as eurasia and as a mighty superpower china has been developing into a huge economic powerhouse with this belt of the road so if belton road is about cementing chinese power globally how does that seek to do it practically the answer is superficially at least trade my she said. asked us to imagine belton road as quote nine arrows crisscrossing eurasia the landmass comprising europe and asia stretching from lisbon to shanghai and all directions six economic corridor wars on land and three sea routes whose final goal is to create a new global economy and place china at its center my well they're going to me they're going to incorporate the you right so that means a ghost just one seventeen trillion dollar trading block to eurasia the trading block or us sixty percent of global g.d.p. is called forty trillion dollars and the u.k. is where the decision to take themselves out of that grid and to be to do it alone by themselves in the middle of the ocean west no talent anymore it's all been lost all left banking centers leaving and they're going to just be like picked on by the big guys an

china from beijing all the way to paris we could have one landmass right here is a headline about eurasia rising the road to superpower so bruno. his new book is a masterful overview of china's belton road project and the disturbing portrait of things to come the book is titled bella and wrote a chinese world order so he says the belton road is a phrase often heard but rarely understood understand that we must because if it succeeds and it may not certainly in its entirety at least it will be a once in a century geo political initiative is nothing less than a network of chinese dominated trade routes designed to smother eurasia in this book belton wrote a chinese world order the author proposes that this belton road is china's plan for a superpower of them and this is basically creating eurasia twenty first century stuff . whereas britain is still fighting the polio wars that the scuttlebutt in westminster this week is for trying the heroes of bragg's michael. boris johnson as players from the frontrunner aleutian and that they're looking for who will be napoleon to save them in it's own

we spoke a short time ago to ian bremmer he's president and founder of the eurasia group and we asked him about the fallout of the widening rift between the european union and the united states. the fallout is that the europeans are increasingly acting in a transactional way that if they want to work with the americans want to work with them they're going to have to get something in return if they don't then they don't so i mean it's not the trust the common values the common strategy that of course was present when the transatlantic relationship came together after world war two is really gone now and i think that what you see on display at this munich security council is a feeling of human failure both collectively in being able to respond to global challenges like climate and cyber and unwinding geopolitical order but also a very deep fragmentation of the transatlantic order you mentioned iran and russia are clearly the i.n.f. treaty clearly u.s. withdrawal from syria from afghanistan trade issues i mean pretty much everything that vice president pence was talking about and go amer

that was ian bremmer president and founder of the eurasia group speaking to w earlier today now u.s. president donald trump has threatened to release captured fighters from the so-called islamic state if europe does not take them in this comes after trump's shock december announcement that the militant group had been defeated and that u.s. troops would be withdrawn from syria in a tweet to trump called on britain france germany and others to quote take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria and put them on trial he said the alternative is quote not a good one in that we would be forced to release them. pope francis has expelled former u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick from the priesthood the move came after vatican officials found him guilty of sexual abuse against adults and minors mccarrick is the highest ranking catholic cleric to receive this sanction in modern times the announcement was made just days before the pope post a church summit on preventing child abuse. the punishment handed down to this american cleric is unprecedented the former archbishop of

and that was ian bremmer president and founder of the eurasia group speaking to d.w. earlier today. now u.s. president donald trump has threatened to release captured fighters from the so-called islamic state if europe does not take them in this comes after trump's shock december announcement that the militant group had been defeated and that he was troops would be withdrawn from syria in a tweet called on britain france germany and others to quote take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria put them on trial he said the alternative is quote not a good one and that we would be forced to release them. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world. japanese prime minister shinzo amin nominated u.s. president donald trump for the nobel peace prize last autumn only after receiving a request from the u.s. government that's according to the asahi newspaper the record followed trump's claim on friday that he had nominated him for his efforts to ease tensions with north korea. saudi crown prince mohammed bin saul mon has beg

let's get back to meredith sumpter from eurasia group. what would be a surprise tonight from the state of the union? meredith: i do not think we will see many surprises, but we will see a president making the case he will broker through new benefits for the american people and the american economy. the key here, even with his domestic priorities, he might mention immigration. we suspect he will focus on health care and lowering prescription cost, and infrastructure may feature as well. we at eurasia group are lowering our forecast for the prospects of something like infrastructure, which has broad bipartisan support, getting through this year to just 30%. even though the president backs it, there are many others who back it but we have a toxic the lyrical environment in washington that will make any agenda items -- political environment in washington that will make any agenda items difficult. well the government performed to its potential under this president? performthe government to its potential under this president? we see the risks c

