and about the hanoi summit. the future between the u.s., i would say the -- one is the at least hanoi summit very clearly indicated that once their bottom line, the full sized demands. just point. that was one thing, and also clearly meant it lifting sanctions. and second point, some kind of a review is necessary for top down report. top down approach may be a good way to open the channel for dialogue but at the same time he seems to me at that lack of coordination, made at even level mark was quite important. we must think about so if there's a summit between the u.s. is possible, then perhaps preparation and working on agenda setting, it should be much more important than previous summit. if possibility, you know those careers are very beautiful to assist in. and the only person that could decide a policy, and the only person that can tell some issue in nerk is at home. even though there were many willful contests between the u.s. and north korea officers before the summit, we only at the final about how to de

today we drove to the outskirts of hanoi.ountry to the city, marc jacobs, prada, i mean, this is a very young country now. >> tao: oh, very much a young nation. they like to eat, uh, kentucky fried chicken. they like to spend a lot of the time on the internet. the history of our country is a history of a war. we had a thousand years under the chinese, and then we had 80 years under the french, and then the japanese came in, and when the americans left, finally, in 1975 we got involved with cambodia. so, we only have peace since 1989. just in the matter of a few decades the entire population will be those without any war experience, and that's a great thing. >> anthony: and what are we eating today? >> tao: well, we are going to have a bánh cun. >> anthony: and that means? >> tao: rice roll. very thin. >> anthony: like a crepe, uh -- >> tao: yes, it's like a crepe. and inside ground minced pork and wood ear mushroom. >> anthony: ah. >> tao: you dip it in and then you go. >> anthony: mm. oh, that's very good. everything we do i

hanoi, what's on the table and plus with the u.s. in some kind of sanctions on denuclearization pre- >> this is only a question about, do you think inter- agencies in washington are bad. it's not wise. you can go in a nice place like csis. [laughter] there you will end up at an education care. and that is not very pleasant. i do believe, and i agree with victor that the whole negotiation team was discredited in like different compartment team was discredited and now moving back with essential with handling msa, that is bad news and good news and they know the history, they know what u.s. will and will not do in the negotiations, i believe are going to be civil but has to. we don't know how far they can go without angry the leader. to me it's very interesting that there is an north korea and open debate in media. on whether north korea should be negotiating this or rely on more traditional to me this indicates that there is not a complete control that you would expect from the leader but it is critically important for them and for kim

and then instead of giving a bad deal in hanoi then maybe we won't forget that. [laughter] but i do think it is possible that we could do this for some time. he did tell the chinese president he went through the end of the year. so i do think he could help offer on the negotiating table that he used to work in hanoi. i don't think unfortunately they will not agree to a timeline. i do think that is too much. i certainly do not think of that denuclearization stockpile but the calculation could be it is still worth it. and this is obviously with some sanction relief. but i haven't started necessarily getting there because of the trump administration does not but right now we have a bipartisan legislation that under the new sanctions any person or entity doing business with north korea has to approve that. so my point is that there is some momentum so it just depends on how much he wants to have this summit. i do think they do have to resort to plan b and in that second scenario that's a better moratorium for the nuclear test because then they can continue to pressur

in hanoi not having a working level negotiation that we have a very exciting week ahead. [inaudible] if so, before i proceed, let me show you what we are trying to achieve at this critical juncture of history in the korean peninsula. peninsula. i would ask you to recall what happened in 2017, particularly the second half of this year, and also the beginning of 2018. there was a heightened threat of war, not a central thread, but they crafted a nuclear war and a son and both leaders of the united states and north korea of course initiated first saying [inaudible] and donald trump saying i have a bigger one and or powerful. at that moment, particularly those people living in the korean peninsula were frustrated at those remarks by the leaders who treat nuclear weapons just like children's playthings. it formed a consensus among people that never again. enough is enough. we try to deal with the fundamental pressure of how to make it. we are almost resolved to deal with the root cause of the problem and how to dismantle when it was long overdue, more than seven decades long.

