as a journalist and author and now with the diplomatic academy, but i have not been in both shoes. at the same time, in terms of policy, you cannot carry out diplomacy if there is no policy to implement. we just don't know what his mood will be tomorrow, next week, or next month about meeting. if meeting with some north