defense order on eurasia so very easy if feeling under and siker moment from russia and china from the honor of count basie and no. confirmation but the united states. continue to spend more and more in new technologies and. in the me sides appear i wanted to ask you on this because you're right you raise a good point of law to me putin says that he doesn't want to start an arms race but i think your leading to it now why did the united states pull out of the i n f in the first place. i think there are different reasons they pull out of the ins because they or so. would you like this isn't it might you put izzy's one of us here now you want to negotiate a new treaty. at your asian lever including china because china didn't sign any treaty in peace matar and of yeah mccance feeder fret and buy a. new chinese myside so we would like to include china but or saul v.c. spot over joke or take our strategy of united states they they are idea which is to. put above or sovereignty before into a shallow and they went with top down three high and two different their interest and keep us and best

just one of their arm twisting and strong arm tactics well rasmussen executive vice president of the eurasia center thanks for joining us good to get your take today thank you. on that day's other headlines for the south from the team and myself thanks for staying with us join us again five am local time for the latest global news up. country has gone into a nihilistic fever that's why i think they've got it hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america take them to charlotte is the genius of this place especially the american era this is it we've come to a point around which element is gone so we always are on the margins something. called the culture. we're starting last with. will begin to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly that the i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more gondo than that it may be completely different but the end of this. twenty forty you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is

todd mariano with this with eurasia group.f the communist experiment in southeast asia. withapita gdp, down here the growth of south korea and the united states, dominant countries from 1990, and then we have the communist model. vietnam up here with growth, much like china, cambodia, and laos with a little growth, as well. what is the character of the "communist leader" that this president is meeting with? todd: i think what he is attempting to do, ideally, is mimic that experience, and engage in a hybrid model of economic development, where they do not have to give up the political structures or the control over the economy, but they try to harness the economic growth. of course, he is starting from a very different spot than vietnam and china started from. tom: very good. we will have to leave it there because we have to go to the green for an important conversation. thank you for your perspective on the hotel and annoying -- in hanoi. francine? francine: let's get back to brexit, back here at westminster. with us is the u.

by china and it's held to stabilize the situation in eurasia it's an illustrative example of the role model for how we can cooperate in the economy but we also work hard. to improve for all the ours to egypt privileged partnership with n.g.o.s who continue to extend ties konami cooperation with egypt and with we are ready to work mutually acceptable even though the goal conditions since he signed the peace treaty. with the association of south east asia. i see are as it's now we hold that the european union. action is going to be to restore north. political trade ties are with russia the citizens of the e.u. are interested in such cooperation it will benefit them including a medium sized big corporations over all the business community over the past would benefit from shared interests. but he's got one of the key concerns of the russian and u.s. ties is the unilateral withdrawal from the i have treaty. that i have been forced but i have to speak about that greater detail. it was signed in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven and there have been drastic changes around the world many

could be used as a political tool by russia we spoke with earlier and executive vice president of the eurasia center who says the u.s. is regrettably alienating its european partners with its stance on this energy project. mr kirk has been a very strong supporter of north korea all along and this is about energy security energy supply policy in europe not in the united states in europe and by ellen g. from the u.s. manufacturing will be will lose their competitiveness and it's going to impact the rest of the economic situation across not just an author but across europe what the u.s. actually doing is that pushing away their own allies they're basically destroying the partnership that we have with the e.u. and it's not just nordstrom's to i mean there are there are differences across on trade policy as well as the iran nuclear deal that way and just the whole backing out of international agreement there are some of our top stories for this thursday here broadcast live on the program for the international news coming your way at the top of the hour with my colleague andrew. after the previous