in just over a year's time james you were talking about the summits in singapore and the summit in hanoi talk us through the timeline james of those summits and how we got to where we are today. i think we have to go a bit further back than that to be honest erin we have to go back to the inauguration of president trump and what he said in his 1st months remember little rocket man remember the u.n. general assembly in 2017 that place where people normally talk about peace and where president trump threatened to totally destroy another country that was unprecedented it felt like we were on the brink of war from there to singapore just over a year ago and a historic meeting between the 2 something that took place with negotiations behind the scenes key point man on this in fact was the man who is now the secretary of state of the u.s. by pompei 0 because the original outreach was done by the south koreans they had discussions with north korea and their intelligence services they brought in the cia then cia director mike pompei o went to pyongyang for a visit before he became secretary of s

but in a sense that in hanoi there was an obstacle. nevertheless, after the hanoi summit, as i understand, the korean government is still optimistic, still engages a plan, and perhaps they could engage in the plan in court, for example. and also many korean ventures. it depends on whether they engage in denuclearization. >> and i would say give me two things that i think are important. one is the hanoi summit very clearly indicated that what's the bottom line that both sides demand. the point of efficacy was one thing, but lifting sanctions was what they considered their survival. also some kind of review was inever tabl. a top-down approach may be a good way to open up the ndiaye lolg. at the same time, each level was quite the important one that we had to think about. so if there is a summit, then perhaps working toward that preparation. you know that those many people can review the system. the only people who can review the system is kim jong-un. even throw there was never a confrontation between the gis and also how to offer some

those were both talked about at a hanoi meeting. and one of the disappointments there was even the low-hanging fruit or lower-hanging fruit was not achieved as part of those discussions. perhaps they were close, but if they were close enough then, and there was will from both sides here, that seems to be at least possibly an achievable, an achievable goal here. ambassador yun, would you expect, listen. in a normal process, would you have expected the president to consult with his national security advise eshs ars and ha sort of laid out plan for what was achievable, what was givable here, but do you see the possibility knowing the way this president operates that he may just make a singular decision here to move forward on something? >> i think that is very possible, that he could make singular move, as you say on the end of war declaration, something like that. but, again, i think that would be a mistake, because the goal, the goal is denuclearization. problem is nuclear weapons in north korea. so it has to be, i think if he were t

in the hanoi summit he was focused on sanctions relief.es such as a peace declaration and improving relations are designed to induce concessions from the u.s. or international community. so the sanctions certainly have been mor d more rigorously implemented. but it does show we have more we can do. unfortunately we have been reducing our military exercises with south korea, at least 11 exercises have been canceled. so that either has or with degrading ally capability. we can't lower the shield before the threat has been reduced. jon: there is an arm cities that ended the korean war, but the two countries remain technically at war despite the armistice. why not call it a peace agreement. >> the south koreans are pushing for piece negotiations. if it doesn't achieve anything, you don't want to do that. it won't guarantee north korea will give you something in return. it won't guarantee north korea won't change its behavior. we provided many security guarantees. also there is a danger of a slippery slope. if you shine a declaration it could l

and, you know, jim, you and i were in hanoi.weren't surprised, very surprised, when the talks broke off that there was something on the table in hanoi. the crux of the matter seems to be how much can kim jong un do on denuclearization and how much can donald trump do on sanctions? remember, they have offered yongbyon. and remember, the problem with just yongbyon is that we've paid for it twice before. once in mid '90s when we had agreed framework. and then second time during the six-party talks. so, if you talk to the expert, both in south korea and u.s., they fear yongbyon by itself is not enough. especially when we know for sure that they have other nuclear sites, specifically -- >> ambassador yun, these are live pictures. these are live pictures from inside a bilateral meeting. trump and kim. let's listen in. [ speaking in korean ] >> translator: i return surprise to hear about your offer on the tweet and only late in the afternoon i was able to confirm your invitation. yesterday morning, when you expressed the willingness to

they had them in place after hanoi, as well. there appears to be a shakeup in north korea, what they're going to be doing and who is in control. what we have seen at the end of the day, from president trump, is that the two sides have agreed to restart these talks. we have to see where that goes from here. does that develop any further? the talks were stalled. they weren't going anywhere. i don't have the answer. what will go on? >> that's been the question after singapore, after hanoi and after this meeting, as well. reports that he was curious. president trump walked away from the table. they've come back to the table behind closed doors. we see the president here. he's getting ready to step up to the podium. it was interesting because when he did meet with tim jong un, they stepped across that line. they said, a lot of friendship has been made. let's listen to the president now. >> thank you very much. thank you very much. this is great. oh, that sounds good. thank you very much. at ease. we'll have some fun. we're about 2 1/

i think the president is trying to continue the conversations in hanoi.se negotiations broke apart very suddenly. we were supposed to have a press conference with the president late in the day. then that press conference got moved up by hours because things had just completely fallen apart. as the president and his team described to reporters, kim jong un was not willing to meet president trump anywhere near where the american side wanted to be in all this. it goes to show you how extremely difficult and edge trenched from negotiation is. it's an ongoing negotiation that's going to be going on from summit to summit. it could go from administration to administration. the president, because he so wants to have this be part of his legacy, he is trying to keep this conversation going with kim jong un but it is interesting to note that even his own officials seem to be taken off guard to some extent by all this and had to plan some of this sort of at the last second, even though the president has been musing about this for quite some time from what we understa

for in hanoi. if he's not willing to make that trade-off, it will be very difficult to make an agreement. the second point, raises an important question, how can you make any north korean government, kim jong un know that it will survive past the current administration. when you meet with north koreans and different officials, in different settings, from their perspective, all their international community, european nation, et cetera, would be to guarantee the agreement might be able to continue. for example of iran is very good. the only reason the european authority has not completed it is they're trying to see if it will survive. the agreement is in place and thinking in brussels, maybe the next administration who comes in power, who knows, maybe next year, will want to survive this agreement to another agreement. north korean officials have raised that -- not saying the main deal, between the u.s. and north korea and two north koreas and china as well but can guarantee some agreement it will su

president trump and kim jong—un met twice, followed by the summit in hanoi, in february.t provided a good photo opportunity but the hanoi summit did not go as well as expect it. president trump is hoping this can kickstart the negotiations. for more analysis, as we waited a press conference, the language that we heard from president trump and president moonjae—in, it seems like they are more optimistic? it would bea they are more optimistic? it would be a surprise if it doesn't happen. if you look at the events of yesterday, the north koreans responded in new hours to the tweet from president trump and that north korean message was very positive and with heard rumours of meetings, midnight meetings to set it up and president trump has been indicating it's something in the works and we may see a handshake at least pretty soon. this could be a gigantic photo. there is less pressure on the two lea d e rs photo. there is less pressure on the two leaders to come to anything. but nothing has really changed when it comes to the difference in opinions between the us and north kor

there was a package in hanoi. soet sides have to show flexibility. on the american side, well, they have to show some flexibility on sanctions. in hanoi, they wanted comprehensive relief on sanctions. maybe they are given smaller sanctions. that can be the beginning of what i would call an interim agreement. and you could include things like opening diplomatic office, which would be the first step towards normalization. perhaps an even on end of war decoration. it ended with a cease-fire arrangement. so, technically they are still at war. all those things, i believe the working group can make some progress. if they do, this historic meeting will mean something. >> the working groups, certainly now in play. the leaders of these two countries to come back for this meeting. the live images we're watching right now at the dmz. awaiting the u.s. president that is set to meet with the troops again, after this historic moment, that's taking place at the air base. the historic moment, president trump meeting with kim jong-un. we'll be right back after this b

i saw them in action in hanoi and they do not fool around.hey were all making sure the person they were charged with protecting was protected. we saw the president walk up to the concrete slab that is the line of demarcation to step over into north korea and step back across with kim jong-un. now all three of them have gone into freedom house. there are two big buildings on the south korean side. they went into freedom house which is interesting. president trump talked about this in the lead-up saying this will not be much more than a handshake. the fact that they have now gone into freedom house means they may be engaging in some sort of extended discussion. and this could potentially be nothing. it could potentially be a promising development. there you see president trump stepping across that 18-inch slab of concrete into north korea. that is truly an historic event. the fact they are in freedom house could be significant. maybe they will get involved in discussions. president trump and moon jae-in are together on this with a united front.

at the hanoi summit how their there has remained a stalemate since then and moon j.n. of the south koreans have taken an awful lot of heat from north korea a sense that they've lost an awful lot of their credibility and so this will have been very significant to moon jay and to help restore his great credibility as an intermediary someone who has the not only of the north koreans but also of the u.s. administration so this will be a big boost to the south koreans but in a earlier news conference jay in a couple of times made references to what should be happening next to try to get things moving again and really made references to some of the or quid nitty gritty that amid all of this giddiness all of this history making maybe we can it's easy to forget about how daunting the prospect is of trying to bring these 2 sides together because they are still miles apart both moon spoke about what should be happening now is this process of denuclearization really has to be moved forward by a step by step approach which means basically a phased approach which is what the north

hanoi was so disappointing for all sides.nd totally understandable the north koreans would retreat and try to rethink their strategy. i do think from kim jong-un's reaction after hanoi that he was taken aback that president trump was willing to walk away so quickly. and i think the bottom line, we have to remember that north korea is desperately poor, desperately needs some sort of economic deal, economic help from the united states and president trump knows that. he knows he's got the upper hand. but is he going to be able to turn that into denuclearization on north korea's part. north korea has been good at holding on to its weapons. and north korea has used the fire and fury of 2017 to build and perfect its program. and so certainly what i'm concerned about is if we let this process drag out, we are going to end up in a far more dangerous place than we were two years ago. >> all right. jean lee, fascinating. thank you so much. >>> still ahead -- turkey's largest city banned pride parades but that's not stopping people from