rasmussen the executive vice president of the eurasia center says the us is sadly alienating its european partners with its firm stance on this project. mr kirk has been a very strong supporter of north korea all along and this is about energy security energy supply policy in europe not in the united states in europe and to buy elegy from the u.s. is you're going to increase not just the price for energy about thirty percent but you're going to then cause manufacturing will be a loser competitiveness and it's going to impact the rest of the economic situation across not just in austria but across europe what the u.s. is actually doing is it pushing away their own allies it basically destroying the partnerships that we have with the and it's not just nordstrom too i mean there's there's differences across on trade policy as well as the iran nuclear deal the j. scipio a and just the whole backing out of international agreement. a huge fire that engulfed a residential block and the bangladeshi capital has killed seventy people fifty one hospitalized some in critical condition and if i saw th

now earlier in the executive vice president of the eurasia center has said that the u.s. is a it's european partners with its stance on the project. mr kurtz was. a very strong supporter of north korea all along. this is about energy security energy supply policy in europe not in the united states in europe by ellen g. from the u.s. you're going to increase not just the price for energy about thirty percent but you go then cause the manufacturing will be lose their competitiveness and it's going to impact the rest of the economic situation across much of the north korea but across europe what the u.s. actually doing is that pushing away their own allies they're basically destroying the partnership that we have with the you and it's not just nordstrom through i mean there are there are different sort of across one trade policy as well as the iran nuclear deal to do to pioli and just the whole backing out of international agreement. now a statue in the u.s. based on a landmark photograph commemorating the end of world war two seems to afford him file of the meeting movement

guests include the eurasia president.teresting to get his take on a number of things, including what is happening with the china story on the trade front, but increasingly the tension that exists between europe and the united states, with the europeans today heading back, saying -- hitting back, saying we will hit back if the auto sector is tariffed. we will take a look at that, coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. on the brief today, kevin cirilli from the white house as we wait for the president's meeting with the china premier. and new york state may charge paul manafort in the event that donald trump pardons him. and from london, the tale of delays for brexit. kevin, you're in the center of the universe for the afternoon, everybody will be watching. presidentctly, the will be meeting with the chinese vice premier to conclude the ninth round of trade negotiation

vonnie: meredith, we are out of time, eurasia group head of research strategy and operations.hanks. walmart shares are higher after reports of strong quarter. this is bloomberg. ♪ oomberg. ♪ i'mie: live from new york, vonnie quinn. guy: this is bloomberg markets. vonnie: the world's biggest retailer walmart reported its best holiday quarter in at least a decade. emma is here with more. that is quite to the jump. 5.3%. emma: shares trading over $100 a share for the first time in a while as well. this is down to that same store sales. they beat by a full percentage point. you can see how they have an 18th consecutive quarter of positive same-store sales and was fueled by walmart's push into the two-way market. they boosted their offerings by some 40%. if you look at the bottom panel, that is u.s. retail sales. last week we got the disappointing number that showed retail sales had fallen compared with november then anything investors are liking what they hear from walmart because that is the opposite of what the data showed us than there were people starting to question that data

lessons learned from singapore and what to expect with the eurasia group founder, that is coming up next is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power." i'm david westin. president trump is meeting again with the kim jong-un next week as part of his efforts to denuclearize the nation. r, welcome now ian bremme someone who knows his way around world summits. start with a summit. we are going to have a second summit, we had one in singapore, what have we accomplished since then? ian: the north koreans have accomplished a lot. their leader was not meeting with anybody from outside the country, now he is traveling, there is diplomacy. and we see the best relationship between north korea and south korea postwar. that means that they are doing lots of cultural exchanges, economic exchanges, they are talking about building infrastructure, a railway line that connect them, even the japanese at the foreign minister level -- the tensions around and north korea are lower as a consequence. and donald trump himself has had a summit. no question, the north koreans have continued to not test nukes a

the company said it never received complete approval to take a stake in eurasia drilling.ways to drill for oil in russia. the largest jewelry makers predicting the climbing sales. pandora plans to counter that by launching a program to ignite interest in its brand. the company dropped its target. pandora is suffering through a pronounced slowdown in retail. there is a sign that demand for super bowl ads may be peaking. million for ads during the game. nbc got 408 million last year. the audience was slightly over 98 million, the lowest since 2008. that is the business flash. nejra: thank you. bp shares extending gains in london, the most since 2016, a positive surprise by exceeding estimates. new projects delivered an increase in oil and gas output and more efficiency in refineries helped offset a slump in crude. opec's efforts helped stabilize prices. >> it looks to me that the opec plus countries is making a difference. they announced reductions when the waivers for iran sanctions were granted. are onlyuctions kicking in in the first quarter. when you combine that discipl