here in hanoi, vietnam. it's 11:00 a.m.if you want to ♪ rom around the world ♪ roam if you want to ♪ without wings, without wheels ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> well, good evening, vietnam. and good tuesday morning to wall street welcome to "squawk alley." i'm jon fortt with morgan brennan here at post nine of the new york stock exchange. carl quintanilla is live in hanoi, vietnam, as companies race to find manufacturing alternatives with the threat of more china tariffs looming and vietnam is where we'll

maybe i am so korea focused but in the aftermath of hanoi, meet with mr. and then receive xi jinping in pyongyang for the first visit by a chinese leader in 16 years. kim jong-un solidified his standing and tried to get his backing if sanctions are coming down hard, then prepared to try and negotiate more. the tradef relationship i see it more from the south korean angle where the south korea's are some -- koreans are relieved but also trying to figure out what came out of this discussion. paul: thank you very much, kathleen stevens. plenty more to come. we will go through what came out of the g20 summit. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: the trade truce between the u.s. and china may fuel of relief for rally of risk assets. additionally -- it is a short lived a reprieve for the core issues of the dispute haven't really been resolved and let's discuss that more with our global investors portfolio manager a mandolin. -- amanda lynn. is it going to be enough for a risk on rally? amanda: i think the g20 that , ipened over the weekend think it is

i was telling chairman kim that to me hanoi was a great success.ings like that to happen. it was a great success because we maintained our relationship. we'll have teams that will meet the next few weeks. they will start a process and we'll see what happens. and i want to thank chairman kim, frankly, when i put out that notice. knowing the press like i do, had he decided not to come, you would have hit me hard. less than 24 hours, we moved mountains. i want to thank secret service and all the people who worked so hard. setting something like this up so quickly is very hard. it's very hard. i can only say the meeting was a good one. very strong, very solid. great relationship. we'll see what can happen. but again we don't want -- we are not looking for speed. we are looking to get it right. there have been no nuclear tests or ballistic missiles. there has been a lot of goodwill. it continues to be. i think after today better than it was even before. so i want to thank all of the media. i'm going to go over 0 a great military base and speak to our tr

we saw in hanoi that the u.s.illing, were i think ready to give some concessions like opening liaison offices and perhaps be sign a peace declaration. but what kim wanted was significant sanctions relief. for that kim has to give up something. that's why i say give up a facility he might not need, not going to be his nuclear weapons or missiles, not even i don't think a declaration of nuclear and missile arsenal, but a facility for some sanctions relief, that would be interim deal he thinks might be okay for him because he gets to still keep nuclear weapons. and that's important to him. >> victor cha, as so many have said, kim jong un is a very dangerous man. how dangerous is he? >> dangerous enough that he executed his uncle and he had his half brother assassinated in an airport, a public airport, with a weapon of mass destruction. not the nicest guy in the world. and i think donald trump is trying through this bromance to woo this guy into becoming less threatening, but you know, it's awfully difficult thing to

to north korea south and you've talked to her a little of pyongyang thinking but i'm curious off to hanoi and now with this potential olive branch being being extended you think that the reason they may accept it and potentially have this meeting this morning is around that being want to just say that's on the international stage that's what this is about this morning. the. day dave experienced both sides the bitter consequences of the annoyed me again. so that they would like to avoid every p.d. and dad saw in north korea we'll be prepared to give glean some in 2 or 3 nuclearization. in principle they will look very cool completely you. and americans may agree to actually live the more humanitarian. assistance to north korea and dad which we can expect not much more than dad in this suit if you are meeting. how they're korea analyst and from the center for the study of privacy speaking to us from augusta thank you for joining us on al-jazeera as depok failed to appear. on saturday the summit of the world's biggest economies came to a close with odd leaders agreeing to present a united fr

>> reporter: yeah, we were there in hanoi.t and even on the smaller issues nothing major was expected there on denuclearization, but even on the smaller issues they couldn't make progress. and here we are four months later, five months later and the president wanting to meet again with no progress and as i said some backtracking frankly by the north koreans on other concessions they made. so absolutely risky. but this is president that seems to treat the fact of meeting as a victory as it were for him as opposed to the actual results of those meetings with north korea. we'll see if north korea accepts the offer because you might say it's risky for them as well. this north korean leader under enormous economic pressure at home, and he hasn't been able to get what he wants out of these talks, right, which a relaxation of u.s. and international economic pressures. so risks involved for both sides here. >> right, especially as we see the 2020 election and more and more democrats speaking up giving comments in these debates that ar

. >> and so when you said it slid back, meaning because while in hanoi the president walked out of it and then there was some testing that did happen from

carl quintanilla is live in hanoi, vietnam, as companies race to find manufacturing alternatives withore china tariffs looming and vietnam is where we'll begin. carl >> jon, that was one of your better dad jokes morning, guys. good to see you both we've talked so far this morning about production in manufacturing, talked about infrastructure this hour, obviously, you've got to ask the question whether or not we will one day be talking about vietnam as a true high tech hub it's true that apple has components made here sharpe, intel, lenovo has component make heerg fing here a while. was it's that final assembly that is so hard to do and requires so much education that vocational schools like this one are in huge demand here. the government has vowed to train 2 million kids over the next several years we talked to one of the professors about this training, and he said, because the students who do graduate are getting snapped up like mad. >> one of those companies is samsung, guys. that's one of the big stories here in vietnam. they came here a while ago back in 2014, invested $3 billion

j's being sold here today at a factory in vietnt north of hanoi. workers earning $280 a month stitch, package and ship the product to the u.s. and companies are leaving china. >> with president trump thatening more tariffs against chinese goods, american brands are asking what else can we make in vietnam? the u.s. is importing 40% more from vietnam than this time last year. h imports from china, down 13%. wen's company maybes clothes for columbia sportswear and abercrombie & fitch.na >> what c can do, they can now do the same at cheaper price, we can do is the right thing to do for the industry. for the consumer. >> it affects your pocketbook. retailers like target, best buy and others would likely charge you more to make up for a proposed 25% tariff on china. shifting to vietnam could be one solution. if factories like this one can find enough new workers. gested vietnam's c highways, rail lines and ports can handle the extra traffic. issues the chinese have been ironing out for 20 years. >> we expect all that to take time before vietnam can be re

. >> shannon: in hanoi a lot of people we were covering, a different time there and when they walked away i'm told it wasn't as abrupt it seemed. the president realized they were so far apart and not a good use of time. the teams getting together. the president goes straight to the top level president to president leader versus letting some of the teams do the work. laying the ground work. >> i think the president would argue we tried it with the

it is clear that someone had to take the blame for the hanoi summit.humiliating for kim jong-un. it was a great surprise to kim jong-un that he had to walk away without an agreement and clearly they don't want any kind of blame to be pointed towards the leader himself. george? >> paula hancocks on the story, live in seoul, thank you. >>> thousands of liverpool and tottenham fans have descended on madrid for the champions league final and it's more than a little tough finding a ticket. we're live in madrid with that story next. maria ramirez? hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees achieve their dreams. you eat right... mostly. mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! you make time... when you can. but sometimes life gets in the way, and that stubborn fat just won't go away. coolsculpting takes you further. a non-surgical treatment that targets, freezes, and eliminates treate

returned to some of its hostile rhetoric and seems to blame south korea in part for the failure in hanoi for south korea a successful trump visit would help restore moon's position as an important intermediary with the u.s. it ministry or i think they're also interested in sending a message to north korea. the moon still has some sway with the administration. when moon says the administration is perhaps willing to move and be a little bit more flexible than the north koreans can believe him the highlight of this trip is expected to be trump's visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas and the intriguing prospect of a meeting with kim jong un after a saturday morning tweet that he would meet him at the border just to shake his hand and say hello trump's visit has been greeted by competing protests on the streets of seoul right wing groups among them veterans of the korean war a firmly in support of the alliance with the u.s. and welcome its president although some are uneasy about the prospect of a handshake with kim on the d.m.z. . we've been fooled for decades i think the f

you know, this is a reset after hanoi. hanoi was a failure. fact is, there's high expectations there would be an agreement at hanoi because they let out the principles of the first meeting in singapore and were supposed to implement the agreement in hanoi. that failed. so this is a reset. they're going to let their working level people try to negotiate the details. but because the president likes to do things on his own, it creates a dynamic where the north koreans say to the working level americans who are pushing a hard line, that's not what -- in his tweets he says he's -- he wants to deal with someone at the white house, all these sorts of things. there's a bit of a vicious circle here. it's best, i think, for the president to step back and allows the working level people to do their things and is not vocal on north korea and lets his professionals do what they're supposed to do to try to get him a deal to make him look good. >> is bilateral better for north korea specifically, victor, rather than the multilateral approach in today's age a

returned to some of its hostile rhetoric and seems to blame south korea in part for the failure in hanoi for south korea a successful trump visit would help restore moon's position as an important intermediary with the u.s. administration or i think they're also interested in sending a message to north korea that the moon still has some sway with the administration . when moon says the administration is perhaps willing to move and be a little bit more flexible than the north koreans can believe him the highlight of this trip is expected to be trump's visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas and the intriguing prospect of a meeting with kim jong un after a saturday morning tweet that he would meet him at the border just to shake his hand and say hello. trump's visit has been greeted by competing protests on the streets of seoul right wing groups among them veterans of the korean war a firmly in support of the alliance with the u.s. and welcome its president although some are uneasy about the prospect of a handshake with kim on the d.m.z. . we've been fooled for decades i th