. >> martha: fox news contributor mark hanna, fellow at the eurasia group foundation, good to see you both tonight. i don't know what john brennan said that we don't already know. that's what he has walking in but at least there is an effort to try to open that door towards denuclearization. >> realistically, this has been a talking point in the foreign policy establishment for several decades. no denuclearization, no peace, we must insist on verifiable, denuclearization on korean peninsula -- that's not realistic. that's not to say i wish president trump ill in achieving it but even president trump has said that's probably not going to happen this time around. there are neoconservatives who will be prodding this president to put a stranglehold on kim then threatened military intervention but we put out a report that found the american people are very reluctant to want to use military intervention generally come a much more reluctant than the foreign policy elite. they don't see this nuclear threat as existential as some in the foreign policy community might want us to. >> martha: you

want to bring in ian bremer, the founder and president of the eurasia group and author of "us versuse failure of globalism." the president speaking about u.s. troop presence in syria. he also said loosely that he wants to put troops that he might put more u.s. troops in iraq to counter iran. you think he's just speaking loosely. >> he's not talking about anything that would be a military strike against iran. he's not happy with the fact the iranians continue to engage in ballistic missile development, support for hezbollah and other organizations we consider to be terrorists in the region. but the fact is the u.s. military has done about as much as the u.s. military can do against isis on the ground in syria and iraq. that does not mean that we have destroyed and defeated isis. or terrorism in these countries. but as you see, you know, the american presumption, whether or not it's trump or previous presidents is the way you fight terrorism is almost exclusively militarily. and in terms of real policy. and you look at iraq right now, mosul, where everyone that is thought to be not onl

if he was successful in doing this, the united states, the west and eurasia would have been combined, have been joining forces in an economic and diplomatic and political endeavor that really would have completely changed the world. >> so chevron-you'll sell yukos to chevron. fantastic. >> chevron. >> brown: it's a tale of two ambitious and flawed men. khodorkovsky attained his riches and built an empire through a rigged auction and sometimes thuggish means, before later turning to reformist politics, putin, in the play, is ruthless, and in real life many of his political enemies have ended up dead. but here, he's also a bit of a card, and at times, speaks directly to the audience. >> well, he rose to become the owner of yukos oil and the richest man in the history of russia by employing more cunning, corruption and deceit. those are incontrovertible facts for those of us in the audience who like our incontrovertible facts. >> it's gotten stranger and stranger and he is moving closer and closer to the foreground of our political discussions here. >> brown: christopher geary plays puti

i also have to add that i am no longer with the eurasia group. >> thank you very much for your update and thanks for joining us even though you're not with them i wanted to get to a point that you are white house reporter, eamon javers, was making just a short time ago and that is that he didn't think there was really any hope for bipartisanship given the 2020 election is around the corner and that the dems are not looking to give president trump any sort of win. i wanted to know what your take of that was in the context of infrastructure and drug pricing. because those seem like issues that could be construed as a win for either side. >> i tend to favor eamon's view of this, as dark as it is, in large part because the work that they have to do this year on capitol hill is fiscal, and it starts in ten days it continues into debt limit, as you all have been talking about in the spring, and then it goes into the back end of the beginning of the fiscal year october 1. the history for the past ten years has not been constructive, certainly not optimistic when it comes to those negotiation

were always pursuing in world war ii, a ridiculous strategy of global domination, empire building in eurasia, the transfer of whole populations of racism on a scale that is never been seen before. it was a vision for total domination of the globe, which led to total resistance. from virtually all productive powers of the globe. that is what i mean. by definition, innovations on the battlefield are only going to take you as far as her -- your strategy will permit you to go. >> in the center? >> thank you. so much of what we talk about with this topic on learning to lead is all so european centric, with the 20th century and the first decade of between first century and all the lessons we have learned from world war i to world war ii. you talk about how leaders from each previous conflict learn from others. where we're at today, where the world is not revolving around europe nearly as much, are those lessons that were learned on the european theater relevant anymore to what we have to deal with today? if not, why? and if so, what are those lessons that we need to have our leaders learned? >> ho