you were with us during the hanoi summit injanuary and that failure caused issues in north korea. they spoke about for 50 minutes but, if you were to speculate, by agreeing to restart that negotiations, what did they discuss exactly? the americans in hanover were really looking for the north koreans to offer a technical wright or at least aspects of a road mate was denuclearisation. the north koreans did not seem to have that ready at that point and i think now chairman kim must‘ve said to president trump, ok, kim must‘ve said to president trump, 0k, we're ready to discuss this. i do not think we will a working level talks unless the north koreans are ready to do that. the americans needed to come up with some sort of symbolic gesture to start this and north korea needed to say we are ready on the technical side as well. a lot of pressure on president trump and kimjong—un a lot of pressure on president trump and kim jong—un but we a lot of pressure on president trump and kimjong—un but we cannot ignore the roles that china and south korea played. it is easier to understand the sou

returned to some of its hostile rhetoric and seems to blame south korea in part for the failure in hanoi for south korea a successful trump visit would help restore moon's position as an important intermediary with the u.s. administrator or i think they're also interested in sending a message to north korea. the moon still has some sway with the administration. when the administration is perhaps willing to move and be a little bit more flexible than the north koreans can believe him the highlight of this trip is expected to be trump's visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas and the intriguing prospect of a meeting with kim jong un after a saturday morning tweet that he would meet him at the border just to shake his hand and say hello. trump's visit has been greeted by competing protests on the streets of seoul right wing groups among them veterans of the korean war a firmly in support of the alliance with the u.s. and welcome its president although some are uneasy about the prospect of a handshake with kim on the d.m.z. . we've been fooled for decking i think the fact tha

if he does, it will be their third meeting in under a year but the last one in hanoi ended without a since then talks between pyeongchang and washington have stalled, which has led everyone to believe, or hope, that perhaps this time they've got an understanding —— the young yang. this time they could perhaps restart, kickstart box once again —— young yang. it could be a photo—op —— talks once again. it could just bea —— talks once again. it could just be a handshake. they say they're not taking the situation seriously. north korea could have 60 warheads and we need to be dealing with that. 0thers believe that every single handshake, every meeting is a way to breakdown decades of distrust between the united states and north korea. kim jong-un from north korea replied rather quickly to that week by donald trump, but the big question remains, if he doesn't show up, wouldn't that be embarrassing for donald trump? the north koreans described the proposal as interesting, that was said by one of their most senior spokespeople. the language was favourable but we haven't heard whether they h

they left each other in hanoi. couple was not particularly happy because he was not briefed by his closest advisors of the possibility if you put something on the table and what he put on the table was shutting down one nuclear facility, and that wasn't going to be enough. he felt embarrassed. the stories came out of north korea that some of his advisors were sent to work camps. we saw him in an opera performance along with kim jong-un. sometimes word coming out of the north is sketchy. but kim left hanoi and he wasn't a happy person. and he started to try to get attention by shooting rockets into the sea of japan. the president is about to get on marine one and take off for the dmz with president moon jae-in and in an hour, 0 minutes from now, if not sooner than that. we'll see an historic picture, historic video of the two leaders meeting across ways one of the most of hostile borders in the world to push the peace process down the road. the president said i will probably be criticized because nothing big, nothin

know whether he will be there but one could argue this is a big photo—op after the collapse of the hanoit could they do in such a short space of time? donald trump will be in this demilitarised zone for less than two hours, what could possibly be discussed in that time, especially afterthe could possibly be discussed in that time, especially after the breakup of the hanoi summit and considering the positions of the us, they still wa nt the positions of the us, they still want north korea to denuclearise first before they prepare to ease economic sanctions. north korea want the opposite, they want a step— by—step proposal whereby they give up something and eventually over time sanctions are eased. when it comes to the two positions, that hasn't changed, so what can a handshake change? 0ne hasn't changed, so what can a handshake change? one of the things people keep telling me is the decades—old distrust that exists in north korea and washington when it comes to these two enemies. just the point of them coming together, just that simple handshake, the more meetings they can have, many peop

however, the last one in hanoi was not terribly productive. strengthening his already strong ties with china, meetings with president xi jinping. —— north korea has been strengthening their strong ties with china. diplomatically, there is an awful lot of work to be done. these are symbolic moments and they certainly grab picture headlines but they are —— there is certainly a lot of ha rd to they are —— there is certainly a lot of hard to permitted work if something concrete will come out in this. drifting to think decades of no diplomatic contact between the united states and north korea and has everybody has always said, north korea is a very small state that the progressives — make the progress it has made in its nuclear programme has made in its nuclear programme has made in its nuclear programme has made it something the united states has had to take considerable interest in. but the release of otto warmbier, the us student who was held in captivity in north korea, he was returned in what pyongyang was calling humanitarian grounds. it star

they thought they made a good offer in hanoi. the u.s. rejected the offer.nows he's going to have to come up with more but he wants a lot in return economically. >> will ripley, we'll leave it there for now. thanks so much for seoul, south korea. >>> up next, from a protest in new york to a worldwide movement. today's celebration across the globe for lgbtq equality. i'll talk with the first african-american trans woman elected to public office about today's events coming up. ♪ new for summer. here for summer. arriving...this summer. it's bud light lemon tea. new for summer. new for summer. here's another reason to join t-mobile. customer care from real people. a dedicated team to support you. and here's another reason to join. bring in your discount, and we'll match it. that's right. t-mobile will match your discount. it's nice. ♪ you got this! ♪ woo! ♪ ♪ ♪ i was told to begin my aspirin regimen, blem. and i just didn't listen. until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin

kim's security people, because i saw them in hanoi, i saw them every day as we were going in and out,e was going in and out. they play rough. and there was one point where you had the three leaders together, you had kim, president trump and moon joy-in, and you -- moon-jae in, and you had all of them literally blanched, completely freaked out about what may or may not happen as they were all standing there. and the photographers were crowding around. that's when a lot of people got butched and bruised. stephanie grisham fought very hard to get the u.s. media into those photo ops, because these authoritarian leaders, they've got what they call state tv, and they just, they give them free rein. and, ed, you've been in situations like this before, the u.s. tv pool often gets shoved aside when these dictators come in and say we want it the way we want it, and you've got nothing to say about it. but the american team fought back hard. ed: that's right. we are now at the top of the hour in the united states, six a.m. eastern time. we've been watching these historic pictures and moments at t

the hanoi summit reportedly failed because the u.s. side unexpectedly introduced the prospect of doing a much bigger deal that had been talked about before the meeting something north korea favoring smaller more tentative steps couldn't agree to south korea believes a compromise is possible and president moon's team remains hopeful of finding it we must agree on a comprehensive settlement and fulfill that through gradual steps it must include a clear roadmap and timetable the highlight of this trip is expected to be trump's long anticipated visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas south korea is hoping this visit produces far more than just a symbolic photo opportunity speaking of symbolic photo opportunities at the also an airbase in south korea president trumpets just descended from air force one meeting in at the bottom of the says there we saw just before they arrived actually jerod cushion and ivanka trump as well so this is part 2 of the trip to japan 1st and now to seoul to meet in. broad as a chorus one an insult

and i was telling, i was telling chairman kim that actually, to me, hanoi was a great success. the press reported it the opposite. but you need that, and you sometimes need things like that to happen, but it was a great success, because we maintained our relationship, so we're going to have teams. they're going to meet over the next few weeks, and they're going to start a process, and we'll see what happens. and i'd like to have, first of all, i guess you'll do a little interpretation, and then we'll have the president say a few words. [ speaking in korean ] >> reporter: it appears they agreed to talk more. they will work out details. he emphasizes that speed is not the object. just the meeting itself was historic. back to where we were before. another promise for meetings to follow. fact-checks for the president. he said prior to his term as president, it was a fiery mess. relations between north and south korea. relations were difficult, but the fire and

the prior one in hanoi, vietnam, of course ended without any agreement. the one before that in singapore as well. by the administration's own standards the intent of these talks, these negotiations are the full denuclearization of north korea. as you note, they've taken no steps to do that and in fact other concessions north korea seems to have backed off in recent months. for instance, they are no longer turning over remains of lost u.s. service members from the korean war. how significant a development is that in recent weeks? as well as we've also seen some bubbling up of that bellicose rhetoric as well from north korea in recent weeks too. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. you mentioned that short-range missile testing which we saw back in may and the bellicose remarks made by the north korean officials, by their media, which we know is obviously part of the state machine. you know, this is a country that has been pushing the limits, if you like, pushing the boundaries, seeing how far they can push the united states. and while there was obviously conde