at the state department where he was a assistant secretary of state for human rights on europe and eurasia. he now works as a human rights advocate in the nonprofit sector where he has knowledge of the magnitsky law and works to mobilize the humidity around the world in magnitsky sections and to my far left we have doctor courtney radsch, director of advocacy and in addition to working to ensure justice for jamaal khashoggi will be hearing about later, she also advocates for the safety and freedom harassment improvement act of hundreds of journalists around the world, many of whom are working on developing countries where the principle of freedom of the press is oftentimes disregarded by corrupt actors and autocratic governments. thank you all for joining us. >> many of you here today are familiar with the case of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, assassinated by government agents. we will talk about that case and new developments related to it and its implications for broader press freedom but first, i thought it would be a good idea if we all caught a little bit of the history about this

coming up on "balance of power" eurasia group president.to auto with your bloomberg business flash. the u.s. ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes seems to be a temporary setback for jewel. the mostny behind popular e-cigarette device is forecasting a revenue of $3.4 billion for 2019, almost triple what schools generated last year. the world's second largest gold producer is considering whether to buy a rival. is based in -- newmont is based in colorado. they almost merged in 2019 before talks broke down. the european union says there could be a trade deal with the u.s. before the end of the year. keep president trump imposing tariffs on cars made in europe. that is your bloomberg business flash. bmw one best and ever $1 billion to extend their joint car sharing operations, part of the move to take on uber and lyft. bute are very successful mobility is a question of scale as well. combining the activities which we have grown up to 60 billion customers to one platform is of great value, which is reflecting our stock value. billion euros a

investment are, indeed, and the export controls deduced across border investment to cite our friends at eurasia group. i'll let scott go first once we settle and looks like we're settling on b. okay, scott. >> i'm probably -- i'd probably put myself in camp "c." i don't know if the climate analogy is the right one to use. i would say -- i'd divide this into a conversation about where technology is going and where technology policy is going. i think they're going in different directions. with technology, i think we're seeing more realism this year. i think last year, previous year, lots of hype. amazing amounts of advertising for new technologies, what the chinese have cooked up or are cooking up, but i think we'll see, for example, with autonomous vehicles, more realism about the difficulty of actually deploying it anywhere. in biotech, some of the anxieties around gene editing, et cetera. i think those are positive things that we slow down a little bit in some ways. i think there will be more realism about what china's really capable of on the civilian side. it's a much more mixed picture than

the eurasia group latin america director and still with us in new york is rusk ostrich erich of blackkostsing country switching over. is that putting pressure on the military? >> it is putting a sense of inevitability in terms of nicolas maduro's ability to survive. the military is sticking with maduro for now but the fact that europe and the u.s. are all blacking -- are all backing juan guaido, that does factor into the military calculation. david: it is interesting you say starting to have economic consequences. my estimation is the economic consequences have been pretty dire. what is happening on the ground? risa: the u.s. sanctions were very aggressive. it is an oil import ban. that will hit very hard. even though those are primary sanctions, companies upstream, midstream, and downstream are canceling contracts because they have exposure to the u.s. and do not want to risk it for venezuela. that will have a real impact. we also see the bank of england blocked the governments access to their gold. recognition of juan guaido is starting to have a ripple effect in terms of the government

congressman where he was a deputy assistant secretary of state for human rights focusing on europe and eurasia. he now works human rate-rights advocate in the nonprofit sector. he works to mobilize the community around the world and western governments about the effective use of sanctions. to my far left we have dr. courtney reddish. she is the rector of advocacy at the committee to protect journalists were in addition to working to ensure justice for khashoggi will hear about later, she advocates for the safety and freedom from harassment, prisma and, torture and murder of hundreds of journals run the world many who are working in developing countries for the freedom of the press which is often times disregarded. thank you all for joining us. many of you here today are familiar with the case of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. a washington post, last who was assassinated in the study consulate in october by saudi government agents. will be talking about that case, recent new development from friday related to it and its a vocation for bob-broader press freedom. i thought it would be good ide

ian bremmeril from of eurasia group. he says it is a setback that the talks ended early, but there is progress to build upon. : thank you very much bring in now and veteran of international diplomatic .egotiations mr. ambassador, great to have you with us. let's discuss what happened or what came out of this second summit. we know the north korean leader just got another photo op. it was a great public relations victory for the north korean leader. what does president trump get out of this? >> i think president trump demonstrated he was willing to draw a line in terms of what he was able to or willing to provide north koreans in terms of sanctions relief. we do not know the exact details. it could take a while, we may never know all the details, but it seems to me the north koreans were asking for very substantial if not full elimination of the sanctions, in return for which they were going to make some kind of commitment on denuclearization, but clearly, in the eyes of the president of the united states and his team, wh