or is president trump taking the opportunity to say to kim, i told you in hanoi what you have to do, this is where we are with sanctions, we've got south korea here as well, and south korea wants to have a good relationship with north this is all this economic promise and united states will do everything it can, to help you out with that. you've got to get rid of the nuclear program that could be conversation that is going on right now or maybe -- talking about sports, i have no idea. i would love to be a fly on the wall in that meeting. >> wouldn't we all. john roberts chief white house correspondent thanks very much. >> gordon chiang the offer chairman kim aapparently made to shut down yongbyon nuclear complex some observes say that is not much of a gift thing is ready to collapse any detonated so many nuclear weapons inside that mountain it is ready to crumble as it is if you say going to padlock doors walk away that is not really an important concession. >> yongbyon, they have a five megawatt reactor goes back to 1948 soviets gave it to hymn many people say, you know, we should n

other key envoys are facing serious consequences for their roles in that failed kim trump summit in hanoisively from inside north korea. he joins us from hong kong. will, what are you hearing from sources? >> wolf, has taken days to get to the bottom of this after the south korean newspaper report last week saying a a diplomat had been executed. i checked with source after course source and couldn't confirm. he ises alive, but in a bad place. tonight sources kjel cnn kim hyok chol, the north korean negotiator sitting in the oval office next to donald trump is alive but in custody, under investigation, potentially facing heavy punishment for his role in the failed summit with president trump in hanoi. the special envoy to the u.s. was not executed by firing squad, sources say. despite a south korean newspaper report last week. cnn spent days checking with numerous sources and not able to verify the report. one source told us, the news was wrong. we reached out to the paper for comment. the same south korean newspaper also reported another man, lead negotiator kim yong chol was doing hard l

returned to some of its hostile rhetoric and seems to blame south korea in part for the failure in hanoi for south korea a successful trump visit would help restore moon's position as an important intermediary with the u.s. administration or i think they're also interested in sending a message to north korea. the man still has some sway with the administration. when the administration is perhaps willing to move and be a little bit more flexible when the north koreans can believe him the highlight of this trip is expected to be trump's visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas and the intriguing prospect of a meeting with kim jong un after a saturday morning tweet that he would meet him at the border just to shake his hand and say hello. trump's visit has been greeted by competing protests on the streets of seoul right wing groups among them veterans of the korean war a firmly in support of the alliance with the u.s. and welcome its president although some are uneasy about the prospect of a handshake with kim on the d.m.z. . we've been fooled for decades i think the fact tha

returned to some of its hostile rhetoric and seems to blame south korea in part for the failure in hanoi for south korea a successful trump visit would help restore moon's position as an important intermediary with the u.s. administration or i think they're also interested in sending a message to north korea. the man still has some sway with the administration. when the administration is perhaps willing to move and be a little bit more flexible when the north koreans can believe him the highlight of this trip is expected to be trump's visit to the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas and the intriguing prospect of a meeting with kim jong un after a saturday morning tweet that he would meet him at the border just to shake his hand and say hello. trump's visit has been greeted by competing protests on the streets of seoul right wing groups among them veterans of the korean war firmly in support of the alliance with the u.s. and welcome its president although some are uneasy about the prospect of a handshake with kim on the d.m.z. . we've been fooled for decades i think the fact that

n kim jong-us appeared to be incredibly angry with the outcome of the hanoi summit. that -- it may well be that he sees that his gamble with the united states is not paying off. wenctions remain in place, the negotiations bet pyongyang and washington have stalled. it may be that kim jong-un is looking for someone to blame. there have been executions in the past. in 2013, kim jong-un's powerful uncle was executed. at that time, it was correctly reported by south korean intelligence officials. ott in the past, they have it wrong. jane: there is a saying thatne evers a winner, but that t actually w case at last night's scripps national spelling bee. 8 cochampions are taking home the big first-place prize of $50,000 after a record-breaking night that ended in the 20th round. the host declared the contest had entered uncharted territory in the competition's history, which spans more than nine decades. the finalists out-spelled 562 other conttants over the course of threeays, earning them the title of the elite 8 of spelling. proving your academic smarts has been the way m

>> well, president trump did the right thing walking away in hanoi.w he's giving him a chance to come back. nothing's changed. it is not like he's going to say okay now we're going to let you get away with the games. he just left meeting with president xi and talked to china about enabling these things. probably got some sort of assurance that china is not going to bail him out if he can make the progress. all the hard work is on the back end in verifying these things. you know, trust but verify, and probably not even trust, just verify. once they do something, though, once they give tangible evidence of their denuclearization, maybe they can have some food and gas. pete: jim hanson, thank you very much for your insights this morning. jedediah: headlines for you now. after his meeting at the dmz, president trump addressed the american troops at the airbase. >> you are great people. you are fighting. you are fighting hard and you're -- just your presence, off presence like no other -- you have a presence like no other, no other. so as president i have