polling by the eurasia group foundation and polling that we for done with the center the national interest shows while we don't have a can't state or marches in the street, of public concern about whether what we are doing in the world is making us safer or other places more stable or secure. i think trump's tapping into that and trump is a symptom rather than a prime mover here. americans are disaffected from these choices and that is growing. >> file add to that quickly. obviously a big difference between now and vietnam is a lot fewer people have skin in the game. once nixon took the draft off that presented a different picture today american public. that being said, there is one study that stands out. two academics did it. there is an interesting correlation between casualties taken in iraq and afghanistan and midwestern counties in several states that flipped from clinton to trump. correlation is not causation, politicallly tight climate with few voters and few voters up for grabs -- may not be true, but you are having an outsized impact even from historically minor amounts of casualt

on that point, pulling that has been done by the eurasia group foundation that just came out today and then pulling that we have done with the center for the national interest i think really shows that while we don't have cap date or marches in the street, there is a lot of public concern about whether what we're doing in the world is making us safer or even making other places more stable or secure. i think trump is tapping into that i think trump is a symptom rather than a prime mover here. i think americans are disaffected from these choices i think that's growing. elijah that quickly obviously a big difference between now and vietnam is far fewer people have skin in the game. once nixon took the draft off the table, suddenly it's a very different discussion. and an all volunteer force the can been kicked down the road far as pay for the summits of very different picture presented to the american public. one study that stands out, an interesting study is been written about a little bit. as a very and correlation between casualties taken in iraq and afghanistan and in western countie

urijah -- eurasia group u.s. director is with us now.f suggestions about what could be in the speech. will it be negative intel, will this be an opportunity for him to be presidential sounding, or do you think that he will get into the weeds of these partisan issues? >> good to be with you. yes, i do broadly expect the president to be very forward-looking and optimistic. most of his predecessors have taken that opportunity to be that way during the state of the union. i think the president laying out a vision like that for american policy plays an important part in political life here. and businesses, the policy signal from that is often weak. the speech is usually very long on optimism and usually very short on reality. especially on trade, we expect some positive noises continuing the story of the past few months . we are more concerned about how things play out in actual decision-making the rest of the year. todd, a different environment from last year, but one where we will see new pelosi literally looking over his shoulder this time

joining us now, eurasia group foundation mike hannah, which paints a clear picture of the disconnect really does. mark, putin's words come straight out of the cold war. and a lot of warnings that ronald reagan heard in the 1980s, that if he deployed the persian two missiles to western europe it was going to start, obviously, a new arms race. we're seeing very quickly the effects of dismantling the inf treaty and some other treaties. what are the dangers? >> largely i think the american people are disinterested in getting an arms race back on track. the 1980s called and they want their foreign policy back. we have to be careful when we listen to putin's speech. because he is -- you know, he's basically responding to a decision by the trump administration to pull out of this treaty. but as a brookings scholar said he's paying mostly lip service to war mongering. there was more about sewage treatment and his economy imploding. i don't think he has a stomach, let alone the wallet to get involved in an arms race with the u.s. we need to make sure we're not inflating the threat of that act

meredith sumter is head of research for the eurasia group and a north korea expert.irst off, go to the president words. sometimes you have to walk. ultimately, he said it was about the sanctions. what happens next? >> great question. certainly we don't expect that we are going to see a return to this rhetoric or tensions because the president has made clear that despite the summit ending so much relieved that the rapport remains intact and that kim jong un has agreed to continue the moratorium on nuclear and ballistic testing. that ultimately will be marked as positive, but what's concerning, though, is kim jong un's maximalist position, which he was referring to. just how difficult it will be to push him towards substantial negotiations that would result in north korea's denuclearization. >> sandra: meredith, you talk about that report, and hear the president is talking about -- talking very warmly about the relationship with kim jong un. watch. >> i was watching, and a lot of folks have said we have given up. we haven't given up anything. frankly, i think we will e